[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #111: Sujata Chaturvedi Board, PSIR Optional, Rajasthan Home State

Date of Interview: 8th Jan
Board: Sujata Chaturvedi ma’am
Optional: PSIR
Home State: Rajasthan

Keywords: Dept of Posts, Computer Science, Rajasthan, One Piece anime, PSIR

Chairperson started with reading my DAF

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Chairman

Q. You’ve just joined the Dept of Post in October. Why have you changed job from Kerala to Lucknow?
Q. Are you having training?
Q. When will that happen?
Q. Then what have you been doing there?
Q. All right, let’s talk about the Indian financial system, if you are comfortable answering otherwise we can discuss something else.
A. I’m comfortable
Q. You’re from computer science background, name any 3 major services in India’s digital sphere and e-governance which can be termed as revolutionary
A. The first one is UPI
Q. How does UPI work?
Q. Yes UPI is revolutionary. What about the other two.
A. Another can be Digilocker
Q. Digilocker is fine but I don’t think it’s revolutionary as such.
I was thinking
Q. These services are unique to India. It’s even bigger than UPI
A. Told about the credit system in NEP
Q. No, it is useless as of now and I don’t think it will ever be revolutionary.
A. Aadhar can be termed as revolutionary.
Q. Yes, Aadhar is most important. How does Aadhar work?
Q. Only biometrics? What other information does it have?
Q. So it does have other information about an individual. What is biometric?
Q. What is the third revolutionary service?
A. I’m not able to recall any.
Q. Have you heard about GST? What is it?
Q. How does one file for GST
A. I’m not sure ma’am but there is a portal where information have to filled and it calculated GST accordingly.
Q. What is that portal called?
A. I’m sorry, I don’t know.
Q. We have been seeing that there is a huge infrastructure boost going on in India. Ports, Railways, roadways and other infrastructure projects are going on. How is the government able to finance all these projects?
Q. Give some examples
Q. What are the other ways?
A. I’m not sure ma’am
Q. Have you heard of NIP?
A. National Infrastructure Project
Q. It’s pipeline not project. What is the difference between pipeline and project?
A. Answered vaguely and not accurately.
Q. What is Invits and Reits?
A. It’s something related to infrastructure financing but I’m sorry ma’am, I don’t know.
Q. You were saying that you’ll talk about the financial system and now you’re saying that you don’t know. You should’ve told me previously, I would have asked something else.
A. Saying sorry while awkwardly smiling.

Member 1 

Q. You’re from computer science background. So can we talk about Cryptocurrency?
A. Yes sir, I’ll try
Q. Tell me how bitcoin mining works
A. Told him about what bitcoin mining is.
Q. But how does that work
A. Gave a vague answer and told that I’m not sure about intricacies of it.
Q. So you won’t be able to talk on this topic. Tell me what should I ask you now.
A. Sir, you can ask anything from my DAF
Q. What is this One Piece Anime.
Q. India also has animes?

Member 2 

Q. You’re working in the Postal Dept. I think it’s useless and irrelevant. Don’t you think?
Q. So it is still relevant. Can you give example
Q. Post office can be called bank?
Q. Nowadays, we are hearing that the price of gold and silver is increasing. Which is the third metal whose price is increasing.
A. Probably Copper
Q. Don’t ask me. You tell me.
Chairperson intervened that it is copper. Continue
Q. Why is it important for Rajasthan

Member 3 

Q. Tell me 2 major social evils in India and how will you solve it.
A. Child marriage; women safety
Q. How will you solve child marriage. Let’s say you’re the DM of the district and you got information about child marriage
Q. What law will you use?
A. Don’t know the exact sections but it is punishable offence and will take action accordingly
Q. What else you’ll do?
Q. How exactly you’ll spread awareness
Q. What about women safety?
Q. You’re PSIR student. Monologue about chaos in liberal international order. Why is it happening and give examples
Q. So UN is useless now?
Q. How it has declined

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Member 4 

Q. Let’s continue with IR. PM Modi has recently visited few European countries. We are even discussing FTA. Why Europe and India are important for each other and what can India offer Europe.
Q. India and Canada relations deteriorated in recent past. Why?
Q. Nijjar is only ‘citizen’? Which Indian communities live there?
Q. Rajasthan is known for its tourism industry. Why Rajasthan performs so well in tourism?
Q. Only geography is the reason for tourism?
Q. Kerala also has these things. It is now giving stiff competition to Rajasthan in tourism. Why would one go to Rajasthan then?
She wanted to hear hospitality
Q. Yes, I wanted to hear that.
(Didn’t let me answer the ways to improve tourism)
Chairperson told me that my interview is over and that I can go
I said thank you and left

Chairperson was very strict all through the interview. Never smiled, made faces showcasing dissatisfaction when she was asking while never looking all through the interview. She was noting something at all times and was attentively listening.
Other members were fine and mostly cordial, unlike chairperson. I enjoyed the conversation but it was not totally a conversation, rather Q&A of sorts where they wanted to hear particular things from me. Very very different from any mock I’ve given.
Minimal question from DAF and the interview was not even current affairs dominated which was a surprise. It was new