[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #101: Dinesh Dasa Sir Board, Philosophy Optional, Rajasthan Home State,

Date of Interview: 2nd Feb 2024
Board: Dinesh Dasa Sir
Optional: Philosophy
Home State: Rajasthan

Morning session ( second to go )

Hindi medium

Key terms – Philosophy, Rajasthan, electrical engineering, spiritual book reading, CBI, AAI,

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Chairman

1. Introduce yourself
2. comparison of tagore and Gandhi.
3. your favourite philosophers, but no further questions were asked.
4. “one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors”- Plato. Opinion
5. people like you work for years for this exam, why young people don’t go for politics (and other people in general). Politics is also for governance. What are the issues.
6. state funding of election. Should we go for it.
7. internal elections in political parties.

Member 1

1. what is inflation & type of inflation.
2. how does inflation help in economic growth?
3. what is utelitarianism.
4. ” good is good ” bentham – what do you understand.

Member 2

1. there was decline of Ashokan empire due to embracing spirituality. Will practicing spiritualism impact negatively working in government.
2. maru mahotsav in Rajasthan.
3. should we codify parliamentary privileges ?
4. why new airlines fail in aviation market ?

Member 3

1. Why people ask for cbi investigation in a case. There is CID in state police. In CBI too, ips cadre is there, how it’s functioning different from state police.
2. what are the things that can be included in education system for safety of women in Rajasthan as crime rates against women are high.
3. what will you do if you are not selected.

Member 4

1. difference in TADA, UAPA, PMLA.
2. why stringent provisions of bail in PMLA.
3. reverse engineering and IPR.
4. there are demands for cbi investigation in many cases…. If things go like this, the organisation will be overburdened. How cases are decided in CBI.
5. why tada was repealed.

Interview is over

Duration – 25-30 minutes

the interview was in serious discussion mode….