{"id":354493,"date":"2026-01-22T18:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=354493"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:53:16","slug":"upsc-interview-2025-transcript-118-sheel-vardhan-board-rajasthan-home-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2025-transcript-118-sheel-vardhan-board-rajasthan-home-state\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2025] \u2013 Transcript #118: Sheel Vardhan Board, Rajasthan Home State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 13th January<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Sheel Vardhan sir<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Rajasthan<br \/>\n<strong>Shift:<\/strong> forenoon,3rd to go.<br \/>\n<strong>Duration:<\/strong> approx 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>DAF keywords &#8211; Barmer, Rajasthan, Punjabi Literature, Marwari folk music ,Prime Minister and Sports Minister in school ministry, Captained school Kho-Kho team, BSC( zoology, botany, chemistry)<\/p>\n<p>My medium was Hindi, so all members talked in Hindi and whole conversation went in Hindi only.<\/p>\n<p>I entered and greeted.<\/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>Q1- what is folk music ?<br \/>\nI explained.<br \/>\nThen he asked &#8211; Can it be called music for the people,by the people, to the people ? I said Yes .<\/p>\n<p>Q2- Instruments used in Punjabi folk dance Bhangra ?<br \/>\nI took three names , he intruped and added 4th one ( saap ) I corrected it&#8217;s sapp<br \/>\nThen I added one more.<\/p>\n<p>He took one more name which I never heard of and asked what is it ?<br \/>\nI said sorry sir.<\/p>\n<p>Q3- Why is lohri celebrated ?<br \/>\nQ4 &#8211; Spiritual significance of Uttrayana?<br \/>\nI said sorry<\/p>\n<p>Q5 &#8211; Have you watched Udta Punjab movie ?<br \/>\nI said no<br \/>\nThen he said there is a song in the movie &#8221; Ik kudi jidda naa muhabbat ghum hai &#8221;<br \/>\nDo you know it&#8217;s inspired by poetry of which famous Punjabi poet ?<br \/>\nI said Shiv Kumar Batalvi.<br \/>\nQ6 &#8211; Famous literary works of Batalvi ?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Q1- You are from Rajasthan, never read Punjabi in school or college,Then why is it your optional.<br \/>\nI explained.He said good .It brought positive impact for me.<\/p>\n<p>Q2 &#8211; Why President is nominal head only ?<br \/>\nQ3- What if President doesn&#8217;t follow the aid and advice of CoM ?<br \/>\nQ4- Difference between Cabinet and CoM ?<br \/>\nQ5- Duties of PM towards President ?<br \/>\nQ6 &#8211; Procedure of removing a Minister from the office?<br \/>\nI explained.<br \/>\nWhat if they don&#8217;t vacate the office? I said it&#8217;s a violation of constitution.<br \/>\nThen he said resignation of PM would automatically remove them all. I said yes sir .<\/p>\n<p>He proudly laughed at his humour and turned towards Chairmen sir ,who didn&#8217;t look impressed,nor other members.<br \/>\nIt gave me relief <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\/1fae3.png?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83e\udee3\" data-path=\".\/img-apple-64\/1fae3.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Q7 &#8211; Why\u00a0 Parliamentry govt\u00a0 become Prime ministerial govt ?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Q1 &#8211; Aravalli issue?<br \/>\nQ2- Two steps you would take as CM of Rajasthan for Viksit Rajasthan ?<br \/>\nQ3 &#8211; Two socio-economic indicator where Rajasthan lack ?( Picked up from my answer)<br \/>\nQ4 &#8211; IMR and Literacy rate of Rajasthan and national average ?<br \/>\nQ5 &#8211; Connection between Tourism and Folk artists in Rajasthan ?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Q1- Why did you learn Punjabi ?<br \/>\nQ2- 2 features of Barmer ?<br \/>\nQ3- In Rajasthan earlier the definition of Aravalli was same , then why people protested now only ?<br \/>\nQ4 &#8211; Long term impact on Aravalli if current definition is accepted ?<br \/>\nQ5- Some of the major minerals of Rajasthan and their location ?<br \/>\nQ6 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Their Extraction risks Aravalli&#8217;s existence.What to do then ?<br \/>\nI tried to convince her but failed twice .<br \/>\nThen suddenly convinced her by saying Green Mining will be a good option .<\/p>\n<p>Q5 &#8211; What green mining exactly is ?\u00a0 I said sorry mam , l would read about it.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Q1 &#8211; Steps taken to boost nuclear energy in india ?<br \/>\nQ2- What is SHANTI Act ?<br \/>\nQ3- Is nuclear energy considered cheaper to be produced in comparison of other sources?( I initially thought I would not be able to give a decent answer but my chemistry knowledge hit and I believe I managed it well)<br \/>\nQ4- What steps should India take to promote nuclear energy production ? ( Again for some seconds I felt helpless but ultimately managed to give a decent answer)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairman sir<\/strong> &#8211; Your interview is over , You can leave.<\/p>\n<p>I thanked them all and left the room.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall Experience<\/strong> &#8211; the board was cordial.<br \/>\nI answered almost all questions except two.<br \/>\nAlmost all the questions were from my DAF .<br \/>\nI faced most of these questions in mock interviews.<br \/>\nSo it felt like another mock interview.<br \/>\nI tried to mention almost everything I personally search in transcripts.<\/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: 13th January Board: Sheel Vardhan sir Home State: Rajasthan Shift: forenoon,3rd to go. Duration: approx 25 minutes. DAF keywords &#8211; Barmer, Rajasthan, Punjabi Literature, Marwari folk music ,Prime Minister and Sports Minister in school ministry, Captained school Kho-Kho team, BSC( zoology, botany, chemistry) My medium was Hindi, so all members talked in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2025-transcript-118-sheel-vardhan-board-rajasthan-home-state\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2025] \u2013 Transcript #118: Sheel Vardhan Board, Rajasthan Home State<\/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":[12150,12148,9391,2780,12152],"class_list":["post-354493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview-transcripts-2025","tag-12150","tag-interview_transcript2025","tag-punjabi_literature","tag-rajasthan","tag-sheel_vardhan2025","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354493","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=354493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}