Board : Shri Sheelvardhan sir 
(12/01/2026, Afternoon 6th to go, Hindi medium) 

DAF: listening to Podcast, history, spokesperson of student union, ICAS ( rest not related, they didn't asked from there )

Chairperson: 
1. So you like to listen to podcasts, which kind of podcast do you llisten to
2. You herd lex fridman?
3. Andru fuberman?
4. Joe Rogan?
5. Why do UPSC aspirants prefer to listen to the smita prakash podcast?
6. What is subaltern history writing?
7. Is it only related to the independence movement?
8. Imagine you are a common man, and exclude king ashoka, as a common man whose period under which king you would have liked to live? And why?
9. Can we say Mohanjodado was a smart City?
10. Except IOT what are the other criteria to call a city smart City?
11. For a lower middle class these cities are not affordable, what are the reasons?

M1 (male member): 
1. What is the meaning of your name?
2. You were a spokesperson of student union, do you know about the Lyngdoh commission?
3. You are a student of Science and then you chose History as an optional, why?
4. In Mumbai municipal corporation election, 60 seats went without opposition, what is your take is it good for a democracy?
5. If budget is not passed for some reasons then what are the provisions for govt for their payments?

M2 ( female member):
1. You said cities are not affordable, what can be done? 
2. Will it not be against Right to property?
3. How fundamental duties can be more enforced?
4. E commerce industries, 10 min delivery, what are the cons? 
5. From the consumer side also? 
6. One more thing that consumers are getting impatient (she added)
7. As US political structure President Trump has a lot of power, how can he be controlled there? 

M3 (female member):
1. what are the functions of your service? 
2. Payment related work is also related to your cadar? 
3. Where are you getting trained? 
4. What classes have you done?
5. Okay, some of the characteristics of Trump is like a dictator and ruining all rule based order, there must be something within the US structure to control him?
6. What mechanism does India have in such conditions? 
7. Don't you think in the last few years India's foreign policy is failing? 
8. Tell me about India UK FTA?

M4 (male member):
1. How to do theaterisation?
2. What will be the benefits?
3. Don't you think integration of cyber warfare is also important? 
4. How India can step up in cognitive warfare.

Chairperson: thank you your interview is over. (Around 25 minutes) 

Panel Mock ( vajirao reddy, sankalp, unacademy, OnlyIas)

Name- sandpapergate
16/1/2026 FN
BB Swain sir's board
F1,Civil Engg, THDC, Scout and guide, PSU.

Ch - why is F1 not developing in India?
Indians in F1 ?

M1
Pax silica members?
What does India bring to the table
Netherlands contribution?
How was Doland trump's 1st year as President for India?
Should we stop engaging with us?

M2
What is F1 doing for sustainability of the sport?
FIA full form?
What would you do for greener F1?
What did you learn in Scout and Guide?
Any specific experiment that'll help in administration ?

M3
Why did you leave THDC in 4 months ?
Why did NTPC acquire THDC?
Psus in mineral sector?
Have you heard of Uranium corporation limited?
Opinion about Disinvestment?
As administration how would you use your professional and normal life experience ?

M4
Reasons for decrease in importance of marriage?
Personal opinion about committment?
Do you know about the controversy in mumbai local elections ?
Ink used in elections is called?
As municipal administrator will you improve the roads and park near the CMs house on his demand?
More discussion on this

Board was cordial and helpful

Mocks - Next, samkalp, pw, leadias, Rajasirs academy, ekamias, vajirao and reddy.

Most helpful was umesh reddy sirs daily current affair discussion

22nd Jan Afternoon candidates shifted to 27.02.2026 forenoon

Name:
chairman : Anuradhdha mam

Key DAF details: B.H.M.S, surat, teaching ( else nothing asked from DAF)
Questions asked:

Chairman mam:
1. why are you shifted from homoeopathy to teaching?
2. are you full time teacher or visiting?
3. why alternate medicine are not so popular?

member 1 :
1. why historically surat is so much in interest
2. is there any integrared allopathy and homoeopathy PHC there
other 1-2 questions... not able to remember

Member 2:
1. why homoeopaths are not suggesting the names of medicine
2. should we tell this?
3. what happened in Germany? they are giving names or not?
4. SAARC and ASEAN both are regional bodies... then why SAARC is not succeeded?
5.what is the Stack of BIMSTEC?

Member 3:
1. what is string of pearl theory?
2.why should china is hostile towards neighbouring nations?
3. don't you think china should try to bring them in it's own favour
2-3 questions i don't remember

Member 5
1. what is sustainable development?
2. what is sustainable aviation fuel?
3.should we incorporate AI in health and develop some applications like we do during Covid-19
4. should we integrate AI based system with homoeopathic practice throughout the nation?

few questions not able to remember

Overall review:
The board was so cordial..... well listeners.... no interruptions in between..

way different compared to mocks...

Credits and gratitude:

friends and mentors:
Hardik solanki sir
Dr. Ashish sir
Prakash sir

mocks:

online one on one:

PW onlyias, quantel and samkalp

DAF with Mahesh Bhagwat sir (very detailed 360* DAF analysis)

Panel mocks
Vision, samkalp, vajirao, Pw onlyias (not so good), Unacademy, Raja sir ias

Name - shiksha sharma
3rd to go afternoon
Sanjay Verma sir
30-32 minutes
Daf- Dungarpur Rajasthan swimming, lyrics, badminton Premchand,poem, ganeshotsav
Optional - philosophy
Med hindi
Chair:
1. Guess the GDP of india at Premchand time
2. How many percentage of people improved their condition since 1936
3. How many women?
4 . Which novelist in modern india is close to Premchand?


Member 1.
1. Cloud seeding failed in delhi reason?
2. Ganeshotsav why how?
3. Recite poem

Member 2
1. Cricket in Dungarpur
2. Is it safe to swim in natural water bodies?
3. Relationship with neighbouring countries

Member 4
1. Chambal river
2. Rajasthan tourism challenges

Member 5
1. Naxalism in Dungarpur
2. Why swimming not as popular as badminton in india.

