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  • Interview Transcript – Jitendra

    Board- Smita Nagraj

    Interview date: 26 February 2018

    Chairman

    – what do you think of encounters in UP.
    – Should human rights agencies have a role in encounters.
    – what should be the way out

    M1

    – India’s performance in south Africa tour DAF
    – Which country PM visited lastly.
    – Strategic significance of visit.

    M2

    – Status of Lok pal bill
    – Issues with appointment
    – What the govt is doing with Lok pal right now

    M3

    – Performance of ISRO
    – One biggest achievement of ISRO
    – Why ISRO is performing well.
    – Comparison with DRDO

    M4

    – If you are made DM of Bundelkhand region what will be your priorities.
    – PNB issue
    – Media..is it biased
    – Why media is giving some news and ignoring the others.

    Chairman

    – just carrying forward the argument. Should there be govt ownership of media.
    – Why is unbiased news.

    Thank you very much.

  • How to improve performance in Test Series?

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    Students,

    Around 80% of students scored below 100 in our basic polity test in their first attempt. This test was a part of our Prime Test Series.

    Now, this test is not a very advanced level exam. It tries to examine basic facts given in Laxmikanth. Yet many students forget them. It happens to most of us, who cannot remember all those details in first and second reading.

    This is where tests help us.

    They provide a reality check and force you to go back to books. Now you identify which portions are crucial and thus important for Prelims. Next time you sit for a polity test – you’ll be better prepared, more vigilant about figures and facts and have the knowledge of Tikdams with you.

    Incidentally, you’ll get around 600 of these over the course of 32 tests.

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  • Interview Transcript – Suraj Patel

    Board- Sujata Mehta mam
    Background – B.tech

    Chairman

    – Tell about urself
    – What r u doing right now
    – Why army was used in Elphinstone bridge reconstruction
    – Why not private sector
    – We could have doubled the price to private and work would have finished in half time

    – Why we stick with L1 quotes only
    – How to resolve it
    – Why no one trust anyone in India ?

    M1

    – Judicial intervention
    – How to infuse credibility in judiciary
    – Why judiciary don’t want any interference

    M2

    – U know Mike Tyson ?
    – How to infuse transparency in judiciary ?
    – How technology can be used ?
    – Is it right to have cctv recording of court proceedings
    – What is family court .
    – Why they have rule of video recording
    – Should we remove institution of DM as no developed country have it
    – What America have inherited from British .
    – What kind of laws are there in USA

    M3

    – What is autonomous robotics
    – Should India have them ?
    – There impacts ?
    – Is I right to name any institution on basis of some individual ?
    – What are the parameter to decide that ?
    – What are the stakeholders in your college ?
    – Alumni ?
    – Why alumni connect is low ?
    – Any example in India where alumni have contributed much ?

    M4

    – Why u left IRS for IPS
    – Why now IAS
    – Why going back from revenue to revenue
    – What is think India ?
    – What were it’s benefits

    Chairman

    Ok
    What else you have in mind which should have been discussed ?

    Okay
    Thanks

  • The biggest reason to join Mains Guidance Program

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    We are the only program where you don’t have to raise a ticket to talk to a mentor.

    We are known to provide individual attention to students. We have further standardized our program. Now students can schedule a call within 2 days of receiving their checked copies by replying back to us with their availabilities. We have kept it 2 days so that your mentors can easily recall your attempt.

    This is the biggest reason why you should join our TS. Major issues with your attempt will be highlighted and your improvement will be tracked in subsequent tests.

     

    Besides, we have innovated on every aspect of the exam.

    1. Question Formulation 

    Our questions will now specifically state the following

    >Whether they are straightforward or thought-provoking/analytical.

    >Whether they have subparts.

    >Why this question – similar previous year questions, the importance of the theme, etc.

    CD Innovation – Rather than the regular uninspiring questions, we have gone the extra mile and crafted unique, intellectually-stimulating questions. These will reward analytical ability and critical thinking. These questions will be marked with a ‘star’.

    2. Answer Checking 

    Answer-copy evaluation in the industry has become stagnant. The focus is restricted to superficial, memory-based lapses rather than on analytical excellence and cross-domain inter-linkages.

