{"id":284358,"date":"2024-02-24T16:23:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T10:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=284358"},"modified":"2024-02-24T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T10:57:16","slug":"upsc-interview-2023-transcript-111-bidyut-behari-swain-board-geography-optional-madhya-pradesh-home-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2023-transcript-111-bidyut-behari-swain-board-geography-optional-madhya-pradesh-home-state\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2023] \u2013 Transcript #111: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Geography Optional, Madhya Pradesh Home State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 7feb, forenoon<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong>\u00a0Bidyut Behari Swain<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Geography<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Madhya Pradesh<\/p>\n<p><strong>College:<\/strong> Rani Durgavati University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduation:<\/strong> no questions on grad subjects<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daf pointers:<\/strong> Reflective diary writing, nature photography, Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, discipline<\/p>\n<p>Edsarrthi Student<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2023,\u00a0<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><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Tell about nature photography<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Who are some of the famous nature photographers in India<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>What do you write in your diary<\/li>\n<li>When have you started writing diary.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier what was your hobby.<\/li>\n<li>There is a famous book by a diarist, do you know about it (I told about Anne Frank&#8217;s book of world war 2 time)<\/li>\n<li>After world war 2, there has been no such war but in recent times some war situations in the world. Can you list it out.<\/li>\n<li>What is the situation in Israel-Hamas conflict and impact on India.<\/li>\n<li>What is India&#8217;s stand in it?<\/li>\n<li>Which countries have suspended aid to Palestine and why<\/li>\n<li>Tell about houthi attacks and its impact on India.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>What are the limitations of NEP 2020?<\/li>\n<li>Comparison of impact of cyclones and storms in Puerto Rico and Haiti and mangroves situation there.<\/li>\n<li>Tell about tropical rainforests.<\/li>\n<li>Discussion on the divisions of latitudes (Tropics, sub-tropics and temperates)<\/li>\n<li>What type of camera and lens you use for photography<\/li>\n<li>Does it have good picture quality. What kind of photos do you take, do you travel to different places for it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Who was Rani durgavati (some discussion on it)<\/li>\n<li>Naxal situation in Balaghat, MP- its origin and what is the situation now<\/li>\n<li>What is the state animal of MP. Where is it found in MP<\/li>\n<li>Which special kind of species is found in Kanha National park<\/li>\n<li>USA has been interfering in different scenarios like attacking on Iran, its stand in Israel. What is the reason for it<\/li>\n<li>US actions on attacks on India&#8217;s human rights situation (USTR report) despite having good relations economically. what could be the reason for it. what can be done?<\/li>\n<li>India has increased its oil import from Russia after the war with Ukraine which has attracted criticisms that India is funding the war. What is your take on this.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>What will you do if you see your subordinates coming late to the office every day (discipline related)<\/li>\n<li>Work from home- what is your stand should it be allowed in government offices (some follow up questions)<\/li>\n<li>Monsoon prediction in India and its drawbacks. What is the solution.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>*Rest I am unable to recall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairperson-<\/strong> Thank you, you interview is over now<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall<\/strong> experience was good and the board was very cordial. It was more like a discussion rather than just an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Time was approx 25 to 30 min<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mocks:<\/strong> vajiram and ravi, next ias, ed sarrthi were good, vajirao and reddy was okay, ksg(not much effective).<\/p>\n<p><strong>One to one:<\/strong> Ravindran sir (vajiram) Daf discussion and strategy session by Utkarsh sir were useful.<\/p>\n<p>Mocks give you confidence to speak infront of the board, give it only for practice. Take only those suggestions that are genuine.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this transcript helps you.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/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 2024:\u00a0<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: 7feb, forenoon Board:\u00a0Bidyut Behari Swain Optional: Geography Home State: Madhya Pradesh College: Rani Durgavati University Graduation: no questions on grad subjects Daf pointers: Reflective diary writing, nature photography, Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, discipline Edsarrthi Student To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2023,\u00a0visit this page Chairman Tell about nature photography Who are some of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2023-transcript-111-bidyut-behari-swain-board-geography-optional-madhya-pradesh-home-state\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2023] \u2013 Transcript #111: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Geography Optional, Madhya Pradesh 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":[1],"tags":[11775,11927,10758,80,11910,4563,7971],"class_list":["post-284358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-11775","tag-bb_swain2023","tag-diary-writing","tag-geography","tag-interview_transcript2023","tag-madhya-pradesh","tag-photography","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284358","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=284358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}