{"id":220825,"date":"2023-01-03T16:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T10:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=220825"},"modified":"2023-01-04T19:32:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T14:02:00","slug":"upsc-ias-interviews-2022-state-based-questions-uttar-pradesh-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-ias-interviews-2022-state-based-questions-uttar-pradesh-state\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC IAS Interviews 2022 | State Based Questions | Uttar Pradesh state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>In this post, we are releasing the <strong>state-based questions of Uttar Pradesh state for UPSC IAS interviews 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This post is a part of our\u00a0series of state-based UPSC IAS interview questions. In this series, we are going to create state-specific posts, containing the questions that have been asked in the interviews on the basis of the home state of the candidate, mentioned in DAF.<\/p>\n<p>You can take hints for your own interview preparation, from the type of questions asked.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">State-based UPSC IAS interview questions for Uttar Pradesh state<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For more Study materials related to UPSC IAS interviews<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>For state-based questions from other states<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-know-your-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\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<h3>History-based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Which areas of Uttar Pradesh have remnants of the Harappan Civilisation?<\/li>\n<li>Kannauj was an important center during the 6<sup>th<\/sup>-7<sup>th<\/sup> centuries AD. What made it the choice of many kingdoms?<\/li>\n<li>Which ruler contributed the most to the culture of Awadh region and UP as a whole?<\/li>\n<li>What is Treaty of Allahabad?<\/li>\n<li>Who founded the city of Agra?<\/li>\n<li>What was the Meerut Conspiracy?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think 1857 revolt was the first step towards Indian Independence?<\/li>\n<li>When did Lucknow become the capital of UP?<\/li>\n<li>Can you name some of the freedom fighters from the state of Uttar Pradesh?<\/li>\n<li>Why is the Congress Session of 1916 important? Where in Uttar Pradesh did it take place?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Art and Culture-based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Which city of UP is known as Nath Nagri and why?<\/li>\n<li>What is the history\/mythology behind Kumbh mela in UP?<\/li>\n<li>Tell us about some handicrafts of Eastern UP?<\/li>\n<li>Can you name some famous exponent of the Banaras Gharana of Kathak?<\/li>\n<li>Which places in Uttar Pradesh have links to the Ramayana? Where did Lord Rama stay during the exile?<\/li>\n<li>Name a few historical monuments in UP that are listed on the UNESCO world heritage sites.<\/li>\n<li>Have you read the Ramacharitamanas? Which language is it written in and by whom?<\/li>\n<li>Where is the Lath Mar Holi celebrated? Why this tradition of beating with sticks?<\/li>\n<li>What are some of the famous folk dances of UP?<\/li>\n<li>What do you know about Nautanki? Themes?<\/li>\n<li>Where is Sulhe-Kul festival celebrated? What do you mean by Sulhe Kul?<\/li>\n<li>Why is Sarnath famous? How many animals are found in the Ashokan Pillar?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Politics-based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Is nationalism on the rise in UP? Is it good? What is nationalism? Where do you draw the line?<\/li>\n<li>Comment on the role of extra-constitutional bodies like Khap panchayats in UP?<\/li>\n<li>Recent Vikas Dubey encounter was in news from Uttar Pradesh. Do you agree with the view that police displayed high handedness in this case?<\/li>\n<li>What is the Commissionerate system? Which places in UP adopted this system? How is it going to help the police?<\/li>\n<li>Compare the rule of SP\/BSP vs the BJP.<\/li>\n<li>How many divisions and districts is Uttar Pradesh divided in?<\/li>\n<li>What was the reason for the bifurcation of UP in 2000? Do you think the administration is more streamlined?<\/li>\n<li>What is your opinion on further division of the state?<\/li>\n<li>Has the vision of 33% reservation for women in local bodies been achieved in Uttar Pradesh?<\/li>\n<li>Do you agree that UP voters vote on the basis of caste?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Economics-based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Tell us something about the Industrial Distribution in UP? Why such stark contrast between East or West?<\/li>\n<li>What steps are needed to double the farmers income in UP?<\/li>\n<li>Despite having good agro-climatic conditions, UP lags in horticultural production. What do you think are the factors behind this?<\/li>\n<li>Uttar Pradesh figures low in tourist earnings even when the state is historically and culturally rich. Reasons? Some features of the Tourism Policy.