Name: Stumblingon
19/12/25
Dinesh Dasa Sir :
Introduce yourself
1.Have water, Air quality of delhi
2. Naxalism vs urban naxalism
3. ⁠Isolationist policy of tribals, roadmap for future
4. ⁠Decreasing sex ratio of tribals
5. ⁠Development and environment
6. ⁠analyse tribals wrt social political, social psychological and social economic angle
7. ⁠Tribal issues in rajsthan
8. ⁠Big four in audit , consulting, tech
9. ⁠deep state
10. ⁠Non- state actors and impact
11. Cambridge analytica
Member 1:
1. Tribal percentage in rajasthan
2. ⁠Major tribes and problems
3. ⁠obc reservation agitations
4. ⁠What is Positive discrimination
5. ⁠schemes for tribals in rajathan
6. ⁠Focus areas in districts
Member 3:
1. NCC what,
2. ⁠need for compulsory 3 yr military service,
3. ⁠Motto and principle
4. ⁠Other any such schems
5. ⁠What is NYK
Member 4:
1. Rare earth and importance
2. ⁠Exploration strategy of india
3. ⁠atmanirbharta in minerals
Member 5:
1. State finance state
2. ⁠Any schemes you disagree with
3. ⁠what Financial profligacy in department observed
4. ⁠Process of budgeting, BFC proposals

Thank you

Cannot remember few questions. It was conversational, discussion based and overall good experience.
Prep: One to one with Khan sir, 3 mocks - sriram, vajirao, spmias, one online mock by quantel, o2o with in service seniors.

Name: ZOSO
Date: 16/12/2025 FORENOON, 4th to go
Panel:Dinesh Dasa Sir
Daf: Electrical Eng., Kota, Railways, Mathematics 

Chairperson: 
What were the major power reforms in country post independence 
Do you believe Electricity Act 2003 was a watershed moment in Power sector?
Free farm electricity and how do you see it?
Privatisation of Indian Trains on Tracks and what is your opinion
Voltage levels of Locomotives 
M1
Criticisms of Coaching and should they be banned 
Necessity of Coaching 
But if they have both what should we do
M2
How to eliminate corruption levels in India(the most important step according to you)
Electoral debates in parliament 
Electoral reforms needed
M3
Design me a matrix to solve governance problems in India 
Do not focus on specifics but talk about broad governance parameters 
Do you know that deterrence has been decreased in PCA 1988, tell me provisions (Dasa Sir at this point told him to move on)
M4
How to increase electrification of mobility in India(Asked him politely to repeat the question)?
Tell me apart from EVs

Experience: Poker face overall, Dasa sir went out for 5 mins in between
Prep: Saket Sir Civilsdaily(Excellent grasp on your faults, practical inputs, excellent state sessions classes), Utkarsh Shukla Sir MentorAID(a big confidence booster, blunt facts that you need to face)
Mocks: Civilsdaily, Forum, NextIAS,PW, Vision(Faculty and Panel both are good), Samkalp(Last one)
1-1: Saket sir, Utkarsh Sir, Ayush Sir Forum IAS, Bassi Sir (NEXT IAS)

Name:
Board:Hon'ble Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir
DAF details: Raebareli, Sociology, Maths(graduation) , Parliamentary debating
CSE attempt-2, interview-1st


Chairman
Were u born in raebareli?
What is the state of debates in Parliament?
Even when we have internet, educated parliamentarians the quality of debates is decreasing. Why?
Should anti defection law be amended?
You have studied sociology, what are the social elements in Constitution?
Mention articles?
Why was article 51A introduced?
What do u think about the doctrine of dissent? What is it's importance in democracy?
What is famous in Raebareli

Member1:
What is the state of water, different dimensions! How to solve the problem?
What about groundwated pollution?
Should supply of clean water be improved to solve the problem of illegal pumping of water?

Member2
What do u think about economic growth and HDI, which is more important, what are metrics of HDI?
Should GDP growth which is redundant, not be used as a criteria for measuring growth?
Since you have studied mathematics, how would u measure happiness?
Tell me the the method?

Member3
What is social loafing?
Since you have studied sociology what factors cause inequality?
Asked to repeat factors?
What are traditional knowledge systems?
How will you handle criticism in administration?


Member4:

Situation:
There are some Industries along the river, they are polluting the water and not using treatment facility because of the cost? What would you do?

You are part of administration. In a tribal area health and educational infrastructure is to be developed but cost is high, terrain is difficult so the administration wants to displace, However the trivams are opposing and reluctant, What would you do, would you forceably displace them?

Date - 18/12/2025

Afternoon (5th Candidate) i was second last to go

Time - 17:10 - 17:40 hrs

Anuradha Madam

Telegram - Uno

DAF - Spirituality, Rajasthan, Industrial & Production Engineering, Hindi Essay Award

Anuradha Madam -

1) Are you comfortable in English or shall we go in "Hindi". i replied "English" madam.

2) Have you heard about the Word 'Spectrum' ? (I replied that I have heard the spectrum but do not have the clarity)

3) You have heard 'Spectrum' in Which thing ( I said 2G, 4G)

4) Why recently it was controversial ( i replied I am not aware)

5) 2G Spectrum issue


6) You are an engineer but in many branches students are very less shall we close them. (i replied it is true that some branches has less but closing is not an option rather we can rationalize the resources, right now can't think which branch can be closed)


M2 (Male) -

1) Who was Guru Ghasidas?

