IT WAS MY ROOMIE'S INTERVIEW SO M WRITING ALL THAT HE TOLD ME AS SOON AS HE CAME OUT OF THE UPSC GATE hope it vl b of some help to u all questions asked 1. wat authore hav u read apart frm PREMCHAND? his hobby was reading hindi novels. 2. came to MAMTA KALIA...........her latest novel DAUD nw abt old age home..........as in the novel a guy leaves his parents to work away frm home. should old age homes b there or parents should liv with there children. human relatins n all. his optional was psycho. globalization n human relations. 3. appreciation n depreciation, import n export, food security, whether we shud import or not, inflation. 4. from chemistry[dnt knw y these questions were asked]; cations n anions, electrolysis, tiration, electro chemical series, abt Al n Fe reacting with water. 5. reshuffling of the union ministry, the controversy regarding GILL being a minister after being CEC. 6. PROJECT TIGER, tiger population, hw we do the census, measures to save tigers, hw many tigers. 7. wat is SARAIYA........name of his villlage. 8. wt u do apart frm studying at leisure? do u watch movies? who's ur fav actor? 9. bimal roy n jemini roy? who r they. 10. hav u seen TEESRI KASAM[it was based on a hindi novel] 11. whoz ur fav writer. 12. why do u wanna join CIVIL SERVICES. hw will civil engg. help in Administration[he has done grad in it] 13. who's better a Civil engg or an Electronics engg.? Courtesy: SARKAAR.........