UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #75: Sheel Vardhan Board, Rajasthan Home State,

Date of Interview: 07/04/2025
Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir.
Home State: Rajasthan
Keywords: Rajeevika, Dholpur, Healthseeking behavior, IR, Bhaktigeet and Raag, Police mitra

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Chairman

Your friends call you xyz? We will also call you that okay? Welcome to this discussion.
1. What work did you perform as YP in Rajeevika?
2. You worked in Dholpur, this is also dholpur house, who were kings of dholpur?
3. What is healthseeking behavior?
4. Do you know Varier elvin’s study about gonds? ( I didn’t knew)
5. Why kiev and Kyiv two different spellings?
6.who was president of ussr at the time of dissolution? What is glasnost and perestroika?

Member 1

1. If you were given sole power how will you solve Israel hamas issue? What will you do about jerusalem?
2. What’s happening in middle East? Explain like you wrote in you articles.
3. What did you write in magazine? Any favorite memorable piece? ( told about Berlin Wall etc.)
4. Asked about Berlin Wall.

Member 2

1. Do you sing bhaktisangeet on classical basics? Do you know pandit jitendra abhisheki
2. which raga do you know? What’s speciality of raag yaman?
( other questions don’t remember)

Member 3

Marathi names are very difficult, yours is a tongue twister ( remark on my name:p)
1. What was role in rajeevika ( repeat)
2. What work did you do as police mitra?
3. Now a days such police volunteers are also employed to help senior citizens, what sensitivities should be kept in mind? Is it right to use them?
4. Senior citizens should also be trained to not give sensitive information right?
5. Do we need more focus on job creation or kn R&D?

Member 4

1. What is scenario in investment, import export, employment, mfg and service sector
2. Impact of tariffs on which sector. ? What is impact on software sector?
3. Why India has more workforce in IT than China?
4.why more floods, landslides etc. Happening ?
5. What measures acc to you should be taken to stop this.?

Very positive experience, cordial and welcoming board. No grilling, gave ample time to express my thoughts. Shared one laugh too.

Mocks helped in reducing nervousness and getting used to situations.
Gave 10+ mocks and one to one.

One to one daf discussion with IPS Mahesh Bhagwat sir, O2O mock with Avinash Dharmadhikari sir, Shubham Agarwal sir (Vidyapeeth ias).

Vision group discussions, JP group discussions, ytf forum and Ketan Patil sir guidence.

mocks: Chahal, Sankalp, Hamdard, Chanakya Mandal Pariwar, vision, vajirao and ravi, sriram ias, forum ias etc…