{"id":240386,"date":"2023-05-02T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T02:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=240386"},"modified":"2023-05-01T12:33:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T07:03:16","slug":"upsc-interview-2022-transcript-284-manoj-soni-board-public-administration-optional-uttar-pradesh-home-state-poetry-blogging-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-284-manoj-soni-board-public-administration-optional-uttar-pradesh-home-state-poetry-blogging-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #284 : Manoj Soni Board, Public Administration Optional, Uttar Pradesh Home State, poetry, blogging Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 10 April 2023<br \/>\n<strong>Board: <\/strong>Manoj Soni Sir<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Public Administration<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> Electrical Engineering ( NIT Dgp )<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Uttar Pradesh<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Writing poetry, blogging<br \/>\n<strong>Other daf keywords:<\/strong> Taekwondo, job in cement sector, home district.<\/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<p>1. Remove mask to check and match photograph. Then gave choice to keep mask on or remove it. I kept it on.<br \/>\n2. Are you a poet who is engineer or an engineer who is poet ? ( I tried to be diplomatic but he said to be straight).<br \/>\n3. Recite the poem you wrote. ( Done)<br \/>\n4. ( Based on poem) Other seems like you have a negative view of the society why so negative ? ( I said not negative but hopeful, some counter questions)<br \/>\n5. Said let&#8217;s change the topic, then he asked about Jammu Kashmir incident where some stone Peltor was tied to army vehicle as human shield. Agree or disagree. ( He started grilling on my opinion, some counter questions ).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Up is a big state but when compared to many southern states it is not doing so well economically, what could be the reasons and what would you do to make it better ?<br \/>\n2. What do you think about panchayat Raj? How is panchayat performing on your village ?<br \/>\n3. (Based on last answer) What changes have you seen in your village on last 5 years where panchayat had a role ?<br \/>\n4. (Based on last ans) How panchayat helps farmers in village?<br \/>\n5. If given charge of your district what are the key areas you would work on ?<br \/>\n6. Since I pointed agriculture, she asked about credit problem for farmers and what is being done about it ?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. &#8220;Leaders are one who do right things while managers are one who do things rightly. Also leaders are made not born.&#8221; Your views and who in your view is a leader.<br \/>\n( Chair intruptted that it&#8217;s a fine question but you should not take name of any political leader).<br \/>\n2. Since you worked in pvt sector , give any anecdote where you had shown leadership quality in workplace. (Told one experience).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>(He was very chilled out <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji emoji-small\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/webogram.org\/a\/img-apple-64\/1f605.png?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude05\" data-path=\".\/img-apple-64\/1f605.png\" \/>)<\/p>\n<p>1. Since you have public administration as optional, in UP panchayat there is a phenomenon of &#8220;Pradhan Pati&#8221;. What do you thing what would you do to remove it ?<br \/>\n2. In your district there is a problem of soil erosion due to a river. It happenes every year . Given charge of your district what would you do to prevent it ?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Started with some of his experience related to &#8220;sarpanch pati&#8221; then without asking anything gave his opinion that its deep rooted and requires societal change (which I had covered in answer already so I agreed and nodded).<br \/>\n2. What happened in joshimath ?<br \/>\n3. What is land subsidence ?<br \/>\n4. Some big hydro plant is there and also Himalayas are bit fragile what other places are on radar after joshimath ? ( I couldn&#8217;t remember so said don&#8217;t know)<br \/>\n5. ( Jumped to daf) You did taekwondo. Did you get any belt ?<br \/>\n6. Were you able to continue taekwondo after an year of mandatory course?<br \/>\n7. What about blogging ? What do you write about ?<br \/>\n8. (Based on last answer) Why should people be interested to read about your life or views . Would you read about my life or views if I start blogging? ( I said I would love you read and learn form your experience. He and others started laughing . He said you are saying this because I&#8217;m sitting here.) Then he again asserted why should people read your blog ?<br \/>\n9. (Situational question) Since your district faces some floods, suppose you are on a boat in floods which includes a pregnant lady, a young guy, an old man and a dog. Water starts getting inside the boat. You must let one go to save others . What would you do ?<br \/>\n10. ( Since I said I would save human life over others ) Would you not let old man go he has lived his life ? ( I said no).<\/p>\n<p><strong>CP:<\/strong> okay your interview is over, all the best, have a nice day and take care.<\/p>\n<p>Overall experience: Some grilling, daf and opinion based questions mostly.<\/p>\n<p>Mocks: (gave 4) Vajirao &gt; Unacademy &gt; Samkalp &gt; Rau.<br \/>\nO2O: Next and Ravindran sir.<\/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: 10 April 2023 Board: Manoj Soni Sir Optional: Public Administration Background: Electrical Engineering ( NIT Dgp ) Home State: Uttar Pradesh Hobbies: Writing poetry, blogging Other daf keywords: Taekwondo, job in cement sector, home district. 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