1) How many types of police forces are there?
2) Is word centre there in constitution? Then how come CAPF is there?
3) Shall we call it Union APF instate of CAPF?
4) Why central police is required?
5) Is central police more reliable then state police?
6) Shall status of martyr be given to those who die in action?
7) Head of organization should be from IPS or from cadre itself?
8) What is difference between Force (CRPF) and Service (IPS)?
9) What reforms could be suggested improve the working condition of CRPF (& others)?
10) Is there any need to audit security forces? (context…human rights violations)
11) Has Policing become thankless job?
12) Why it is said that ‘once a cop, always a cop’?
13) Have you bribed traffic police any time in your life?
14) Which is the only para-military force in India? (Assam Rifles)
15) What is Kobra battalion?
16) What is the work of Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB)?
17) What is the difference between Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP)?
18) Which is the only force which has powers in par with state police (RPF)?
19) Which is the only force that directly report to SP, while others report to CO? (CRPF)
20) Word Urban naxal is first mentioned in which book? (Bullet for Bullet)
21) Shall woman be given permanent commission in army?
22) You are an SP. There CRPF people killed someone, and you come to know about this later and rushed to that spot with few men. Three CRPF people surround you and demand that you give in writing that you gave this order else they will kill you. What to do?
Questions of internal security
1) Difference between law & order and public order and internal security.
2) There should first implementation of law and then establish order or shall first order should be established and then law?
3) How the nature of Indian democracy has impacted its internal security situation? In your view, is the democratic situation of India conducive to its security and unity? Suggest ways in which the democracy and security of India can be enhanced?
4) Shall Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 be cancelled?
5) What are the methods to address cross border infiltration? Shall India build Mexican wall type wall to protect its border?
6) Does India require a national security doctrine? Intellectuals of various fields suggest for a national security doctrine for India. What do you suggest? If yes, then why do we need it?
7) What do you understand by the term radicalization and religious indoctrination? How has the online space increased radicalization in India?
8) We have successfully dealt with the problem of Punjab Terrorism. Then why are we facing many problems in dealing with the Kashmir Terrorism. Considering the present situation, analyze the challenges faced in tackling the Kashmir problem.
9) What are Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN)? How are they circulated? What impact do they have on the security, social and economic scenario of India? How demonetization has impacted the circulation of FICN?
10)What do you understand by Critical Infrastructure? Name certain critical infrastructure in your home district and home state.
11) What is a Critical Information Infrastructure?
12) What is Internet Governance? Which organizations are presently involved in it? What are the developments in this field? What is India’s stand regarding it?
13) How does illegal trans-border migration pose a threat to India’s security? Discuss the strategies to curb this, bringing out the factors which give impetus to such migration.
14) What are the security challenges in Border Management?
15) Describe the importance of Integrated Check Posts and Land Ports Authority of India.
16) What are the coastal security threats to India? What measures are being taken to address them?
17) Describe the intelligence setup of India.
18) What is the importance of NATGRID?
19) What are stages of controlling law & order? first laathi charge or tear gas?
20) What is communal violence bill?
21) How to tackle attraction of youth towards ‘ISIS’? will post fall ISIS will turn into Al quida’?
22) What is loan wolf attack?
23) ‘Ghetto’ a potential time bomb
24) What is moral policing, do you support it?
25) What is the difference between Judicial custody and police custody?
26) In policing numbers matter or quality?
27) What do you mean by ‘modernization of police forces’?
28) Shall 1/3rd recruits be woman?
29)Shall police be given complete autonomy, and should be detached
from political interference?
1) Shall police forces be allowed to form Union? Is it not an issue
of their democratic rights?
2) Are terrorist and Anti-social elements are same?
3) Border areas like J&K and Nagaland, police should be given more
powers or military?
4) In which situations Army is called? Who takes decision to call Army?
5) Is there a need to rewrite IPC?
6) Home secretary should be from IPS or IAS?
7) Shall ‘zero tolerance policy’ be followed for breach of law and order?
8) Can we bring criminal activities to zero level?
9) On what criteria Presidential Awards are given to police?
10) What is FIR? Shall it be allowed to file online?
11) How mohalla committee model work for maintaining communal peace?
12) Why is route march? Why it is done?
13) BSF – How to control smuggling? How can we boost the economy of border areas?
14) When we have BSF as a border guarding force, why need SSB?
15) Difference between border and frontier?
Terrorism
1) In what ways, technology is used in facilitating terrorism in India?
2) What are the anti terror mechanisms (institutions, laws and strategies) adopted by India?
3) What are the different sources of financing of terrorist organizations?
4) What is the role of civil society in fighting terrorism? Give certain practical examples which you have personally witnesses?
5) What do you mean by narco-terrorism and how are narcotics and terrorism related? Have you ever witnessed certain young people who have ruined their life due to drugs usage?
6) India is a major transit as well consuming country for drugs. Explain the various drugs trafficking routes to India.
7) Discuss the counter measures (institutional as well as legal) taken to prevent drugs trafficking.
8) Recently, we have seen a trend of decreasing left wing extremism in India. Suggest indicators and reasons for this decrease.
9) What are the reasons for growth of insurgency in North East? How is Government responding to it?
10) Describe the nexus between organized crime and terrorism. Giving different examples, describe how different types of organized crime support terrorism?
11) Cyber warfare is considered by some defense analysts to be a larger threat than even Al Qaeda or terrorism. What do you understand by Cyber warfare? Outline the cyber threats which India is vulnerable to and bring out the state of the country’s preparedness to deal with the same.
12) ULFA is militant orgainsation and SIMI is terrorist orgainsation. What is the difference?
13) Why IED is not used as landmine?Ref for interviewChallenges to the internal security of India – Ashok Kumar IPS