2) What is Dholpur House?

3) Who was Maharaja of Dholpur? (I said can't recall)

4) One school believe in 'predetermination' and other is 'free will' which do you support.

5) Here onwards Job Related questions............


M3(Male)-

All related to Job profile.......

2) What is 'Narco Analysis'. Don't you think it violates principle of 'protection against self incrimination'


M4(Male) -

1) what is the meaning of your name and what inspiration do you draw from it ?

2) Gave a big monologue about Freight Equalization Policy 1952. ( I said I am not aware of this Policy). He letter on explain me in this policy and ask me was it right or wrong (I said sir that in aspir my estimation at that time it was good because India needed and equitable resource all location).

3) some states are paying more taxes but the money is being transferred to legging states are we not penalising them. ( Penalising rather it is responsibility to make sure that we can tap the potential of each and every State)

4) Indian population is a challenge don't you think ? (Reply sir that today we are young Nation and we can read the benefit but if you are not able to read the demographic dividend then can be a challenge)

5)What is CAA ( i explained)

6) why people were against CAA ( i mentioned that biggest minority was against it)

7) Minorities had nothing to do with ( i said NPR NRC)

8) What is the current status ( I said NPR NRC are in abeyance and citizenship rights beig give under CAA)

M5 (Female)

Slow voice (i said that madam pardon i was not able to understand first line of you)

1) Why India is focusing on the big Industries rather than we should focus on the msme's don't you think that by focusing on big Industries we are trying to promote the inquality of income. (I said it is duty to promote equality but both are important, as for future we need to create Chip Industry, Semiconductor but should also promote MSMEs as they provide Jobs)

2) She insisted on that we should promote Big Industries.

Anuradha Madam Said "Thank You"

I said thank you to Madam (Forgot to say thank you to other members, I stood up very quickly)

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Around 3-4 times i said " i am not aware "

3 Times I used word 'in my opinion'

2 times I used " i have a perspective on it"

1 time used "may i take a few seconds"

1 time is used "as per my estimation"

#Questions related to Job (i gave 80%+ right answers and with clarity)

My english is not so fluent but still manageable (7/10 i can say)


कुछ मेरे से बोलते हैं कि जब बात करते समय दूसरे मेंबर पर भी फोकस करो, मेंबर मेरे इतने पास बैठे थे कि मैं उनसे नज़रें हटाकर किसी दूसरे को देख भी नहीं सकता। पूरे डिस्कशन में मैंने मुश्किल से दो से तीन बार किसी दूसरे मेंबर की ओर देखा होगा बस बाकी एकदम जिस मेंबर से बात कर रहा था उसी पर पूरा फोकस था।

मैं यह नहीं कहूंगा कि मैं बहुत एकदम स्ट्रेस फ्री होकर बात की होगी लेकिन हां फिर भी मैं कहूंगा कि i was comfortable with a happy face (even though not so happy)


मैंने कोशिश की कि मैं कहीं भी तुक्का ना मारूं या फालतू का कोई Guess ना मारूं। (फिर भी हो सकता है कि 1-2 जगह हो गया हो)


Mocks - SAMKALP (one Offline)


Thanks All Dear Friends who helped me Online/Offline

Layout of Anuradha Madam room.......madam ke paas note pad tha......pen se note kr rahi thi 🤣🤣🤣......haan main room kaa dimension and layout measure kr leta hun 😂😂yehi kaam h ....mistri hun 😂

Name: Pathan
Date: 19/12/25(afternoon 2nd to go)
Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir
Daf keywords: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Maths optional, Anime (nothing else asked)
Time: 27min almost wholly on daf

Chairman:
1- You're from Lucknow why is it called city of Nazakat & Nafasat
2- what does Nazakat & Nafasat mean?
3- What is Language,dialect,script
4- Lang with >1 scripts(didn't know told me Sanskrit, Name some dialects
5-Have You watched dragon ball?
Have you read manga? How is it read?(said left to right like Urdu)
6- any other lang read left to right?

M1
1- Name some regulatory bodies in India
2- FSSAI what does it do? When act brought in? What changes broughtby it?
3-Where in Lucknow do you see food stalls?
4- Why poor hygiene in those stalls?
What can be done to improve that?

M2
1- Should UP be bifurcated?
2- why mafia culture?
3- What has UP done to improve it's situation of late?

M3
1- What is use of maths in IT sector?
2- How to prevent criminalisation of politics and reasons for the same? What will you do as DM?
3-What is awadh region? Why awadh biryani famous? Which other biryani?
4- What are the major issues being discussed in India ?

M4
1- Should southern states be allocated more resources ? (Said you thinking like North Indian think like southerner)
2- Should Capital be shifted from Delhi to some southern state?

