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[Toppers Interview] Pulkit Garg (Rank-27 /CSE-2015) IIT Delhi Civil Engineer,
Chemistry Optional, 2nd Attempt
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1. CANDIDATE PROFILE
2. EDUCATION
3. INTRODUCTION
4. ELECTRONIC VS PAPER MATERIAL
5. PRELIMS (CSAT) GENERAL STUDIES
6. GENERAL STUDIES (MAINS) PAPER 1
9. GENERAL STUDIES 4: ETHICS, INTEGRITY, APTITUDE
10. GS4 ETHICS CASE STUDY ANSWERS IN MAINS 2015
11. MAINS ANSWER-WRITING?
12. MAINS OPTIONAL SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY
13. BEFORE THE INTERVIEW
14. DURING THE INTERVIEW
15. CSE 2015 mark sheet
16. CAREER BACKUP
17. VIEWS ON UPSC REFORMS
18. INSECURITY ABOUT PROFILE
19. WISDOM
20. CREDIT: FRIENDS/FAMILY
21. BOGUS MARKETING PROPAGANDA
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Name
Pulkit Garg
Rank in CSE-2015
27
Roll No.
0037646
Age
23
Total attempts in CSE (including this one)
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Optional Subject
Sunday 18 September 2016 12:30 AM
Chemistry
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Schooling Medium
English
College medium
English
Medium chosen for Mains answers
English
Medium chosen for Interview
English
Home town/city
Delhi
Work-experience if any
No
Details of other competitive exams, including

success/failures
Rank 490, CSE 2014

Rank 823, IIT JEE 2010
1. DIAS Chemistry
Details of coaching, mock tests, postal material for any

competitive exam (if used)
2. Vision Ias Test Series Pre

and Mains
3. Interview Chanakya &
Samkalp
Service preferences (Top-5)
IAS IPS IFS IRS(IT) IRS(C&CE)
state cadre preference (Top-5)
Haryana Raj MP UP HP
EDUCATION
% in class 10
93%
% in class 12
93.6%
Graduation course and %
B Tech,Civil Engineering ; CGPA 8.15
Name of college, city, passing out year
IIT Delhi 2014
Post-graduation
Any other professional courses
Hobbies & Extracurricular achievements
Hobbies : playing badminton and squash, jogging
INTRODUCTION
Q. Tell us something about yourself, your family, when and why did you enter in this eld of
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exams?
Hi, I am Pulkit Garg and I have done my B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from IIT Delhi.
I have been a resident of Delhi throughout as I have done my schooling as well as graduation from
here. My father is a banker by profession. My mother is a senior lecturer of Mathematics.
During my early college days, I started introspecting about what actually interests me. What is it
that I would like to do throughout my life? It is then I realized a few things about myself. I can not
do something just because it pays me well. I really need to have genuine interest in something to
do it with full passion and commitment. While reading newspapers casually during this period, I
realized that anything related to the development and prestige of India invoked strong emotions in
me. I was very happy whenever I read about Indias achievements in the eld of economic and
human development, whenever we acted as a global leader and set example for other nations to
follow. I experienced seething anger and strong urge to change situations whenever it was a
negative news concerning India, such as high poverty levels, lack of housing, poor sanitation
coverage, mortality in millions due to easily curable disease such as diarrhea, India obtaining poor
rank in Gender Inequity Index, Human Development Index, Doing Business Index.
I wanted that the kind of work that I do should touch a lot of human lives and make a wide impact,
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which is not just restricted to a limited set of people.
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of responsibility
excite
me, and
I never
shy away
from them. There is no other profession
which gives such immense responsibility and leadership positions at such a young age and so early
in your career.
Hence, all these reasons led me to thinking of taking Civil Service as my career. Interaction with
family members, seniors and friends who know me well also reinforced my belief that it was a
career which was well suited for me.
It was after my 2nd year that I took the plunge and started preparing seriously for this exam.
ELECTRONIC VS PAPER MATERIAL

