[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #189: lt.Gen Raj Shukla Board, Mathematics Optional
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Date of Interview: 8th March 2024, afternoon 3rd in sequence
Board: lt.Gen Raj Shukla sir
Optional: Mathematics
DAF – Maths IITK, Maths Optional – nothing asked
Asked from DAF – Premchand, Goldman, risk management, artificial intelligence


Chairman

  1. You worked at Goldman, then why did you leave?
  2. But in government you don’t have to work so much?
  3. (Sir was quite friendly and relaxed, sunk in his chair and smiling)
  4. You read Premchand. Tell me why do you like him.
  5. Favourite book and why?
  6. Compare Premchand and Shakespeare.
  7. Premchand’s story always has a moral lesson, compare the morality of Premchand and Mahabharata.
  8. Does morality change with time?
  9. Give an example of changed morality in Mahabharata.
  10. Dharma aur niyam mein kaun upar hai?
  11. Dharma aur Rule of Law mein kaun upar hai
  12. helped – Chaupar mein Rule of law says you can take everything (including wife) from the loser.
  13. Lessons from Mahabharata
  14. When people learn to respect women from scriptures? Why do people harass women?

Member 1

  1. Libor and SOFR
  2. Repo and reverse repo rate
  3. Tell me about Lakshadweep
  4. Name if Island PM visited, Total no. of islands in Lakshadweep, Name of Naval base
  5. Name of few female head of states (interview was on women’s day)
  6. “obesity is no longer the problem of the rich in India” – what do you understand by this
  7. Lancet survey and PDS cross Qs

Member 2

  1. Artificial Intelligence and Job losses
  2. what can we do?
  3. Situational – police – control mob violence
  4. New criminal laws – provision on lynching
  5. Difference between mob violence and mob lynching

Member 3

  1. Work ex of Goldman
  2. Role of statistics in risk management
  3. Cyber Tehsil – I said haven’t heard about it – Sir asked to guess and I guessed correctly
  4. Food adulteration – situational Q and law

Member 4

  1. Who is you role model in celebrity
  2. Why?
  3. Did he inspire you to join bureaucracy?
  4. Social media – Pros and cons
  5. How to tackle cyber stalking?

Chairman – PDS 80 cr beneficiaries – are we making the poor obese by feeding them?

Cross Qs.

Interview over. Thanked all and left.



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