{"id":135818,"date":"2021-09-22T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T01:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=135818"},"modified":"2021-09-21T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T11:30:15","slug":"upsc-interview-2020-transcript-183-sujata-mehta-maam-board-sociology-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-183-sujata-mehta-maam-board-sociology-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #183 : Sujata Mehta Ma&#8217;am Board, Sociology Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 14 September<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Sujata Mehta Ma&#8217;am<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> Defence kid, NIT Warangal,<br \/>\n<strong>Work Ex:<\/strong> 6 months,<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Sociology<\/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>Introduce yourself with your education &amp; your job experience<\/li>\n<li>Do you think technology leads to job losses? What should be done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If you have to make a case for a matriarchal society, give some points in support of it. Do we have such a system existing anywhere in India.<\/li>\n<li>You have an interesting hobby. Tell me something about it.<\/li>\n<li>Role of social media in the times of pandemic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Your opinion on women in army * probably the highlight of my interview, she spent well about 10 minutes talking about various aspects*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How has National Health Mission brought about a difference in other health aspects?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tour opinion on India being a welfare State.<\/li>\n<li>You did Btech, then took up a humanities subject as an optional. Why are humanities important.<\/li>\n<li>So much stress on students these days, specially from good colleges like yours. Why is that &amp; suggest some remedies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Would you like us to ask something else? I said no. Greeted her &amp; left the room<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Please stick to the question. My introduction went for a six because she asked me about my education &amp; i started with the well rehersed introduction, she interrupted me twice, but I justified it saying that I&#8217;ve had multiple schools due to the nature of my father&#8217;s profession (army)<\/li>\n<li>Chairwoman asked me to adjust the mask. I was blinded &amp; fogged by the end of it. So please don&#8217;t let that discomfort show on your face.<\/li>\n<li>Nothing factual was asked. All opinion based. The interview barely lasted for 20 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Last but not the least, it&#8217;ll be unexpected. And that&#8217;s the beauty of it! Just enjoy the process &amp; yes, women candidates,\u00a0 please get your own gloves if you don&#8217;t want to ruin your saree with the white powder from the gloves they provide. Keep yourself hydrated.<\/li>\n<li>I benefitted from the transcripts immensely.\u00a0 Doing my bit. All the best.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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: 14 September Board: Sujata Mehta Ma&#8217;am Background: Defence kid, NIT Warangal, Work Ex: 6 months, Optional: Sociology To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2020,\u00a0visit this page Chairman Introduce yourself with your education &amp; your job experience Do you think technology leads to job losses? What should be done. Member 1 If you&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-183-sujata-mehta-maam-board-sociology-optional\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #183 : Sujata Mehta Ma&#8217;am Board, Sociology Optional<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":124913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8784,8810,1691,9249],"class_list":["post-135818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public","tag-8784","tag-interview_transcript2020","tag-sociology","tag-sujata_mehta2020","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sujata-Mehta.png?fit=600%2C500&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135818","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=135818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}