UPSC IAS Interview Transcript 2023

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1 day before the UPSC Prelims ? 1) Take a printout of the Hall Ticket to avoid last minute hustle. Ensure that you had all the documents ready for the exams Arrange all the things essential for the examination like Admit card (most important document- two copies), Passport size photograph (in case the print on the admit card is grainy or unclear), Photo ID proof, Two black pens Ballpoint ( for the OMR response sheet marking), Pencil, eraser( for rough work/calculations) preferably in a pouch or box, Analog wrist watches (not digital/smart as they are prohibited by UPSC). In case you are carpooling call the person and confirm your place and time of pick up. Cabs- Nowadays most app-based cab hailing services have advance booking feature use it to avoid last-minute unavailability which can be clearly seen especially on exam days in Delhi, Hyderabad etc 2) If the centre is in another city, then reach the destination city a day or 2 before the exam day. 3) Avoid Night journey before the day of the exam 4) Do not stay with family or friends, as it would not give you the peace of mind required before the exam 5) Visit the examination centre a day before the exam, to avoid any last-minute delays as sometimes locations are incorrectly marked on the GPS apps. 6) Get your biological clock tuned to the UPSC timings – 10 to 12 in the morning and 2 to 4 in the afternoon, especially for the people who study at night. 7) Do not read any new study material or books. Concentrate on the revision of content you have been preparing to date. 8) Do not set any target of marks you want to score in the Prelims. Because Unpredictability is one of the primary qualities of UPSC Prelims paper 9) Revise Basics of core subjects – history, geography, polity, ecology, economy as it covers more than 60% of the questions asked in UPSC exams every year 10) Keep scanning the newspapers until the day of the UPSC prelims exam to be aware of the things happening around us. (do not read newspapers in detail though) 11) Avoid Distractions – Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, twitter, youtube 12) Take extra care of your health – eat well, sleep well. 13) Stay away from negative, demoralising people before the UPSC Prelims exam. Always keep positive company, even during the exam break between paper 1 and paper 2 14) do not discuss UPSC Prelims Paper 1 questions during the exam break, as it may demoralise you impact your performance in UPSC Prelims paper 2 15) Do not attempt questions of which you have no idea about in the UPSC Prelims Exam. 16) Be ready for Surprises, because that’s what UPSC specialises in. 17) Mark the OMR sheet properly, darken the circles properly. 18) UPSC is also a test of temperament, so don’t get panicked if there are difficult questions at the beginning of UPSC Prelims Exam. Keep calm and move onto the next question. 19) You should have 100% faith in yourself because it will give you the confidence to attempt the UPSC Prelims exam efficiently 20) Last but not the least – Stay positive. Repeat the following words to yourself “I have prepared well, and I will Clear the UPSC Prelims 2020 Exam” 👆 1 day before the UPSC Prelims ? @insightsonindian

Vinayak Date 20th July 2020 Optional- Sociology Graduation- Civil Engineering NIT Kurukshetra(2018) Hobbies- Following tennis, Trekking, Volleyball Board- Smita Nagraj Ma'am Chairwoman- 1. So where are you living these days? 2. What did you do for past 4 months. 3. Your primary motivation behind civil services. Just tell me one? 4. Now there is so much pressure on civil servants how do you see it? 5. Why do people still look at civil services with such respect? 6. Tell me the best governed state in India. ( I told TN based on rankings of NITI Aayog..) No don't tell me on ranking basis, what is your view? Member 1: Tell me the worst governed state.( No we won't put a sedition case against you. Just tell me one) 2. After 10 years you won't be in the field. How will you contribute then.? 3. How are the ministers of M.P? You think they listen to Buereacrats ? Member 3: What is the role of SP and collector? 2.What is this following tennis? 3.Tell me about one civil engineering structure from past and one from present. 4. What is this 2 degree Celsius talk about climate change? 5. Is India doing something in that direction? Member 3- Have we found out any remains of Mahabharat in Kurukshetra? 2.Then what proof is there? 3.What are the places associatied with Mahabharat? 4. How is India forging alliances in South asia? 5. Why shift from SAARC to BIMSTEC? 6.Neighbourhood first policy 7. Tell me some instances where India has acted as first responder in crisis in South Asia Member 4: Which is the last trek you went to? 2.What is it that you like about trekking? 3. What if India hadn't accepted Italian marine case judgement. Where would have the case gone? 4. What is territorial waters, EEZ and High seas? 5. Why is China making aggressive moves in South China Sea? 6.Why isn't ASEAN doing Anything? 7.So, might is right. Is that the case. 8.What are India's stakes in South China Sea? Chairwoman- What are 2 major problems that your city faces? 2.Who should be blamed for that? Thank you your interview is over. 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

