Suman sharma ma'am board
18th February 2026, Forenoon,  First to go.
(MBBS, MD, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Badminton)

Chairperson

1.You are MBBS and MD and now you are coming to civil services. Why?
2.You are from Ahmedabad, first tell me that despite colonial legacy, why are we organising the commonwealth ?Don’t you think we should not organise such colonial games? And second, Tell me how organising the commonwealth games helps India?
3.But what benefits in sports culture ?
4.don't you think from past events such games have a lot of concerns with its financial viability, instead  we should focus on other developmental activities than organising this event?
5.Ok, Let's talk about the Olympics. How will it help India?
6.But how can organising the Olympics itself increase medal performance?
7. now can you tell me the impacts of Trump tariffs on India and China? 2 points for each.
8.My last question to you. What will you choose, health for all or insurance for all?

Member 1 (Sir)

1.Can we Imagine the world without Trump? If yes what Wil be the impact of it ? Or should we go with the current one?  and what India should do?
2.What is the Abraham Accord and which countries are related to this ?
3.As you are playing badminton,  tell me how is the performance of India in badminton in the international sphere?
4.What is cooperative federalism? Are you aware of this?
5.Do you think it is working well?
6.My last question to you, what is your opinion about one nation one election? Should we implement this?

Member 2 (sir)

1.With respect to India AI Summit, What is SAHI , BODH , are you aware about this initiative of the government of india?
2.What is gerontology and what is all going on in this sector with respect to new developments? Do you think this sector requires attention?
3.I am surprised that you have so much in your name with respect to vaishnavism , can you tell me about philosophy of vaishnavism , some core philosophy?
4.What is Shankaracharya's view ,and was he a follower of vaishnavism?
5.can you tell me about the current status of project tiger? Is it successful in India?

Member 3 (Sir)

1.Long monologue on the Gujarat model of development then asks about 4 positives , how fair is it? Give 2 negatives of it .
2.One follow up monologue I am not able to recall.
3.How will you ensure data based governance? What are the sources of data which you will focus upon ?
4.How are finances managed in Gujarat with respect to that?


Member 4(Lady)
1.What is the importance of finances in projects?
2.Can you give me an example of how this is important?
3.Are finances can only ensure developmental projects to be implemented in good manner ?
4.If you are a collector of a district and if you give some funds for children issues, you have a 2 year term, how will you use these funds ?
5.Now if you are a DM tell me how you will consult Panchayats for their problems? How will you use funds?
6.How can you say different panchayats have different needs ? Can you give me an example?

Chairperson
Okay , Thank you.  you can go now.


Special thanks to K. K. Jalan sir (Retd. IAS) , Kaushal sir and Santosh sir (Bubnas IAS - Surat), Utkarsh Sir ( Mentor AID) , SPIPA Ahmedabad, Quantel (Vikram sir for panel arrangements), Upwise , Retd. IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, given multiple mocks online and offline like Shriram IAS, RIA,Vajirao and Reddy, Forum IAS, Nextias, Sankalp, shankar ias and others are online by quantel and Upwise. They were very helpful for practice, understanding and getting  new questions.

Name: xyz
Date:24 feb forenoon
Board: raj shukla sir
Daf keyword:MP, chess, cricket, reading books, PSIR

Chair:
Nice suit (wore light green pista color suit with green tie)
Kaha se liya?
Silwaya Or ready made?
Why do people buy readymade these days?
What is amrit kaal?
Viksit bharat
Monologue on india: 3rd largest gdp, low per capita
Per capita of singapore and india
Focus on per capita or overall gdp
India has large potential but unable to realise it?
How to bridge this gap between potential and goal?
(Said human capital creation)
Aren't we already have policies for these like NEP? Why aren't able to realise?
We are feeding 80 cr people. Is it something to be proud of?
Discussion on taxation. Why people don't pay. He talked of subramaniam swamy suggestion of abolishing income tax.
Why corporates not investing despite corporate tax cut?

M1:
Three sectors which are still out of GST? Why they are out?
WEF major speeches?
Politico magazine said india can become largest gdp by 2100.is it realisable?
Are there any precedent of india being largest gdp?
What was india's gdp in first millennial?
What sectors to focus on for becoming largest gdp?
Areas to focus on for viksit bharat?
Have u read yuval noah harari? (Named books read)
What did he say in davos?

M2:
Similarities between chess and test cricket?
What is your service Preference?
What work do IFS officers do?
How would u realise goal of viksit bharat as a diplomat ?

Should india put patent on goods mfg in other countries?

Hobbes, locke, Rousseau- say 2 lines on each
Countries which follow their philosophy. Where does india lie in this?
Name some  contemporary Indian political thinker.

M3:
USA bombs hiroshima and Nagasaki and talks of world peace. Views?
What is carbon credit?
What is value of a carbon credit?

M4:
MP eliminated naxalism. How?
Which industry they focussed on?
Why can't chattisgarh do so?
Some tribal women raped.. People asked for encounter and then celebrated when done? What does it say about our society and judicial system?
Why shouldn't we directly kill serious criminals ?
Mam Talked of pune porche accident case and how convict got released. Where is justice in this?

Mocks: sankalp, ensureias, levelup, vajiram were very good.special thanks to Smartworklabs (anupam sir and ankit sir for guidance, one on one mock and helping me refine my answers)

Board : Rajshukla sir
Date : 24/02/26
Daf : cholan book of world record silambam,canine care,eco trekking , coimbatore ,tn, ece

