[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #11 : RN Choubey Board, Maharashtra Home State, Cooking Hobby

Date of Interview: 2nd Feb to be interviewed, Forenoon Session
Board: Shri Rajiv Nayan Choubey
Home State: Maharashtra
Background: IRS (IT), Hyderabad,
Hobby: Cooking,

CSE, International Mathematical Olympiad, Google summer of code(GSC), Stray animal rescue and rehabilitation, chess
4th attempt, 3rd Interview(including this — every time, Chaubey Sir chaired them)

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Chairman

1. You can remove your mask if you are vaccinated and comfortable with it
   Then, as always explained the procedure of personality test and told that it is just a conversation etc.
2. I won’t ask you to expand your name but quickly tell us about your academic and work background
3. You are already having a laddu in your hand…. what else do you need on the laddu?
4. Why do you want to enter IAS?
5. As you are from Nagpur, there is this economic think tank which says that instead of direct taxation, if we tax all the transactions that are taking place, it generates more revenue and we won’t even be needing the direct taxation and in fact IT department……(Monologue of 2 min, but this is the essence)….What is your take on it?
6. Similar constraints are present in Direct Taxation slab too…. What is the way forward?

Member 1

1. East Godavari district is called Rice bowl of Southern India…. Have you seen cane cultivation there? (Rajahmundry is in my DAF)
2. Bamboo cultivation significance
3. Paper Industry problems and what can we do?
4. Speciality of Nagpur…. questions on orange cultivation and Nagpur climate….

Member 2

1. You’re CS graduate…Self driving cars…can they be successful in India?
2. Possible challenges for Self-Driving vehicle in India
3. Why traffic sense is in disarray in India?
4. GSC…. why did you discontinue it?
5. NP complete vs NP hard problems

Member 3

1. What do you cook?
2. Difference between normal and Dum biryani? Why is it so special?
3. It is Biryani only if it is Mutton Biryani…What do you say?
4. Why Nationalistic tendencies are increasing all over the world?
5. Only economic or there are other reasons as well?
6. If we reduce tax rates more people will be eager to pay taxes, then why don’t we do it?…..talked about Laffer curve and trade off between increased tax base but decreased tax revenue….didn’t ask further questions

Member 4

1. View on taxing new sectors such as Agriculture….how can we do?
2. What are the problems that would arrive?
3. Monologue on Nepal and Bhutan….Difference in democratic structures in both the countries?
4. Working principle of Mercury thermometer
5. Interesting fact about Shannon’s number

Chairman:

Anything you need to share?
I told about the Stray animal part and some discussion about it
Experience: Surprisingly they asked me from DAF, as in previous 2 times, it was completely random…duration is of 30-35 min…..Went well and the flow was without or with little turbulence….
Keep in mind that having a DAF based and nice PT isn’t synonymous with good marks and random questionnaire doesn’t mean low marks….

Have a leap of faith upon yourself and enter the room with confidence without any thoughts…..
All the best everyone and fly high with wings of confidence!!!