{"id":80027,"date":"2021-02-23T23:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T17:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=80027"},"modified":"2021-03-05T11:27:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T05:57:03","slug":"upsc-interview-transcript-46-bassi-sir-board-chemical-engineering-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-transcript-46-bassi-sir-board-chemical-engineering-background\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview Transcript #46] :Bassi Sir Board, Chemical Engineering Background"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duration:<\/strong> 25 mins, Forenoon Session
\nBoard:<\/strong> Bassi Sir
\nBackground:<\/strong> B Tech, IIT D, Chemical Engineering<\/p>\n

Member 1<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Is this your photo?<\/li>\n
  2. why no mustache now?<\/li>\n
  3. tell me about this CAA, why people are protesting?<\/li>\n
  4. how will you handle protesters who are blocking a connecting road?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Member 2<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. What chemical is used for cloud seeding?<\/li>\n
    2. What is the problem of locust, which pesticide we use<\/li>\n
    3. what is the problem i=of killing locust with pesticide<\/li>\n
    4. which states are affected<\/li>\n
    5. what is the long term solution (was not prepared on this topics, things didn’t go well)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Member 3<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. what are the challenges between India US relations ( i said sir 4 points – better military co-operation, IP laws of India, VISA rules for Indians, opening up farm sector of India, etc )<\/li>\n
      2. which President according to you has been best for India ( i was going to say Obama, but read somewhere that it was Bush, Civil Nuclear Cooperation, and all that, he seemed satisfied<\/li>\n
      3. can you tell which all presidents have visited India, I said Nixon, Kennedy, Clinton, bush, Obama, and now Donald Trump, not sure if I missed someone )<\/li>\n
      4. what is the main dilemma before the USA in promoting India in indo-pacific<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Member 4<\/h3>\n
          \n
        1. what chemical is used as nerve gas, phosgene, etc<\/li>\n
        2. convention on the use of chemical warfare is India signatory to it<\/li>\n
        3. what will be the impact of coronavirus in trade and overall impact on Indian economy ( i said sir mobile, ac, medicines, will become expensive ), he said what we can do, I said sir make in India<\/li>\n
        4. what is the challenge before the steel industry from China, the USA<\/li>\n
        5. solar issue wrt USA and china ( mainly trade questions, I answered some, some I said I don’t know ) – are subsidies good or bad<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n

            \n
          1. you read books, which book you have read last<\/li>\n
          2. tell me what you liked about the book<\/li>\n
          3. last question, why you want to join IAS<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            (was not convinced at all )<\/p>\n

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

            Duration: 25 mins, Forenoon Session Board: Bassi Sir Background: B Tech, IIT D, Chemical Engineering Member 1 Is this your photo? why no mustache now? tell me about this CAA, why people are protesting? how will you handle protesters who are blocking a connecting road? Member 2 What chemical is used for cloud seeding? What… Continue reading [UPSC Interview Transcript #46] :Bassi Sir Board, Chemical Engineering Background<\/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":[1661,1659,1653],"class_list":["post-80027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-1661","tag-bs_bassi","tag-interview_transcript","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80027","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=80027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}