Chirag Jain Interview Date: 21/07/2020 FN, 5th to go Sujata Mehta board Geography optional, from DEEG BHARATPUR Rajasthan Mechanical engineer, Worked in Tata Motors Pune for 1 year Chairwoman 1. Tell me about your academic background and work experience 2. Why you left the job? 3. Tata culture is said as Government culture and tata also have administrative services so don't continue with that? 4. You lived in Pune so tell me the names of armshead quarter there? 5. Who is raja dinkar Kelkar? 6. some times in news picture of India gate come which showes it grey and blue background why so? 7. What immediate steps should be taken to sustain Air quality in covid unlock? Member 1 1. Tell me about Nano project of tata motors? 2. Names some names of cyclone recently in news? 3. There is book by arvind adiga in which he discussed about cyclone and its impact on Sunderban, have you read it? 4. You are from Bharatpur, tell me about maharaja surajmal? Member2 1. Tell me about your final year project and then follow up questions 2. tell me about technologies used in Drone? Then follow up questions 3. What are the challenges to electric vehicles? 4. What are issues related to batteries in india? Follow up questions Member 3 1. Which is Mewat region? What are its problem? Why is railway track is not laid in this region? What has government done for its development? 2. Is hills in deeg is boon or bane? Follow up questions 3. How far do you think NGT is successful in its mandate? 1. What is Udan scheme? is it successful? What are the challenges? 2. what is Masala bond? Why named so? What is its benefits ? What is its success? What are challenges in its success? 3. What are the benefits of Biofuel ? Chairwomen 1. Is there anything you want us to ask which you have prepared?( I told about Rajasthan) 2. Tell me about the potential of rajasthan tourism? Thank you... went for around 30 minutes. 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

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UPSC interview transcript. Somesh Magadum Belagavi, Karnataka Aeronautical engineering Interest: vachana literature , agriculture appreciation Board: P K Joshi Morning session Last person to go . Chairman Come in Read my DAF ... 1. You are an aeronautical engineer? 2. Then you have wasted your aeronautical engineering by opting for civil service ? 3. You have done NCC also, when in school or college ? 4. Tell me what is the difference between NCC and NSS.? 5. Who heads the NCC? 6. What is the difference between aircraft and helicopter ? 7. How much FDI did India received last year.? 8. Which country invested more ? Said Mauritius 9. How smaller country like Mauritius are able to invest so much in India? 10. Is it the good sign that companies are taking that root? Member 1 1. I will give you 2.5 minutes within that time explain me complete issue between India and China , along with present status ? 2. Then what is the issue between India and Nepal? 3. What is the stand of India in it? 4. Name the tests we are using for covid. 5. Explain these tests and tell me the difference ? 6. Asked me something about HAL , I didn't understand the question .. said sir I didn't get the question ... He said leave it. 7. Do you know Tejas? Member 2 1. What is the difference between aeronautics and aviation ? 2. Tell me about solar plane ? 3. Do you know about Rudra? 4. Do you know name of the Indian who circumvented earth? 5. What is disinvestment ? Is it good or bad? 6. Which government department looks after disinvestment ? Some more questions he has asked , I m not able to recollect. Member 3 1. Aeronautical Engineer why MRO operations is not based in India ? 2. What about our professional competency ? 3. What is the future of Indian aviation sector in covid world ? 4. What is wrong with Air India? 5. Tell me about look east policy. 6. One project where India and Pakistan are part of? Said TAPI 7. Tell me what it is and it's current status ? Member 4 1. Do we export sugar ? 2. Why we are erratic in export unlike Brazil ? 3. Young man do you support APMC's or not ? 4. Reasons for not supporting . 5. Why the monopoly has been created in APMCs ? 6. Why states are not reforming APMCs act ? Chairman Thank you. Your interview is over. 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