Chairperson
1. Where are you from?
2. I was amazed to see coimbatore when I went with my friend being a textile hub side by side manufacturing? Why so
3. Regarding msme why they depend on govt and protesting against trade deals
4. Take kanpur and cbe both had textiles how did cbe sustain its growth? Said about semiconductor upcoming project
5. So are they going for design or mfg or atmp (assembly testing mfg pricing )
6. Asked about a monologue on how the west is taking ir4.0 with ai (explained about India focusing on the application part rather than frontier ai)
7. Explained how china is competing with india on applications with the global south as a huge market (explained about security concerns and explained about deepseek and open source code for ai)
8. Compared deep seek and whether any in india(explained about sarvam ai)
9. Big monologue on how sarvam has code being replaced rather than indigenous (explained the future prospects of india)
Member 1
1 What is eco trekking?
2 Where have you gone? Mentioned kedarnath
3. Asked me to explain the experience (told about the waste collection)
4. Asked me the bag size and waste collected
5. Read my daf on the cholan book of world record silambam ( I am interested please enlighten us about it)
6. Explained my achievement and mentioned about doing it in COVID
7. Asked me would you have pursued if not having COVID wave
8. What did you learn from COVID
Member 2
1. Canine care(daf) what do you do?
2. How many dogs do you have(said 1in home and 30 in the street)
3. Asked how you feed them and explained to him the process
4. How much does biscuit packet cost and laughed asking whether you will feed the dogs in upsc (smiled and said yes sir)
4. Then asked about can we curl the dogs (talked about adoption and behaviour change to promote indigenous breeds)
5. One big ethical dilemma that you faced in life
6. Said a quote on a Chinese person saying about security (said I don't know)
7. Proceed to explain saying will give a hint to me and asked what China is doing in Indian borders(explained about settlement)said that's the answer
Member 3
1. Which university is famous in Coimbatore (said 2 but he wanted to ask about cbe agri University)
2. What is the reason for its success?
3. What are they currently focusing on?
4. Asked about controversy regarding anthropic ai(said not sure of the whole issue)
5. Explained and gave me a hint(got it and explained about how it was used for code creating impact)
Member 4
1. Tn despite having 33% women reservation in police why crime against women (asked me to tell in point format)
2. Asked about episton files(said I don't know the full story)
3. Explained to me him being sex offender and asked me to rate from 1-10 (10 being highest rated him 1 as worst)
4. Situation question you are being the DM and an MP with sexual offence conviction comes as chief guest what will you do( explained how will handle the situation)
Chairman sir your interview is over.

The board was very cordial and keenly listened to my answers. The chairperson asked many cross questions and I tried to tackle, rest were encouraging and gave me hints to answer. Unlike mock there were no factual data or questions more like a discussion where you explain your opinion)

Mocks attended
1. Aicscc naan mudhalvan
2. Manidhaneyam ias
3. Vajiram and ravi
4. Samkalp 2 interview
5. Only ias
6. Vairao and reddy
Thank you
1. Jawahar sir (retired IAS) interview mentorship and guidance
2. Mahesh Bhagwat sir( IPS) Daf analysis and discussion
3. Sudhagaran sir (IRPS Naan mudhalvan) interview guidance
4. Rajitha mam(Shankar ias for sociology)

Suman sharma ma'am board
18th February 2026, Forenoon,  First to go.
(MBBS, MD, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Badminton)

Chairperson

1.You are MBBS and MD and now you are coming to civil services. Why?
2.You are from Ahmedabad, first tell me that despite colonial legacy, why are we organising the commonwealth ?Don’t you think we should not organise such colonial games? And second, Tell me how organising the commonwealth games helps India?
3.But what benefits in sports culture ?
4.don't you think from past events such games have a lot of concerns with its financial viability, instead  we should focus on other developmental activities than organising this event?
5.Ok, Let's talk about the Olympics. How will it help India?
6.But how can organising the Olympics itself increase medal performance?
7. now can you tell me the impacts of Trump tariffs on India and China? 2 points for each.
8.My last question to you. What will you choose, health for all or insurance for all?

Member 1 (Sir)

1.Can we Imagine the world without Trump? If yes what Wil be the impact of it ? Or should we go with the current one?  and what India should do?
2.What is the Abraham Accord and which countries are related to this ?
3.As you are playing badminton,  tell me how is the performance of India in badminton in the international sphere?
4.What is cooperative federalism? Are you aware of this?
5.Do you think it is working well?
6.My last question to you, what is your opinion about one nation one election? Should we implement this?

Member 2 (sir)

1.With respect to India AI Summit, What is SAHI , BODH , are you aware about this initiative of the government of india?
2.What is gerontology and what is all going on in this sector with respect to new developments? Do you think this sector requires attention?
3.I am surprised that you have so much in your name with respect to vaishnavism , can you tell me about philosophy of vaishnavism , some core philosophy?
4.What is Shankaracharya's view ,and was he a follower of vaishnavism?
5.can you tell me about the current status of project tiger? Is it successful in India?

Member 3 (Sir)

1.Long monologue on the Gujarat model of development then asks about 4 positives , how fair is it? Give 2 negatives of it .
2.One follow up monologue I am not able to recall.
3.How will you ensure data based governance? What are the sources of data which you will focus upon ?
4.How are finances managed in Gujarat with respect to that?


Member 4(Lady)
1.What is the importance of finances in projects?
2.Can you give me an example of how this is important?
3.Are finances can only ensure developmental projects to be implemented in good manner ?
4.If you are a collector of a district and if you give some funds for children issues, you have a 2 year term, how will you use these funds ?
5.Now if you are a DM tell me how you will consult Panchayats for their problems? How will you use funds?
6.How can you say different panchayats have different needs ? Can you give me an example?

Chairperson
Okay , Thank you.  you can go now.


Special thanks to K. K. Jalan sir (Retd. IAS) , Kaushal sir and Santosh sir (Bubnas IAS - Surat), Utkarsh Sir ( Mentor AID) , SPIPA Ahmedabad, Quantel (Vikram sir for panel arrangements), Upwise , Retd. IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, given multiple mocks online and offline like Shriram IAS, RIA,Vajirao and Reddy, Forum IAS, Nextias, Sankalp, shankar ias and others are online by quantel and Upwise. They were very helpful for practice, understanding and getting  new questions.

Name - Nobel prize winner 2.0
Date- 23/02/2026 AN
Board- Hon' chairman UPSC Ajay kumar sir
Daf keyword-Jabalpur, name (nobel prize winner), Madhya pradesh, sociology, hindi poetry,civil engineering (that are asked)

Chairperson
-why did you took sociology after civil engineering
- tell me if the traditional sociology has undergone change in the era of tech
-do you what social politeness is ? ( I thought i was rude or impolite in last answer so i said sorry sir )
-he then explained as it was a sociological concept
-then asked me of social politeness has declined due to social media
- asked me if what is human to human connection that was lost due to tech (mentioned in last ques)
- don't you think shyness has got diminished due to social media
- yes but there are also other things than anonymity...but okay
Over to you sir

M1
-So your name is nobel prize winner
-Who do you relate to
I said same person
Why - i told about his works
-Then he asked is he alive
I said yes
-Then asked that these are certain books have you read them
I said no sir
-Then he asked what was recent issue with him
I told about it
-Going from west of jabalpur towards Maharashtra tell me which district you will encounter
I said sir Maharastra is south of jabalpur
He tell me ha but tell me district
I said sir i am not sure but i know of pench will be in between ...he was not interested in this
-asked which tribe is found in south of mp and tell me what is famous about it?
-have you seen tendu patta(mentioned in last ques)
- tell me did if we dry tendu patta will it be bidi?
- how do we make bidi?
-tell me something about tribes around jabalpur
-tell me history of gonds
-What was jabalpur part of before the reorganization of madhyapradesh ( i said mahakaushal)
-Who is napier town in jabalpur named after
-Who is charles napier