    Our stress will be on the following –

    1. Superior introduction and conclusion.

    2. Usage of subject-specific vocabulary.

    3. Articulation proficiency.

    4. Substantiating evidence like Government and International Reports and Indices.

    5. Prominent and contemporary examples.

    Thorough answer checking with oversight of rankers like Dr. Vipin Garg(AIR 20), Swapnil Pawar (AIR 525)

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    3. Model Answers

    > For ‘thought-provoking/analytical‘ type of questions, we’ll provide the best way to approach them.
    > Alternate introductions
    > Sub-headings and categorization to enhance readability and answer structure.
    > Color coding for main arguments, reports, data, scholars, etc.
    > OTB – *Out of the box points for additional marks* 

    4. Video Discussion

    There will be a  video discussion after every test where the mentor will discuss how you can write the best answers to the questions asked in the test. Mentors will also be sharing answer writing strategy with students so that they can gain extra marks in Mains

    5. Telegram Group

    We believe in constant guidance and support approach and therefore we will provide a dedicated telegram group for students of the module where they can have peer discussions as well as doubt clearance via mentors.

    The group will also have toppers who will personally guide the students. The students can always raise there preparation related query in the group.

    6. Magazines, listicles and other relevant study material

    Supplementary content provided will be helpful in covering multiple related questions.

     

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  • Interview Transcript – Shashank Mane

    Board- Ms. Smita Nagaraj

    Background : B Tech (CSE)

    Chairman

    – Do you know any tribe which still lives in almost complete isolation?(I explained her about Jarawa tribe of Andaman)
    – How to deal with such types of tribes if they are not even allow people to land on there island?
    – How to achieve right balance between protecting their identity & addressing their developmental needs?
    – If they become hostile how to deal with them?
    – What should be threshold to use the force?
    – What should be the guiding principles to use the force?
    – Then…she explained me about Naxalites problem…how to address this?
    – Do you know any successful attempt by any state to address the issue?
    – Is there any need to audit security forces?(context…human rights violations)
    – Is there any existing mechanism present for this?

    M1

    – Why people generally dont want to enroll their children in government schools?
    – What are problems of gov schools?
    – What you would do to address these problems?
    – What government is doing in this respect?

    M2

    – Tell me about big announcement regarding agriculture in recent budget.
    – How to achieve MSP 1.5 times higher than cost of production?
    – What formula gov have proposed?(he is asking about A2 + FL formula)
    – According to you which national park is better managed in your state?….What should be parameters to assess management of national parks?
    – Tell me about core, buffer & transision zones.
    – Do you know about JFM? (Joint Forest Management)
    – How much it is successful in your state?…What should be criterias to assess success?

    M3

    – What is this social awareness group of engineers? (DAF)…he explained about issue of irregular water supply…how awareness will help to solve the problem?
    – He explained about problems of rural…semi urban areas…how to solve these?…what gov is doing?
    – Why you want to join administration?
    – Do you think accountability and transparency will help to solve all problems?

    Chairman

    – Have you filed RTI?
    – Tell me about positives & negatives of RTI.
    – Do you see any change in psyche of administrators after RTI? Then why still cases of corruption?
    – Long term effects of RTI.

  • [Video] Ensure you don’t waste a year – 22 Most Common Mistakes

    In what would become one of the most discussed videos,  Sajal Sir has analyzed some basic mistakes committed by the first attempters (and probably the more mature aspirants too).

    Please take these tips very seriously to ensure you get the most out of your preparation in this year.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxELk4NQz_Y

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  • Interview Transcript – Sumanth

    Board – Aravind Saxena

    Chairman

    – Why IPS
    – What’s issue with PNB
    – How fraud has happened

    M1

    – Relation between Capetown and Bangalore
    – Water scarcity in Bangalore
    – Meat and water relationship
    – Israel model

    M2

    – How to prevent school dropouts
    – How to improve women participation rate
    – What needs to done for ensuring safety of women

    M3

    – Opinion about cauvery judgement
    – Vishy Anand should retire??
    – Ur opinion
    – Ground water exploitation
    – Prevention

    M4

    – Reasons for drug addictions
    – Prevention
    – Difference between drug abuse and addiction
    – Positives and negatives of movies on society

    Chairman

    Is social media is also addiction?

