Hometown Questions - IIM Interviews
Updated: May 5, 2020
Questions asked by IIMs around the cities & states the candidates belong from:

Assam
Q: What is Assam famous for?
Q: Is Silchar a city or a state?
Q: Does water boil at higher or lower temperature in Guwahati than Delhi?
Andhra Pradesh
Q: What is the capital city of AP? (this was a trick question)
Q: So what is famous in Visakhapatnam?
Q: Have you heard of any other Amravati in India.
Bihar
Q: You are from Bihar. Alcohol is banned there. Which other states have this ban?
Q: Suppose Mr. Nitish Kumar calls upon you tomorrow and asks you for three recommendations to improve your state. What would you say?
Delhi
Q: Do you think Delhi should be given full statehood?
Q: Tell me something about Delhi's history.
Q: When was Battle of Panipat fought?
Q: What do you know about Sepoy Mutiny?
Q: Who built Red Fort?
Q: So you studied at Guwahati. How is that city different from your home-town Delhi?
Jharkhand
Q: When was Jharkhand separated?
Q: Why do you think Jharkhand was separated from Bihar?
Q: Do you think separation provided a solution?
Q: What is Koderma famous for?
Q: Jharkhand is the major exporter of which items?
Kerala
Q: So, what is the language spoken in Kerala?
Q: So, what are all the states in South India?
Q: So, tell me the name of a chief minister from South India.
Maharashtra
Q: Where does Pune get its water from?
Q: What are some famous landmarks of Pune?
Q: Do you think Nagpur is rapidly moving towards becoming capital of Maharashtra?
Q: Do you think separation of Vidarbha from Maharashtra help Nagpur grow?
Meghalaya
Q: There’s a huge lake right on the way to Shillong when you move from Guwahati. Name it.
Odisha
Q: Tell me who is Kelucharan Mohapatra?
Q: Who was Sanjukta Panigrahi
Q: There are lot of "chalu" songs in Odia. Can you sing one?
Q: Which Odia film did you watch recently?
Q: Why do you think they changed "Orissa" to "Odisha?
Tamil Nadu
Q: Which is the closest beach near Trichy?
Telangana
Q: Why was the bifurcation done? Reasons behind it?
Q: So, do you support the bifurcation?
Q: Then what were you doing during the agitation that was going on in Telangana?
Uttar Pradesh
Q: Why has Shamli been in news since 2012?
Uttarakhand
Q: In Uttarakhand I have seen there are two main regions and people identify themselves to be from one of the two. What are they?
Q: I’m always confused between the different places that come under the two main regions. Can you help me out? List me three places in Kumaon?
Q: Clarify one thing, why are there two names for the same state? Uttarakhand and Uttaranchal?
West Bengal
Q: Do you know who is Sitaram Yechury?
This list will be updated daily, keep checking the Repository of IIM Interviews.