M2
- female member
- asked some sociological concept ....i said don't know...she explained very peacefully...i said thank you ma'am...she smiled
- asked how did you get interested in hindi poetry
- do you just read or recite also ...i said i recite too
( I recited... auratein by ramshankar yadav vidrohi ji ...last 3 stanza)
- maam directed to member on my left to take up

Chairman sir cut in between said nobel prize winner , you may go

Time - 10 to 12 min
Only 3 members asked rest didn't
(Almost all of major mocks)
Preparation -
Anupam jain sir and Ankit singh sir ( smartworks labs)
Puneet yadav sir (SOMP)
Ajay sir ( vajiram)
Shubham Aggarwal sir ( vidhyapeeth ias)
La excellence igp
O2o-
Ayush Sinha sir (forum)
Sriram sir (sriram ias)
MPOA group

Name - Nobel prize winner 2.0
Date- 23/02/2026 AN
Board- Hon' chairman UPSC Ajay kumar sir
Daf keyword-Jabalpur, name (nobel prize winner), Madhya pradesh, sociology, hindi poetry,civil engineering (that are asked)

Chairperson
-why did you took sociology after civil engineering
- tell me if the traditional sociology has undergone change in the era of tech
-do you what social politeness is ? ( I thought i was rude or impolite in last answer so i said sorry sir )
-he then explained as it was a sociological concept
-then asked me of social politeness has declined due to social media
- asked me if what is human to human connection that was lost due to tech (mentioned in last ques)
- don't you think shyness has got diminished due to social media
- yes but there are also other things than anonymity...but okay
Over to you sir

M1
-So your name is nobel prize winner
-Who do you relate to
I said same person
Why - i told about his works
-Then he asked is he alive
I said yes
-Then asked that these are certain books have you read them
I said no sir
-Then he asked what was recent issue with him
I told about it
-Going from west of jabalpur towards Maharashtra tell me which district you will encounter
I said sir Maharastra is south of jabalpur
He tell me ha but tell me district
I said sir i am not sure but i know of pench will be in between ...he was not interested in this
-asked which tribe is found in south of mp and tell me what is famous about it?
-have you seen tendu patta(mentioned in last ques)
- tell me did if we dry tendu patta will it be bidi?
- how do we make bidi?
-tell me something about tribes around jabalpur
-tell me history of gonds
-What was jabalpur part of before the reorganization of madhyapradesh ( i said mahakaushal)
-Who is napier town in jabalpur named after
-Who is charles napier

M2
- female member
- asked some sociological concept ....i said don't know...she explained very peacefully...i said thank you ma'am...she smiled
- asked how did you get interested in hindi poetry
- do you just read or recite also ...i said i recite too
( I recited... auratein by ramshankar yadav vidrohi ji ...last 3 stanza)
- maam directed to member on my left to take up

Chairman sir cut in between said nobel prize winner , you may go

Time - 10 to 12 min
Only 3 members asked rest didn't
(Almost all of major mocks)
Preparation -
Anupam jain sir and Ankit singh sir ( smartworks labs)
Puneet yadav sir (SOMP)
Ajay sir ( vajiram)
Shubham Aggarwal sir ( vidhyapeeth ias)
Mahesh Bhagwat sir
La excellence igp
O2o-
Ayush Sinha sir (forum)
Sriram sir (sriram ias)
MPOA group
Thanks to my friends and family

Name - shr0ud
Date-24/2/2025
Board - Ajey Kumar sir ,
DAF- Odisha , Odisha Revenue Service, Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency, Vedanta-Balco, Bhubaneswar, Mayurbhanj, Electrical Engineering

Chairman sir :
Brief Monologue on my DAF about jobs, education
1. You have studied Electrical Engineering and worked in Electrical Engineering sector for so long. Why the sudden change to Revenue Administration
2. What is the issue with solar energy in terms of grid stability.
3. What are steps taken to address such issues
4. Why do you transmit electricity at High Voltage and how is HVDC lines so important and in news now.
5. Do you know any HVDC projects being done?
6. Tell me about the role of transmission utilities? What is the role of PowerGrid Corporation of India and State utilities?
7. What is smart grid? How does it help deal with new age issues in transmission



2nd member- Couldn't answer that convincingly for what he was looking for. Monologue King
1. You work as a Revenue officer. Tell me how can AI help in Revenue admin. ( Some to and fro on this . I spoke digitisation and Naksha project but he wanted something hardcore AI. Fuck AI)
2. How do you remove corruption from revenue administration (Spoke from Odisha's experience)
3. Don't you think that the people involved in revenue administration themselves don't want transparency?
4. How can we make it faceless like IT regime?(Spoke with Ajey sir that I got a TDS claim for 250 rupees yesterday only and laughed)(Gave a generic answer and said with time as the digital interventions pickup it has potential to become faceless
5. As a Collector how do you approach land acquisition issues.

Sudden shift to Vedanta and Balco - Aluminium
6. What was your role in Vedanta?
7. How is processing of bauxite done?
8. Has anyone tried exploring refining indian bauxite in Middle East and getting refined alumina from there? ( BC y. I tried convincing him ki it can be cost prohibitive considering shipping costs, import duties etc but he doubled down on it so declined i am not aware of such measures but had it been viable it would surely have been explored)
9. Why is welding of aluminium not done? I can get steel chair welded at Lajpat Nagar but I never see aluminium getting welded and i have to repurchase entire structure.
(Tried convincing him that welding temp is much higher than melting point of aluminium but usko welding karwana hi hai)
10. Why is someone not developing technology to weld aluminium?(answered someone surely has made the technology but it is not prevalent due to cost
effectiveness)

3rd Member (Lady)

1. What is the work role of OREDA and your role in OREDA
2. So OREDA deals only with Rooftop Systems? Why so much focus on RTS
3. What is the share of renewable in Odisha's power sector?(Made a blunder of saying 1GW in 130 GW instead of 13 GW)
4. Why such low penetration?
5. What all is OREDA doing to increase share if renewables in Odisha? (Said it's moving away from solarization of government buildings to making solar parks in unused lands for MW scale projects but issues exist as evacuation infrastructures are not enough to justify building such projects)
6. What is the current situation of Odisha and what sectors do you want to work on immediately if sent on ground ( Health and Tribal upliftment)
7. You suggested differences in tribes of North and South Odisha. Elaborate ( North - much more mainstreamed and better access to govt schemes.
South - KBK, geographically isolated, hilly terrain, trust deficit with government, more pvtgs)
8. Why is there a trust deficit? ( Suggested my own experience of working in Rayagada- Mining projects and people oppose it vehemently and see any govt measures with suspicion- lied through the skin of my teeth 🤣)
9. How can you rebuild trust?
10. In such scenario how does Odisha remains attractive to those who seek mining opportunities( i said irrespective of what happens Odisha will always remains attractive but the question is that whether people are open to such projects on their land given past experiences)

4th Member- Khadoos- Fumbled a lot here.

