[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #286 : Manoj Soni sir Board

Date of Interview: 12/04/23, 1st to go . 27 min duration
Board: Manoj Soni sir
Daf KW: INSP CUSTOMS/ daman / bundelkhand / indore/ advaita vedanta / movies / blood donation

Chairman ( witty  smile and glance ): checked photo / mask ka monologue , i chose to remove as voice unclear and fog on specs .

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Chairman

1. Do you like your job and why ?
2. What is your role in organisation .
3. Kernel of ADAVITA VEDANTA and meaning of it . Told sholka asked me to recite full .
4. Meaning of mithya in AV
5. How as enforcement officer see brahman in tax defaulters.
6. Do you know about challenger philosophies to AV . Short monologue on it .

Member 1

(M2) AP EX CHIEF SECY ( other candidate told me ) smiling and good vibes

1. What is your role in blood donation camp in college.
2. Side effects of wrong blood transfusions.
3. Golden blood pe questions.
4. Why indore is so clean
5. Where would you like to settle in india and why . ( ans Bhopal)
6. Why not indore or daman .
7. Tell me about indore temple collapse . And who is in the wrong.

Member 2

male ( oldie guy )

1.why are your favourite movie character . And why .
Where do you write letters to them , why privately write.
2. Are we a consumer by compulsion or by choice .
Asked clarification wrt state or market .
Said in general batao .
3. Asked about social media compulsion behaviour.
4. Some questions on scholarship i got and how it has helped you .

Some more follow up questions.

Member 3

male ( chill  bro type vibes ) smiling whole time .

1. Is Lalitpur in bundelkhand .
2. Tell me two positive of your district.
3. How as DM WILL you fight drought.
4. 3 core areas you would like to work upon in your district if posted there .
5. Why datia temple so frequent by celebs and politicians.
6. Some gender regressive practice in that temple and your opinion.

Member 4

male ( very deep questions and counter questions)

1. Tell me 2 similarities and 2 differences in people of UP/ MP and daman . ( asked for time here )
2. Is portugese culture visible in Daman.
3. Why not merge daman with. Other states or goa .
4. Portugese has MARITIME superiority , is it needed for india today and how .
5. Answer about naval , said do you know meaning of MARITIME .
6. How do you see yourself as cooperative taxman or assertive taxman .
7. Why assertive ? Is it working .

Chairman said
Thank you. Its been lively interaction with you .

OBSERVATION:
1. Close sitting around a round table
2. Helpful mocks : chahal and CPM ( chankaya parivar mandal ) and study iq .
Feedback ka apne hisaab se dekh lena .
3. Go for 020 with ayush sir ( Forumias) , shinas sir( ilearn best daf analysis) , mohan sir( ias baba ) , arpit gupta sir and kaptaan for real helpful feedback (some of questions asked by Kaptaan got repeated)
4. Must go to khan sir before interview for confidence boost.
5. Very unpredictable but rooted in daf questions, prep helped

Thank you.