Q. In recent times, there is spur in electronic material- blogs, sites, pdfs, RSS-feeds. Many
aspirants feel bogged down by this information overload. So, how much do you rely on
electronic material and how much on the paper material (Books, newspapers)? If possible
narrate a typical day in your studylife. What is your style of preparation (e.g. I continue
making notes no matter what Im reading, I just read multiple times but dont maintain
notes, I make mindmaps on computer or xyz style)
I have relied heavily on electronic material(70-80% of my preparation). The exam has become
highly dynamic and the kind of information and depth to which it is required is dicult to search
for in a book. The ways in which I used electronic media were:
1. Making notes on Evernote topic wise as mentioned by Gaurav Aggarwal Sir(2013 AIR 1) in his
blog (https://thesupermanreturns.wordpress.com/) easy to manage and to add further details as
and when they com I did this in my 1st attempt.
2. Staying abreast with current aairs and to know any issue in detail which has not been covered
adequately in the newspapers and books like reading editorials on Business Standard
3. Following Mrunal, IASBaba, InsightsonIndia and important news articles as stated on these
websites.
4. For governments reports such as of ARCs , FYPs , Annual reports of Ministries.
5. For following interviews and success strategies of toppers.
The importance of books is decreasing primarily important now only for Prelims and GS Paper 1
in Mains.
Reading Indian Express daily is a must.
There is no typical day as such. But newspapers(2-3 hrs) and optional(~3 hrs) must be done
everyday along with coverage of topic wise complete syllabus of mains and a lot of answer writing
practice for both Gs Mains and optional.
I make online notes of what I read only for important topics of current aairs . But they should be
very precise and to the point. Dont copy paste while making notes. Make it topic wise. Use
headings and sub headings for clarity and ease during revision.
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TEMPO AND STYLE
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and syllabus
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to be prepared. But most of them lack
consistency in their preparation. So, how do you keep study momentum going on? How do
you ght against the mood swings and distractions?
Consistence and patience is the most important trait in this exam. One thing that really helps for
maintaining momentum is genuine interest and curiosity. Try generating interest for every topic
and subject which could be done by asking regular questions to yourself while reading annything
keep asking why,how,when,what could be done dont be satised with only what the article is
telling you go and nd out answers for these natural and self made questions on the net. For
example: you read an article that India has got a rank of 128 in Gender Inequality Index and so and
so country has such and such rank . In this: nd out.. 1. What does this index tell 2. What are the
dimensions used to come out to this conclusion 3.Where is India lacking specically 4.Why is India
lacking specically 5.What is the position of our neighbours; if better how ? 6. What has been
done and what more could be done by dierent stakeholders revise in your head for each of the
dimensions. This would be the holistic coverage of the topic which would also keep your interest up
and enter into a virtuous cycle of interest and learning; out from the negative cycle of mood
swings and distraction.
The fact that I knew that this is the career of my choice and I would have to sit again for the exam
next year if I dont study well this time used to motivate me even more i.e what I should study was
inevitable and it had to be done either this time or some other time so why not this time only.
You can also keep maximum one hour for the things that you love doing example I used to go for
jogging whenever I did not feel like studying but this should be done within the time limit.
Listening to motivational songs used to help me a lot too.
STRUGGLE OF A SENIOR PLAYER
(Answer only if youre a senior player.)
After 1-2 failures in any competitive exam, a phase of mental saturation comes. The person knows
the booklist, he knows what is necessary to succeed. But it doesnt yield result. The armchair
experts would point out UPSC is testing emotional intelligence of the candidate or UPSC wants to
break the backs of senior players, daily conspiracy theories on orkut.. Not to mention all the
emotional struggle-against those irritating neighbors and relatives who keep asking your mother
aap kaa betaa kya karta hai (What does you son/daughter do?)
MY question are two:
PRELIMS (CSAT) GENERAL STUDIES

Topic
strategy/booklist/comment
History Ancient
NCERT only 11th pretty detailed would need to be revised

multiple times provides holistic coverage
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History Medieval
NCERT old 11th and 12th detailed as well would be sucient
History Modern
(Freedom Struggle)
Spectrum(must pre centric) + Bipin Chandra some chapters such

as on civilian rebellions,peasant movements, working class
movements,Gurudwara reforms which are not adequately covered
in Spectrum however if u have time do read Bipin Chandra
completely as it needs to be done for Mains for sure.
Culture and society
Nothing certain too many sources but I did it from Nitin

Singhania(Rank 51 notes) + 11th class NCERT ne arts some
questions could have been easily answered from these books
dont know of any one source from where all questions could have
been answered however people also recommend CCRT + NIOS
culture + AL Basham
Polity (theory + current)
Laxmikant + reading of bare provisions from PM Bakshi
Economy (theory +
current)
11th 12th NCERT Macro Economics + Economic Survey + Srirams

IAS notes
Science (theory +
current)
Nothing specic
Environment (theory +
current)
Shankar IAS + lots of Wikipedia + Vision IAS Current Aairs
geography physical
11th + 12th NCERT + GC Leong
geography India
-do-
geography world
-do-
other
national/international
current aairs
Current Aairs Vision IAS + Indian Express
Schemes, Policy & Filler

Stu
PRSIndia + PIB + mrunal + iasbaba + insightsonindia
Q. Any observation / comments / tips about GS prelim 2015 paper?

1. More factual questions change as 2013 was more understanding based
2. Very high number from Environment,Geography,Culture.
3. While reading geography NCERT would be sucient but focus on the little little things given
somewhere in the map in tiny letters eg. though the name of all passes are given in the maps but
the need is to know more about them eg. where is Lipulekh pass what is its signicance Is India
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Sunday
18 September
12:30
AM
allowed through it.Like this : form maps for a)all passes
in India
b)all major2016
rivers
and
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tributaries
c) major
d)type
of vegetations
in detail and do have certain depth in
knowledge about them.

4. While reading env Shankar IAS is good but do keep googling stu which comes in newspaper
and follow Vision Ias current aairs its good + do have the major national parks,wildlife
sanctuaries,biosphere reserves,tiger reserves marked on the map.
Q. Now that Aptitude paper has become qualifying, obvious more attention needs to be paid
on the GS paper so apart from the books that you already have gone through, what else
would you have tried for CSE-2015 (if you were going to appear)?
Same as above.
PRELIMS (CSAT) APTITUDE
Topic
strategy / booklist
Maths
none
reasoning
-do-
comprehension
-do-
Decision Making
-do-
Q1. Did you attend any mock tests? do you think theyre necessary for success?
Yes. I took Vision IAS test series it is really good as it is topic wise and hence you can prepare a
schedule around it which helps in keeping studies for pre structured: eg. take 2 days for prep of
polity and give polity test then 2 days for geo prep give test.. Giving mock tests is imp as you
notice the ne points which you miss sometimes while studying especially in polity,geography
and history. Hence, it is necessary to do mock tests . But it is not necessary to take a test series
you can just buy question papers and answers from the market and solve them under time limit
yourself. You can also compare marks with your friends and seniors in this test to know the level at
which you are presently and what you should be aiming at. At the end phase last 10-15 days
mock tests of more coaching institutes could be done.
Q2. Approximate no. of attempted answers vs. correct answers. in CSAT-2015
GS
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attempted Q.
correct (Expected)
87
65
Ocial score
115
aptitude
70
65
~160
MAINS: COMPULSORY LANGUAGE PAPER

