{"id":132896,"date":"2021-09-10T18:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=132896"},"modified":"2021-09-10T15:54:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T10:24:07","slug":"upsc-interview-2020-transcript-130-manoj-soni-board-kerala-home-state-public-speaking-critical-writing-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-130-manoj-soni-board-kerala-home-state-public-speaking-critical-writing-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #130 : Manoj Soni Board, Kerala Home State, Public speaking, critical writing Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of interview:<\/strong> 23rd August 2021<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Manoj Soni<br \/>\n<strong>Qualification:<\/strong> MBBS<br \/>\n<strong>Work Experience:<\/strong> Medical Officer X 3 Years<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Kerala<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Public speaking, critical writing<br \/>\n<strong>Co curricular activity:<\/strong> Founding member, Health on wheels program amongst a host of others<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#note3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good afternoon. Let&#8217;s start off. Before that, keeping a shield is optional, but wearing a mask is compulsory. Please remove your mask for a minute so that I can verify you with your photograph<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Excellent. So let&#8217;s start. You passed out in 2018?<\/li>\n<li>What were you doing since then?<\/li>\n<li>OK. So why did you jump from Medicine to Civil services?<\/li>\n<li>So, if it is not a confidential issue, then can you please explain your experience?<\/li>\n<li>Would you agree to me if I tell you that, despite 75 years of our independence, we have not been able to give everyone on this country atleast 1 glass of drinking water?<\/li>\n<li>What are the probable reasons according to you?<\/li>\n<li>Can you tell me some proactive steps the government is taking now?<\/li>\n<li>Are you sure that Jal Jeevan is about tap water connection?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Which article?<\/li>\n<li>So, how do we mention it clearly? What is the procedure?<\/li>\n<li>Okay. So, imagine that you are walking through the street and you find a dehydrated dog locked inside a car. What would you do?<\/li>\n<li>Points to the next member.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Indians love professional courses. Can you tell me gthe characteristics of education sector in south India?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Can you give me the situation of health care professionals in India?<\/li>\n<li>Are there divides?<\/li>\n<li>Do you agree that it is huge?<\/li>\n<li>Then what can we do about it?<\/li>\n<li>So, tell me about bridge course.<\/li>\n<li>And about paramedicals?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>So, based on health on wheels program, can we take urban doctors to rural area to solve the rural urban divide?<\/li>\n<li>What is the single most achievement of India?<\/li>\n<li>what are three positive contributions of colonial british rule?<\/li>\n<li>What do you understand between religious tolerance and acceptability?<\/li>\n<li>So, is using religious tolerance as a word, is there something wrong to it?<\/li>\n<li>pointed to the next member after thanking me.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Good afternoon. Can you tell me three positive things about Gig economy?<\/li>\n<li>And, three negatives?<\/li>\n<li>Okay. What are some of the recebt measures taken by the government to stop mounting NPAs?<\/li>\n<li>One thing the government is doing is it is recapitalising the banks. What do you understand by it?<\/li>\n<li>And, is it good to pump public money into such banks?<\/li>\n<li>Last question. In a rigid bureacracy, there is no space for the answer, &#8216;I dont know&#8217;. In such a<\/li>\n<li>Good. Thankyou *Waves to the chairman*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All the best. Your interview is over.<\/li>\n<li>Overall, board was cordial. I was doubtful in a lot of answers.<\/li>\n<li>This is only a rough recall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>For full Interview Preparation Guide:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Current Affairs For UPSC Exam 2021:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/current-affairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>(This transcript has been posted by a community member of ForumIAS)<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of interview: 23rd August 2021 Board: Manoj Soni Qualification: MBBS Work Experience: Medical Officer X 3 Years Home State: Kerala Hobbies: Public speaking, critical writing Co curricular activity: Founding member, Health on wheels program amongst a host of others To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2020,\u00a0visit this page Chairman Good afternoon. Let&#8217;s start off.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-130-manoj-soni-board-kerala-home-state-public-speaking-critical-writing-hobbies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #130 : Manoj Soni Board, Kerala Home State, Public speaking, critical writing Hobbies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":124734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8784,9609,8810,1748,9248,7975],"class_list":["post-132896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public","tag-8784","tag-critical_writing","tag-interview_transcript2020","tag-kerala","tag-manoj_soni2020","tag-public_speaking","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Copy-of-Interview-Transcript.png?fit=600%2C500&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}