[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #214 : Preeti Sudan Board, Physics Optional, Reading Hobby

Date of Interview: 17 Mar 2023 /Forenoon
Board: Preeti Sudan
Optional: Physics
Background: MBBS
Profession (if any): RMO
Hobbies: Reading
Your experience in Interview: Cordial board, a good conversation
Utility of mocks or O2O (if any)- Didn’t attend any

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Chairman

1. About College, experience
2. About work
3. Didn’t you pursue PG?

Member 1

1. Scheme related to health- Janani Suraksha Yojana (DAF related)
Follow up questions related to maternity health
– Institutional deliveries: obstacles, what can be done
– Ceasarean rates: high? Reasons? Is regulation needed?
2. Is Gandhi still relevant?
(When I said yes) But I have a concern, in this increased atmosphere of intolerance, violence, how will one protect oneself?

Member 2

1. Have you read the Tomb of Sand? Shouldn’t an inquisitive person as you have read such a book?
2. Short stories contain as much message as novels. Agree?
3. Read out a quote by TN Finance Minister about Poorer states getting more money, but no development being seen as such. Then explained the context and asked me to analyse the psychology behind it.

Member 3

1. Being a doctor is a noble profession. People have blind trust. (Long monologue). What is the role of psychology in a doctor’s work?
2. What will be different if you are working in an army hospital?
3. Nowadays people dont have a single role model due to information proliferation, especially your generation. Don’t you think its problematic?

Member 4

1. Long question- Gist is Status of mental health in India and what can be done? What steps will you take if you are appointed as the director of (some mental health initiative?)
Follow up questions on superstitious practices and stigma associated with mental health.

Chairperson: Your interview is over. Thankyou

Time: 25- 30 minutes