Compulsory
language paper
Your preparation strategy / booklist?
English paper
Solved past 2-3 years papers.
your regional
language
Hindi Unique publishers Hindi guide book practiced writing essays .

Solved past 3-4 years papers. Did this in the last 2 weeks 1-2 hrs every
day.
Q2.other observations / tips / comments on the length / diculty level of compulsory

language papers in CSE-2015
Hindi paper is not that easy . Dont take Hindi for granted do practice it before giving the exam
lack of time. Translation was lengthy.
MAINS: ESSAY
Q1. How did you prepare for the essay paper?
The preparation for essay is mostly integrated with that of GS mains.
However,special attention must be paid to writing practice.
I really liked the strategy of my friend Siddharth Jain, 13 th rank, who has got very good marks in
essay in 140s this time, a great improvement from the last year when he only got 60 marks in
CSE2014. I would like everyone to go through his strategy. Click here (https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=I4IVbqwZuj4) to his video explaining his strategy.
GENERAL STUDIES (MAINS) PAPER 1

Topic
How did you prepare?
culture
Nitin Singhania notes however one should prepare from AL Basham

too and 11th Fine arts book
Indian history
Bipin Chandra or NCERT 12th old I read NCERT completely and

Bipin Chandras some chapters sucient for understanding do
focus on news in current aairs related to this
Eg. 70 years to end of World War 2 , so much more focus on WW2 or
lets say Ambedkars 125th birth anniversary similarily any event of
historical importance in news must be done thoroughly as we can
expect a question on this.
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world history
Norman Lowe would be sucient + Roman Saini sirs videos could be

seen for imp points as summary.
post-independence
India
I read Bipin Chandra but guess no need to prepare in this detail

Vision IAS notes could be done for this. Chapters on major events
such as land reforms, wars , Indias challenges just after independence
are very important. No need to read Bipan Chandra from cover to
cover.
Indian society
11th 12th sociology . More of current aairs and common sense

oriented.
role of women, poverty

etc.
Vision IAS notes
globalization on Indian
society
-do-
communalism,
regionalism,
secularism
-do-
world geo physical
NCERT 11th 12th + wiki
resource distribution
Mrunals articles for this are really very very good. I would advise do
go through this well.
factors for industrial

location
Mrunal + Ncert
earthquake tsunami
etc
Vision Ias notes
impact on ora-fauna
general

Topic
How Did You Prepare?
Indian Constitution, devolution,

dispute redressal etc.
Laxmikanth
comparing Constitution with world
Vision notes
parliament, state Legislatures
Laxmi
executive-judiciary
Laxmi + current aairs (CA)
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ministries departments
Wiki
pressure group, informal asso.
Vision + 2nd Arc Report
Representation of peoples act
Vision
various bodies: Constitutional,

statutory..
Vision
NGO, SHG etc
Vision + 2nd Arc Report
welfare schemes, bodies
Vision + newspaper
social sector, health, edu, HRD
Current aairs(CA) newspaper + mrunal + insights +

Vision IAS current aairs booklet
governance, transparency,
accountability
Current Aairs + 2nd ARC
e-governance
Vision + CA + 2nd ARC
role of civil service
Vision + 2nd ARC
India & neighbors
Rajiv Sikri IR book + CA + Vajiram book on IR + vision

notes on IR released in last month
bilateral/global grouping
-do-
eect of foreign country policies on

Indian interest
-do-
diaspora
-do-
international bodies- structure

mandate
-do-

Topic
Indian economy, resource mobilization
Mrunal + Srirams notes + Economic Survey + CA
inclusive growth
Vision + CA
budgeting
Vision
major crops, irrigation
Vision + Geo Ncert
agro produce storage, marketing
Mrunal is again very good for this part + Vision +

CA
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e-technology for famers
-do-
farm subsidies, MSP
-do-
PDS, buer, food security
-do-
technology mission
-do-
animal rearing economics
Mrunal
food processing
Mrunal
land reforms
Mrunal + Bipin Chandra some chapters of Post

Independence India
liberalization
11th NCERT Eco
infra
CA
investment models
Vision
science-tech day to day life
Vision notes on Science + CA
Indian achievements in sci-tech
NIOS culture last chapter
awareness in IT, space, biotech, nano, IPR
Vision
environmental impact assessment
Vision
Disaster Management
2nd ARC report very good points would be

sucient
non state actors, internal security
Vajiram book on Internal Security Very good
internal security role of media, social

networking site
Vajiram book
cyber security
Vajiram
money laundering
-do-
border Management
-do-
organized crime, terrorism
-do-
security agencies- structure mandate
Wiki
GENERAL STUDIES 4: ETHICS, INTEGRITY, APTITUDE

