Previous Year Interview Questions -2023 : Candidate 39

Previous Year IAS Interview Questions(2023) : Candidate 39

Board:- Satyavati Mam // Date:- 12/4/23 // Education:- civil engineering, IIT // optional:- Anthropology // Hobbies:- cooking, yoga // working:- worked at a coaching institute // Home:-Telangana

Chairwoman:

Q1. What have you been doing since graduation?

Q2. What was your role as a student mentor?

Q3. What suggestions did you give for clearing this exam?

Q4. Smiled and said Are you saying we should not read more?

Q5. What is this why and how of Indian cuisine (Hobby) (mentioned millets somewhere in the answer)

Q6. There are two dominant views on Millets: a) very healthy eat more b) eat carefully by understanding how to work with millets.

Member 1:

Q1. Heard of De-dollarisation? What is it?

Q2. Why are countries doing it?

Q3. What measures are going on?

Q4. Heard of BRICS alternate currency? What is BRICS and what do you think of this idea of floating alternate currency. Is it actually doable for BRICS, it is worth a try?

Q5. You mentioned about Russia-Ukraine conflict, so recently ICC issued a warrant against Putin. What does that do?

Q6. India is talking about being the voice of global south. What is global south, why is it significant in multilateral platforms?

Q7. Why a new forum when we already have NAM?

Member 2:

Q1. You are student of Anthro, what are PVTGs?

Q2. What areas are they vulnerable in?

Q3. Recent budget announcement related to this; do you know? What was it about?

Q4. You’ve been to Japan, anthropologically compare the two countries - I mean cultural differences and similarities

Member 3:

Q1. You studied anthropology, Are tribes really being empowered? Are they actually developing?

Q2.  Do you now Jarawas? Have you been to Andaman?

Q3. You cleared IIT, and now preparing for UPSC. Which do you think is tougher and why?

Q4. Heard of brain drain? what is it?

Q5. What is MHRD doing about it?

Q6. How come in USA and Europe anybody even without formal degree can go on to become CEO, but in India we want degrees for everything?

Q7. So how to change that?

Member 4:

Q1. Which is the earliest member of genus homo that walked on Earth?

Q2. Seen a Prison anytime, I mean from outside not inside (and then they all laughed as) DAF - related to father’s prof.) I said No. And Chair said that in Andhra there is a provision which allows commoners to visit prison to see. I said yes ma’am.

Q3. What is your view on caste census?

Q4. What is the difference between a counsellor and negotiator.

Q5. If somebody id suffering from depression, who do they need, counsellor or negotiator?

Chairwoman: Your interview is over. You can go now. Smiled and wished All the best