1. What do you mean by criminal justice system?
2. You missing two important components and upon being hinted said Jail Administration
3. Have you ever been to jail? ( Started laughing and then chairman gave a stern look and he stopped)
4.What were your observation when you visited jail? (Said high no. of people with petty crimes, POCSO cases)
5. I don't even consider POCSO as a relevant provision anymore unless it's explicitly rape. What else type of criminals you saw? ( Said many theft and robbery undertrials and murder convicts. Agreed and said so many cases where people kill each other in anger etc. I suggested yes many cases of crimes of passion were there. He elaborated and talked a bit about that)
6. What do you think is the issue with jail( overcrowding, large no. of undertrials)

5. How do you address such issues? ( Suggested having more lenient bail provisions)
6. All the CJIs keep saying that Bail is Norm and what not why doesn't it translate on the ground?(Said District Judges are sceptical of bail in fear of public judging them and there is a vicious cycle of prosecution, defence and judges trying to keep people in jail and not not out)
7. What is the difference between Central and District Jail?( Answered partially correctly)
8. What do you think of corruption that happens in government offices?
9. Officers paisa isiliye khatey hain taki kisi aur ko khila sakey. Do you agree with this statement. ( I said I do agree sir and I have seen many such instances where such cases happen. Again he laughed and asked the next member.

5th Member.
1. So after independence 3 cities were designed as modern cities in a planned manner. What are those( I said I know of only 2- Bhubaneswar and Chandigarh. He added third as Gandhi Nagar)
2. What do you want to tell me about Bhubaneswar as a planned city( told him how Gov of Odisha then had planned a new admin capital in Odisha with Cuttack as the residential hub and then he went to Punjab as the Governor and envisioned Chandigarh based on ideas gained from BBSR)
3. What differences do you find in a planned and unplanned city? (I took the example of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and suggested how roads, municipal admin priority defer, how certain community occupy certain areas in old cities leading to ghettoisation but in new cities the spread is much more liberal. He added that amenities are not that far off in new cities)
4. Do you think Smart City intiative was a success
5. Do you know about Pipili( i answered and also added about Raghurajpur)
6. What do you like about Sri Jagannath culture? As a Bengali guy who grew up in Odisha don't you have some kind of cognitive dissonance when you see issues like Rasogolla controversy.

Was answering that and Chairman intervened and said almost 40 mins is over and the member abruptly stopped. I didn't realise whether the interview was over or not and then the Lady Member said it's done aap jaa sakte ho.


Might have missed one or two questions

Mocks- Almost all major ones

Real board questions were not at all similar to that of those asked in Mocks rather ChatGPT Pro helped more in predicting than mocks.

Overall I felt it was a very average interview in terms of how i answered and how I could have answered and I fared better in mocks than the real one.

Name - shr0ud
Date-24/2/2025
Board - Ajey Kumar sir ,
DAF- Odisha , Odisha Revenue Service, Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency, Vedanta-Balco, Bhubaneswar, Mayurbhanj, Electrical Engineering

Chairman sir :
Brief Monologue on my DAF about jobs, education
1. You have studied Electrical Engineering and worked in Electrical Engineering sector for so long. Why the sudden change to Revenue Administration
2. What is the issue with solar energy in terms of grid stability.
3. What are steps taken to address such issues
4. Why do you transmit electricity at High Voltage and how is HVDC lines so important and in news now.
5. Do you know any HVDC projects being done?
6. Tell me about the role of transmission utilities? What is the role of PowerGrid Corporation of India and State utilities?
7. What is smart grid? How does it help deal with new age issues in transmission



2nd member- Couldn't answer that convincingly for what he was looking for. Monologue King
1. You work as a Revenue officer. Tell me how can AI help in Revenue admin. ( Some to and fro on this . I spoke digitisation and Naksha project but he wanted something hardcore AI. Fuck AI)
2. How do you remove corruption from revenue administration (Spoke from Odisha's experience)
3. Don't you think that the people involved in revenue administration themselves don't want transparency?
4. How can we make it faceless like IT regime?(Spoke with Ajey sir that I got a TDS claim for 250 rupees yesterday only and laughed)(Gave a generic answer and said with time as the digital interventions pickup it has potential to become faceless
5. As a Collector how do you approach land acquisition issues.

Sudden shift to Vedanta and Balco - Aluminium
6. What was your role in Vedanta?
7. How is processing of bauxite done?
8. Has anyone tried exploring refining indian bauxite in Middle East and getting refined alumina from there? ( BC y. I tried convincing him ki it can be cost prohibitive considering shipping costs, import duties etc but he doubled down on it so declined i am not aware of such measures but had it been viable it would surely have been explored)
9. Why is welding of aluminium not done? I can get steel chair welded at Lajpat Nagar but I never see aluminium getting welded and i have to repurchase entire structure.
(Tried convincing him that welding temp is much higher than melting point of aluminium but usko welding karwana hi hai)
10. Why is someone not developing technology to weld aluminium?(answered someone surely has made the technology but it is not prevalent due to cost
effectiveness)

3rd Member (Lady)

1. What is the work role of OREDA and your role in OREDA
2. So OREDA deals only with Rooftop Systems? Why so much focus on RTS
3. What is the share of renewable in Odisha's power sector?(Made a blunder of saying 1GW in 130 GW instead of 13 GW)
4. Why such low penetration?
5. What all is OREDA doing to increase share if renewables in Odisha? (Said it's moving away from solarization of government buildings to making solar parks in unused lands for MW scale projects but issues exist as evacuation infrastructures are not enough to justify building such projects)
6. What is the current situation of Odisha and what sectors do you want to work on immediately if sent on ground ( Health and Tribal upliftment)
7. You suggested differences in tribes of North and South Odisha. Elaborate ( North - much more mainstreamed and better access to govt schemes.
South - KBK, geographically isolated, hilly terrain, trust deficit with government, more pvtgs)
8. Why is there a trust deficit? ( Suggested my own experience of working in Rayagada- Mining projects and people oppose it vehemently and see any govt measures with suspicion- lied through the skin of my teeth 🤣)
9. How can you rebuild trust?
10. In such scenario how does Odisha remains attractive to those who seek mining opportunities( i said irrespective of what happens Odisha will always remains attractive but the question is that whether people are open to such projects on their land given past experiences)

4th Member- Khadoos- Fumbled a lot here.

