{"id":133794,"date":"2021-09-15T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T03:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=133794"},"modified":"2021-09-14T23:13:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:43:34","slug":"upsc-interview-2020-transcript-152-r-n-choubey-board-maharashtra-home-state-running-cooking-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-152-r-n-choubey-board-maharashtra-home-state-running-cooking-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #152 : R.N. Choubey Board, Maharashtra Home State, Running, cooking Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 2nd Sept.<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> R. N. Choubey sir<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> M.Sc Mathematics from BITS Pilani<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Running, cooking<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Maharashtra<\/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<ol>\n<li>Tell me your academic and work experience in 1 minute. (Didn\u2019t need that long! LOL)<\/li>\n<li>How did you get interested in Mathematics when most students are so afraid of it?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know something about Vedic maths? Do you use it?<\/li>\n<li>How is it different from General Mathematics?<\/li>\n<li>Electoral bonds \u2013 long discussion on it<\/li>\n<li>Do you know about the financial instrument designed to fund elections?<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s some controversy about it. Are you aware?<\/li>\n<li>Now, tell me should details of such funding declared publicly, from perspective of an industrialist and from perspective of public?<\/li>\n<li>So, tell me why should people know about details of such funding? So, tomorrow they may want to know my IT returns or something private?<\/li>\n<li>Out of the 60000cr money spent in 2019 elections, what do you think was more, white money or the cash based black money? Nobody knows exactly, but what do you sense?<\/li>\n<li>So, if you declare such funds publicly, as an industrialist, I would just go back to funding via cash? So, now tell me which is better, public declaration or no declaration?<\/li>\n<li>What does involving EC do?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mathematicians are respected everywhere\u2013 tell me why India and China produce such highly regarded mathematicians even today?<\/li>\n<li>It is necessary for Mathematician to have a kind of divine intuition \u2013 Ramanujan is the case in point?<\/li>\n<li>Okay let us move to IR. Situation in Afghanistan is quite bad. How do you think, this situation will impact India-Pakistan relationship? More friendly or not?<br \/>\nSome more questions \u2013 not able to recall<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I\u2019ll ask you a core Mathematics question \u2013 A long winding and never-ending question \u2013 AI, Machine learning, data, \u2026 &#8211; use of mathematics in it \u2013 Logic in particular \u2013 so tell me about how *** logic is used here? \u2013 don\u2019t recall exactly and didn\u2019t know the answer<\/li>\n<li>Another question on Mathematics and philosophical movement in the west \u2013 how are they related and how it began \u2013 current relevance of Mathematics in these philosophies?<br \/>\nChairman sir asks him to move on<\/li>\n<li>Okay, let\u2019s come to IR. Minorities in Afghanistan are fleeing the country. But it has been seen that, they don\u2019t want to come to India but rather go to US or Europe? Why do you thing that\u2019s happening despite the fact that, they\u2019ll be treated well here and get protection of laws like CAA?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Memebr 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>So, you\u2019re a mathematician. What is the connection between Maths and Poetry?<\/li>\n<li>Does poetry help you in Mathematics? Do you read poetry?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know about any of Nehruji\u2019s contributions to Women empowerment?<\/li>\n<li>Did he face any difficulty in getting the Hindu code bill passed? Was it watered down to get it passed?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Who opposed it from his own party?<\/li>\n<li>You come from Maharashtra. Tell me some reforms that have happened in cooperative movement in Maharashtra.<\/li>\n<li>Are you aware about the new central ministry of cooperatives under a very strong minister? Do you thing it is a good step? What are its positives?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever met a Japanese person? \u2013 they\u2019re very humble. But has it always been like that?<br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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: 2nd Sept. Board: R. N. Choubey sir Background: M.Sc Mathematics from BITS Pilani Hobbies: Running, cooking Home State: Maharashtra To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2020,\u00a0visit this page Chairman Tell me your academic and work experience in 1 minute. (Didn\u2019t need that long! LOL) How did you get interested in Mathematics when&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-152-r-n-choubey-board-maharashtra-home-state-running-cooking-hobbies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #152 : R.N. 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