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GS Score 2nd ARC Report on Right to Information PDF

GS Score 2nd ARC Report on Right information PDF

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Polity and Governance topic is mentioned in the GS MAINS PAPER 2, however its indepth knowledge is equally important for writing an Essay, Public Administration (Paper-2) and even in GS Mains Paper 4. The government reports and documents become the best source for its understanding but usually the government reports are too bulky to read and grasping the main points from that become a tough task. Thus we have come up with the series of GIST of SECOND ARC Reports. It covers the main points of the complete report in about 30-35 pages (maximum). These points can be quoted directly in the Mains answer.

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Anthropology Notes By Sachin Gupta Complete

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Anthropology Notes By Sachin Gupta Complete

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[UPSC Interview Transcript #47] :RN. Choubey Board, Anthropology Optional, Reading & Trekking Hobby

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Interview Date – 24 Feb, 20
Board: R N Choubey
Background: B. Tech-CSE, MBA (business economics)
Employee: Pertains to Agri trade
Optional – Anthropology
Hobby– Reading, trekking


Chairman

  1. Tell me about yourself?
  2. what is a soil health card?
  3. what is pmfby? do you think it is successful? what is the need for soil health card? don’t remember 1 more question

Member 1

  1. what is precision agriculture? what is quantum computing? what did you not like in B.Tech?
  2. what would you like to change?

Member 2

  1. Why did you take anthropology? what did anthropology teach you?
  2. AGR-telcom? many counter questions
  3. case study-what if your subordinate commits a mistake while writing a report which you forwarded
  4. to the senior. He presented the report and appreciated you. Later you come to know about it?

Member 3

  1. Issues of the economy? why rural consumption demand is poor?
  2. Trekking, its effect on environment and solution? which right is the most imp right as per you?

Member 4

  1. Immunity available to the governor?
  2. What is gvc? gvc in food products?
  3. multiple state capitals-views?
  4. 2-3 questions I forgot that M2 and M4 asked.
  5. Very cordial board esp the chairman

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #49]: Mr. RN. Choubey Board, Civil Engineering Background

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IFoS 2019 Interview Transcript
Interview Date: 10th Feb 2020, Afternoon
Board: Mr. R.N.Choubey
Background: Civil Engineering


Chairman

1. Tell me about your academic and professional experience in a minute.
2. Why did you then choose Forest service?
3. Coal mining vs Forest conservation in the background of our energy needs.
4. What is the hydel power potential of India and how much is being utilised?
5. Large hydel projects or many small hydel projects to meet energy needs.

Member 1

1. Tell me about endangered species
2. How will use your Production Engineering knowledge to increase the productivity of forests?
3. Tell me about Shola forests

Member 2

1. Why is there a slowdown in the automobile sector?
2. Why is there a slowdown in the economy and its reasons.
3. What should be done to increase the purchasing power of people?
4. What factors are responsible for increasing the growth rate of the economy?

Member 3

1. Natural resource use is low in India why is it so? And how do we improve it?
Chairman: Thank you. Your interview is over.


Source: Telegram

[UPSC Interview Transcript #56]: RN. Chaubey Board, Rajasthan Home State, listening to Punjabi music, drawing Hobbies

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Interview Date: 4 Feb 2020
Board: RN. Chaubey
Home State: Rajasthan
Sports: Basketball
Hobbies: listening to Punjabi music, drawing


Questions

1. brief intro of educational qualification?
2. Should India side by USA vis-a-vis rising power of China?
3. Should we do like Japan, that get dependent on USA for our security needs?
4. What is encirclement? and how its related to BRI?
5. What India should do to counter BRI?
6. Cause behind steady tension between India and pak?
7. Favourite singer?
8. Why hanumangarh is called hanumangarh?
9. Places of tourist attraction and how will you put them on the map?
10. Unfortunate incident in basketball? (Kobe’s death)
11. What do you do in drawing?
12. Difference between drawing and painting?
13. Causes of pollution in Delhi and how to resolve them?
14. Causes of slowdown in India?
15. What is saving instinct?
(Overall the board was cordial)


Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #70]: RN Choubey Board, Political Science Optional, Organic farming, enthusiast & learning postmodern, paintings Hobbies

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Interview Date: 25/02/2020
Board: RN Choubey sir
Background: Mechanical Engineering
Employee: TAFE
Optional: Political Science
Hobbies: Organic farming, enthusiast & learning postmodern,
paintings.


Chairman

A very smiling and attractive personality with a great aura…

  1. Hello Vishnu I have to tell few things. We would like to enjoy our conversation with you and we will be very friendly to you. If you don’t know any particular thing please do tell it so that we can move to the next topic. Shall we start?
  2. Please tell me abt ur academic and professional background.
  3. Why did you resign from the job?
  4. Do u have a plan B if you don’t clear civil services?
  5. Me: I want to join NGO specifically the NGO called Teach for India. In recent times I’m thinking to start a consultancy service for job creation. Since I believe for India to become a developed country we need job intensive growth I’m interested in doing so.
  6. Okay, who will be the client of your consultancy services? Sir, govt….
  7. Okay, Nice idea.