1. What do you mean by criminal justice system?
2. You missing two important components and upon being hinted said Jail Administration
3. Have you ever been to jail? ( Started laughing and then chairman gave a stern look and he stopped)
4.What were your observation when you visited jail? (Said high no. of people with petty crimes, POCSO cases)
5. I don't even consider POCSO as a relevant provision anymore unless it's explicitly rape. What else type of criminals you saw? ( Said many theft and robbery undertrials and murder convicts. Agreed and said so many cases where people kill each other in anger etc. I suggested yes many cases of crimes of passion were there. He elaborated and talked a bit about that)
6. What do you think is the issue with jail( overcrowding, large no. of undertrials)

5. How do you address such issues? ( Suggested having more lenient bail provisions)
6. All the CJIs keep saying that Bail is Norm and what not why doesn't it translate on the ground?(Said District Judges are sceptical of bail in fear of public judging them and there is a vicious cycle of prosecution, defence and judges trying to keep people in jail and not not out)
7. What is the difference between Central and District Jail?( Answered partially correctly)
8. What do you think of corruption that happens in government offices?
9. Officers paisa isiliye khatey hain taki kisi aur ko khila sakey. Do you agree with this statement. ( I said I do agree sir and I have seen many such instances where such cases happen. Again he laughed and asked the next member.

5th Member.
1. So after independence 3 cities were designed as modern cities in a planned manner. What are those( I said I know of only 2- Bhubaneswar and Chandigarh. He added third as Gandhi Nagar)
2. What do you want to tell me about Bhubaneswar as a planned city( told him how Gov of Odisha then had planned a new admin capital in Odisha with Cuttack as the residential hub and then he went to Punjab as the Governor and envisioned Chandigarh based on ideas gained from BBSR)
3. What differences do you find in a planned and unplanned city? (I took the example of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and suggested how roads, municipal admin priority defer, how certain community occupy certain areas in old cities leading to ghettoisation but in new cities the spread is much more liberal. He added that amenities are not that far off in new cities)
4. Do you think Smart City intiative was a success
5. Do you know about Pipili( i answered and also added about Raghurajpur)
6. What do you like about Sri Jagannath culture? As a Bengali guy who grew up in Odisha don't you have some kind of cognitive dissonance when you see issues like Rasogolla controversy.

Was answering that and Chairman intervened and said almost 40 mins is over and the member abruptly stopped. I didn't realise whether the interview was over or not and then the Lady Member said it's done aap jaa sakte ho.


Might have missed one or two questions

Mocks- Almost all major ones

Real board questions were not at all similar to that of those asked in Mocks rather ChatGPT Pro helped more in predicting than mocks.

Overall I felt it was a very average interview in terms of how i answered and how I could have answered and I fared better in mocks than the real one.

Name: KA16
Date:03/02/2026
DAF keywords- Agriculture, karnataka, wildlife behaviours-Hyena, construction worker
Board: Suman Sharma madam
2nd one to go
Questions asked:(can't able to remember member wise- 1 chair+4 members)
1) what is the relevance of WTO
2) Even though we focus more on manufacturing sector, we cannot improve it , should we focus on Agriculture sector?
4) can we move man power from manufacturing to agriculture?
3) What is Hydroponics? and why it is difficult to adopt/practice? How you promote it?
4) Is it EU will survive 10 years down the line?
5) Is panchayat pati practice exist?
6) How to eliminate it?
7) What is the climatic impact of Data centre?
8)will you invite or promote data centre in your state?
9) Recently some farmers say they don't want to use AI chat bot, what you will do?
10) What is the difference between Oryza sativa and Oryza nivara?
11)what is the origin of Watermelon?
12) who introduced watermelon to India( I said idk)
13) volcanic dust by the Indonesian volcano burst ,which came to Rajasthan and formed black soil, which is essential for cotton cultivation , what is the nutrient composition of that dust?
14)what was the crop grown during 2000BC in india?
15) " Those who do agriculture, have to leave education and those who do education, have to leave agriculture" , do you feel it is right?( I said no and about to give justification, the member interrupted but Suman Sharma madam want to listen justification but again that member interrupted saying he got the answer)
16) Organic farming and it's impact on food security, is yeild in organic farming can be more than conventional agriculture?
17) You are a agriculture graduate, why you want to join civil services)?
18) What was the wage you were getting as a construction worker? Why low but wages?
19) Everyone like Tiger, cheetah why you love hyenas? What is important in it?
20) where did you watched those animals? National parks you visited?
(There are some questions which I can't able to recollect)

Chairman said your interview over
Overall board was cordial but one member used to ask questions in Hindi , since I'm from Southern part of India can't able to comprehend completely, so suman Sharma madam translated all those questions,
Madam was writing continuously on my DAF , and after my entry the member left to me observed me from top to bottom and he asked me more factual and technical questions

Mocks given- No use of mocks except improving my communication skills bcz actual interview was completely different from arrangement of board and questions asked
Given more than 10 mocks (including O2O)

Special thanks to-
*SURESH SIR*(My mentor @insights IAS)- with whom I had interaction almost on a daily basis
Vinayak sir(La excellence)- DAF discussion
Khan sir(KSG studies)- O2O for confidence boosting and Peer group discussion

Name: KA16
Date:03/02/2026
DAF keywords- Agriculture, karnataka, wildlife behaviours-Hyena, construction worker
Board: Suman Sharma madam
2nd one to go
Questions asked:(can't able to remember member wise- 1 chair+4 members)
1) what is the relevance of WTO
2) Even though we focus more on manufacturing sector, we cannot improve it , should we focus on Agriculture sector?
4) can we move man power from manufacturing to agriculture?
3) What is Hydroponics? and why it is difficult to adopt/practice? How you promote it?
4) Is it EU will survive 10 years down the line?
5) Is panchayat pati practice exist?
6) How to eliminate it?
7) What is the climatic impact of Data centre?
8)will you invite or promote data centre in your state?
9) Recently some farmers say they don't want to use AI chat bot, what you will do?
10) What is the difference between Oryza sativa and Oryza nivara?
11)what is the origin of Watermelon?
12) who introduced watermelon to India( I said idk)
13) volcanic dust by the Indonesian volcano burst ,which came to Rajasthan and formed black soil, which is essential for cotton cultivation , what is the nutrient composition of that dust?
14)what was the crop grown during 2000BC in india?
15) " Those who do agriculture, have to leave education and those who do education, have to leave agriculture" , do you feel it is right?( I said no and about to give justification, the member interrupted but Suman Sharma madam want to listen justification but again that member interrupted saying he got the answer)
16) Organic farming and it's impact on food security, is yeild in organic farming can be more than conventional agriculture?
17) You are a agriculture graduate, why you want to join civil services)?
18) What was the wage you were getting as a construction worker? Why low but wages?
19) Everyone like Tiger, cheetah why you love hyenas? What is important in it?
20) where did you watched those animals? National parks you visited?
(There are some questions which I can't able to recollect)

