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  • Interview Transcript – Deshal Dan

    Board – Ms. Smita Nagaraj

    – Education – B-tech (ECE), Jaisalmer

    Chairman

    – Pronounciation and meaning of the name
    – Tell about yourself
    – Wild life of jaisalmer
    – Camels, schemes about them, numbers, now what is the use
    – Have u seen GIB
    – Why IFS
    – What does DFO do in jsm
    – Given choice which part of natural india would u like to visit
    – Have u been to Ranthambhore/sariska
    – Give suggestions to address dvpt vs env issue
    – Balance b/w dvpt & env in india if no then which region of india balanced both

    M1

    – Manganiar music (my hobby) what, where, how
    – Yoga what, basics why
    – Which kind of movies
    – Electonics uses in forest
    – have u design electronic device of that sort which can be used in forests M2:-
    – Kota, Engg.(I took coaching from kota)
    – Civil and forest as option
    – Artistic freedom(film ban, protests) scenerio going to worse or better

    M3

    – Goal of life
    – Non-forest wood
    – Biodiversity, CBD, EArth summit and subsequent actions, National       biodiversity law
    – Managing tribals, mining, forests, wildlife
    – Social forestry

    Chairman

    – Tribals vs forest
    – Naxalite vs IFS
    – Why naxalite in tribal belt
    – Do u want to ask something to board

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  • Interview Transcript – Akshay Bhorde

    Board – Sujatha Mehta Mam

    Chairman

    – Tell me about your educational background
    – What we’re you doing at CARE
    – Why did you decided to leave CARE
    – Tell me about JFM in India
    -What were the challenges in JFM
    – What was the role of IIFM in your career and how did it help you

    M1

    – When did the environmental movement start in India
    – Do you think awareness in environmental domain is necessary ? How would you promote awareness on Forest fire issues
    – What are true colors? Why they are called so?
    -What GIS layers you would used for Forest coverage estimation

    M2

    – Interesting combination of subjects , tell me what were your favourite subjects
    – Bhubaneswar zoo was in news some time back ? Why?
    – What are White tigers?
    – What is plant succession?
    – What are the challenges faced by zoos today?
    – What is agroforestry ?
    – current challenges in agroforestry? Area under agroforestry?
    – what is IR… Some law of agriculture ..never heard

    M3 (lady)

    – What is Jhoom?
    – how would you control it
    – issues faced by Forest today
    – which tree is called Flame of Forest

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    B. They Revise. Never underestimate the power of repetition. Stick to limited sources and keep revising until you see the lines of the book in your dreams.

    C. They peak at the right time. Some people after failing at prelims, start preparing for the next prelims immediately after the result. WRONG MOVE. Prelims is like a 100-meter race. Usain Bolt doesn’t run the whole year to prepare for 100-meter races. He paces himself. Much like him, you have to pace your study. Start with 2-hour stretches in Jan/Feb and devote fully to prelims by March.

    D. Coverage of the Whole Syllabus. Gone are the times when you could leave Environment and still make it. With Forest services clubbed in prelims, coverage is important. You should have one source for each part of the syllabus.

    E. They analyze and get better with time. None of the successful candidates starts scoring 120+in their first test. Some start with 40s , some with 60s and so on. The point is to go over the line on D Day. Always analyze your attempted tests and see where you went wrong, what you could have done better. Then do it.

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  • Interview Transcript – Akshay Bhorde

    Board – Sujatha Mehta Mam

    Background – Pune, Maharashtra
    Optional- Agriculture and Botany

    Chairman

    1.Is this is you? (photograph)
    2.Tell me about your educational qualification?
    3.when you completed your graduation? (2015)
    4.What you are doing since 2015?
    5.Western ghats-illegal felling of trees-what is your opinion on development vs conservation?
    6.How your Agriculture knowledge helps in Forest service?
    7.Is there any contadiction between Agriculture and Forest?

    M1 (Lady member)

    1.What are cash crops?
    2.What is soil erosion? How we can control it?
    3.What are the problems faced by farmers?
    4.differnce between Reserve and protected forest?
    5.Modern techniques in Agriculture?

    M2

    1.Wht is precision Agriculture.? (Detail explanation)
    2.How will you convert desert area into Agriculture land?
    3.what are buttress??
    4.soil collidal properties
    5.types of soils?what is podzol?

