NCEI:  

Heartiest congratulation on your brilliant success.

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

Thanks.

NCEI:  

What is secret of your success in civil service examination ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

Hard work, dedication and self motivation and support of Parents & family.

NCEI:  

How much time do you think one requires for effective preparation for this examination ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

Time depends upon individual if any person is engaged in job. He may take much time comparing to other candidates.

NCEI:  

What prompted you to choose civil services as your career ? Do you remembers any significant incident of your life that motivated you to go for a career in the civil services ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

Social Prestige and broader field of service attached with this service.

NCEI:  

What is your impression of the interview Board ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

My interview was in IMG Khan's board. It was a stress interview. Max questions were opinion based. While in UPPSC, I was interview by Dr. Somesh Yadav Board.

NCEI:  

How did your parents, other family members and friends contribute to your success ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

Family support is needed for this type of exam. as this exams need more time.

NCEI:  

Had you not been selected in the Civil Services Examination, what other career would you have opted for?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

I was not thinking of any other career.

NCEI:  

How would you visualize your success ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

NCEI:  

What were your optional for the civil service examination? What were criteria for their selection ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

History and Public Administration.

NCEI:  

What do you think about implementation of negative marking in ICS exam ? Has this made regular question practice inevitable ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

NCEI:  

Do you feel that there should be no restriction on the number of attempts allowed in ICS ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

NCEI:  

What is your message for the future aspirants ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

Be sincere in your approach. Self dedication and continuous study is only the key to success. There is shortcut in way of success.

NCEI:  

What was your Biggest mistake during preparation of these exams.

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

In early days of my preparation I could not study  the standard books. I went for guides.

NCEI:  

To whom would you live to give the credit for your success ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

To God, my parents, my wife, daughters and friends.

NCEI:  

Your success strategy for -

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

1. Prelims :-

Two or three times revision of whole syllabus. and fellow the standard books.

2. Mains :-

Two or three times revision of whole syllabus. and fellow the standard books.

3. Personality test/interview :-

I did not mock interviews. Personality can’t be improved within a short span of time. So continuous and persistent effort is needed. Self confidence with cheerfulness is a key for interview.

NCEI:  

Were you confident of your success. How did you react to the success news ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

I was confident of my UPPPS-07 result but not of UPSC (as paper of UPSC was very tough). So I has very happy after being selected in both.

NCEI:  

Before knowing your result, what was your perception about toppers ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

I was considering them different from me. As being in defense and father of daughters, if I can do up to this much so I consider myself also among them before result also.

NCEI:  

In how many attempts have you achieved this success ? How do you visualize your performance in previous attempts. What were you service preferences.

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

4th attempt. In 2007 also, I appeared for interview but could not get final selection. IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS.

NCEI:  

What was your strategy for time management during preparation as well as during examination.

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

Being in defense force, I did not get much time. So I did not go for vast study. I mainly relied an standard books and revision of whole syllabus before exams.

NCEI:  

Please list resources you utilized for C. S. preparation ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

I did not take coaching for C.S. I am serving in Indian Air Force. The duty schedule is very awkward. Being a family man, it is very difficult to join coaching classes. So I relied on standard and my consistent study.

NCEI:  

What is importance of medium of expression in these exams.

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

English.

NCEI:  

In your opinion, what is value of regular self evaluation as an important ingredient of any strategic plan for success in civil services ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

It helps a candidate in finding out the weakness of his writing skill and later on he will try to improve his writing.

NCEI:  

How do you visualize the role of www.nceiindia.com as a platform of Evaluation and Interaction ?

RAJESH KUMAR  GUPTA:  

It provides a good forum for interaction among the candidates.