Saturday, September 14, 2024

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #196 : Sathiyavathy Board, Uttar Pradesh Home State, PSIR Optional, Travelling, Walking Hobbies

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Board: M. Sathiyavathy Ma’am
Date of Interview: 13/09/2021, Afternoon, 1st one to go
Home State: Uttar Pradesh
Graduation:  B.Tech(IT) from Assam University, Silchar
Optional: PSIR
Company: Huawei technology in Bangalore
Hobbies: Travelling to new place + Walking everyday

Chairman

  1. You are from Agra so why you went to Assam?
  2. So after graduation, how you got selected in Huawei?
  3. After resigning from Huawei, what are you doing now ?
  4. Asked about my previous year interview experience ?
  5. Tell me why lots of controversies going on against Huawei ?
  6. What govt of India is doing regarding it ? Any recent guidelines issued by govt in this context ?
  7. Why Huawei is so famous ? Whats its speciality ?
  8. Whats your opinion about Huawei’s connection with Chinese govt ?

Member 1

  1. What is BRI ? How its cause of concern for India ?
  2. What is debt trap diplomacy ? Your opinion ? Tell me few countries name as well ?
  3. What is OPEC ? What it is doing ? Is it cartel group ?
  4. Stone age ended after stone so what would be the future of world after end of oil ? Your views
  5. Whats challenges India is facing in solar energy ?
  6. Tell me technological implication if power is transferred from solar grid to national electric grid?

Member 2

  1. Why you did NCC C certificates as its take lots of time & energy?
  2. So why not thought to join the armed forces?
  3. What is QUAD? What is it doing in various fields?
  4. Tell me how IT can be used in village areas where internet presence is not much? & counter question

Member 3

  1. When you shifted from Hindi medium UP board to english medium ?
  2. What is the issue of Facebook with govt of India ? Recent data privacy issues
  3. Why regulation of these big tech companies is needed ?
  4. Are India lagging behind in the regulation of these companies ?
  5. These is so much issue of e-waste in IT sectors so is it having the potential to become disaster for India ? Your opinion

Member 4

  1. As you said, you are good in implementation so tell me why so many projects in India got delayed?
  2. What steps you can suggest to streamline these projects completion ?
  3. Why recently Delhi airport was in bad news ?
  4. As DM of Agra, what steps you can take to improve tourism in Agra ?
  5. How multi-model transport connectivity require in Agra ?
  6. Whats are the place to visit in Agra, apart from the Taj Mahal?

Chairman: your interview is over. My best wishes to you.

Mostly questions are from DAF & current affairs. Overall good experience

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[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #216 : Satyavathy Mam Board, Sociology Optional

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Date of interview: 14  September 2021
Board:  Sathyavathy Ma’am
Background: B.Tech (Ece)
Optional: Sociology

ChairmanClear cache

  1. What have you been doing since last 6 years ?
  2. Any other work?
  3. What social issues have you read ?
  4. Why there are child marriages in India ?
  5. What’s the solution to fight it ?
  6. Isn’t is the failure of administration that it is still prevailing ?
  7. Does the numbers vary within the society regarding child marriage ?

Member 1

  1. Tell me the performance of skill development mission.
  2. Industry academia linkage.
  3. Challenges to vocational education
  4. How to promote it ?
  5. Issues in land acquisition
  6. How to deal with it
  7. Any alternative to land acquisition?

Member 2

  1. Why your hometown came under media attacks during 1996 to 1998 ?
  2. What your hometown did to I fight that menace ?
  3. Give me some novel ways to deal with taliban
  4. Can taliban survive ?
  5. What’s the status of women due to shariat law in Afghanistan ?

Member 3

  1. To what extent a signal can be amplified ? Any guess ?
  2. Why are we making skill universities when we have universities ?
  3. Why are we making sports universities?
  4. Tell me the socio economic characteristics of your hometown

Member 4

  1. Name an Indian who came back to India and revolutionise the whole country
  2. Name someone from post independent India
  3. Indians are going abroad and achieving heights in different fields . Can in future we can see that people from outside coming to India can do the same in India ?
  4. What we should do to
  5. Make Indian diaspora a partner in India’s development?
  6. Explain we three terms – green corridor, greenfield, greenhouse

Chairman

You can go, your interview is over now

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #219 : Sathyavathy Ma’am Board, Delhi Home State, Exploring gadgets, Reading nonfiction Hobbies

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Board: Sathyavathi Ma’am
Background: Mechanical Engineering
Home State: Delhi
Hobbies: Exploring gadgets, Reading nonfiction,

Chairman

  1. Tell us about administrative structure of Delhi
  2. Why tussle between Delhi and Central government
  3. Other UTs have legislatures too. Why not tussle there?
  4. Which other UTs have legislature
  5. How to resolve this tussle? Give practical Solution

Member 1

  1. NSS comes under which ministry
  2. What did you do in NSS?
  3. What does the orientation ceremony of NSS involve?
  4. How long is this ceremony and how many times in year?
  5. How to double agricultural income?

