the answer was really funny but in some way it is very intelligent also because in one way the question has some double meaning, means the state , here the state means the location but the person who gave the answer, he thinks that here state means condition.
Honestly if these are the kind of candidates that we get as our bureaucrats , then no wonder our country is not progressing ! Lets sincerely hope this type is a minority and a rare case ..
Unfortunately as far as politicians are concerned, ( He's the Cow type) of politicians and bureaucrats constitute Majority. Crying en mass is the only option left to us.