(Baki kuch ques the yad nhi)

Your itnv is over nice talking to you

Cordial No grilling

Mocks: Samkalp( 1st was good, 2nd one was too casual) Nxt ips(Good)
Vajirao(good but little grilling) Only pcs(Good)  No 1-1

PS: Mocks only help in practicing baki khana bhi mil jata h

Name: Venn diagram
Date: 18/12/25(afternoon 2nd to go)
Board: Sujata Mam
Daf keywords: NGO Pratham, Waste Management(Swatch Bharat), Autism, Blindness. Around 50% of DAF, rest random facts and situation based!
Time: 30+ minutes

President:
Read my DAF entirely. Then kept it aside! and asked very calmly!
Q- what is the motto of GOI
Q - Monologue on how these mottos Satyamev Jayate, Yogaha Karmasu Koshalam are there. Why are they there?(I said they're our goals)
Q - Are they really our goals?
Q - Is it the goals or means?(something on these lines)(I corrected my view then)
Q - Are we achieving them on the ground? so much negativity on the ground, so much distrust of bureaucracy!
Q - Monologue containing 2 questions on the lines of Antyodya, low state capacity, and is it only duty of government to reduce it
Q - 3 achievements of India where we're recognised globally (last was Lifting huge bulk out of poverty)
Q - How is removing poverty a world level achievement?

Member 1:
Q - What does your name mean?
Q - Do you know Mani Karan Sahib in Himachal?
Q - is your name linked to the place Mani Karan? If yes, how?
Q - You've worked for blind people and also for autism. (Some question I forgot)
Q - What are the special needs of such people?
Q - Asked a long question about Police transfer between states, police dos and donts(I said sorry sir I'll have to read about workings of Police administration)
Q - Supreme court judgement on Police reforms viz arrest?

Member 2:
Q - You've worked for Pratham. Tell me about a report they publish!
Q - What does this report have to say about Rajasthan (I said 2023 report only studied two states - UP and MP)
Q - But what do you think is the status of Rajasthan viz rest of the country?
Q - What is adversarial judicial system
Q - What does judge do in such system
Q - When does a judge act as activist judge, not neutral?
Q - Give me examples of such cases
Q - Have you heard about PIL?
Q - What is it? Who devised it for India?
Q - Explain me what is Locus Standi

Member 3:
Q - Have you participated in Swachh Bharat?
Q - Why do you think we have this problem that we needed Swach Bharat at first place?Why do we have so much waste? Member told me - don't tell me log kuda bahut failate hai isliye!
Q - If you're made incharge of Swach Bharat what will you do differently?
Q - Is there any Country that is doing something on the lines of Swatch Bharat?
Q - Talking about other country, have you been to any foreign country? (I said Nepal - member made a joke - that You know what, Nepal requires a Swatch Nepal)
Q - Which country is nearest to Andaman Nicobar Islands( I said Myanmar)
Q - Are you sure?( Yes because Cocos of Myanmar is close to Northern most tip)
Q - Is it not Indonesia? (I'll update myself)

Member 4:
Q - You've worked on kids with Autism. What is autism
Q - Tell me about the project
Q - Asked some more details
Q - Was it successful
Q - How kids with Autism are different? Challenges etc?
(Member 1 got curious and asked a question in the middle - Q - Oh really, kids with Autism have problems in hearing? (said - not hearing, but how their brain interpret it. Back to Member -4))
Q - She asked me - I'll give you a situation - Defend it - "India doesn't need big army. India must negotiate on the table"( Took 10 seconds and then gave 30 seconds ka monologue)
Q - Are you aware about Skilling schemes? Tell me 4. Just tell me 1
Q - Are you aware about Vishvakarma?
Q - What is prior learning in Skilling schemes? Are you aware how it works in the background?

Thank you
Your interview is over.

PS: Sujata Mam made sure that whatever I'm saying, I've hold over it. I was using words like Antyodya, state capacity etc. She made sure to verify if I knew them.
PPS: Sujata Mam beech beech mei was adding few words here and there to clarify questions of other panelists.
PPPS: Somehow member 1 was curious about questions on disability. He himself asked first, then while last member 4 was asking, he asked again!!

Mocks: Samkalp, Unacademy, NextIAS, Quantel, Vajiram Ravi, Vajirao Reddy (All most all good, don't take anything to heart! Take your own agenda to Mock Interviews)

O2O: Sajal Sir(Good one), Rajat Sir Saarthi(Good - personalised), Ajay Sir Vajiram(Good), Samkalp, Khan Sir KSG(Good), Quantel Teachers

Name:
Date:19/12/25
Board:Hon'ble Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir
DAF details: Raebareli, Sociology, Maths(graduation) , Parliamentary debating
CSE attempt-2, interview-1st


Chairman
Were u born in raebareli?
What is the state of debates in Parliament?
Even when we have internet, educated parliamentarians the quality of debates is decreasing. Why?
Should anti defection law be amended?
You have studied sociology, what are the social elements in Constitution?
Mention articles?
Why was article 51A introduced?
What do u think about the doctrine of dissent? What is it's importance in democracy?
What is famous in Raebareli

Member1:
What is the state of water, different dimensions! How to solve the problem?
What about groundwated pollution?
Should supply of clean water be improved to solve the problem of illegal pumping of water?

Member2
What do u think about economic growth and HDI, which is more important, what are metrics of HDI?
Should GDP growth which is redundant, not be used as a criteria for measuring growth?
Since you have studied mathematics, how would u measure happiness?
Tell me the the method?

Member3
What is social loafing?
Since you have studied sociology what factors cause inequality?
Asked to repeat factors?
What are traditional knowledge systems?
How will you handle criticism in administration?


Member4:

Situation:
There are some Industries along the river, they are polluting the water and not using treatment facility because of the cost? What would you do?

