{"id":353621,"date":"2026-01-10T12:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=353621"},"modified":"2026-01-10T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:15:17","slug":"upsc-interview-2025-transcript-81-bidyut-behari-swain-board-history-optional-chess-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2025-transcript-81-bidyut-behari-swain-board-history-optional-chess-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2025] \u2013 Transcript #81: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, History Optional, Chess Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 05.01.2026 (Forenoon)<br \/>\n<strong>Board:\u00a0<\/strong>Bidyut Behari Swain<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> History<br \/>\n<strong>Hobby:<\/strong> Chess<br \/>\n<strong>Optional\/Interests:<\/strong> History, Anthropology, World cinema, Chess, Content development<\/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>1. What do you know about *Ramapithecus* and *Sivapithecus*?<br \/>\n2. Does India have any dinosaur fossils?<br \/>\n3. Are you aware of the Narmada human fossil?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. How has Indian cinema changed from the 1980s to 2026?<br \/>\n2. How would you compare North Indian cinema with South Indian cinema?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Have you heard of the concept of \u201cdigital arrest\u201d?<br \/>\n2. How should cybercrimes be tackled?<br \/>\n3. Do you think marriage as an institution is declining?<br \/>\n4. In what ways has AI changed the nature of content development?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Have you come across the idea of the \u201crevenge of geography\u201d?<br \/>\n2. Is India experiencing a \u201crevenge of geography\u201d?<br \/>\n3. Given the never\u2011ending stalemates on land borders, should India shift greater focus to its maritime frontiers?<br \/>\n4. Beyond the EEZ, if a conflict occurs, do you think India\u2019s so\u2011called allies will actually help?<br \/>\n5. In your view, should India prioritise land borders or maritime borders?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. What qualities does playing chess help you develop?<br \/>\n2. Case study: Mr X takes a week\u2019s leave without informing the administration and is dismissed from service. Analyse the issues involved in this decision.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-entity-type=\"MessageEntityBold\">Member 2 (follow\u2011up)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Why does Tamil Nadu produce a relatively higher number of chess Grandmasters?<\/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: 05.01.2026 (Forenoon) Board:\u00a0Bidyut Behari Swain Optional: History Hobby: Chess Optional\/Interests: History, Anthropology, World cinema, Chess, Content development To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2025,\u00a0visit this page Chairman 1. What do you know about *Ramapithecus* and *Sivapithecus*? 2. Does India have any dinosaur fossils? 3. Are you aware of the Narmada human fossil?&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2025-transcript-81-bidyut-behari-swain-board-history-optional-chess-hobby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2025] \u2013 Transcript #81: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, History Optional, Chess Hobby<\/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":[12150,12155,1716,7977,12148],"class_list":["post-353621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview-transcripts-2025","tag-12150","tag-bb_swain2025","tag-chess","tag-history","tag-interview_transcript2025","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353621","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=353621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}