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Topic
ethics and interface,

family, society and
all the hathodaa
topics
I did most of the topics from only one book Chronicle Lexicon which I
think is more than sucient for this paper for those topics. It does not
cover in adequate detail a few topics for which I used Vision Ias material
attitude, moral
inuence etc.
Lexicon
civil service:
integrity,
impartiality,
tolerance to weak
etc
Lexicon
emotional
intelligence, its use
in governance
Lexicon
moral thinkers of
India and world
How many thinkers did you prepare? only the ones which were very
imp eg.Rabindranath Tagore and a rough idea of Plato Socrates and 1
or 2 others. But it is not very important to remember their philosphies
verbatim as the question would never come as to what might be
considered ethical acoording to Plato? but for other questions you
might quote that as per this thinker, this act would be moral or immoral
as per the need.
ethics in pub.ad,
accountability, laws,
rules etc.
Lexicon
corporate
governance
Vision
probity in
governance, work
culture
Lexicon
citizen charter,
ethics code, work
culture etc.
Vision
challenges of
corruption
Vision
case studies on
above topics
Past year papers + Mock tests
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GS4 ETHICS CASE STUDY ANSWERS IN MAINS 2015
[Topper's
Interview]
Pulkitimportant
Garg (Rank-27
/CSE...
In this paper
, the most
thing
is how
you write
your answer, I followed a general
framework for writing case studies answers.

1. Start with identifying the values at conict such as ambition and truthfulness etc. and identify the
stakeholders concerned.
2. Then come on the possible scenarios that might take place . Write them clearly. Identify the
impacts of any particular scenario on all stakeholders
3. Use a lot of value based terms such as compassion,empathy,integrity,probity,transparency.
4. You can also use a particular principle to support your stand such as as per the utilitarian
arguement maximum benet for maximum people or as per the golden rule(never do wrong to
anyone in any case) etc.
5. Distinguish between short term and long term benets dont forget to study env ethics
6. In the conclusion,clearly write the preferred solution and the values due to which you would take
the stance.
7. I would also like to guide you to Sumit sirs strategy for Ethics which I found very good
http://mrunal.org/2014/06/toppers-interview-sumit-kumar-cse-2013air-81-rohtak-mech-engineer4-years-experience-mathematics-optional.html
For answer writing practice :
1. I gave Vision Ias Mains Test series which had very good quality
questions and their checking was of very high level helped me to
really improve my answer writing in Ethics
2. I also studied Gaurav Aggarwal Sirs blog as to how to write a good
answer in Ethics paper as he has uploaded all his Vision Ias answer
sheets on his blog (https://thesupermanreturns.wordpress.com
/2014/06/23/upsc-ias-prep-vision-ias-answer-scripts-gaurav-agrawal/)
Do make sure that you get a lot of answer writing practice before you
go for the nal exam.
Prepare standard
answers for such
questions asked again
and again in slightly
dierent forms give
test series have
answer writing practice.
in the remaining bol-bachchan type questions (e.g. why ethics

important, why probity dicult etc).
MAINS ANSWER-WRITING?
Please tell us how many marks worth attempt did you give? along with comments if any, in the
following cells:
Paper
GS1
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Best attempted
Average quality
namesake answer
Total attempt
10-20
None
250
None
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250 2016 12:30 AM
GS3
10-20
GS4
Opt-P1
None
240
None
250
20
220
Opt-P2
250
Q. What was your approach in the exam (I wrote all, I only focused on the questions where I
could answer perfectly, I just not to high quality points to reach the word limit etc.) Because
the UPSC aspirant Community is divided over what counts as a good paper. Some experts
claim you should attempt all- even if it involves making up an answer with ller lines,
some claim attempt only those questions you know perfectly. Where do you stand on this?
[Based on your experience and of your seniors/buddies]
1. I think one must attempt as many questions as possible i tried to attempt all in which even if I
had a rough idea.
2. Answer writing is very imp to score high in Mains go to the paper with a lot of practice else
writing for 3 hrs for 9 papers in a span of 5 days is almost impossible .
The time constraint is always there hence necessary to write only the main points in a concise
manner from as many dimensions as possible read the question carefully and answer only what
is asked. 1 line intro + 1 line conclusion max. No time for ller material specially for questions you
know well. Take time for every 10 marker as 7 mins and for 12.5 marker as 9 minutes.
3. Underline the main points headings or sub-headings make it as easy as possible for checker
to understand your answers he already has a lot of copies to check.Write neatly.
Q. How was your experience with the xed space answer sheet?
The space is adequate.
Q. Did you write answers in bullet points or in paragraphs? Some players (who cleared mains
and got interview call letter) were claiming that they wrote entire paper in bullet points, so
it doesnt matter.whether examiner is asking examine, comment, discuss or xyz.simply
write in bullets and points.
I wrote as per the needs of the question. If I had multiple distinct points for the answer I would
mostly write in bullet form. If it was more of a discussion on a single point,I would write in the
paragraph form. Just let it be very clear and easy for the checker to read and understand.Do
underline.
Q. Did you follow the introduction-body-conclusion format? because some mains-qualied
candidates claim they simply wrote the points they could recall within the time, instead of
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bothering with proper introduction and conclusion.
[Topper's
Interview]
(Rank-27
/CSE...
Exactly.Mostly
onlyPulkit
whatGarg
is asked
precisely.
In
some questions
only 1 line intro + 1 line conclusion
max. No time for these llers.

