UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #55: Lt. Gen Raj Shukla Board, Sociology Optional, Tamilnadu Home State

Date of Interview: 28/03/2025
Board: Lt. Gen Raj Shukla sir.
Optional: Sociology
Home State: Tamilnadu
Daf keywords: Tamilnadu, Swachh bharat, Anti-tobacco, smart street light project, NCC, EEE, Sociology(not asked).

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Chairman

1.Meaning of the name.
2.He told you are an electronics engineer and then had a long Monologue on closed source ai( chatgpt) vs open source ai (deepseek). Asked the opinion, which is the best and which would dominate in the future.
3.India’s position in AI race.

Member 1

1.Why civil service?
2.Tell about the swachh bharat mission
3.Achievements of the mission
4.Challenges in bringing the clean society
5. What is Sensex and Nifty.

Member 2

1.You have a unique name(I don’t know why she told that..)Did you study 3rd language in your school. Why there is anti hindi issue in Tamilnadu.
2.Tell the top 3 most spoken languages in the world.
3.Tell me about the smart street light project.It’s benefits..
4.Did you implement this in your home.
5.starlink -satellite bases internet connection–Does it require any changes in the mobile phone software or hardware.
5.Can we ban tobacco completely?
6.what are the reasons which resist the government to ban it.. Any benefits to the gov from the tobacco production.

Member 3

1.what are the steps that the government can take to encourage certain product consumption and discourage certain products consumption
2.Tariff vs duty
3.Reciprocal tariff -its impact on USA(short term and long term)

Member 4

1.NCC–criteria for getting C certificate
2.Green hydrogen mission, its targets, Need of the green hydrogen.
3.Defence:India’s reforms till now
4.Achievement in Domestic weapon production( he was expecting Tejas. He told it later)
5.Issues in tejas production and 5th generation aircraft in India and asked the solutions.

Chairman: Your interview is over. You may go.

The board was cordial and it was more like a conversation.

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