Possible questions for IAS interview exam

Personal question

Question What is the meaning of your name?

Question: What does your surname mean?

Question: Please tell us about yourself.

Question: If your friends were asked about you, how would they describe you?

Question: What is your serial number?

Question: Why do you want to become a public servant?

Q: Why should we choose you

Question: Who is your ideal person?

Question: Who is the person who inspired you for civil services?

Question: What is your aim in life?

Question: What is your personal goal in life?

Question: What will you do if you are not selected?

Question: What is your Plan B?

Question: Where do you see yourself after five years?

Question: Mention a situation where you demonstrated honesty.

Question: Mention a situation where you acted dishonestly.

Question: Which is your favorite newspaper and why?

Question: Which is your favorite magazine and why?

Question: Which is your favorite news channel and why?

Question: Who is your favorite correspondent and why?

Question: Which is your favorite film and why?

Question: Which book have you read recently?

Question: Who is your favorite author and why?

Question: Are you a religious person?

Question: What is the difference between religion and spirituality?

Question: Are you a religious or spiritual person?

Question: Which sport do you play?

Question: Which sites do you visit on the Internet?

Question: How can you become an asset for the government?

Question: What is your greatest strength?

Question: What is your biggest weakness?

Question: What do you think about your leadership skills?

Question If you feel comfortable, tell me an incident where you felt embarrassed?

Question: Have you ever solved a problem in a completely new way?

Question: Do you believe that you have the courage to take risks?

Question: How did you prepare for the personality test?

Did you take help from any educational institution to prepare for the personality test?

Question What inspires you?

Question: Who is your biggest inspiration?

Question: What do you hate the most?

Question What do you love most?

Which is your favorite fruit and why?

Question: If you could be someone else, who would you be and why?

Question: Do you consider yourself an optimist? Why or why not?

Question: If an angel asks you to ask for three boons, what will you ask for?

Question: Can you give an example where you resolved an ethical dilemma?

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Question: How do you deal with stress?

Question: Do you consider yourself a satisfied person?

Question: What makes you happy?

Question: What do you do for fun?

Q: What do you do during your free time?

Question: What is the difference between work through hard work and work through intelligence? Which category do you fall in?

Question: How do you define success?

Question: Why did you choose this optional subject?

Question: What benefit will the administration get from this optional subject of yours?

Question: In your opinion, what qualities should a good administrator have? Question: Is honesty a subjective quality?

Question: In your opinion, what are the three essential components of success?

Question: What do you think are the three reasons for failure?

Question: If you want to put any thought in my mind/ideological power, what would it be?

Question: Who do you think is the luckiest person for you?

Question: What are the headlines of today’s newspapers?

Question: What is your choice as to your first child and why?

Question: What is your favorite sport?

Question: Who is your favorite player?

Hypothetical question

Question: What will be your priorities as your District Magistrate?

Question: What will be your priorities as the Superintendent of Police of your district?

Question: If communal riots occur in your area then you as the District Magistrate of your district

What steps will you take?

Question: As the District Magistrate of the district, what measures will you take to improve the administration?

Question: What is your concept of an ideal district and state?

Question: How will you solve the problem of illiteracy in your district, give suggestions?

Question: What are your suggestions for poverty alleviation in your district?

Question: Tell us the effective measures to stop corruption in your district?

Question: What will be your vision and thinking as the Prime Minister of India?

Question: What will be your outlook and thinking as the Chief Minister of your state?

Question: If you are made the Finance Minister of India, what will be your action plan?

Question: If you are made the Defense Minister of India, what will be your action plan?

Question: If you feel that your political superior or senior officer is doing something illegal/unethical?

What will you do if you are pressured to do work?

Questions based on your opinion/ideas

Question: Do you support the idea that when selected in All India Services, no candidate should be given the cadre of his state?

Question: Smoking is injurious to health – keeping this in mind, should smoking be completely banned?

Question: Should the country be made dry by banning the sale of liquor?

Question: Give suggestions for improvement in Civil Services Examination?

Question: Are you in favor of making voting mandatory? Question: Are you in favor of reservation for women in the judiciary?

Question: Do you think the entire affirmative action system should be reorganized?

Question: Has the reservation system been successful or unsuccessful?

Question: In your opinion, does the concept of creamy layer apply to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Castes?

Should this also apply to tribes?

Question: What is your opinion on sting operation?

