{"id":136069,"date":"2021-09-23T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T08:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=136069"},"modified":"2021-09-23T12:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T06:44:26","slug":"upsc-interview-2020-transcript-193-smita-nagraj-board-delhi-home-state-commerce-and-accountancy-optional-badminton-strength-training-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-193-smita-nagraj-board-delhi-home-state-commerce-and-accountancy-optional-badminton-strength-training-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #193 : Smita Nagraj Board, Delhi Home State, Commerce and accountancy Optional, Badminton, strength training Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> Sept, 14<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Smita Nagraj Ma&#8217;am<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Commerce and accountancy<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Delhi<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Badminton, strength training<\/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>Why did you leave your job? (worked for a very brief period so expected)<\/li>\n<li>Tell me one very good thing and very bad thing in governance that the govt has done in the past 5-10 years? (couldn&#8217;t come up with any bad thing so mentioned GST as a work in progress and requiring serious improvements. Though was tempted to say demonetization but didn&#8217;t have credible data to support my arguments. However, I somehow realised they wanted to hear demonetization)<\/li>\n<li>Follow up questions on GST- did government implement without preparation or was it the right time since someone someday had to start?<\/li>\n<li>What all items are not covered under GST?<\/li>\n<li>Why not covered?<\/li>\n<li>Why there&#8217;s so much noise and fuss when petrol price rise by even a rupee?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Demonetization- failure or success?<\/li>\n<li>Asset monetization pipeline- what and why?<\/li>\n<li>Principles of Sikhism?<\/li>\n<li>Why Golden temple is called Harmandir sahib?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What are the precautions to take in strength training and what is the role of protein?<\/li>\n<li>Vivaad se vishwas scheme- success or failure? ( I said not aware about the data or what all the govt has achieved under it but it&#8217;s a good concept towards bridging the trust deficit and increasing the tax compliance. However, sir kept on insisting to comment on success or failure and wasn&#8217;t satisfied at the end)<\/li>\n<li>Chartered Accountants, these days and in the past 2-3 years, have encourage their clients to manipulate their accounts and evade taxes. Is this correct? ( I said yes but can&#8217;t really comment for all. Also not aware of any surveys\/reports conducted in this area. Talked about window dressing and other tax avoidance strategies they use but sir didn&#8217;t look convince)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>List 5 problems that Delhi faces today.<\/li>\n<li>Problem of governance, Delhi Govt vs LG- Why arises and solutions.<\/li>\n<li>Why pollution persisting for so long?<\/li>\n<li>What will you do to deal with pollution?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Do you know that CBSE toppers are exempt from engineering examinations and get direct entry into colleges? (DAF related)<\/li>\n<li>Does CBSE officially announce the toppers?<\/li>\n<li>Role of auditing firms in recent scams and frauds?<\/li>\n<li>Follow up questions on the conflict of interest auditors face and issues in their appointment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairman:<\/strong> Thank you<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Overall experience: Cordial environment but felt that board members were disinterested and less engaging. Couldn&#8217;t establish a connect and not even a single light moment was there, very formal and serious. Though they were wearing masks, all throughout the interview, they maintained this expression-less poker face which troubled me a bit. All in all a good learning experience. All the best everyone:)<\/p>\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: Sept, 14 Board: Smita Nagraj Ma&#8217;am Optional: Commerce and accountancy Home State: Delhi Hobbies: Badminton, strength training To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2020,\u00a0visit this page Chairman Why did you leave your job? 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