Chair: thankyou
Each member asked 4-5 question and Sanjay sir also asked 5-6 question many i forgot

PT Marks-175

Name- nothing
Date - 13/01/2026
Afternoon
Chairman- sheelvardhan sir
Daf- Hindi literature, b.sc. , reflective diary writing, kho kho , webseries, PMUSP, Medhavi vidyarthi.
Sir-
आइए आइए
Aapka name famous personality par he. Than he asked .. aapke name par ye book he aapne read ki.. mene kaha I m sorry sir mene read nahi ki.. unhone kaha aap padhiye achi book he..
Ev policy par apki kya ray he
Ye to sirf rich people ke liye he
E waste genrate hota he
As a planet sochiye ki ev policy sahi he kya
Reflective diary writing kbse kar rhe ho
Daily likhte ho ?
Esi konsi chej he jo daily kar rhe ho tbhi se dairy lekhan me ?


Member 1 -
one Nation one election par ray kya he
Agr no confidence motion aye fir kya karege
I said waki शेष अवधि ke liye new government ke liye election
He said - fir कायका one election ho gae na 2 election.. sb hnsne lage and I agree with sir
B.sc. kiya h than literature optional kyu liya ??
2021 me v villages me content ki Kami he kya ?
Reflective and non Reflective diary writing me kya antar he??
Bharat 1991 se international relations par jayada focus kyu kr rha he ??
2014 ke bad se act east policy and asean ke sth संबंध kyu behtar kar rha he ??

Member 2 (female) -
Apne school me science padi fir hindi optional kyu liya
Favorite hindi kavita ?
Kyu h ??
Other kavita?
मुक्तिबोध ne kis bare me likha?ब्रह्मराक्षस me kya likha he
अंधेरे में kya likha he ??
Kese likhte ho diary koi real life example dekar batao??
New education policy and old me se konsi better he ??
Iit kisliye banaye he ??

Member 3 (female)
PMUSP kya h ?
Medhavi vidyarthi kya he ??
Apki university state he ya central??
Central University vs state university??
Kho kho hi kyu khelte ho ??
Ye sab to kabbadi me v he ??
MP govt kya kar rhi he sports ke liye?
MP me sports university he kya ? Kaha he ?

Member 4 -
ISRO kesa pradarshan kar raha he ?
Sirf fund badane ki jarurat he ?
Scientist bola than said or
Engeneer dubara se or btao
Pvt sector role than he said or batao ??
India ki nuclear policy kya he ??
Jab samne wala desh puri tarah se barbad kr dega fir kese heavy retaliate karege ??
Nuclear bomb kitne type ke hote he ??

Board cordial tha.. sabke face par smile thi specially female members and sir..

Name: Kannadiga
Date:- 16th Jan 2026
Board:- Sanjay Varma Sir
Afternoon 2nd to go
Around 25-28 Minutes
Key Words:- Karnataka, Mandya, Kannada Movies, Novels, Poems, Kannada Literature, Nirbhaya Gangrape

Chairman
1. In Which language you dream
2. ⁠only kannada no english
3. Does your dream looks black and white or Colour
4. ⁠You look like a serious Kannada Guy - are you the guy who beats all non kannadigas in karnataka
5. ⁠You watch movies suggest me one kannada movie to watch (said kanthara asked another - said - Hondisi Bareyiri )
6. ⁠There is a view that Kannada Literature is highly romanticised and nostalgic do you think that is correct - does your literature has any rebel writers (said Devanuru Mahadev)
7. ⁠What issues he write
8. ⁠Again Said Banu Mushtaq
9. ⁠asked about her book language and controversy regarding her inaugurating Dasara Event
10. ⁠Is this your first time coming to Delhi ( Said no - came for other interviews)
11. ⁠Which boards previous (Manoj Soni B B Swain)


M1
1. Whats the debated issue in Nirbhaya Gang Rape Case
2. ⁠After the incidents what major changes were brought
3. ⁠what are the technological changes
4. ⁠you watch movies tell me something about India's soft power
5. ⁠I mentioned as leader of Global South - He asked is world recognises us as leader of global south or we claim it?
6. ⁠India's influence in Africa - I mentioned Gandhi (Chairman interrupted and said recently against Gandhi many issues were going on are tou aware of it)
7. ⁠Next talked about bollywood in Central Asia
8. ⁠Asked about India China Issue (I mentioned weaponisation of water)
9. ⁠He said Does India also Do the same with Indus Water Treaty
10. I said no its different issue with terrorism
11. ⁠I told about diplomacy and nucler installation engagement with Pak
12. ⁠India China issue and Way Forward

M2
1. Kuduremukh ore and industry
2. ⁠Oldest Dam in Karnataka
3. ⁠Mahadayi Issue - River water dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra
(Others not able to remember )

M3
1. Why Karnataka politics is unstable - and Long discussion on it
2. ⁠Malayalam language bill - why all south states can solve language issue by taking one common language
3. ⁠Which language you would suggest
4. ⁠Why karanataka faces lot of political issues
5. ⁠Tell me something about Tipu Sultan

M4
1. Tell me about Hampi
2. ⁠which religions are there in Hampi
Talked about Devadasi system
3. ⁠5 problems for Bengaluru and solutions for it
4. ⁠Many more questions could not able to remember

Overall good experience

Special Thanks to 2 Doctor Friends (Dr N and Dr K)who helped me throughout the interview preparation.....

PT MARKS -175

Name: Jim Halpert
Date: 16/01/2026
Board: Hon. Sheel Vardhan sir
Forenoon, 1st to go

DAF Keywords: Chennai, Doctor MBBS, Carnatic Music Singer, Padmashri, Delegation to Nepal
(Cultural exchange programme)

Chairman:
1. Difference between society of chennai and delhi
2. Raja Raja Chozhan and city captured in Srilanka
3. Describe Sengol
4. Describe Brahadeeshwara temple
5. CIC and effectiveness of the body

Member 1 (Male):
1. Padmashri awards and article 18
2. Should Padmashri awards be given
3. Case law which cancelled Padma awards
4. Parasakthi Movie and Jananyagan Movie issues
5. Nepal issues going on.
6. Monarchy reinstatement in Nepal.

Member 2 (Female):
1. How to assess the will of the people or choice of the people in type of rule they want (monarchy or democracy)?
2. Carnatic Music and difference from hindustani
3. How geography affects music
4. How rhythm gets affected
5. Medical system issues in India
6. Primary health care focus not given much, your opinions on it.

