| UPSC CAPF 2014 Marks of Top 5 Rankers | ||||||
| RANK | Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Written total | Interview | Total | Name |
| 1 | 165 | 95 | 260 | 90 | 350 | Rahul Singla |
| 2 | 145 | 88 | 233 | 110 | 343 | G Chandrashekhar |
| 3 | 133 | 88 | 221 | 120 | 341 | Akshay Upadhyay |
| 4 | 146 | 102 | 248 | 90 | 338 | Rahul Rai |
| 5 | 123 | 95 | 218 | 115 | 333 | Anil Goud |
Saturday, 25 April 2015
UPSC CAPF 2014 - Marksheet of Top 5 ranks
My UPSC CAPF - 2014 Interview Experience - Got recommended with All India Rank 4.
UPSC calls its interview as Personality Test, but don't get too happy, they still do ask factual questions. But what I feel is that they must be carrying lower marks than the opinion based and situation based questions.
I had prepared well for my D day at UPSC and it was on 9th February in morning session at UPSC Bhawan, Dholpur House, New Delhi. At first everyone is made to sit in the big hall with circular dome shaped roof. Here all the documents and forms are checked and then you are told to wait for your interview turn.
I was in for a big surprise on that day, just after the documents were verified, it was around 10:45 a.m. , a portly looking man came and called out my name. He instructed me to follow him, I was very nervous at that point of time and so much was going on inside my head, so without paying much thought I started to follow him. Mid way in our walk, a CISF personnel frisked me. I was wondering why this redundant task was being done, we were already frisked at entry gate.
And then just after that, the person told me to sit outside a room. When I looked on the name plate it said " Chattar Singh ". It was like a covert operation to lead a man into ambush, nobody told me that I am going first for the interview. First day of interview and first show too.
Heartbeat suddenly shot up in anticipation of coming half an hour. To calm myself I tried to distract my mind and started observing people around and it was of great help. Everyone was very casual and chatty on good February morning, observing them certainly relaxed my tensed mind. And then a peon came out and told me to go inside.
Inside their were four people, CS - Chattar Singh ( Chairman of Board ) , M1 - lady , M2 and M3 - both men seemingly from armed forces. They were all seated around a square table. Now the interview questions : ( answers vary from person to person and personal experiences so I am not mentioning them )
CS: Is this you ?? ( after showing me photo of mine )
CS: How do I pronounce your surname ?
CS: You have earlier been employed , please tell about your experience there ?
CS: Why do you want to leave that organisation and come here ?
M1: Why haven't you joined army ? Did you ever apply for it ?
M1: Is there any one in your family who has served in uniformed service ?
M1: Tell me about your home district ?
M1: What are the famous establishments there ?
CS: You have mentioned football, according to you what is impact of ISL on indian football ?
CS: What are the steps needed for betterment of sports culture in India ?
CS: Watching movies is your hobby too, what sort of movies do you watch ?
CS: Why don't you watch Bollywood movies ?
CS: Which genre of movies attracts you the most ?
M2: You seem to have interest in war and history, am I right ?
M2: Please recall the events leading to second world war ?
M2: How is World War 1 related to second world war ?
M2: Any particular military strategy that was used in World War 2 ?
M2: What was the turning point of Second World War ?
M2: Tell me about the outcome of First World War ?
CS: What is your force preference ?
CS: Why have you chosen CISF as first preference ? Why not others / whats wrong with them ?
M3: Are you still in touch with computer science ?
M3: Of what help can be your degree in CAPF ?
M3: Tell me about Data Mining ?
M3: What is Cloud Computing , explain in simple terms ?
M3: Difference between political setup in India and US ?
M3: What is the difference between powers of Indian and US president ?
CS: Why is CISF still required , why can't we replace them with private security ?
CS: Ok, you may go now .
I was expecting at least 100 out of 150. The interview went quite well and the duration was about 25 - 30 minutes. I missed a few points here and there which I should have spoken, but that happens to everyone due to very less time that you have to gather points and prepare your answer. I couldn't defend choosing CISF over others well , maybe nobody can. I ended up arguing a little bit with the chairman over the CISF question after he brought it up again, shouldn't have done that.
Anyways the end result is that I figured in the final merit list with 90 /150 marks in Personality Test.
All's well that ends well. Hope the interview transcript helps you all .
