{"id":185697,"date":"2022-05-21T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T11:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=185697"},"modified":"2022-05-21T16:41:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T11:11:33","slug":"upsc-interview-2021-transcript-199-tca-anant-board-rajasthan-home-state-sociology-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-199-tca-anant-board-rajasthan-home-state-sociology-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #199 : TCA Anant Board, Rajasthan Home State, Sociology\u00a0Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 4th May 2022<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> TCA Anant<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:\u00a0<\/strong> Rajasthan<br \/>\n<strong>Attempt:<\/strong> 1st attempt<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Sociology<br \/>\n<strong>Hobby:<\/strong> No questions asked<br \/>\n<strong>Leadership:<\/strong> NSS project head<\/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>Meanwhile forgot to wish them \ud83d\ude02<br \/>\nRealised by looking at chairman&#8217;s face so finally greeted good morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>U can remove your mask if comfortable.( No face shield)<\/li>\n<li>Read my daf<\/li>\n<li>Questions about NSS experience<\/li>\n<li>What was project about<\/li>\n<li>Why not botany as optional<\/li>\n<li>Plans for pg? (I said with sociology yes)<\/li>\n<li>Asked wt u learnt from sociology (multiple perspectives) How?<\/li>\n<li>Explained with example of suicide (personal vs sociological problem)<\/li>\n<li>Follow up question<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong> (talked very slowly n low volume)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Monologue on women&#8217;s entry into permanent commission<\/li>\n<li>Then asked factors which propelled it?<\/li>\n<li>Benefits?<\/li>\n<li>Should women be allowed in combat forces like artillery etc<\/li>\n<li>Is there gender pay gap in army (I said I don&#8217;t think so ..at same rank govt won&#8217;t discriminate)<\/li>\n<li>Monologue on Indian women hockey team (told him m not following sports but still)<\/li>\n<li>Asked rank of team in world (replied don&#8217;t know)<\/li>\n<li>Asked to guess out of 10( told 2nd rank- obviously wrong)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Directly said u from science background saying interested in sociology, i don&#8217;t think u r honest, things are contradictory.(may be said intentionally ..may be to see my reaction) but<\/li>\n<li>I nodded and said ok sir .(bcz only a science student knows how easy is to study humanities after graduation in pure sciences\ud83d\ude05)<\/li>\n<li>Then asked elderly problems (NSS project)<\/li>\n<li>I replied &#8211; problems with solutions<\/li>\n<li>How women empowerment can be done<\/li>\n<li>How GER will increase (follow up ques)<\/li>\n<li>Less ques but bcz may be I didn&#8217;t let him talk\ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sweet smiling<\/li>\n<li>Twitter controversy- pros n cons<\/li>\n<li>Lfpr? Why low for women?<\/li>\n<li>How to improve?<\/li>\n<li>Particularly how in sawaimadhopur?( I feel i didn&#8217;t do justice with the answer, bouncer ques but missed it)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong>&#8211; talking in low volume<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How to reduce dependence upon coal?<\/li>\n<li>By what timeframe, will be able to phase out coal?( Follow up ques?<\/li>\n<li>Tidal energy&#8230;Is India doing enough here?<\/li>\n<li>Important tribal laws (while I was listing out, CM interfered)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Good, cordial board except M2<\/li>\n<li>Since beginning giving weird expressions n after every answer also like not satisfied (hence I think it was just to scare me considering my age)<\/li>\n<li>No grilling<\/li>\n<li>No cross questioning<\/li>\n<li>Felt like Question answer session<\/li>\n<li>Easier than mock<\/li>\n<li>Felt like home there<\/li>\n<li>Mocks- gave 7-8, really important, to avoid nervousness, to know expectations of board members, how to structure answer instantly, variety of possible questions but real interview is quite different.<\/li>\n<li>Would recommend IAS hub mock, ksg, Shubhra Ranjan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note &#8211; The chair was office type with wheels n also high ,so practice with such chair , how to sit specially girls (bcz saree n lesser height)<\/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: 4th May 2022 Board: TCA Anant Home State:\u00a0 Rajasthan Attempt: 1st attempt Optional: Sociology Hobby: No questions asked Leadership: NSS project head To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2021,\u00a0visit this page Meanwhile forgot to wish them \ud83d\ude02 Realised by looking at chairman&#8217;s face so finally greeted good morning. 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