[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #170 : Rajiv Nayan Choubey Board, Tamil Nadu Home State

Date of Interview: 03/03/2023, morning, 3rd to go
Board: Shri Rajiv Nayan Choubey
Background: MBBS
Home State: Tamil Nadu
Hobby: nothing asked

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Chairman

1. Remove your mask if you don’t have any covid symptoms. We are friendly people and want to have a friendly conversation with you. We want you to be honest, tell us clearly if you do not know anything. Nobody can know everything.
2. Tell us about yourself in 1 minute your academic and work background.
3. Focussing majorly on your work background
4. Tell me exactly your work profile
5. Administrative reforms needed in system
6. Has UN failed in Russia-Ukraine war
7. Utility of UN
8. How were the P5 chosen? What reforms needed?

Member 1

1. What is right of nature?
2. What is advantage of including it in Constitution?
3. What is biosphere reserve?
4. What is it’s difference with national park?
5. How many BR present?
6. Name a few
7. India is most populous country now. Should we adopt one child policy?
8. Number migrants due to Ukraine war

Member 2

1. On research
2. diff btwn methodology and methods
3. types of research
4. diff btwn bibliography and reference

Member 3

1. Tell about India- Nepal issues?
2. Kalapani dispute
3. Greening of supply chain logistics

Member 4

1. Diff btwn socio economic indicators in TN and Bihar(lived in both)
2. Freight equalisation policy and details
3. How to improve soil health in Punjab, Haryana?

Chairman:

1. Anything you would like to tell or felt that we have left out.
2. The board was overall cordial. It took almost 30 minutes.
3. Utility of mocks: to know how to face the board. But questions were quite unexpected. Better to go with open mind instead of expecting questions from DAF.