[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #199 : Bharat Bhushan Vyas sir Board, Sociology Optional

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Date of interview: 10th September 2021
Board: Bharat Bhushan Vyas sir
Background: B.E. in ECE,
Optional: Sociology


Chairperson

  1. What have you been doing after graduation?
  2. About the BRICS summit (held on the previous day)
  3. Counter terrorism strategy
  4. Women led development. What do you mean by it?
  5. What are the policies of the government for “Divyang”? What can be done? Any thing that you would suggest?

Member 2

  1. School of Kathak you have trained under? Some follow up questions on that. (DAF based)
  2. 5 famous kathak dancers
  3. What can be done to improve the reach of traditional art forms at international levels.
  4. What approach is govt adopting to address women issues? What more can be done?
  5. Any indigenous control system (couldn’t understand the context).
  6. What control system does ABC company (I had interned in that company) use?

Member 3

  1. Difference between terrorism, insurgency and proxy war
  2. Heritage vs development debate
  3. Migrant crisis: sociological analysis

Member 4

  1. Effect of Ford leaving India
  2. Ping pong diplomacy
  3. Social mindfulness index. Where does India stand? Which country has topped the index? Some follow up questions.
  4. Teen Bhaga corridor in Bangladesh

Member 5

  1. NE insurgency: govt policy and plan?
  2. Karbi Aglong peace deal
  3. How much package (asked the amount)
  4. Portal launched for unorganised sector. Which ministry. What does it aim to achieve?
  5. Drone policy

Chairperson: Thank you. Your interview is over.

(There were a few more questions. Unable to recall all. Overall, not many questions from the DAF. Questions were quite diverse)



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