[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #48: Anuradha Prasad Board, Zoology Optional, fabric painting Hobby, Bihar Home State

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Date of Interview: 9/12/2025
Board: Anuradha Prasad ma’am
Optional: Zoology
Home State: Bihar
Hobby: fabric painting
Key DAF details: zoology, pcod, fabric painting


Chairman

How can you promote adoption of fabric painting : traditional arts like madhubani, kalamkari among children?
How did you start fabric painting? Did you learn it at school or in later phase of life.
How can you promote such art overall?
Opinion about genome editing being used for designer babies or for revival of extinct species?
What are the regulations possible for it?
Usa trade talks wit india regarding genetically modified soyabean?

Member 1

You are from zoology but how did you give a presentation related to pcod?
What did you present?
Difference between pcod and pcos
How can you ensure better development of  social capital in india?
What role does public institutions play in inculcation of value system in india?
Idea of viksit bharat? How india is planning to develop : especially with regard to adoption of western value system or with our own traditional value system?

Member 2

To which state does kalamkari belong?
Which region of Andhra is famous for kalamkari? Why?
What is the relation between zoology and pharmaceutical companies?
Issue of children deaths in MP and TN due to some drug ? what component was that ?
How can we regulate such drugs?

Member 3

Issue of begging on roads? How can we eradicate that ?
Evolutionary theory of charles darwin? What is the new theory challenging it?
Do you think lamarckism can be back in relevance ?
Lamarckism connection with epigenetics?

Member 4

If we follow evolutionary tree, do you think there is still a possibility of evolution in future?
Growing nationalism in world? What is the impact of it that nations woud face? Its impact especially on trade?



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