[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #229 : M. Sathiyavathy Board, Geography Optional, Teaching, cricket Hobby

Date of Interview: 22 March, forenoon session, 5th to go
Board: M. Sathiyavathy ma’am.
Optional: Geography
Background: Civil Engineering
Hobbies: Teaching, following cricket
Your experience in Interview: Very much cordial board. They all welcomed me with a smile. They were listening and not interrupting in between, very much different from the mocks.
Utility of mocks or O2O (if any): Mocks are helpful in developing confidence to speak in front of 4-5 people and preparing some questions. Some questions got repeated from mocks.

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Chairman

Madam read out the DAF loudly and started asking.
1) What are you doing since 2020
2) Not applied for placements?
3) You are geography student, what are the deviations observed on the map while representing spherical earth on 2-d maps
4) Tell iconic civil engineering structures in india in recent times and challenges in their construction
5) Foundation of Taj Mahal?
6) Relation between civil engineering and geography
7) Why you didn’t opted for police (short height)

Member 1

1) Which areas of science are you interested in?
2) Who won the Nobel prize in physics? Anyone in recent past?
3) Any husband wife have won recently in any field? Their name and contributions?
4) What do you teach? Who and  do you teach?
5) Who is your role model in ethical and moral behaviour?
6) Why cricket is so much prominent? Why other sports not able to gain popularity?
7) who will provide funding to other sports?

Member 2

1) When is world water day celebrated?
2) why is it celebrated?
3) Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
4) Yesterday there was earthquake in delhi? Did you felt the shocks?
5) What would be the first precautionary step in case of earthquake?
6) How will you link geography with technology?

Member 3

1) when is world water day celebrated?
2) why is it celebrated?
3) which is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
4) yesterday there was earthquake in delhi? Did you felt the shocks?
5) What would be the first precautionary step in case of earthquake?
6) How will you link geography with technology?

Member 4

1) what’s the meaning of your name?
2) You were talking about iconic buildings, have you heard about a tunnel which was recently constructed? (Atal tunnel)
3) What is it’s length?
4) What is famous about you district?
Chairperson: Your interview is over.

One thing I would like to say is UPSC interview is altogether different experience, very much different from mocks.
All the best everyone.