Your experience in the interview: Board was very cordial and good, the chairwoman was nodding Nd smiling, other members were also good.

Utility of mocks (if any): good for speaking in front of board members, for confidence-building (khan sir, vajirao)

Duration -25 min.

I went in around 4.20 pm (without a face shield but my mask and gloves were on)

Said namaste to all members and thanked

Ma’am said to down the mask and verified the photo.

Read the DAF loudly.

said ‘We will ask questions in English and you can answer in Hindi or English’.

Chairwoman:

Q1.why did you do NET JRF and what was your purpose?

Q2. Do you pursuing MPhil or Ph.D. currently?(No)

Q3. Why Jaipur known as a pink city?

Q4. Is there any law/act that prevents using other colors in Jaipur city?( Kya Jaipur me buildings ko paint krne me pink ke alawa dusra color use kr sakte hai ? Kya koi kanoon hai jo isko control krta ho ?)

Q5. Which city is known as the blue city and why?(not know the reason then ma’am smiled 😀😀😀

Member 1:

Q1. How can we reduce unemployment in India?

Q2. how will you use your hobby (village tourism) to generate employment?

Q3. What was your experience and observation related to village tourism?

Q4. What are the reasons behind Srilankan crisis? (COVID-19 ka impact toh har country pe hi Hua hai but Srilanka me itna intense Kaise rha?)

Q5. What lessons can India and other countries learn from Srilanka crisis?

Member 2:

Q1. How to measure poverty in India? (India me poverty ko kaise maapte hai ?)

Q2. how to eradicate poverty in India?(covid ke baad me Badi hui poverty ko Kafi reports me bataya gya hai. India me poverty ko kaise kam kiya ja sakta hai?

Q3. What is the current poverty level in India? ( I mentioned IMF and World Bank’s working report on extreme poverty)

Member 3:

Q1. When was the first time 22nd April was celebrated as water day? importance of this day(year nahi pta tha toh sorry bola but importance explain ki )

Q2. How can we tackle water scarcity in Rajasthan?(Rajasthan me jal sankat ko Kaise door kar sakte hai?)

Q3.how is China developing social engineering in Tibet region?(china tibet me social engineering ko bade ke liye konse konse tarike apna rha hai?)

Q4.china is a friend or enemy of India? ( Said enemy then counter question on trade relations with china ‘India-china ke beech me toh bhaut jyda trade Hota hai fir enemy kaise Hua?)

Q5. India-china trade relations?(follow up)

Q6. What is API?( active pharmaceutical ingredients)

Q7. After COVID inequality is increasing.so tell me How richer people become more rich?

Member 4(Lady):

Q1. What is the smart city concept?

Q2. smart city mission cover the whole city or one specific area?(SCM poori city ko cover krta h ya only Ek area ko ?)

Q3. What is debt-trap policy of China?

Q4. What is string of pearls?

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Okay, Abhay ji your interview is over, best of luck.

Overall experience -Board was very cordial, No random questions, easy questions were asked compared to last year me, and they don’t want to grill us unlike coaching. Mock is important for our speaking skills in front of board members.

Thank you 😊😊