You are part of administration. In a tribal area health and educational infrastructure is to be developed but cost is high, terrain is difficult so the administration wants to displace, However the trivams are opposing and reluctant, What would you do, would you forceably displace them?

Sheel vardhan board
17/12/25
Daf: poetry , uttarakhand , delhi , doctor, women

Chairman : -what is chayavaad, famous poets of chayavaad, bhartendu and dwivedi yug, recited a poem and asked me to guess
Pm visit reasons. Instc
Member1: what is fpo, it's role , apeda
Member 2 : digital banking role , should dbt be given, digital arrest, walking :where do u walk and how many steps .
Member 3: who wrote first book on ai, emotional stress what is government doing , health budget outlay, 3 things govt is doing for health , national health policy of india
Member 4: why indian democracy stronger
China silk road and cross question

Transcript
Name: MainApniFavoriteHoon
Date: 18/12/25
Board: Suman Sharma Ma’am
DAF keywords: Bits pilani, ECE, Kathak, Squash. (Nothing else asked)
Chairperson:
What is govt’s policy towards spectrum?
Satellite internet by musk- competition in India?
Musk said about everyone be free after the next 20 years with AI doing everything, how do you feel about it?

Member1:
You come from BITS- very prestigious college- why does India lack in innovation whereas Chinese colleges are far ahead?
What must be done for improving it?

Member2:
What is your take on the US Venezuela issue?
Their PM touted as terrorist by Trump due to some terror groups, but no such action when India calls out terrorists- why so?
What should India do about it?

Member3:
Officer who is also a kathak performer?
India recently won something in squash- what is it?
Issues in India’s fiscal domain.
for one question I cant remember he laughed and said now thats a diplomatic answer.

Member4:
So you perform kathak, what are some other dances?
Why did you choose kathak?
Some prism experiment- not related to daf
How is quantum computing different from 0 and 1 bit computing?

One two questions i can’t remember.

Thank you, your interview is over.
Overall the board was cordial.


One to one: Bright Sir- daily one to one and Vikas Sir (Umbrella IAS academy): the best academy out there from prelims to interview, Shubham Aggarwal Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS)- confidence booster and overall helped a lot in managing stress, Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, IPS- very good discussion on questions from daf, Jithin George Sir (Lead IAS Academy)- one session on communication.

Mocks: Samkalp (online and offline)- offline one was closest to real one in terms of environment, Vajirao and Reddy- good, cordial board, Vajiram- would advise against it.

Name - Yasharth Srivastava
Date -16/12/2025.
Forenoon- was the first to go
Board - Sujata Chaturvedi Mam

Keywords - Prayagraj, Geography optional, electrical engineering and movies (rest not asked)

Greeted all
Everybody together said about me having a unique name.

Chairperson:
What were you doing since 2 hours? Said i was doing breathing exercise along with some chantings
Chairperson - Did it help? I said yes
Chairperson - should we start now?
1) What is going on in India recently domestic international anything?
2) so about this pollution in Delhi, why it varies like it was very bad yesterday and its a bit better today?
3) we do not know geography optional, so tell us what is temperature inversion?
4) what geographical reasons are responsible for pollution in Delhi?
5) Where are we at present with respect to US India Trade?
6)How our trade is doing? I said exports increased as per the article in today's newspaper
7) But how did it happen- we are facing tariffs?
8) What is happening at Aravalis - have you heard anything? I said sorry mam i know only about degradation and mining issues but not exactly i am aware of.

Member -1
1)You talked about new NREGA Bill- what are its new clauses?
2)What is the full name? I said sorry sir it's a long name so i am not able to recall
3)What is that one word which the act is about? I said guarantee.
4)Are the states allowed for a seasonal pause? Why? Didn't know much
5)What is the current expenditure ratio between centre and states? I said sir its wages and material.
6) he said how much wage distribution? I said it may be sir 60-40 but not really sorry sir not sure of it. He said its 100%.
7) Explain Malthusian theory.
8) But food production in India is increasing so how about the theory being correct? Connect it with agriculture. I asked some time to think. Then i tried answering. He interrupted and started asking me certain questions (below 👇)
8A- how much was india's population during independence. I said sorry sir. He said 30-35 million.
8B- how much was food production - i again said sorry sir. He said around 50 million tonns
8C- by how many times population increased now - i said 5-6 times
8D- and the food production - 350 million tonnes -7-8 times
8E- so what happened in India something in history - i said sir green revolution. He said yes thank you.
FOUND HIM TO BE GRILLING.

Member 2 (Female)
Was very cordial, nodding her head on all my answers, smiling.
1)You're from Prayagraj. So the mahakumbh attracted lot of crowd - do you think people believe in spirituality now? I was giving my answer - chairperson mam interrupted and said FOMO BHI TOH THA JAANE KA. You must be understanding this more than us. All smiled.
2) so did you as local face any problems? I honestly talked about traffic congestion
3)So how did you all manage ? Talkd about some steps taken by administration.
4) so it was a great event? I said yes mam
5) Gave a condition - you are the DM,you have a deadline to complete monsoon related projects but they have not been completed before monsoon. Your political bosses are angry, people are, media is there. What challenges will you have and how will you deal with it?
6) so do you think that monsoon districts should prepare for the impact of monsoon?

