[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #109: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, PSIR Optional, Uttar Pradesh Home State, poetry, traveling Hobbies

Date of Interview: Afternoon 7 Feb 2024
Board: Bidyut Behari Swain
Optional: PSIR
Home State: Uttar Pradesh
Hobbies: poetry, traveling

Keywords: Electrical Engineer, Bundelkhand, Prayagraj, Psir, poetry, traveling.

Time: 30 minutes approx

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Chairman

1. * Namaste, what is the meaning of namaste.
2. * So, you write and read poems, don’t you read any books ?
3. * Tell me the names of your favourite authors
4. * Why is Rashmirathi named so ?
5. * Achievement of India during Atal Bihari regime

Member 1

1. * Your optional is PSIR , tell me how will you try to normalise the relationship between the two neighbours India and Pakistan
2. *  What is the peace by pieces  approach
3. * Compare kautilya and Machiavelli , which one is more realistic in approach
4. * Relevance of Indian classics like Arthashastra and Mahabharat in present times.

Member 2

1. * Tell me the story of lord Krishna after he killed kansa until he went to Dwarka( from my DAF as I did a skit on the life of Krishna)
2. * Relevance of Krishna philosophy in present time
3. * Changes in Indian foreign policy in the last decade.

Member 3

1. * Tell me the scholars you read in psir.
2. * John Stuart Mill, why is he special what is  his core concept.
3. * What do you understand by Liberty
4. * Importance of reasonable restrictions
5. * How will you ensure a balance between the two.

Member 3

1. * What do you mean by Non Alignment movement.
2. * It’s relevance in present context
3. * How will you ensure availability of water in Bundelkhand region ( as I did a project there on micro irrigation)
4. * Ken Betwa interlinking
5. * Nehru era foreign policy and it’s analysis.

Member 4

1. * Crux of Bhagwat Geeta
2. * What is bhakti yog and Gyan yog
3. * Deontological or teleological , which approach is best
4. * If ends are true , path doesn’t matter: do you agree?
5. * As DC Prayagraj what steps will you take to make the sangam area clean, just three points ?
6. The board was very cordial and it was truly an enriching experience. Vajirao and Reddy, chahal mocks were on similar lines for me (personal experience, might vary for others).

Apna karm kar Diya ab baki Ram ke hath me 😊❤️