UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #45: Sanjay Verma sir Board, Anthropology Optional, Telangana Home State

Date of Interview: 28/3/2025
Board: Sanjay Verma sir, Afternoon, second to go
Optional: Anthropology
Home State: Telangana
Background: computer science and engineering
DAF keywords- Anthropology, computer science and engineering, Telangana (others not asked)

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Chairman

1. You know brand name on your name
2. Did you work anywhere
3. Tell some Indian manufacturing goods company names
4. Let me be sexist and tell me indian origin brands of beauty products used by females
5. Uniqueness of Hyderabad compared to other South Indian cities
6. What is gastronomy tag
7.What is the cuisine called
8. Link anthropology with the dialect of hyderabad
9. What is the specific name of that language
10. When did british leave Hyderabad

Member 1

1. What is gene editing
2. What are its applications
3. Tell some ancient caves with paintings in india
4. Soon , we are going to celebrate centenary celebrations of India’s independence, what are goals that India should achieve

Member 2

1. Opium, how is it produced
2. Name of the plant and how is it extracted
3. Is it illegal to grow in india
4. It’s legal uses
5. What are western disturbances, what effect do they have on local climate
6. How will you check using AI plagiarism in research thesis
7. As you mentioned lakme earlier, do you know the origin of the word

Member 3

1. Name the famous temple near Hyderabad where people visit before going to foreign countries. Sir asked local name of that God
2. Chairman interrupted and asked if there is any UPSC balaji god too
3. How do you see usa exiting WHO and other organisations? What can be its impact
4. Tell me how it impacts india.
5. What can india and other countries do
6. Recently Trump’s announcement of 25% tariff rate, which country will be affected .
7. Any other country which is equally producing automobiles in the world
8. How does it affect india. Any Indian automobile company name

Member 4

1. Tell me names of four cities in india- in North, south, east and west, which are important cities since ancient period and even today
2. If I give you time to rethink, what changes do you want to make
3. Maritime silk route, tell me the routes
4. Tell me the famous ancient ports and routes involved in trade, follow up questions on that

Ch said your interview is over.

Overall questions were random.

One to one:
Mahesh Bhagwat sir IPS, Babu Gunasekaran sir,  Vivekananda sir(Reflections IAS), Ravindran sir (Vajiram and ravi), Chanakya mandal(Dharmadhikari sir), venkata mohan sir(la excellence)

Panel Mocks:
Vajiram and ravi, vajirao and reddy, RC reddy , Samkalp, MACS society, Forum IAS, PW only IAS, Vision IAS