Member 3 (Female):
1. 3 changes needed in Indian Economic policy
2. What exactly happens in a cultural exchange programme?
3. Are these programmes necessary
4. How do you manage time for extracurriculars with medicine during graduation?

Member 4 (male):
1. Nuclear weapons Pakistan might use.
2. Where they might use in India
3. How to oppose a strong opponent?
4. What is asymmetric deterrence (from previous answer)
5. How to use it against China
6. DRDO functioning and defence supply.

Overall cordial board

Mocks: Shankar IAS, Aram IAS, PW OnlyIAS, Jamia RCA, HSC, Quantel, Next IAS, Vaji Rao and Vaji Ram
O2O: Mahesh Bhagwat IPS sir, Utkarsh Sir, Shubham Sir, Officers IAS

PT MARKS -210

Board- Sujata Chaturvedi Ma’am
Date- 14th January
Slot- afternoon, 5th
DAF keywords- Bihar, petroleum refinery engineering, Madhubani, Maithili literature

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Chairperson (Ma’am)

Ma’am ne DAF ke keywords ko padhkar sabko bataya
1. Graduation aapka 21 me complete hua. Aapne job nahi kiya? (maine mention kiya ki ye mera 3rd interview hai)
2. Last ke 2 interview ka experience kaisa raha
3. Aapne kaun se topics taiyar kiye hain (Bihar and petroleum sector aur bhi)
4. Aaj ki newspaper aapne padhi hai
5. Sab log suit pahan kar aate hain. Aapne bandhgala kyun pahna? (answer kuch aisa tha ki ma’am aur sabhi members hasne lage)
6. Ethnic wear pahanne ke kya benefits hain? (3 points bataye)
7. Aapne Prada and Kolhapuri mamla suna hai? Explain kijiye (pata tha, explain kiya)
8. 26 January ko is baar kaun guest bankar aa raha hai? (EU wale)
9. 26 January and 15 August ko flag kaun hoist karta hai? (PM and President)
10. Dono flag hoisting me ek basic difference hai. Aapko pata hai? (sorry bola)
11. Aap North Bihar se aate ho. Kaun si rivers flood ka karan banti hain?
12. Kya Ganga ke karan bhi Bihar me flood aati hai?
13. Flood ki samasya ka kya samadhan ho sakta hai?
14. Dam banane ke to sab jagah virodh ho raha hai. Phir kaise dam banayenge
15. Rivers ke kinare forest kaise lagayenge? Zameen to private hai.

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Member 1
1. Darbhanga Maharaj ki wife ka nidhan hua hai. Aapko pata hai?
2. Kya naam tha unka?
3. Kya contribution tha unka?
4. Waise to raje-maharaje politics me kaafi active hote hain, lekin Darbhanga Raj ke parivar me koi active nahi hai. Kyun?

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Member 2
1. NIMHANS ke anusar 10–15% youth mental health ki samasya se affected hain. Kya reason hai iska
2. Kya drugs ek karan hain?
3. Kya karan drugs ke badhte use ka?
4. Kya kiya ja sakta hai iske liye?
5. Australia social media ban
6. Ek question bhool raha hoon jisme mujhe political, economical, cultural and societal impact batana tha.

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Member 3 (ye questions ko zyada hi explain kar rahe the)
1. ADR ke anusar, 47% parliamentarians and ministers par serious cases chal rahe hain. Kya karan hai. Is par unhone kuch aur questions puche, jisme political–criminal nexus ki baat thi.
2. 130th Constitutional Amendment ke bare me pata hai?
3. Non-conventional energy ko badhane ke liye government ke prayas.

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Member 4 (rapid fire round type)
1. Maithili ek language hai ya dialect?
2. Language and dialect me kya difference hai?
3. Kab dialect language ban jati hai?
4. Kya abhi Maithili me koi newspaper publish ho rahi hai?
5. Bihar kyun underdeveloped reh gaya?
6. Bihar ki prohibition policy ka kya impact hai?
7. Hooch tragedy
8. Kya sabhi states me prohibition lagu kar dena chahiye
9. Gujarat ki prohibition policy ka history
10. 2–3 questions 4th member ke bhool raha hoon.

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Ma’am ne kaha, thank you. Aapka interview samapt hua.
Maine sabhi ko namaste kiya aur wapas jaane laga.
Ma’am ne mujhe toka aur kaha ki mere chair ke pichhe jo painting lagi hai, uske bare me kuch bata sakte ho? (ye ek Madhubani painting thi jiske bare me maine bataya ki isme Maa Sita aur Bhagwan Ram ki shaadi ka drishya hai.)
Ma’am ne kaha bahut badhiya.
Maine phir se ma’am ka dhanyavaad kiya.

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Mera experience
1. Ma’am ki poori koshish rehti hai ki sahaj roop se baatcheet ho.
2. Sabhi members time ka strict palan kar rahe the.
3. Point-wise answer zyada sahi laga. Kai baar wo points count kar rahe the (jaise aapne 3 points bataye, next point bataiye).

Mock – Samkalp (real interview ke sabse kareeb), Vajirao and Reddy, Next IAS, Unacademy, Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS), Forum IAS.


PT marks - 208

Hindi medium

Name- Naya

Board - Sheelvardhan sir

Keyword - Bhilai, Electrical Engineering, sociology, cricket, election, NSS, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, podcast, internal security


Chairman sir

1. आप electrical engineer हैं, आपका favourite मशीन  कौन सी है ?
2. Transformer repair हो सकता है ?
3. Enginneer ही क्यों नहीं transformer को repair करते है , repair के लिए technician क्यों रखते हो?
4. भारत के कुछ internal security issue बताओ जो अभी हमारे लिए खतरा है ?
5. Narcoterrorism क्या है ?
6. Terrorism का मतलब क्या होता हैं?
7. Narcoterrorism में क्या खतरनाक है जिससे उसे terror कहा जाए ?
8. Normal terrorism और narcoterrorism में क्या अंतर है?

Member 1 (sir)

9.CEC and EC act में जो CEC &EC को immunity दी गई है ? आपको क्या लगता है सही है ?
(Long discussion)
10. Internal security issue आपको क्या लगता है इसको खत्म करना किसका काम है ?
11. Internal security issue को खत्म करने के लिए सिर्फ राज्य सरकार ही कार्य करती है ?

