{"id":242034,"date":"2023-05-15T14:17:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T08:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=242034"},"modified":"2023-05-13T12:31:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T07:01:55","slug":"upsc-interview-2022-transcript-314-manoj-soni-board-anthropology-optional-bihar-home-state-mountain-trekking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2022-transcript-314-manoj-soni-board-anthropology-optional-bihar-home-state-mountain-trekking\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2022] \u2013 Transcript #314 : Manoj Soni Board, Anthropology Optional, Bihar Home State, Mountain Trekking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 27\/04\/2023, Afternoon Session, 1st to go<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Manoj Soni Sir<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Anthropology (No Questions)<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Patna, Bihar<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi<br \/>\nWorking with an influencer marketing platform<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Mountain Trekking<\/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 does your company do?<\/li>\n<li>What are your roles and responsibilities there and how do you approach them there?<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s a very interesting and relatively new field. Recently there was a controversy around the same with the company Cadbury, are you aware of this? (Was talking about the Bournvita social media post incident)<\/li>\n<li>Does your company also get involved in legal battles like this?<\/li>\n<li>India is chasing the target of a 5 trillion economy but took a setback because of the Pandemic, like all other countries also did. What in your opinion can we do to achieve that target quickly and easily? &#8211; (Discussed a bit around the need to integrate ourselves more with the global value supply chain, gave a few examples as well)<\/li>\n<li>I wish we had more to time to discuss this more, but due to paucity of time I will have to pass on to other board members<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Have you read the epic Ramayana or seen the program?Are you aware of the character Urmila there?<\/li>\n<li>What is your opinion about the thought that She is one of the most underappreciated characters of the epic?<\/li>\n<li>Which country has the best companies in the field of Chemical technology research?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think in India we have a segregation between the core chemical industry and the fuel based industry?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>How many crores are there in a trillion?<\/li>\n<li>You are from Bihar, have you heard of the \u201cMountain man of Bihar\u201d? What did he do? Where did he do it? Did he succeed?<\/li>\n<li>Tiktok was banned in India but we still see some videos from Tiktok<\/li>\n<li>circulating? What is the reason? Has the ban been lifted or have they circumvented the rules to operate?<\/li>\n<li>What happened to the people who were on TikTok in India? Are they not using such apps now?<\/li>\n<li>What is your opinion on the statement that the whole Social Media industry is going to disappear in the near future?<\/li>\n<li>But there is an example of MySpace which at one time was a prominent company but disappeared?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Are mountaineering and trekking the same thing?<\/li>\n<li>What was Lucknow Pact?<\/li>\n<li>Have you heard of SEBI? What does it do?<\/li>\n<li>How does it oversee the securities and trading markets?<\/li>\n<li>Name me some Small Savings Schemes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Is your company in any way involved in the work of Chemical Engineering also?<\/li>\n<li>With such an increased use of Social media, there is loss of money for parents<\/li>\n<li>whose kids overuse it, what would you say?<\/li>\n<li>Are there ill effects of Social Media?<\/li>\n<li>Are there also psychological impacts of Social media?<\/li>\n<li>I was surprised when you said about European companies doing best<\/li>\n<li>Chemical Technology research when we have companies in Gujarat and<\/li>\n<li>Hyderabad doing world class work in manufacturing of chemicals?<\/li>\n<li>A brief monologue on Chemical disaster in India; What chemicals leaked in<\/li>\n<li>Bhopal and Vizag tragedies?<\/li>\n<li>What are the reasons for such accidents in India?<\/li>\n<li>What is the status of compensation to be given to people who were impacted in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairman:<\/strong> Your interview is over, Thanks a lot!<\/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: 27\/04\/2023, Afternoon Session, 1st to go Board: Manoj Soni Sir Optional: Anthropology (No Questions) Home State: Patna, Bihar Background: Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi Working with an influencer marketing platform Hobbies: Mountain Trekking To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2022, visit this page Chairman What does your company do? 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