[UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #9: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, PSIR Optional, Tamilnadu Home State, cricket, Indian football Hobby

Date of Interview: 25/03/2025
Board: Bidyut Behari Swain
Optional: PSIR
Background: law graduation
Hobbies: cricket, Indian football, tamil movies
Daf keywords: Tamilnadu, Chennai, law graduation, cricket, Indian football, tamil movies, parliamentary debate Organising committee.

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Chairman

1. Recent tamil movie you watched
2. Describe the movie.

Member 1

1. You studied in VIT, tell me what role did Vellore play in India’s history?
2. You follow only Indian football?
3. Name top 3 international footballers at present
4. Prominent Indian footballer at present
5. what steps will you take to improve indian football?
6. Suppose there is a communal riot in the place of your posting- what steps will you take?
7. Your take on internet bans? It’s not used much in western democracies, dont you think we’re using internet bans a lot?
8. Who has the power to issue internet ban orders?
9. Do you think tech is actually helpful to education?
10. Only PPTs are used by teachers, is there any real use of tech in education?
11. Sweden has decided to go back to physical books instead of ebooks and tech based education for children. Do you think India also should take such a step? (I stood by my decision of complementing tech with physical books)

Member 2

1. You watch only tamil movies?
2. Cinema actors coming into politics. And they’ve been successful also to some extent. Whats the reason behind this?
3. Why is it not that successful in Hindi-speaking regions?
4. How did tamil speaking population/ tamil language spread across the globe?
5. Whats the secret behind Afghanistan becoming a successful cricketing nation despite all its domestic challenges?
6. You’ve been in Delhi preparing for the exam?
7. You’ve taken coaching for this exam. How can we be sure that your answers are genuine and not the ones taught by coaching institutes?

Member 3

1. Do you think India should go for Presidential system?
2. Why shouldn’t we go for it?
3. We see in the news that your state is opposed to some policies related to language, etc., what advice will you give to the Govt., to successfully implement such policies in the state?
4. What are some challenges faced by a young advocate?
5. Why is the term “first generation lawyer”  often used in legal circles, unlike other professions like doctors, engineers, etc?

Member 4

1. You were talking about Amrit Kaal. What do we mean by it?
2. What steps do you think India should take in the Amrit Kaal?
3. How much percentage of the population is addicted to drugs? (Said idk)
4. Dont you think state legislative assemblies are becoming less deliberative off late?
5. What can be done about it?
Heard about PM-Wani scheme? (politely said that I’ve read about it, but unable to recall at the moment and she moved on to next question)
6. Issues faced by women representatives/leaders in panchayats in India?
7. What do you think are the reasons why elected women leaders are not given due respect by govt officers/ village level officers?
8. And lastly, tell me.. What is a file? (thought for a second and she added more context to it) Imagine a file is kept in front of you and what will go on your mind immediately?

Chairperson:
Okay Dwight, you may leave now. Best of luck!

Mocks: around 10. Vajiram, Chahal, Only ias, Sriram, shankar, vision, samkalp, unacademy, etc.
O2O: Ravindran sir, Shubham Aggarwal sir (Vidyapeeth), Mahesh Bhagwat sir, Manju Seth (IFS) Ma’am, Dharmadhikari sir.
Would like to thank Mahesh sir and Shubham sir especially for their detailed feedback and help in refining my answers..
Board was very welcoming and cordial, especially BB Swain sir. It was more like a conversation, rather than an interview. Great experience overall.. Setup was totally different than the ones you find in mocks. Given my best, lets hope for the best! And best of luck to fellow aspirants