Member 2(Madam)

12. आप भिलाई से है , आप भिलाई के बारे में कुछ मुख्य अच्छी बाते बताओ ?
13. Bhilai Steel plant के कुछ famous काम बताओ ?
14. Green Steel क्या है?
15. Bhilai Steel plant me Green Steel के लिए कार्य किए जा रहे है ?

Member 3 (madam)

16. SEZ क्या होता है ?
17. कितने SEZ भारत में है और उसमें कितने operational है ?
18. कोई famous SEZ बताओ ?
19. Waiver और write-off क्या होता है और इसमें अंतर बताओ ?
20. Waiver और write-off से bank के balnce sheet में क्या फर्क पड़ता है ?
21. Renewable energy में generation और capacity में क्या अंतर है ?

Member 4 (sir)

22. Grid capacity क्या होता है ?
23. Grid stability क्या होता है और इसमें क्या दिक्कतें आती है ?
24. Multi Domain Force क्या होता हैं? ( Related to internal security)


मुझे 2 question members के समझ नहीं आ रहे थे , फिर sheelvardhan sir ने प्रश्न को खुद reframe कर देते थे  ।

Overall board is cordial ..

Mock - vajirao , forum , samkalp (2) , vajiram

One 2 one - shubham sir vidyapeeth , Ankit sir ( smartwork lab),ayush sir ( forum), mentor aid utkarsh sir  (only daf) ,gurukul ias

Name- Naya

Board - Sheelvardhan sir

Keyword - Bhilai, Electrical Engineering, sociology, cricket, election, NSS, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, podcast, internal security


Chairman sir

1. आप electrical engineer हैं, आपका favourite मशीन कौन सी है ?
2. Transformer repair हो सकता है ?
3. Enginneer ही क्यों नहीं transformer को repair करते है , repair के लिए technician क्यों रखते हो?
4. भारत के कुछ internal security issue बताओ जो अभी हमारे लिए खतरा है ?
5. Narcoterrorism क्या है ?
6. Terrorism का मतलब क्या होता हैं?
7. Narcoterrorism में क्या खतरनाक है जिससे उसे terror कहा जाए ?
8. Normal terrorism और narcoterrorism में क्या अंतर है?

Member 1 (sir)

9.CEC and EC act में जो CEC &EC को immunity दी गई है ? आपको क्या लगता है सही है ?
(Long discussion)
10. Internal security issue आपको क्या लगता है इसको खत्म करना किसका काम है ?
11. Internal security issue को खत्म करने के लिए सिर्फ राज्य सरकार ही कार्य करती है ?

Member 2(Madam)

12. आप भिलाई से है , आप भिलाई के बारे में कुछ मुख्य अच्छी बाते बताओ ?
13. Bhilai Steel plant के कुछ famous काम बताओ ?
14. Green Steel क्या है?
15. Bhilai Steel plant me Green Steel के लिए कार्य किए जा रहे है ?

Member 3 (madam)

16. SEZ क्या होता है ?
17. कितने SEZ भारत में है और उसमें कितने operational है ?
18. कोई famous SEZ बताओ ?
19. Waiver और write-off क्या होता है और इसमें अंतर बताओ ?
20. Waiver और write-off से bank के balnce sheet में क्या फर्क पड़ता है ?
21. Renewable energy में generation और capacity में क्या अंतर है ?

Member 4 (sir)

22. Grid capacity क्या होता है ?
23. Grid stability क्या होता है और इसमें क्या दिक्कतें आती है ?
24. Multi Domain Force क्या होता हैं? ( Related to internal security)


मुझे 2 question members के समझ नहीं आ रहे थे , फिर sheelvardhan sir ने प्रश्न को खुद reframe कर देते थे ।

Overall board is cordial ..

Mock - vajirao , forum , samkalp (2) , vajiram

One 2 one - shubham sir vidyapeeth , Ankit sir ( smartwork lab),ayush sir ( forum), mentor aid utkarsh sir (only daf) ,gurukul ias

PT MARKS -151

Date : 14th January,2026 Morning Shift
(First to go)
Board : Shri B.B. Swain Sir
DAF Keywords : Gujarat ( Saurashtra ), Badminton,Ghazals, Presiding Officer

Chairperson
( Did not ask to introduce myself )
Aaiye Aaiye Baithiye.
Aap Surendranagar se hai. To Saurashtra ki political history ke bare me bataiye
( He wanted to listen United States of Kathiawad)

Member 1

1. Aapne Badminton likha hai to aur sports me bhi interested honge.
Saurashtra ka cricket me kya yogdaan hai?
2. Abhi Badminton me konsi tournament shuru hai?
Kaha pe chal rahi hai?
3. SIR kya hai?
4. Election commission ko citizenship decide karne ka adhikar hai?

Member 2

1. Saurashtra me konsi industries hai?
2. Saurashtra me kaise industries ko develop kiya ja sakta hai?
3. Aap Industries and Mines Department me ho to aapka role kya hai?
4. Aapne iss department ke 2 saal me kya sikha??
5. Aapko Ghazals me interest kaise hua?
6. Aapne Ghazal ka shaukh likha hai to kaha tak aapne perform Kiya hai? Kuchh sunaiye
( I said Gujarati me hai then Swain Sir said I will translate for you and after that he translated that ‘in short he is talking about his girlfriend’ and everyone laughed)

Member 3

(Just started asking full of random questions)

1. What is difference between Kavita,Geet, Nazam and Ghazal
2. What is Dohe?
3. Who wrote Dohes?
4. You have studied science in school then what is physical change and what is chemical change
(If you have read any topic on America in news I was about to speak then she said Kya hum economy pe charcha kar sakte hai)
5. Global economic order kaise change ho raha hai ?
6. WTO ka role kya hai?
7. Saurashtra me konsi Gaay paayi jaati hai?
8. Achha to aap Presiding officer the? Aap konsi party ki taraf se the?
( I said me Govt. ki taraf se tha
She realised that she had misunderstood Polling agent with Presiding officer and smiled and then asked Polling agent kya hota hai?)
9. Civil servant ke political vichar hone chahiye?
10. Kisine kaha hai Man is a Political Animal to civil servant ke political vichar nahi ho sakte??

