[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #138: Lt. Gen Raj Shukla Sir Board, Rajasthan Home State,

Date of Interview: 20th Feb, forenoon session
Board: Lt. Gen Raj Shukla Sir
Home State: Rajasthan
Background: IITK, civil engg, Jaipur, Dausa

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Chairman

1. IITK -ranking fallen , earlier it used to be known for aerospace
2. What is wind tunnel facility?
3. Cybersecurity and how china   threatened India to pull our troops back in Ladakh using cyberattacks such as one in Mumbai . Do you think china is capable of doing that?
4. AIIMS attack do we need to build the offensive capabilities
5. Choose one with respect to cyber security-is India good enough or extremely vulnerable?

Member 1

1. Additive manufacturing, what is it?
2. Make a policy what would you take in consideration in case of additive manufacturing
3. Reasons for lower haemoglobin in women and how it impacts women?
4. What is the disease called?
5. What is needed to cure Anaemia   apart from medications

Member 2

1. why are people so crazy about civil services?
2. Who respects the civil servants because if there are marginalised people then they will not because they are not getting anything , is it the elites?
3. Which state has highest number of civil servants
4. Why Gujarat has not been the same in producing civil servants
5. A political person is taking a decision which is wrong and asking you to implement it , what would be your action -grilled on it by the member
6. Is going to media good for civil servants?
7. Something about PM saying that we have left everything on Babu, which is such a derogatory term(couldn’t understand the essence of the question)

Member 3

1. Economics(something about Adam Smith and his book which I didn’t know)
2. What is financial inclusion?
3. Difference between Rajasthan eastern , south and western
4. What is the true potential of eastern Rajasthan leaving aside Jaipur
5. Is Mount Abu in eastern Rajasthan?

Member 4

1. Do you think our objective of setting up IITs have been achieved?
2. Don’t you think IITs are waste of resources because we are buying everything from China like mobiles,our engg have done nothing except like in civil engg.
3. Defend IITs are not a waste of resources

Mocks -NextIAS, Samkalp, Vajiram(get familiar with the environment and  gives confidence to face the panel)