{"id":333368,"date":"2025-04-19T11:28:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T05:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=333368"},"modified":"2025-04-19T11:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T05:58:38","slug":"upsc-interview-2024-transcript-88-dinesh-dasa-sir-board-standup-comedy-ifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2024-transcript-88-dinesh-dasa-sir-board-standup-comedy-ifs\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Interview 2024] \u2013 Transcript #88: Dinesh Dasa Sir Board, Standup comedy, IFS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 8th April.<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Dinesh Dasa Sir<br \/>\n<strong>Key DAF details:<\/strong> EVS, MOSJE, water purification, standup comedy, IFS<br \/>\nQuestions asked:<\/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>How can we balance FOSE and people&#8217;s sentiments wrt standup comedy?<br \/>\nGandhiji comes to Ahmedabad after a long time and sees that a huge flyover has been built. What would be his reaction\/thoughts?<br \/>\nShould the government subsidize ACs, given they are a necessity now?<br \/>\nWho is your favorite philosopher? (Optional)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Which state were you assigned at MOSJE? (Worked as a state coordinator)<br \/>\nWhat was your work?<br \/>\nWhat did you learn?<br \/>\nHow did you identify fake beneficiaries?<br \/>\nGive 3 examples of how cognitive science can be used in administration. (DAF)<br \/>\nHow can we improve water security? (DAF)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Why has india not signed the refugee convention?<br \/>\nTell me 3 points to improve our relationship with Thailand.<br \/>\nWhat is the meaning of strategic relationship in the context of Thailand?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What military reforms have been taken in the last decade?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the problem with Agnipath?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What is traditional knowledge? How can india protect it? What&#8217;s the international convention in this regard?<br \/>\nWill China be on our side in negotiating for traditional knowledge protection?<br \/>\nHow should we go about such a negotiation?<\/p>\n<p>Interview duration- 20 mins (weirdly short idk why)<br \/>\n<strong>Experience-<\/strong> cordial board<br \/>\n<strong>Mocks-<\/strong> gave 10+, Samkalp is the closest to the real experience.<br \/>\n<strong>One-on-one-<\/strong> Gave several.<br \/>\nBest- Shubham Aggarwal sir (Vidyapeeth IAS)- Helped immensely in confidence building.<br \/>\nSpecial thanks to Neil sir (Unlock IAS), Mahesh Sir (Enlite IAS) and Vishwajeet sir (Levelup IAS)<br \/>\nTo be avoided- Utkarsh sir. Unabashedly homophobic.<\/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: 8th April. Board: Dinesh Dasa Sir Key DAF details: EVS, MOSJE, water purification, standup comedy, IFS Questions asked: To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2024,\u00a0visit this page Chairman How can we balance FOSE and people&#8217;s sentiments wrt standup comedy? Gandhiji comes to Ahmedabad after a long time and sees that a huge&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2024-transcript-88-dinesh-dasa-sir-board-standup-comedy-ifs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UPSC Interview 2024] \u2013 Transcript #88: Dinesh Dasa Sir Board, Standup comedy, IFS<\/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":[12077],"tags":[12062,12081,1073,12063],"class_list":["post-333368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview-transcripts-2024","tag-12062","tag-dinesh_dasa2024","tag-ifs","tag-interview_transcript2024","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333368","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=333368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}