Member 4

1. Aapne achhi Ghazal boli to kya aapki shaadi ho gai hai?
(I said no and all of them were laughing)
2. What is Public Servant?
3. UN ka relevance hai? America ke bina chal sakta hai?
4. BRICS ki kya bhumika hai?
5. BRICS me kon konse countries hai?

Lastly Chairperson sir said aapko lagta hai hume koi topic discuss karna reh gaya hai?
I said sir almost discuss ho gaya hai or unhone haste huye kaha aap jaa sakte hai.

Very cordial board. Just like a helathy conversation.

Gratitude:

Mocks : The Era Academy ( Gandhinagar) , SPIPA Ahmedabad, Samkalp IAS, PWonly IAS
O to O : PWonly IAS, Sarrthi IAS ( Sajal sir )

Board: Anuradha Prasad Mam
Forenoon sesison, 15th Janurary
DAF keywords: Chemical Enigneering, IIT Bombay, Anthropology, Sustainability Strategy, Decarbonisaiton Pathway, Startups and Entrepreneruship, Data Scientist, AI, EBSB Institute Coordinator, (Rajasthan, Reading as hooby- not asked)
note: apart from defense- everything else in from my DAF- 95% interview from my DAF

Anuradha mam

1. Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) – What is the idea of EBSB?
2. She reiterated what the concept is
3. Is it done or an ongoing thing?
4. How to make AI sustainable?
5. How to make AI more sustainable as a tool?
6. Should we make algorithms open?

M1
7. Switched from chemical engineering, sustainability strategy, data science to civil services – is it not a waste of taxpayer money?
8. Have you heard of CBAM? Is it tariff-based or a non-tariff measure?
9. Is it WTO-compliant?
10. Last question cant remember

M2
11. What is big data analysis?
12. Difference between data and information?
13. Said a few lines suggesting information is extracted from data, not the other way round
14. All this big data analysis, ML, AI, information – how is it relevant in warfare?
15. Can it also be used by commanders to make decisions?

M3
16. Few lines on Tripura student killed in Dehradun – said “idhar to chinki bulate hain”; is it the same in IIT Bombay?
(I said sorry sir, didn’t come across it – realised I should have acknowledged the issue rather than denying.)
He then said: this EBSB you talk about, but they treat North-Easterners as outsiders – as an advisor to GoI, what advice will you give?

17. You gave solutions to the Maharashtra government on implementation of NISP. Now with so many startup schemes, you have to take stock of progress and improve – what will you do?
Member interrupted and said to analyse current status.

18. How are these government funds doing? Do you know any startup around you that got government funding?
(I said no sir, I don’t know.)

M4
19. You mentioned unicorn – what is it and why is it called a unicorn?
20. But why is the word “unicorn” used?

21. Fighter jets are being imported, but we also say Atmanirbhar Bharat – is it good?

22. Follow-up: Are we doing anything to build fighter jets in India?
(Didn’t listen properly – reiterated not what we should do but what are we already doing)

23. Took anthro optional, can you tell something on what can Anthropology of chemical engineering?

24. Any global best practices we can learn and adopt?

Chairperson Ma’am again said You are already in services, that she didn’t see my detailed bio earlier and asked what service and if I have joined.

MIght have forgotten maybe 1-2 questions more.

Mocks: 1:1 with Shubham Sir(Vidyapeeth- extrmeely positive and helpful,gave inputs on applied questions, Mocks at Study IQ, SriRam,PWOnly IAS)

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Name : Suharsh
Date: 12/01/2026
After Noon
Board : Anuradha prasad
DAf keywords: UP , BSc. , MA (hindi literature) ,optional hindi literature
Chairperson:
Aaiye Suharsh Aaiye ..(muskurate hue)
1.Apka daf bhut diverse hai , apne phle bsc kiya fir ma hindi se , kyo?
2.Sahitya me ruchi thi to bsc kyo kiya?
3.Itni ruchi thi to open university se kyon kiya regular krna chahiye?
4.JNU hi kyo?
5 JNU abhi news me kyo tha ?(mere answer se hi jnu nikla)
6.Freedom of expression aur national security k beech balance kaise banaya ja skta hai? (student union k sandarbh me)
Maine student union ko lekr answer diya to poocha 7.university kaise in dono k beech balance bana skti hai?
8.Constitution me freedom of expression k liye koi article hai kya?
9.Isme restrictions k liye koi article ?(ha article 19(2) )
10.Kya isme contempt of court samil hai?(mere answer se hi nikla)
11.Contempt of court k liye BNS me koi provision hai?
Ya iske liye koi kanoon hai?

Member1.
12.Lyngdoh Committee kya thi ,iski recommendation?
13.Lyngdoh kaun the ?
14.Global north aur globe south kya hai?
Kis adhar pr inme antar hota hai?
15.Developed desh me bhi kuchh log bhut garib hai aur developing country me bhi kuchh log bhut amir hai , to kaise decide karoge ki desh developed hai ya nhi?
Maine bola per capita income se
16.Bharat me to 1% logo k pas 40 % wealth hai , to kaise hoga? ( Mujhe samajh nhi aaya maine sorry bola)
M2.
17.Gdp , per capita income , GNP me kaun achha manak hai( sir per capita income)
18.Bharat abhi 4rth largest economy hai ,kis term pr hai( sir gdp k adhar pr)
19.NEP me vocational training ka provision hai , society me vocational training ko lekr stigma hai , apki kya ray hai isme?
20.Society me gov office ko lekr logo me kya perception hai?
Aap ise kaise door karoge?
M3.
21.Mai apse ek hi question poochhunga , america jo kucch kr rha hai 7sse kya wh apne hi pairo me kuladhi mar rha hai? Aur china naye naye initiatives le rha hai to.kya china usa ko replace kr dega? ( Long monolog tha jise short me bta rha hu)
M4
22.Apse hindi se sambandhit question puchte hai
Girmitiya majdoor k roop me bharatiya videsho me gye the aaj bhi wha hindi boli jati hai , apko wha ka prabhar diya jaye to aap hindi kaise promote karoge?
23.Wha Jo nayi generation aa rhi hai unke beech kaise hindi ko kaise promote karoge?
24.Bharat me kuchh states me hindi ka virodh kyo ho rha hai?
25.To kya aao mante hai ki hindi se regional language ko khatra hai?
26.To non hindi states me kaise hindi ko promote krna chahiye?
Kya wha hindi compulsary 27.kr dena chahiye?
28.Digital soveirnity se kya samjhte hai aap?
29.India me next month ai impact summit hone wala hai , aako ydi present krna ho to digital sovereignity k bare me kaise convince karoge?
Data ko lekr question?
30.USA ki press release ko yadi india me padh rhe hai to kya yh data sovereignty ka voilation hai? (Maine kha choonki data ko public kr diya gya hai isliye hum padh skte hai )
To matlab kewal non public data ko hi isme late hai?( Nhi sir dono prakar k data important hai)