<\/li>\n<li>Recently Uttar Pradesh approved Defence Corridor. Can you throw some light on it?<\/li>\n<li>UP aims to become 1 Trillion economy. Is it possible? What are the challenges?<\/li>\n<li>Name major industrial centres of Uttar Pradesh?<\/li>\n<li>Eastern UP lacks in economic development. What factors have led to this situation?<\/li>\n<li>Uttar Pradesh has not been able to emerge as a Manufacturing and Export hub. What factors have led to this scenario?<\/li>\n<li>Why Manufacturing and Service sector is not that much developed in UP except Noida and Gaziabad?<\/li>\n<li>Green revolution took place in western UP but it couldn\u2019t be transferred to whole state, why?<\/li>\n<li>UP is an agriculturally rich state, yet farmers are in poor condition? What do you think are the factors behind this paradox?<\/li>\n<li>MSME sector is one of the mainstays of the economy of UP. What steps have been taken to promote the small and medium scale industries?<\/li>\n<li>UP has four regions, western UP, eastern UP, Bundelkhand and Awadh UP. Western UP is developed. Tell me measures to develop the other three regions?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Social issues\u00a0based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>We have seen some riots in Uttar Pradesh over last decade. What do you think are the factors that lead to such unfortunate incidents?<\/li>\n<li>Explain current caste structure of UP?\u00a0Why is there caste based violence in UP?<\/li>\n<li>If you are working as an administrator in such area how will you prevent such atrocities?<\/li>\n<li>We witness many incidents of women and sexual abuse in Uttar Pradesh. How do you think they can be tackled in long term? (Hathras and Unnao case)<\/li>\n<li>Among all Indian states UP has the highest population. Is it demographic dividend or Burden?<\/li>\n<li>What is status of dowry and female foeticide in your area?\u00a0Are laws against Dowry enough? Why are they being misused? What are recent changes in Dowry law?<\/li>\n<li>UP has the most number of anti-social elements and eve teasers. How can we address<br \/>\nthis issue? Do you think the anti-Romeo squads are a good measure?<\/li>\n<li>How will you address the problem of female literacy in the state?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Geography and Environment-based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>With which countries does UP share its border?<\/li>\n<li>With which states does UP share its border?<\/li>\n<li>Uttar Pradesh has some of the most polluted cities wr.t. Air pollution. What steps are needed to curb this?<\/li>\n<li>Which areas of UP get the maximum and the minimum amount of precipitation?<\/li>\n<li>Which branch of the monsoon is responsible for rainfall in the state of UP?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of forests are found in the Mirzapur and Sonbhadra region?<\/li>\n<li>Why was the Chambal Sanctuary set up?<\/li>\n<li>Why was the elephant safari banned at the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve? Any specific reason?<\/li>\n<li>What are the reasons of decline in leather industries in Kanpur?<\/li>\n<li>Taj Mahal is now being renovated\/cleaned. What has led to the yellow stains on the monument?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Miscellaneous Questions:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Ghaziabad is in the list of most polluted city in the world. What are the factors behind that?<\/li>\n<li>If I want to travel to UP what places would you suggest?<\/li>\n<li>Tell us about the problems your district is facing? As a DM how will you handle these problems?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>For more Study materials related to UPSC IAS interviews<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit this page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, In this post, we are releasing the state-based questions of Uttar Pradesh state for UPSC IAS interviews 2022. This post is a part of our\u00a0series of state-based UPSC IAS interview questions. In this series, we are going to create state-specific posts, containing the questions that have been asked in the interviews on the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-ias-interviews-2022-state-based-questions-uttar-pradesh-state\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UPSC IAS Interviews 2022 | State Based Questions | Uttar Pradesh state<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"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":[11230,11233,11231,11167,11232],"class_list":["post-220825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-state-based-upsc-ias-interview-questions","tag-upsc-ias-interview-questions","tag-upsc-ias-interview-state-based-questions","tag-upsc-ias-interview-transcripts","tag-upsc-ias-interviews-2022","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":117,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700118833},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220825","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=220825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}