Chairman said your interview over
Overall board was cordial but one member used to ask questions in Hindi , since I'm from Southern part of India can't able to comprehend completely, so suman Sharma madam translated all those questions,
Madam was writing continuously on my DAF , and after my entry the member left to me observed me from top to bottom and he asked me more factual and technical questions

Mocks given- No use of mocks except improving my communication skills bcz actual interview was completely different from arrangement of board and questions asked
Given more than 10 mocks (including O2O)

Special thanks to-
*SURESH SIR*(My mentor @insights IAS)- with whom I had interaction almost on a daily basis
Vinayak sir(La excellence)- DAF discussion
Khan sir(KSG studies)- O2O for confidence boosting and Peer group discussion

Name:SP
Date : 25th Feb (1st to go)
Key daf details: St.Stephens, JNU Sociology, Law, Ukulele,Meerut (rest not asked)

Chairman – Dasa Sir
Q1. How are you? What is life for you?(follow up based on my reply)
Q2. What has been your inspiration for joining the Civil Services?
Q3. Explain the four types of suicide given by Émile Durkheim.
Q4. Analyse the following using Durkheim’s framework:
Farmers’ suicides in Maharashtra
Student suicides in Kota/ORN
Suicide trends in developed countries
Q5. What is the NIRF ranking of St. Stephen’s College and other leading colleges of Delhi University?
Q6. Name some notable alumni of St. Stephen’s College.
Q7. Recently, judges revisited their judgments in the Aravali case under public pressure. Earlier, judges were insulated from public opinion. What is your opinion on this shift?
Member 1
Q8. What all does Article 21 of the Constitution include?
Q9. Why are some Fundamental Rights enforceable while others are not?
Q10. Is the Right to Health and Right to Food a Fundamental Right? How can they be enforced in this regard?
Q11. Why does the State often fail to fully enforce the Right to Health and Right to Food?
Q12. Hypothetical situation: Apply the principles of equity, equality, and justice in resolving a conflict scenario.
Member 2
Q13. What are major global indices? How is India performing in them according to you? (Do not give ranks.)
Q14. Should India develop its own indices? If yes, what should be the criteria?
Q15. What is India’s per capita income? Is it fair to compare it with other countries?
Q16. Can countries or even states be compared using socio-economic indicators?
Q17. Why is Western Uttar Pradesh more developed than other regions?
(Follow-up based on my earlier answer that within a country,within a state too there are disparities in sex ratio, poverty, literacy.)
Q18. AI and its impact on any one field.
Member 3
Q19. What are the types of legal systems across the world?
Q20. What is the full form of LLB?
Q21. What is the meaning of Jurisprudence?
Q22. Interpret " ignorantia juris non excusat"(legal maxim)
Member 4
Q23. Compare the ukulele with other string instruments.
Q24. What is the oldest known string instrument?
Q25. Why is youth more interested in the ukulele and other Western instruments?
Q26. Is it a concern that interest in Indian classical instruments is waning?
Q27. What is Albert Camus’ work on suicide?


I appeared for almost all major mock interviews before the actual personality test. In addition to that, I discussed current affairs with interview appearing friends, which helped me refine my articulation, structure my answers better, and manage nervousness more effectively. These discussions improved clarity of thought and response framing. My actual interview turned out to be largely DAF-based, and some questions had already been asked during my mock sessions.

Name : Walter White
Date : 24th feb, Forenoon Session, First to Go
DAF Keywords : Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand, Junagadh, Gujarat, Sustainable Agriculture, Bird Watching (Rest not asked)

Board : Sanjay Verma Sir

Chairman :

1. You have been associated with sustainable agriculture, tell me what are the unsustainable practices in world today. (With some counter questions)
2. Do you think China is following Hypernationalism. and many counter questions on this topic
3. What can we learn from China
4. Which animal do you find most difficult to treat.
5. Which intresting article you have read recently.
6. Who was the author of that article.
7. Why do we say ‘Bharat Mata’ even though the name ‘Bharat’ is traditionally a male name

Mamber 1

1. Stray dog issue
2. What are the controversy regarding Supreme court judgement in this matter
3. What can be done to improve
4. How do you provide extension education about sustainable agriculture to farmers

Member 2 (Lady member)

1. You belong to Junagadh, tell me famous things from Junagadh
2. What was the issue of princely state Junagadh integration with India
3. Lion population is rising what should we do to prevent negative implications of it.
4. Are tou interested in Movies?
5. There is documentry called All That Breathes about birds did you watch it?
6. Give me name of some film festivals
7. Tell me important highlights from recent budget

Member 3


1. What is Sustainable Agriculture. What are it's implications ?( many counter questions)
2. What is your opinion about GM crops? Are they Sustainable? Should we promote it?
3. What is Veterinary Jurisprudence
4. Which laws can be included in veterinary jurisprudence.
5. What is difference between Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
6. Tell me about post bite Rabies vaccine schedule

Member 4

1. Again asked Stray dog issue. What is solution.
(Don't know why he asked the same question which was asked by member 1 before)
2. Name important places for Bird Watching in Gujarat
3. Important places for Bird Watching in Rajasthan
4. What types of Birds are there. Migratory birds - in which season do they come. From which Countries.

Not able to recall 2-3 questions
Time period: Approx 25 mins.

O2O session and mentorship: K K Jalan sir (Retd. IAS), A K Sharma sir, Mahesh Bhagwat sir IPS, Sri Ram IAS, OnlyIAS, JICE IAS

Mocks : Samkalp (2 times), SriRam IAS, Next IAS, Shankar IAS, Chanakya Mandal, Vajirao & Reddy, Unacademy and many online mocks arranged by Quantel and Upwise

Date - 18.02.2026
Name - SJ
Board - Honourable Suman Sharma ma’am
DAF keyword - Law ( rest not relevant to the interview)


Chairperson-
1. Some degrees have been declared invalid by the UGC recently - what is your take on it ?
2. ⁠defence indigenisation in India - give me positives and negatives emanating from it
3. ⁠SC these days reverting its own orders given in previous judgments- what is your opinion on it?


M1
1. Arbitration hub - why is India not one ?
2. ⁠consultancy hub - why isn’t India a hub yet ? Steps that we can take to strengthen it ?
3. ⁠Why are we deepening ties with gulf countries ?

