These are summaries of the interviews, not complete transcripts.

Indian Forest Services interviews are underway as of 19th October 2020. Here we bring to you a draft summary of some of the interviews that have been conducted until now. We will keep updating the post as more interview transcripts become available to us.

Most candidates have common feedback. “Sir ask others to just stay calm. More than knowledge calmness matters”

Candidate-1

IFS interview transcript #18/10/21

Chair-

• What type of Tree plantation near Narmada?
• How do you clean Narmada?
• Brahmos Missile – Name origin – What is Missile, Why it is used?
• How do u do plantation with help of Tribals.. Consider urself DFO and give 5 pointers.
• NGO – any regulation over them?
• 3g/4g/5g Comparision in tech terms?

M1

• Wind energy – ₹/unit
• Solar energy – ₹/unit
• What is Semiconductor ?
• Power wattage of fan + Inverter running time for given load (calculation based que)?
• Assigned a lapsable fund, but project cant be legally sanctioned.. What wud u do.. Pressure from senior to take on project.

M2 (lady)

• What is crypto currency?
• Change that Vipassana meditation bring in life?
• If get pressure from influential person.. In case of threat. How would you react?

M3

• what is Sacred grove?
• Its use?
• More que on it

Chair –

• When is National Voters day?
• Why its been celebrated on that day?

Candidate-2

IFS interview, 18/10/21

M1- Tell us 5 qualities that make you suitable for IFS.
What could be the benefits of according Living Entity status to River Ganges?

M2- Your hobby is creating best out of waste. Recent creation?
Some people living along rivers in Pune, are of the opinion of killing bats, since they spread diseases. What should we do?
Why is it so important to conserve the gene pool of wild varieties?

M3-
What are the provisions in Constitution which invoke so many writ petitions under env in courts?
What are the major differences between National Forest Policy of 1952, 1988?
What should we focus on Mitigation or Adaptation? Eg.
What SDGs are directly linked to Environment & Climate?
SDG for Gender Equality?

M4-
Are you aware of the differences between forests and jungles?
What do you understand by Act of 1980?
How can we reduce the differences between people and forest?

M1-
What are Urban forests?
Imagine you are in Kashmir, what are the challenges faced by forests in Kashmir?

Thankyou!

Few questions I am forgetting right now. Will add as and when I recall

Candidate-3

IFS interview , 18/10/21

Btech in Biotechnology
Odisha
TCA ANANT Sir’s board
Chairperson:

1. Why Ifos
2. What did you do after leaving job
   M1(lady):
3. What is carbon footprint
4. What is carbon trading
5. What is pollution
6. What is climate change, name organizations working towards climate change
7. Carbon trading
8. Implementation of biotechnology in Forestry

M2:

1. Is eucalyptus hybrid forest tree
2. Are driverless cars good
3. Ecosystem of chilika lake
4. Is chilika ecotone or ecocline

M3:

1. Name some bioindicator species
2. How would make forest protection a mass movement
3. Name 3 environmentalists
4. Difference between habitat and niche

Candidate-4

IFS interview , 18/10/21

Vyas sir board
Discussion happened on following topics-
Rhino and it’s horn
Aerosol vs smog vs smoke
Birds in Assam

Plant kingdom
Fungi vs Bacteria
Is growing pine in Delhi possible?
Bioremediation
Plastic pollution in soil
Importance of Ecology in IFS
Which species to grow in a degraded land
What do you read in newspapers these days
AQI
Mission Kakatiya
Rain water harvesting
Switchgate in civil engineering
World Heritage sites

Will you adjust in other states
Why do you want to move from pcs to ifs

Tell me about Art of assam
Cinema of assam
Tell me about your strength and weakness

What is fiscal federalism. Finance commission. Issues around.

All the best

Candidate-3

IFS interview , 18/10/21

Board: Ajith.S Bhonsle
Optionals: geology and forestry
Date: Oct 18th, afternoon, 2nd to go

Ch: your name meaning? -Your positive traits?
-what traits in you suit IFS?
-why 4 yrs gap to complete masters?
-How to balance Highways or other infra along with conserving forests?

M1:
Should women be employed as forest guards? If so what’s the challenge?
-Pond conservation in forests?
-How to adress man-animal conflict?
-If you are DFO on hilly terrain, how would u ensure livelihoods of people there with no access?

M2:
-Your visit to national park and WLS? particular difference in your experience?
-Recent environmentalist who died and his contribution?
-What do you know about stan Swamy?
-how to adress problem of eutrophication in lakes?

M3:
-Indian forest act 1894 Main aim?
-Recent movie watched related to envi?
-Why is it so important to conserve sepvies like tiger neglecting others?
-NAPCC missions and Green India mission targets?
-How to tackle the problem of tribes cultivating in forest lands and conserving forests?