{"id":330938,"date":"2025-03-28T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T04:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=330938"},"modified":"2025-03-28T08:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T02:58:44","slug":"upsc-interview-2024-transcript-19-lt-gen-raj-shukla-sir-board-karnataka-home-state-vipassana-meditation-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2024-transcript-19-lt-gen-raj-shukla-sir-board-karnataka-home-state-vipassana-meditation-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2024] \u2013 Transcript #19: Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir Board, Karnataka Home State, Vipassana meditation Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 24\/03\/25, 1st to go ~40 mins<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Karnataka<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> civil engineering<br \/>\n<strong>Hobby:<\/strong> Vipassana meditation<br \/>\n<strong>DAF keywords-<\/strong> Urban planning, civil engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, eco sustainable building ,Rubik&#8217;s cube, Vipassana meditation<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2024,\u00a0<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. Where are you from?<br \/>\n2. Do you the know debate about ship vs chips?( Sir explained it in depth)<br \/>\n3. Asked major reasons for this debate?<br \/>\n4. Why chinese are setting up trend in every field, be it defence, technology,trade( debate went on to china vs US)<br \/>\n5. Why Trumps wants to take over panama,Canada, Green land?<br \/>\n6. Do you think India neglected the maritime domain in its defence strategy and why?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong> &#8211; long discussion about Bengaluru and issues<\/h2>\n<p>1.List out problems in Bengaluru<br \/>\n2. about water scarcity and cause<br \/>\n3. About flooding<br \/>\n4. About traffic management<br \/>\n5. About Solid waste management<br \/>\n6. How to solve these problems as a civil engineer<br \/>\n7. As a administrator<br \/>\n8. Cauvery issue<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong> &#8211; Was smiling whole time<\/h2>\n<p>Do you watch cricket?( Not in my DAF)<br \/>\nI said , yes sir sometimes<\/p>\n<p>1. Which one is better T20 or Test tell me three merits and demerits ( stopped me to merits only<br \/>\n2. Why ipl has done well compared to other series &#8211; a debate on some points about superstars<br \/>\n3. What are its implications<br \/>\n4. Rubik&#8217;s cube and it&#8217;s benefits<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Who is Basavanna?<br \/>\n2. What are his teachings<br \/>\n3. Tell me unique things about Vipassana?<br \/>\n4. How did it help you?<br \/>\n5. Delimitation debate<br \/>\n6. Do you think it will be injustice to Southern states if implemented as per new census<br \/>\n7. One vote one value ,art 82 mandates!!<br \/>\n8. When was last delimitation done<br \/>\n9. What should we do now.?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong> &#8211; Was preparing questions on the DAF whole time<\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately sir had prepared questions on someone else&#8217;s DAF not mine!!!<\/p>\n<p>So he had to leave DAF and ask something outside due to shortage of time ( only one topic asked)<\/p>\n<p>1.Tell me about rooftop solar scheme<br \/>\n( I could not recollect data)<br \/>\n2. Why it is not successful &#8211; reasons<br \/>\n3. Why there is disparity among states (GJ,TN,RJ,KA. have done relatively better)<br \/>\n4. What are the solutions?<br \/>\n5. Is subsidy enough?<\/p>\n<p>Sir was thinking another question but Chaiman sir intervened<br \/>\nOk your interview is over you can go now<\/p>\n<p>Overall cordial board<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mocks &#8211;<\/strong> Samkalp, Sri Ram,only ias ,vajiram,Vajiro and Reddy,KSG,Vision and others<\/p>\n<p>One on one: Basu sir, Vivekananda sir,Mahesh M Bhagawat sir and SOMP<\/p>\n<p>Discussion with friends helped a lot.<br \/>\nOne on one helped to improve answering skills<br \/>\nWhile mocks set the tone for facing fear of interview<\/p>\n<p>Greatful all for the support from friends, mentors and the community<\/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:\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: 24\/03\/25, 1st to go ~40 mins Board: Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir Home State: Karnataka Background: civil engineering Hobby: Vipassana meditation DAF keywords- Urban planning, civil engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, eco sustainable building ,Rubik&#8217;s cube, Vipassana meditation To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2024,\u00a0visit this page Chairman 1. 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