Date of Interview: 03/03/2020
Home State: kerala ( palakkad)
Background: B. Tech CSE
Hobbies: watching movies and travelling
Medium: Malayalam
Optional: Malayalam literature
Employee: Software engineer
Worked in chennai for 1 year
Worked in dubai for 2 yeras
Board: bharath bhushan vyas sir
Chairman
- so ashif, why did you left your job in dubai eventhough you had good salary?
- Do you know how much salary a civil servent would get at the time of probation?
- Tell me something about blue flag?
- How does blue flag will promote tourism especially in Kerala beaches?
- Why kerala is known as god’s own country?
- Tell me about the origin of Kerala in connected to the myth of parasuram?
- Ayurveda is a main attraction of Kerala, name some of the herbs used in Ayurveda?
Member 1
- Your optional is Malayalam literature, tell me something about the poet Ulloor?
- Is there any historical relevance to the poet Uloor other than his poems?
- Why there are so many political murders happening in North Kerala? especially in Kannur. why is it only there?Is there any historical background for this?
- Left wing extremism makes it road to Kerala do you agree with this?Do you support the police encounter action against the maoists?
Member 2
- What are the places having cultural importance in Palakkad?
- Asked about place kalady and Shankaracharya?
- Name some famous personalities from palakkad? Is vidhya balan is from palakkad?
- Did you support the argument for the 50 percentage women reservation in administration?
- Tell me something about st thomas? What is his relation with chennai?
- Where in kerala the most ancient muslim mosque of indian subcontinent is located?
Member 3
- What are the differences between coastal regulation zone and ecologically sensitive area?
- There are some issues between the fishermen of Kerala and the foreign flaged ships in Kerala coast. What are those and what is the reason for this?
- What is EEZ?
- What is the difference between mile and nautical mile?
- Tell me two problems faced by your neighbouring States Karnataka and tamilnadu?
- How can we classify tamilnadu, is it an industrial state or urbanized state?
Member 4
- What is the population of Indian diaspora in GCC countries?
- What is the total population of Saudi Arabia and what percentage Indians in that?
- What is the difference between gulf and middle East?
- How many service preferences are there in UPSC form? Which one is your last preference?
- Why IAS not IPS first?
- Other than Kerala in which state would you like to settle?
- What are the similarities between Kerala and north eastern States?
- How many states are there in North East? name them?
Your interview is over
Duration – 35-40 mins
Last to go in fornoon session
No questions from hobbies and engineering background
The board was very cordial, made me feel very comfortable
Source: Telegram