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UPSC interview questions on Olympics and sports

Real questions UPSC interview boards asked on Olympics and sports, CSE 2021 to CSE 2025.

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820 questions in 373 interviews mention Olympic, sports, football, hockey, chess.

  • Wrestling is famous in Haryana, so how come you took interest in football and badminton?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Football, Badminton)About you
    Member 2 · Raj Shukla board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Haryana, Sociology optional

  • Haryana is winning a lot of medals while Gujarat is lacking. If you are made sports secretary, what steps will you take to improve its medal count?

    DAF: Home State (Haryana)Role-play (As DM ...)
    Member 2 · R N Choubey board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Haryana, Anthropology optional

  • BCCI is a private body and cricket is doing well; should we privatise other sports bodies as well?

    Static GS / OpinionYour opinion
    Member 3 · R N Choubey board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Punjab

  • Why are other sports popular but not table tennis?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Table tennis)Why / reasonsFollow-up
    Member 1 · Dinesh Dasa board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: PSIR optional

  • How do you see India's athletics at the Paris Olympics?

    DAF: Extracurricular Activities (Shot put)What happens nextRecent news
    Member 2 · Suman Sharma board · CSE 2023

  • How many medals do you want India to win at the Paris Olympics?

    DAF: Extracurricular Activities (Shot put)What happens nextRecent newsFollow-up
    Member 2 · Suman Sharma board · CSE 2023

  • India is performing well in chess nowadays. Can you tell me about significant events in the last one year?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Chess)Plain factRecent news
    Chairperson · Suman Sharma board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Karnataka

  • Who all have qualified for the Candidates tournament?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Chess)Plain factRecent newsFollow-up
    Chairperson · Suman Sharma board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Karnataka

  • Awards recently went to R Vaishali and G B Ramesh. What is his nickname?

    DAF: Hobbies & Interests (Chess)Plain factRecent newsFollow-up
    Chairperson · Suman Sharma board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: Karnataka

  • Was any other reason responsible for it apart from the sports industry's involvement?

    DAF: Other DAF Entry (Development vs environment)Why / reasonsFollow-up
    Member 3 · Suman Sharma board · CSE 2023 · Candidate: PSIR optional

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Share of each year's interviews with at least one question on it.

15%

CSE 2021

12%

CSE 2022

15%

CSE 2023

18%

CSE 2024

14%

CSE 2025

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