Name: Half_blood_prince Date : 19/05/2026 Board: Lt Gen Raj Shukla… — UPSC CAPF INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS — TG.ME

Name: Half_blood_prince
Date : 19/05/2026
Board: Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir
Duration: 25 min
Keywords: Fuel crisis, CAPF bill, IGNOU,  Singing, Pencil Drawing, Sociology, Bihar


Long wait outside the chamber. It was in Raj Shukla Sir's personal chamber. Seating arrangement was a bit different. 

Shukla sir: 

1. Long monologue on fuel crisis. Why china is better prepared than India? Why Indian leaders don't do the same thing? What is the problem with the mentality? Why in parliament minister says everything is okay? What is the fault? ( 90% of the time Shukla sir was speaking. I could barely say a sentance and he interrupted again and again. 

M1: 

2. You sing Hindi songs. Whom do you listen? Mohd Rafi or Badshah? Sing one for us and make our morning beautiful. 
3. You do pencil drawing. What do you draw? How many have you drawn? When do you draw? 
4. Why do you want to join CAPF? 
5. Have you appeared in CSE? How many attempts?  Result of each attempt . Is CAPF a backup plan? 
6. Why was CAPF bill needed? 
7.  What is the debate on it? What are the exact provisions? What is your personal opinion on this? 
8. Which optional subject did you take? Why? 
9. Pursuing MA from IGNOU. When did concept of open college and schools emerge? 
10. Benefits and drawbacks of distant learning. 
11. In physical regular school/college exposure is more. So how is it compensated in distance learning? 

M2: 

12. What have you prepared about CAPFs? 
13.  Tell me what are CAPF? Why was the need to form it? Their functions?
14.  How many forces in CAPF? 
15.  Forces other than CAPFs that are under central govt? 
16.  Is SPG part of CAPF or NSG?
17. What are the most pressing social problems in India?
18. What is Identity based polarization? Who does this? What are fringe elements? Where are they found? 
19. Do you agree that the largest number of deaths that have happened historically was on the name of religion? Give me your view on this.
20. How do you see yourself in next 10 years? Are you not that now? 
21. If one day a god appears and asks you to choose between health , wealth and power, what would you choose? 

M3: 

22. You have spent most of your life in Bihar. Have you been to other states? 
23. What is your observation and opinion as a student of sociology about the type of societies in those states? 
24. When did you start preparation for the competitive exams? 
25. What all exams are you preparing for?
26. Where do you stay in Delhi now? (More follow up about the place of stay)

Raj Shukla sir: Thank you, You may leave now.


The interview was mostly on expected lines. Shukla sir didn't let me speak 🙂. Other members were listening without interrupting. M2 was trying to grill on my graduation subject, Sociology. It went well. Hoping for a decent score. 
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