Member 1

  1. You are from Mechanical background what is your analysis of the current auto sector slowdown?
  2. I said my analysis and used the word CYCLICAL
  3. What do you mean by cyclical? (One I said what is cyclical he noted down something in his paper) ((Meanwhile, chairman stood up, left his seat, went behind is seat, and become more relaxed))
  4. Do you see so many aircrafts flying in the sky every day? Yes sir.
  5. Who controls them especially the safety? It’s controlled by DGCA using the Air Navigation System (ANS) with help of GAGAN software.
  6. What is the full form of GAGAN? Don’t remember sir.
  7. Who developed it? Govt in collaboration with I guess ISRO sir I’m not sure. ((Very very cordially,
  8. Chairman intervened and said it’s okay
  9. Okay, our aviation industry is not doing much well.. long sentences.. what do you think?
  10. ((Before I answered, Chairman intervened to suggest me.. first of all do you agree with him that our aviation sector is not doing well? ))
  11. Before LPG reforms, it was not doing well after 1991 Pvt players entered and brought
  12. Yet our full potential is not reached so govt came with the UDAN scheme.
  13. No, I’m not asking about air transport, I’m asking about airplane manufacturing.
  14. The chairman as usual intervened to help me and asked the member to clarify whether he is taking abt airways or airplane production. Yes, I’m asking abt aircraft production. First of all, do we produce aircraft???
  15. Yes sir at HAL for defense purposes but we don’t produce for civilian purposes. And of course sir to a greater extent I agree that in terms of manufacturing we are not doing well.
  16. Okay, what is the impact of electric vehicle plans on the auto industry?
  17. I said it will make the cars costly sir blah blah
  18. No I’m asking abt how will it affect the assembly lines production systems etc.

Member 2

  1. I said yes we need to restructure the assy line and reskill our employees, Mahindra spent 1.3 lakh crore for it for instance.
  2. Chairman asked the next question taking lead from e-vehicles. How e-vehicle is an improvement over cars with IC engines?
  3. Former will lead to no emissions and helps us overcome air pollution, unlike latter in which emissions are high.
  4. Where from ecars get electricity? Sir from battery.
  5. Where from battery gets electricity? Sir charging infra
  6. Where from chargers get elect? Sir power plants.
  7. So aren’t these power plants using coal are emitting air pollutants? Then why should we go for e-cars? Sir for that reason govt is expanding our renewable energy basket and we are doing well in solar and wind power
  8. So shall I say unless we are successful in renewable energy there is no use of ecars? While to larger extent its logical there is an advantage of ecars even if we assume we get electricity from coal power plants only.. the emissions from IC engines are very high and difficult to manage.
  9. He was satisfied.

Member 3

  1. You are a mech engineer and why did u choose pair?
  2. Have you read western political thought?
  3. Do you think Plato has talked about communism?
  4. How is it different from Karl Marx’s communism??
  5. Have you heard about the social contracts?
  6. What is the difference between SC of Hobbes Locke and Rousseau?
  7. Did Hobbes recognize the right to property?
  8. (((He wanted to ask some more question. But the chairman finished it and ask the next member to take over.)))

Member 4

  1. It’s fascinating to see as Mech eng u have so much interest in Political science.
  2. What is exactly Marx’s idea and how he differs from others?
  3. Do you know his dialectical materialism and how it is different from Hegel’s dialectics of ideas?
  4. For the next question with so much enthusiasm he opens his mouth, but Chairman intervened and said we have tested all those theoretical knowledge in Mains so let’s ask something else.
  5. U said abt UDAN how its diff from previous policies? Sir don’t know exactly what was the previous policy.
  6. Now chairman asked me,, it’s okay to tell some features of UDAN?
  7. The member now said, these airline companies dont upkeep their promises made under UDAN to give subsidized seats to passengers what do you think? Govt needs to monitor sir.
  8. He said yes it should monitor and review also.
  9. Your hobby is organic farming. Where did this organic farming start in India and what’s
  10. happening? In ancient times it existed. Now Sikkim fully org. Then spread to almost all states. Like?
  11. TN Andhra UP. (((Chairman intervened. Started talking in Tamil. Where org farming is done in TN?…. he is from TN cadre)))

Member 5

  1. Abt TPM, it’s a project in my company
  2. You worked in a tractors company. Mahindra brought driverless tractors. What’s ur view?? Any
  3. tech in agri is good. But its mostly costly. We need more custom hiring centres.
  4. What is Industrial Revolution 4.0?
  5. Is India prepared for it?
  6. What is going to be its impact on India?