Member 3
1)So you are an electrical engineer - did you do any job? I said no
2)Why did you join engineering?
3) God forbids, if you dont qualify civil services wht will you do? I said i have requested some of my friends and relatives for any technical role
4) but its been so many years - will you get a job? Sir thats why i said that I will initially have to join training or an internship for ups killing
5) what do you think about the state of engineering education in India? I said sir its fragmented- some have very good facilities others dont. ( I went to IIT DELHI and a very small private college during my engineering so made a comparison)

6) and what about the teaching quality? Again i said sir its fragmented.
7) What is the new civil liability law which the government is proposing? I answered. He again asked what did you say how much liability?
8) and what about safety, security, leakages etc? I said sir thats why atomic regulatory board has been given the statutory status to look after this issue.
9) what is limited and unlimited liability? I said sorry sir.

Member 4
1) so you like thought provoking movies- tell me 3 movies which you liked?
2) Why dangal? I said how it showed about father fighting the society etc
3) what about daughters? I said yes sir they were intially involved in household chores and then they joined wrestling. He interrupted and asked about 2nd movie.
4) What happened on 16th December? I said its Vijay Diwas when India won 1971 war and Bangladesh was formed.
5) why did it happen? Talked about the conflicts, operation starlight, etc
6) and how it boils down to today? Couldn't understand the question properly so said talked a bit about how things have changed
7) He said Sheikh Hasina, i couldn't understand what he's trying to say then again he took the name, i said sorry sir , then he raised his voice and said who is Sheikh Hasina? ( I seriously didn't understand what he was trying to say)
8) Can you tell some event which happened on 16th in recent history?
I said sir unfortunate incident of Nirbhaya Delhi Gang rape case
He said ok thank you.

Chairman mam- Ok Yasharth, Your interview is over. You may go. Thank you.

TIME - 10:07 AM to 10:34 AM. (27 minutes)

These were exactly the questions which were asked. I remember all of them.

It was a very different board compared to others which we hear.Talked to different people with Sujata Mam'e board. They all had thr same opinion.Not much about your hobbies achievements nothing. Jumping randomly to new topics. But overall it was fine. May be Sujata mam sees things differently.

My MOCKS :
Vision IAS faculty mock
Vajiram and Ravi
Next IAS
Only IAS
Samkalp IAS (Best one)
All were good

One to one session
ONLY IAS
Shabbir sir edukemy
Deb sir Edukemy
(both were highly helpful)
Pre DAF with Shivin sir.

Rest all left to God. All the best guys.

Name: KL Rahul
Date: 17/12/2025
Time:28-30 mins
Session: Morning


Board: DDS(Dinesh Dasa Sir) 3rd one to go. 2 people were from UP, 4 others were from Rajasthan.

Key DAF Details: Cricket, JNU, PSIR, Cooking, UP, Delhi, Kanpur, Pet lover, Agriculture, PSIR, Economics, Geography.

M1(Chairman)
Hello KL, how are you ? Can we take your Interview in Hindi?
I replied "sure sir". Then all interview went in "Hinglish".
1.What did you learn in JNU??
2.What 3 things will you do in JNU if you'll be elected as VC with full powers?
3.Why US in building so many aircrafts in the time of air warfare?


M2
1.You had economics in graduation, is work from home fine in India?
2.What will you do to promote FDI in India??
2-3 more questions but I can't recall

M3(lady member, thoda gusse me lg rhi thi).We will talk on urban housing
1.why many houses are locked and many are houseless in same city?
2.what will you do?
3.why laws support tenants?
4.Do you know about the laws related to tenants in India?

M4(looked dangerous but I think he was testing my patience. I was smiling constantly)
1.What is Power?
2.Why Kanpur is called Manchester of the East?
3.Tell me about French revolution. It's year. It's leaders, causes and impacts on India.

M5(It seemed he was from UP)
1.Which all industries are located in Kanpur??
2.Why still river pollution in Kanpur?
3.What steps will you take to promote cleanliness of Ganga??
4.Why "Beehads" are located just 50 kms away from Kanpur but not in Kanpur??

Mocks:- Given 12-13 mocks to improve my communication skills.
Quantel(Lead IAS and Nirnay IAS)
Tathastu IAS
Forum IAS
Next IAS
Unacademy
Shubhra Ranjan (not went very good)
Vajiram, Vajirao, Samkalp, Drishti, and ALS(under Quantel)[All
5 were good]

One on One:-
1.Shubham Agrawal Sir Vidhyapeeth (very good and confidence booster).
2.Bassi Sir Next IAS (very good).
3. Daily discussion with 2 other PT appearing candidates including last year AIR 227 and another gold standard person who appeared in PT last year. They helped me a lot(almost 50-60 % questions were from there).
4.O2O session with one of my selected friends Meghna Chakraborty (AIR79 last year). Proved very helpful for me to answer JNU related questions.

Name: Cheetah 🐆
Date: 17/12/2025

Key DAF Details: Disaster, JNU, Election, Sustainability, English Literature (rest not asked)

Board: Almighty Suman Sharma Ma'am

Duration: 11:09 to 11:38 (29 min.)