I had prepared well for my D day at UPSC and it was on 9th February in morning session at UPSC Bhawan, Dholpur House, New Delhi. At first everyone is made to sit in the big hall with circular dome shaped roof. Here all the documents and forms are checked and then you are told to wait for your interview turn.
I was in for a big surprise on that day, just after the documents were verified, it was around 10:45 a.m. , a portly looking man came and called out my name. He instructed me to follow him, I was very nervous at that point of time and so much was going on inside my head, so without paying much thought I started to follow him. Mid way in our walk, a CISF personnel frisked me. I was wondering why this redundant task was being done, we were already frisked at entry gate.
And then just after that, the person told me to sit outside a room. When I looked on the name plate it said " Chattar Singh ". It was like a covert operation to lead a man into ambush, nobody told me that I am going first for the interview. First day of interview and first show too.
Heartbeat suddenly shot up in anticipation of coming half an hour. To calm myself I tried to distract my mind and started observing people around and it was of great help. Everyone was very casual and chatty on good February morning, observing them certainly relaxed my tensed mind. And then a peon came out and told me to go inside.
Inside their were four people, CS - Chattar Singh ( Chairman of Board ) , M1 - lady , M2 and M3 - both men seemingly from armed forces. They were all seated around a square table. Now the interview questions : ( answers vary from person to person and personal experiences so I am not mentioning them )
CS: Is this you ?? ( after showing me photo of mine )
CS: How do I pronounce your surname ?
CS: You have earlier been employed , please tell about your experience there ?
CS: Why do you want to leave that organisation and come here ?
M1: Why haven't you joined army ? Did you ever apply for it ?
M1: Is there any one in your family who has served in uniformed service ?
M1: Tell me about your home district ?
M1: What are the famous establishments there ?
CS: You have mentioned football, according to you what is impact of ISL on indian football ?
CS: What are the steps needed for betterment of sports culture in India ?
CS: Watching movies is your hobby too, what sort of movies do you watch ?
CS: Why don't you watch Bollywood movies ?
CS: Which genre of movies attracts you the most ?
M2: You seem to have interest in war and history, am I right ?
M2: Please recall the events leading to second world war ?
M2: How is World War 1 related to second world war ?
M2: Any particular military strategy that was used in World War 2 ?
M2: What was the turning point of Second World War ?
M2: Tell me about the outcome of First World War ?
CS: What is your force preference ?
CS: Why have you chosen CISF as first preference ? Why not others / whats wrong with them ?
M3: Are you still in touch with computer science ?
M3: Of what help can be your degree in CAPF ?
M3: Tell me about Data Mining ?
M3: What is Cloud Computing , explain in simple terms ?
M3: Difference between political setup in India and US ?
M3: What is the difference between powers of Indian and US president ?
CS: Why is CISF still required , why can't we replace them with private security ?
CS: Ok, you may go now .
I was expecting at least 100 out of 150. The interview went quite well and the duration was about 25 - 30 minutes. I missed a few points here and there which I should have spoken, but that happens to everyone due to very less time that you have to gather points and prepare your answer. I couldn't defend choosing CISF over others well , maybe nobody can. I ended up arguing a little bit with the chairman over the CISF question after he brought it up again, shouldn't have done that.
Anyways the end result is that I figured in the final merit list with 90 /150 marks in Personality Test.
All's well that ends well. Hope the interview transcript helps you all .
Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Central Board of Excise and Customs - State Wise Vacanies SSC CGL 2014
This picture of an RTI is circulating on the internet. It shows vacancies per state for posts of Excise Inspector , Preventive Officer and Examiner to be recruited through SSC CGL 2014 Exam. All three posts come under the Central Board of Excise and Customs.
Sunday, 19 April 2015
Which job is better, Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army or Assistant Commandant in CAPFs?
This question is frequently asked by the aspirants who have a passion within them to serve in the Armed Forces of the country. Well here is my take on this topic.
There is no comparison between them as such because primarily one is related to internal and other external security of the country. Even in CAPF you can not compare one force to another , they have different fields of operations. CISF protects industries / establishments , CRPF handles law and order situations , BSF/ ITBP/ SSB are border guarding forces. They have completely different operational scenarios even among them , so the question of comparing in totality with army is naive at the best.
