{"id":286177,"date":"2024-03-09T17:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=286177"},"modified":"2024-03-09T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T05:31:03","slug":"upsc-interview-2023-transcript-139-sanjay-verma-sir-board-anthropology-optional-uttar-pradesh-home-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2023-transcript-139-sanjay-verma-sir-board-anthropology-optional-uttar-pradesh-home-state\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2023] \u2013 Transcript #139: Sanjay Verma Sir Board, Anthropology Optional, Uttar Pradesh Home State,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 20 Feb, 2024<strong><br \/>\nBoard:<\/strong> Sanjay Verma Sir<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Anthropology<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Uttar Pradesh<br \/>\nSecond last to go<br \/>\nAfternoon session<br \/>\n<strong>Pointers-<\/strong> BTech Mtech (ME), Anthropology, Deputy Collector (UP), 5th attempt first interview, small island nations, podcast, online gaming<\/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>-Tell me any film song you listened to recently<\/li>\n<li>(I was blank but I told one, he asked about singer, I said Sukhwinder Singh ji, then sir asked is he still singing\ud83d\ude01)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; What is government\u2019s stance wrt Online gaming<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; How would you aware parents to allow their children to play games<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Benefit of online gaming for india<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Asked about some linkage between Gandhi and his views wrt gaming (politely said sorry)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8211; So you conducted panchayat elections as a RO, how would you ensure participation of disabled people<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; What about blind people?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; What are small island nations<\/li>\n<li>(Chairman sir interrupted and asked whether Mauritius is an SIDS and what about Australia. I answered wrt World Bank Group definition, he looked satisfied)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Which county did you got and what you spoke about it (I talked about Nauru and it\u2019s challenges)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8211; Asked a few judiciary terms (said sorry)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; What are the three things you will do for UP<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Some discussion about tribes in UP<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8211; Online gaming, what is the yardstick to decide which type of games allowed and otherwise<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Asked about the real money games (I quoted Honourable SC judgement\/opinion regarding it)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; About Deputy collectors court work, why pendency of cases, digitisation of land records<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>-About Gorakhpur- challenges<\/li>\n<li>-India Nepal border issues<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Asked me to answer in very practical way to tackle Nepal border issue<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; One district one product of Gorakhpur<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Steps to promote<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8211; About ODOP and how to bridge the producer consumer gap (ONDC etc)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; How to make sure ODOPs are in line with present fashion<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Raw materials, etc<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chairman sir-<\/strong> (well we have 3-4 mins left I will ask you two more questions)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; asked my opinion about how MNGREGs could be used for Swachh Bharat Mission<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; what if I get posted in a small place in North East<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member 3-<\/strong> interrupted<\/p>\n<p>Asked will you leave UP?<\/p>\n<p>(I said sir for me the entire country is mine and I would be honoured to serve it irrespective of the cadre)<\/p>\n<p>Smiled and said that\u2019s admirable \ud83c\udf88<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall-<\/strong> very cordial board, allowed me to speak, members were looking satisfied and kept acknowledging my answers. I kept my confidence high and didn\u2019t budge. Rest is in the hands of Almighty!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mocks-<\/strong> gave around 14-15 (offline+online)- Vajiram, Vajirao, Samkalp, Chahal were good<\/p>\n<p>Zoom session conducted by Utkarsh sir( Edsarthi) and last moment pep talk by him helped me to keep calm and practical<\/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: 20 Feb, 2024 Board: Sanjay Verma Sir Optional: Anthropology Home State: Uttar Pradesh Second last to go Afternoon session Pointers- BTech Mtech (ME), Anthropology, Deputy Collector (UP), 5th attempt first interview, small island nations, podcast, online gaming Edsarrthi Student To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2023,\u00a0visit this page Chairman -Tell me any&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2023-transcript-139-sanjay-verma-sir-board-anthropology-optional-uttar-pradesh-home-state\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2023] \u2013 Transcript #139: Sanjay Verma Sir Board, Anthropology Optional, Uttar 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":[11775,209,11910,11941,2183],"class_list":["post-286177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-11775","tag-anthropology","tag-interview_transcript2023","tag-sanjay_verma2023","tag-uttar-pradesh","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286177","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=286177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}