Member 2

  1. How to do water harvesting? Also tell central and state level initiatives about the same.
  2. Difference between turbo engine and normal engine?
  3. Which causes more pollution?
  4. Respond to the statement: “US wants territorial expansion”

Member 3

  1. Who was Safdar Hashmi?
  2. Where did you do Nukkad natak in NSS? What was it about?
  3. Which books do you like to read?
  4. What is freudian psychology? Have you read it?
  5. Two unintelligible psychology terms
  6. Isn’t India wasting money by having space program? What is the utility?

Member 4

  1. Which is the smallest commercially produced chip size?
  2. Which company has this chip?
  3. What is Moore’s law
  4. What is limit of Moore’s law?
  5. Why this limit?
  6. What is quantum tunneling?
  7. Can you connect Quantum tunneling to Moore’s law?
  8. Some unintelligible phenomenon

Chairman: Thank you your interview is over. We wish you best of luck.

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #235 : Sathyavathy ma’am Board, Anthropology Optional, Rajasthan Home State, travelling, football Hobbies

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Date of Interview:16 -09-2021
Board:  Satyavathi ma’am board
Optional:  Anthropology
Background: Mech engg
Home State: Rajasthan
Hobbies: watching historical documentaries, travelling, football

Chairman

  1.  Put face shield on lap, remove mask, put mask back on. Read out my DAF aloud
  2. So what have u been doing since you graduated in 2018?
  3. Are you product of kota coaching? How was ur experience?
  4. Would u like ur younger brother to join kota coaching institutes?
  5. Did u join upsc coaching? Why not? Why students join these coaching institute?
  6. Did u do iit coaching within school or apart from school?
  7. Do you think with only school education one can’t clear JEE What is the problem?

Member 1

  1.  What historical documentaries have you watched?
  2. Name some Indian documentaries.
  3. Did u watch any on India’s Economic history?
  4. Asked questions on economic history of India.
  5. Bombay Plan.
  6. Watershed event in indian economic history? Why? What were benefits?
  7. Which PSU were liberalised? Was it a success?
  8. Issues faced by govt during land acquisition? Way forward?

Member 2

  1.  continued with documentaries.
  2. Asked my why I like watching war documentaries.
  3. Talked about world war 2.
  4. Reasons. Consequences.
  5. Role of UN in preventing wars.
  6. Why Indian soldiers killed on both sides in world war 2?
  7. Asked azad hind fauj? Battle of kohima. Why japan invaded India? Why invaded from north east?
  8. Did US join world war 2 from beginning? When it joined and why? Why japan attacked Pearl Harbour? What was US response?

Member 3

  1.  why rajasthan growing so much oilseeds in recent times? Why rajasthan becoming agragarian economy? Govt steps for the same.
  2. Why mech engg called evergreen branch?
  3. What is mechatronics and relevance? (Follow up Q)
  4. Opinion about whatsapp University and godi media.

Member 4

  1.  talked about whatsapp issues and fake news etc (follow up question)
  2. Travelling hobby – difference between north and south india
  3. Why India has two football leagues. Name them.
  4. Which new state created after ww2 that could have caused world war 3?
  5. When was Israel created?
  6. Why it was named Israel?
  7. What is bani israel?

Chairman 

Thank you for your interview is over.

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #241 : Sathyavathy Ma’am Board, Sociology Optional, Kerala Home state

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Date of Interview: 16 -09-2021
Board: Sathyavathy Madam
Optional: Sociology
Background: Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS)
Home state: Kerala

Chairman

  1. What were you doing after your graduation in 2015 till 2019?
  2. What is your opinion about bank mergers? Are you in favour or are you against it?
  3. Why are banks being merged when small banks are being given license?
  4. Is the purpose of small banks only financial inclusion?
  5. What reforms are required for improving the efficiency of PSBs?

Member 1

  1. Should Railways be bothered about efficiency or should it be merely a social service?
  2. What is the operating ratio?
  3. What are the reasons for the low operating ratio?
  4. How to improve operating ratio?
  5. What is Ro-Ro service? Do you know that Railways don’t favour it that much?
  6. Why are passenger fares not being raised even now?
  7. Will people use Railways if fares are increased?

