[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #88: Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir Board, Hindi Literature Optional, Rajasthan Home State

Date of Interview: 2 Feb 2024, Afternoon, 4th to go
Board: Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir
Optional: Hindi Literature
Home State: Rajasthan
Medium: Hindi
Duration: around 25 minutes

Relevant DAF keywords: Jalore, Jodhpur, Assam, Non-fiction

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Chairman

Read out DAF pointers

1. Where is Jalore?
2. What is Marwar’s history?
3. What are you doing these days?

Member 1

1. In economy, what is productivity?
2. How did China grow so fast?
3. Working hours a week more in China? (Chairperson intervened to add context of Shri N. Murty’s suggestion of 70 hours work week)
4. Regional disparity in development, why eastern India remains backward?

Member 2

1. Assam, two valleys?
2. Reasons for demand of people in Barak valley for separate state?
3. What is innovation? Define it.
4. Reading non-fiction? What books? (Chairperson heard the name and brought out the book right then, asked 3 questions chapter-wise!! Perhaps couldn’t answer to his satisfaction because he said to reread it when I was leaving)
5. Which is better? Fiction or non-fiction? For creativity and ideas?

Member 3

Read out hobbies section (Column 7 of DAF2)

1. What do you do in domestic chores? ( DAF)
2. Isn’t that women’s job?
3. Why international tourists don’t come to India more? What can we do? Isn’t Incredible India there?
4. What will you do as DM Jodhpur to ensure foreign tourists go from here with memorable experience?

Member 4

1. One nation one election, advantages and disadvantages?
2. What is problem with conducting elections every 2.5 years? (Chair chipped in with a couple of cross questions, could not make out the final one, said sorry)
3. Padmavat controversy? (5 year old issue) Violation of freedom of expression? Is CBFC at fault?
4. What nature documentaries do you watch? What did you get out of those? (DAF)

Not able to recall some other questions.

Overall cordial board. No grilling as such. No questions from optional, graduation, work ex and interim budget!!

You can’t predict what direction will it go.

Mocks: Next, Vajirao, Drishti, Samkalp, Raj Malhotra. Helped in rectifying some obvious lacunae.