[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #169: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Anthropology Optional, Maharashtra Home State,

Date of Interview: 29th Feb Forenoon
Board: Bidyut Behari Swain
Optional: Anthropology
Home State: Maharashtra
Hobby: Shotokan Karate
Time: 15-20 minutes(last to go)
Background: Bsc Microbiology, Msc  Environmental Science
Keywords – Warli Painting, Flower Growing and Kitchen Gardening, Sustainable urban development of Pune City, Maharashtra, Shotokan Karate

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Chairman

1. Apart from Maharashtra where this tribe (warli) found?
2. What are othwr features of this tribe?
3. how did you developed interest in sustainable urban development of Pune?

Member 1

1. Which are other tribes in Maharashtra
2. What are other issues of tribes in Maharashtra
3. What will you do for tribal development?

Member 2

1. Do you know about the recent deal between two companies regarding ott?
2. What are OTT?
3. Does OTT have impact on Bollywood
4. What will you do for women in your district ?
5. I said education, emotional support and exploring more and third health of women
6. Will this be your order of priority?

Member 3

1. let us come to your optional what does culture mean to you ?
2. I answered it’s about our daily habits as  what we eat and how we dress and speak
3. What will you tell the person who comes to Mumbai and Pune to eat ?
4. What are the cultural differences between Mumbai and Pune?

Member 3

1. Which flowers should I plant  in February
2. Which vegetables should I grow in February
3. What are zoonotic diseases ?
4. which are zoonotic diseases any recent one
5. What are schemes for women’s education?
6. What are schemes for women’s health
7. Do you know about Poshan Abhiyan ?
8. Is it only for meals and nutritional support?
9. What is the contribution of Savitribai Phule
10. What more than education?

Member 4

1. How many belts does shotokan Karate have and which are they?
2. What is a golden quadrilateral?
3. Other infra projects? I said I don’t know then  He told me that it’s East West and North South .
4. Do you know where the new semiconductor plant is proposed now?
5. What will you do for adult education?
6. As an environment secretory what areas will you focus on?
7. In the end the chairman asked me whether I’m comfortable again and if you want to ask us anything?
8. One of the members joked, “We are glad you only have an orange belt in Karate.”
9. (second rank belt out of 10 levels )

Overall nice experience. Different from mocks in terms of pressure and overall experience. Somehow your real Personality comes out and realised it’s really about personality..

Mocks Given: Vision, Hamdard, Next IAS, Samkalp, Only IAS, Unacademy, Vajirao and Reddy,Chahal.

At Chahal every member gave a separate detailed  review and told the areas to be improved upon.

Some Questions related to DAF were repeated in the interview.

Irrespective of what the trend is prepare your DAF well. If you are at the last read newspaper carefully and don’t miss anything. I was the last person to go and they asked me about current affairs from that day’s newspaper only.