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Students who have pending evaluations, put a gentle reminder with @helpdeskupsc.
Also arrange your activity classes at the earliest so that you wrap Essay up in time and move to full fledged prelims prep asap!
Also arrange your activity classes at the earliest so that you wrap Essay up in time and move to full fledged prelims prep asap!
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This is my sister's Interview Transcript from today. Her interview was slightly longer than mine. This was her second interview, she already scored 187 in 2021(TCA Anant sir's board) and got allocated Indian Trade Services. Hopefully she'll come interact on the platform soon based on her bandwidth.
Date: 07th March 2023
Forenoon session
Shri R. N. Choubey Board
Optional: Mathematics
First one to go.
Chairperson:
You can take a seat and relax. We are just going to have a natural conversation. If you don’t know anything, don’t hesitate to let us know. We don’t expect you to know everything and that’s not even humanly possible. If you don’t have any covid related symptoms you can remove your mask.
- Tell us about your educational qualifications and work experience.
- Can you tell us about any major govt scheme or initiative in health sector?
- Who all are covered in the Ayushman Bharat scheme?
- This year’s budget allocation to the scheme.
- Suppose you are the health minister and madam finance minister call you before announcing the budget and asks you for the allocation under the scheme. What would you do?
- Give funds to the private hospitals to facilitate the healthcare under the Ayushman Bharat mission, or
- Allocate the funds to develop primary healthcare infrastructure.
- Talked about suboptimal allocation, where if you split up the resources none of the concerned sectors gain benefit. So you have to choose one to allocate.
- If you ask a common man on ground if he wants to go to the government primary health centre or a private hospital, what would he choose?
- Now if you still choose contrary to what the people want, how will you convince the PM then? We are a democracy after all and there are elections every 5 years.
- Why would the common man be convinced by your arguments. They will say that every govt gives us these big promises, yet nothing changes on ground. Just give us the Ayushman Bharat card and we will go to the private hospital. How will you tackle that?
- How to resolve this dilemma of long term public interest vs the instant political gratification?
Member 1:
- Collegium vs NJAC issue and which side are you on?
- Why was the judiciary against it?
- Do you think the current system is fair?
- What changes should be brought in the process of judicial appointments?
- There are a lot of talks about UCC. Do you think it should be implemented? (Which side are you on)
- Why even after so many years, there is no progress on it?
- Do you know of any state which has it in place?
Member 2:
- Stubble burning is such a big contributor in Delhi pollution. Stubble is also used as a fodder for animals. Then why this prevalence of stubble burning?
- What steps have been taken by the government to tackle this issue?
- Is GobarDhan scheme going to help in this?
- Is there some financial component involved in it for the farmers?
Member 3:
- I would like your comment on India’s foreign policy.
- We are close to Russia, we have good relations with Ukraine. They both are at war. What is our stand on it? Give me an assessment of that.
- Is Russia listening to us?
- Why are we hosting the G20 summit?
- What does India stand to gain out of it?
- Is it not pushing China and Pakistan even closer?
Member 4:
- Suppose you are posted in the social justice department and you have to formulate a policy on street children. What would be the aims and objectives of that policy?
- You have a particular amount of fund for this. What would you choose?
- Make infrastructure for government run shelter homes, or Give funds to NGOs to run shelter homes.
- Won’t NGOs perform well on such social initiatives?
- There are several services constituted by the government, one of which you yourself are a part of. The govt handles a huge amount of funds. There are some checks by CAG, ECI etc on that. However, don’t you think we should have a specialised service for accountability?
Date: 07th March 2023
Forenoon session
Shri R. N. Choubey Board
Optional: Mathematics
First one to go.
Chairperson:
You can take a seat and relax. We are just going to have a natural conversation. If you don’t know anything, don’t hesitate to let us know. We don’t expect you to know everything and that’s not even humanly possible. If you don’t have any covid related symptoms you can remove your mask.
- Tell us about your educational qualifications and work experience.
- Can you tell us about any major govt scheme or initiative in health sector?
- Who all are covered in the Ayushman Bharat scheme?
- This year’s budget allocation to the scheme.
- Suppose you are the health minister and madam finance minister call you before announcing the budget and asks you for the allocation under the scheme. What would you do?
- Give funds to the private hospitals to facilitate the healthcare under the Ayushman Bharat mission, or
- Allocate the funds to develop primary healthcare infrastructure.
- Talked about suboptimal allocation, where if you split up the resources none of the concerned sectors gain benefit. So you have to choose one to allocate.
- If you ask a common man on ground if he wants to go to the government primary health centre or a private hospital, what would he choose?
- Now if you still choose contrary to what the people want, how will you convince the PM then? We are a democracy after all and there are elections every 5 years.
- Why would the common man be convinced by your arguments. They will say that every govt gives us these big promises, yet nothing changes on ground. Just give us the Ayushman Bharat card and we will go to the private hospital. How will you tackle that?
- How to resolve this dilemma of long term public interest vs the instant political gratification?
Member 1:
- Collegium vs NJAC issue and which side are you on?
- Why was the judiciary against it?
- Do you think the current system is fair?
- What changes should be brought in the process of judicial appointments?
- There are a lot of talks about UCC. Do you think it should be implemented? (Which side are you on)
- Why even after so many years, there is no progress on it?
- Do you know of any state which has it in place?
Member 2:
- Stubble burning is such a big contributor in Delhi pollution. Stubble is also used as a fodder for animals. Then why this prevalence of stubble burning?
- What steps have been taken by the government to tackle this issue?
- Is GobarDhan scheme going to help in this?
