1. Details
  2. Education
  3. Introduction
  4. MCQ Paper
  5. Essay/Descriptive paper
  6. Physical Test
  7. Interview
  8. Service Preference
  9. Wisdom
  10. Credit: Friends/family
  11. Marketing Propaganda

Details

Name Bhagirath choudhary
Rank in CAPF-2012 258
Roll No. 120044
Age 26
No. of previous attempts in CAPF 0
Home town/city Jodhpur
Work-experience if any no
Details of other competitive exams, including success/failures Writing CSE MAINS-2013,GAVE RAS MAINS 2012
Details of coaching for any competitive exam (if taken) For gs-drishti ias
Hobbies, Extra Curricular Activities, Achievements Watching movies, hanging out with friends, running.
Do you have NCC certificate? no

Education

% in class 10 78
% in class 12 78
Schooling (Medium) hindi
Graduation course and % b.pharma
Name of college and year of passing out Jpc,2011
PG no
Any professional courses no
Hobbies

Introduction

Q. Tell us something about yourself. When and why did you enter in the competitive exam field?

CAPF-2012-AIR-258-Bhagirath

I did my b.pharma degree in year 2011 & startĀ  preparation for civil services from dec. 2011.recent selection of my friends in cse 2012 inspire me lot (Nathmal Didel Rank 35,Kanaram Rank 54,Mritunjay Saini Rank 768) to hardwork toward the civil services.

MCQ Paper

Q. List of Essential books and tips for success in the CAPF written exam?

  1. polity-laxmikant
  2. history-spectrum
  3. geography-class 6 to 12 ncert
  4. economics-mrunalā€™s articles
  5. I.R. & CURRENT Affairs-pd &mrunalā€™s articles
  6. sci.tech-the hindu
  7. general science- classĀ  9 & 10 ncert of science

Essay/Descriptive paper

Q. How did you prepare the Essay, grammar, prƩcis and report writing?

I did not follow any particular book for essay but reading yojana was helpful in this regard. developing a strategy to write an essay is more impotant than preparing different topics for the essay. using quotes & phrases add to the quality of the essay.

Q. In CAPF-2012 Exam, Which essay did you write and what keypoints did you include in it?

I wrote essay on -population stabilization-indiaā€™s critical need. I tried to mention all the related points on this issue. special focus was on use of population as human resource & dire need of population stabilization in india for sustainable growth.

Q. In CAPF-2012, they asked counter-arguments for following, in 75 words. Please provide your answer.

argument your counter argument
(i) FDI in retail in India is a bane for a small trader. Favoured FDI & gave supportive reasons
(ii)Ā  Control of social media is an anti-democratic proposition. In some context but not over all

Physical Test

Q. To pass Physical Efficiency Tests (PET), what preparation did you do at home? Where was your PET held? How was your experience, share some tips.

I was a regular jogger till college, so pet was not big issue. I ran 5 km daily before one month of my pet. Fitness test is of medium toughness. My pet centre was at ITBP tigri,delhi. officers were very supportive.

Interview

Q. What specific preparation did you do for the interview? Who was the chairman? Provide the list of questions asked in CAPF Interview. How was the overall interview experience? And any tips for future aspirants.

My interview was on 19 july 2013 at manbir singh sirā€™s board. the board was cordial & encouraging. the questions were asked from my hobbies, rawatbhata power plant, kudankulam power plant, tourism development in rajasthan, camel safari, supreme courtā€™s decisions on removal of black films from cars & medicalĀ  neetĀ  entrance test issue, banking licence, difference between pvt & psu banks. I was able to answer aroundĀ  75%Ā  of the questions.

Q. How was interview: normal, stress, mixed? Did they ask any uncomfortable questions, if yes how did you answer it?

Interview was normal & satisfactory.

Service Preference

Q. What was your service preference order (CRPF>CISF>SSB etc) and why did you pick up the particular order?

Cisf>ssb>bsf>crpf>itbp. there was no specific reason for order.

Wisdom

Q. Through this journey and success, what wisdom did you gain about competition and life? What is your message to the aspirants?

Be patient & have faith in yourself. success will be knocking your doors soon. my whole hearted wishes to all the aspirants for their desired success.

Credit: Friends/family

I owe my success to my family, almighty god, my friends Baldev Choudhary(Asst.Manager, Cil),Sitaram(Nlu Jodhpur), Nathmal Didel(IAS),Jaypal Godara(ac,ssb).their continuous motivation kept my spirits at a high which culminated into this success.

Marketing Propaganda

Q. Did you use Mrunal.org for your preparation? And you can even reply ā€œNoā€. Iā€™ll publish your answer as it is.

I ā€˜ve been following Mrunal since April 2012 & it help me lot in CSP-2013,CAPF-AC-2012. I strongly recommend Mrunal for every serious aspirant.