[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #110: Sanjay Varma Board, ANDHRA PRADESH Home State

Date of Interview: Jan 8th, 4th person to Go after noon.
Board: Sanjay Varma sir
Home State: ANDHRA PRADESH
Key words – Literature, Mahabharatham, Hyderabad, translator, ANDHRA PRADESH , ECE, worked in TN.

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Chairman

1. Which is the highest selling book in telugu this year or in india?
2. Some foreigner came to india. He wants to know about the country, wants to go some places etc etc ..long monologue…..which book you suggest them to read? I am still not sure what did he ask.
3. What is famous in hyd? Food?
4. How many kilos of rice is consumed every day in hyd for biryani.?
5. In Mahabharatha, Pandavas walked alot. How far did they walk? He asked me to make a guess

Member 1

1. how Andhra  is Doing after bifurcation?
2. What is green field port? (Earlier mentioned in my answer)
3. How is Tourism in AP?
4. What are there for spiritual Tourism ( mentioned in earlier ans)
5. What is AP doing regarding maintaining beaches (mentioned in earlier answer)
6. Comparison between AP and TN in employment , growth.
7.Why did you leave the job?

Member 2

1.Coastal Erosion condition in Andhra?
2.What is being done to counter it?
3. Why farmer suicides are high in AP after MH? and counter questions.

Member 3

1. What is Cyber warfare?
2. Giving you unless unlimited power, what will you do to adress the Cyber threat in india.
3. What did you as a translator?

Member 4

1. In Mahabharatha, How did he teach Gita to Arjuna? Did he stopped everything? Or taught while war was going? Only to Arjuna? or to everyone was listening?
2. What did he teach? how did it help to Arjuna? I explained it in 3 parts. ie karma yoga, jnana yoga, bhakthi yoga.
3. For example, ur sub ordinate is not doing any work. he is not interested? Will you teach all these yogas and all?
4. Tell me what you know about dist administration?
5. What is the role of ZP CEO?

CHAIRMAN: Your interview is over. You can go now.