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SCRA 2011 Interview Questions

As told by Esha Awasthi -

hi

they asked me ques related to my interests and hobbies, about pollution, from ba

PCM(Stefan's law, thermodynamics, combustion engine) and most importantly

I wanted to join SCRA !

Interview Marks:200!! very high weightage given to interview. - Whatthey are looking for? PCM?GK? Eng? I guess they are looking for a perso

with really good characteristics! Your personality and that's what it is -

personality test!

SCRA 2012 Interview Schedule: Click here

Remember you should have properly gone through the syllabus before the

interview and must have selected 2/3 topics from each subject as your fav

topic.More Interview Guidelines: Click here

Are you afraid of this world? If NO, then don't be afraid of even those 5-6

people sitting in the room and taking your interview! Face them with a cal

and composed mind. Be cool and active! You are facing interview becuase

you deserve that!! You have some outstanding credentials!!

Kindly email us the questions and other details regarding "your's SCRA

interview" after your interview at our emailid [email protected] for

juniors!

Questions asked in Interview- as told to us by Nidhi Bharti :

they basically asked me pcm question and a lot about internet....

like they asked me about matrices determinants.....set theory...a bit of organic

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chemistry....n ...in phy..its was from communication system related to internet....

it...

Some common questions asked in Interview:

Before taking seat you should wish all board members a "Good Morning or a Go

afternoon in a pleasant manner. They will ask you to take the seat.

Always remember, your first answer determine the direction of your interview, i.

ABOUT YOURSELF. It is easiest to answer because you can know yourself bes

So, mould the things in your way!!

Besides questions from PCM they can various questions as mentioned below.

Q : Tell us something about yourself -

Ideally the introduction should be of 1 min - 2 min maximum.

Includes schooling, background (if you feel it is important), city, strengths

(think about your strength - honesty is not a strength in the professional winterests, and presently what you are doing (for example some students are

already in NIT, DCE, IIIT etc).Do not mention your age.

When you say strength - they can ask your weakness also. Ideally every

person has some weakness but still we praise people for its good things an

not weakness. Still if weakness have to be mentioned, select the weakness

which doesn't comes strongly in your professional way. The best way of

defining weakness is the one which gets originated from your strengths. F

example if you are hard work then lot of hard working is describe as

workaholic. Similarly, when you say you are very committed, it means

sometimes you are motivated in a single direction with your full potential.

your strength is patience listening, then sometimes you spend lot of time i

listening and trying to understand others. When you say I am practical the

weak point can be that sometimes you are very strict to everyone.

Strength: If you plays tennis then " I'm a person of determination as I'm a

Tennis player, which also gives me an attribute of goal orientation."

Ideally your negative traits should come from your positive traits

(+ve)Goal oriented - (-ve) to accomplish your goal, at times to tend to giv

less time to your family and friends.

(+ve)Optimistic - (-ve) you try to find a silver lining in every dark cloud,

which at times ruins the objective.

(+ve)Creative - (-ve) Thinking and imagining, at times you tend to go toomuch beyond factualness.

(+ve)Benevolent - (-ve) At times, people take unusual advantage of your

"such nature."

Cite certain negative aspect of yours, which actually gives a positive tint.

Lack of patience, work holism etc.

You should never say that you are short tempered or lazy etc. These are

superlatives of negative attributes.

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses!

Q 2: For those students- Who are already in some good engineering college -

Why you want to leave NIT for SCRA? It will leave one more seat vacant


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a loss to other student as well - The answer should be very simple like I a

very much interested in joining SCRA, and you joined NIT as SCRA is on

the most competitive exam and joining NIT was a good option at that time

(career planning). Or whatever you feel you can defend.

Answers like - my parents ask me to do so! should be avoided

Q 3: Next question can be from your hobbies -

If your hobby is computing then you should be well aware how languages

classified, details about the basic part of the computers, about the various

known companies etc.

If your hobbies is singing or music then you should have some knowledge

music. Knowledge of music means not just baout singers and actors. Abou

instruements, about various music.

If your hobby is painting then you should know about various types of

paintings.

If you dont know about your hobbies then now it is not the right time to g

through all the books thoroughly, just get the basic details.

Q 4: You should be well aware of the current affairs. For example inflation.

recession. How Indian railways can help in decreasing inflation? By reducing fre

charges, but to a self sustained model.

Q 5: What do you think about the future of railways in India? - Indeed lot to be

done. Most of the railways tracks etc need to be updated, upgradation to new

technologies.

Q 6: In recent past there have been few delays/accidents in Delhi Metro - What y

think the cause of such accidents? - You should not go into the technical details

get stick to the official stand i.e. the authorities were trying to implement the projin the best manner and such type of incidents during construction is not an

exception, though measures should be taken to avoid them.

Q 7: Tell us about your city - You should know at least 5 things about your city. I

case if it is a city like Cochin, Hyderabad or Lucknow, then indeed lot of things t

known.

Q 8: As a mechanical engineer in railways, how railways would be benefitted?

