{"id":242022,"date":"2023-05-12T18:32:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T13:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=242022"},"modified":"2023-05-12T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T09:34:06","slug":"upsc-interview-2022-transcript-302-manoj-soni-board-anthropology-optional-kerala-home-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-302-manoj-soni-board-anthropology-optional-kerala-home-state\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #302 : Manoj Soni Board, Anthropology Optional, Kerala Home State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview: <\/strong>26\/04\/23 &#8211; 26th april 2023, afternoon<strong><br \/>\nBoard:<\/strong> Manoj Soni Sir<br \/>\n5th (second last to go)<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Kerala<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> Maths Hons<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Anthropology<br \/>\n<strong>DAF KEYWORDS:<\/strong> Pathanamthitta, Blood donation, skip a meal, flood<\/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>(pleasant, slow talking)<br \/>\n1. Confirmed my name<br \/>\n2. asked to remove mask to verify photo<br \/>\n3. asked about professional exp (said none &#8211; preparing since college)<br \/>\n4. You have done Social service in College, are you still doing it?<br \/>\n5. How much time were you involved in relief work after flood ?<br \/>\n6. what all did you do ?<br \/>\n7. what is skip a meal and blood donation camp<br \/>\n8. anthropology student &#8211; tell anthropologically about psyche of kerala people<br \/>\n9. you said syncretic culture, give some example<br \/>\n10. is kerala society stratified ? why a contradiction exist when it comes to caste discrimination, even after having so much syncretism<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. SWOT of Kerala &#8211; ended asking strength and weakness<br \/>\n2. Why low industry in kerala<br \/>\n3. what is unique about politics in kerala (referring to alternate LDF, UDF govt.?)<br \/>\n4. Has the BJP or the INC ever formed govt by itself in kerala ?<br \/>\n5. cascading tax<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Why flood constantly happening<br \/>\n2. what are backwater<br \/>\n3. mangroves in kerala and significance<br \/>\n4. general mathematics and quantitative mathematics<br \/>\n5. mathematical models<br \/>\n6. products coming from kerala<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Name spices from kerala<br \/>\n2. why rubber and coir industry successful in kerala<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. why is pamba river polluted ? ( district related )<br \/>\n2. does it merge into periyar<br \/>\n3. Bombay blood group<br \/>\n4. does blood group change during lifetime<br \/>\n5. mullaperiyar issue<br \/>\n6. fermats last theorem<br \/>\n7. divisibilty rule of 11<\/p>\n<p><strong>overall exp &#8211;<\/strong> very different from mocks, felt that importance given to how I was approaching questions and feedbacks. No Current affair questions. Apart from chair and M1 everybody else were expressionless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>mocks and utility &#8211;<\/strong> 4, 2 in Kerala, 2 in Delhi &#8211; best experience from Chahal academy who asked me DAF thoroughly , but actual interview was entirely different &#8211; confined to some topics and mostly a conversation. mocks help build confidence to face senior members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>O2O and utility &#8211;<\/strong> took many, before and after filling DAF. Helpful<\/p>\n<p>Peer mocks &#8211; took almost everyday, helped cover DAF nicely ( but ultimately board did ask questions not asked in any peer mock discussion )<\/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: 26\/04\/23 &#8211; 26th april 2023, afternoon Board: Manoj Soni Sir 5th (second last to go) Home State: Kerala Background: Maths Hons Optional: Anthropology DAF KEYWORDS: Pathanamthitta, Blood donation, skip a meal, flood To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2022, visit this page Chairman (pleasant, slow talking) 1. Confirmed my name 2. asked&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-302-manoj-soni-board-anthropology-optional-kerala-home-state\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #302 : Manoj Soni Board, Anthropology Optional, Kerala Home State<\/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":[11255,209,11254,1748,11312],"class_list":["post-242022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-11255","tag-anthropology","tag-interview_transcript2022","tag-kerala","tag-manoj_soni2022","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":5,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698477636},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242022","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=242022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}