{"id":180443,"date":"2022-04-21T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T04:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=180443"},"modified":"2022-04-20T22:42:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:12:52","slug":"upsc-interview-2021-transcript-47-smita-nagraj-board-bihar-home-state-mechanical-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-47-smita-nagraj-board-bihar-home-state-mechanical-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #48 : Smita Nagraj Board, Bihar Home State, Mechanical Optional,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview: 8th April, forenoon, 3rd to go<br \/>\nBoard:<\/strong> Smita Nagraj<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Mechanical<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Bihar<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> B.tech IIT Roorkee Mechanical<br \/>\n<strong>Work exp:<\/strong> teaching physics<\/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><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What are you doing nowadays?<\/li>\n<li>Questions on my teaching physics and problems in schooling<\/li>\n<li>Discussion on need to bring flexibility in school education and follow up questions<\/li>\n<li>Why engineering students are opting for civil services and some follow up<\/li>\n<li>Questions on robotics warfare( from my daf) and it\u2019s future<\/li>\n<li>Application of robotics and concerns and ethical issues<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ukraine Russia crisis and its impact on BRICS.. follow up questions on BRICS and it\u2019s significance<\/li>\n<li>Questions on Srilanka economic crisis and what can be done to bring the change in short term and long term..some follow up questions<\/li>\n<li>Significance of Nepal for India and china and issues coming out of it<\/li>\n<li>Border issues between India and china and some follow up<\/li>\n<li>Questions on recent India Australia trade deal and its significance for India<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Questions on my home state( Bihar) ..swot analysis of the liquor prohibition and some follow up questions which I don\u2019t exactly remember<\/li>\n<li>Future of mechanical engineering due to recent tech dev and booming of electronics sector..some follow up questions ..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong> ( some grilling and cross-questions here)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>He took the conversation from India and aus trade deal where I mentioned coal import..he asked why we are importing coal if we have lots of reserves<\/li>\n<li>Problem in coal mining in India and steps taken<\/li>\n<li>Questions on coal scam and supremely court judgment..it\u2019s impact on coal industry..steps taken..recent policy changes..here I was not much comfortable but he gave me some hints so I handled these<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Need for ministry of civil aviation and what reforms required..he gave me some hint<\/li>\n<li>Need for an integrated ministry of transport.<\/li>\n<li>Questions on multimodal transport and it\u2019s importance<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>P.S- member 4 was mainly observing and was sitting to me left..<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairman<\/strong> said your interview is over<\/p>\n<p>Overall it was a cordial interview and members gave sufficient hints..<\/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, forenoon, 3rd to go Board: Smita Nagraj Optional: Mechanical Home State: Bihar Background: B.tech IIT Roorkee Mechanical Work exp: teaching physics To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2021,\u00a0visit this page Chairman What are you doing nowadays? Questions on my teaching physics and problems in schooling Discussion on need to bring&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-47-smita-nagraj-board-bihar-home-state-mechanical-optional\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #48 : Smita Nagraj Board, Bihar Home State, Mechanical Optional,<\/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":[8094,2970,8809,1705,10698],"class_list":["post-180443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-8094","tag-bihar","tag-interview_transcript2021","tag-mechanical_engineering","tag-smita_nagraj2021","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180443","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=180443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}