Question: What are your views on paid news?

Question: What do you mean by investigative journalism?

Question: What do you feel about media activism?

Question: What do you mean by investigation by media?

Question: What do you mean by judicial activism?

Question: Is astrology science or superstition?

Question: Is Vastu science or superstition?

Question: What are your views on other methods of treatment?

Question: Tell us your views on properly utilizing India’s manpower?

Question: What are your views regarding interlinking of rivers?

Question: Nowadays there is an uproar that the laws meant to protect women like anti-dowry laws etc. are being misused on men and their families. What are your thoughts?

Question: Has the spirit of secularism been successful in India?

Question: Did India benefit or lose from globalization?

Question: Candidates with business background do not have forward thinking and have more knowledge of unnecessary subjects. Which benefits them less than other candidates. Give your thoughts?

Question: Do you believe that corruption can be stopped if civil services are given decent salaries?

Questions related to information technology

Question: Give some suggestions to achieve the goals related to E-Governance?

Question: As a future administrator, how will you use information technology for good governance?

Question: What do you mean by Digital Divide? How will you overcome this distance?

Question: What are the difficulties in the path of e-Governance?

Question Who are Netizens? How are they different from citizens?

Question: What do you mean by internet browser?

Question: What do you mean by social media?

Question What do you mean by Micro Blogging?

Question: What do you mean by IP address and what is its importance?

Question: What do you mean by cloud computing?

Question: Who is the owner of the Internet and the information available on it?

Question: What is the contribution of Internet in the field of medicine, tell us your views?

Question: What is the contribution of internet in judiciary? Tell me your thoughts?

Question: What do you mean by search engine?

Question How will you stop the spread of obscenity on the Internet?

Question: How can technology help in paper-free governance?

Question: What can be the solutions to bring information technology revolution in government offices?

25.5 Questions based on politics and constitution

Please submit a negative comment on the Indian political system for two minutes?

Question: Tell us briefly about the various resolutions of Parliament?

Question: Do you think that the idea of forming states by classifying them on the basis of language is appropriate?

Question: Do you think India needs more states?

Question: What are the advantages and problems of small states?

Question: In your opinion, what is the most important amendment made in the Constitution of India since independence?

Question: What do you mean by the word minority?

Question: What is the position of minorities in the Constitution of India?

Question: In your opinion, should the post of Governor be abolished?

Question: In your opinion, should the form of government in India be made President based?

Question: What do you understand by opinion polls and exit polls in elections?

Question: Should there be state funding in elections?

Question: What do you mean by Delegated legislation?

Question: What do you mean by double jeopardy?

Question: What do you mean by colourable legislation? Question: What type of majority is required to pass a bill in Parliament?

Question: Is the Prime Minister of India the head of the government or the head of the country?

Question: Which is the national language of India?

Question: Should the maximum age limit of Civil Services Examination be reduced?

Question: Should minimum educational qualification be prescribed to become a minister?

Question: Should Uniform Civil Code be implemented in India?

Question: Briefly explain the main recommendations of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission?

Question: Explain the concept of Rajya Sabha where members are not elected by the public?

Question: Express your views on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code?

Question: Express your views on Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code?

Question: What do you mean by the basic features of the Constitution?

Question: Should we change this long and voluminous Constitution?

Question: What do you understand by the concept of Lokpal?

Questions based on Government and Public Administration

Question: What do you mean by governance?

Question: Tell us about the important initiatives being taken by the Government of India in the field of E-Governance?

Question: Explain the difference between government and governance?

Question: What do you think could be the alternative to bureaucracy?

Question: What is the contribution of bureaucracy in nation building?

Question: What has been the impact of liberalisation, privatization and globalization on Indian bureaucracy?

Question: What are the current problems of Indian bureaucracy?

Question: What do you mean by social audit?

Question: What do you mean by Human Resource Audit or Human Resource Audit?

Question: How can bureaucracy be made corruption free?

Question: What do you mean by decentralization of schemes?

Question: What do you mean by participation in democracy?

Question: What do you mean by Administrative Law and how is it different from Law of Land?

Question: What do you mean by public policy?

Question: What do you mean by Citizen’s Charter?

Question: How does the geographical location of an area affect its public administration?

Question: Which characteristics of private organizations should be included in public administration?

Question: How can public administration be made more effective?

questions based on economy

Question: Make a negative comment about India’s economy for one minute.

