{"id":288879,"date":"2024-04-05T13:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T08:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=288879"},"modified":"2024-04-05T11:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T05:43:41","slug":"upsc-interview-2023-transcript-176-dinesh-dasa-board-physics-optional-bihar-home-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2023-transcript-176-dinesh-dasa-board-physics-optional-bihar-home-state\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2023] \u2013 Transcript #176: Dinesh Dasa Board, Physics Optional, Bihar Home State,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 01\/03\/2024<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Dinesh Dasa Sir<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Physics<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Bihar<br \/>\nAfternoon Session, 3rd to go<br \/>\n<strong>Medium of Interview:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAF Pointers:<\/strong> B. Tech,\u00a0 IIT Delhi (2020), Katihar, Bihar, Physics Optional, Research Internships, University of Sydney, University of Groningen, HPAIR Conference Harvard University<\/p>\n<p>Nothing else was asked from DAF (5-6 more pointers like contemporary dance, cricket, NSS, etc.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attempts:<\/strong> 3rd, 2nd Mains, 2nd Interview (Not recommended earlier)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service Preference: I<\/strong>AS-IPS-IFS-IRS<\/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>\u2043 You are from Katihar, done your B. Tech. from IIT Delhi have done internships in Sydney, Groningen and attended Harvard conference, now tell me: while arguing in a Supreme Court case examining state\u2019s right to identify backward classes, one of the lawyers argued that it will lead to the balkanisation of the caste list. What do you mean by balkanisation and what is your opinion on that?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 3 global problems that the world is facing<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Non-state actors in India<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Are Khaps non state actors?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 1-2 more questions I am forgetting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\u2043 How are you?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Explain Physics, Engineering and Engineering Physics.<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Tell me what all things you did in Sydney, Groningen and Harvard. More conversation on this<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 What all did you learn from your research experience?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 We have been focussing on cutting edge research while we still face the issue of poverty, hunger, etc. Do we really need that? Good- said the member.<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Is Russia a European power or an Asian power.<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Sweden became the 32nd member to join NATO. What can be the implications<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Was it correct for EU and NATO countries to jump to support Ukraine in the war<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 1-2 more questions on Russia (No no this wasn\u2019t Russia PSC exam)<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 In the starting, how many members were there in EU? I said I am not aware.<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 A country has constantly been applying for EU membership but hasn\u2019t been granted yet. Which country is that and what are the reasons behind the same?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 You talked about the role of non-state actors in the north east region of India, what problems did non-state actors posed to USA in the aftermath of 2003 Iraq invasion? I said I do not have sufficient knowledge about Iraq issue.<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 What is I2U2? What are the focus areas? Do you think after the events of 7th October, the grouping has been jeopardised?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Groningen or Netherlands in particular has this culture of bicycles, problems of it being implemented in Delhi? Can shifting to bicycles help the problem of poor AQI in Delhi? Have you gone through the AQI study conducted by IIT Delhi? Good- said the member.<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Asked about some traditional rainwater harvesting system which I was unaware of and said that I do not know, similarly one question on Green Term Deposit Scheme.<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Which book did you read last, apart from your preparation books?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 What is constitution? What is the role of constitution?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 What is Free Movement Regime? Is it still there?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 How can we improve the efficiency of public service delivery? Good- said the member.<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 As a District Magistrate of Katihar, what will you do?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 What are the powers of Zila Panchayat?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 What was the 73rd CAA?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 How are PRIs working in Bihar\/Katihar?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 How often do you visit Katihar? What changes have you observed?<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 You did your schooling from Scottish Public School? Is it still affiliated to Scotland? I said there was never any connection. So they just named it like that, interesting. Smiled and the chairperson said thank you.<\/li>\n<li>\u2043 Few supplementary questions in between which I can\u2019t recall.<\/li>\n<li>A significant difference with mocks was that they gave sufficient time to speak without interrupting at all, only to be seen in Vision Bureaucratic Mock.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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: 01\/03\/2024 Board: Dinesh Dasa Sir Optional: Physics Home State: Bihar Afternoon Session, 3rd to go Medium of Interview: English DAF Pointers: B. Tech,\u00a0 IIT Delhi (2020), Katihar, Bihar, Physics Optional, Research Internships, University of Sydney, University of Groningen, HPAIR Conference Harvard University Nothing else was asked from DAF (5-6 more pointers like&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2023-transcript-176-dinesh-dasa-board-physics-optional-bihar-home-state\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2023] \u2013 Transcript #176: Dinesh Dasa Board, Physics 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":[11775,2970,11911,11910,8812],"class_list":["post-288879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-11775","tag-bihar","tag-dinesh_dasa2023","tag-interview_transcript2023","tag-physics","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288879","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=288879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}