UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #70: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, PSIR Optional, Cooking, watching science fiction movies Hobbies

Date of Interview: 03/04/2025, Afternoon (2nd last to go)
Board: Bidyut Behari Swain
Optional: PSIR
Background: Commerce
Hobbies: Cooking, watching science fiction movies
DAF entries asked: PSIR optional, Commerce, hobby-cooking, watching science fiction movies

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Chairman

– When you got selected, in 2021 ?
– Malwa, what is this malwa ? Is it a place ?
– What is malwa cuisine?
– What is dal bafla ?
– How will you promote it ?

Member 1

– This department of telecom and post has become redundant, do you see any role ?
– What is the one positive of private players coming to telecom ?
– Do you cook just dal bafla or other things also ?
– Is malpua also from malwa ?
– Movies which you have watched recently
– Dont you think ott needs to be regulated ?
– What is this IMC ?
– What role you performed ?
– On which topics sessions were arranged ?
– Why we need bsnl ?
– There are lot of issues when you lay infra for telecom like forest clearance , what are they ?
– Don’t you think cooking is a woman job, there is a clear separation between household duty ?

Member 2

– (in hindi) atta guthna aata hai ?
– Do you know a book written on malwa cuisines ?
– There is one sweet malwa dish which has meat in it ? Do you know ?
– What is e commerce ?
– What is difference between people from malwa and people from delhi ?
– Why people of malwa lives a life of contentment ?
– Do you see any change in their aspirations , are they doing something in startups ?
– What is the different aspect of indian scifi movie, do you really consider them scifi ?
– What is science fiction ?

Member 3

– You just cook dal bafla or something else also ?
– (In hindi ) bhindi mein kitna paani daalte hai ?
– Why you want to be ias when you have such a great hobby of cooking , just open a startup and earn crores of rupees ? What you will do in govt service, where do you see yourself in government of india at the age of 60 ?
– Where do you adjust loss in networth ? Does it affect networth ?
– What is networth ?
– What is the issue of VI recently in news ? What government will get out of it ? What is the exact amount that has been converted to equity ?
– What role you are looking after in DoP ?

Member 4

– Starlink coming to india, tell me three things which it will change ?
– Will it be feasible to use such a huge satellite network which will cost crores.
– Shall we go for it ?
– Can we connect whole globe with satellite without laying ground infrastructure?

Okay Son, Your Interview is over, we will surely try dal bafla.
I told please sir come to Indore i’ll host you.
He replied- Arre! you are staying in Delhi, won’t you be able to cook here itself.

Overall Experience- Very Good. Board was very cordial.

Relevance of mocks – Gave 7-8 mocks, they were helpful for practicing and improving speaking skills.

Gave a few O2Os with Samkalp, Puneet Sir SOMP, S. Baliyan Sir,
Thankyou everyone for sharing the transcripts. All the best.