{"id":98601,"date":"2021-03-30T15:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=98601"},"modified":"2021-03-30T11:48:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T06:18:20","slug":"upsc-interview-transcript-by-tca-anant-asked-to-the-questions-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-transcript-by-tca-anant-asked-to-the-questions-3\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPSC Interview Transcript #116]: TCA Anant\u00a0Board, Chhattisgarh Home State, Geography\u00a0Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contributed by ForumIAS community member
\nDate of Interview:<\/strong> 20\/02\/2020
\nBoard:<\/strong> TCA Anant
\nBackground:<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering
\nOptional:<\/strong> Geography
\nEmployee:<\/strong> Tata Motors
\nHome State: <\/strong>Chhattisgarh<\/p>\n

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Chairman<\/h3>\n
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  1. Why you left Job at Tata Motors?<\/li>\n
  2. You are from Koriya district in Chhattisgarh? How its name came about?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Member 1<\/h3>\n
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    1. Was Korea a princely state once?<\/li>\n
    2. I said No. He said it was a princely state.<\/li>\n
    3. Then he asked about US killing general Sulemani.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Member 2<\/h3>\n
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      1. Your father is in Coal India and You are from Mechanical Engineering.<\/li>\n
      2. Tell me what coal is found in India?<\/li>\n
      3. How much ash content in it?<\/li>\n
      4. What is the Fuel supply agreement and its benefits?<\/li>\n
      5. What is Metallurgical Coal?<\/li>\n
      6. Can we convert normal coal to metallurgical coal?<\/li>\n
      7. What is efficiency of Ultra supercritical power plant?<\/li>\n
      8. Do you know place called Kirandul in Chhattisgarh?<\/li>\n
      9. What are prudential norms (something like that) of RBI for banks to give loans?<\/li>\n
      10. What is Reverse Mortgage?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Member 3<\/h3>\n
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        1. What PSUs are in Chhattisgarh?<\/li>\n
        2. Any CSR activities done by PSU?<\/li>\n
        3. What are the 5 qualities of a good administrator?<\/li>\n
        4. Don’t you think the qualities you told are also the same qualities needed for being a politician? (He was laughing).<\/li>\n
        5. Explain the Statement “Administrators are made not born”<\/li>\n
        6. Tell me how can we control population growth?<\/li>\n
        7. Have you heard about UNCCD in Noida? I said NO.<\/li>\n
        8. He asked what is desertification and how it happens?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Member 4<\/h3>\n
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          1. Sir said about politics.<\/li>\n
          2. Tell me what Chanakya Said about Politics?<\/li>\n
          3. Can you compare Machiavelli and Chanakya?<\/li>\n
          4. Said a statement of Plato and asked me to explain it.<\/li>\n
          5. Asked about how Multitasking by people in Railways can improve its efficacy?<\/li>\n
          6. Asked full form of CSIR.<\/li>\n
          7. Asked how much of CSIR funds go in paying salaries to its employees.<\/li>\n
          8. How has India performed in R&D?<\/li>\n
          9. What is NPS and how the economics of it works?<\/li>\n
          10. How important is Data becoming in our lives? Give examples.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Member 5<\/h3>\n
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            1. What is Coronavirus and explain associated issues?<\/li>\n
            2. You are a DM how will you chart out plans to revamp the health sector in your district.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
              Chairman<\/h5>\n
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              1. You said Ayushman Bharat is an Insurance scheme. How it is an insurance scheme when a premium is paid by the Government?
                \nThank you, Interview is over.
                \nIt lasted 25-30 mins<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n