Member 2

  1. How to solve the NPA crisis?
  2. Do you agree with the view that public sector bankers are being unnecessarily targeted by government agencies?
  3. Necessity of manpower recruitment in banks (Addressing manpower shortage was one of the reforms that I had suggested in one of my earlier answers)
  4. Should Railways engage private players in freight and passenger operations?
  5. Mention one reason each that is preventing private players from becoming active in the Railways

Member 3

  1. Instead of increasing manpower, shouldn’t banks go in for technology adoption to reduce costs and increase efficiency?
  2. How to solve the India-Pakistan issue?
  3. Talks have been a failure since Independence. Give other suggestions.
  4. Should India balkanise Pakistan? If not, why? What other choices do we have?
  5. Should India go on the offensive? If yes, why? If not, why?

Member 4

  1. Why do nano-materials have more strength as compared to other materials?
  2. Recently farmers conducted Kisan Parliament. Why was it conducted and is there a requirement for other such ‘Parliaments’?
  3. We are going in for de-mergers and decentralisation of institutions but at the same time merging banks. Why is there no uniformity in approach?
  4. Wouldn’t creating more elite institutions like IITs and AIIMS lead to loss of brand value? Do you support it?
  5. Railways don’t have the cold chain infrastructure to move perishable goods. So, is there hope for Railways in moving perishables?

Thank You. Your interview is over.

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[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #243 : Sathyavathi Ma’am Board, Mechanical Engineering Optional, Delhi Home state

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Date of Interview:20 -09-2021
Board: Sathyavathi Ma’am Board
Optional: Mechanical Engineering
Home State: Delhi
Hobbies: Exploring gadgets, Reading non fiction

Chairperson

  1. Tell us about administrative structure of Delhi
  2. Why tussle between Delhi and Central government
  3. Other UTs have legislatures too. Why not tussle there?
  4. Which other UTs have legislature
  5. How to resolve this tussle? Give practical Solution

Member 1

  1. NSS comes under which ministry
  2. What did you do in NSS?
  3. What does the orientation ceremony of NSS involve?
  4. How long is this ceremony and how many times in year?
  5. How to double agricultural income?

Member 2

  1. How to do water harvesting? Also tell central and state level initiatives about the same.
  2. Difference between turbo engine and normal engine?
  3. Which causes more pollution?
  4. Respond to the statement : “US wants territorial expansion”

Member 3

  1. Who was Safdar Hashmi?
  2. Where did you do Nukkad natak in NSS? What was it about?
  3. Which books do you like to read?
  4. What is freudian psychology? Have you read it?
  5. Two unintelligible psychology terms
  6. Isn’t India wasting money by having space program? What is the utility?

Member 4

  1. Which is the smallest commercially produced chip size?
  2. Which company has this chip?
  3. What is moore’s law
  4. What is limit of moore’s law?
  5. Why this limit?
  6. What is quantum tunneling?
  7. Can you connect Quantum tunneling to moore’s law?
  8. Some unintelligible phenomenon

Chairperson:  Thank you your interview is over. We wish you best of luck.

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #251 : Sathyavathy Board, Chhattisgarh Home State, Geography Optional, Guitar Hobby

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Board: Sathyavathy
Background:  Mechanical Engg
Optional: Geography
Home State: Chhattisgarh
Hobby: playing acoustic guitar

Chairman

  1. you have self learnt guitar through YouTube, Role of social media in your life?
  2. why geography as optional ?
  3. Earthquake zones in India. Who zones it, on what basis it is zoned
  4. EQ zones in your state. Delhi in which zone?
  5. low swarm EQ in Delhi frequently, it is said that big EQ is due in Delhi. Your views, any studies to back it?

Member 1

  1. why Chhattisgarh is named as Chhattisgarh?
  2. Timezones in India. Why countries has multiple time zones. Can India have >1 timezone. Views?
  3. what is business process re-engineering.
  4. root cause of naxalism?

Member 2

  1. different types of guitar?
  2. principles of acoustics?
  3. GST. Impact on society, business?
  4. views on removal of direct taxes & a situational ques

Member 3

  1. Why casualties so high in Naxal operations?
  2. As a officer, how will you use technical intelligence in Naxal ops?
  3. increasing fuel prices + oil bonds?
  4. what is post-truth?