Q 9: Which job you will prefer? MNC or SCRA; SCRA or IAS?

Q 10: Which game you play? Technical question based on those - Cricket invites

of questions and also cricket is not welcome compared to other games - Personal

view of Aryan Classes . There can be more question related to following: Which

the national game of India? About Billiards? About women boxing? Lawn Tenni

Q 11: By which train you have came to Delhi?

Train Number? Stops during the train? Bogey number? Tkt No? PNR No?

Berth No? Fare? etc - No need to remember all details except train no, sto

(majors) fare and coach. They can ask anything specific written on the coa

etc. But it is not the matter of concern. Remember they can ask you anythiyou answer what you can. In all case you should act in a cool manner and

per your senses.


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Q 12: If you are the authority in Railways, which two measures you will take for

sustainable upgradation of the Indian railways, considering all people? -

Q 13: Who is your favourite railway minister till now? and Why?

Your answer should be based on facts. Lalu was invited by various schools

guest lectures but Miss Mamta Banerjee says Railways does not have eno

fund as stated by Lalu ji (use Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav or Shri lalu Prasad Y

and not Lalu ji!). Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav started lot of railway schemes and

certainly railways had a good time during Lalu. You can also compare Niti

Kumar if you have any data.

Question is papers are still remain the same but what actually happened

according to which as per Laluji, Railways have enough fund, and as per

Mamta Banerjee, they hardly have any fund? This is indeed a tough questi

and facts are not there in public. Answer should be based on common sens

You can say that most probably Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav was planning vario

projects considering the potential of the Indian Railways and various reve

which will come along with various projects in the future, while Miss MaBanerjee is considering what is their in the cash. I personally feel it is just

way the various propspects of various projects have been analysed by two

different railway ministers.

At present who is the railway minister of India?

Why Railway has their own budget in the parliament and not a part of the

Union budget. How put railway budget in the parliament?

Why most of the Railway ministers in last 15 years are from North India?

Specifically Bihar and UP?

Q 14: Any suggestions to stop frequent rail accidents? - Remember hardly any

suggestion would be very new and innovative! They also dont expect you to be

innovative in that sense! The only answer is reducing human error and using ne

technologies and improving infrastructure (staff, phones etc).

Q 15: Which is your favourite subject?

Q 16: Apart from being good in academics, in what other activities you participa

your school?

Q 17: For students studying in IIIT / NIT etc - How you find college life? What

think what is the main reason of ragging? Why student commit suicide? Why

student crosses all limits while ragging? Why student / juniors not able to resist

ragging? How ragging changes your personality? You being the part of ragging?

Q 18: For students who are not in any college (drop out basically) - Do you thin

drop out is a good option? How mentally you are prepared for SCRA interview a

other exams? Preparing for SCRA interview must have consumed 10-12 days of

yours, will it affect your chances at other exams?

Q 19: Any suggestion regarding SCRA Exam - Do not give useless suggestion

except some basic like - should be held annually and time (month) should be fix

Q 20: What do you feel we should go for online SCRA and other UPSC exam?What you have to say about CAT online exam

Q 21: Who is your favourite political leader? Do you feel Gandhism works now?


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you feel Manmohan Singh is a great PM? Which PM you will vote as the best P

India? Indira Gandhi - What you feel about Anna movement? - You should say t

you support the cause but not the method in an absolute manner.

Q 22: How you prepared for the various exam? SCRA ?

Q 23: Tell us something about your parents job.

Q 24: What you feel about the "youth factor" emerging in Indian politics? All

politicians above 60 should retired from the active politics as in job? What is the

main difference between American Society and Indian Society?

Q 25: Full form of UPSC? Who appoints the chairman of UPSC (President)? It i

autonomous body. Who is the Chairman of UPSC? What is the role of UPSC in

SCRA and Railways (Conducting exams for SCRA on behalf of Railways)

Q 26: From which constituency Present Railway MInister have been elected for

Sabha?

Q 27: Chairman Railway Board: SS Khurana

Q 28: Privatisation should be allowed in Indian railways? (Yes in some area like

manufacturing and upgradation of technologies, time is changing and when priv

companies are coming in nuclear energy also, then we should expect greater role

private organisation in the Inidan Railways as well.

(*few pvt firms are already supplying to Indian Railways, we need to have more

participation)

The government stand is that slowly they are allowing private companies in som

sections of the Railways as in manufacturing of wheels, coaches etc.

The main concern of privatisation of railways is with the laying down the tracks

running the trains. This is the field where government is very reserved.

Reason: Companies will stick to only profitable routes like Ahmeabad- Mumbai,

Bangalore- Chennai - Hyderabad and the backwards areas would not be covered.

Also the fare can be changed by various companies for their profit, thus affectin

poor man and the inflation.

As we have seen in Airlines, during the recession not only Indian Airlines suffer

huge losses but almost all private airlines performed very badly. Privatisation sh

be allowed in Railways mainly to manufacturing sector and slowly other sectors

should be opened.

During recession some of the world's private banks were struggling, so privatisat

is not the "always right option".