Chairman:

  1. We are giving an opportunity to all to talk abt something which we did not ask. Do you wanna tell me something? I said abt a kind of painting am learning right now and the values it teaches us and how I found it to be relevant to civil services.
  2. He gave a bright smile. Said some positive words and said it is over. Observations:
  3. Chairman has been much helpful and ultra cordial person whose introduction helped me to be more cool and cheerful.
  4. He ensured the interview is a conversation rather than a quest answer session. Ultimately cordial and converse. He dint follow any transitional patterns. He was very chill and dignified and made the entire interaction cool.
  5. Some members weren’t specific abt their questions and so they corrected me as to what they are exactly asking and so I answered to it then.
  6. Overall it was a great experience. I would suggest you all to just be yourself and more positive. They take extra efforts to keep us cool. Some board dont try to be cordial but I feel only important factor in interview is to be confident smiling and positive and dont have any expectations. Good luck to candidates in line.????

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #84]: RN Choubey Board, Delhi Home State, Cricket, Diary Writing Hobbies

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Interview Date: 28 Feb,
Board: RN Choubey
Home State: Delhi
Chemistry Hons
Hobbies: Cricket, Diary writing


Chairperson

  1. What is trade deficit
  2. Current status Cryptocurrency
  3. Can I buy potato with bitcoins( no sir but u can buy products from international commerce sites which accept when asked where I can use?)

Member 1

  1. How will u motivate students to pursue chemistry( small class every day chemistry intermediate
  2. class future and career options college students research facilities)
  3. How to double income of women in village( agro processing traditional craft)
  4. What changes u propose in school education policy( yahan i did mistake by saying I ll focus to get students to school and then ensure they are retained)

Member 2

  1. Anne Frank?
  2. History of World Bank and IMF( did not know)
  3. Un mandate ( I answered peaceful coexistence of nations)
  4. He said in the easy language( I said world War dobaara na ho)
  5. Un peacekeeping maintains peace or enforces peace( I said I m confirm about maintenance only)

Member 3

  1. Totalisation agreement after some lines about us India current affairs ( heard for first time?)
  2. Delhi air pollution reasons
  3. Delhi govt steps
  4. Odd-even success or failure
  5. Airshed and watershed
  6. Which form of cricket u like and why?
  7. Why test cricket is losing popularity

Member 4

  1. Andaman tribes which can SENSE earthquake … I said I dnt know which tribes who are able to predictthen he corrected and said sense
  2. Why I left chemistry and chose anthro
  3. When cell phone came to India… No idea why he asked
  4. What use is my 1.5-year job in Chennai in administration
  5. Last question of the day
  6. Iska answers aap log bhi share karo[1]I will put in ur mouth and close it… What do you understand by it? This was question when I answered that I learnt patience from job
    Chairperson

Ur interview is over


Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #92]: RN. Choubey Board, Delhi Home State, PSIR Optional, Painting Hobby

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Interview Date: 28 Feb – Forenoon (6th to go, afternoon session candidates started
coming in while I was still waiting)
Board : R N Choubey Sir
Home State: Delhi
Optional: PSIR
Employee: Software engineer in Cisco
Hobby: Painting


Chairman

( Briefed me on the interview process )

  1. So, are you still working for Cisco?
  2. So, you did your preparation while working ?
  3. What’s your role in Cisco?
  4. Are those applications for internal use or does it have other clients ?
  5. Do you get to work on a lot of projects ?
  6. What is Machine learning?
  7. How will the machine be able to understand data ?
  8. Can you give examples of those algorithms

Member 1

  1. How will you increase the use of digital payments in rural areas?
  2. What are the pros and cons of it?
  3. As you work for a corporate, do you think it’s easier to promote diversity in India than globally?

Member 2

  1. 15 years back , Cisco was alleged of using data that passed through its switches and routers?
  2. Do you think it’s possible ?
  3. So , do you think that Huawei can do it through 5G network?
  4. I find it interesting that you have topped the school in Hindi in board exams. How many were there in the class?
  5. (Just wanted to know if it’s not like the joke where someone comes first in race when only 2 participated)
  6. So you can speak in Hindi?
  7. What made you to choose Hindi over Tamil as 2nd language?
  8. What is infinity ?
  9. Chairman : What is infinity minus infinity?

Member 3

  • Do you think Judiciary is going beyond its limits?
  • Doesn’t it interfere in the works of executive and legislative?
  • Don’t you think it’s biting more than it can chew?
    (I am assuming Judiciary related questions were because my Father is a Lawyer)

Member 4

  1. Are you hungry ?
  2. (But we are , so we would like to finish it faster.)
  3. (So I will ask you all rapid fire questions and you have to answer likewise.)
  4. Do you know who started this all ?
  5. Do you know who started it all ? It started in television. No I mean rapid fire questions.
  6. What is money order ?
    1. How do they send money ?
    2. Does it still exist ?
    3. I see a very unique approach by you to mix 2 forms of painting ? Do you do it that way ?
  7. (I am not asking about all 3 , just 2 forms)
  8. In Delhi, when you go around in buses you can see women not buying tickets. They are
  9. Just given pink tickets to know the count. Do you think such freebies are necessary?
  10. On the eve of the Delhi elections Arvind Kejriwal announced that its costing the government 140
  11. crores and they are planning to extend it to all school students irrespective of gender. Do you think
  12. a developing country like India can afford such deficit?

