[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #224 : Preeti Sudan Board, Sociology Optional

Date of Interview: 20.03.2023, afternoon session.
Board: Preeti Sudan Ma’am
Optional: Sociology
Education: BA Hons Sociology + MA Sociology
Profession: currently working in Parliament of India
Hobbies: Hindi Poetry, Street Theatre

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Chairman

1. What’s your job profile in Parliament?
2. Who’s the Chairperson of this Committee? (Work related)
3. How many members are there in this Committee? (Work related)
4. What difference you felt in your education in JNU? (DAF related)
5. Are we giving all that you learnt in JNU in our NEP-2020?

Member 1

1. What’s ‘Nayi Kavita’ in Hindi Poetry? (Hobby related)
2. What social issues you raised in street theatre in your theatre days? (Hobby related)
3. What’s ‘anomie’? (Optional related)
4. What is the contribution of Andre Beteille? (Optional related)

Member 2

1. Discussion around my native village – it’s population, main economic activity of people, main crops grown, agriculture related issues, banking needs of your village etc.
2. Monologue about banking…what’s the banking structure of our country? Followed by some more vague questions on this.
3. What do you mean by SHGs? How SHGs are being used in your village?
4. What are the main issues of Indian Agriculture?
5. Do the farmers there get MSP?

Member 3

1. Why do you like Nukkad Natak? What’s different about it? (Hobby related)
2. Hypothetically, if you are made head of a zone on publicity via Nukkad Natak…what themes/issues would you pick to highlight? (Hobby related)
3. Won’t you promote millets? What millets-related happened recently in the Parliament?

Member 4

1. Why India exports rice but not wheat? (gave hint to answer it precisely)
2. Why we suddenly stopped wheat exports to Ukraine?
3. Why are Millets considered good?
4. Tell me three laws in Independent India that, in your opinion, emancipated the condition of women in our society?
5. What about succession laws?

*Back to Chairperson*
Thank you, your interview is over!

(20-25 mins)

Your experience in interview: very cordial atmosphere, Members are keen in listening to what you feel and say. A conversation in true sense.

Utility of mocks or O2O:
Took one mock at Samkalp. It was quite a grilling experience for me, and hence it helped me prepare my weak areas and to face stressful situations (no question repeated in actual interview though).

Took two O2O sessions. One with Srirams, which was quite pleasant and positive experience; and another with Kaptaan which was super useful and motivating (one theme repeated from Kaptaan conversation in actual interview)!

A big thanks to Yo Yo Choti Singh Sir, Kaptaan Bhaiya and his team for their ‘hadd se behadd’ support for the aspirant community throughout.

All the very best to all the fellow aspirants!