How To Prepare For WBCS Interview.....Gr A B C D

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Dear readers, Here is a list of Basic framework of what question should be prepared. This post is based on my personal experience and information collected from friends and seniors.

About yourself

1. What is your roll number?
2. Tell me about yourself?
3. What is your height/weight/age etc.?(these are trying to make you fumble….keep cool)
4. What is the meaning of your name or surname?
5. Famous persons having same birthday or year
6. Why you want to join civil services?
7. Why your first preference is WBCS (Exe), CTO, ADSR.....?

About your College

1. Refresh your knowledge about the branch of your graduation. Also update your awareness about recent developments in your branch.
2. Collect information about the university/institute where you are graduated from?
3. Collect information about PSC WB members, their service and cadre
4. You can also expect some questions regarding your optional subject
5. Why you have chosen this optional?
6. Why you want join even after higher education. Don’t you think you should contribute in your field of specialization? (If you have done post graduation or Ph.D.)
7. Why don’t you continue in research? (If you are from science background)

About your place

Collect complete information about your home state or state of residence, in following sectors:
1. History
2. Politics
3. Culture
4. Tourism
5. General statistics (census 2011)
6. Recent developments and current affairs
7. Personalities
8. Development
9. Social problems

Here are some example questions:

1. What is special about your place? (village/city/district/state)
2. Tourist or historical places around your native place?
3. Tell me five positives and negatives about your place? (native place/district/state/place of graduation)
4. What are the major problems in your district/state?
5. Historical importance of your native place/any place in your city?
6. General statistics about your district/state? – population, population density, literacy, economic importance, health etc.
7. Famous personalities of your state and district? (in the field of art, literature, sports, social workers and leaders)
8. List chief ministers of different states? (Especially North Eastern states)

About your hobbies

Collect complete information about your hobbies…
• Personalities associated with the hobby
• Importance of your hobby
• Information about it in historical perspective
• Your activities related your hobby
• Benefits of your hobby
• Sometimes there will be some unexpected questions regarding your sports interests. They may say “Oh! You play volleyball, then I’ll ask about basketball/cricket”. A sweet smile is sufficient to deal with such questions.

For example if your hobby is ‘reading books’:

1. Which kind of books you read, fiction/non-fiction?
2. Name of the last book you read? Who is the author of that book? What that book is about? How is that book? Name other books of the same author?
3. Who is your favourite writer? Why?
4. Who won Nobel (literature), Man Booker, DSC prize, Jnanpith award this year?
5. Which sports/games you play?
For example if your answer is volleyball
1. National and international events in volleyball
2. Who won Olympics, world cup etc
3. Different rules and regulations of volleyball
4. Specifications regarding court size, net width and length etc.
5. Which is your favourite position in volleyball
6. Captain of Indian team
7. Top players of Indian team
8. Who is your favourite player? Why?
9. Recent developments in volleyball

Opinion Based Questions

Build your opinion about different issues of national importance: some of the general issues are listed below:
1. Multi-party system vs. Two party system
2. Prime ministerial system vs. presidential system
3. Coalition politics- arguments for and against
4. Regional parties and their importance
5. Naxalism and Indian policy towards naxal control. What need to be done?
6. Rivers, river water sharing, river linking, river tribunals etc.
7. Basic concepts of statistics and their applications- mean, median, mode, AM, GM, HM, Standard deviation, coefficient of variation
8. Geography of your home state and district.
9. Euthanasia/mercy killing
10. Honour killing and Khaps
11. Tribal issues and tribal development
12. Recent legislations and new policies
13. Politics of your home state
14. Water conservation and water harvesting with special focus to your state
15. Juvenile and juvenile justice
16. Capital punishment/ death penalty- arguments for and against and other related issues
17. Important wars of India- e.g. Buxar, Panipat, Plassey, Anglo-mysore, Anglo-Nepal, Anglo-Afghan, Indo-Pak, Indo-China etc.
18. Acts passed before independence- regulating acts, 1909 Act, 1919 Act, 1935 Act etc.
19. Concept of Left, right and centre.
20. Communism, Socialism, Capitalism
21. Maoism, Marxism, Leninism
22. Communalism
23. Israel-Palestine problem. India’s relation with Israel
24. Indo-China relations
25. Indo-Pak relations
26. Indo-US relations
27. Indo-Russia relations
28. Recent international developments
29. Development vs. environment.
30. How to balance development and environmental protection
31. Sustainable development
32. Demand for new states: pros and cons
33. Small state vs. large state
34. Terrorism and measures to control terrorism in india
35. Poverty: causes for poverty, its estimation, measures to be taken
36. Corruption: Causes, measures to control corruption
37. Biodiversity and its conservation
38. Mining, mining in forests, illegal mining and related issues
39. AFSPA: arguments for and against
40. Public-private-partnership: pros and cons.
41. Rural problems and rural development
42. Food security and related issues
43. Direct cash transfer: Pros and cons
44. What is lacking in sports administration in India?
45. Police reforms
46. Indian intelligence
47. FDI, inflation, import-export etc.
48. Agricultural credit and Agricultural insurance
49. Web regulation, social media- pros and cons, IT act, etc.
50. Famous writers and theatre personalities of your state
51. Pardoning power of president and its importance
52. Protection and promotion of regional languages
53. Environmental issues
54. Recent central govt. programmes/schemes, bills, ordinances, acts, policies etc.

General Advice:

1. Do not try to bluff them. Be straight and humble.
2. If you are not sure about the answer then tell them that “this is the answer….but I’m not sure”. If you don’t know the answer, but you are guessing then tell them that it’s a guess or ask for their permission to guess.
3. Whatever you say, say it confidently. Do not lie. Even if you lie, do it confidently.
4. Smiling face is always desirable (it indicates you are not nervous)
5. Do not talk negative. Be optimistic. Show that you have constructive thinking.
6. Do not get excited. Keep calm. Do not lose your patience.
7. Interview should not be taken as a question-answer session. It is a friendly conversation and healthy discussion.

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