[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #91: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Anthropology Optional, Maharashtra Home state, Chess Hobby

Date of Interview: 06/01/2026, Afternoon. 4th to go
Board: Bidyut Behari Swain
Optional: Anthropology
Home State: Maharashtra
Hobby: Chess
Daf – Maharashtra, Anthropology, Chess. Nothing much from daf asked.

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Chairman

1. How are you.
2. How you feel right now to be here
3. Tell me tribes from Himachal Pradesh.
4. Now tell me the tribes from Maharashtra and India.
5. Is Warli tribe only in Maharashtra.

Member 1

1. You are from X university, tell about it.
2. Do you know about NEP, 2020.
3. Some provisions for higher education institutes.
4. Credits to students. Useful
5. what is gender biased fertility preferences.
6. the status improving right now, isn’t it.

Member 2

1. Tribal issue where development is concerned, should we have development or leave them as it is.
2. But, displacement due to development is there how should it be then.
3. If the tribes are not agreeing, how consultation will work.
4. If an NGO starts to do protests & instigate tribes for the development project what will you do.
5. About NGO funding.
6. Should we completely stop ngo funding.

Member 3

1. What is criminalization of politics.
2. About it, what to do.
3. Defections in the political parties
4. Do you recall any changes made against it.
5. RPA provisions for criminalization of politics.
6. Gave the situation – if I make some documents by giving money & illegally, then another person tries to do the same seeing me but the opposite person is refusing it, so isn’t it the case of infringement of right to equality or equal treatment.

Member 4

1. What is the meaning of your name.
2. What qualities has chess added to you to improve yourself.
3. You being the young person & joining civil services also, how do you feel about operation sindoor, and the change in the stance of our government.
4. What is the basis of india-pakistan conflicts – after my answer mentioned which region is the basis.
5. Explained events pakistan does something then india replies now. Do you know about pulwama attack.
6. What India did after it.
7. How long will it continue
8. As the resources arsenal of both pakistan and India depleted after the conflict like operation sindoor, pakistan gets help from others what India is doing.
9. Yes then India doesn’t need anyone, being selfsufficient how do you see it.
10. How the Brahmos name derived.
11. How about the look east to act east policy, access through manipur decreased & how to access to SE asia.

Chairman sir –
1. So do you want to say anything?

Okay, your interview is over now.

Time – 32 minutes.