{"id":351952,"date":"2025-12-13T16:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T11:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=351952"},"modified":"2025-12-13T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T11:13:19","slug":"upsc-interview-2025-transcript-30-dinesh-dasa-board-philosophy-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2025-transcript-30-dinesh-dasa-board-philosophy-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2025] \u2013 Transcript #30: Dinesh Dasa Board, Philosophy Optional,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 11th December 2025 (Forenoon); 1st to go<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Dinesh Dasa Sir<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> Rural agricultural<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Philosophy<br \/>\n<strong>DAF-based:<\/strong> Rural agricultural background; Philosophy as optional<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2025,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#it2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Chairman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cHar kisi ke destiny mein nahi hota yahaan tak pahunchna. Isn\u2019t it? What\u2019s your view?\u201d<br \/>\nIntroduce yourself.<br \/>\n\u201cSo what have you been doing for the last 4.5 years since graduation? What have you learnt from the journey?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said you come from a rural agricultural background and are from Haryana. Given the context of the farmer protests, if you are given responsibility from the government\u2019s side to convince farmers, how would you do it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told me to use Haryanvi.<\/p>\n<p>I initially switched from English to Hindi.<\/p>\n<p>He asked me to stand behind the chair, consider them as Tau and Tai ji, and strictly adhere to Haryanvi language and tone while persuading them.<\/p>\n<p>RCEP: \u201cShashi Tharoor ji said we should reconsider our stance. But the government hasn\u2019t paid heed to this reconsideration. What is your view?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWho is your favourite philosopher and why?\u201d (based on my previous answer)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShri Shankaracharya travelled throughout the country for religious propagation. Was he responsible for checking the spread of Buddhism?\u201d (based on my previous answer)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the core difference between a debate and an argument?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplain argumentative philosophy in India and its salient features.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you heard of Cartesian philosophy? What is his full name? State his philosophy in one line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then gave a monologue on her view of Cartesian philosophy<\/p>\n<p>Asked: \u201cWho said \u2018I am therefore I think\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked which of the two philosophies I personally subscribe to<\/p>\n<p>She countered with the negatives of the philosophy I chose and asked me to reconsider my stance<\/p>\n<p>Then she talked about Albert Camus\u2019 story of seeing his mother\u2019s dead body<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cYou graduated in mechanical engineering but chose philosophy. Was it useful? If yes, how?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn your opinion, is this world illusory?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou seem enthusiastic about philosophy, but philosophy also has criticisms. Provide major criticisms of Indian philosophy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then the Chairperson asked the next member to continue.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAs the Chairman asked about farmer protests, what other major protests have happened in Haryana? Can you recall?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMajor similarities between the Jat protest and the farmer protest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComprehensively discuss solutions to agrarian distress.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cMahatma Gandhi\u2019s philosophy is based on values like non-violence and satya. After 75 years, what do you think about their relevance in the present world?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cYou have answered the theoretical aspect; now apply it to current issues.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Chairperson then said, \u201cWe are running short on time.\u201d<br \/>\nFinally, he said: \u201cOkay, your interview is over. You may go now.\u201d<\/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 2026:\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: 11th December 2025 (Forenoon); 1st to go Board: Dinesh Dasa Sir Background: Rural agricultural Optional: Philosophy DAF-based: Rural agricultural background; Philosophy as optional To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2025,\u00a0visit this page Chairman \u201cHar kisi ke destiny mein nahi hota yahaan tak pahunchna. Isn\u2019t it? What\u2019s your view?\u201d Introduce yourself. \u201cSo what&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2025-transcript-30-dinesh-dasa-board-philosophy-optional\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2025] \u2013 Transcript #30: Dinesh Dasa Board, Philosophy Optional,<\/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":[12147],"tags":[12150,12149,12148,1702],"class_list":["post-351952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview-transcripts-2025","tag-12150","tag-dinesh_dasa2025","tag-interview_transcript2025","tag-philosophy","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351952","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=351952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}