- Is there some financial component involved in it for the farmers?
Member 3:
- I would like your comment on India’s foreign policy.
- We are close to Russia, we have good relations with Ukraine. They both are at war. What is our stand on it? Give me an assessment of that.
- Is Russia listening to us?
- Why are we hosting the G20 summit?
- What does India stand to gain out of it?
- Is it not pushing China and Pakistan even closer?
Member 4:
- Suppose you are posted in the social justice department and you have to formulate a policy on street children. What would be the aims and objectives of that policy?
- You have a particular amount of fund for this. What would you choose?
- Make infrastructure for government run shelter homes, or Give funds to NGOs to run shelter homes.
- Won’t NGOs perform well on such social initiatives?
- There are several services constituted by the government, one of which you yourself are a part of. The govt handles a huge amount of funds. There are some checks by CAG, ECI etc on that. However, don’t you think we should have a specialised service for accountability?
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- All the members of these bodies ultimately look up to the govt for their future assignments. Would having an independent body help in such a situation?
- Which system of recruitment is better?
- The UPSC like independent body recommending the candidates, or The earlier discussed NJAC or collegium system one.
- What would you choose to be?
- The smartest person in the room, or the most hardworking one.
- Why? What are the reasons for that?
Chairperson:
Your interview is over. We had a great time talking with you. Do you want to tell us something more? We give this opportunity to every candidate. So if you have anything you want to talk to us about other than what we have discussed, you can tell us.
Overall, the panel was very cordial and engaging. The interview felt as if it revolved around the theme of would you rather :P
It was diametrically opposite to my last interview where the discussion revolved around my DAF mostly. This time nothing from DAF was asked.
- Which system of recruitment is better?
- The UPSC like independent body recommending the candidates, or The earlier discussed NJAC or collegium system one.
- What would you choose to be?
- The smartest person in the room, or the most hardworking one.
- Why? What are the reasons for that?
Chairperson:
Your interview is over. We had a great time talking with you. Do you want to tell us something more? We give this opportunity to every candidate. So if you have anything you want to talk to us about other than what we have discussed, you can tell us.
Overall, the panel was very cordial and engaging. The interview felt as if it revolved around the theme of would you rather :P
It was diametrically opposite to my last interview where the discussion revolved around my DAF mostly. This time nothing from DAF was asked.
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Hey guys, opening the enrollments into the Master Sherlocking Series-Prelims 2023 course.
Orientation Video: https://youtu.be/IHMQXK8QZSo
Demo Videos:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrAJkEb21Aw-F1VhLk9b1LstQh4zeU_R
Orientation Video: https://youtu.be/IHMQXK8QZSo
Demo Videos:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrAJkEb21Aw-F1VhLk9b1LstQh4zeU_R
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First video of the course, supplementary video for 2022 is available to watch. Enrolled students should kindly check their telegram and registered email inboxes.
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Memory is like Parshuram's Curse to Karna.
It evades you when you need it the most.
That has been a common theme of my preparation cycle.
And that's why I had to create Sherlocking, the process to identify an answer based on conceptual clarity and application of common sense, something I learnt from my extensive reading of Panchtantra from an early age.
But what if you have a pile of facts lying in front of you waiting to be memorised and the edifice of 'concepts' doesn't exist!?
That's where memory tools come into play.
I have been using memory aids like mnemonics since a couple years to feed seemingly dense info inside my head.
The video link shared below is an illustration of how I memorise the rough locations of 75 wetland sites without burdening my memory cells.
You can create your own mnemonics on similar lines.
I'm certain this would help you.
It evades you when you need it the most.
That has been a common theme of my preparation cycle.
And that's why I had to create Sherlocking, the process to identify an answer based on conceptual clarity and application of common sense, something I learnt from my extensive reading of Panchtantra from an early age.
But what if you have a pile of facts lying in front of you waiting to be memorised and the edifice of 'concepts' doesn't exist!?
That's where memory tools come into play.
I have been using memory aids like mnemonics since a couple years to feed seemingly dense info inside my head.
The video link shared below is an illustration of how I memorise the rough locations of 75 wetland sites without burdening my memory cells.
You can create your own mnemonics on similar lines.
I'm certain this would help you.
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First CSAT comprehension Sherlocking video added. Enrolled students should check their registered email IDs and telegram inboxes. Had a novel insight since I last uploaded the free CSAT vids on YT. Finally able to decipher the mystery behind those 3 questions in 2021 CSAT.
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For students looking for free 2021 CSAT Comprehension videos, here's the link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrAJkEb21AxiYQ93At6xVBEYdgN0v-zo
CSAT Comprehension 2019-2021 to be uploaded within 24hrs, enrolled students should checkout the shared private playlist.
CSAT Comprehension 2019-2021 to be uploaded within 24hrs, enrolled students should checkout the shared private playlist.
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I've been getting a lot of requests from students to bring an option to opt for modular CSAT course too.
You can enroll in comprehension 2018-22 for ₹1500, and in Quant+LR(2018-22) for ₹2000. The bundled cost for CSAT course as already shared is ₹2500.
Check with @helpdeskupsc for details.
You can enroll in comprehension 2018-22 for ₹1500, and in Quant+LR(2018-22) for ₹2000. The bundled cost for CSAT course as already shared is ₹2500.
Check with @helpdeskupsc for details.
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Neil & You! (UPSC & Beyond)
Indian Culture-Prelims Revision.pdf
The best doc I found for Art & Culture that could actually be revised multiple times and is visually appealing. Not my private IP though so if the owner wants me to delete, DM! Make good use of this meanwhile.
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