[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #188: Sanjay Verma Board, Sociology Optional, Jharkhand Home State

Date of Interview: 07-03-2024, Forenoon, last to go
Board: Sanjay Verma Sir
Optional: Sociology
Home State: Jharkhand
Keywords- DAAD Scholarship, MUN, Street play, Quiling, BALCO, Vedanta, Korba,HR,  Jharkhand, Miranda House, Jamia Millia Islamia.

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Chairman

1. Do you want tea/coffee?
2. How are you?
3. Are you happy?
4. So, if I give you a street play to write with only 2 characters one from Miranda and another from Jamia and both have to talk about nation’s development, what will they say?
5. Tell me any book/movie/journal which you have read, which gave you that “Ahaa’ moment and reflected India in true sense to you?

Member 1

1. Have you watched Animal movie? Name 2 sociological phenomenon shown. Why do you think it was a huge commercial success?
2. Where do you see ghettoisation in Delhi?
3. I will give you a statement, listen carefully and explain it from sociological perspective. This statement was given by a CM, 5 years back. “Mard agar Mard se shaadi krne Lage to bacche kaun paida krega”?

Member 2

1. BALCO has been in news for violation of environmental laws and pollution, how do you see this?
2. What was your role in the company?
3. % of tribal population in BALCO’S employees.
4. What is DAAD Scholarship?
5. What is Quiling?

Chairman sir interrupted. Here’s a paper do quiling right now and simultaneously answer next member’s questions. I explained that quiling papers are different and I need a tool to roll the paper, he said use pencil.M1 tried to help in cutting the paper, Chairman sir said no.

Member 3

1. How do you look at intercaste marriages at Village level?
2. Is it right to arrest incumbent CM?
3. Are our institutions getting politicised? Why are you giving diplomatic answers? You are young generation, we want to know your opinion.
4. Is vedanta plant currently working? What was SC order?
5. Why do you think vedanta didn’t follow the norms? They can afford brilliant lawyers, why did they lose the case?

Member 4

1. Tell me your service preferences?
2. You have done some UN smiluatuon and If you are made IFS officer and I ask you to make a display of Indian fabrics from J&K to kanyakumari, what will you include?
3. You come from Jharkhand, what is nari shakti in political sphere of your state? What happened with the Spanish tourist in your state, how do you look at it?
4. What will you do for women development in your district. Tell me 2 things and no such things like schemes in education, skills, health sector.

M1 then asked what is the fabric of your saree? Is it pure silk? Is it costly? Can it be hand washed or only dry-cleaned?

M3- Does Jharkhand has silk processing facilities?

Chairman sir looked at my quiling which I couldn’t finish. He asked are these things durable? What do you usually make from it? You could have worn quil earrings for the interview. I replied we are not allowed to.

He said ok, your interview is over.

Experience – Questions were mostly on opinion lines. In some questions members interrupted me, in some they tried to build pressure. Chairman sir was very keen that I do quiling and answer questions simultaneously. He had a continuous smile and was observing my answers throughout the interview.