Chairperson:
Muskurate hue🙂🙂 apse milkr achha lga suharsh...
Maine thanks bola aur muskurate hue chala aaya
( Board cordial tha , interview dekr achha lga ,sare mock se achha interview tha)
Total time 28 minutes
Mock se kewal sikhna hai bhut load nhi lena hai....
Group discussion se bhut help mili , thanks to my friend and also drishti ias for asmita scholarship .

Name - Jos Buttler
Date - 15th January
Board - Sanjay Verma sir (I was the first person to go,no time to be nervous)
Key DAF Details - IIT Delhi, Civil Engineering, PSIR, Rajasthan, Cricket, Photo-reference pencil sketching

Chairman -
1. You do photo reference pencil sketching so how many photos have you seen till now in your life.
2. What does the photo of a person tell about that person.
3. Does the face of a person reveal their health status.
4. Do you think this "chalta hai culture" is part of our national ethos.
5. What have you done or plan on doing to change this.
6. What happens then to these people who join the civil services and later on become corrupt(I said they forget the real purpose for which they were appointed and was about to say more points when chairman intervened and said ok ok there's no simple andwer to this question let's move on)

Member 1-
1. Do you know about the refinery setup in Rajasthan, how will that bring benefits to the people.
2. Do you knwo about Jodhpur, idk what he wanted to ask but he himself said let's leave Rajasthan.
3. Why civil services?
4. Why waste this IIT seat then?
5. Why 2nd November, 2025 is known as the red day of Indian cricket.

Member 2-
1. Why choose PSIR
2. Tell me major theories of IR
3. Tell me about Realism.
4. Do you observe this "no permanent friends or enemies,only permanent interests " in today's world, i said Mr Trump,he asked how
5. Do you think US can takeover Greenland, explain the options before them to do so
6. What will happen if US takes over Greenland
7. What was the last sketch you made, i said a Lion, he said why choose 🦁
8. Which cricketer inspires you the most, i said Virat Kohli, he said why so, i said his ability to remain "calm under pressure" inspires me, he said "calm and that too Virat Kohli"? he looked at chairman and they both laughed, i also lauged :), then i said when the team is down by 2-3 wickets he remains calm and takes the team home :)
9. One other player from past who remained calm, one from present

Member 3-
1. With the situation in Iran, do you think we should bring about a regime change, internally or through external means - i talked about the root cause,need for rights to be respected, political structure to be made more representative,he wanted to know about sanctions and nuclear deal so we talked about that too
2. He said historically Rajasthan has been among the BIMARU states, whil states like UP, MP have made good progress we don't hear such things about Rajasthan, what's the reason, i mentioned about Rajasthan's recent progress, he asked then why not recognised as such, i talked about the areas where we still need to work on.

Member 4-
1. When we go for accessing a government service, tell me one good and one bad example from your own life.
2. Do you think there should be a balance between Infra and development.
3. Asked about the Mumbai Trans harbour project and Green Highways (i mentioned both in my previous answer)
4. Do you think there should be pay parity between men and women in cricket.
5. Do you think there should be a balance between the finance in cricket and the game itself, asked a question about BCCI centre of excellence.
6. You play cricket at what position do you play, how many all rounders should be there in a team odi, t20, test, how many were there in India's last ODI match.
7. You are from Rajasthan tell me a fort/palace that most people don't know about,i said Lohagarh fort, he asked how would you popularise that.

Chairman said - Thank you Jos Buttler, your discussion with us is over :)

Note - They all maintained poker faces, difficult to gauge what they were thinking about my answers

OoO - Saarthi IAS and Quantel
Mocks - 3 at Quantel (1 was a really good panel), Vajiro and Reddy(poor experience), OnlyIAS, NextIas, Samkalp(good)

Name : Ro
Date:14/01/2026 ; Afternoon, 2nd to report

Board: BB swain sir

Keywords : Dehradun , Geography Optional , History+ political science(grauaduation) , Winterlines , yog Nidra (hobby) ; CDS scholarship , cleanliness drive kipling road Mussoorie.

Pt Medium: Hindi

Chairman(smiling): baithiye baithiye , araam se baithiye.

1. Delhi Dehradun expressway -- impact on Mussoorie
2. Expressway se toh Aur bhi mountain over burden ho jayenge--- what do you think? Karna chahiye ya nhin?
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Member 1 (female): apka school toh english medium hai ...toh mein apse English mein puchungi ,idk why you choose hindi..(but question unhone hindi mein hi puche)
1. Difference between Kumaon and Garhwal
2. Cloudburst recently in Dehradun.Why?
3. Song river cloudburst?
4. You know George Everest and the recent controversy regarding geography Everest peak?
5. Survey of India kahan hai?
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Member 2(male)
1. You are interested in defence or civil services?
2. AGNIVEER Scheme kya hai? Impact of this scheme?
3. Rare earth elements? China's kitna process krta hai REE?
4. Tariffs ka impact china par kam hua esa kyun?
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Member 3 (looked like EAM S jaishankar sir):
1.    What are Winterlines?
2. Sirf Mussoorie mein hi kyun bnati hai Winterlines
3. Mussoorie ki traffic ki samasya ka samadhan kese kroge as a DM
4. Cleanliness drive ke baare mein btao? Waste Kahan se collect Kiya aur kahan dispose kiya?
5. Rudyard kipling kaun the?
6. What is integrity?
7. Koi navy se related institute hai Dehradun mein?
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Member 4(male):
1. AGNIVEER ki ground reality btao.. i said ki bachho ne ab bharti ke liye daudhana kam krdiya hai.( Sab ke sab zor zor se hasne lage 🫨)
2. Ek innovative cheez btao jo aap lekar aaoge if u become IAS.
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Back to female member:
1. Rudyard kipling ko konsa nobel prize Mila tha?
2. Unki books ke naam btao?padhi hai tumne?
3. Ek aur btao... I forgot to mention The jungle book
Chairman interrupts and said arey wo waali ... Jungle Jungle baat chali hai Pata chala hai Arre chaddi pehen ke Phool khila hai..
All members started laughing 😂😂...(Meine bhi muskura diya)
Chairman sir Said thank you apse baat krke acha laga..your interview is over.
Meine sabko thank you bola... And bahar aagya.
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Overall very cordial board.. zero grilling.
Mocks:-
Panel-- samkalp/vision/PW
O20--PW/Upscprep

