[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #20: RN Choubey Board, Anthropology Optional, kabaddi, tourism Hobbies

Date of Interview: 3 Jan forenoon
Board: RN Choubey
Optional: Anthropology
Duration: 25-30 mins approx
Hobby: kabaddi, tourism,

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Chairman

1. Usual monologue on how they are nice people, and be comfortable…
2. Introduce yourself with educational background and work experience.
3. Since you’ve worked in tourism sector, you must have visited a lot of places… Let’s say if we want to take a 5 day vacation, where would you send us?
4. Okay, moving on… Tell me something about the electoral bonds…. what are the issues with it ..
5. Follow up questions on changes in electoral bonds.

Member 1

(immediately to my right).

1. So, you have Anthropology as your optional… So tell me, what do you know about Lucy?
2. Okay, and why is Lucy significant?
3. Any recent discoveries in this field that you are familiar with..?
4. A few more questions that I can not remember,but they were pretty simple and straightforward.

Member 2

1. Why are we lagging in tourism sector, especially when compared to other countries?
2. What can be done to arrest the issues? At every stage.
3. So you write on Quora.. tell me what purpose the is fulfill… because most of the answers on quora are either factually incorrect,or it can be accessible elsewhere easily?
4. Isn’t personal Vendetta an issue on quora?? how can it be resolved?

Member 3

1. What have you learnt from playing kabaddi? And a few counter questions on this.
2. Where do we stand ,as a nation,in the sport?
3. What does good health mean to you(absolutely out of blue this question was asked).
4. Do you practice what you are suggesting?

Member 4

1. Okay suppose you are given the task to make a vision document for india… What are your top 5 priorities that you will do…
2. And also mentioned how and why will you be doing that…
3. A few counter questions on this, that I can’t remember.

Chairman

We give this opportunity to everyone, so you can suggest if there’s anything that we haven’t asked from your daf, you can let us know…
Okay, you are free to go.. all the best..

Overall assessment – it was very good, bas Lumber aa jaye😁