{"id":229495,"date":"2023-03-03T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=229495"},"modified":"2023-03-03T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T08:19:26","slug":"upsc-interview-2022-transcript-127-manoj-soni-board-sociology-optional-sports-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-127-manoj-soni-board-sociology-optional-sports-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #127 : Manoj Soni Board, Sociology Optional, sports Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 21\/02\/23<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Manoj Soni<br \/>\nall male members( soni sir replaced Nagaraj ma\u2019am today only <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji emoji-small\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/webogram.org\/z\/img-apple-64\/1f642.png?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude42\" data-path=\".\/img-apple-64\/1f642.png\" \/>, Mujse personally milna tha sir ko 4 years baad)<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Sociology<br \/>\n<strong>Service:<\/strong> ICAS<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Basketball <a class=\"text-entity-link\" dir=\"auto\" data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityMention\">@Nationals<\/a>, Long distance running, Calisthenics, Child Rights projects under KSCF and CRY,<\/p>\n<p>Interview medium-Hindi( mains in English , but panel was using entirely pure hindi words especially soni sir)<br \/>\nInterview time 35-40 minutes (checked wall clock in front on me)<br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Entered room and wished them, chairman said Namaskar Kakaji<\/span><\/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<h2><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>(writing English translation)<\/li>\n<li>Remove mask<\/li>\n<li>I want verify your photo<\/li>\n<li>Meaning of your name<\/li>\n<li>Do you think you have followed meaning of your name<\/li>\n<li>Have you joined service, when,How many months done and how many months left<\/li>\n<li>Share your experience in training<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about Live in relationship(bone of contention between me and sir)\u00a0 too long discussion on this (I was on optimistic view but sir was in debate mood and wasn\u2019t ready to listen,tried to counter with full force, asked me to not use reference of constitution and supreme court..said some extreme comments , like crores of children will be parent less and sabko state nahi sambhalega and family will not survive in India, this is against India culture and values<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Do you want a society like this, filled with parentless child, unmarried families<\/li>\n<li>Insisted too much to change my stand<\/li>\n<li>Do you support destroying\u00a0 in India<\/li>\n<li>Child ka kya hoga<\/li>\n<li>50 crore<\/li>\n<li>Family institutions<\/li>\n<li>I kept calm and answered patiently\u00a0 with steps that can be taken, sticked to my view<\/li>\n<li>Sir- chaliye jab tum apna stand change nahi karoge toh iss topic ko close karte hai<\/li>\n<li>Sir was like \u201cmarunga nahi, kehke lunga\u201d gif<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>India US, recently lots of agreements happened,<\/li>\n<li>Why us important<\/li>\n<li>Which agreements<\/li>\n<li>Does US benefits from them<\/li>\n<li>Agreements on paper but they are not doing technology transfer so what\u2019s benefit for India<\/li>\n<li>DTII(since I mentioned defence sector of India)<\/li>\n<li>Biggest security threat for India<\/li>\n<li>Explain the india china border issue and intrusions in details<\/li>\n<li>Explain salami slicing(I mentioned in previous answer)<br \/>\n17 rounds of corps<\/li>\n<li>Tell me more about western sector part<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about recent clash<\/li>\n<li>Can we handle it<\/li>\n<li>Are borders stable<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Should we start with sports ?<\/li>\n<li>Gave a statement<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKhel ke maidan me ek bargad ka ped hai jiski cchaw me baki ped dhak gae hai\u201d(long discussion followed up)<\/li>\n<li>Why cricket came forward but not basketball or others<\/li>\n<li>What challenges do other sports facing<\/li>\n<li>What challenges did you face to reach at national level<\/li>\n<li>You choice between Individual morality vs social morality (long discussion, he was in debating mode)<\/li>\n<li>In what situation individual morality can be given up<\/li>\n<li>Many social evils challenged by individual morality and individual morality challenged by social<\/li>\n<li>If you are in higher position, would you go for your ethical values or social values<\/li>\n<li>Tum constitution ko bahut mante ho lagta h<\/li>\n<li>Sir was like \u201cdekhe h tere jese samvidhan ke dalle bahut \u201c gif<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Asked my height and said 6+ are required there<\/li>\n<li>Konse state ko represent kia<\/li>\n<li>Your position in basketball<\/li>\n<li>Were you feeder or shooter (I said one who is dribbling, he feeds, one who is free, he shoots i.e depends on the situation and I did both)<\/li>\n<li>But they 6+ could block you easily (told him my jump been upto ring 10 feet)<br \/>\nHe was like aha hahah wawawawa gif<\/li>\n<li>Now service related<\/li>\n<li>Should we merge all accounting services<\/li>\n<li>Amount of FDI this year<\/li>\n<li>How many sectors (FDI)<\/li>\n<li>GeM and counter questions<\/li>\n<li>Procurement process<\/li>\n<li>Sir was like \u201ckuch ata bhi kya tumko\u201d gif<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Long speech on news reporting by new York times, guardian, etc they all are known to be genuine agencies<\/li>\n<li>They report any incident of india, mostly\u00a0 unpleasant news, should we do something about it<\/li>\n<li>Recent mob lynching case, guardian reported that police involvement is there, your take<\/li>\n<li>How to stop them from reporting fake news, we can ban fake news in India but how to do in uk us etc countries about incidents of India<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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: 21\/02\/23 Board: Manoj Soni all male members( soni sir replaced Nagaraj ma\u2019am today only , Mujse personally milna tha sir ko 4 years baad) Optional: Sociology Service: ICAS Hobbies: Basketball @Nationals, Long distance running, Calisthenics, Child Rights projects under KSCF and CRY, Interview medium-Hindi( mains in English , but panel was using&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-127-manoj-soni-board-sociology-optional-sports-hobby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #127 : Manoj Soni Board, Sociology Optional, sports 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