Ihsanul Hussain From Assam, MSc chemistry, optional- history Reviewing movies,bihu 2nd March 2020 forenoon Vyas sir board 40-45 min Chairman - Give a picture of Indo China relation from independence till now. - history repeats itself. How it is correct?? Why history repeats itself? We get a very less chance to interact with people from Assam . So, I am sorry but we will ask more questions about Assam. ( Laughed) - what is golden butterfly? ( tea variety from Assam) - In recent years , rhinos number has been increasing in kaziranga. So, should we shoot some of them? Otherwise it will lead to man animal conflict. - what are the causes of rhino poaching? - what is the main market and route of smuggled rhino products? - tell me two major problems of Assam? - one thing you will do for Assam and India if you become an IAS officer ? - describe problem of illegal immigrants very shortly. - what to do with nrc? Member 1 - Jhum cultivation has been the cause of pollution in NE India. How the practice can be reduced? What will be your strategy as an IAS officer? -chemistry is expected to give solutions,but it is causing pollution. What to do? -role of chemistry in solid waste management? - why Manas national park is famous? Tell some of it's problems. ( In the issues, I have mentioned Indo- bhutan division of the park,so asked me about the possible solutions in this regard) Member 2 - the recent movie avenger is somewhat related to India i.e something to do with Indian mythology. What is it? - what is the historical significance of Cotton college ( my graduation college)? Member 3 - Haj is under ministry of minority affairs. Should it be moved to some other ministry like external affairs?( Counter questions on it) - why sivasagar is famous? - What is the economical and environmental significance of monuments of sivasagar? - what is your today's mode of transportation to UPSC office? (I told them it is Uber.) - tell two positives and negatives about a Uber ride. Member 4 - You are a fond of cricket. Have you heard the name of a recent committee on bcci? - state two recommendations of lodha committee. - how far the recommendations will be effective ? - suppose you are a member of today's interview panel and one of the candidates is your son. What you will do? Chairman again - Tell something about bihu. What are the types of bihu? How it is celebrated? In detail. (Overall the panel was very friendly,cheerful and it was more like a conversation than a interview) 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

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@upscinterviewscript Ihsanul Hussain From Assam, MSc chemistry, optional- history Reviewing movies,bihu 2nd March 2020 forenoon Vyas sir board 40-45 min Chairman - Give a picture of Indo China relation from independence till now. - history repeats itself. How it is correct?? Why history repeats itself? We get a very less chance to interact with people from Assam . So, I am sorry but we will ask more questions about Assam. ( Laughed) - what is golden butterfly? ( tea variety from Assam) - In recent years , rhinos number has been increasing in kaziranga. So, should we shoot some of them? Otherwise it will lead to man animal conflict. - what are the causes of rhino poaching? - what is the main market and route of smuggled rhino products? - tell me two major problems of Assam? - one thing you will do for Assam and India if you become an IAS officer ? - describe problem of illegal immigrants very shortly. - what to do with nrc? Member 1 - Jhum cultivation has been the cause of pollution in NE India. How the practice can be reduced? What will be your strategy as an IAS officer? -chemistry is expected to give solutions,but it is causing pollution. What to do? -role of chemistry in solid waste management? - why Manas national park is famous? Tell some of it's problems. ( In the issues, I have mentioned Indo- bhutan division of the park,so asked me about the possible solutions in this regard) Member 2 - the recent movie avenger is somewhat related to India i.e something to do with Indian mythology. What is it? - what is the historical significance of Cotton college ( my graduation college)? Member 3 - Haj is under ministry of minority affairs. Should it be moved to some other ministry like external affairs?( Counter questions on it) - why sivasagar is famous? - What is the economical and environmental significance of monuments of sivasagar? - what is your today's mode of transportation to UPSC office? (I told them it is Uber.) - tell two positives and negatives about a Uber ride. Member 4 - You are a fond of cricket. Have you heard the name of a recent committee on bcci? - state two recommendations of lodha committee. - how far the recommendations will be effective ? - suppose you are a member of today's interview panel and one of the candidates is your son. What you will do? Chairman again - Tell something about bihu. What are the types of bihu? How it is celebrated? In detail. (Overall the panel was very friendly,cheerful and it was more like a conversation than a interview) @upscinterviewscript

