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UPSC interview questions on Books and reading

Real questions UPSC interview boards asked on Books and reading, CSE 2021 to CSE 2025.

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977 questions in 493 interviews mention book, novel, reading.

  • What is the last book you have read?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Reading non-fiction)About you
    Chairperson · Raj Shukla board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Haryana, Mathematics optional

  • Is Gandhi relevant today?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Reading non-fiction)Is it working / justifiedFollow-up
    Chairperson · Raj Shukla board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Haryana, Mathematics optional

  • Is Gandhi's non-violence relevant?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Reading non-fiction)Is it working / justifiedFollow-up
    Chairperson · Raj Shukla board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Haryana, Mathematics optional

  • Gandhi vs Kissinger: who is better?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Reading non-fiction)Your opinionFollow-up
    Chairperson · Raj Shukla board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Haryana, Mathematics optional

  • Why did Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay use reflective journaling in his novels?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Sharatchandra novels, reflective journaling)Why / reasons
    Member 1 · Dinesh Dasa board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Andhra Pradesh, Sociology optional

  • You must have heard about his book 'The Age of AI: And Our Human Future', co-authored with Daniel Huttenlocher and Eric Schmidt: one a great diplomat, one a scientist, one the CEO of Google. Why is no such collaboration between diplomats and scientists happening in India?

    Static GS / OpinionWhy / reasonsFollow-up
    Chairperson · Raj Shukla board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Kerala

  • Books on India: I am giving a statement, 'India has underperformed since independence'. Name books that argue for and against this statement.

    Static GS / OpinionPlain fact
    Member 2 · Suman Sharma board · CSE 2023

  • Where is Manjeri? Is it in Kozhikode? (while reading DAF)

    DAF: Home District / City (Manjeri, Kozhikode)Plain fact
    Chairperson · Raj Shukla board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Kerala

  • You read fiction. Classical or contemporary?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Reading fiction)About you
    Member 3 · Raj Shukla board · CSE 2023

  • What in contemporary?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Reading fiction)About youFollow-up
    Member 3 · Raj Shukla board · CSE 2023

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Share of each year's interviews with at least one question on it.

17%

CSE 2021

15%

CSE 2022

23%

CSE 2023

22%

CSE 2024

20%

CSE 2025

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