[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #131: Sanjay Verma Board, PSIR Optional, Bihar Home State

Date of Interview: 13th Jan Afternoon (last one to go)
Board: Sanjay Verma Sir
Optional: PSIR
Home State: Bihar
Duration – 30 Mins

DAF keyword – Patna, Roorkee, IIT Roorkee, Civil Engineering, PSIR, Secretary @NSS(SBA), Thriller movies and web series, Painting

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Chairman

1.Kaafi lamba wait krna pra….baaki logo se baat hui?
2.Difference between web series and movies?
3.Kya Indian constitution ek social contract hai? If yes then explain.
4.Permanent executive vs elected representatives…differences.
5. Kuch scholars ke naam batayiye jo constitution pr frequently comment krte hain.

Member 1

1.Vaishali ke baare me batayiye?
2.Vaishali ki nagarvadhu kinhe bolte hain?
3.Bihar me har 2-3 month pe bridges girte hain…iske reasons? Aur iske solutions.
4. Venezuela recently news me hai…kis karan se?…iske India pr kya implications honge.
5. UNSC reforms.

Member 2

1. As a NSS Secretary aapne kya kiye hain?
2. Waste management….general issues and solutions. Policy changes in solid waste management.
3. Latest technological development in waste management.
4. Aapne 12th me painting liya hai…konsi painting pasand hai aapko?(I said Madhubani)
5. Madhubani painting ke baare me batayiye…konse colours use hote hain?

Member 3

1. Aapne konsi latest movie dekhi hai?( I said Dhurandhar)
2. Kis issue par based hai
3. 2008 Mumbai blast ke baare me batayiye?
4. Kya steps liye government ne…especially coastal security me?
5. Why civil services after doing civil engineering from the top college ?

Member 4

1. India ki foreign policy w.r.t neighbors criticize ki jaati hai kya aap isse sehmat hai? Explain kariye?
2. Many nations disintegrated for eg USSR, India is still surviving…why?
3. Reasons of foreign Invasions in India?
4. Difference between bihar and western up in general?

Chairman sir- All the best, your interview is over. Thank you.

Experience-Round table setup, Overall good experience, board was very cordial, analytical but mostly DAF based questions

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