[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #215 : M. Sathiyavathy Board, Sociology Optional

Date of interview: 17 March 2023, Afternoon Session, 1st to Go
Board: M. Sathiyavathy ma’am.
Keywords from DAF: Gambia, West Africa, Mumbai,
Background: Electrical Engineering, Suryanamaskar
Optional: Sociology

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Chairman

1. Where are you from? Africa?
2. How you were born there? Job profession of father?
3. Tell something on watching grp
4. Walchand involved in defense?
5. Make in India and defence. Are we successful? Why are we lagging behind?
6. What to do for r&d

Member 1

1. So you do Yoga (told her I do suryanamaskar in particular)
2. Benefit of yoga Should all do yoga ?
3. Assume yu are sociologist. Now how yu r going to study and what yu r going to study in gambia Theory of sociology which defines social change?
4. Role of swami vivekanand in young population
   His birthday

Member 2

1. Urban issues of Mumbai
2. Why are there so many fire hazards and urban flooding in Mumbai
3. Why PPL are silent on this?
4. Ele engg ->
5. Why AC used in transmission and not DC?
6. But fir hvdc ka concept kyu introduce Kiya?
7. What is e ATv? (Daf)
8. Why ev not popular in Mumbai?
9. How to incentivise it?
10. Battery swappage kyu nahi kr rahe ?
11. Battery ko retrofit kr sakte ? Kaise? What is HEV

Member 3

1. Tell about Family as a unit in Indian context
2. Live in vs marriage – your opinion
3. Prominent Theorists after Gramsci (from prev ques)

Member 4

1. When yu started preparing for civil services?
2. Acha so in sangli, did yur clg students contribute for covid relief during 2nd wave?
3. In yur clg yu were only one, so did you do any contribution? (Told him could not go out due to covid restrictions)
4. You know 12 names of suryas ?
5. Tell me any one thing on assam
6. In child’s marriage arrests, are PeopLe of one community targeted?
7. What is shree Anna ?
8. Where in maha it is grown?
9. Do you eat it ? Taste acha lagta kya ?

CP – Thank You Interview is over
Experience – Moderate. Overall Cordial board
Mocks – all mocks (irrespective of scores and feedback) benefited in sense they helped in developing question bank