[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #62: Sujata Chaturvedi Board, Physics Optional, Uttarakhand Home State, Trekking Hobby

Date of Interview: 18/12/2025 Afternoon (23-24 minutes)
Board: Sujata Chaturvedi
Optional: Physics
Home State: Uttarakhand
Daf keywords: Bits Pilani , Trekking, Fitness (Gym), Ngo,  Uttarakhand, Physics wallah (1-2 Q asked from Daf)

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Chairman

The chairman read my name and said ok you’re from Uttarakhand.
Is this your first interview. I told her that is my 2nd interview
She said I see you’re working in work from home also (I acknowledged it but she started to talk so I did not shared what I do exactly)

How was your experience last time ? Are you better prepared this year
Gave a monologue for a minute about how she keeps on hearing about the same repetitive motives of everyone about joining the civil services
Tell me other reasons apart from the ones like diverse work , impact, challenging role etc

Then asked about altruism. Do you understand it

Then asked to choose between the quality of being generous and competitive.
After I choose generous and explained the reason
She said but competitive people will be more successful ahead by using tactics etc etc
Had a brief conversation about success and why I felt generous would be successful in the entirety of life

Asked about one shortcomings. (Told her that I tend to analyse more which delays decision)
Brief conversation on it for a minute

Member 1

(Lady): What will you do if you’re made Pm for a week
And brief discussion on my responses
You seem to be a fitness oriented individual. (But didn’t asked ahead)
Just said so you also worked in an Ngo
What’s the role of Ngo (told her about the brief history and role)
What did you do (Told her about my project of guidance and counseling)

Member 2

So you’re an Army Brat. Are you aware about the term (I said yes sir )
After that he directly asked a question about who is the general which also stays a general in other army of a country (what’s the name of that country) – question was not clear . So he rephrased it once (had no idea so accepted )
He himself told that it’s Nepal

Then a brief discussion on should gorkhas be included in Indian army (they have been excluded now)

Is Physicswallah doing something abroad (Told them as far as i know it is currently working in domestic areas mainly)
Is there a future plan to go abroad (Told him I’m not aware about any such strategy or news)

Member 3

(Serious look)
What’s your take on Capital punishment? Do you think we should have death penalty.
(Chairman mam also was involved in the discussion – acknowledged my points too)
Where can a person approach for capital punishment (Told him about Judiciary but wanted more so told about President pardon .. but wanted more so accepted that I’m aware of these provisions at present will read more)
Criteria for appointment of judges of Sc
Have you heard Paretos principle ( I said I’m not able to recall it )
Similarly asked Parkinson’s law and Parkinson’s disease(similar answer as above)
Mplads scheme what is it (told him about it then asked its full form – told that). Then asked what’s the corpus. Is it 100 crore (I said I’m not sure about the data as of now sir)

Member 4

Difference between Murder and Culpable homicide (but said wrong himself at start , later rephrased it to say murder and intent term )
Gave a very complex sentence (from what I can recall it was about what’s the situation where one commits crime but cannot be punished (Even Chairman mam said hein? Ye kya complex chiz h sir)
I said I’m not aware about such provisions
Started throwing random terms of legal importance:
Do you understand this –
Means rea , Prima facie , Double jeopardy, And a few others as well (unable to recall other terms . Answered where I was confident)

Overall: Nothing asked from mocks or one to one (0 questions repeated )