    M3

    1.difference between Intensive Agriculture and intensive Forestry?
    2.Seed act?Is forest seeds comes under this?
    3.Domestication of NFTP?
    4.How seed varieties are released?Certification ?

    Chairman

    You want to share something with us other than whatever we already discussed??
    I told about recent initiatives of Maharashtra government in Forest Management like Green Army and Forest helpline.

    Thank you.

  • Interview Transcript – Anand

    Board – Sujatha Mehta Mam

    Background – Vishakhapatnam, Telangana.
    Profile – product design, customs

    Chairman

    – Tell me about your educational background
    – What after graduation
    – Explain product design
    – What parameters do you check while designing a product
    – How do you explain the evolution of mobiles until Apple smartphone
    – How do you incorporate the ease of use in mobiles
    – How do you explain sustainable development
    – Do we need polluting industries like a ship breaking in India
    – How will balance environmental protection with employment generation in this regard

    M1

    – What is environment performance index
    – What parameters are included in it
    – Why is Vishakapatnam projected as a future hub for investment
    – Impact of 2004 tsunami on Vizag
    – Forest types in eastern ghats
    – Explain Biodiversity Act 2002

    M2

    – Why is China blocking India’s entry into NSG
    – States with the highest forest area
    – Role of customs in wildlife and forest conservation
    – Name an endangered species

    M3

    – Name the national park adjacent to your campus (IIT Madras)
    – What’s the area of the park
    – What’s the smallest national park in India
    – What are the environmental issues in your campus
    – Fauna in the campus
    – Type of vegetation in the campus

    – Impact of MGNREGA in Telangana
    – How MGNREGA is related to forestry
    – What are SDGs
    – SDGs associated with environment
    – How success of achieving SDG 1 and 2 are related with SDGs related to an environment
    – Forest cover in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
    – Forest types in Telangana
    – Red Sanders
    – Green trading

    Chairman
    – How do you promote environmental awareness in rural areas
    – Is there anything you want to ask to the panel

  • Interview Transcript – Kasturi Sule

    Interview date : 05/2/2018

    Board – Nagrajan madam

    Chairman

    – so kasturi seeing your daf its so varied…we saw you do so many things. So why DON’T u tell us about yourself in your own words.
    – apart from your nature trekking and bird watching what interests you to join the ifos
    – OK, so the people have attracted you to it. But DON’T you think the people itself are sometimes at conflict with forest dept. Where do you think can the people be at conflict ?
    – what are the reasons of such conflicts( she sighted many like attitude , land etc and then came back to original question) ..what do u think is point of conflict ?
    – so what steps do u think can be taken ?

     

    M1

    M1- you said that colonial mentality is there, do you think it can be changed ?
    M1- indigenous people only harm forest then how forest can be conserved
    M1- u think u can change the mentality of people n forest dept? To get cordination
    U will have to face lot of opposition and pressure from up..do u have conviction?
    M1- if you have to do urban forestry then what steps you will take ?
    M1- so first thing you shud do is xompre with best practices world wide. OK?
    One last question- why u did pub ad after engg
    M1- ok have h qualified for civil mains.
    M1- what new u learnt through pub ad?

     

    M3

    M3- you did lot of trekking. What are eight thousanders?
    M3- any peaks in India?
    M3- which rare bird that you saw and you felt very great after seeing it?
    M3 so do u Cary binocs?
    M3- so you play keyboard n guitar. U sing n play or only play
    M3- keyboard is easy or guitar
    M3- what music you play lead or chord?
    M3- in keyboard what music you play?

    M4

    M4- what is in situ and ex situ conservation
    M4- what is community reserve then
    M4- wat is climax vegetation?

    Thank you

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  • [Video] Prelims Trend Analysis – Prime TS students please pay attention

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    Re-sharing it for the benefit of all new students. It is an absolute must to get a better feel of the demand of the exam.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnNZCmGTIto&t=5638s

    Detailed trend analysis of previous years UPSC Prelims GS Papers by Sajal sir

    In this video, Sajal Sir focuses on the following

    1. Subject level trend analysis of last 6 years Prelims papers
    2. Strategy for 2019 prelims (which sources to refer)
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