Chairman : Your interview is over. We had a good conversation. We wish you a wonderful future.


Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #102]: Chaubey sir Board, Kannada literature Optional, Cooking, Teaching Hobbies

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Forenoon session,1st one to go in.
Board: Chaubey sir
Background: BE (e and c)
Optional: Kannada literature
Hobbies: Cooking, Teaching


Chairman

  1. (based on engineering background- e and c branch)
  2. Tell me about your education and work experience
  3. Tell me about 2G spectrum.
  4. How 5G technology is different from 4g.- frequency, speed, and applications.
  5. What does ‘g’ stands for, in 1g,2g.

Member 1

  1. Why did you choose Kannada literature as optional despite the Engineering Degree?
  2. What is literature?
  3. What are the differences between prose and poetry?
  4. What is talinomics? ( cooking hobby)

Member 2

  1. What is CPEC?
  2. Why is India opposing it?
  3. what are its economic and military implications?
  4. whom did you teach? (hobby teaching )

Member 3

  1. What is cloning?
  2. What are the issue associated with cloning?
  3. why is cloning banned?
  4. How tourism sector is doing?
  5. What measures would you suggest to improve tourism?

Member 4

  1. what is the name given to pok?
  2. which are the countries showing interest in mediation?
  3. Should India allow mediation?

Chairman

  1. Would you like to ask anything?
  2. Is there any area that you expect questions?
    Overall, the board was very cordial.

Source: Telegram

[UPSC Interview Transcript #104]: RN. Chaubey Board, Kannada literature Optional, Jogging, diary writing, playing Dollu

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Board: Chaubey sir
Background: BE (ECE)
Employee: in Telecom networking.
Hobbies: Jogging, diary writing,  playing Dollu, a double-sided drum
Optional: Kannada literature


Very cordial board. Most of the questions are from DAF and work experience related.

Chairman

  1. Tell me about your education and work experience in one minute.
  2. Contribution of Visvesvaraya (by college name)
  3. What you learned 2 things while working in the company.
  4. About company and products supplying.
  5. Telecom sector challenges

Member 1

  1. What things you write in Diary?
  2. Why diary writing ?
  3. Are you fitness freak ? How long u do jogging daily?
  4. What are the other benefits of jogging than physical fitness?

Member 2

  1. International yoga day and its influence on world.
  2. How it helping India in interny arena.
  3. BSNL issues, is privatisation can be solution for it?
  4. What more needs be do?

Member 3

  1. Explain about Dollu
  2. Other percussion instruments
  3. What needs to do for popularization of regional art forms

Member 4

  1. Explain about Cauvery water issue.
  2. Is declaring rivers of country as national resources and having uniform solution?
  3. What other things need to be done to solve water issue

Chairman

  1. Would you like to ask anything? Is there any area that you expect questions?

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #108]: RN. Chaubey Board, Rajasthan Home State, already in IRAS

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Date of Interview: 4 March
Board: RN. Chaubey
Background: IITD (Civil)
Home State:  Rajasthan
Medium: Hindi
Currently in IRAS


Chairman

  1. (made me first comfortable)
  2. You are already in IRAS. Why do u want to come to IAS?
  3. Cash and accrual accounting? Which is better?
  4. What type of accounting is followed in IOCL and other PSUs??

Member1

  1. PPP model, types of it, HAM

Member 2

  1. Asked some questions on Bollywood Music, miniature paintings of Rajasthan, Progress of make in India?
  2. Blue revolution?

Member 3

  1. Defense budget issues like revenue expenditure are more? What should we do??
  2. What is non lapsable funds??

Member 4

  1. Need of Logistic policy?
  2. what should we include in that?
  3. Should we intervene in Afghanistan by our military power? What are the stakes of India over there?
  4. Components of samagra Shiksha Abhiyan? SDG4?

Chairman: Do you want to talk about something else which we missed out on?
Your interview is over. All the best.


Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #111]: RN. Choubey Board

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Contributed by ForumIAS community member
Date of Interview: 05.03.2020 a/n
Board: RN. Choubey


Chairman

C: which language u r comfortable Hindi, English, or mix.
C: tell me something about ur education and work experience?
C: postal department is not of much relevance today no one use letters nowadays also private companies are here then why so much of resources and work force.
C: but people are not using letters and technology is also here how to cut workforce by half or how much?
C: privatisation and disinvestment, it is good? according to u where and which PSU v should disincentivise and which one not also why v should not look for profit.

Member 1

M1: what is bipolar disorder? Is it same as manic depression disorder?
M1: what is new psychology? U heard of wundt how he contribute ?
M1: what is difference between growth and development?
M1: and now the difference between economic growth and economic development?

