UPSC INTERVIEW

HELD ON APRIL 22, 2010

Some of the questions that asked to me in UPSC Interview

GENERAL:
What is the meaning of your name?
Who kept this name to you?
Say the history of your district?
Boundaries of your district
Present District Collector Name
CURRENT TOPICS:
Women Reservation Bill
Who headed the commission for women in Parliament at first?
Number of women MLA and women MP (LS) from your district
Number of women MP (LS) from your state
Which state in India at present has the maximum number of women MPs in RS (not a nominated one)
RTE
o How it can be made successful?
o SSA Vs RTE
o Literacy percentage in India
o Reason for low literacy in India
Do you agree to open foreign Univs in India?
o Some of IIT and IIM
o India’s first IIT
INTERNATIONAL:
Smolensk airport
Nord Stream Pipeline
Theme of SAARC-2010
Venue of SAARC-2010
AWARDS:
2010 Abel Prize
Significance of Abel Prize
Any Indian / PIO / NRI won this
If 2009 Oscar for AR Rahman then for 2010 it is
PERSONALITIES:
Judge who is yet to give judgment for 26/11 Mumbai attack
Justice A S Anand Panel
Gyan Sudha Misra
Thanjavur temple was built by
“Every country is committing suicide in the name of democracy” – who said this
Roza Otunbayeva
E N Rammohan
Author of “Songs of Blood and Sword”
An Indian who is to be jury in the 2010 Cannes film festival?
Vijay Gandhi
Which legendary actor’s first film was PAAR MAGALE PAAR?
SPORTS:
Winner of 2010 Australian Open Mixed Doubles
World Cup Hockey 2010
India’s position
Fair play award
Top scorer
Do you think IPL overshadowed other sports in India?
Meaning of DLF in “DLF IPL-2010”
How many Intl Players can be in a single IPL team?
POLITY:
NIC
91st Amendment
Parliamentary Committees
Present Union Ministers of Rural Development
Civil Service Servants as MP
Some of the civil service servants now as LS MP
S&T / IT
Name the software that was developed recently to track tigers in the reserves?
Profession of Barbie doll
Cryogenic Engine
ICANN
Who is Henry Edward Roberts?
Significance of ST-131 Mission
Kin
Do you think that India really attained self-sufficient in IT
Recent IT recession
TCS signed a MoU with which business magnet recently
INDIA AND OTHERS:
India needs USA or Russia
India’s PM recent visit to IBSA and BRIC summits
Riyadh Declaration Vs Delhi Declaration
GK – INDIA:
SIMBEX and TRITON
New film rating system in India
Maharatnas
Indian institutions involved in Bt Brinjal
Maharaja Express
From Chennai to Delhi, how many Railway zones?
GRSE – Significance
INS Chennai
Other INS named with Indian cities
What are Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate
Current rates of both
MISCELLANEOUS:
Intl Women’s Day celebrated its 100th anniv on March 08, 2010. Which day was being celebrated as Intl. Men’s Day?
If you like to re-born, whom you should be (male / female) {except your parents, relatives, blood relations, friends and not like to re-birth itself}
What made you to like Chemistry?
Meaning of IUPAC
Various books on IUPAC journals

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