M2
1. Special intensive revision - opinion on it ?
2. ⁠national security act - how is the threshold different from an ordinary law
3. Old v new pension scheme - difference & why do people prefer the old pension scheme?
4. ⁠how can the government retrieve the money lying idle with the banks ?

M3
1. Reducing pendency of matrimonial disputes - what are the ways?
2. ⁠can a PIL be filed for not being able to walk on the roads- [situation based]
3. ⁠Online legal education- why not feasible?

M4
1. India USA ties - throw light on it - how does India benefit the USA?
2. ⁠IPR protection regime in India - how can we strengthen it?
3. GI tag - Madhubani paintings - how will you protect it? (Situation based)

Mocks - Shankar IAS (2 mocks), Samkalp (1 mock), Vajiram and Ravi, APTI plus

O2O - Vinay Sir (insights IAS), Retired IAS S S Jawahar sir (kingmaker IAS), Raj sir (Shankar ias) , Sriram sir (Sriram IAS), Officers IAS

Very grateful to Mahesh Bhagwat Sir for his DAF analysis.

Name : asimov
Date : 25/02/2026 (forenoon)
DAF keywords : Jharkhand, Power sector, IT sector, Women, PSIR, Trivia, Nobel prize, Extremism (rest didn't ask)
Board : Sheel Vardhan Sir


Chairman: poker face, seemed disappointed and disinterested.
1. You're from Daltonganj. Do you know Mcluskieganj? What is it?
2. Isn't there Anglochristians there? Isn't it depopulated?
3. If you're IAS there, what would you do to ensure it gets attention? What sector would you work on? How? Have you been to mcluskieganj?
4. Jharkhand has good minerals per capita, but not gdp per capita. Why?
5. You think the bureaucracy there is corrupt. (I didn't say that). So why do you want to join the IAS?
6. Do you know XYZ revolt in Jharkhand? I said no.
7. Do you know PQR in jharkhand? I said no. He then explained.

M1: poker face, argumentative, seemed disappointed and disinterested.
1. Why did you leave the job? What is your current status- employed or not?
2. Who is the head of [my company]?
3. You like trivia. What is it? Tell me some trivia you find exciting?
4. Isn't Araria a name given by us?
5. Recently the SC said that regulations to prevent cow vigilantism aren't working because it's micromanagement. What do you think?
6. That all is fine, do you think the SC is right in saying so?
7. You write blogs on women -- what are the issues of tribal women? But these are general issues- tell me specific issues of tribal women.
8. What is your service preference?
9. You have participated in countering extremism. It is very wide. What did you focus on?
10. New policy on terror has come- it talks specifically about threats in power sector? What else?

Chairman intervened:
Aren't India's power systems not computerised? What is the the threat then?

M2: encouraging and engaging.
1. I was going to ask you why you left but you've already said that. What did you do in your job?
2. It sounds exciting. How will you utilise this knowledge in administration? Everyone is tech savvy. How would you use it in administration? What would you like to do?
3. Why are cybercrimes increasing?
4. Is it Just increasing internet penetration?
5. How much population uses internet in India?
6. What is the conviction rate in cybercrimes? How much exactly? Why is that so?
7. What regulators are there in India? Who regulates Real estate?

M3: lady member; smiling and engaging.
1. What is the full form of RERA?
2. Who regulates electricity in India? Isn't it CERC/SERC? What is the full form of CERC?
3. When asked about tribal women, you didn't say trafficking. What law is there for trafficking?
4. What would you do to stop trafficking?
5. There is also bonded labour, what would you do for that?
6. There is also child labor. Is there child labour in jharkhand? Why? Does the law prevent child labor completely?
7. There is an Indian nobel prize winner who worked on the same. What's his name?
8. When was GST introduced? How has it benefited?

M4: neutral, didn't ask much.
1. There are issues in chabahar port. Our policy is inconsistent and we are in a difficult situation. What do you think?
2. There is also a hexagon of alliances. Our PM is there. What is it? Who is it against?
3. What Saudi and Turkey are doing?
There are also conflict between saudi and UAE. The whole situation is complicated.

Thank you, your interview is over.

Mocks - 12 including Sankalp, Forum, NextIAS etc.
O2O - 6 including Dharmadhikari sir, Farees Rahman sir, Ravi Kapoor sir etc.
Mocks and O2O were generally good, but actual interview experience was really different. Panel members had poker face and didn't seem interested.

Name - Brigadier 2.0
Date - 23/02/2026
Board- BB swain
Daf Keywords - Kerala, BA LLB, Anti narcotic cell, Kathakali, Railways

Chair
1. What you wish to improve on railways?
2. Luxury needed on trains ?

Members in random order
1. How long kathakali studied ? veshas done?
2.Kerala increasing drug abuse? How to counter
3.Out of pocket expenditure of keralas health increasing why?
4. Why criminals are not behind bars ?
5. Foreign lawyers why not allowed to practice here ?
6. Disinvestment policies of india
7. Need privatisation of railway? Telecoms?
8. Impact of ai on lawyers
9. Dependency of kids on indian parents on spending after teenage
10. Dichotomy of keralas protests on domestic side and hardworking on GCCs.
11. Need of singapore model of pay revision in indian civil service.
12. Corruption is it result of greed or sustenance?- long conversation

Overall experience- Extremely cordial approach by board. They were smiling and engaging through out. Mostly opinion based questions with demand of spontaneous thinking.

Mocks- Took more than 25+ mocks but Samkalp only mirrored actual interview. Peer mocks till last minute helped immensely. Thanks to quantel for arranging last minutes mocks in Delhi.

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Name - SacrifiTAL
Interview date - 23 Feb 2026
Board - Honorable Ajay Kumar sir
Daf keywords - civil engineering, punjab, patiala

Chaiman sir ( grilling and not satisfied)
1. So u did your civil engineering 5 years back , what are you doing nowadays( a - nothing, unemployed)
2.Okk tell me if AI would replace humans, is there any indications ( I said 3 forms - Ai narrow, human, super intell)
3.what is narrow intelligence ( he was surprised by this term)
4. How is It really a threat ( I said recently, Ai was monitored in both controlled and uncontrolled setting,...)
5. Do u know a way to control it ( I said, its design should be made human centric, presently it's corporate or Ai centric and Ai acts in favour of those who feed it, added ai summit)
6. How to make it human cetric, don't deviate ?( I said sorry sir, I have little understanding )

Member 1 ( chill and nodding)
1. Whats is m25 cement?
2. What is 3d manufacturing, give me some example and benefits.
3. What is mmr steel ( I didn't now)

