{"id":288480,"date":"2024-03-30T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T10:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=288480"},"modified":"2025-03-29T10:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T05:21:52","slug":"upsc-interview-2023-transcript-168-dinesh-dasa-board-sociology-optional-bihar-home-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2023-transcript-168-dinesh-dasa-board-sociology-optional-bihar-home-state\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2023] \u2013 Transcript #168: Dinesh Dasa Board, Sociology Optional, Bihar Home State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 29\/02\/2024<br \/>\n<strong>Board: <\/strong>Hon\u2019ble Dinesh Dasa Sir<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Sociology<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Bihar<br \/>\n<strong>Session:<\/strong> afternoon, 2nd last to go (interview began at 4:45 pm)<br \/>\n<strong 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);\">Places mentioned:<\/strong><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);\"> Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand, Bengaluru<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Work profile: <\/strong>Tech Consulting (Big 4); Dept Collector\/SDM (Bihar)<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Audiobooks of Autobiographies (others were not asked)<\/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<p><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);\"> Greetings exchanged, asked about how I was<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How would you like to introduce yourself?<\/li>\n<li>In which Five Year Plans were steel plants given an impetus?<\/li>\n<li>What were the steel plants set up along with Bokaro steel Plant? (I mentioned Durgapur, Salem, Rourkela)<\/li>\n<li>What about Vishakahapatnam Plant ( I said yes sir that one as well)<\/li>\n<li>Does Vizag steel plant come under SAIL? ( I was not sure, later found it comes under RINL)<\/li>\n<li>What is the importance of steel for a nation?<\/li>\n<li>Tell me the difference between Civil services neutrality, policy neutrality and program neutrality<\/li>\n<li>What is difference between climate positive and climate positive areas (I said I can answer in layman\u2019s terms, he permitted that)<\/li>\n<li>Can you explain functionalism and neo-functionalism?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>You\u2019ve already got SDM in Bihar, if you get IPS (Manipur) which one will you choose? Tell me honestly<\/li>\n<li>Compare DPS Bokaro with public schools of Bokaro<\/li>\n<li>Which audiobooks have you recently listened to?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think increased interest in Audiobooks has led to a decline in reading, or are they continuing parallely?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>What was your role at your company?<\/li>\n<li>Tell me about problems of labour in mining areas and what are the provisions in labour law to address them (I had no clue about the exact provisions, however I mentioned the one of the 4 labour codes that mention about Hazardous activities)<\/li>\n<li>Do know about the Factories Act? (I said had a faint idea, so he did not ask further)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>You\u2019ve studied Data Management, did also learn about managing Big Data?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know about the isthumus of Kra?<\/li>\n<li>What is its importance for India?<\/li>\n<li>Since you have sociology as your optional, do you know about Totalitarianism?<\/li>\n<li>How does a totalitarian state impact the agriculture of a nation, can you recall any examples (No clue)<\/li>\n<li>Do you know about the \u201cGreat Leap Forward\u201d (No clue)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Tell me about BIMSTEC.<\/li>\n<li>How does G20 as an organisation influence global governance ? (I mentioned about declarations that allow for national rules on common foundation)<\/li>\n<li>Does the G20 bring out rules or declarations (I said declarations, which facilitate rules)<\/li>\n<li>Tell me 4 outcomes of the G20 summit (I could remember only 3, said sorry after that)<\/li>\n<li>Was IMEC a main outcome or was it finalised on the sidelines ( I said I was not sure )<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>you interview is over. You can go<\/p>\n<p>I thanked the panel and left.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total duration &#8211;<\/strong> 22-24 mins<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience-<\/strong> It was great experience, all the anxiety got subdued once\u00a0 I was in front of the board<\/p>\n<p><strong>Board &#8211;<\/strong> The board maintained a pleasant demeanour, were observing keenly. Dasa sir had a neutral expressions, other members were smiling, nodding and were quite expressive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mocks utility &#8211;<\/strong> Vision IAS &#8211; good<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Samkalp ( sitting arrangement)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; OnlyIAS and NextIAS were very good<\/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: 29\/02\/2024 Board: Hon\u2019ble Dinesh Dasa Sir Optional: Sociology Home State: Bihar Session: afternoon, 2nd last to go (interview began at 4:45 pm) Places mentioned: Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand, Bengaluru Work profile: Tech Consulting (Big 4); Dept Collector\/SDM (Bihar) Hobbies: Audiobooks of Autobiographies (others were not asked) To view all IAS Interview Transcripts&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2023-transcript-168-dinesh-dasa-board-sociology-optional-bihar-home-state\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2023] \u2013 Transcript #168: Dinesh Dasa Board, Sociology Optional, Bihar 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":[11775,2970,11911,11910,1691],"class_list":["post-288480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-11775","tag-bihar","tag-dinesh_dasa2023","tag-interview_transcript2023","tag-sociology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288480","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=288480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}