Q5. Did you use highlighters / sketchpens in your answers?
No.Just underlined with blue pen.
Q6. Did you draw any diagram in any paper? (e.g. in GS1 Geography)
No. but if needed then you should surely.
Q7. If yes, Did you draw diagrams with pencil or pen?
With Pen if required.
Q8. Did you use ruler to draw the lines in diagram? Or did you just make it by hand?
No time for such things.
Q9. You wrote the answer in blue pen or black pen?
Blue pen. Pilot V5 light in weight pen necessary when you have to write for such a long time.
MAINS OPTIONAL SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY

Q. Whats your optional subject and why did you chose it and not something else?
Chemistry. During the time of my preparation for IIT JEE, I developed an interest in Chemistry and
scored well, got AIR 1 in Chemistry IIT JEE 2010. Interest + good past performance + high scoring
potential if done well were my basis for choosing Chemistry.
Q. If a new player wants to pick this subject, would you advice for it or against it? (e.g. every
senior player in Public Administration seems to be advising against pub.ad)
Only if a person has sound basics in this subject and an abiding interest would I suggest somone to
take this.
Q. First the essential book/resource list. (Also mention which one is the Base book for
covering the theory? + Whatever comments youve for a particular book e.g. my seniors said
read xyz book but I found that ABC book was better. xyz topic not given properly in this
book, so prepare from xyz website or book OR and so on.)
I took coaching from DIAS in Delhi from RK Singh sir in Chemistry.
I found the coaching notes sucient in Paper 2 for all topics.
For paper 1 coaching notes + PSP for some topics such as electrochemistry would be sucient +
Abhijeet Aggarwal Sirs notes could be used.
Nishant Yadav sir has written a very good strategy for this optional. It is extremely focused and
concise and I followed this only.
Abhijeet Aggarwal sir has written detailed strategy on his blog which might be followed though
the number of books that he has mentioned is too large only some of them need to be done from
the exam point of view.
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Interview] Pulkit Garg (Rank-27 /CSE...
1. http://abhijeetagrawal.blogspot.in/
2. https://nishantyadav1.wordpress.com/category/chemistry/
Q. How much of internet-research / current aairs is necessary for this optional? OR can one
simply rely on the books and be done with this subject?
None. Only books would be sucient.
Q. How many months did it take to nish the core optional syllabus?
5-6 months.
Q. How many days/ weeks before the exam, you started answer writing practice?
Writing practice is very imp . Practice answer writing of all the previous year questions asked.
Prepare standard answers to often asked questions.Test series of Dias may also be taken.
Started answer writing in a focused way thorugh mock tests just after Prelims.
However, even before Prelims, I used to practice answer writing for atleast 2-3 questions of
previous years, while studying individual topics.
Q. Do you maintain self-notes for revision of optional? In which format- electronic or paper?
I maintained a synopsis for each chapter for end minute revision handwritten.
Q. Your observation about the dicultly level of 2015 mains vs previous papers. And what
precautions / rectications are necessary in the future strategy for given optional subject?
2015 had questions from inorganic in compulsory questions. Normally they are asked in optional
questions. This proved to be my Achilles heel. Hence I would suggest that course completion
irrespective of the type of question asked in the previous years is a must.
Otherwise the questions were direct and of a simple nature.
BEFORE THE INTERVIEW

Q1. How did you prepare for the interview? for college grad, hobbies, place of origin,
current aairs at national and international level?
Google all the details related to your DAF.
Brush up current aairs keep reading newspapers after Mains use Vision Ias current Aairs
notes.
Dont falsely create your hobbies just for DAF if you dont have any. Leave the column blank. It is a
much more safer option. And it doesnt look bad too, its okay.
Q2. Did you attend any mock interviews by coaching classes? How were they similar /
dierent than ocial interview? Do you believe it is necessary to attend such mock
interviews?
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Yes.
did.
From Chanakya, Samkalp and Vajiram.
[Topper's
Interview]
Pulkit
Garg at
(Rank-27
/CSE...
I found the
interview
session
Chanakya
very
good. It http://mrunal.org/2016/08/upsc-topper-ias-pulki...
was the only institute which had 5 members
in the panel, ranging from senior or retired bureaucrats to psychologists. The quality of questions
and feedback given was very good as well. They also provide video recording of the interview on
the spot, which is immensely benecial for self review and analysis.
Personal sessions with AK Mishra sir for interview were also very enlightening.
The group mock at Samkalp was excellent.
Mock interviews are good to prepare for any unexpected and to generate a knack of thinking under
pressure conditions and penetrating eyes. It also gives you a rough idea about the type of
questions that could be asked.
2-3 mock interviews must be taken by the aspirants. Would gear you up for the nal grilling.
Q3. Describe the formal-dress worn by you in interview.
A sober white shirt + black trousers + tie.
Q4. Where did you stay for the interview? (Hotel / friends home ) and what books/material
did you bring for the revision before interview?
At home.Nothing as such.
DURING THE INTERVIEW