Member 2

M2: what is the judgment of SC regarding cryptocurrencies please educate us?
M2: there is mentioning of proportionality also in judgment, what was it?
M2: tell us about IRDA and what are its functions.
M2: do it decide premium rate also?
M2: there is actuarial science in insurance sector, what is that and its functions?

Member 3

M3: what is brexit, explain?
M3: what impacts would be there on eu and Britain on Brexit.
M3: how they are resolving the ireland issue?
M3: what is the framework they are working on to solve the matter.
M3: what is NATO also after trump’s visit in India what are the recent developments w.r.t. NATO.

Member 4

M4: how we acquire land in India?
M4: full form of the land act and also compare between land act 2013 and 1894?
M4: is it rt to acquire fertile land for inra dev?
M4: Tell us something about online stalkers what is the psychology behind all this?
M4: what is the provision of organ trade in India, don’t you think we should legalise it. What is ur view should we start allowing organ trade?

Chairman
C: Thanks anything you expected that we will ask but we didn’t. Also that u want to tell us but unable to say as we didn’t ask the same.
C: Thanks it was nice talking to you ur interview is over


Source: Telegram

[UPSC Interview Transcript #132]: RN Choubey Board, Bihar Home State, Geography Optional

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Date of Interview: 25th Feb, 20
Board: RN Choubey
Optional: Geography
Employee: Power sector
Home State: Bihar
College IIT BHU
Hobby: Jogging, Reading non fiction books, Transcendental Meditation


Chairman

  1. Give a brief introduction of your academic and work career.
  2. Why electron moves in current and not proton?
  3. But why do current flow?
  4. Do you use social media?
  5. Do you think social media should be regulated?
  6. Apart from Article 19(2) what are the provisions that are there to regulate social media?
  7. Are the present laws sufficient to regulate social media?
  8. How should we come up with new regulations?

Member 1

  1. What do we spend on food or guns? Should we spend on welfare activities or defence?
  2. You said defence can prevent loss of lives. Can you explain how?
  3. Why is there Hindu word in Benaras Hindu University?
  4. How do you manage job and preparation?
  5. For how long have you been doing Transcendental Meditation?
  6. Have you learnt it from a guru?

Member 2

  1. Have you heard of Bodo accord? What is it?
  2. Is there any restrictions on entry into Assam?
  3. What are Inner line Permit?
  4. Which States are there in Inner Line Permit?
  5. Whose permission is needed for Inner line permit?
  6. Is there continuity or change in India’s foreign policy?
  7. What are the principles of foreign policy?
  8. Have you heard of National Interest and national goals? What are they?
  9. So it has turned more towards national interest?
  10. Who controls Afghanistan?

Member 3

  1. Do you watch movies?
  2. Why is it named Oscar awards or Us Academy awards?
  3. Are you aware of the South Korean movie awarded Oscar this year?
  4. Why do you want to join Civil Services after having experience in your field?
  5. You said IAS, will you join if you get say xyz services?

Member 4

  1. What are smart grid?
  2. How will you design smart village? What according to you is smart village?
  3. Being a technical person in your village what advice will you give to the electricity board to prevent thefts?
Chairman
  1. Is there anything thay you wanted to speak but we haven’t asked you?
  2. It could be anything.
  3. All the best for your life.

Source: Telegram

[UPSC Interview Transcript #2] TCA ANANT Board, ISRO Engineer, Writing Poem hobby

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Transcript of interview 2020
Interview Duration: 30 Mins
Background– Scientist  (ISRO)
Board: T C A ANANT SIR
Hobby: Writing Poem
Members: 2 male members and 2 lady members


Chairman

  1. What are your responsibilities in ISRO? Give a brief description of yourself.
  2. Why civil services?
  3. Which projects are you currently working on? You were the Event organiser for the Cultural and Technical fest at college. Which events you organised?

Member 1

  1. Why did Chandrayaan 2 could not land?
  2. What are the future missions of ISRO?
  3. What is the budget expenditure for ISRO?
  4. Why do we need to do huge expenditures on space missions?

Member 2

  1. You write poems. Which topics are your favourite? Recite some lines of your poem for us.
  2. What other creative works you do?
  3. What’s your assessment of work done by you?

Member 3

  1. If you’re a civil servant, what one step you would take to improve the economy?
  2. (I said to provide the right set of skills to make people industry-ready)
  3. What skills you’ll give? Will it be the same for rural and urban populations?
  4. What are some problems in corporate governance?
  5. Will teaching ethics to them is a sufficient measure? Give some details about Coronavirus. Is the allegation of it being a bio-weapon true?

Member 4

  1. What is the main problem in doubling farmer’s income? What are some schemes in this year’s budget?
  2. What are some commercial satellites of ISRO? How does ISRO prioritize its missions?
  3. What are some laws for corporate governance?
  4. What is the contingency fund of India? How is it utilised?
  5. Who approves the expenditure from CFI?