@upscinterviewscript Jagadish Adahalli 20th july Belagavi, Karnataka. @upscinterviewscript Work experience- SDM(prob) Board- RN Choubey Morning session first one to go. Chairman 1. Introduce urself 2. Do u believe that coronavirus is created by china? 3. If u get naga land cadre, will u go? 4. Financial regulators in india 5. How RBI regulates 6. Diff bw slowdown and recession M1 1. Cooking hobby which all northkarnataka food do u prepare 2. Farming and my experience in it 3. Recent steps of aatmanirbhar bharat and ordinances with respect to agriculture M2 1. Sugarcane and petrol relation and ethanol blending 2. Jaggery and sugarcane in belagavi 3. Earthquake in belagavi which zone it falls 4. Geographical and geological features of belagavi M3 1. Again chaina and WHO controversy over coronavirus 2. Weaknesses of WHO and some related questions 3. Which one region which u have not visited and want to explore if u given a chance. 4. Macmohan line and its extension and importance M4 1. Mgnrega and its importance 2. How it helped in rural economy and some related questions 3. What are the flagship schemes of Govt in rural area. Chairman- any topic or suggestion if u want to discuss with us. Thank u and all the best for ur result.. @upscinterviewscript

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@upscinterviewscript Anonymous PK Joshi board 2nd to go Electrical engineering Hobbies - Lawn tennis and Cricket Working in financial services (pvt) Just as I entered I glanced at all members everybody had grim faces only chairman was smiling , wished and smiled at everyone C: Q Where did you did your schooling ? Where is it located? Q : Why working in a financial sector job why not core? A: (Said was not proficient plus had did projects in data analytics ML which attracted me) Q: Transmission losses sources ? A: (Mentioned 3 forgot to mention corona losses ) Q: Solar power how is it generated the principle ? A: (Photoelectric effect explained) Q: Limitations of sola power A: (Told 3 - storage , grid parity , transmission ( AC-DC).; Chairman said what about area I said yes sir and explained how difficult it has been to implement NSM M1: Q: Data is new oil explain A: Monologue followed knowledge economy how data is fueling new age business blah blah) Q: Role of social media and how is it changing marketing A: ( Long monologue with real life examples followed -insurance credit , recommendation engines) Q: Disruptive tech A: ( Told only one said sorry) F1: Till now she was very serious and every answer I gave she frowned Q: Domestic violence act and dowry act ? Are the necessary because not benefiedtd ? Aren’t they anti men A: ( Humbly disagreed that they have been useless said deference has been added She counter questioned so you are saying that 0 dowry cases ? Q: What will you do as DM for women empowerment A: Told a differentiated strategy depending on rural and urban areaw Q: which states are with low and high women literacy A: high said Kerala and TN while low can I take a guess ? She said why not - so I told Bihar and UP , She said very safe guess and everyone laughed Q: How to improve women education A: Told how we can capture low hanging fruits like infra improvements -like toilets ; nudging parents towards education M2: QWas very stern and every time I told any ans to any member he would smirk as if I am telling a joke Q: What is DPSP what is FR and difference Q What are grand slams ? What different in surfaces A : got carried away on this explained grand slams diffence of surfaces and how ball travels he was clearly not expecting all of this Q: Is India Non aligned or changed A: Said sir india is multi aligned while pursuing strategic autonomy M4: was smiling throught and went quick fire Q: Yogi Adityanath how many times MP from Gorakhpur A: Dont know sir Q: Logo of Aus open ? Told Q: And which is that player - dont know sir Q First 200 in cricket ? A SRT? And in test - told Dravid he said no Umrigar Q: First 300 A: Sir Sehwag in Multan against Pakistan memorable (everyone laughed Q: 5 classical dances and states A: Told 3 and said dont remember sir Q :why people prefer banking jobs and why engineers go to non core isn’t it a waste’ Q: which kind of bowler you are ? Told sir medium fast Q: can you swing? - No sir but bowl good leg cutters he laughed again C1: Thank you your interview is over @upscinterviewscript

