[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #166: Suman Sharma ma’am Board

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Date of interview: 1/3/24
Board: Suman Sharma ma’am

Daf pointers: BDS, MDS, Assistant Professor; Mumbai; Sonipat

Interview transcript:


Chairman

General discussion about about my graduation and city.

  1. What was the issue in Aarey colony & what happened?
  2. Was there any court judgement.
  3. What are current issues in WTO. Tell me 4-5 imp points that India is contesting in WTO. Subsidy issue. Percentage of subsidy. Percentage of what?
  4. Should we invest so much money in Bullet train project?
  5. Who is funding it?
  6. Why does Japan give us money at such a cheap rate?

Member 1

  1. Tell me about MCI?
  2. Why it failed in its mandate?
  3. Why dentistry is not considered at par with medical field as considered in western countries?
  4. What are the 2 organisations currently fighting in middle east. (Hamas & Hezbollah) Which countries are supporting them.
  5. Opinion about Gaza’s situation.

Member 2

  1. Why Haryana is giving crores as prize money after winning medals?
  2. Is it justified? When it can be spent on sports infrastructure.
  3. Name of the sports institute in Sonipat.
  4. Why women have achieved parity in sports and not in other fields. Wrt to males.
  5. Is the demolition of house of the tunnel rescue hero justified?

Member 3

  1. BMC is so rich but Infrastructure in mumbai is always crumbling; what’s the reason?
  2. Why some or the other building keeps collapsing in Mumbai; why BMC is not doing anything.
  3. Tell me about Invisalign.
  4. Use of AI in Dentistry.
  5. How will you decide that an oral cancer patient should be treated by an oral surgeon or a general surgeon?
  6. How will you diagnose Oral cancer.
  7. Why do you want to leave such a comfortable life and profession in Mumbai?
  8. In which district was the house of DC & SP burnt recently.
  9. Then why do you want to join civil services.

Member 4

  1. You live in a planned city (Navi Mumbai); but still there are similar issues; what are the reasons.
  2. What will you do to solve them?
  3. Issues of skill development and education.
  4. how does it affect our economic development.
  5. what are the specific provisions in NEP 2020 wrt skill development.
  6. how will it address those issues.
  7. Give me specific data points.

Ma’am said thank you; your interview is over.

I have oversimplified the questions.

They were much more elaborate with a lot of counter questions.

And it was a continuous discussion and not a question answer session as it may appear to be. And I’ve forgotten few questions.

And Suman ma’am was dead serious through out the interview.

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