Questions asked:
Chairwomen -
So you have done graduation in English and then Disaster Studies. This is a Masters Degree (Rhetoric statement)
Q1 - Suppose you are made DM of a district which has hit earthquake. What would be your immediate steps for initial 2 days.
Q2 - Last year, Kerala has classified elephant killing as a disaster. What are the advantages of doing so.

M1 (Male)
Q1 - Have you heard of IMF and World Bank, what if the distinction between them.
Q2 - What are your views on One Nation One Election
(Can't remember what else he asked.)

M2 (Male)
Q1 - Have you travelled In India/abroad ?
Q2 - You travelled to Rajasthan, what are the governance challenges you saw during that visit. ?
Q3 - What would you do to solve them.
Q4 - You talked about governance gap what are some steps you would take to bridge it.
Q5 - Have you heard about Umang App ? What is it about ?
Q6 - How would you ensure its adoption and efficiency. ?

M3 (Male)
Q1 - What are your view of Students unions getting affiliated with the political parties.
Q2 - There are two things, fiscal deficit and current account deficit. As a finance minister of India, which one would you priorities.
Q3 - (I said Fiscal Deficit.) Why ?
Q4 - What is the current fiscal deficit ?
Q5 - What will you do for disabled person in your office and as a DM in general ?
Q6 - You have been involved something related to Sustainability also. How would you use AI in Urban management ?

M4 (Male)
Q1 - You talked about English Literature, any favourite poet ? (Follow-up questions) Why ? Any example of it ?
Q2 - It this poet in your graduation subject or in optional syllabus ?
Q3 - Suppose you are DM of a disaster hit area and you immediately need 5000 blanket, but the tendering is a time taking process. What will you do ?
Q4 - What are your views of special school ? Should we increase their strength ? Or should we reduce ? And follow-up questions
Q5 - What is CDRI ? Tell us something about it.
Q6 - What is ring if fire ? Where is it, name of that region ?

Your interview is over.


Panel Mocks - (total 4)
1. UPSCprep.com (Abhijeet sir)(Questions were practical and relevant to DAF, overall good),
2. Unacademy (below average)
3. Samkalp (good) (total 2 Mock here)

One to one (total 4)
1. UPSCprep (Ketan sir) (average, focused on factual component)
2. ADC of my District (good, specially related to my district issues and situation based questions on it)
3. Shubham Aggarwal sir (Vidhyapeeth IAS) ( very helpful, specially related to my English Literature optional and situation based questions)
4. Mahesh M Bhagwat Sir, (very comprehensive on my DAF related keywords)

(*Also, both ADC Sir of my District and Shubham sir helped me in refinintthe answer without beating around the busy)

Name-AT
Date-18 Dec
Keywords -civil eng, siwan(bihar) ,geography optional, cricket, private college (rest not asked)
Chaired by - suman Sharma
Time- 20-25 min
Chairwomen
1) what is one china and China +1 policy
2) Does India get its benefit?
3) but other countries like vietnam get more benefit?
4) reason for the same
5) What is India doing ?
6) what is out of the Africa hypothesis?
M1
Why did a private college emerge in India ?
7)Tell 3 top private colleges of India
8)Why do you choose ?
9)Deepest point in ocean ?
10)Does life exist there ?
M2
11)Issue in your district?
12)What is a job less growth ?
13)Why is the job less growth happening?
14)What is the PLI scheme ? 2 issues and 2 benefits
M3
15)Does heartland and rimland theory still be relevant ?
16)Cross question on it
17)Issue with the ageing population in the world
18)What the world is doing
19 ) In future what is going to be more important geography or demography ?
20)Statement "India becomes older earlier than becoming rich "agree or disagree?
21)What is your basis for taking a stance
22)What is the meaning of viksit bharat for you
M4
23)Which record do you believe is difficult to break in cricket ?
24)What is the main issue with the recent MGNREGA amendment?
25) brics currency issue and should india need to support it or not
26) current account deficit and trade deficit
Chairwomen -  your interview is over
Overall cordial board
Mocks - sankalp, vajirao and reddy both were good

Date of Interview - 18/12/2025
Name - SD
Board - Sheel Vardhan Sir
DAF Keywords - Doctor, PSIR, Geopolitics, Domestic politics
Interview Duration - 25 min

Chairman Sir
1.Have you ever been too rural India ?
2.What anxieties do you find in Rural youth ?
3.What 3 skills would you give'em to alleviate their anxiety ?
4. What's Demographic dividend ? Is it not turning into a burden ?

Member 1 : Only 1 question
What health problems do you feel farmers involved in intensive agriculture face ?

Member 2 :
1. Is not US a declining power ?
2. Can India become a superpower ?
3. What are India's potential ?
4. What India needs to do to become one ?

Member 3 :
1. Political parties in Andhra ?
2. What tussle is going on in the Congress party in Karnataka ? Should not Congress high command fulfill the promise which it gave to DK Shivkumar ?
3. What recent trends you observe in Indian Politics ? I said emergence of women as a vote bank, then the viva shifted towards women....
4. Should women be involved in development planing ?
5. Women can be corrupt as well ? Don't you think ?
6. Ethical situation - you are a head of a development project and some major mistake happens. What will you do ?

Member 4 :
1. Do you watch movies ?
2. Why South Indian movies are doing well than Bollywood movies ?
3. Why in India, the craze about govt jobs is more ?

