UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #97: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Jharkhand Home State, anthropology Optional

Date of Interview: 8/4/25
Board: Bidyut Behari Swain
Home State: Jharkhand
Optional: anthropology
Duration: around 30 mins
Key DAF details: Deoghar, Jharkhand, Bakulia waterfall, street play, mechanical engineering, anthropology.
Questions asked:

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Chairman

1. Why should I visit this waterfall.
2. Tell me about the things around it
3. Why should I come to deoghar, give me the places I can visit.
4. What are the tribals living in Deoghar.
5. Other States where Santhals live.

Member 1

1. You did street play on media trial, how you did it.
2. Which cases you showed.
3. Do you know about badal sircar and Safdar Hashmi.
4. Tell me some of their street plays.
5. How did Safdar Hashmi die.
6. Why has trump imposed huge tariffs and questions followed around it’s impact and its relation to China.

Member 2

1. What do you mean by deterrence.
2. Why should we focus on it
3. We have a huge army then why are you saying we need latest technologies.
4. What is the defence budget of USA, China and India.
5. Discussion on Should we focus on National security or economic growth of our country.

Member 3

1. What do your friends call you- John or Cena.
2. What is the meaning of your name.
3. What are you a symbol of.
4. Do you focus on the end result or enjoy the journey.
5.Kapil Dev once said “We just went to hit sixes and we won the world cup”. Do youths like you take inspiration from him.
6. You were good in mechanical engineering so why you came in civil services, how do you think it will help you.
7. How should we react to Trump tarrifs.
8. Is our manufacturing only serving domestically or also for exports and discussion followed on improving it.

Member 4

1. What is Most favoured Natiom status.
2. Are there any exceptions to it.
3. How is delimitation done, what is the basis of it.
4. How many people were taken as base in one constituency as per last delimitation.
5. What is the problem arising now.
6. If I say that bimaru states have done well in population, will it be always false or is there any positive.
7. What is the TFR target of India.
8. What is the TFR of Jharkhand
9. What are the problems faced by tribals in Jharkhand.

Board was cordial. No grilling .They never interrupted and just wanted to listen to my views.

Mocks given: 15+
One to one: Shubham sir(Vidyapeeth IAS) for clarifying doubts and confidence boosting, Mahesh bhagwat sir, Ravindran sir, Utkarsh sir, Chanakya Mandal(Dharmadhikari sir).

Utility of mocks: Mocks helped in confidence building and speaking fluently.Real interview was very different from the mocks.

Thankyou.