@upscinterviewscript Anonymous Current - IPS 21/7/20 Chair-Manoj Soni board. Initially 4 members including one lady were sitting. 5th member joined in 5 mins. Chair 1. You are already in IPS. Aren’t you happy. 2. Would you regret if you aren’t allotted service you are aspiring. 3. Do you believe UP gangster encounter was staged. Before asking this he said ‘honestly tell me’ twice. 4. What makes you believe that it was not true. Some more related discussion. M1 Lady 1. Does police exceed its brief and use excess force? 2. How would you use GIS in policing ? 3. How would technology help in tackling law and order situation 4. Some more technology related questions AI, ML. She said something about scalar data vector data. M2 1. Some senior police officers say criminal justice system doesn’t work properly because judicial process is slow, ineffective. Do you think so ? 2. What changes do we need in IPC, CrPC, Indian evidence act. Tell specific changes. 3. Detailed discussion on subsidies. What type of subsidies do we give, should we give them or not ? 4. How should we rationalise PDS system, FPS etc M3 1. Role of police during covid times 2. Has police able to deliver on people’s expectations 3. Some discussion about police and COVID lockdown 4. Which section of law authorised police to enforce lockdown ? 5. What is FATF 6. Why Pakistan escaped blacklist ? 7. When UN blacklists some terrorist, how can we leverage that ? M4 1. Isn’t golden temple most important part of golden triangle ? 2. What is golden triangle. 3. DM and SP are fulcrum of district administration. Don’t you think for 1 year SP should do DM’s job and DM should do SP’s job for better coordination 4. Shouldn’t we have one standard investment policy throughout India for boosting investment. Some discussion on this @upscinterviewscript

@upscinterviewscript Avadh singhal 21/07/2020 Forenoon TCA Anant Sir board Completely DAF based, no current affairs at all. Chairman- Q1- You have lived at many places- why Q2- You have been working after college, tell me about your work Q3- Key issues in school education sector (my recent project was about that) Q4- How would you solve these issues Post this, CM was disengaged, constantly looking in his mobile M1- Q0- Whose tie is this? What’s the brand of tie you are wearing :P Q1- You hail from Fazilka- key political importance of place during the unrest in Punjab Q2- Punjab went through long phase of insurgency- Why did it last so long and how was it finally tackled? Q3- You mentioned about KPS Gill- in what capacity was he involved Q4- There were reports about Police excesses during the time- What were they? Q5- Do you think situation was this bad that such severe measures had to be taken Q6- Judiciary is also blamed to be reticent through the phase- you think that was the case M2- Q1- Ways of parliamentary checks on executive expenditure of money Q2- What does CAG stand for Q3- Have you heard about progressive auditing ( or something like this which basically meant evaluating not only fund utilisation but also effectiveness) Q4- I said no and then he explained it for a while and asked me as a consultant explain the ways in which we can include this in auditing Q5- He mentioned about a more formal EEE approach (Efficiency, Economy, Effectiveness). Asked me to explain what each of this means in context of public expenditure M4- Q1- Back to education, you mentioned about drop outs in school- do you know about the differential between male- female dropout Q2- Then, he asked me to explain the reasons Q3- Can you relate water also to girl dropout- On responding, he told me to make sure that we include these measures in future projects Q4- Then he said if you become IAS, which state will you choose Q5- Why not Chhattisgarh (state where I did high schooling) Not able to recall 1-2 Qs that he asked too M5- Q1- Give details of what all projects/ sectors and your contribution Q2- Do you think you made any meaningful impact in these projects Q3- On explaining- he said if you are creating such impact why civil services Q4- After some discussion on money and it’s importance for me- he asked me how are you sure civil services will give you job satisfaction. Then he wished me good luck Chairman again- I was last candidate for forenoon and he was constantly indicating the members to hurry and after they were done he said Thank you- That’ll be all. @upscinterviewscript