Difference between Mocks and real interviews ? Mock interviews are like viva, real interview flows like intellectual conversation, in mocks you can predict questions and rehearse them, here the questions are highly unpredictable.......you sit on equal footing with the board members.......round table and six same size chairs are placed and you are seated on one of them implies that it's a conversation.

Mocks - Samkalp, Jamia Hamdard, online panel on Only ias, one on one Daf discussion by Vivek sir (helpful) Jice IAS and Raj Kumar IAS.

Interview Date - 10/12/25
(Sharing late due to my bad health in past week)
Board - Dinesh Dasa Sir
Name - let it be
Keywords - Allhabaad University, UP , Atmnirbhar bharat , women empowerment, hath yoga (nothing asked ) , blogging on social issues, economics as optional (half interview was on this ) , Raebareli (my district) rest not asked .

I was the 1st one to go

Chairman sir - how are you ?
Q1 - Oh Allahabad University also offers undergraduate courses ?
I replied yes sir .
Q2 - Then he asked why the recent pace of civil servants coming from University has reduced ?
Q3 - Ok tell me the significance of Raebareli (basically wanted to know political significance) then briefed about some more districts having political significance like Ballia .
Q4 - Next question was on labour reforms , why it has been bought , what impact it will have and what more suggestions can I give ( good question)
Q5 - Next question was on msme -aksed turnover and investment limit , its significance and my suggestions on it .

M1 - (lady member )
Q1 - tell me about swach bharat abhiyan . Whom do you give responsibility to clean india -young or old age people ( tricky question)

Q2 - suppose you are DC of a lesser known district having a historical significance, how will you promote tourism there ?

Q3 - How can india's economic growth can be sustained ?

M2 - (male member )
Q1 - compare Chinese economy and indian economy .

Q2 - what is centralised and decentralised economy?

Q3 - what economic system does india have ?

Q4 - can india achieve the economic growth like china and how ?

Q5 - (very tricky for me at that time ) - why india has lagged behind china although started early reforms almost same year ? (Follow up questions )

M3 - (male member)
Q1 - mention the historical significance of raebareli ? Where it was 1st mentioned ?

Q2 - Name the first PSU of raebareli .
Q3 - how Raebareli is related to Awadhi culture ? (He Siad me to read about it in more detail )
Q4 - tell me three things you would like to include while making economic policy of india .( i told equity, economic growth , self reliance )
Q5 - then he asked relate the last two and then tell . (OK sir )

M4 - (lady member)
Q1- U write about social issues , what kind of social issues bother you ?

Q2 - tell me about beti bachao and beti padhao , its achievements

Q3 - tell me one thing that you will do to remove poverty ?

Q4 - she asked in today's newspaper , odisha's gross enrolment ratio has come down , how beti bachao and beti padhao helpful there ? What could be the possible reasons for it ?

Twist plot - it was already above 30 mins ,chairman interrupted that time is up , but lady member said sir just two more questions, and then interview went for 38to 40 mins . (May be I was the 1st one to go that's why )

Final experience- the board was very cordial (especially female members , they were encouraging me to speak ) , male members were strict and had no expression , however they were satisfied by my answers , the board was overall cordial . However u never know what comes out as result , so fingers crossed 🤞.

All the best .

Mocks - pw only ias , vajirao and reddy ( good one ) , understand upsc ( very helpful ) , vajiram and ravi , vision ias ( good one ) , quantel (nice ) , samkalp ias ( good one ) , one to one with Satyam jain sir , and Satyendra Garg sir ( samkalp ias ) along with insightful classes of next ias - Vibhash Jha sir (economics optional ) and shivin sir (sarthi ias )

Name: EntropytoEthics (4th to go )

Date: 19/12/2025 ,AN

Key DAF Details: chess, mechanical optional, railways, movies , solar , disaster, MNiT, Rajasthan Jaipur Bengaluru

Board: Suman Sharma ma’am

Questions asked:

Chairman :
1. If you are railway minister how will you divide 100 rupees in railways , give breakup
2. When railway is planning for net zero?
3. How railway is planning to achieve that ?
4. How solar panel between the tracks work (I mentioned this in my answer )
5. What to be done for making them non vulnerable to theft ?
6. What is your opinion about DINk?( little discussion on this )
7. What do you infer from the statement “ people don’t cast their vote , they vote for the caste “
( I explained what I perceive from this , then asked examples , I refrained stating I can’t recall ma’am)

Member 1 :
1. What is the use of social media ? How to make it safe from mis utilisation ? What are the regulatory authorities?
2. How to improve sports infrastructure ?

One or two question more can’t recall

Member 2:

1. What is the disaster profile of Bengaluru ( posted there) ? Why it is so ?
2. What govt has done for improving the situation ? Or govt only supported real state and business in Bengaluru
3. If you are DM , which all departments would you have coordinated in this situation ?

Member 3:
1. What is tolerance ? Why it is given
2. How to decide sustainability of a material ? Is it necessary ?
3. What is asset monetisation of railways ?
4. Why railway still lacking on it ? ( isn’t minister involved in setting targets with Niti ayog - I kept quiet on this , the he said this is tough for you and all laughed )
5. What is fiscal deficit ?
6. Is it necessary or if yes up to what extent ?
7. Is there any act which prescribes the limit of it ? What is the limit ?
8 why we are far behind the targeted limit ?

