[UPSC Interview 2022] – Transcript #58 : Smita Nagraj ma’am Board, History Optional, Cooking Hobby

Board: Smita Nagraj ma’am
Date of Interview: 7th Feb, 2023
Optional: History
KEYWORDS: COOKING TRADITIONAL CUISINE AND MILLETS, HIKING, CAPTAIN OF CRICKET TEAM.

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Chairman

1. TELL ME ONE MOST MEMORABLE EVENT IN LIFE THAT YOU THINK IT’S WORTH IN LIFE. (SAID ABOUT BEING CAPTAIN OF CRICKET TEAM).
2. AS A CAPTAIN YOU HAVE TO TAKE BLAME HOW DO YOU SEE IT?
3. INDIANS BOAST ABOUT BEING ALWAYS BEST WHY FO THEY DO THAT?
4. WHAT ABOUT ALL INDICES SUCH AS GHI, TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL.?
5. SHOULD WE ACCEPT SUCH REPORTS OR SHOULD BE ALWAYS BOAST OURSELVES ABOUT BEING BEST?
6. TELL ME SOME INDICES YOU WANNA IMPROVE INDIAS RANKING UPON(TOLD GHI AND HDI).

MEMBER 1

1. SHOULD WE WRITE UNIFORM HISTORY OR SHOULD W E ALSO INCLUDE REGIONAL HISTORIES SUCH AS SOUTH INDIA AND NOERTHEAST.
2. WHY DONT WE EAT MILLETS WHY WE CONSUME RICE AND WHEAT?
3. NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS ABOUT MILLETS, RICE AND WHEAT
4. ARE MILLETS EASILY DIGESTABLE?

MEMBER 2

1. WHAT IS SECULARISM?
2. DOES ANTI CONVERSION LAWS GO AGAINST CONSTITUTION?
3. HAVE YOU READ ANY OF THESE ACTS IN DETAIL!? I SAID NO
4. SHOULD WE RECLAIM ANCIENT RELIGIOUS SITES? IS SAID SIR I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
   SIR TALKED ABOUT HISTORICAL INVASIONS AND CHANGING OF RELIGIOUS CHARECTER IN PAST , SO SHOULD STATE RECLAIM THEM? ( I SAID NO, DIGGING OF PAST LEADS TO RELIGIOUS DISHARMONY)
5. TALKED ABOUT STATE CONTROL OF TEMPLES SHOULD WE CONTINUE IT?
6. Difference between hyderabad, bengali, awadhi biryani. (DAF RELATED)

MEMBER 3

1. AS A CAPTAIN OF CRICKET TEAM WHAT DID YOU LEARN HOW CAN IT BE APPLIED IN CIVIL SERVICES?
2. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH BANGLADESH? I SAID ECONOMIC CRISIS.
3. HOW IT HAMPERS INDIA? (I SIAD INCREASING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION)
4. HOW FO YOU SEE IF BANGLADESH IMPROVES BETTER THAN INDIA?
5. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VEGAN DIET AND VEGETARIAN
6. SHOULD WE PROMOTE VEGAN DIET?

MEMBER 4

1. SHOULD WE TEACH ABOUT DIFFERENT RELIGIONS IN SCHOOL WHILE MANY SECTIONS ARE COMPLAINING WHY SHOULD WE LEARN ABOUT OTHER RELIGIONS!? ( I TALKED ABOUT PLUTALITY OF INDIAN CULTURE)
2. SHE SAID THE DEFINITION OF STRESS AND DISTRESS (I COULD NOT COMPREHEND PROPERLY,) AND ASKED WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WAS IN DISTRESS?
   OVERALL EXPERIENCE WAS CORDIAL, MOCKS HELPED ME IN GETTING OVER NERVOUSNESS, I GOT SOME QUESTIONS REPEATED.