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Name: Jim Halpert
Date: 16/01/2026
Board: Hon. Sheel Vardhan sir
Forenoon, 1st to go

DAF Keywords: Chennai, Doctor MBBS, Carnatic Music Singer, Padmashri, Delegation to Nepal
(Cultural exchange programme)

Chairman:
1. Difference between society of chennai and delhi
2. Raja Raja Chozhan and city captured in Srilanka
3. Describe Sengol
4. Describe Brahadeeshwara temple
5. CIC and effectiveness of the body

Member 1 (Male):
1. Padmashri awards and article 18
2. Should Padmashri awards be given
3. Case law which cancelled Padma awards
4. Parasakthi Movie and Jananyagan Movie issues
5. Nepal issues going on.
6. Monarchy reinstatement in Nepal.

Member 2 (Female):
1. How to assess the will of the people or choice of the people in type of rule they want (monarchy or democracy)?
2. Carnatic Music and difference from hindustani
3. How geography affects music
4. How rhythm gets affected
5. Medical system issues in India
6. Primary health care focus not given much, your opinions on it.

Member 3 (Female):
1. 3 changes needed in Indian Economic policy
2. What exactly happens in a cultural exchange programme?
3. Are these programmes necessary
4. How do you manage time for extracurriculars with medicine during graduation?

Member 4 (male):
1. Nuclear weapons Pakistan might use.
2. Where they might use in India
3. How to oppose a strong opponent?
4. What is asymmetric deterrence (from previous answer)
5. How to use it against China
6. DRDO functioning and defence supply.

Overall cordial board

Mocks: Shankar IAS, Aram IAS, PW OnlyIAS, Jamia RCA, HSC, Quantel, Next IAS, Vaji Rao and Vaji Ram
O2O: Mahesh Bhagwat IPS sir, Utkarsh Sir (MentorAID), Shubham Sir, Officers IAS

Name:🌸
Date :14/01/26
Board: Anuradha mam

DAF: Haryana,maths,giddha, guinness world record,sudoku ( rest was not asked)

Chairperson :
The discussion started with her complimenting my height and some normal questions about it
1.Why not basketball with such great height
1.Then she was talking about a player and asked if I have heard of the person(I said no)..said so u don't follow sports much.I said no mam,I generally don't . She said no issues we will talk about something else
2.Talked about low sex ratio in HR but increasing now...asked about what is sex ratio
3.How is it presently in HR
4.What steps were taken
5.why low in some areas and high in others n follow up questions


M1:

1.Pros n cons of keeping only specialists in some services
2.What would u suggest we do ..generalists or specialists
3.Then asked some questions about data sovereignty ..I couldn't understand the question in first go..I confirmed if it was about data localisation ..he said yes that's one aspect, let's talk about it. Some further questions.
4.Should we give innovation n research to pvt sector or govt sector
5.Should we use diaspora for political or domestic purposes


M2:

1.Why Guru Tegh Bahadur(school name) called hind ki chaddar ?
2.School different houses names
3.Why giddha not growing in domestic sphere but much in domestic (I gave some points,he added 1 more)
4.Present conditions in Iran: how different from protests of before
5.Can we say foreign players are behind conditions of Iran


M3:
1.What did u draw in your record(DAF)
2.How many people were there in that?
3.Creation of sudoku
Then he went through my DAF again and complimented me about my optional and background
4.How do we increase maths in schools
5.Monologue about PM asking young bureaucrats about which policies not working gud then asked what 4 areas do u think should be suggested by you that need working upon
6.Which scheme is working very good and which should be scrapped
7.Which services are all India services in this exam , what's special, why are they called all India even if cadre based


M4:

1.Why less learning output
2.Said "nep has been here for 5 years still not much growth in learning output" what are the reasons? And solutions?

(I'm not able to recall other questions of M4 but he did ask 2-3 more.)

Mocks: O2O:
1.Shubham sir (vidyapeeth ias)( best in curating questions and solving queries with balanced answers)
2.Satyam sir (understand upsc)(very good feedback mechanism and DAF based discussion)
3.Sriram sir

Panel:
1.Samkalp ias(good)
2.Next ias (good)
3.Vajirao n reddy
4.sriram ias

+ (My friends helped me a lot. Discussions and mocks with them allowed me to think of diverse topics)

I had a good experience in mocks. However mocks and interview are at two different levels. Most of my interview was on opinions and solutions and minimal focus of hard core knowledge per se.

Name - xyz
Board - Sujata Chaturvedi Ma'am
Date - 14th Jan Afternoon (last one to go)
Duration - 28 Mins

DAF keyword - IIT Roorkee, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Mechanical engineering, Mathematics optional, Software Engineer, AI, Space debris, Co-founder podcasting club, YouTube and Mentorship, Cricket ( Nothing was asked from this 🥲)

Overall - It was good experience not able to answer 3-4 questions, and also very less DAF and Current oriented.
Sujata Ma'am
Unhone DAF padh kar sabko introduce kiya (Kafi diverse experience and interesting hobbies)
Is your first interview?
DM/DC kya hota hai?
DM ka kya role hota hai? Aap ek badi cheej miss kar rhe hai? (Sir chal rha)
Aap Azamgarh ke DM ban kar vaha kya karenge?
Kya DM gov ka pratinidhi hota hai?
Panchayat ke pramukh karya?
MNREGA ka social audit kaun karta hai?
VB GRAM G ke bare me batao?

Member - 1
Aapke state me Panchayat pramukh kaise chuna jata hai?
Gram sabha and gram Panchayat me difference?
Panchayat ke mamle me best and worst preforming state?
Panchayat ke 29 lists ke bare me batao?

