{"id":179874,"date":"2022-04-18T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T06:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=179874"},"modified":"2022-04-17T23:01:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T17:31:33","slug":"upsc-interview-2021-transcript-32-tca-anant-board-psir-optional-bihar-home-state-blogging-sports-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-32-tca-anant-board-psir-optional-bihar-home-state-blogging-sports-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #32 : TCA Anant Board, PSIR Optional, Bihar Home State, Blogging, sports Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 8th April<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> TCA Anant<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> PSIR<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Bihar<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering from VIT Vellore<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Blogging, Watching football<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2021,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#int2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This was my 2nd Interview and also, the 2nd with COVID protocols in place.<br \/>\nI entered the room and greeted all. Chairman asked me to sit and started reading out loud my DAF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>C: You worked as programmer analyst. Briefly tell me about your job.<br \/>\nA: Explained<\/p>\n<p>C: Why did you leave your job?<br \/>\nA: Explained<\/p>\n<p>C: So, you like blogging. What do you blog about?<br \/>\nMe: My emotions, educational write-ups and about football.<\/p>\n<p>C: What was your last blog?<br \/>\nMe: Wrote about the impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on the future of English Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>(At this point, he seemed interested to know more)<\/p>\n<p>C: Explain what you wrote.<br \/>\nMe: Explained the links of oligarchs like Roman Abrahamovic with Putin administration and future of Chelsea football club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M1 delivers a long monologue about the dichotomy between environment conservation and economic growth and asks my opnion.<br \/>\nMe: Agreed with him. Told about the need to reform GDP accounting and also, how we have framework of EIA to take care of this dichotomy.<\/p>\n<p>M1: What is NGT?<br \/>\nMe: Explained<\/p>\n<p>M1: India is doing so much for environment conservation. What are our targets?<br \/>\nMe: Explained using Panchamrit.<\/p>\n<p>M1: So, government is doing a lot. What do you do for environment conservation?<br \/>\nMe: Mentioned the use of grey water in garden, public transport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M2 delivers a long monologue on how we have so many legislations for women yet the ground realities are different. Linked it with Bihar. Now, asks my opinion on corrective measures.<br \/>\nMe: (Not verbatim just main points)Need social reforms. Legislations work in top bottom approach. Mentioned 37% women in Bihar justify beating up by husband as correct. Could recall this figure from NFHS-5<\/p>\n<p>M2: What else?<br \/>\nMe: Education &#8211;&gt; rational outlook<\/p>\n<p>M2: We already have so many schools and enrolment. Do you really think it&#8217;s a valid measure?<br \/>\nMe: Explained the disconnect between current measures focusing on enrollment rates (literacy) vs education<\/p>\n<p>M2: What else?<br \/>\nMe: Talked about duplicity of institutions leading to confusion, constabulary force lacking soft skills so women fear to file cases- give them training etc.<\/p>\n<p>M2: Difference between FR and DPSP<br \/>\nMe: Explained<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M3: You are from small town in Bihar and went to Vellore for studies. How did you travel- train or flight?<br \/>\nMe: Train<\/p>\n<p>M3: Mention the states that came your way in the journey<br \/>\nMe: Mentioned<\/p>\n<p>M3: Why migration is happening? Why Bihar is still backward?<br \/>\nMe: explained<\/p>\n<p>M3: Monologue on how food is different in North and South India. Asked if food is integrating factor?<br \/>\nMe: Explained + mentioned Chicken Chintamani which is still my favourite. Connects me with the culture.<\/p>\n<p>M3: You worked in Kolkata and love football.\u00a0 Give one distinguishing aspect of football culture there.<br \/>\nMe: Mentioned East Bengal and Mohun Bagan rivalry. Also, my experience from a local match I had watched.<\/p>\n<p>M3: About PSIR. Describe the world order after Post world War 2.<br \/>\nMe: Explained<\/p>\n<p>M3: What about world institutions? What is their status?<br \/>\nMe: Talked about UNSC reforms, WTO status etc.<\/p>\n<p>M3: Should we reform them or leave them as they are?<br \/>\nMe: Explained the need for multilateralism<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Probably the toughest part of my interview<\/p>\n<p>Pointed out my answer to M1 on how I use greywater and mentions how my college was also using in-situ treatment plant to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>I agreed.<\/p>\n<p>He seemed to know my college really well.<\/p>\n<p>Then, talked about how an underpass was constructed to connect two parts of my college that led to disruption in the movement of railways.<\/p>\n<p>M4: Do you think if it wasn&#8217;t your college and some small college, permission would have been given for such project?<\/p>\n<p>Me: explained how cost benefit analysis must be done for any project and benefits must outweigh the cost + other considerations like environment, feasibility of construction etc.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t seem convinced. Moved on to next.<\/p>\n<p>M4: Asked some difficult theory of Pareto?<br \/>\nMe: I had no clue. I passed.<\/p>\n<p>M4: CBI vs NIA?<br \/>\nMe: Gave answer but he didn&#8217;t seem convinced.<\/p>\n<p>M4: Can CBI investigate cases in states?<br \/>\nMe: Explained using General consent<\/p>\n<p>More follow up on same issue with respect to West Bengal.<\/p>\n<p>M4: CBI&#8217;s procedural details on how the treatment of cognizable offence is different from other types<br \/>\nMe: I said I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>M4: Why should I read your blog? Why do you put up your personal emotions for public?<br \/>\nMe: explained.<\/p>\n<p>M4: From your favourite area. What&#8217;s scissor kick?<br \/>\nMe: Explained.<\/p>\n<p>He then passed on to chairman. Chairman said your interview is over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience:<\/strong> Felt like a purposeful conversation unlike mocks. Take mocks with a pinch of salt and do what you think is correct \ud83d\ude42<\/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 2022:\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: 8th April Board: TCA Anant Optional: PSIR Home State: Bihar Background: Mechanical Engineering from VIT Vellore Hobbies: Blogging, Watching football To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2021,\u00a0visit this page This was my 2nd Interview and also, the 2nd with COVID protocols in place. I entered the room and greeted all. Chairman asked&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-32-tca-anant-board-psir-optional-bihar-home-state-blogging-sports-hobbies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #32 : TCA Anant Board, PSIR Optional, Bihar Home State, Blogging, sports Hobbies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8094,2970,10707,8809,1679,1677,10704],"class_list":["post-179874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-8094","tag-bihar","tag-blogging","tag-interview_transcript2021","tag-psir","tag-sports_hobby","tag-tca_anant2021","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179874","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}