[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #52: Sh. Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Playing acoustic guitar Hobby

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Date of Interview: 15th January, 2024
Board:
 Sh. Bidyut Behari Swain
Keywords: IIT Kanpur, Physics, NCC
Hobby: Playing acoustic guitar


Chairman

(You look very young, What is your Birth year)

  1. Why the date 1st May is known? (GJ formed)
  2. any movement was there for Gujarat?
  3. Which other states formed on that date?
  4. Which was the first linguistic state formed after independence?

Member 1

  1. Tell me about your village.
  2. As a Science student how would you improve the quality of life at the village?
  3. What is Gujarat model of development?
  4. Tell me one against point for the model.

Member 2

  1. What is AMUL model?
  2. How is it benefitting the people involved in it?
  3. Who is Swaminarayan?
  4. What is core Philosophy of Swaminarayan Sect?

Member 3

  1. You are from Physics. How can it be helpful to you in civil services?
  2. Why civil services?
  3. As part of NCC what did learn?
  4. Did you do marching?
  5. So many people join business from your state, didn’t you have the aspirations to join the same?

Member 4

  1. What are the problems of your Area?
  2. How would you improve literacy?
  3. So many schools are there, still absanteeimis there. How would you tackle school absenteeism?
  4. Subject of Physics is very wide, which is the area of your liking? (Told Nuclear physics)
  5. Why Nuclear power plants not coming in India?
  6. If appointment as a high official on Nuclear subject, how would you attract Nuclear Power plant in India?
  7. In initial days, IITK was in top 2, why the ranking declined?

Chairman said your Interview is over.

Experience: Very cordial board, and it was more of a conversation. Most of the questions were DAF-based.

Time=25-30 min.



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