Member 4

  1. Locals recruitment for naxal ops? How will it help? Views
  2. Engineering in regional languages? Views, impact on your area?
  3. literature of Chhattisgarh ?
  4. Some more Ques were there, couldn’t remember now.
  5. Board was very cordial, had a great experience:)

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #255 : M Sathyavathy Ma’am Board, Law Optional

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Date of Interview:15 -09-2021
Board: M Sathyavathy Ma’am
Optional: Law
Background: BA LLB

Chairman: 

  1. What is touch typing? (From my hobby)
  2. What is the issue regarding the tussle between executive and the judiciary on tribunals and what is your stand on it?
  3. Why is Supreme Court interfering in Parliamentary work?
  4. What should the Supreme Court do regarding the Pegasus issue?
  5. What is your opinion regarding Judicial overreach and Judicial activism?
  6. Which fiction books do you like to read and which was the most recent one which you read?

Member 1

  1. Do you think our Constitution needs an amendment?
  2. What is the purpose of International Law if some countries flout the decisions by International Tribunals so brazenly?
  3. What is the solution?
  4. What can we do in the context of United Nations?
  5. Why has the US not ratified the UNCLOS yet? Why only the flak against China?
  6. Is the 5 trillion dollar economy possible? Or will it be tough to reach?

Member 2

  1. What is the significance of Cyber laws and IT laws?
  2. What other subjects apart from law background should law students study?
  3. Are our laws moving in tandem compared to the technological development in the world?
  4. How can we resolve the dispute between the farmers and the Government and what is the role of judiciary in this?

Member 3

  1. What is the recourse to challenge an arbitral award in the judiciary?
  2. On what grounds?
  3. What is the 4th schedule of arbitration and conciliation act?
  4. Do we really need so many tribunals?
  5. What are the issues plaguing the tribunals in our country?

Member 4

  1. What has been the progress of Naya Raipur?
  2. What has been the improvement in the status of KBK districts in Odisha? (my home state)
  3. What has been the growth story of Odisha?
  4. Why are today students choosing law as a career option?

End of the Interview

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #18 : Dr. TCA Anant Board, PSIR Optional, Maharashtra State

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Date of interview: 18th Aug. 2021
Board: Dr. TCA Anant sir
Background: B Tech (Mechanical Engineering)
Optional: PSIR
Home State: Maharashtra

• DAF tags- Quizzing, Bharat Scouts and Guides, Head of an event, Calligraphy, Fighter jets

Chairman

  1. Readout only educational qualifications from DAF.
  2. What have you been doing since graduation (2018) ?
  3. Other than preparation? What else?
  4. Any community participation?
  5. What did u do in Covid related works?
  6. Why did u choose PSIR?

( M 4 interrupted. Chairman asked me to answer him )
Follow up questions on this

Member 1

  1. What is ‘The Argumentative Indian’ concept ? Who gave this concept?
  2. Is it good to be argumentative ?
  3. Should civil servant be argumentative ?
  4. Does it mean obstructionist ?
  5. Do u support bifurcation of Maharashtra ? Asked me to justify my stand ?
  6. Why Pune and Mumbai have higher covid cases ?

Member 2

  1. Long questions on Sugarcane, Sugar industry and diversion of water resources.
  2. Current stats on farmers’ suicide.
  3. Suppose you are an officer in charge, how will you oppose strong sugar lobby, liquor barons ? Any steps taken on this ?
  4. What can be done in Marathwada?
  5. Question on resource transfer.

Member 3

  1. Very soft spoken, unable to hear her question.
  2. Asked her politely to repeat the question. She removed her mask and asked me to remove my mask.
  3. Afghan issue – Impact on India’s international standing, Impact on Pakistan’s standing.
  4. Sudden withdrawal of USA from Afganisthan ? Why so much hurry ? Is it fair to leave all armed vehicles, infrastructure ?
  5. Do you think Biden is a weak president ?
  6. On one hand many states are bringing population control policies/bills and on other hand we are allowing Refugees. What is the way forward ?

Member 4
Asked about my interest in fighter jets

  1. Why India could not develop commercial aircrafts’ engine as many countries have done that eg Brazil- Embraer ?
  2. What Boeing is doing in India ? Which parts of aircrafts are we producing right now?
  3. Your first preference is IAS. Suppose you are SDM of your district for 6 months, what are your short term priorities ?
  4. Quickly tell any 5 major much needed power sector reforms ?

Chairman-
Your Interview is over. You may leave now.

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[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #20 : TCA Anant Board, Geography Optional, Bihar Home State

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Date of Interview: 18/08/2021
Board: TCA Anant Sir
Optional: Geography
Background: Civil Engineering
Home State: Bihar
Job profile: L&T and Deputy Collector (UT)

Chairman: ( Remove your face shield and be relaxed)

  1. So you have been to Bihar, Telangana and Delhi, any other place you have visited ( I told about my current training which is undergoing in Maharajganj)
  2. Two unique positives and negatives of Maharajganj.
  3. How will you turn the negatives into positives?
  4. Challenges you faced during your current tenure of training. How did you overcome?