Member 2( frequent interupter)
1. what as civil engineer do u feel the role of infrastructure ( I tried to add budget, he interupted - no budget)
2. So many jobs in civil engineering, why ppl are not choosing the field ( I said- industry skill mismatch, have to train, salary is comparitively less.. He was not satisfied and interrupted)
3. Civil engineering goes back in past, what do u think( I wrongly interpreted, then I said indus valley and explained)
4. Wht was special about ancient engineering ( i said example of thick walls as thermal regulator, ... He interupted)
5. Tell me something about ancient temples of South India as civil engineer( I said kailashnath temple in ellora, he said nothing in Tamil Nadu? , I said shore temples)
6. ( he was from TN and wanted to ask a specific temple) do u know a temple where sunrays come from all directions and fall on diet? . ( I wasn't aware) , tell me about its civil engineering features ( I tried to give analogy to chandigarh sun -shadow based tech, he interupted and told don't deviate) ... He then made a monologue on temple
7. Okk so punjab is called Udta Punjab, do u agree ( I said problem is there but more sensationalised, with efforts its becoming rangla punjab again, he interupted - no we all know there's so much issue, I said okk sir)
8. Drug problem in punjab
9. Monologue on employment and underemployment.asked for 4 solutions to tackle underemployment.
10. Our infra is not comparable to china, who is the culprit ( I said accountability lies on all the stakeholders) , he then reminiscised on konkan infra and monologue..
11. Are u unemployed by choice or circumstance.( I said by choice, he said then I can't ask more)

Member 3 ( chill respected lady)
- why patiala being Royal city, heritage not able to become hub for tourism ( I said, lack of religious identity as punjab tourism is majorly pilgrim based at present ( amritsar) )
- what other reasons, this can't be sole ( I said, it's an admin district, surrounded by admn infra and never developed as tourism hub , systemic fault)

Member 4
1. Why do u think about gold( I wasn't able to recall the prices but trends of fall and rise)
2. Why it's prices rose nd fell ( geopolitical tensions, gold as hedge against uncertainty, gold etf)
3. Whats it's relation with stock market
4. Why dollar so strong? ( I included petro dollar, he was like whats this thing)
5. What is this petro - dollar
6. Other reasons why America able to keep it's so strong ( I said, exports, investments in America making it valuable)
7. Do u think any currency would replace it ( I said, not at present as 80-90% global trade and reserve in dollar., however bric nations stocking up hard assets for an alternate currency)
( he was expecting something else)

Chairman- Okk sacrifital, your interview is over

Time- 20-21 min
Chairman and one member grilled,rest were chill.I fumbled at places, broken English , large conference room- had to speak extra loud.

Mocks - sriram, vision, pw onlyias, samkalp, quantel

Date - 26 Feb 2026
Name - VB
Time - Forenoon, 2nd to go
Board - Raj Shukla sir
DAF - West Bengal, Gender Community Walks, TRAI, Digital connectivity, Published poetry book, Karate
(Not mentioning answers because in hindsight it always feels like one could have said more/better 😅, would appreciate if no one asks me what I said also)

Chairperson -
1. What do you think about the state of politics in the country?
2. Is democracy only about elections?
3. Why is there a decline in mutual respect among parliamentarians? (Gave example of Nehru and Vajpayee)
4. Should federalism be competitive or cooperative? (Context of West Bengal)
5. Should states compete over emerging technologies like AI also?

Member 1 -
1. What are Gender Community Walks? What is gendered lens?
2. How do you record your observations?
3. Who is the true Bengali - the suave, cultured one or rebellious, aggressive one?
4. What did you do to get this belt in Karate?

Member 2 -
1. Are people in society becoming more impatient and intolerant of each other's opinions? (Some follow ups)
2. Why did we choose 2047 for Viksit Bharat? Symbol or substance?
3. Do long term goals make us lazy?
4. Is ethanol blending a wise choice wrt energy density?
5. Your opinion on terms like Double Engine Sarkar?

Member 3 -
1. What did you write in your research paper on digital connectivity (gist)?
2. Opinion on Starlink and its impact on Airtel/Jio etc?
3. Why did you name your book unheard melodies?
4. Do you think Tagore's translation to English wasn't of the same quality as his orginal Bengali creation?
5. Do you know about the author Shankar? Name any novel of his?

Member 4 -
1. Recommended me an Odiya poet's work (no question)
2. Your role at TRAI?
3. Did you see theory translate into practice? Any gaps
4. Difference between mission and goal?

(May have missed a few questions)

Overall it was a pleasant experience. It always feels like you can do better but I tried my best in that moment. For a few questions I'm now remembering better answers 🥲, but I guess that's normal.

It felt like I made so much copious notes and all but not much came in handy because questions were very broad and opinion based. Overall, I enjoyed the experience. The panel was warm. How well they perceived me is left to interpretation 😅.

Nothing more to say except that "Every sincere prayer is answered"🤞

Offline Mocks -
1. SN Tagore Civil services Study Centre , Kolkata (3 mocks, helped a lot in breaking the ice. Ex-DGP Surajit Purakayastha sir was very encouraging)
2. Vajirao and Reddy (encouraging with some grilling)
3. NextIAS (very cordial, Vinod Zutshi Sir gave very positive energy)
4. Pranay Agarwal sir, IAS Gurukul (1-1, very friendly, most thorough feedback!)
5. Dharmadhikari sir, Chanakya mandal (1-1) - rich discussion on music
6. Samkalp (nice experience, discussion type)

Online mocks -
1. Eagle IAS (brief but positive)
2. PW only IAS (encouraging)
3. Kavish IAS (very good quality questions, later Abhishek sir stayed in touch personally till Interview)
4. UPSC prep (Ketan sir, Rahul sir)
5. Samkalp (enjoyed the online mock a lot with Goyal sir and Anand Jha sir)
6. Utkarsh sir, Mentor aid(1-1, detailed feedback)
7. Shubham sir, IAS Vidyapeeth (1-1, gave a lot of value addition and confidence boost, also posted a lot of material in group)

DAF sessions (many in initial stage, may miss some)
1. Mahesh Bhagwat sir (very detailed and meticulous, also helped by posting material in group)
2. Vishwajeet sir, Sarrthi IAS (helped in filling)
3. Shawshank Ratnoo sir, UPSCprep (positive boost)
4. Kingmakers IAS (encouraging)
5. Kush Jain sir (very warm and sweet)
(Quantel and Upwise helped a lot in arranging online mocks)

Further gratitude -
1. Anirudh Patil Sir, Sarrthi IAS (always responded to queries)
2. My peer group for regular mocks and current affairs discussion
3. Ex-ranker AIR 50, always responded and helped

I'm so sorry if I missed anyone's name!!

Last of all no words are enough to thank my parents, many friends, well-wishers and God 🙏