{"id":330876,"date":"2025-03-26T16:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=330876"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:54:07","slug":"upsc-interview-2024-transcript-9-bidyut-behari-swain-board-psir-optional-tamilnadu-home-state-cricket-indian-football-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2024-transcript-9-bidyut-behari-swain-board-psir-optional-tamilnadu-home-state-cricket-indian-football-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2024] \u2013 Transcript #9: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, PSIR Optional, Tamilnadu Home State, cricket, Indian football Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 25\/03\/2025<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong>\u00a0Bidyut Behari Swain<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> PSIR<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> law graduation<br \/>\n<strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> cricket, Indian football, tamil movies<br \/>\n<strong>Daf keywords:<\/strong> Tamilnadu, Chennai, law graduation, cricket, Indian football, tamil movies, parliamentary debate Organising committee.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#it2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Recent tamil movie you watched<br \/>\n2. Describe the movie.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. You studied in VIT, tell me what role did Vellore play in India\u2019s history?<br \/>\n2. You follow only Indian football?<br \/>\n3. Name top 3 international footballers at present<br \/>\n4. Prominent Indian footballer at present<br \/>\n5. what steps will you take to improve indian football?<br \/>\n6. Suppose there is a communal riot in the place of your posting- what steps will you take?<br \/>\n7. Your take on internet bans? It\u2019s not used much in western democracies, dont you think we\u2019re using internet bans a lot?<br \/>\n8. Who has the power to issue internet ban orders?<br \/>\n9. Do you think tech is actually helpful to education?<br \/>\n10. Only PPTs are used by teachers, is there any real use of tech in education?<br \/>\n11. Sweden has decided to go back to physical books instead of ebooks and tech based education for children. Do you think India also should take such a step? (I stood by my decision of complementing tech with physical books)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. You watch only tamil movies?<br \/>\n2. Cinema actors coming into politics. And they\u2019ve been successful also to some extent. Whats the reason behind this?<br \/>\n3. Why is it not that successful in Hindi-speaking regions?<br \/>\n4. How did tamil speaking population\/ tamil language spread across the globe?<br \/>\n5. Whats the secret behind Afghanistan becoming a successful cricketing nation despite all its domestic challenges?<br \/>\n6. You\u2019ve been in Delhi preparing for the exam?<br \/>\n7. You\u2019ve taken coaching for this exam. How can we be sure that your answers are genuine and not the ones taught by coaching institutes?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Do you think India should go for Presidential system?<br \/>\n2. Why shouldn\u2019t we go for it?<br \/>\n3. We see in the news that your state is opposed to some policies related to language, etc., what advice will you give to the Govt., to successfully implement such policies in the state?<br \/>\n4. What are some challenges faced by a young advocate?<br \/>\n5. Why is the term \u201cfirst generation lawyer\u201d\u00a0 often used in legal circles, unlike other professions like doctors, engineers, etc?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. You were talking about Amrit Kaal. What do we mean by it?<br \/>\n2. What steps do you think India should take in the Amrit Kaal?<br \/>\n3. How much percentage of the population is addicted to drugs? (Said idk)<br \/>\n4.\u00a0Dont you think state legislative assemblies are becoming less deliberative off late?<br \/>\n5. What can be done about it?<br \/>\nHeard about PM-Wani scheme? (politely said that I\u2019ve read about it, but unable to recall at the moment and she moved on to next question)<br \/>\n6. Issues faced by women representatives\/leaders in panchayats in India?<br \/>\n7. What do you think are the reasons why elected women leaders are not given due respect by govt officers\/ village level officers?<br \/>\n8. And lastly, tell me.. What is a file? (thought for a second and she added more context to it) Imagine a file is kept in front of you and what will go on your mind immediately?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairperson:<\/strong><br \/>\nOkay Dwight, you may leave now. Best of luck!<\/p>\n<p><ins data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityUnderline\">Mocks<\/ins>: around 10. Vajiram, Chahal, Only ias, Sriram, shankar, vision, samkalp, unacademy, etc.<br \/>\n<ins data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityUnderline\">O2O<\/ins>: Ravindran sir, Shubham Aggarwal sir (Vidyapeeth), Mahesh Bhagwat sir, Manju Seth (IFS) Ma\u2019am, Dharmadhikari sir.<br \/>\nWould like to thank Mahesh sir and Shubham sir especially for their detailed feedback and help in refining my answers..<br \/>\nBoard was very welcoming and cordial, especially BB Swain sir. It was more like a conversation, rather than an interview. Great experience overall.. Setup was totally different than the ones you find in mocks. Given my best, lets hope for the best! And best of luck to fellow aspirants<\/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 2025: <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: 25\/03\/2025 Board:\u00a0Bidyut Behari Swain Optional: PSIR Background: law graduation Hobbies: cricket, Indian football, tamil movies Daf keywords: Tamilnadu, Chennai, law graduation, cricket, Indian football, tamil movies, parliamentary debate Organising committee. To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2024, visit this page Chairman 1. Recent tamil movie you watched 2. Describe the movie. 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