Member 1

  1. Government denied to disclose certain information demanded by SC to be disclosed, your take on that.
  2. Threat of Pegasus vis-a-vis national security.
  3. Do you know about Saharsa district ? What problems will you take at first if you are made DM of Saharsa? ( I answered Education and health )
  4. What about flood? How flood impacts education ?
  5. You are a Civil Engineer what solutions will you suggest ( I gave structural and non structural solutions, stressed more on watershed management approach)

Member 2

  1. You are a Civil Engineer and is talking about watershed management , you engineers only built dams like Tehri, how will you justify ?
  2. How Nepal can be convinced to solve the problem of flood in Bihar ( I mentioned in one of the solution the problem also lies in the upper riparian region like Nepal)
  3. How is the economic trade between Bihar and Nepal, current status.
  4. What is the unique name given to Bihar – Nepal relationship ( Roti – Beti)
  5. Explain this unique relationship .
  6. Current status of Indo – Nepal relationship, who is the culprit?
  7. How will you explain the attitude of SC during Covid 2nd Wave ( Judicial restraint / judicial activism )

Member 3

  1. Justify your stance with an example, how was it judicial restraint?
  2. What is PNJ? Mention two major derivatives of PNJ.
  3. Justice Hurried is……fill & Justice Delayed is ….. fill; now explain these two principles with examples from india.
  4. You mentioned about undertrials, who are responsible and what is the current percentage of undertrials.
  5. You mentioned about legal aids, so how as an SDM , you will ensure legal aids to those vulnerables and poor.
  6. Has Judiciary and bureaucrats failed in providing free legal aids?
  7. Why civil suites are delayed? ( Mentioned of legal ethics for advocates and transfer of judges), what is the average disposal time of civil suites in India?

Member 4 ( You can remove mask too)

  1. Is virtual court meaningful, how to make it more accessible to poor.
  2. What is eCourt system ?
  3. What is the safety factor?
  4. Safety factor in Tehri Dam vs Bhakra Nangal Dam.
  5. Being selected in IFoS and For UP SDM, would you like to join DANIPS? ( I opted for that too )
  6. You talked about smaller dams earlier what is the criteria in MW to decide a smaller or larger dam?
  7. I’m still not convinced that even after being a Civil Engineer, you are opposing larger dams. ( I answered that Sir recently I have studied more Geography and I’m convinced by the arguments of geography over Civil Engineering… Everyone laughed)
  8. Ok one last question… Any example of large projects which are showing unsustainability. ( Answered about Three Gorges dam and slowing down of Earth’s rotational speed and Koyana dam RIS)

Chairman
Ok, your interview is over.

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[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #28 : TCA Anant sir Board, PSIR Optional, BTech in IT

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Interview Date: 20-aug,21
Board:  TCA Anant sir board
Optional: PSIR
Education: Btech in IT

Chairman

  1. What your company do
  2. What was your role
  3. What u have been doing after college
  4. What u did for social service after college.

Member 1

  1. Cloud computing Big data
  2. Block chain explain
  3. How will you prevent data on cloud from hacking
  4. International agreement for cyber security
  5. What is Arab Spring
  6. What about Egypt
  7. What is happening in Syria
  8. Why USA is after Syria..
  9. What is situation with China.. What is your assessment.

Member 2

  1. Why parliament debates are deteriorating
  2. What is role of anti detection in it
  3. Do you think members feel free to speak due to party discipline
  4. Why HC has given violence problem to CBI despite competent state Police
  5. CBI is caged parrot.. What do have to say now.
  6. What are positive and negative of PPP

Member 3

  1. Why we charge extra amount to foreigners in Tajmahal
  2. Do you support public defamation of sexual harrasers..
  3. Boys will boys.. What do u think
  4. What is legal provision to prove Patrineliality

Member 4

  1. Apart from political, what is important in IR
  2. If CPEC is complete, how will it affect India Pak trade relationship
  3. Compare dams in cpec with bakra capacity
  4. How cpec will impact manufacturing capacity of Pakistan
  5. Why Yamuna is dry in Agra
  6. What will you do to revive it
  7. Kept counter questions on same..

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #33 : TCA Anant Sir Board, Kerala Home State, Listening to audiobooks Hobby

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Date of Interview: 20th Aug, 21
Board: TCA Anant Sir
Education: Btech. ECE;
Work exp: Infosys
Home State: Kerala
Hobby: Listening to audiobooks

Chairman

  1. What is the meaning of your name?
  2. Why did you quit your job? What have you been doing since then ?
  3. What are the audiobooks you listened to ? Why not reading ?
  4. Which is better ?
  5. Is there any vaccine passport for India ?

