[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #74: Suman Sharma Board, Mechanical Optional, Rajasthan Home State

Date of Interview: 19/12/2025 ,AN
Board: Suman Sharma ma’am
Optional: Mechanical
Home State: Rajasthan
Key DAF Details: chess, Mechanical optional, railways, movies, solar, disaster, MNiT, Rajasthan Jaipur Bengaluru

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Chairman

1. If you are railway minister how will you divide 100 rupees in railways , give breakup
2. When railway is planning for net zero?
3. How railway is planning to achieve that ?
4. How solar panel between the tracks work (I mentioned this in my answer )
5. What to be done for making them non vulnerable to theft ?
6. What is your opinion about DINk?( little discussion on this )
7. What do you infer from the statement “ people don’t cast their vote , they vote for the caste “
( I explained what I perceive from this , then asked examples , I refrained stating I can’t recall ma’am)

Member 1

1. What is the use of social media ? How to make it safe from mis utilisation ? What are the regulatory authorities?
2. How to improve sports infrastructure ?
One or two question more can’t recall

Member 2

1. What is the disaster profile of Bengaluru ( posted there) ? Why it is so ?
2. What govt has done for improving the situation ? Or govt only supported real state and business in Bengaluru
3. If you are DM , which all departments would you have coordinated in this situation ?

Member 3

1. What is tolerance ? Why it is given
2. How to decide sustainability of a material ? Is it necessary ?
3. What is asset monetisation of railways ?
4. Why railway still lacking on it ? ( isn’t minister involved in setting targets with Niti ayog – I kept quiet on this , the he said this is tough for you and all laughed )
5. What is fiscal deficit ?
6. Is it necessary or if yes up to what extent ?
7. Is there any act which prescribes the limit of it ? What is the limit ?
8 why we are far behind the targeted limit ?

Member 4

1. Who was Madan mohan Malaviya?
2. Explain, F= Gm1m2/r(square)
3. What is G and its value
4. What one work you have done in your 4 years of service for which you will be remembered for next 25 years ?(answered)
5. What you have done for staff (answered)
6. What you have done for your people beyond professional boundaries in personal capacity (I said I restrained myself to professional level only)