Member 4:
1. Who was Madan mohan Malaviya ?
2. Explain, F= Gm1m2/r(square)
3. What is G and its value
4. What one work you have done in your 4 years of service for which you will be remembered for next 25 years ?(answered)
5. What you have done for staff (answered)
6. What you have done for your people beyond professional boundaries in personal capacity ( I said I restrained myself to professional level only )

Mock : samkalp , Pw, next IAS , study iq , vajirao
One to one with Shubham sir vidyapeeth IAS (good confidence booster )

Best wishes! ✨❤️
The board was cordial, and I did not feel any grilling during the interview. Overall, it was a good experience.

PT MARKS-173

Name - Bismil
Date - 19th Dec - Afternoon 1st to go
Board - Sujata Ma'am
Daf Details - Law, Cricket, Scleroderma, nothing else asked

Chair
1. What were you thinking while sitting outside
2. Then read my DAF aloud
3. Asked what did you read in the newspaper today
4. Why rupee is depreciating (I mentioned that I read about it in the NP) and follow up
5. India - US trade tariff and it's implication on economy
6. Asked for my view on Indian economy in short term and long term
7. Asked what is PPP & L1 in bidding (had mentioned PPP in previous answer)
8. Follow up - what will you prefer in PPP which has revenue sharing clause, L1 or some other method
9. Asked other methods of evaluating bids and awarding ppp projects

Member 2
1. Tell me about Advocates Act (wanted to hear that lawyers are not allowed to advertise and then follow up Qs)
2. Asked about restoration of conjugal rights in India
3. Difference order and decree
4. What is injunction and on what grounds you get it
5. Who was baba kharak singh

Member 3
1. What's happening in Bangladesh
2. What international law is violated by Bangladesh and what recourse should India have (follow up Qs)
3. Asked about SHANTI Bill and then about Delhi Gas Leak Case
4. What is Case Law
1-2 more Qs can't remember

Member 4
1. 2 Situation based Qs
2. Asked about UNNAT Scheme & Shikshan Sansthan
3. Challenges faced by India's IT sector and discussion on AI (Picked it from my answer to chair ma'am) and follow up Qs

Member 5
1. What is Grundnorm of India (Law related)
2. You play cricket - You hit a six and ball goes out of park, hits someone on the head and he dies -- Decide your liability
3. Another situation based Q on law
4. What is torts
5. What is Scleroderma and follow ups (DAF Se)

Time - No idea
Board was really cordial

Mocks - PW IAS (Grueling and nothing like actual interview) + Vajiram&Ravi + Vajirao & Reddy (Closest to actual interview) + Vision IAS ( Faculty & bureaucratic mock) + One on One with DD Sharma Sir (Very Helpful)

PT-195

Name:- Dekh lenge
Interview date:- 11th Dec , Forenoon; 2nd to go
DAF Keywords:- Jharkhand, Giridih, PSIR, and nothing else was asked
Board:- Sujata Chaturvedi Mam

Chairman
1. Giridih used to be better and suddenly city lost its charm....what was that factor...are you aware ...I said no mam.....she said mica mining is stopped and less demand due to synthetic mica
2. So you are from Jharkhand( I said yes). So you know tribal people follow some very bad* practices. Could you tell me some.
I started with witchbranding and witchhunting...and we have long discussion on the same issue

No further Q from mam

M1
1. Asked about judicial activism and examples
2. Asked about delegated legislation and examples
3. As a administrator, how would you balance people's right to protest and right to way/non damage
4. Asked which place in Delhi is designated as protest site.
5. Some ideals written in preamble which we have not yet achieved or have long way to achieve
6. Have you read today newspaper... I said I have gone briefly through it.....he asked which country is contemplating on banning citizenship by birth...

I Said ...not gone through that exact section of paper but going by the news it could be USA ....he smiled

M2.
1. Operation sindoor and learnings.
2. Media management and misinformation that they spread during Op Sindoor
3. If appointed as DM of Ranchi, how would you promote tourism therein

M3.
1. Why illegal abortion (sex selected) despite having a law in place.
How would you stop it.(I didn't mention Civil Society)
He asked is there any role of Civil society

M4 lady member
1. Follow up question from op sindoor. She asked I forgot to mention one domain (that was diplomacy she quickly mentioned and little talk on that).
2. Is socialism and capitalism can coexist. And discussion on same
...followup....discussion on inequality in india
Asked which Indian state has lowest inequality..i said I don't know but if allowed can take a guess......she said go ahead.(Guessing isn't prohibited in our board)...I said maybe Karnataka...she smiled...
Back to chairman...she said your interview is over you can go now

(I might have missed 1-2 questions but they were mostly follow ups)


Time:- 26 mins
Board was very cordial and was listening very carefully.
Mock given :- 2 in Samkalp, vajiram, vajirao, onlyias, vision, one online group mock interview samkalp, (many felt like waste of time wrt questions asked except samkalp ..gave them for fluency and pressure handling)
O2O :- Only ias , Shubham sir(vidyapeeth ias)
Mistakes i did :- not giving last mock in Samkalp...., less speaking practice and articulation

samkalp mock are more closer to actual one with simple setup and supporting board members ...
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Best wishes to those who are set to appear in coming days....(It will be the easiest mock that you'll give ...(imo))
Good luck
Baki bholenath sambhal lenge...har har mahadev