{"id":186344,"date":"2022-05-25T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T06:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=186344"},"modified":"2022-05-25T10:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T04:54:11","slug":"upsc-interview-2021-transcript-214-smita-nagraj-board-economics-optional-rajasthan-home-state-korean-drama-diary-writing-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-214-smita-nagraj-board-economics-optional-rajasthan-home-state-korean-drama-diary-writing-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #214 : Smita Nagraj Board, Economics\u00a0Optional, Rajasthan Home State, Korean Drama, Diary Writing Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 5th May 2022 ( Forenoon Session), 4th to go<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Smita Nagraj<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Economics<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Rajasthan<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> B.S.-M.S. Economics, IITK<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Ghoomar, Korean Drama, Diary Writing<\/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>Experience in Interview: It happened so fast, board was very cordial, didn&#8217;t cross question, they were very observant, they even paused in between to check how I would react to that.<\/p>\n<p>Utility of mocks: It made me confident, more articulate, I could think of various points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairperson<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Why your graduation is called M.S. and not M.S.<\/li>\n<li>Impact of recent rbi on industry and investment<\/li>\n<li>( At this point I fumbled, I made my arguments, she said no I&#8217;m asking this, then I explained more, but she was looking for something more specific, then she moved on)<\/li>\n<li>Huge informal sector&#8211;&gt; why they go for money from moneylenders<\/li>\n<li>What can be done to improve this situation<\/li>\n<li>Something on SHG since I Mentioned it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Did you consider IES?<\/li>\n<li>Impact of this recent rbi decision on growth<\/li>\n<li>Impact of RBI&#8217;s move on Forex reserves and Indian currency<\/li>\n<li>Is RBI indicating something with this recent move ?<\/li>\n<li>(1-2 follow up questions)<\/li>\n<li>Are redistributive justice and growth compatible?<\/li>\n<li>Why rouble is booming inspite of Russian<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Why korean drama<\/li>\n<li>What is IITK Motorsports<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine crisis<\/li>\n<li>Status of Real Estate in China?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know about one particular company which crashed in the real estate sector of China?<\/li>\n<li>How do you see Chinese Economy?<\/li>\n<li>Does a state-led economy like china can sustain itself?<\/li>\n<li>Is a state-led economic system feasible for India?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What are issues in RJ?<\/li>\n<li>impact of climate change on agri in RJ<\/li>\n<li>Do you know about climate-resilience?<\/li>\n<li>E.g.,\u00a0 of Climate resilience<\/li>\n<li>What can be done to improve health status in RJ<\/li>\n<li>Subsequent questions on this like telemedicine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Why ASFA is implemented?<\/li>\n<li>Recent changes in AFSA<\/li>\n<li>Which areas it is removed<\/li>\n<li>Which state has completely removed AFSA<\/li>\n<li>Why AFSA only in N-E, not in other states?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I might be missing 1-2 questions here and there.<\/p>\n<p>Closest mock to my PT was of Vajirao and Reddy, questions from mock didn&#8217;t repeat except one.<\/p>\n<p>All the very best to 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 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: 5th May 2022 ( Forenoon Session), 4th to go Board: Smita Nagraj Optional: Economics Home State: Rajasthan Background: B.S.-M.S. Economics, IITK Hobbies: Ghoomar, Korean Drama, Diary Writing To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2021,\u00a0visit this page Experience in Interview: It happened so fast, board was very cordial, didn&#8217;t cross question, they were&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2021-transcript-214-smita-nagraj-board-economics-optional-rajasthan-home-state-korean-drama-diary-writing-hobbies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2021] \u2013 Transcript #214 : Smita Nagraj Board, Economics\u00a0Optional, Rajasthan Home State, Korean Drama, Diary Writing 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":[8094,10758,7966,9821,8809,2780,10698],"class_list":["post-186344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-8094","tag-diary-writing","tag-economics","tag-ghoomar_hobby","tag-interview_transcript2021","tag-rajasthan","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\/186344","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=186344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}