{"id":79301,"date":"2021-02-13T13:43:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T08:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=79301"},"modified":"2021-02-19T16:25:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T10:55:45","slug":"upsc-interview-transcript-6-sathiyavathy-mam-board-maharastra-home-state-ifosoptional-zoology-forestry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-transcript-6-sathiyavathy-mam-board-maharastra-home-state-ifosoptional-zoology-forestry\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT #6] Sathiyavathy Mam Board, Maharastra Home State, IFoS, Zoology & Forestry Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview Date<\/strong>: 10 February 2020, Time :1 pm
\nBackground: <\/strong>MSc. Biotechnology
\nOptional:<\/strong> Zoology and Forestry
\nBoard:<\/strong> Sathiyavathy Mam
\nHome State:<\/strong> Maharashtra<\/p>\n

Chairman<\/h3>\n
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  1. what u did after your MSc please tell me in sequence.<\/li>\n
  2. why aren\u2019t you working full time anywhere and only part-time jobs?<\/li>\n
  3. what made you turn to forest services?<\/li>\n
  4. how is biotechnology useful in forest services?<\/li>\n
  5. what was your research project? (Worked on the effect of Tinospora cordifolia plant on diabetes mellitus)<\/li>\n
  6. Does Jamun seed also have any relation to diabetes?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Member 1<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Tell me something about mangroves in Mumbai? Are they increasing or decreasing? Any problems with mangroves?<\/li>\n
    2. what projects are being taken up by India for climate change? By Maharashtra?<\/li>\n
    3. anything by Maharashtra for forest conservation?<\/li>\n
    4. schemes in Maharashtra for the health sector?<\/li>\n
    5. medicinal plants name any five. How can tribals help in this area?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Member 2<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. which bt crops are there in India?<\/li>\n
      2. why don\u2019t we have other bt crops apart from bt cotton?<\/li>\n
      3. how as forest officer u will help in the development of botanic gardens?<\/li>\n
      4. tell me about some biotechnology parks in India. What do they do?<\/li>\n
      5. why India is chosen for clinical trials by foreign companies?<\/li>\n
      6. why students don’t want to pursue a career in research and just join govt services?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Member 3 (he grilled me the most)<\/h3>\n
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        1. difference between botanical gardens and herbal gardens<\/li>\n
        2. which bodies are working for biodiversity at different levels? At which level do people contribute? What do they gain out of it?<\/li>\n
        3. various adaptation and mitigation steps for climate change?<\/li>\n
        4. contribution of biotechnology in food crops? How can they be useful in the future?<\/li>\n
        5. what are clones? How can they be useful in forestry?<\/li>\n
        6. can biotechnology be useful in tree improvement? Any recent examples from India?<\/li>\n
        7. how will you identify which tree to use for the tree improvement program? How will you propagate these species faster?<\/li>\n
        8. tell me about micropropagation. Can it be used in forest tree improvement?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          For more interview transcript, visit the Complete IAS Interview Preparation Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Interview Date: 10 February 2020, Time :1 pm Background: MSc. Biotechnology Optional: Zoology and Forestry Board: Sathiyavathy Mam Home State: Maharashtra Chairman what u did after your MSc please tell me in sequence. why aren\u2019t you working full time anywhere and only part-time jobs? what made you turn to forest services? how is biotechnology useful… Continue reading [UPSC INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT #6] Sathiyavathy Mam Board, Maharastra Home State, IFoS, Zoology & Forestry Optional<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1661,1653,1660,1697],"class_list":["post-79301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-1661","tag-interview_transcript","tag-sathiyavathy_board","tag-zoology_forestry","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":5,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698320657},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79301","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}