And this is what the stand of Indian government is.

Q 29: Suppose you want to lay down the railways track from Jodhpur to Kolkata

what technical problem you will face? - Well lot of answers but what you think

about connecting this line to kolkata - Mumbai line, somewhere in between?

Solution should cover geographical problems, forest, river , need (business) etc.

Q 30: Which of the following states relatively needs attention to develop Railwalines : Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan - Maharashtra and An

Pradesh are the appropriate answers. Bihar already well developed, Rajasthan ha

very few big cities and most of it major cities are alread connected and more line


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trackes would not be as advantageous as it would be Maharashtra or Andhra

Pradesh. Why Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh has little density of Railway

network? COmpare the geographical features with that of plains of UP and Biha

Q 31: Railways Organization Structure: Click here

Q 32: They can ask you anything, if you know then its fine, else there is no harm

saying NO.

Q 32: Sometimes few things need to be answered (for example your view) and i

such cases when you dont know what to say then remember the follwoing rules:

Rule 1: Answer should refelect your prositive attitude

Rule 2: It should favour the government approach in general

Rule 3: It should be as per general intellectual consensus

Rule 4: Avoid to give clear answers like Yes / No, when dealing with p

matters.

Rule 5: Avoid using similar sentences again and again for the answers

: "I was falling short of time" , "I Think so" etc.

Q 33: Question related to hobbies - Ex: web surfing

Sir I am very much interested in sports, sufing relevant websites when required a

gardening. I have been the winner (name of the sport /championship). I like to re

my caouse books and whenever i need to find info about any particular topic the

besides regular help also opt for web surfing.

Q: What do you mean by relevant websites:

Ans: When i want some information about a topic, I search the topic online and

through the relevant websites.

Q : What you know about gardening?

Ans: Sir, Due to various time constraints I did'nt get the time as such to have lot

info about plants but I wish to be in my small garden whenever i get time.

Q : Which game you play? your records in the game? Who is the champion in th

game

Q : Do you think that regular (personal , face to face) support is better or the onli

support is better?

Ans: Depends on the topic, Online we can get various information about variousissues, however sometimes it takes lot of time to find exact information. Howev

when we are looking for expert guidance or problem to some solution then

conventional options are better (personal).

Q: Give one instance, when you surf online and you were excited with the

information you gathered from the websites

Ans: Normally the comparisons of various technologies or like that I find very

interesting. One such example was the 10 biggest IT failures previous year I was

amazed to find that youtube.com was a major failure. Youtube is promoted by th

Google. I dont have time but I like to read about various persons on line.

Q: Give us one thing which you dont find online?

Ans: I was unable to find lot of things about Sardar Vallabh Bhai patel, Normall

do find general things, but to find anything specific lot of hard work is required.


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very easy to find RMO paper of 2005 but it took lot of effort to find the paper of

RMO 1995 online.

Q: So on which site you find the RMO 1995 paper?

Ans: Site i didnt remembered, it was an indian website by a student. I have

bookmarked the site, but exact site name I didnt remembered.

Q: What do you think computer will change this world in time to come?

Ans: Computer saves lot of time and faciliates lot of things. SO inf uture when li

becomes more busy and person looks for more facilities, computer will play maj

role in time to come.

Q: In context on India?

Ans: Indian society has lot of gaps. Around 30% of Indians are below the pvoier

line while few are very rich. India will maintain the gap in years to come, though

this gap would be shortened little bit in time to come.

Q: What do you think how we can shortened the gap?Ans: By education and by giving them the scope and chance of learning and ear

More questions would be uploaded later on

More Interview Guidelines: Click here

Ticket Raiwlays code:

Symbol Description

CAN / MOD Cancelled or Modified Passenger

CNF /

Confirmed

Confirmed (Coach/Berth number will be available after chart

preparation)

RAC Reservation Against Cancellation

WL # Waiting List Number

RLWL Remote Location Wait List

GNWL General Wait List

PQWL Pooled Quota Wait List

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We will appreciate your efforts if you kindly send us the questions asked in SCR

interview and other relevant details.

Go through the last 1 year current affair magazines like CSR, Pratiyogita

Darpan or any good magazine.

The Hindu paper is very good and if get the chance student should go thro

the editorials.

Daily News on a good channel like DD

Be clear about your hobbies, aim and targets.Why you want to join SCRA

Give some mock interviews

Go through the various course books once.


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It is normally said that the interviews goes the way you want it to go. So prepare

your strong points.

Indian Railways (Source India Year Book 2009): Click here

Indian Railway website: www.indianrail.gov.in

Official website of ministry of railways: www.indianrailways.gov.in

www.irfca.org - Useful information available here

No need to go for tough PCM problems, just the basics would solve your

purpose.

Be positive and think reasonable i.e. positive approach with proper

knowledge.

Since you have already cleared SCRA exam you must be quiet good in PC

focus on othert things and that is the only reason why the weightage given

interview is so high. They want to know your approach.

Ideal candidate should be intelligent, sensible, positive approach, practical

consistent.

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