[UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #39: Sanjay Verma sir Board, PSIR Optional, Uttar Pradesh Home State

Date of Interview: 28/3/25
Board: Sanjay Verma sir
Optional: PSIR
Home State: Uttar Pradesh
Daf keywords: Sex education, vice captain, microtales, psir optional, UP (others not relevant)

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Chairman

Have you followed the champions trophy(no sir)
Elements of sex education
What are middle powers
Name some
France is not a middle power it is p5 nation (I said experts say it is)
Which experts (C Rajamohan)
Dr Rajamohan (yes sir)
You write microtales in it nuance is lost
Tell one
You exceeded the world limit
(I said not defined)
Young generation does not watch news (I said social media)
Which news anchor you watch
(Palki sharma)
But she is biased towards government
Describe her journalism (I said one of the l a word nationalist intent)
I told she is biased you yourself said
I defended that need for India’s viewpoint at global stage
But can you tell any news against government (I said I have to watch more intently)

Member 1

Alzareera have you heard about it
Is it biased
Biased against whom
You were the vice captain what were your feelings towards captain
Weren’t you jealous
Difference between jealousy and envy

Member 2

I will ask you informally what are the divisions in uttar pradesh
Great games is in reference to
(I said Africa, lots of hints couldn’t guess)
Why Afghanistan leads to ruin of all empires
Difference between strategy and tactics
Define strategy
Origin of word strategy

Member 3

Recent tariffs by Trump
Who they will affect more
Have you heard of a term ‘fatiff'(as far as I heard, can’t find on Google )
Trump’s style of governance
Is it authoritorian, semi authoritarian or monarchy or oligarchy
(I said mix)
Mix of what
GDP deflator
Difference between kidnapping and abduction in bns

Member 4

Types of fuel for aviation and automobile
BS VI norms
Do you watch weather forecast
It’s parameters
Colour coding(I explained for disasters she said for temperature I said sorry)
Fastest trains in India
Speed of those trains
Hyperloop
Who proposed and when
How does it work
Speed of hyperloop train
Writ jurisdiction
Types of writ
Articles related
Supreme Court high court which writ wider

Chairman
Tell me your role models who are alive and from South India

Assessment : Board was cordial and made me comfortable, except member 4 all members had conversation style q from my response.

Mocks : 12
Helpful : Sankalp, one to one with Sajal sir, Ravindran sir,Satyam Jain sir, Baliyan sir, Next ias faculty, rest for practice