[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #129: Sanjay Verma Board, PSIR Optional, Rajasthan Home State, Cricket Hobby

Date of Interview: 15th January
Board: Sanjay Verma sir
Optional: PSIR
Home State: Rajasthan
Hobby: Cricket

(I was the first person to go,no time to be nervous)
Key DAF Details – IIT Delhi, Civil Engineering, PSIR, Rajasthan, Cricket, Photo-reference pencil sketching

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Chairman

1. You do photo reference pencil sketching so how many photos have you seen till now in your life.
2. What does the photo of a person tell about that person.
3. Does the face of a person reveal their health status.
4. Do you think this “chalta hai culture” is part of our national ethos.
5. What have you done or plan on doing to change this.
6. What happens then to these people who join the civil services and later on become corrupt(I said they forget the real purpose for which they were appointed and was about to say more points when chairman intervened and said ok ok there’s no simple andwer to this question let’s move on)

Member 1

1. Do you know about the refinery setup in Rajasthan, how will that bring benefits to the people.
2. Do you knwo about Jodhpur, idk what he wanted to ask but he himself said let’s leave Rajasthan.
3. Why civil services?
4. Why waste this IIT seat then?
5. Why 2nd November, 2025 is known as the red day of Indian cricket.

Member 2

1. Why choose PSIR
2. Tell me major theories of IR
3. Tell me about Realism.
4. Do you observe this “no permanent friends or enemies,only permanent interests ” in today’s world, i said Mr Trump,he asked how
5. Do you think US can takeover Greenland, explain the options before them to do so
6. What will happen if US takes over Greenland
7. What was the last sketch you made, i said a Lion, he said why choose
8. Which cricketer inspires you the most, i said Virat Kohli, he said why so, i said his ability to remain “calm under pressure” inspires me, he said “calm and that too Virat Kohli”? he looked at chairman and they both laughed, i also lauged :), then i said when the team is down by 2-3 wickets he remains calm and takes the team home 🙂
9. One other player from past who remained calm, one from present

Member 3

1. With the situation in Iran, do you think we should bring about a regime change, internally or through external means – i talked about the root cause,need for rights to be respected, political structure to be made more representative,he wanted to know about sanctions and nuclear deal so we talked about that too
2. He said historically Rajasthan has been among the BIMARU states, whil states like UP, MP have made good progress we don’t hear such things about Rajasthan, what’s the reason, i mentioned about Rajasthan’s recent progress, he asked then why not recognised as such, i talked about the areas where we still need to work on.

Member 4

1. When we go for accessing a government service, tell me one good and one bad example from your own life.
2. Do you think there should be a balance between Infra and development.
3. Asked about the Mumbai Trans harbour project and Green Highways (i mentioned both in my previous answer)
4. Do you think there should be pay parity between men and women in cricket.
5. Do you think there should be a balance between the finance in cricket and the game itself, asked a question about BCCI centre of excellence.
6. You play cricket at what position do you play, how many all rounders should be there in a team odi, t20, test, how many were there in India’s last ODI match.
7. You are from Rajasthan tell me a fort/palace that most people don’t know about,i said Lohagarh fort, he asked how would you popularise that.

Chairman said – Thank you Jos Buttler, your discussion with us is over 🙂

Note – They all maintained poker faces, difficult to gauge what they were thinking about my answers

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