Top 50 Interview Questions for Indian Civil Services

(Please note that some of the questions are of a non-formal type that requires quick wit and presence of mind to answer. Such questions are regularly asked during interviews for Civil Services)

Q1.Please give your comments on the anti-corruption movement spearheaded by Anna Hazare?
Q2.Do you visualize Rahul Gandhi emerging as the future PM of India?
Q3.Who do you think would make a better Prime Ministerial candidate-Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi?
Q4.In what ways is the constantly spiraling inflation is impeding the development of the Indian economy?
Q5.What is your take on the 'Arab Spring' uprising sweeping West Asia and the Middle East?
Q6.Compare and contrast the election system in India and USA.
Q7.'The Naxalite rebellion is seriously jeopardizing the governance of India both at the Central and State Level'. Critically evaluate this statement.
Q8.Do you think illegal mining is degrading the environment? Are natural resources getting depleted because of illegal mining?
Q9.Can you pick up an elephant with just one hand?
Q10.What does the other half of an apple look like?
Q11.Name three successive days without including Wednesday, Sunday or Friday.
Q12.What you can never have for dinner?
Q13.Why is the Railway Budget presented separately (and not included in the General Budget)? Is it justified to present them (the Railway Budget and the General Budget) separately?

Q14.What are the names of the corruption monitoring and regulating agencies in India?
Q15.What do you mean by 'Blood Money'?
Q16.Describe the salient features of the different hierarchical levels of the caste system in India in terms of one foreign thinker and one Indian philosopher.
Q17.Do you think the present educational system in India is effective enough to help students prepare for their future lives?
Q18.Briefly describe the cardiovascular system of the human body?
Q19.What do you know about the Dravidian system in ancient India?
Q20.Who is your favourite singer and why?
Q21.Give a brief history of the Somnath Temple?
Q22.People in North-East India feel alienated from the mainstream of Indian society despite the North-East being an inseparable part of India. What measures do you suggest to bring them into the national mainstream?
Q23.How has the ULFA insurgency problem been a roadblock in Assam's development?
Q24.Can you suggest some ways to bring down the infant mortality rate?
Q25.What measures would you take to curb the maternal mortality rate?
Q26.Who is your favourite character in Mahabharata?
Q27.Comment on the relevancy of Bhagavad Gita in 21st century living
Q28.Do you see India emerging as a superpower in the near or far future?
Q29.What steps would you take to confront and bring down the level of corruption in the district where you're posted as a District Magistrate?
Q30.Do you foresee a WWIII anytime soon?
Q31.What do you mean by Social Audit? What are the roadblocks to implementing the MGNREGA on a countrywide basis?
Q32.Do you think the Indian Constitution has become obsolete and out of sync with the present times? If yes, how'd go about overhauling it?
Q33.As a woman, what do you think are your strengths and limitations?
Q34. Do you think married women in India can use their paternal surnames?
Q35.Please give your comments on the LARR Bill (land acquisition, rehabilitation, and resettlement bill)?
Q36.What are the main tenets of the New Companies Bill passed on 18th December 2012?
Q37.Do you think the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill 2011 will bring workers in the unorganized sector under its ambit?
Q38.Can you define Policy Analysis?
Q39.What are the benefits associated with studying history?
Q40.What role does technology play in agriculture?
Q41.If you're posted as a DM in your district, what measures would you take to improve literacy level?
Q42.We're all living in an era where there is a rapid erosion of social and moral values. How would you keep your integrity intact amidst such a scenario?
Q43.Do you think nuclear reactors should be closed down all over the world?
Q44.Why has WHO failed to completely wipe out the polio virus in India?
Q45.What new schemes were introduced in the Union Budget of 2011-12?
Q46. Is the judiciary in India completely free from bias?
Q47.What do you mean by good governance?
Q48.What steps would you take to work in close co-operation with the SP of the district where you're posted as a DM?
Q49.How to tackle poverty in India?
Q50.Do you think the renewable energy resources can meet the world's energy needs in the future? (when the non-renewable energy resources get exhausted)