Member 1

  1. Why Kerala is not producing good athletes now like P. T Usha?
  2. Members of the women’s relay team from Kerala?
  3. Can we name wine produced in Nashik as Champagne?
  4. Which authority gives geographical indication tag ?
  5. Why did you shift schools ?
  6. Why police service as your first choice ?

Member 2

  1. Will Kerala’s affidavit against dowry work? Give me your genuine thoughts.
  2. How will you control crimes in Kerala?
  3. What will be the impact of lesser remittance inflow into Kerala due to covid repatriation?
  4. Will mobile towers disappear in the future?

Member 3

  1. Are women safer in UP or Kerala?
  2. Do you think reservation is needed for women in politics?
  3. Why political parties don’t field women candidates?
  4. Measures you will take to control flooding in your district?

Member 4

  1. What plans for your upcoming birthday?
  2. How will you protect undertrials?The questions were entirely based on my DAF. Board was cordial too. A few questions which I couldn’t answer, members asked me to go back and think over.

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[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #39 : TCA Anant Board, Bihar Home State, Mathematics Optional, sci-fi movies, coding Hobby

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Date of Interview: 20 August, forenoon
Board: TCA Anant sir,
Qualifications: Computer Engg.
Hobby: sci-fi movies, coding
Optional: Mathematics
Home State: Bihar
Work- ex: at adobe

Chairperson

  1. Is nsit and dce same?
  2. You have worked in adobe,interned in Samsung what was your work there.
  3. What did you do during last 5 years, other than preparation?
  4. If you are made tourism secretary bihar, what challenges will you identify and how will you improve them?
  5. Why big pvt chains not venturing in Bihar?

Member 1

  1. How will you use technology to improve tourism
  2. 1-2 questions on sci fi (favorite movie, what’s it’s application today)
  3. 3-4 small Question relating to kigali amendment
  4. Question on Delhi’s waste management model

Member 2

  1. Where were you born? How many times do you visit Bihar?
  2. Importance of Gaya
  3. What is your service preference.
  4. Question on Afghanistan issue
  5. Ques on recent amendment to ips, removing disability quota
  6. Question on deposit insurance in banks

Member 3 

  1. What kind of tourist come maximum to India? Bag packers, middle class or elite?
  2. What problems do elite tourist face and why?
  3. Contribution of indian mathematician to maths
  4. Relationship between maths, astrology and astronomy.
  5. Why students fear maths?

Member 4

  1. What is better for local economy , homestays or 5 star hotels?
  2. View on crypto currency
  3. Why did you choose maths optional?
  4. Why were you named “my name”?

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #78 : TCA Anant Board, Tamil Nadu Home State, Psychology Optional, Reading Self Help Books, Jogging Hobbies

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Board: TCA Anant Sir
Edu Background: B.Tech-Petroleum Engineering
Institute: Anna University
Optional: Psychology
Home State: Tamil Nadu
Hobbies: Reading Self Help Books, Jogging

Chairman

  1. Dinesh, so you are from Chennai and you did your graduation from Anna University, What is this ACT Campus in Anna University, where is it located?
  2. What is different between the 3 campuses in Anna University ( CEG, ACT, SAP )?
  3. So your hobby is reading Self-Help books. What kind of books do you read?
  4. Why Existential books? What are the last 2 books you read?
  5. Tell me about Man’s Search for Meaning.

Member 1

  1. You were part of NSS in your college? What exactly did you do there?
  2. Do you feel that having a program where students are asked to participate in social and community works a year after college is good? What is your opinion?
  3. Can we have such programs on all Saturdays in college, where students can participate in community works?
  4. Government for the last 7-8 years has struggled to give a fillip to Biofuels. What do you think is the reason?
  5. How are we progressing in the Biofuel and Alternative fuel front?

Member 2

  1. One of your hobbies is jogging. Have you ever participated in any marathons?
  2. Last few years, the frequency of floods in Chennai has increased. What do you think is the reason behind this?
  3. Is the Government of Tamil Nadu doing something to combat this problem?

Chairman:

  1. Recently there was an announcement by the Prime Minister on Independence day to increase the production of Hydrogen based fuels. Why do you think he made that a priority to make that announcement?
  2. What are Grey, Blue, and Green Hydrogen?
  3. What is the difference between Freebies and Welfare Schemes?

Member 3

  1. Do you think Good Governance is enough for the ruling parties to do well in subsequent elections?
  2. What is your opinion on the freebies given by the government, especially in Tamil Nadu?
  3. Do you think that voting behaviour has changed in Tamil Nadu?

