[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #48: Suman Sharma Board, PSIR Optional, Uttarakhand Home State, Poetry Hobby

Date of Interview: 15/01/24
Board: Suman Sharma Mam
Optional: PSIR
Home State: Uttarakhand
keywords: Uttarakhand disasters, development vs environment, Hindi poetry, IR

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Chairman

1. what comes to your mind when I say “sinking”? (I said joshimath issue)
2. What could have been key reasons though actual reasons are not out yet?
3. What anthropogenic causes?
4. In silkyara a machine was used can you name it?
5. Which technique was used in last phase? (I said rat hole mining)
6. Was rat hole mining always illegal or recently banned?
7. YOUR TAKE ON development vs enviroment?

Member 1

1. what key benefits india have from its tight rope balancing stand on russia ukraine war?
2. If you are made the ambassador of india to maldives, what would you do to handle current tensions?
3. China’s dominance is increasing. How can we counter it?
4. What is the “china+1” policy?

Member 2

1. Who is known as “rashtra kavi”? (hindi poetry hobby)
2. Do you know any poem of Maithili sharan gupt.
3. How is grahwali jagar different from punjabi folk songs? (listening jagar hobby)

Member 3

1. Tell me something about chipko movement.
2. Was any other reason responsible for it apart from aports industry’s involvement?
3. How its corelated to tehri dam? (i mentioned Sundarlal bahuguna ji as key figure in both issues)
4. What are  the lessons from tehri dam and its movement ? (i mentioned importance of timely compensation, role of quality EIA)

Member 4

1. I will quote a line and you tell me about it (one line of hindi poem i had nit heard)? (said sorry sir I have not heard it) pointed towards my hobby.
2. I will say one rule and you tell me about it. *every action has an equal and opposite reaction*. Is it applicablr to the society? (i directly answered how its applicable. Don’t know whether i had to mention its 3rd law of motion.)
3. Will you apply this in administration if protests take place? (i said my reaction would be towards root cause)

Chairman

1. thank you. Your interview is over. You may leave.
2. Experience – more opinion based. Had a quality discussion rather than fact checking.
3. Cordial board.
4. Chairwoman was attentive and listening eagerly.
5. Mock interviews – vajirao and reddy was very close to real interview.