Chairman– Thank you. It was nice talking to you. You can leave now


Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #3] TCA Anant Board, Engineer in Qualcomm, Delhi Home State, Play acoustic drum hobby

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Interview date: 17/02/2020
Session: Afternoon  (mine was 2nd inline)
Interview Duration: 29 minutes (I timed it :p)
Board: TCA Anant
Edu.: B.Tech from DTU
Background: Engineer in Qualcomm
Hobby: play acoustic drum
State: Delhi
Members: 2 of the 5 members were women


Chairman

  1. Started reading my DAF….u  have done B. Tech from DTU….thereafter u have worked as an engineer in Qualcomm.. till March 2018…then u left?

Member 1

  1. What is Qualcomm? What does it do?
  2. What is the internet of things?
  3. Why is it a future technology? Every technology is evolving, when would u say that it has arisen?
  4. What is 5g?
  5. What did you do in the 5g project?

Member 2

  1. So u are from Delhi..what would be the advantages if Delhi is given full statehood?
  2. Aadhaar case and privacy at supreme court verdict? Could u elaborate on that..what was the verdict?
  3. What is the diff between Sagarmala and Bharatmala?
  4. What other initiatives do you think will help India achieve $5tn economy?

Member 3

  1. So u’ve done electrical engineering. Tell me how is hydroelectricity produced?
  2. What about run-off the river projects?
  3. What is the megawatt rating of a hydro plant?
  4. What is the max amount of power that a hydropower plant generates? You know about the max capacity hydro plant in India or the world?
  5. What is mini-hydro? Do you know the diff between mini-hydro and large hydro in terms of MW?
  6. What is the FUNCTIONAL (said it 2 times) difference between mini-hydro and large hydro?
  7. Ok, let’s come to electronics…I have two questions..what is the difference between GSM and CDMA?
  8. Is the CDMA technology in use anywhere? Where is it maximum used?
  9. Has India used CDMA technology at any point?
  10. U have been to Qualcomm which is a very big company..why did you leave your job.? You must be getting very high pay…
  11. You know what is the AGR issue? What exactly is AGR? in one line..tell me what is the controversy? 1999 revenue sharing model..what was before it? So if a telecom company has no profit, it did not have to pay charges to govt? But presently all telecom companies are in losses, how to revive them?

Member 4

  1. U play acoustic drums? So can you tell me what is the difference of frequency/vibration to a listener when he listens to a string instrument and a percussion instrument?
  2. U are from Delhi and u have done electrical engineering as well, we are pushing for electric vehicles and we also have CNG vehicles. Can you tell me what is the difference between them in terms of pollution?
  3. You like philosophy also? Which philosopher do you like the most? Why?
  4. Have u heard about dashnami order which Adi Shankara had established? What is it?
  5. Do you know the story of how he went to the Himalayas?
  6. Who is your favourite in Western philosophy? Why?
  7. Have u heard of …… (some psychologist name)?
  8. Cybercrimes and security threats are increasing nowadays. We also have an IT Act. u must have read about the act… Do you think our IT Act has enough provisions to tackle these issues of the future?
  9. So you are saying that the laws of Macaulay were also sufficient enough?
  10. You chose philosophy as optional despite doing electrical engineering. Can you tell why so many engineers dread taking their own subjects?

Member 5

  1. U have written “team head for social- development projects”. could u tell me about it? What did you do? Were they implemented in Delhi?
  2. Have u heard about SHGs in rural India? What is their significance?
  3. Suppose u are a district head. What would be your priority areas for women of rural areas? Tell us what comes immediately to your mind…just 3 points…

Chairman: okay Thank you. You may go now.


Source: Telegram

[UPSC Interview Transcript #12]: TCA Anant Sir, Hyderabad Home State, Sociology Optional, Following F1 Motorsport, Teaching children hobbies

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Interview date: 18 Feb 2020

Board: TCA ANANT Sir, Morning session

Background: B.Tech(Chemical engineering)

Home State: Hyderabad

Optional: Sociology

Hobbies: Following F1 Motorsport, Teaching children

Third-person to go Time: 11 AM


Chairman

  1. Why did you opt for sociology even after having an engineering background?
  2. What the name of your college? (Passes on to M1)

Member 1

  1. What is there for the farmers in the recent budget?
  2. Tell me about Kisan rail.
  3. What is net neutrality? Is there any authority to regulate it?
  4. What can we do to control the burgeoning population? Follow up questions
  5. What is the national biofuels policy?

(Passes on to M2)

Member 2

  1. what is vivaad se Vishwas?
  2. what is the difference between chemicals and petrochemicals?
  3. What has the government done to help the working class?
  4. Tell me about the codification of the labour laws.
  5. Tell me any labour law that has led to relief to the working class.