Q1. Who was the chairman of you interview board?
HC Gupta
Q2. How long was the interview?
Around 30 minutes
Q3. Why do you want to join civil service? Why dont you continue in your graduation eld?
Social service can be done from private sector too. [Since I dont know whether they ask you
this question or not. But if they had asked- what will be your reply?]
Same as stated above.
Q4. Please narrate your entire interview- what questions did they ask and what did you
reply and other pleasant or uncomfortable experiences during the interview. (Earlier some
toppers only tell me their question but not their answer. I would appreciate if you give both
Question + your original answers)
It started on a very pleasant note. I entered with a smiling face.
CM : Has anyone told you that have a very good smile Pulkit .
Me: Thank you sir. Yes sir, my friends tell me that. (blushing
) . It even goes with my name, Pulkit.
All board members in chorus : What does your name mean Pulkit?
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ofSir,
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Me:
it means a person who is always happy and smiling.
[Topper's
Interview]
Pulkit
Garg
(Rank-27 /CSE...
CM : It really
suits you
then
Pulkit.
Me : Thinking ( there couldnt have been a better start to the interview)

CM : Okay, Pulkit, tell us why do you want to leave IRTS, which is such a good job with immense
perks, with houses bigger than that of IAS and where saloons(separate coaches) are provided for
travelling through train to the ocers.
Me: Denitely sir, its a great service. But IAS has its own distinct advantages, such as :
The most important reason Sir is that it gives me immense opportunity to make a deep
impact on every aspect on a citizens life, ranging from education, health to skill
development.
The other major reason is that it gives me great opportunity for career growth. 80% of joint
secretaries,85% of Additional secy and 90% of secretaries are IAS. (not sure about accuracy
of gures, but I was more concerned about conveying the message)
CM : Okay. What is the capital of Assam?
Me : (In a hurry) Sir, its Guwahati. ( a big blunder)
CM : No, Pulkit, Its Dispur, a locality in Guwahati. Have you read about it?
Me : Yes sir, I have read about it. Thank you for the information. It just slipped out of my mind.
CM : Okay. What is your opinion about scrapping of recruitment into railways through SCRA?
Me : Its denitely a step in the right direction sir. Supported it with 2-3 reasons. ( CM looked
satised)
M1 : Why do you think that IITs are institutes of excellence, better than our other institutes.
Me : Gave standard answer. Best of the students selected. Very good faculty. Excellent infra.
Independent governance.
M1 : Gave me an incomprehensible ( at that time, turned out to be easy later, as soon as I exited
the hall) Maths problem, which he had already written beforehand on a sheet of paper.
Me : Can I take some time sir>
M1: Take all the time you want.
Me: Cant think of it right now sir.
M1: No issues.Its totally okay.
Over to M2
M2(Lady) : You would get a lot sifarishein( illegitimate demands) when you are posted in the
district. How would you tackle them?
Me: Maam , I would keep a very simple approach. I would ensure that everything works as per the
law and procedure. Not even one exception would be there to this norm. Not even for my family
members, relatives or friends. It would establish my image as an honest ocer, and in some time, I
would stop receiving such demands. ( she looked satised)
M2 : What is Make in India?
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M2 : What is Skill India?
[Topper's
Over to M3
M3 : So you are from Delhi. Tell me 3 problems and the point wise solutions about why Health
system in Delhi is crumbling
Me : 1. Underspending as a proportion of GSDP
2. Lack of availability of medicines in govt hospitals
3. Poor medical ethics among doctors
Solutions:
1. Increase spending
2. Improve supply chain
3. Reform medical education system
There were a few other innocuous questions, which I dont remember right now.
M4 : Gave a situation. So consider that you are DM of a district. What measures would you take to
prevent a railway accident, and in case an accident happens, to minimize injuries and casualties.
Me : Sir, we could undertake a vulnerability analysis survey, to nd out the most vulnerable areas,
where there is high probability of an accident taking place. Then we could take site specic
measures.
Such as , strengthening of old bridges through which trains pass , and strengthening embankments
to prevent landslides from aecting railway tracks.
To minimize the adverse eects, we could have a toll free emergency helpline number to provide
quick help.
M4 : Anything else?
Me : Sir, we could form a coordination committee consisting of ocials from district administration,
police, railway ocials and ocials from health department to provide quick and eective help.
M4 : Could we also train local communities, who are normally the rst responders, in such
emergencies?
Me : Denitely sir.
CM : Thank you Pulkit, your interview is over. And I think I should take back my comment about
your smile, because you were so serious throughout the interview.
Me: Didnt know what to respond. Just gave him a nervous smile again. J
CM : Thank you!
Me : Thank you sir. Thank you while looking at everyone else.
Q5. Was your interview on the expected lines of what you had prepared or did they ask you
totally unexpected questions? Was it a stress interview, did they ask any uncomfortable
questions?
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If yes, how did you handle it?
The interview was on Expected lines. No.
[Topper's
Pulkit
Gargtechnicalities
(Rank-27 /CSE...
Q6. Any Interview]
side details
about
like
makehttp://mrunal.org/2016/08/upsc-topper-ias-pulki...
sure you bring xyz document or do xyz
thing, or youll face problem?

