[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #122: Sujata Chaturvedi Board, civil engineering, mindfulness meditation

Date  of Interview: 9 Jan 2026
Board: Sujata Chaturvedi maam
Home State: Jharkhand
Daf keywords- Jharkhand, dhanbad, mindfulness meditation, raebareli, civil engineering, iit ism dhanbad

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Chairman

1. Is it your first interview? What were you thinking when you were sitting outside?
2. When was Jharkhand bifurcated? What gains have been made by it after bifurcation?
3. What places have you visited during your college days in Jharkhand (and discussions regarding them)
4. Rivers in Jharkhand
5. You belong to Raebareli, it is a political hotseat for decades. What it has gained? Yet it is backward district, why?
6. What is Mplad scheme?

Member 1

1. Despite having large reserves of coal, why India still imports coal?
2. From which countries does India imports anthracite coal?
3. Post 1980-90s, what different path has China followed to achieve such remarkable growth rate?
4. Can India also become Centralised country like china?
5. What is ease of doing business and What most important things you can provide as a government to the investor?
6. Whats wrong with china’s political system if it is yielding such a good result?
7. Is Wasseypur l&o is similar to what has been shown in gangs of Wasseypur movie? What Censor board could have done?

Member 2

1. What does development mean to you?( I mentioned the term previously)
2. What is Ashtang Yoga?
3. When is International yoga day celebrated?
4. What is the current base year and what are the changes proposed?
5. Real vs nominal gdp (difference)

Member 3

1. Why is it sometimes needed to create a image of something? Does the image of something isn’t the result of the actions that are being undertaken? (I previously mentioned that gangs of Wasseypur movie has created negative perception of the town among the people)
2. Tell me about India Australia relationship
3. What do you mean by ‘strategic’? (I have mentioned it)
4. Countries of quad

Member 4

1. Which building will you prefer: made with glass or clay brick?
2. Difference between transidental vs mindfulness meditation
3. Origin of mindfulness meditation
4. Vipassana vs mindfulness meditation
5. History of vipassana meditation
6. Don’t you think our meditation is being colonised by west (eg mindfulness meditation)