Question: What do you mean by Corporate Social Responsibility?

Question What do you mean by Repo rate and Reverse Repo rate?

Question: What are your views on the nature of Gandhian economy?

Question: In your opinion, Gandhian economics is still relevant today?

Questions based on foreign policy and India’s relations with the world

Question: What are the main challenges facing India’s foreign policy today?

Question: What should be India’s priorities in relations with foreign countries?

Question: According to you, what are the areas where India needs to review its foreign policy?

Question: Do you believe that there has been a significant change in the current Indian foreign policy from Nehru’s foreign policy? What do you think, is this change positive or negative?

Question: Is the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) still relevant/relevant today?

Question: Is SAARC still relevant today?

Question: Do you have any suggestion for the solution of Kashmir problem?

Question: Should the Line of Control be converted into an international border?

Question: What do you understand by Track 1, Track 2 and Track 3 diplomacy?

Question What measures should be taken to deal with the recent Chinese interference on the India-China border?

Question: What do you mean by “Look East” policy? Question: What do you mean by “Look West” policy?

Questions based on defense and strategic framework

Question: What is the meaning of the word Geopolitics?

Question: Can you explain through an example how the geopolitics of the Indian subcontinent has influenced India’s foreign policy?

Question: Mention the major challenges facing the security of Indian maritime border?

Question: What steps should we take to modernize our armed forces?

Question: Present your views regarding the recent allegations of corruption against the armed forces?

Question: Should various private companies be involved in the production of defense requirements?

Question: Who is a Field Marshal?

25.13 Questions based on geographical conditions

Question: What is the total length of the border line of India?

Question: What is the total length of India’s maritime boundary line?

Question: How many islands are there in India?

Question: What is the future of wind energy power in India?

Question How can India take full advantage of its hydroelectric power?

Question: Throw light on the opportunities and challenges available to India due to its unique climate? If the states of India are classified/divided on the basis of their geographical location

So can India’s administrative system be better?

Questions based on Judiciary

Question: What is the primary reason for the huge pendency of cases in India? What suggestions do you have to reduce these?

Question: What do you understand by the concept of Fast Track Courts?

Question: What do you understand by the word “Rule of Law”?

Question: What do you understand by the term “Natural Justice”?

Question: What do you understand by the term “Due process of law”?

Question: What are the challenges before the current Indian judicial system?

Question: What do you mean by Public Interest Litigation and who introduced it in the Indian justice system?

Question: Are consumer courts effective?

Question: What do you mean by quasi-judicial powers? To which authorities have these powers been conferred?

25.15 Questions based on similar words

Question: Can you explain the difference between debate, speech, declamation, and discussion?

Question: What is the difference between All India Service and Central Service?

Question: What is the difference between renewable energy and unconventional energy?

Question: Please explain the difference between inflation, deflation and stagflation?

Question: Please explain the difference between recession and economic slowdown?

Question: What is the difference between epidemic and endemic disease?

What is the difference between terrorist and extremist?

Question: What is the difference between High Commissioner and Ambassador?

Question: What is the difference between culture and civilization?

What is the difference between these values, morals and code of conduct?

What is the difference between government and governance? This decoralization, delegation, devolution

And what is the difference between deconcentration?

Question: What is the difference between race and ethnicity?

Question: What is the difference between plebiscite and referendum?

Question: What is the difference between civil service and public service?

Question: What is the difference between Naxalism and Maoism?

Question: What is the difference between communalism and fundamentalism?

unique questions

Question What is auspicious or good about this morning?

Question: Why have you chosen this shirt for today?

Question: How many times do you cross a tie to tie it?

Question: If there are 1000 hairs in one square inch on your head, then approximately how many hairs will there be on your head?

general knowledge questions

Question: What is the difference between Group ‘B’ recruitment done by Union Public Service Commission and Group ‘B’ recruitment done by any other recruitment agency?

Question: What do you mean by the word meditation?

Question: What do you mean by the word meditation?

Question: Is there any difference between the words meditation and yoga?

Question: What is the meaning of the word classical in classical music, classical dance and classical singing?

Question White Revolution, Blue Revolution, Orange

Orange Revolution, Yellow Revolution, Pink Revolution

What do you feel about Revolution), and Rainbow Revolution?

Question: What is your opinion on medical tourism?

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