No.
Q7. Any word of wisdom / observations about medical checkup?
Just go for it when scheduled.
CSE 2015 mark sheet

Prelims mark sheetSubject
Marks obtained
Paper 1
115.34
Paper 2
176.38
Mains mark sheetSubject
Marks obtained
Essay Paper-1
119
General Studies Paper 2
114
94
111
97
Optional Paper Paper-1
136
Optional Paper Paper-2
102
Written total
773
Personality Test
190
Final Total
963
Q2. After looking at the marksheet, suppose you had to prepare again next time, what
changes will you make in your studies?
Lower marks in Essay so more practice required here.
In addition
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to this, I would have analysed how to do better in optional

subject.
Sunday
18 September 2016 12:30 AM
[Topper's
Interview]
Pulkit Garg (Rank-27 /CSE...
CAREER
BACKUP
Q1. If you were not selected, what was your career backup plan?
Already in IRTS.
VIEWS ON UPSC REFORMS

What are your views on following issues?
Q. Optional subjects should be removed altogether. The present stalemate is helping no-one,
except coaching-owners, book publishers.
I dont agree. It enables the person to show his prociency or command over a specic subject in
which he is trained in. This is not fully possible in GS due to its very dynamic nature and the
limitless course.
Q. Despite what UPSC has done in recent years, it has failed to curb the nuisance of Delhis
coaching factories. In fact its increased under the new syllabus in 2014. Lets face it, most
candidates who gave Mains-2014 have relied on (authentic OR Xeroxed) coaching notes
because there was hardly any time left to prepare so many topics in such short time. This
system work against an individual preparing from far-away area, without any nancial
resources, high-speed internet or contacts in Delhi.
I dont agree with the above statement.The role of coaching institutes has drastically
decreased.Last minute learning of coaching prepared notes wont help anyone. You need
consistent study of newspapers and standard reference books and writing practice to succeed in
the exam.These days online repository of materials and data has rendered coaching institues
completely irrelevant.
Q. Half-merger of IFoS with CSE is a bad move because it has raised the cutos for players
whore solely dedicated to IFoS only (and not to IAS/IPS). Adding salt to the wounds, many
who had applied for both jobs, cleared the prelims- they did not even bother to appear in all
the papers of Mains-IFoS. (atleast that was the scene in 2013).
True.This should not have been done.There should be separate exams.
Q. UPSC should disclose ocial prelim answerkey and cutos, immediately after prelim is
over, instead of postponing it till interview phase is over.
I agree.
Q. UPSC should be conducted online like IBPS and CAT exam to shorten the duration of
exam.
Yes this is much needed.At present the lenth of exam from pre to nal result is excruciatingly long.
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[Topper's
Garg (Rank-27
/CSE...
Q. If youInterview]
are madePulkit
the UPSC
chairman,
what
other reforms
would you initiate for the civil
service exam?
1. Making interview more objective.
2. Releasing cut-os and marks of candidates after every stage as soon as possible
3. Reducing the duration of this year long examination.
INSECURITY ABOUT PROFILE

Q. Many candidates prepare sincerely but constantly live under fear about prole
insecurity. Im not from a big college, Im not from English medium, and I dont have
work-experience. What if they ask some stressful questions in the interview about this? Did
you suer from such insecurities? What is your message to these candidates?
I have had a privileged background as I have studied in top convent school of Delhi and then
graduated from IIT Delhi. Hence,I have not had this insecurity personally. But I guess, the more
dicult circumstances you face in life to rise, that is if you are from a rural background or a Hindi
medium background or economically not well o that is all the more appreciated by anyone that I
have met and I think is a great advantage in the interview. It gives the message that despite all the
hardships and challenges,you have made to it to the top. J
WISDOM
Q. Through this struggle and success, what have your learned? What is the wisdom of life
and competition? What is your message to the new aspirants?
The main aim in life is to maximize happiness. Find what gives you happiness and go for the kill.
Dont think what your friend is doing, dont think what the society wants you to do. Do what you
want to do and you would denitely succeed.
I would like to say that this exam tests patience and determination over everything else. If you are
determined and hard working, it is a no-brainer that you would denitely make it.
Q. Many hardworking candidates have failed in Mains/Interview of CSE-2014. Theyre feeling
cynical, hopeless and depressed- what is your message to them?
It would only enhance the taste of success at a later stage.
Keep working hard, analyse your mistakes and weaknesses. Success is bound to follow.
CREDIT: FRIENDS/FAMILY
Q. Behind every topper are many people who stood by during those uncertain times when
he/she was merely an aspirant. Would you like to tell the world, who were those people in
your case? Any specic incidence that you would like to share with the readers?
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[Topper's
Interview]
Pulkitlike
Garg
(Rank-27
/CSE...
My parents
have stood
a rock
behind
me
throughout
this preparation. They have had to
sacrice all their sources of enjoyments, outings and meeting with relatives as they rmly believed
that a peaceful environment at home is most essential to study. I never had to worry about any
nancial constraints and never felt any lack of resources throughout my preparation. Hence I never
had to bother about anything while in my preparation phase. I just had to concentrate on my
studies which made my task easier .This saved precious time as I already had very less time at hand
as I had given the exam just after my graduation.
My friends, from college and school have provided me intense motivation. Each one of my friends
has excelled in his/her own respective elds. This has ingrained a culture of excellence in me
too.They have always been there during my low phases to lift me up and to push me to do more.I
would be ever grateful to them for this.
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So, Did you use Mrunal.org for your preparation and if yes, how did it help you? And you can
even reply No. Ill still publish your answer without tempering.
When I started my preparation, Mrunal.org was the 1st website that I came across, which I have
extensively used for my preparation. In addition to using it for preparation, I have developed a
strong emotional connect with this website and Mrunal. The way you you write, proved to be a big
motivator for me during my course of preparation.
There are certain sections which I found to be extremely useful such as :
1. Economy
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3. Toppers Interview
4. Current Aairs
I would like to thank you profusely for having this wonderful resource at the aspirants disposal
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niether i will have degree at that time(lling daf)
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University
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Shipyard Ltd
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Faculty
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(http://nihroorkee.gov.in
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07-Sep: ITI Ltd
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(http://midhani.gov.in 07-Sep: NTPC
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india.com/careers)
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(https://www.utiitsl.com(http://www.dpsru.edu.in
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Collieries
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Banks
Pharm.
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Legal
[Topper's
Pulkit Garg
(Rank-27 /CSE...
20-Sep:Interview]
Dena Bank
/scclnew/index.asp)
University
(http://www.denabank.com
01-Oct: BPUT
/viewsection.jsp?lang=0&
Rourkela
id=0,48)
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/Recruitments.html)
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06-Sep: Bank of
(http://hc.tap.nic.in
Maharashtra
/aphc/notications.html)
(http://bankofmaharashtra.in
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Openings.asp)
/exam/bsjs2/)
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Maharashtra
Judiciary
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/Current12-Sep: Rajasthan
Openings.asp)
High Court
(http://hcraj.nic.in
/lrarecruitment2016.aspx)
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University
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Maharashtra
/CurrentOpenings.asp)
(http://www.mmmut.ac.i
/ViewAdvertismentforva
15-Sep: UPSC
(http://upsconline.nic.in
/ora/VacancyNoticePub.p
15-Sep: University
of Jammu
(http://www.cujammu.ac
//Default.aspx?option=ar
type=single&
id=32&
mnuid=734&
prvtyp=site)
14-Sep: Indian Inst.
of Sci.
(http://www.iisertirupati.
/job-faculty/)
12-Sep: NIT Goa
(http://www.nitgoa.ac.in/
10-Sep: Sanskrit
Vidyapeeth
(http://www.slbsrsv.ac.in
/careers.asp)
10-Sep: Gujarat
University
(http://recr.gujaratuniver
07-Sep: Nat. Mental
health Inst.
/vacancyannouncements)
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[Topper's

