{"id":230732,"date":"2023-03-18T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T02:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=230732"},"modified":"2023-03-17T10:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T05:13:13","slug":"upsc-interview-2022-transcript-180-rn-choubey-board-anthropology-optional-reading-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-180-rn-choubey-board-anthropology-optional-reading-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #180 : RN. Choubey Board, Anthropology Optional, Reading Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 6th March 2023; Afternoon session<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Shri RN. Choubey<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Anthropology<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Reading about defence-related news<br \/>\nFollowing news media websites of USA<\/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>Told me to remove mask if I\u2019ve no covid symptoms. I said I don\u2019t have, but I\u2019m suffering from cough, cold, fever since last few days. Sir told me to keep on mask on in that case<\/li>\n<li>Asked me if I had lunch. What items in lunch<\/li>\n<li>Forex reserve of India<\/li>\n<li>Ways through which a nation earns Forex<\/li>\n<li>Who owns forex: RBI, or Govt, or Banks?<\/li>\n<li>Air India aircraft deal value<\/li>\n<li>Should a company be allowed to use so much of our forex to buy aircraft?<\/li>\n<li>Would you have allowed it as RBI chairperson?<\/li>\n<li>(some follow-up discussion on technicalities of aircraft pricing &amp; purchase mechanism. Sir is ex-Aviation secretary &amp; I\u2019ve deep interest in aviation)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>If seniors in your office are critical of you, write a poor report of your performance, what will be your approach towards it<\/li>\n<li>If you ever had to face a situation where you had to compromise on quality due to cost constrain<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Should we have large scale hydel power plants?<\/li>\n<li>Environmental impact; Geological &amp; engineering issues of such plants<\/li>\n<li>Why should we invest in such plants, when Pakistan\u2019s hydel projects are failing?<\/li>\n<li>Defence manufacturing @ Atmanirbhar bharat (DAF Hobby)<\/li>\n<li>Why Strategic partnership of Indian manufacturers with foreign OEM is failing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cMake-in-India\u201d and \u201cMade-in-India\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Too much protest around hydel projects. But nation needs such projects.<\/li>\n<li>Should we allow these protests?<\/li>\n<li>Minerals mainly found in India<\/li>\n<li>Why is India poor despite being rich in minerals<\/li>\n<li>In which state XYZ mineral (don\u2019t recall) is abundantly found?<br \/>\n{I said sorry ma\u2019am I don\u2019t know. But she didn\u2019t hear my response.<\/li>\n<li>Chairperson sir was very attentively listening. He told M3 that the candidate is saying he doesn\u2019t know}<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Why media is called 4th pillar of democracy? Is it written in constitution (DAF Hobby)<\/li>\n<li>What are other 3 pillars of democracy<\/li>\n<li>Governors are sitting on bills passed by state legislature. {Here Chairperson sir told M4 that sir you gave a statement, what is your question for the candidate} M4 said he wants my view on the matter<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Since you follow US media websites, what are your observations of US society, media, etc vis-\u00e0-vis India<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>US media often portrays India in poor light. Do you think they are biased?<\/li>\n<li>Your experience in interview- Board was cordial. Chairperson sir was very attentive. He was listening to every question of other members<\/li>\n<li>Utility of mocks or O2O (if any)- Good for confidence building. But while mocks were heavily DAF based, in actual interview very little was asked from DAF<\/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: 6th March 2023; Afternoon session Board: Shri RN. Choubey Optional: Anthropology Hobbies: Reading about defence-related news Following news media websites of USA To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2022, visit this page Chairman Told me to remove mask if I\u2019ve no covid symptoms. I said I don\u2019t have, but I\u2019m suffering from&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-180-rn-choubey-board-anthropology-optional-reading-hobby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #180 : RN. 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