{"id":331190,"date":"2025-03-29T17:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=331190"},"modified":"2025-03-29T11:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T06:10:29","slug":"upsc-interview-2024-transcript-29-lt-gen-raj-shukla-sir-board-mechanical-engineering-horse-riding-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2024-transcript-29-lt-gen-raj-shukla-sir-board-mechanical-engineering-horse-riding-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2024] \u2013 Transcript #29: Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir\u00a0Board, mechanical engineering, Horse riding Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 24-03-2025<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> mechanical engineering<br \/>\n<strong>Hobby:<\/strong> Horse riding<br \/>\nDAF: sainik school , mechanical engineering, NCC, NDA-NA, Mountaineering, horse riding , j Krishnamurthy&amp;Sadhguru, reading biographies.<\/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) Are you working currently?<br \/>\n3) when did you pass out ?<br \/>\n4) what have you been doing since ?<br \/>\nSir don&#8217;t seem to approve of the fact that one is only preparing for upsc without doing productive work ( rightly so) .<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1) you have mountaineering in your DAF . How did you develop interest and what did you learn ?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; all smile and very cordial .<\/p>\n<p>1) you have lot of sports in your DAF, Mam read DAF.<br \/>\n2) what is the oldest sport ?<br \/>\n3) most popular sport in the world ?<br \/>\n4) why football has not been as famous as cricket in India .<br \/>\n5) India with 1.4 billion people didn&#8217;t even win one gold in last <a class=\"text-entity-link word-break-all\" dir=\"auto\" title=\"https:\/\/olympics.how\/\" href=\"https:\/\/olympics.how\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityUrl\">olympics.how<\/a> do you explain that ?<br \/>\n6) If given power , what changes would you like to bring ?<br \/>\n7)Have you heard of groak ? What is it ?<br \/>\n8) have you heard of GIGO?<br \/>\n9) so you pursued ARMY , SPORTS and now CIVIL-SERVICES . you seems to be a jumper .<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>male member &#8211; listening intently all through the interview. And smile dancing at the corner of lips .<\/p>\n<p>1) How important is women empowerment for India ?<br \/>\n2) If you are made a DM, how would you address patriarchy?<br \/>\n3) you are little abstract here( sociology theory ) . Could you give me more concrete answer?<br \/>\n( Schemes ) .<br \/>\n4) what is your take on free bus service and ladki bahin scheme ?<br \/>\n5) they say it is empowering, but you say fiscally not prudent ? ( Small discussion ) .<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>very energetic and enthusiastic.<\/p>\n<p>1) tell me 10 things you would teach young mountaineers on their first day ?<br \/>\n2)what couse did you do and where ?<br \/>\n3) You are from Andhra Pradesh . What is the economic profile of your state ?<br \/>\n4) You have not mentioned shipbuilding in vizag ? What share does it constitute? (No idea ) .<br \/>\n5) given such high dependency on agriculture &#8211; how is your state planning on growth ? ( Technology)<br \/>\n6) what are the current challenges and breakthrough in quantum computing.<br \/>\n7) where are we as a nation ? Did we make any progress?<br \/>\n9) so , we are still in discussion stage?<br \/>\n10) what would happen when quantum tech gets integrated with AI .<\/p>\n<p>Gave over to chairman sir<\/p>\n<p>1) will quantum computing challenge AI?<br \/>\n2) No &#8211; it will replace AI immediately.<br \/>\n3) how long will India take to catch up with China and USA ( 10-20 years )<br \/>\n4) No , if we start now , then it will take 10-20 years . we are yet to start.<br \/>\n5) young engineers like you should be bold and question government.<br \/>\nThe future is yours . Ask where is our deepseek , quantum tech ?<br \/>\n6) tell me something about deepseek .<br \/>\n7)why did we not develop one ?<br \/>\n8) what&#8217;s stopping private sector participation ? ( Me :Regulations)<br \/>\nHa yes .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairman: <\/strong>your interview is over . You can leave .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opinion:<\/strong> Interview started on a sticky wicket but seems to improve as it progressed (In debt of M2 Lady member) . One needs to hold their nerve in stressful situations and not make any judgements .<\/p>\n<p>Thankyou. All the very best to everyone <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"open emoji emoji-small\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/web.telegram.org\/a\/img-apple-64\/1f642.png?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude42\" data-path=\".\/img-apple-64\/1f642.png\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mocks:<\/strong> vajiram, unacademy, Tathasthu helpful .<\/p>\n<p><strong>O2O-<\/strong> venkat mohan sir , Ravindran sir , Mahesh Bhagat sir interaction are of good help .<\/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: 24-03-2025 Board: Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir Background: mechanical engineering Hobby: Horse riding DAF: sainik school , mechanical engineering, NCC, NDA-NA, Mountaineering, horse riding , j Krishnamurthy&amp;Sadhguru, reading biographies. 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