(Chairman interrupts and passes on to M3)

Member 3

  1. Have you read this book called(forgot the name)…it is about Hyderabad?
  2. Why do you like teaching the children?
  3. What is your opinion regarding private coaching and tuition?
  4. what can we do to improve the education system
  5. what will you do as a DM of a district to improve the education system?
  6. some other follow up questions

(Passes on to M4)

Member 4

  1. So you like F1 racing….why? 2- Can you tell me which Indian company currently has an F1 team (humbly told that it’s Formula E and not F1)
  2. What is the current scenario of F1 in India?
  3. Any prominent Indian racers?
  4. What the future of F1 in India?
  5. Ok tell me what is WTO Follow up questions
  6. What is piracy in oceans?
  7. Why is there conflict in Africa?
  8. What is a blood diamond?
  9. Can you tell me which element was discovered recently that is more precious than a diamond? Some casual words from

Chairman: your interview is over … thank you.


Source : Telegram

[UPSC Interview Transcript #17] :TCA Anant Board, Delhi Home State, literature of Sanskrit Optional, Dog caring hobby

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Duration: 29 mins
Board: TCA Anant sir
Background: computer science engineering
Home State: Delhi
Optional: literature of Sanskrit
Hobby: Dog caring
Other activities: also in MSDE
Members: chairman 2 male and 2 female members


Chairman

How do u care about dogs? What different u do for street dogs, why does dogs bark unnecessarily?

Member 1

  1. Can you please explain the official language policy? Can we have Sanskrit as an official language? U have taken Sanskrit optional after computer science. Can you please name some of the scholars?
  2. Why students don’t want to study Sanskrit. What’s wrong with our education system.
  3. Can u please tell me all steps you would take to ensure that there be no malnutrition?

Member 2

  1. U are from Delhi and Delhi has been constantly facing the issue of very high air pollution. Stubble
  2. burning is one of the cause, do u think that the government has taken enough steps to deal with stubble burning or do u think that something more should be done?
  3. In other countries stubble is used for various purposes,can you name any such use.
  4. Do you think some legal framework should also be made?

Member 3

  1. please tell us about the UAV. What has been the role of doing in that? Do we have sufficient technology to deal with aerial attacks?
  2. Why there is jobless growth in India
  3. Why 80 percent of our engineers don’t find jobs
  4. What should we change in our education system?
  5. How do we relate skill and employment?

Member 4

  1. She asked 3 ques which I have never even heard of. Then she asked about conventional wars. Do we have more direct wars or are we moving towards other means of war?
  2. Chairman then asked me: what is ultra vires. Am not able to recollect. He said ok no issues. Your interview is over. Thank you. I thanked everyone
  3. Overall chairman was continuously smiling and very cool.

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #18] :TCA Anand Board, PSIR Optional, Reading books and GIS mapping hobbies

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Duration: 30 mins
Board: (TCA Anand)
Background: Civil Engineering & Mentioned helping out father in his shop.
Optional: PSIR
Hobbies: Reading books and GIS mapping


Chairman

  1. Your hobby is reading. Which book did you read recently? What is it about?
  2. Your other hobby is GIS mapping. What is it about? How did it become your hobby?

Member 1

  1. What are the principles of store management?
  2. BS4 vs BS6
  3. When does it come into force? what will happen to the BS 4 vehicles that are running on the roads now?
  4. What are the techniques used for earthquake-resilient buildings?
  5. there is a special type of Steel that used for earthquake-resistant buildings. do you know about it?
  6. How to measure tensile strength?
  7. What is Narvik?

Member 2

  1. What is Pradhanmantri Awas Yojana? Why is it important? (Also asked about specific provisions regarding the scheme)
  2. What are the problems with it? What are the latest techniques that we are looking to imbibe in it?
  3. That’s a specific definition of affordable housing. Do you know that?

Member 3

  1. You have read books on anthropology. How differently did Adivasis of India and aborigines of Australia fire when they came into contact with mainlanders?
  2. What is a time zone? What is India’s? How many time zones does the USA have? Do you need another one?

Member 4

  1. Have you been to a village? Have you attended any gram Sabha/Panchayat meetings? What is the difference between both? Why are they important?
  2. My assessment of the interview: The interview was good and cordial. I didn’t get any challenging questions at all. Some were fact-based of which some I didn’t know. But broadly, it was a good conversation, and at no point was I put under any kind of pressure.

Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #30] :TCA Anant Board, Delhi Home State, Philosophy Optional, Playing acoustic drums Hobby

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Interview Date:17/02/2020, Afternoon session
Total time: 29minutes
Board: TCA Anant
Background: B. Tech, Electrical engineering
Employee: Worked in Qualcomm
Home State: Delhi
Optional: Philosophy
Hobby: Playing acoustic drums


Chairman

Chairman started reading my DAF….u have done Btech from Electrical engineering then I’ve worked in Qualcomm…

  1. What is Qualcomm? What does it do?
  2. What is the internet of things?
  3. Why is it a future technology? Every technology is evolving, when would u say that it has arisen?
  4. What is 5g?
  5. What did you do in the 5g project?

