[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #50: Suman Sharma Board, PSIR Optional,

Date of Interview: 15/12/2025
Board: Suman Sharma Ma’am
Optional: PSIR
DAF: NIT Agartala, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, PSIR, other things in DAF like hobbies were not asked at all.

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Chairman

Okay Maverick you are from Lucknow, I said yes ma’am. Then questions started,
1. You have studied Electronics and Instrumentation so I will got to electronics side. Dont you think phones are getting smarter humans are getting dumber.
2. ChatGPT are making human minds shrink, what do you think.
3. Views on private sector in Space, whether it should be there.
4. Tell me about type of governments in our neighborhood.
5. How has India been able to maintain such a robust democracy.

Member 1

1.You have done Btech from Tripura, so what has been happening in Manipur. If you were the CM how would you have handled the issue
2.Don’t you think that Europe as continent is being pushed to margins

Member 2

1.One nation one election and what do you think whether it should be implemented.

Member 3

1. Superconductors, what are they
2. You have very good score in your graduation, why didn’t you go in R&D sector and don’t you think its a loss for the country.
3. Why you want to come in civil services.
4. How as an individual we can contribute in managing climate chnage.

Member 4

1. He said that chairperson ma’am asked about private sector in space, don’t you think ISRO is welcoming private sector.
2. US is coming closer to China, Impact on QUAD.
3. One country is facing issue bcoz of it, what do you think…i said Japan then he said I was talking about Taiwan. Then i answered on Taiwan.
The board was very cordial and didn’t ask anything about my hobbies and other things.
Wish everyone good luck. GodSpeed!