Member - 2
Urban local bodies kya hai?
Azamgarh me kya hai? Nagar palika or parishad.
Inke 3 pramukh karya batao.
Badi badi companies AI model train karti hai usase IPR losses hota hai?
Is IPR loss ko kaise tackle kar sakte hai?
UP school education me kya problem hai?
Teachers ki performance kaise improve karoge?
Ma'am - Bas karo aap ka ho gaya 😅

Member - 3
Desh me bahut jyada inequality hai ise kaise fix kar sakte hai?
Kya skilling hi hai ya kuchh aur bhi?
Skilling me improvement kaise kar sakte hai?

Member - 4
Aap se defense pr baat karte hai...
Army itni badi ham kyu rakhte hai?
Future me Army ka kya use hoga?
Air force ka jyada use lagta hai, to thal sena kyu?
Indian army kitni badi hai?
Ops Sindoor ke time pr BSFs ki death kyu hui jab army involve rahti hai?
Baki borders pr kaun si forces hai?
Desh ke andar kuchh hua to kaun si force?
Kya NSG sab jagah bheje jate hai?
PM ki security kaun dekhta hai?
President ki?
Last question aap ye batao PM ji aapke district me aa rhe hai to kya protocol follow karoge?

Transcript:
B.B.Swain sir | PSIR | Poetry | Audit | Stoic

*Chairman:*
1. Are you feeling cold?
2. Do you write Haiku?
3. In which language do you write?
4. How do you usually write poetry? What is the process?
5. Can you write one on the board today?
(• _I wrote one_
• _Sir then asked me to recite the Haiku twice_
• _Asked me based on what I had written it_)

*M2 (_Male_)*
1. What is the origin of Stoicism?
2. Are there any significant books on the Philosophy?
3. Are there any similarities between Stoicism and Indian Philosophy?
4. Which do you think came first? The Indian Philosophy or Stoicism?
5. How do you think the interchange of ideas would have happened in earlier days?
6. Since you are into Tamil Poetry, have you read the works of poet Bharathi? Which of his works is your favourite?
7. Have you read the whole life biography of Bharathi? Was he involved in the National Movement? What were his contributions?

*M3 (_Male_)*
1. Can I ask you on audit or are you very new to it?
(• _I said I'm willing to take questions on audit though I'm still undergoing training_)
2. What is Financial audit? How does it happen?

*M4 (_Female_)*
1. Do you know what is Judicial Legislation? Have you heard of it?
(_I said yes ma'am_)
2. If so, can you explain it with an example?
3. What is the role of a Governor?
4. Is it necessary for the Governor to be aligned with the political ideology of the State?

*M5 (_Male_)*
1. How has NCC helped you in building your personality?
2. Since you are interested in IR, What is a deep state? Can you explain it with an example?
(• _I tried to answer it with Pakistan as an example_
• _since the member felt my answer was incomplete he explained that deep states are everywhere where real power moves in the shadows_)
3. I'll rephrase the question, now tell me what would be an example of Deepstate?
(• _I said Tech Giants_
• _Now too sir felt that it was a shallow understanding of the concept so he explained that there was more to it and gave me more examples._)
4. Now that you mentioned Tech Giants, do you think a country like India can uphold it's sovereignty amidst the growing influence of Tech Giants and MNCs?
4. So you know N.N. Vohra?
(_I said no sir. Sir then explained NN Vohra sir's credentials - and said that's fine I'll throw the question directly..._)
5. Generalists vs Specialists in Civil Services, what is your opinion on it? And do we need an exclusive National Security Services inorder to have a specific cadre of officers trained in National Security?

*M2: (_Male_)*
1. Why did you choose PSIR as an optional despite having done under graduation in Mathematics?
2. Extending the conversation you had with M5, what would be the biggest challenge for India in countering the influence of Deepstate?

*M3: (_Male_)*
1. What do you think is the key contribution of NCC to this country?

*M5: (_Male_)*
1. Are you aware of Russia Ukraine? Why do you think Russia went offensive on Ukraine?
2. Do you think it is Russia vs Ukraine or Russia vs NATO?
3. Are you aware of Israel-Hamas? Do you find any common deepstate at play in Israel-Hamas and Ukraine-Russia?
(• _I said I'm able to identify them separately but I'm unable to find a common deepstate at play in both these conflicts_
• _Sir then explained his analysis of the conflicts and suggested reading IR from this perspective to understand how everything that is happening is interconnected_)

*M2: (_Male_)*
1. What is the meaning of your name?
(_I had changed my name)
2. Why have you changed your name?
Any particular reason?

*Mentoring:*
Shubham sir's one-one session (Vidyapeeth IAS) helped me understand the *curiosity meter* of the UPSC board. The members of the actual interview board were curious in the same areas. Highly relevant in terms the question areas from DAF.

Name :MHK
Date-16th JANUARY
Sheel Vardhan Sir
Forenoon, 4th to go
DAF details: guided meditation, strength, and mobility training, Physics, Kerala, BSMS
Chair: what is guided fasting? Then on clarification, he changed the question to what is intermittent fasting.?
2. Is intermittent fasting scientific.
3. Does fasting improves once strength?
4. Talked about ketosis and asked about difference between ketosis and Autophagy
5. Then asked me to explain string theory in a simple manner.

Member two: how would I solve the Manipur issue if I am being appointed as the governor there?
About genuine concerns of Kuki, people [context] they have been demanding a unit territory status
DPDP provision, whether it is capable to address the privacy concern, then the conversation went to the people over sharing in social media. These days
Member three: pick one N. Indian state, which I would like to improve along the lines of Kerala.
The reason for picking the state
What is kutumbasree
And how I improve the status in the north Indian state using kutumbasree from Kerala
Apart from the economic mobility angle, how would you persuade people to implement Kudumbasree?
Then distinction between district and autonomous Council.

Member four: ask me to name three initiatives implemented in local level, which can be expanded on a national level.
asked about my educational background, BSMS and its uniqueness and its benefits

Member five: features about Brahmo missile
Difference between cruise missile and ballistic missile
How guided weapon works and physics principles behind it.
How India is doing when it comes to guided weapons
Asked about the chief of Defence stars

Impression: session, went like a casual conversation, some members were smiling and giving acknowledgement for the responses.
Duration approx 30 minutes