Member 2

  1. So u are from Delhi..what would be the advantages if Delhi is given full statehood?
  2. Aadhaar case and privacy at supreme court verdict? Could u elaborate on that..what was the verdict?
  3. What is the diff between sagarmala and bharatmala?
  4. What other initiatives do you think will help India achieve $5tn economy?

Member 3

  1. So you’ve done electrical engineering. Tell me how is hydroelectricity produced?
  2. What about run-off the river projects?
  3. What is the megawatt rating of a hydro plant?
  4. What is the max amount of power that a hydropower plant generates? You know about max the capacity hydropower plant in India or the world?
  5. What is mini-hydro? Do you know the diff between mini-hydro and large hydro in terms of MW?
  6. What is the FUNCTIONAL (said it 2 times) difference between mini-hydro and large hydro?
  7. Can electricity be stored??. (I said no, but only converted to some other form)…..then what do we do if we generate excess electricity, what do we do with it?
  8. Ok, let’s come to electronics…I have two questions..what is the difference between GSM and CDMA?
  9. Is the CDMA technology in use anywhere? Where is it maximum used?
  10. Has India used CDMA technology at any point?
  11. U have been in Qualcomm which is a very big company..why did you leave your job.? You must be getting a very high pay…
  12. You know what is the AGR issue? What exactly is AGR? in one line..tell me what is the controversy? 1999 revenue sharing model..what was before it? So if a telecom company has no profit, it did not have to pay charges to govt? But presently all telecom companies are in losses, how to revive them?

Member 4

  1. You play acoustic drums? So can you tell me what is the difference of frequency/vibration to a listener when he listens to a string instrument and a percussion instrument?
  2. You are from Delhi and u have done electrical engineering as well, we are pushing for electric vehicles and we also have CNG vehicles. Can you do a comparison between them?
  3. You like philosophy also? Which philosopher do you like the most? Why?
  4. Have u heard about dashnami order which Adi shankara had established? What is it?
  5. Do you know the story of how he went to the Himalayas?
  6. Who is your favourite in Western philosophy? Why?
  7. Have u heard of …… (some psychologist name)?
  8. Cyber crimes and security threats are increasing nowadays. We also have an IT Act..u must have read about the act… Do you think our IT Act has enough provisions to tackle these issues of the future?
  9. So you are saying that the laws of Macaulay were also sufficient enough?
  10. You chose philosophy as optional despite doing electrical engineering. Can you tell why so many engineers dread taking their own subjects?

Member 5

  1. You have been involved in “social- development projects”. could u tell me about it? What did you do? Were they implemented in Delhi? What were those projects? What were the target communities?
  2. Have u heard about SHGs in rural India? What is their significance?
  3. Suppose u are a district head. What would be your priority areas for women of rural areas? Tell us what comes immediately to your mind…just 3 points…

Chairman: okay Thank you. You may go now.


Source: Forum IAS

[UPSC Interview Transcript #33] :TCA Anant Board, Uttar Pradesh Home State, Sociology Optional

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Interview Date: 18th Feb- Forenoon
Duration: 30 mins
Board: TCA  Anant
Background: Civil Engineering (BIT Mesra)
Optional: Sociology
Employee: Amazon
Home State: Uttar Pradesh


Chairman

  1. Reading from DAF, you graduated in 2015, what have you been doing since then?
  2. What was your role in Amazon?
  3. What is the public perception of Amazon and e-commerce in general?
  4. Isn’t giving deep discounts a good thing?
  5. What can be the benefits of e-commerce?

Member 1

  1. Why did you switch to sociology as your optional?
  2. Do you know Sanskritization theory and who gave it?
  3. Which castes have gone for it?
  4. What process did they use to achieve it?
  5. How have the Yadavs in UP done it?
  6. What is the main obstacle to gender empowerment and how should we address it?

Member 2

  1. Why is the status of women better in Marwari families?
  2. What is the objective of the Hindu succession act?
  3. Should we bring in a uniform civil code?
  4. By not bringing UCC aren’t we being treated differently and some sections as super citizens??
  5. Tell me a few progressive legislations in Muslim community?
  6. What looks east policy?

Member 3

(asked too many technical questions)

  1. What are the main minerals of Jharkhand? (College in Jharkhand)
  2. What percentage of Fe content is needed to economically extract it from iron ore?
  3. What is the difference between mechanized bricks and normal bricks?
  4. What is the area of the cement to steel in a RCC pillar?
  5. What are the technologies used in prefabricated concrete?
  6. Do you prefer centralization of governance or decentralization?

Member 4

  1. What is ISA? What is India’s role in it?
  2. What is FATF and its role?
  3. What steps has Pakistan recently taken to avoid blacklisting?
  4. Tell me about China’s debt diplomacy?
  5. Which countries are impacted by it?

Source: Telegram