Member 4

  1. Your Edu Background is intriguing me, let me ask you questions on Petroleum Engineering.
  2. What do you feel is lacking in the Indian Petroleum/ Crude oil sector that the capacity of it is hardly meeting 15 percent of domestic requirement?
  3. What measures do you suggest to improve the Safety of workers in refineries?
  4. How do you handle the problems of wastages from oil refineries?
  5. What 2 core skills do you think are needed for the ground level workers in the refineries?Chairman: Thanks. Your interview is over. Have a Good Day.

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #93 : TCA Anant sir Board, Electrical Engineering, Playing Hockey Hobby

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Board: TCA Anant
Job: Railway probationer (Electrical Engineering)
Hobby: Playing hockey

Chairman

  1. What is the meaning of your name?
  2. Where did you go for student exchange programme? (DAF related)
  3. What is Avanti Fellows? (DAF related)
  4. What is your current job?

Member 1

  1. Should we increase passenger fares in railways?
  2. What is multi modal transportation?
  3. What is railways doing in this field?
  4. What should be done?
  5. Named a term I had never heard of
  6. Which classes of the railways are remunerative?
  7. What are some FinTechs in railways?

Member 2

  1. Why did India do good in hockey this olympics?
  2. What is the future of hockey in India?
  3. Bullet train vs modernization of current assets? What should be our priority?
  4. But which one should be our choice since capital is limited?
  5. How to generate more revenue?
  6. Your views on railways services merger?

Member 3

  1. How should we modernise railway stations?
  2. How to increase revenue in railways?
  3. Points related to railways in NMP?
  4. Is brining in private players right?
  5. Compare with Airways and telecom sector
  6. Shouldn’t the government be more aggressive in privatisation?
  7. Merits and demerits of social media
  8. How to counter those demerits, what steps should we take?
  9. Do you think the value of print media is declining?

Member 4

  1. Tell me about your project in DAF related to blood pulse rate.
  2. How will you use technology in medical field? (Telemedicine was one of my points)
  3. What are some technological advancements in railways for safety?

Chairman
Benefits and demerits of telemedicine?
Thank you

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #94 : Dr TCA Anant sir Board, Bihar Home State, PSIR Optional

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Date of Interview:- 1st September
Board: Dr TCA Anant sir
Background: BA(H) Political Science from Delhi University
Home State: Bihar
Work ex: few internships
Optional: PSIR

Chairman

  1. In lighter tone, while reading DAF:- You are from original Pusa(Bihar), not duplicate pusa (of Delhi)..
  2. You graduated in 2020..Good..
  3. What is the significance of Pusa? Why is it famous?
  4. Reading main points of DAF
  5. You cleared NDA exam with AIR 242. Then why didn’t you join? (Told him that I am color blind, so rejected in Medical)
  6. So, you are interested in army? (Smiling)
  7. Members talking among themselves:- Fir to IPS me b dikkat hogi due to color blindness.. however it is not our domain..

Member 1

  1. What were your observations in rural development internship and community service internship?
  2. What are the main issues?
  3. What suggestions would you give to the authorities?

Member 2 

  1. Why bihar-jharkhand region is backward in terms of development?
  2. What would be the future of Indian cinema?
  3. What were your initiatives as Vice president of photography society of your college?
  4. What leadership skills did you learn as part of VP of society which can be used in administration..Give examples..

Member 3 

  1. Our PM talks about local to global but why indian companies couldn’t become global? give reasons..
  2. Is this only government’s fault?
  3. Why our services export is booming but manufacturing sector lags behind.. we have many
  4. MNC is services sector but not in manufacturing.. why?
  5. What can be the way forward ..What will you do if you become secretary?

Member 4

  1. ( All questions related to DAF)
  2. What type of science fiction movies you watch?
  3. Which movie you think can become reality in the near future?
  4. Why india is not so much scientifically advanced in space research?
  5. What more could be done?

Chairman: said well done after my interview got over
Very cordial board
Lady member was keenly observing me throughout the interview
One member meh faced always

Source: Telegram

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #100 : TCA Anant sir Board, Electrical engineer Optional, Jogging & Defence Hobby

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 Board: TCA Anant sir
Optional: Electrical engineer
IPS probationer
Hobby: jogging and defence,
Work experience: NTPC, railway,

Chairperson

  1. Tell us about some indigenous defence technology we have developed?

Member1

  1. Why jogging?
  2. Do you participate in marathons?
  3. What internal chemical changes occur in body during jogging

Member 2

  1. Make in India
  2. atmanirbhar bharat
  3. defence and make in india
  4. participation of private sector in defence
  5. steps taken to boost indigenous defence manufacturing

Member 3

  1. why is our criminal judicial system so inefficient?
  2. what is icjs?
  3. will doing everything online resolve pendency?
  4. how many types of prisoners in prison?
  5. difference in facilities given to under trial and convicts?

