[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #288 : Manoj Soni sir Board, Anthropology Optional, Andhra Pradesh Home State

Date of Interview:  April 12, Morning session
Board: Manoj Soni sir
Optional: Anthropology
2nd to go. Around 22 Mins.
Home State: Andhra Pradesh

4th attempt, 1st Mains, 1st Interview.

Question wala KW: Emerging tech, Metaverse, Hollywood sitcoms, Prakasam district, , unemployed, Anthropology

No question came from these KW: Acharya Nagarjuna University, Electrical and Electronics engineering, Blockchain, CZARS, Police, Dance.

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Chairman

1. Photo and mask related stuff.Went straight to my hobbies section and told i had very intresting hobbies.
2. Asked what was my surname out of 2 names.
3. So hollywood sitcoms, have you ever been to Hollywood?
4. Asked me if in the entire world you were given a business class ticket where would you go? I said Japan because of so and so reasons.
5. Pointed to my work experience gap and grilled a lot for 2 mins. Saying you completely wasted your engineering education by choosing not to work.
6. Suddenly a blank face and a question on Defining human rights?
7. Give me 5 human rights ?
8. So a terrorist would have the same rights?
9. What about a convicted murderer?
10. So do you mean there are limited health rights for convicted?
11. So you are mixing up two things. Freedom and health? I said yes sir, sorry sir. and he passed on to next member with a very dissatisfied expression.

Member 1

( Male – sitting at my immediate left)
1. Started with the Work experience gap. He said you are either from a privileged background or you are living solely on love of family.
2. Pointed to my scholarships got clarification on what they were.
3. What is metaverse
4. Explain it to a layman with example
5. What are the devices we use to access metaverse
6. Have you hear of the recent sexual harrasment in metaverse
7. What should be done to regulate it?

Member 2

( male – sitting to my immediate right – most positive person in the world)
1. You have an intresting hobby of emerging technology. Do you think technology can be biased? Gave the generative AI example
2. Then what to do to ensure that such bias doesn’t creep in?
3. Our govt is trying to promote organic farming. We have seen success in sikkim and disaster in srilanka? Why is it so contrasting.
4. If you were to lead a mission to improve organic farming in India what steps would you take?
5. China is expanding its bases and allies how is it affecting our intrests?

Member 3

( Male – sitting 2nd to my right – long monologues from member)
1. He picked from my Japan answer i gave to soni sir
2. What is westernisation and modernisation. Do you think they are one and the same. What should a country do should it abandon traditional values and adopt western or a fusion? I said fusion
3. Give me 3 countries who have successfully done so ? I said china, japan, india.
4. China claims arunachal, what do you think claims over historical records is fair? I said no, follow current
5. We are claiming entire kashmir because of historical reasons? I said we have shared civilisation values, culture and people aspirations
6. Taiwan and china share the same culture then should they be united? I said no peoples aspirations should be taken into account.
○ A contradictory views here in 2 similar questions may have been conveyed to the member, he was about to ask a follow up but sir pointed to mam. Member stopped.

Member 4

(Nilam sawhney Mam)
1. Prakasam district is a very backward district. Compared to vijayawada and Guntur why is it so?
2. What would you do to promote development in prakasam district?
3. What is the situation of fishermen in prakasam district, what are the problems they are facing?
4. How to solve their issues? I quoted deep water fleet, skilling etc.
5. How was the systems performance when covid struck? Was district adiminstration able to handle the situation well? I talked about volunteer system
6. Didn’t you see the hospitals not being able to meet the growing cases? I said yes mam that was the case but the admin did well within its limited resources.