{"id":96284,"date":"2021-03-18T23:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=96284"},"modified":"2021-03-18T18:49:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T13:19:02","slug":"upsc-interview-transcript-by-smita-nagraj-asked-to-the-questions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-transcript-by-smita-nagraj-asked-to-the-questions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview Transcript #81]: Smita Nagraj Board, Sociology Optional, Spending time with pet, Badminton Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview Date:<\/strong> 25 February 2020
\nBoard:<\/strong> Smita Nagraj madam
\nBackground:<\/strong> B. Tech (IT)
\nOptional:<\/strong> Sociology
\nHobbies:<\/strong> Spending time with pet, Badminton<\/p>\n

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Chairperson<\/h3>\n
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  1. What are you doing right now?<\/li>\n
  2. You have mentioned quite a different hobby of spending time with pet and badminton, why so?<\/li>\n
  3. Is seems quite different at your age to involve in such things?<\/li>\n
  4. How much time you use phone?<\/li>\n
  5. Recently there is something going on in telecom sector. Do you know?<\/li>\n
  6. What are the issue with 5G spectrum, what is that?<\/li>\n
  7. Why US is asking India not let Huawei to participate?<\/li>\n
  8. What should India do?<\/li>\n
  9. Why Indian companies are not able in participate in trail as you said?<\/li>\n
  10. What is this AGR you are telling about?<\/li>\n
  11. Why the companies are not agreeing to pay?<\/li>\n
  12. What should the government do?<\/li>\n
  13. Why should government help these companies?<\/li>\n
  14. Is there any body which can assure free competition in India?<\/li>\n
  15. What has the Competition Commission of India said on this?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Member 1<\/h3>\n
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    1. Which dog do you have? (some light moment on it)<\/li>\n
    2. What is majoritarianism? Is it there in India?<\/li>\n
    3. The democracies where there is no majoritarianism?<\/li>\n
    4. Isn\u2019t Brexit due to majoritarianism?<\/li>\n
    5. Isn\u2019t this majoritarianism that Scotland not allowed to be separated?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Member 2<\/h3>\n
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      1. We have a goal of $5 trillion economy. Is it realistic?<\/li>\n
      2. But efforts have been done in past also, so what\u2019s new now?<\/li>\n
      3. There is reduced demand and lack of participation by private sector, so how could economy expand?<\/li>\n
      4. What has been the maximum growth rate till now and can we jump from that to 15%?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Member 3<\/h3>\n
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        1. You have said to mam that there are nominal and realised profits. Explain to me what are these terms?<\/li>\n
        2. When the company earns the profits it is all it\u2019s, but when losses then why should government bear them?<\/li>\n
        3. If you would be telecom secretary, what would you do?<\/li>\n
        4. What can we do if Jio reduces prices in unfair manner?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Member 4<\/h3>\n
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          1. What is data localisation and why do we need that? Tell me in 3 lines.<\/li>\n
          2. The spectrum that would be bidder, is that new or old one is it shared….?( many questions within a single question)<\/li>\n
          3. There are different kinds of frequency bands like S, L, Ka, Ku, etc. So what is the frequency of these bands?<\/li>\n
          4. Chairperson: Your interview is over<\/li>\n
          5. Interview revolved around 2\/3 issues and depth discussions on those issues with cross-questioning.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n