UPSC CSE Prelims 2024

CSE 2021 Interview BLOG-14

Board: Sathiyavathy Ma’am 

11th April, Afternoon session, third to go

Optional: PSIR

Preference: Indian Foreign Services

DAF: Defence upbringing + Petroleum Engineering @ ISM Dhanbad + Work Ex in Schlumberger 


Sathiyavathy Ma’am: Read out my DAF, mentioning relevant details. 

 1. Why did you leave Schlumberger? What is your preference after IFS?

 2. What is Green Hydrogen? Explain to us as if we are laymen.

 3. Government’s policy on green hydrogen? Is it enough, should we do more?

 4. Where have you travelled?


Member 1: Very difficult to hear him

 1. Is Schlumberger a Norwegian company?

 2. Have you been to a Rig?

 3. Did you not attend any trainings with ONGC? (No I didn’t)

 4. He did not ask many questions, moved to next one quickly 


Member 2:

 1. What is water injection?

 2. Any news related to it? There was a CAG report on water injection losses at ONGC. How can they have avoided it?

 3. What is fracking? Is it good for environment? Should we do it now?


Member 3:

 1. Did you try joining the Armed forces?

 2. Explain this statement to me - “Stay away from the sails, close to the desk and you will rise up to be an admiral in the queen’s navy”.

 3. How does India select its judges? Is collegium system good? Shouldn’t we move to senate appointments like the US?

 4. What is coal gasification?

 5. Generalist vs Specialist? What’s the debate? The PWD head should be IAS or Engineer? - wasn’t convinced with answer for this. But overall very jovial conversation and back and forth with him.


Member 4: 

 1. Chances of Nuclear war in Ukraine?

 2. Why India not being allowed to purchase oil from Russia while Europe is? - corrected him politely with facts that India is actually buying oil.

 3. What’s flash point and fire point of petrol?

 4. How do we measure viscosity?

 5. What’s the name and size of the area or Strategic Petroleum Reserve at Visakhapatnam (did my 10th there)?


Overall board was very cordial. Most of the time they were nodding to show encouragement for the answers. Mocks remain useful only for fine tuning mannerisms and inculcating proper articulation.

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