{"id":228231,"date":"2023-02-25T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T06:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=228231"},"modified":"2023-02-24T14:21:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T08:51:50","slug":"upsc-interview-2022-transcript-106-m-sathiyavathy-board-psir-optional-journaling-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-106-m-sathiyavathy-board-psir-optional-journaling-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #106 : M Sathiyavathy Board, PSIR Optional, Journaling Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 14 Feb 2023, Last candidate to go<strong><br \/>\nBoard:<\/strong>\u00a0M Sathiyavathy<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> PSIR<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> BA [ Sociology, Economics, History]<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Journaling [others didn\u2019t get asked]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#it2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Mam read out Daf aloud.<\/li>\n<li>What is journalling?<\/li>\n<li>Isn&#8217;t it same as diary writing? (I said journaling is issue specific and goes more in depth, diary is more time specific and records events, but broad nature is same)<\/li>\n<li>But is there any restrain in diary writing, that prevents you from going into depth?<\/li>\n<li>[laughed and said &#8211; So new things are getting invented&#8230;. Anyways]<\/li>\n<li>Who was devi Ahilya, why was she famous, her contributions. (My university)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>U did 12th with science stream, then why you switched to social science in graduation?<\/li>\n<li>Asked about MN Srinivas. What is sanskritisation and westernisation.<\/li>\n<li>How do you see the two in context of present changes in Indian society.<\/li>\n<li>Why these two happens?<\/li>\n<li>What among them is good or bad.<\/li>\n<li>Adam smiths theory.<\/li>\n<li>Free market in India post LPG?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s is it&#8217;s impact on Indian society? [member asked me to combine my knowledge of sciology and economics]<\/li>\n<li>How role of caste is transforming? Is caste is being replaced by class?<\/li>\n<li>Is this it a good indicator?<\/li>\n<li>Post-LPG &#8211; class differences increasing, how it is impacting today&#8217;s society?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Recent reports that chinas growth is slowing and it is ageing also, is it an opportunity for India, How?<\/li>\n<li>G20 , How India can use its position to its advantage.<\/li>\n<li>Russia ukraine war, what is the solution?<\/li>\n<li>As an Indian what makes your heart swell with pride and what disappoints you?<\/li>\n<li>What do you feel more, happy that India is better than pakistan or sad that India not doing better than china? [terms of percapita income, economy, stability etc]<\/li>\n<li>China has grown rapidly, Is democracy of india hindering its growth?<\/li>\n<li>But if we see parliamentary proceedings it feels like this only\u2026what will u say?<\/li>\n<li>What will be your priority if you are appointed as an administrator of an area? [member gave few options like health,education, infra]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Reasons for pakistani wconomic crisis<\/li>\n<li>Why bangldesh doing so good and pak not so good?<\/li>\n<li>Reasons for sri lankan economic crisis.<\/li>\n<li>Is pakistan going in the way of sri lanka<\/li>\n<li>What is good for India &#8211; Disinvestment or privatisation<\/li>\n<li>Difference between disinvestment and privatisation?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Who all countries have helped sri lanka?<\/li>\n<li>Has srilanka got IMF relief?<\/li>\n<li>How has India helped srilanka ?<\/li>\n<li>To what countries sri lanka owns its debt and in what order?<\/li>\n<li>What is paris club<\/li>\n<li>What is OECD<\/li>\n<li>Bimstec, what is it, who all are members?<\/li>\n<li>It BIMSTEC there to remove pakistan from regional cooperation?<\/li>\n<li>What steps BIMSTEC has taken in area of cutoms and anti smuggling?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairperson<\/strong> said thankyou, all the best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My understanding-<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Very few facts asked, majority of questions were directed to know my opinion.<br \/>\n\u2022 Board was very responsive, members were nodding and it appeared they wanted me to speak more and more (and reveal my personality).<br \/>\n\u2022 No quesn from state, city, and pulwama etc.<br \/>\n\u2022 Very smooth experience, and the chair they give us is very comfortable though:)<\/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 2023: <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: 14 Feb 2023, Last candidate to go Board:\u00a0M Sathiyavathy Optional: PSIR Background: BA [ Sociology, Economics, History] Hobbies: Journaling [others didn\u2019t get asked] To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2022, visit this page Chairman Mam read out Daf aloud. What is journalling? Isn&#8217;t it same as diary writing? (I said journaling is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-106-m-sathiyavathy-board-psir-optional-journaling-hobby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #106 : M Sathiyavathy Board, PSIR Optional, Journaling Hobby<\/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":[11255,11254,10705,1679,11257],"class_list":["post-228231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-11255","tag-interview_transcript2022","tag-journaling","tag-psir","tag-sathiyavathy_board2022","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228231","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=228231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}