{"id":356555,"date":"2026-02-27T16:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=356555"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:12:59","slug":"upsc-interview-2025-transcript-146-sujata-chaturvedi-board-anthropology-optional-maharashtra-home-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2025-transcript-146-sujata-chaturvedi-board-anthropology-optional-maharashtra-home-state\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview 2025] \u2013 Transcript #146: Sujata Chaturvedi Board, Anthropology Optional, Maharashtra Home State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date of Interview:<\/strong> 20 Jan<br \/>\n<strong>Board:<\/strong> Hon&#8217;ble Sujata Chaturvedi ma&#8217;am<br \/>\n<strong>Optional:<\/strong> Anthropology<br \/>\n<strong>Home State:<\/strong> Maharashtra<br \/>\n<strong>DAF:<\/strong> Women shg awareness, flute, physics (graduation), teaching (father&#8217;s profession), Anthropology, Nashik<\/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>(Ma&#8217;am Read key points in DAF to all.)<br \/>\nNo candidate has explained theory of relativity in satisfactory terms yet. Please explain.<br \/>\nCan you see the calender behind you? What system of calendar is this?<br \/>\nWhat was Switzerland doing in second world war? (It was neutral)<br \/>\nHow does a country become neutral.<br \/>\nCan India also become neutral.<br \/>\nIndia has highest population in the world why can&#8217;t we become powerful just because of that?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What is Nashik famous for?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s it famous for in modern times?<br \/>\nWhat is GER ?<br \/>\nCan we achieve 50%GER in higher education?<br \/>\nIndia has largest population does India have largest human resource?<br \/>\nWhat do we have to do to convert population into human resource.<br \/>\nCan you guess which painting is this?<br \/>\nWhat is creativity?<br \/>\nIf I call the painting Madhubani and you also call the same is it creativity?<br \/>\nStill what is creativity?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You play flute tell me about famous flautist in India.(Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia)<br \/>\nHe had collaborated with someone for movie music.(SHIVHARI)<br \/>\nWhy India didn&#8217;t sign non proliferation treaty?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What are rare earth minerals?<br \/>\nTheir importance?<br \/>\nWhere is India in rare earth minerals?<br \/>\nIn India SHGs are primarily women SHGs, why so?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Member 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Why is mother tongue called mother tongue?<br \/>\nShould we give early education in mother tongue,?<br \/>\nWhat is the physics of subatomic level called?<br \/>\nWhat is God particle? Which experiment was done to find it?<br \/>\nWhat are the applications of quantum physics?<br \/>\nWhat are the threats of quantum technology?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairman:<\/strong><br \/>\nYour interview is over.<\/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: 20 Jan Board: Hon&#8217;ble Sujata Chaturvedi ma&#8217;am Optional: Anthropology Home State: Maharashtra DAF: Women shg awareness, flute, physics (graduation), teaching (father&#8217;s profession), Anthropology, Nashik To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2025,\u00a0visit this page Chairman (Ma&#8217;am Read key points in DAF to all.) No candidate has explained theory of relativity in satisfactory terms&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-2025-transcript-146-sujata-chaturvedi-board-anthropology-optional-maharashtra-home-state\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[UPSC Interview 2025] \u2013 Transcript #146: Sujata Chaturvedi Board, Anthropology Optional, Maharashtra 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":[12150,209,12148,2043,12159],"class_list":["post-356555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview-transcripts-2025","tag-12150","tag-anthropology","tag-interview_transcript2025","tag-maharashtra","tag-sujatha-chaturvedi2025","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356555","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=356555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}