Member 4

  1. give overview of NTPC
  2. Three good things about NTPC
  3. if ntpc is so good, why you left it?
  4. what three things in your opinion ntpc should do
  5. how will you improve safety in railways and ntpc?
  6. what is quantum computing?
  7. three uses of quantum computing in railway, police or defence?

Chairman– didn’t ask any further questions
just said your interview is over.
thank you.

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #108 : TCA Anant sir Board, Chhattisgarh Home State, Commerce & Accountancy

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Date of Interview: 31/08/2020
Board: TCA Anant sir.
Home State: Chhattisgarh
Optional: Commerce and Accountancy
Hobbies: Listening Ted Talks, Travelling to hill stations, playing and following cricket
Current Job: PMU under MoSJE

Chairperson

  1. What are you doing after grad
  2. What is this PMU unit
  3. What impact can you create out of it
  4. What are schemes of MoSJE

Member 1

  1. What is a social audit
  2. Which schemes provide for social audit
  3. Status of social audit
  4. How can social audit improve our work in PMU
  5. What are issues in the hill stations and how can be resolved

Member 2

  1. Can india achieve 5 trillion target
  2. What are issues in Indian economy.
  3. What should be done to improve the economy
  4. What has made Indian cricket team performing so well vis a vis 1990s time

Member 3

  1. Do we need caste census
  2. Can India ever be a casteless society

Member 4

  1. Explain your startup idea
  2. What is this Industrial Revolution 4.0
  3. What is India’s status in IR 4.0
  4. Issues in our education system that affect our performance in IR 4.0
  5. What can be done in education system for IR 4.0

Chairman: your interview is over.

Source: Telegram

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #116 : TCA Anant sir Board, Chandigarh/UT Home State, MBBS

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Interview Date: 2 September 2021
Board: TCA Anant sir
Background: MBBS
Home State: Chandigarh/UT

Chairman

  1. For how long have you worked with Ordnance factories
  2. Why did you leave that job
  3. What are you doing now
  4. What are your future plans
  5. We need more Doctors or Civil servants
  6. Tell me which CS with medical background worked nicely during 2nd wave

Member 1

  1. You have stayed in Chandigarh. Suppose you want to develop it as a medical tourism hub. How will you do that?
  2. What are 2 best and 2 bad things about TeleHealth?
  3. If you are posted at a district of NE India where infrastructure is not good. How will you ensure medicines reach there?
  4. Name state govt using drones to deliver medicines.

Member 2

  1. Chandigarh is becoming a hub of drug abuse why?
  2. Recent changes in the NDPS act. Are they good ?
  3. What will you do to resolve the drug problem?

Member 3

  1. What are the common vector-borne diseases in India
  2. What can we learn from China
  3. What should be done to tackle the problem of vector borne diseases in India
  4. How will ragni help in solving attitudinal changes
  5. How can ut be used in vector control.

Member 4

  1. Lot of development is happening around chandigarh like Mohali and Panchkula. Tell us about it
  2. Compare Haryana and Punjab in development
  3. Why is Haryana doing good in sports?
  4. But akhada culture is also resulting in criminal activities around NCR
  5. What can be done to reduce the violence

Source: Telegram

[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #121 : TCA Anant Board, Madhya Pradesh Home State, Sociology Home State, Tennis, Volleyball, Trekking Hobbies

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Board: TCA Anant
Background: Civil engineering from NIT KKR
Optional: Sociology
Home State: Madhya Pradesh
Hobbies: Tennis, Volleyball, Trekking
Job: Indian Trade Service
2nd Attempt

Chairman

  1. Switzerland and Himachal have similar potential but why Himachal lags behind Switzerland in tourism

Member 1

  1. If you are made tourism secretary what would you do?
  2. What is Carbon Neutral City ( Related to Daf)

Member 2

  1. Lots of landslides in Hilly Regions,suggest some civil Engineering solutions.
  2. During rains roads get weathered down, suggest solutions.
  3. You have been in Bhilai, how to replicate such planning across India.
  4. What is role of citizens in Smart City

Member 3

  1. Sand mafia issue in Mp..What is being done?
  2. Alternatives to river sand?
  3. Mp is home to such diverse population, how is it beneficial and problematic?
  4. Which sector or factor exacerbate communalism?

Member 4

  1. Split of MP and CG,20 years down the line, how do you see the benefits both states have reaped.
  2. Latest Civil Engineering technology being used for construction

Source: Telegram

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