UPSC INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT 2020 - Part I

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Mar 22, 2020
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UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2019

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Candidate Details

1. Name

NANDHINI B

2. Age

3. Marital Status

UnMarried

4. Total attempts in CSE (including this one)

3 ( 2017,2018, 2019) 3 mains & 1 PT

5. Optional Subject

Tamil Literature

6. Schooling Medium

English

7. College Medium

SSN College Of Engineering, Chennai

8. Medium chosen for Mains answers

English

9. Medium chosen for Interview

English

10. Home town/city

Chennai

11. Work-experience if any

Nil

12.Service preferences (Top-5)

IAS,IPS,IFS,IRS

13. Preference for the first states in top-3 zonal cadres.

Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Kerala

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INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

Date: 20/03/2020 Forenoon Session.

Who was the chairman of you interview board?

Sathyavathi Ma'am

How long was the interview?

30-35min.

Chairperson:

Showed my photo and asked is this you?

Read out the DAF aloud

1.Why civil services inspite of engineering?

2.Who is your inspiration?

3.Local self government -which constitutional amendment?

How is working of local self government in TN?

4.What are the functions of Local self government?

5.Who is in charge when elected representatives of local self government is not present?

6.What about proxies in Local self government?

6.how the finances are devolved to LSG?

7.Are state finance Commissions formed properly?

8.Do you write short stories?

9.Why are you not interested in sports?

10.what do you do to keep yourself fit?

11.Do you think it is necessary to be fit?

Member1:

1.What was your role in your college symposium?

1.what is reverse osmosis?explain the process?

2.how desalination is done?

3.SEBI and it's objectives?

4.what is RTI?

5.How it is misused?

6.What is BRI?

7.who is a whistleblower?

8.what is our relationship with Malaysia lately?

9.Do you know about Kandi in Sri Lanka?

M2:

1.Was economy in a good or bad shape before Corona?

2.what should government do?

3.How to increase consumption?

4.Does spending on infrastructure really helps?

5.why there is no powers to local self government?

6.Are bureaucrats reason for non devolution of power?

7.what should LSG do to improve rural development?

8.Role of local self government in women empowerment?

M3:

1.what is covid-19? Explain about it to me?

2.How can computers be used to control Corona virus?

3.Is social media being misused?

M4:

1.what is paradigm?

2.why our relationship with Malaysia was affected?

3.which other country was critical about Kashmir?

4.Why were they critical?

5.Which organisation works for the welfare of Muslim countries?

6.Is India member of OIC?

7.Recent OIC meeting and it's importance to India?

8.what relation we have with UAE?

9.who are the largest trading partners of India?

10.What is ASEAN?

11.How many members are there in ASEAN?

12.How is India's relationship with ASEAN?

13.What is our trade relationship with Russia?

14.are we supplying missiles to Vietnam?

15.Why South China Sea is important?

16.Why do we need to counter Chinese influence?

17.What is our relationship with Russia?

18.What is BRICS?

19.what do you know about NAM?

21.Another Organisation where India is a member?

22.How do to know about the Chennai to Vladivostok sea route?

Chairman

Thank you Nandhini, You May leave now.

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Thoughts on Universal Basic Income

Root
Jan 3, 2019
2 min read

Updated: Jan 29, 2019

Consider the government has decided to give money to every citizen in its country every month unconditionally. By unconditionally I mean you don’t have to do anything at all! Sounds like a fantasy right? Well not really. The idea of universal basic income has been floating around for decades and there are several places where this idea is being currently tested.

Let me explain why this idea is worth considering.

First, let’s agree on some common things. The reason majority of the people go to work is because they need money to pay their monthly bill. So with Universal Basic Income in place, those who are truly passionate about something can follow them without having to do a mundane job.

Well one might argue that most of the population will stop working if they are given free money. Let me ask you something, will you stop working if I give you Rs.5000 every month? Of course not. Universal basic income ensures that every citizen has enough money to meet his basic needs but not lead a luxurious life. So even with universal basic income in place, I am sure 99% of the people will still go to their job.

Then one might wonder why bother giving money to everyone if 99% of the people end up going to their same old work. The whole universal basic income concept is all about empowering the remaining 1%. It was always that one person who made a revolutionary discovery and not the majority of the population.

But for that 1% to unleash their true potential they should have enough free time and the only way to ensure they get free time is through Universal Basic Income. Moreover, this will also reduce the female infanticide, farmer suicide and most of the social evils drastically.

Next question is how will the government pay for all of this? Switzerland has already voted on Universal Basic income (Although the people rejected the proposal ). But with most jobs getting replaced by machines, Universal Basic Income will be viewed seriously in a couple of decades rather than a Utopian fantasy.