[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #39 : Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla Board, PSIR Optional, Tamil Nadu Home State

Board: Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla (Retd.)
Optional: PSIR
Background: Civil Engg
Home State: Tamil Nadu
4th interview
No questions from the hobbies/interests

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Chairman

1. Which place are you from?
2. Why psir after graduation in engg?
3. Have you gained interest in IR?
4. There’s a diplomat called George Schultz. He has famously said that ‘Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table’. What do you understand by this ?
5. Should we apply this in the context of India’s foreign policy in general and the neighbourhood in particular?
6. What is hybrid war?
7. Weaponisation of energy by Russia. Can we call it as a hybrid war ?
8. Does India practice hybrid war ?
9. there are 2 views. One is mother tongue based primary education and the other is purest form of Hindi which is close to Sanskrit and to many other Indian languages. Which one would you go for ?
10. Mother tongue – English – Hindi or Mother tongue – Hindi – English. Which order should we go for ?

Member 1

1. Benefits of Mother tongue based education in primary level.
2. which language did you learn in primary level and were you able to grasp the subjects well ?
3. if anyway we are going to promote Hindi and English to everyone, should we teach these languages from the primary school level itself along with mother tongue?
4. what’s the scheme for skill development brought by your state and any scheme by central government for skill development ?
5. Did ITIs fail ? If not why Kaushal Vikas Yojana was brought in ?
6. Ayushmann Bharat scheme, It’s components. Is health insurance important?

Member 2

1. Ethanol blending. What is it ? Why was it brought ? Was it successful?
2. Does it affect food security?
3. We have shortage of sugarcane. How are we going to produce ethanol ?
4. Bollywood. Does it affect the national integration or does it promote ?
5. what are the recent controversies surrounding Bollywood? What do you think about it?
6. National flag. It’s importance. Why are we seeing big flags in different places nowadays? ( DAF )
7. Any law or code related to flag ? It’s provisions ? ( DAF )
8. what does the Ashoka chakra represent? ( DAF )

Member 3

1. Philanthropy . Difference between west and India. (DAF)
2. why not corporate entities other than Tata have social welfare foundation ?( DAF)
3. debate about end of socialism in early 90s. Victory of liberalism. What is neoliberalism ?
4. is India going towards neoliberalism?
5. what is India’s approach towards development?

Member 4

1. why March past not allowed on the bridges ?
2. where do you place the reinforcements in the slabs / ceilings ? And why ?
3. how to maintain the verticality in the high raise buildings ?

Thank you.

Good luck to everyone.