{"id":230113,"date":"2023-03-07T12:05:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T06:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=230113"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:05:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T06:35:39","slug":"upsc-interview-2022-transcript-140-smita-nagraj-board-ecotourism-science-fiction-sports-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-140-smita-nagraj-board-ecotourism-science-fiction-sports-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #140 : Smita Nagraj Board, ecotourism, science fiction, Sports Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 24\/02\/2023<strong><br \/>\nBoard:<\/strong> Smita Nagraj<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> BDS<br \/>\n<strong>Daf key words:<\/strong> ecotourism, science fiction, leisure time counselling, anti tobacco drives Best sportsman<br \/>\nFirst 2 members interviewed with mask on, rest no mask( m3 asked me to remove it<\/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>What is ajay in ajay vision pvt limited? ( job )<\/li>\n<li>You did anti tobacco drives, but tell me about your opinion on state promoting alcohol! Is state promoting it by opening shops everywhere?<\/li>\n<li>Should alcohol be banned completely?<\/li>\n<li>Many cross questions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Asked about old science fiction movies, which i was not aware of.<\/li>\n<li>Startrek? Yes, whats so unique about it?\u00a0 Said no!( he said it exactly depicted the emergence of smart phones?<\/li>\n<li>Start wars? Said no<\/li>\n<li>What have you watched? Said snowpiercer, avatar, interstellar, lost in space, asked me to tell about the theme of lost in space.<\/li>\n<li>What is ecotourism?<\/li>\n<li>Why ecotourism more important in andamans<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Audible but couldn\u2019t understand his pronounciation<\/li>\n<li>Unethical issues in dentistry and as a DM how will you solve it?<\/li>\n<li>Schemes in your state covering everything from birth to death, don\u2019t you think people will become lazy?<\/li>\n<li>Child labour issues in tobacco industry<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3 &amp; 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Why best sportsman?<\/li>\n<li>Which sports? Said cricket, volleyball, 100mts sprint<\/li>\n<li>India Australia cricket pitch issue, pressurized me to accept that winning at any cost is more important, i said sportsmanship more important.<\/li>\n<li>He said do we play cricket for leisure or winning, i said winning, he said then what\u2019s wrong in making pitches that suits us, I sticked to my stance.<\/li>\n<li>Rich countries used up their carbon quota, now asking us not to go for it, it\u2019s our right no? ( I didn\u2019t concurred with his views) forced me to change my stance, I politely said sorry I don\u2019t think so, asked me to justify logically, gave him some justification.<\/li>\n<li>Your opinion on indias stance on ukraine russia? I said neutral and emphasised on peace and dialogue.<\/li>\n<li>He said, how can it be a stance, when india preaches vasudaiva kutumbikam, it should intervene, i said not taking sides aligns with the idea of vk, he said it can\u2019t be , russia battering ukraine, i said in in foreign relations national interests matters.<\/li>\n<li>If you are PM , what will be your foreign policy priorities? Said improve bilateral ties with china<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Overall<\/strong> cordial, light movements, but at three instances tried to exert pressure to change opinions. 99% daf , one current affair, that too russia ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to decipher, how it went.<\/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: 24\/02\/2023 Board: Smita Nagraj Background: BDS Daf key words: ecotourism, science fiction, leisure time counselling, anti tobacco drives Best sportsman First 2 members interviewed with mask on, rest no mask( m3 asked me to remove it To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2022, visit this page Chairman What is ajay in ajay&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-140-smita-nagraj-board-ecotourism-science-fiction-sports-hobbies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #140 : Smita Nagraj Board, ecotourism, science fiction, Sports 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":[11255,11254,11269,1677],"class_list":["post-230113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-11255","tag-interview_transcript2022","tag-smita_nagraj2022","tag-sports_hobby","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":1,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698303585},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230113","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=230113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}