  • Interview Transcript – Kajol Patil

    Board- Sujata Mehta mam

    Chairman

    – Introduce yourself
    – What are you doing since 2016?
    – Why graduation in agri. engg.?
    – Your favourite subject in agriculture
    – Ground water contamination problem in india
    – Is it a good option to use ground water as primary source in agriculture?

    M1

    – Explain role of agri. in india economy
    – How would you use tribals knowledge in forest management?
    – Scope of wildlife tourism in india
    – What are provisions of indian forest mgt.bill, 2017?
    – What is forest inventory?

    M2

    – What are soil colloidal properties?
    – What is natural binding capacity?
    – As a lady officer,how would you tackle challenges in this service?
    – What is crop infestation?
    – Difference in agri. practices in China and India

    M3

    – What do you mean by entrepreneurship?
    – Horticulture production In Kolhapur
    – Regions of pomegranate production In Maharashtra
    – What is the difference between agri. engg and horti. engg?
    – What is ex-situ and in- situ conservation?
    – Opinion on rehabilitation of tribals from protected areas
    – Mangrove cover of Maharashtra
    – Threats to mangroves
    – What is green army?

  • Why should you study S.M.A.R.T. and how our Programs can help you?

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    Out of lakhs of candidates, only 10K make it. Why do some people clear prelims with ease year after year and others fail to do so? Read on

    Our analysis shows that candidates who study S.M.A.R.T. clear prelims easily while people who slog too hard sometimes miss out. What do we mean by S.M.A.R.T. Study?

    S.M.A.R.T. Study means being your best on the day of the Prelims, not before that, not after. But on the D Day. How to do this? Follow this mantra –

    S – Syllabus completion. No excuses for leaving out Enviro or Art and Culture. Pick one source for each part and revise it again and again.

    M – Manage your time. Do not start preparation of Prelims in full flow in December or January. Study 2 hours in these months and devote rest of the time to Mains prep. You should focus fully on prelims from March onwards.

    A – Analyse. If you are first timer, analyse your test series to see where you make mistakes. If you are an experienced candidate, analyse your tests as well as previous attempts. Focus on weak areas that are remedied easily. Use TIKDAMS to solve seemingly tricky questions.

    R – Revise. Remember what Bruce Lee said – I am not afraid of the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks but I am afraid of a man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. Keep revising your chosen sources.

    T – Test Series. Are you giving a test series that covers the whole syllabus, that gives you practice at different levels of preparation – basic and advanced.

    Are you solving a test series that provided detailed explanations and essentially serves as notes for your preparation. If NOT, now is a good time to look at CD’s Prime and Advanced Test Series.

    Join our Prime Test Series to gain an edge.  View the schedule here: Click2View

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  • Interview Transcript – Kendre Narsing Manikrao

    Board – Dr Manoj Soni sir

    Chairman

    – What is Parli-vaijnath, is it town or village or city?
    – Is it named after any personality?
    – Why you left the job?
    – So can I consider that civil services is your priority?
    – Explain in brief the whole process of paper manufacturing? Have you seen yourself?
    – Tell me ten names of trees commonly found in India?

    M1

    – You are specialist in mechanical engg?
    – How would you use your knowledge?
    – Explain to me how would you use that processing industry, with example?
    – How to reach to tribal to ensure their participation?
    – What are the challenges in tribal development? Should all IFS officer learn all the tribal languages?

    M2

    – What is annual Raw material requirement of your industry?
    – Have your company taken any initiative to increase Raw material supply?
    – But there is criticism that these industries give low price to the farmers?
    – As IFS officer what would you do to ensure farmers get better price for their produce?
    – Is there any govt regulation to control the prices offered by these industries?
    – What is PESA? What sectors have been deregulated?

    M3

    – You cook vegetarian ,is it only because you eat only veg or something else?
    (Some light moments)
    – In what dishes you are good at?
    – Have you offered these to your mother,sister? What was response?out of love and care??? (Again Light moments)
    – Latur is recent district, earlier it was part of which district?
    – Any improvement since then?
    – Do you mean these developments occured due to it was made a district? (interrupted in my Ans and started a question)
    – Latur is in news due some notorious reasons, what are they?
    – If a sudden earthquake in your division then what would you do? Do you think apart from Police and Revenue administration the Forest need to be concerned ?