{"id":137896,"date":"2021-09-24T21:55:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=137896"},"modified":"2021-09-29T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T07:10:30","slug":"upsc-interview-2020-transcript-265-smita-nagraj-mam-board-anthropology-optionalmaharashtra-pune-home-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-265-smita-nagraj-mam-board-anthropology-optionalmaharashtra-pune-home-state\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #259 : Smita Nagraj Board, Anthropology Optional, Maharashtra Home state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Date of Interview: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> -09-2021<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Board:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smita Nagraj mam<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Optional: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthropology <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Background: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graduation<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Home state<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Maharashtra<\/span><\/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><b>\u00a0Chairperson<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome, your height Is good, you must have been the tallest person in all your classes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">do you play any sports?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are you doing nowadays?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unequal development in maharashtra, reasons ?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal opinion on whether marathwada should be made a separate state?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how to gauge the demand of people? How do people make their demands known?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should we hold a referendum for such decision?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the issues that arise in referendum? (I told people may be influenced by politicians for a particular decision, holding such a massive exercise would be difficult) She told me that voice of minorities may be suppressed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any personal experience where issues of minorities were taken into consideration or otherwise while taking decision? I said unable to recall<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gave long context and asked whether do you support the new expressway that is being developed between mumbai and delhi?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Won&#8217;t it be a waste of money as already freight corridor is present?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some more back and forth about it, In the end, I said I&#8217;ll read more about it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is Darwins theory relevant today?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are its criticism?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which theory is relevant for evolution today?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Why don&#8217;t people opt for anthro in graduation?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have we stooped such low that getting jobs is the only consideration while selecting graduation courses?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;re from pune, Why are private education institutions rising all over India?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What role do you see the public education institutions playing in near and long term future.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Won&#8217;t the public institutes lose their position to private institutions?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re given power, what changes will you make so as to make educational institutions more relevant?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can we represent anthropology through statistics?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is there any subject that we cannot express through use of statistics?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is reflective writing ?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How is it different from normal writing?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">any things that you wrote recently?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the biggest security challenge before india?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How should we deal with Pakistan so as to force them to withdraw their support to cross border terrorism?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can water be used as a weapon?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which country is doing so?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the study of coins called?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which all coins do you have?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">favorite coin and reasons?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how should we deal with Kashmir issue?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who is the home secretary of India?( no clue)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What concrete steps will you take to solve Kashmir issue if you&#8217;re made home sec.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Chairperson<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell me one thing that you learnt from your mother and one from your father.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you, your interview is over.<\/span><\/span><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: 20 -09-2021 Board: Smita Nagraj mam Optional: Anthropology Background: Graduation Home state Maharashtra To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2020,\u00a0visit this page \u00a0Chairperson Welcome, your height Is good, you must have been the tallest person in all your classes do you play any sports? What are you doing nowadays? Unequal development in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2020-transcript-265-smita-nagraj-mam-board-anthropology-optionalmaharashtra-pune-home-state\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2020] \u2013 Transcript #259 : Smita Nagraj Board, Anthropology Optional, Maharashtra Home state<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":127956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8784,209,8810,2043,9243],"class_list":["post-137896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public","tag-8784","tag-anthropology","tag-interview_transcript2020","tag-maharashtra","tag-smita_nagraj2020","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Smita-Nagraj.png?fit=506%2C422&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137896","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=137896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}