BCS real viva

Board: Dr. Farida Adib Khanum

Date : September 2013

Duration: 12-14 mins

Cadre type: Both (General and Professional)

Choice list:

1. BCS Administration
2. BCS Customs
3. BCS Tax
4. BCS General Education ( English)

May I come in sir?

Board: Yes come in , sit down please.

Board: Introduce yourself.

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Board: What is your first choice?

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Board: Why did you choose administration as your first choice?

Ans: (I gave traditional answer but the board advised me to leave conventional answer and to tell real reason ). I told when I was a student of class nine, the UNO (Joshim Uddin Badol) of our upazila visited our madrasha and asked me a lot of questions in the class room. I answered all the questions and he praised me a lot. He asked me if you would be like me. I said , ” yes sir”. From that time I cherished a dream to be a member of administration. Hearing it board praised me and said- “Yes , this is the real cause. Always tell the real thing and avoid traditional answer.”

Board: Who is on the top position in administration cycle?

Ans: Secretary

Board: Who is the chief among secretaries?

Ans: Cabinet Secretary

Board: Can you tell the name of a cabinet secretary who was the chairman here(PSC)?

Ans: Dr. Sadat Hussain sir

Board: what is the name of present cabinet secretary?

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Board: Which article of the Constitution is related to local government?

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Board: When did Tagore get noble prize?

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Board: For which book did he get Noble prize?

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Board: ” Chul tar kobekar ondhokar bidisher nihsa”. What is the name of the poem that carries this line?

Ans: Bonolota Sen

Board: Who is the writer of this poem?

Ans: Jibonanondho Das

Board: Jibonanondho Das was a student of Bangla literature, wasn’t he?

Ans: No sir, he was a student of English literature.

Board: who wrote the Paradise Lost?

Ans: Milton

Board: What is the first line of Paradise Lost?

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Board: Milton was in favour of the freedom of press and he wrote a book in favour of the freedom of the press. Can you tell the name of the book?

Ans: Areopagitica

Board: There is a book which contributed a lot to the development of colloquial English Language. Can you tell the name of the book?

Ans: Lyrical Ballad

Board: When was it published?

Ans: 1798

Board: Heart of Darkness is a novel of anti-colonialism. But the writer has a merry sympathy in favour of white man. Do you agree?

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Prepared by: Md. Abdus Salam

MA in English, SUST

Final Result of 33rd BCS: Non-Cadre

Now working as a Probationary Officer in a private bank.