Pulkit Garg (Rank-27 /CSE...

motivation (http://mrunal.org/category/motivation) / 3 weeks Ago /

Total attempts in CSE (including this one)

Sunday 18 September 2016 12:30 AM

[Topper's Interview] Pulkit Garg (Rank-27 /CSE...

Medium chosen for Mains answers

Medium chosen for Interview

Details of other competitive exams, including

Rank 490, CSE 2014

Details of coaching, mock tests, postal material for any

2. Vision Ias Test Series Pre

Service preferences (Top-5)

IAS IPS IFS IRS(IT) IRS(C&CE)

state cadre preference (Top-5)

Graduation course and %

B Tech,Civil Engineering ; CGPA 8.15

Name of college, city, passing out year

IIT Delhi 2014

Any other professional courses

Hobbies & Extracurricular achievements

Hobbies : playing badminton and squash, jogging

Sunday 18 September 2016 12:30 AM

[Topper's Interview] Pulkit Garg (Rank-27 /CSE...

which is not just restricted to a limited set of people.

Sunday 18 September 2016 12:30 AM

ELECTRONIC VS PAPER MATERIAL

TEMPO AND STYLE

Sunday 18 September 2016 12:30 AM

PRELIMS (CSAT) GENERAL STUDIES

NCERT only 11th pretty detailed would need to be revised

[Topper's Interview] Pulkit Garg (Rank-27 /CSE...

NCERT old 11th and 12th detailed as well would be sucient

Spectrum(must pre centric) + Bipin Chandra some chapters such

Culture and society

Nothing certain too many sources but I did it from Nitin

Polity (theory + current)

Laxmikant + reading of bare provisions from PM Bakshi

11th 12th NCERT Macro Economics + Economic Survey + Srirams

Shankar IAS + lots of Wikipedia + Vision IAS Current Aairs

11th + 12th NCERT + GC Leong

Current Aairs Vision IAS + Indian Express

Schemes, Policy & Filler

PRSIndia + PIB + mrunal + iasbaba + insightsonindia

Q. Any observation / comments / tips about GS prelim 2015 paper?

knowledge about them.

[Topper's Interview] Pulkit Garg (Rank-27 /CSE...

MAINS: COMPULSORY LANGUAGE PAPER

Your preparation strategy / booklist?

Solved past 2-3 years papers.

Hindi Unique publishers Hindi guide book practiced writing essays .

Q2.other observations / tips / comments on the length / diculty level of compulsory

GENERAL STUDIES (MAINS) PAPER 1

How did you prepare?

Nitin Singhania notes however one should prepare from AL Basham

Bipin Chandra or NCERT 12th old I read NCERT completely and

Sunday 18 September 2016 12:30 AM

[Topper's Interview] Pulkit Garg (Rank-27 /CSE...

Norman Lowe would be sucient + Roman Saini sirs videos could be

I read Bipin Chandra but guess no need to prepare in this detail

11th 12th sociology . More of current aairs and common sense

role of women, poverty

Vision IAS notes

world geo physical