An AC is company commander in all the forces whereas the same is not true about Captain in army. You can not compare a CISF AC with a Army Captain, because CISF operates in units ( not battalions ), where an AC also has lots of decision making power and he may even be the unit commander of smaller units. Whereas in Army, Captains don't get such privileges.
CRPF AC has much more civil policing powers and hence is also not comparable to Army captain. At most BSF / ITBP / SSB AC can be said to be similar to Army Captain in terms of service.
The basic difference is in service conditions and hierarchy, Army is reportedly much more strict in dealing with hierarchy i.e. junior officers have very little breathing space in terms of opinion / decision making etc.
In terms of recruitment profile, Army has lots of entries and inductions, Twice a year NDA and CDS each , then there are TES , UES etc etc.. The focus is more on selection boards rather than written exam. 200 vacancies twice through NDA = 400. 200 vacancies twice through CDS = 400. Only these two entries contribute about 800+ officers. There are other entries also which contribute to officers inducted in a year , with about total inductions being in range of 1500 -2000 per year.
Whereas CAPF AC has only one entry through UPSC once a year, the competition there is lot tougher due to very low number of vacancies around 300 - 400 ( combining all 5 forces ) and presence of civil service aspirants who prefer it as a second option to IPS.
Promotions - AC in all forces have different career progressions as they separate cadres. But generally an AC retires as DIG equivalent Brigadier on pay scale. And ACs who are higher in seniority retire as IG equivalent to Maj General. In BSF , ACs can also become ADG that is one rank higher than IG, but that is rare. Army captains have a very uncertain career profile in comparison , most them retire as Lt. Col and Colonel. Very few reach to the scale of Brigadier and even fewer to the rank of Maj. General. But the good thing is that handful of officers (mostly if one has come through NDA entry) , have a shot however faint but the shot at least at reaching rank of Lt. Gen and General.
In the end it really depends on your own aspirations, your capacity to crack the exam and which uniform you want to see yourself wearing. All of the above forces offer you good service conditions and opportunity to live life in all its glory.
There is no comparison between them as such because primarily one is related to internal and other external security of the country. Even in CAPF you can not compare one force to another , they have different fields of operations. CISF protects industries / establishments , CRPF handles law and order situations , BSF/ ITBP/ SSB are border guarding forces. They have completely different operational scenarios even among them , so the question of comparing in totality with army is naive at the best.
An AC is company commander in all the forces whereas the same is not true about Captain in army. You can not compare a CISF AC with a Army Captain, because CISF operates in units ( not battalions ), where an AC also has lots of decision making power and he may even be the unit commander of smaller units. Whereas in Army, Captains don't get such privileges.
CRPF AC has much more civil policing powers and hence is also not comparable to Army captain. At most BSF / ITBP / SSB AC can be said to be similar to Army Captain in terms of service.
The basic difference is in service conditions and hierarchy, Army is reportedly much more strict in dealing with hierarchy i.e. junior officers have very little breathing space in terms of opinion / decision making etc.
In terms of recruitment profile, Army has lots of entries and inductions, Twice a year NDA and CDS each , then there are TES , UES etc etc.. The focus is more on selection boards rather than written exam. 200 vacancies twice through NDA = 400. 200 vacancies twice through CDS = 400. Only these two entries contribute about 800+ officers. There are other entries also which contribute to officers inducted in a year , with about total inductions being in range of 1500 -2000 per year.
Whereas CAPF AC has only one entry through UPSC once a year, the competition there is lot tougher due to very low number of vacancies around 300 - 400 ( combining all 5 forces ) and presence of civil service aspirants who prefer it as a second option to IPS.
Promotions - AC in all forces have different career progressions as they separate cadres. But generally an AC retires as DIG equivalent Brigadier on pay scale. And ACs who are higher in seniority retire as IG equivalent to Maj General. In BSF , ACs can also become ADG that is one rank higher than IG, but that is rare. Army captains have a very uncertain career profile in comparison , most them retire as Lt. Col and Colonel. Very few reach to the scale of Brigadier and even fewer to the rank of Maj. General. But the good thing is that handful of officers (mostly if one has come through NDA entry) , have a shot however faint but the shot at least at reaching rank of Lt. Gen and General.
In the end it really depends on your own aspirations, your capacity to crack the exam and which uniform you want to see yourself wearing. All of the above forces offer you good service conditions and opportunity to live life in all its glory.
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