[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #239 : Lt.Gen Raj Shukla Board, Anthropology Optional, Chhattisgarh Home State

Date of Interview: Last to go on 24th March
Board: Lt.Gen Raj Shukla Sir
Home State: Chhattisgarh(not asked)
Background: Electrical engineering(not asked)
Optional: Anthropology (not asked)
Hobby: oil pastel, listening to rendition and sufi song of Bollywood
Prize n award- debate and essay

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Chairman

1. What are the changes that debate has brought in you?
2. Are Indians good at debate or simply argumentative ? Gave some statement of amartya sen to explain which was in context of debate.
3. In villages, people without formal education sit and debate, is it worth of time?
4. About my university, is it recently established , it’s achievement n different program it offers.
5. Are Indians good at ideation or execution? Why chinese hv taken over us in invention?
6. Is our education system not practical oriented? Will NEP address it?

Member 1

1. Asked about NAAC scam, what r problems n how to tackle?
2. Any name similar to bilaspur(hometown), what is it’s speciality(of other place with same name)
3. Steps u would take regarding water conservation?
4.Carrom…tell me something about it, as I answered she interrupted n asked what do carrom word mean?(represented at university level)
5. Tell me about 3 international events that hv taken place in last 6 months?

Member 2

1. Gave monologue on oil related issue of central govt. with TN govt. based on centre state relation, I said sorry for not knowing the issue still he persisted, when I couldn’t figure it out he himself gave answer.
2. What do you like in the Constitution, what to do if article 17 gets violated?(based on my answer)
3. Who r the prominent singer of sufi music?Impact of strained Indo – pak relation on sufi music?

Member 3

1.Difference between writ jurisdiction of SC and HC?
2. Who’s mandate is to control inflation, then discussion on it
3. Told about recommendation that should students be directly taken after 12th for civil service like nda or army? My opinion on it
4. One more question (couldn’t recall)

Member 4

1. Difference between fiscal deficit and primary deficit?
2. Compare Indian economy with any other country on 3 parameter? I said one as inequality so discussion on ginni coefficient.
3. Discussion on green hydrogen . N challenges of it.

Utility of mocks- confidence building n to learn body language.
But mock r essentially daf based factual question while upsc daf question r all together different.

All the best to all