Udham Singh Nagar, uttarakhand, physics, (nothing else relevant from daf)
Board: Suman sharma ma'am
Chair:
1. Swot analysis of uttrakhand
2. Small hydro plants not viable, why promote
3. Trump action on climate change
4. US EV mandate
5. Future of coal in next 30 years
6. Any model of nuclear energy you know?
7. What three sectors will you suggest to invest in, in uttarakhand?
Member 2:
1. Turbine capacity of small hydro plants
2. Run of river not viable, water flow not there, what then?
3. Solar, what are we doing? Rooftop?
4. New technologies in solar? Thermo solar?
5. If you were to check viability of an investment project, what parameters will u consider? What is time value for money?
Member 2:
1. Corruption from political elites? How does it impact masses? What to do? How to eliminate? New forms of corruption with technology? Some more discussion here
2. Char dham corridor? Views? Counter views?
Member 3:
1. Kumbh tragedy? Could've been avoided in such settings?
2. Uttarakhand progress after bifurcation?
3. Keeping uttarakhand model in place, should we bifurcate bigger states into smaller ones?
4. Unique Policing model of uttarakhand?
5. Revenue policing in ukd? What do u support? Revenue policing or regular? Reasons
6. What is solid state physics? Father of ssp? Newer emergences in tech?
Member 4:
1. Trump pulling out from everything, how will it impact our civil nuclear program?
2. If you were a delegate to US, what arguments will u make to involve them more in civil nuclear cooperation?
3. Will trump support, oppose or be ambivalent about india's claim to UNSC p5?
Intv was over.
Board: Suman sharma ma'am
Chair:
1. Swot analysis of uttrakhand
2. Small hydro plants not viable, why promote
3. Trump action on climate change
4. US EV mandate
5. Future of coal in next 30 years
6. Any model of nuclear energy you know?
7. What three sectors will you suggest to invest in, in uttarakhand?
Member 2:
1. Turbine capacity of small hydro plants
2. Run of river not viable, water flow not there, what then?
3. Solar, what are we doing? Rooftop?
4. New technologies in solar? Thermo solar?
5. If you were to check viability of an investment project, what parameters will u consider? What is time value for money?
Member 2:
1. Corruption from political elites? How does it impact masses? What to do? How to eliminate? New forms of corruption with technology? Some more discussion here
2. Char dham corridor? Views? Counter views?
Member 3:
1. Kumbh tragedy? Could've been avoided in such settings?
2. Uttarakhand progress after bifurcation?
3. Keeping uttarakhand model in place, should we bifurcate bigger states into smaller ones?
4. Unique Policing model of uttarakhand?
5. Revenue policing in ukd? What do u support? Revenue policing or regular? Reasons
6. What is solid state physics? Father of ssp? Newer emergences in tech?
Member 4:
1. Trump pulling out from everything, how will it impact our civil nuclear program?
2. If you were a delegate to US, what arguments will u make to involve them more in civil nuclear cooperation?
3. Will trump support, oppose or be ambivalent about india's claim to UNSC p5?
Intv was over.
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Name:Sharma ji ka ladka
Date:30th Jan
Board:Shri Sanjay Verma
Daf:CAPF AC(SSB),Mnnit Alld,India’s recent foreign relations developments,Gym,youth parliament,Sambhal
Optional:PSIR
Time:25min approx
Chairman Sir:
-Your CV doesn’t reflect Soft power.What is it?Do you have any soft power?
-Do you know about MEA Calender?
-Plan a yearly Calender for PM,President And VP to visit which country in which month and whom to invite in what month?Many counter qn
-What do you follow for foreign relations updates?
-Dont you think First Post is a propaganda?How do you balance your opinions?
-ORF experts?
Member1
-Why did Soviet Union broke?
-what was glasnost and perestroika?
-Was partition of India a British Conspiracy?
-Was it a failure of our leaders to let partition happen?
-What was Cuban Missile Crisis?Did USA attacked Cuba?
-Panama canal was in news recently,what was the canal in news few decades ago?
-Why was there was crisis in Suez Recently?
-What foreign newspapers,websites you follow?
-Should there be governorship in India?
M2
-Did you chose SSB or you got it?
-Why you put CISF at first and not CRPF?
-Is SSB deployed on India Bangladesh border?
-Was there a need for SSB in Manipur crisis?
-How our foreign relations differ between Nepal and Bhutan?
-What is INSTC?Where it passes from?What countries?From where in Iran it starts and ends?
-According to you 3 biggest changes brought in foreign policy in last 10yrs
-How far is Chandausi from Sambhal?
M3
-How will you handle an instance of corruption in your department?
-what is youth parliament?
-3 foreign policy successes since Independence?
-Do we have any problem with Canada recently?
M4
-Why do think Stampede happened in Kumbh?
-As an administrator what would have been your course of action?
-Are we moving towards financial inclusion?What are its benefits?
-What policy initiatives will you take to improve our manufacturing sector?
-What are GHGs and the issues with them?
Experience:Cordial board
Too much from IR since it was my domain of interest with few very unconventional ones.
Mocks:Samkalp,Next IAS,Vajiram and Ravi,Vajirao,Vision IAS,Chanakya
Date:30th Jan
Board:Shri Sanjay Verma
Daf:CAPF AC(SSB),Mnnit Alld,India’s recent foreign relations developments,Gym,youth parliament,Sambhal
Optional:PSIR
Time:25min approx
Chairman Sir:
-Your CV doesn’t reflect Soft power.What is it?Do you have any soft power?
-Do you know about MEA Calender?
-Plan a yearly Calender for PM,President And VP to visit which country in which month and whom to invite in what month?Many counter qn
-What do you follow for foreign relations updates?
-Dont you think First Post is a propaganda?How do you balance your opinions?
-ORF experts?
Member1
-Why did Soviet Union broke?
-what was glasnost and perestroika?
-Was partition of India a British Conspiracy?
-Was it a failure of our leaders to let partition happen?
-What was Cuban Missile Crisis?Did USA attacked Cuba?
-Panama canal was in news recently,what was the canal in news few decades ago?
-Why was there was crisis in Suez Recently?
-What foreign newspapers,websites you follow?
-Should there be governorship in India?
M2
-Did you chose SSB or you got it?
-Why you put CISF at first and not CRPF?
-Is SSB deployed on India Bangladesh border?
-Was there a need for SSB in Manipur crisis?
-How our foreign relations differ between Nepal and Bhutan?
-What is INSTC?Where it passes from?What countries?From where in Iran it starts and ends?
-According to you 3 biggest changes brought in foreign policy in last 10yrs
-How far is Chandausi from Sambhal?
M3
-How will you handle an instance of corruption in your department?
-what is youth parliament?
-3 foreign policy successes since Independence?
-Do we have any problem with Canada recently?
M4
-Why do think Stampede happened in Kumbh?
-As an administrator what would have been your course of action?
-Are we moving towards financial inclusion?What are its benefits?
-What policy initiatives will you take to improve our manufacturing sector?
-What are GHGs and the issues with them?
Experience:Cordial board
Too much from IR since it was my domain of interest with few very unconventional ones.
Mocks:Samkalp,Next IAS,Vajiram and Ravi,Vajirao,Vision IAS,Chanakya
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Name: X
Date: 31/01/2025
Board: Sanjay Verma Sir
DAF details: BALLB, Cricket, Azamgarh (nothing else is relevant)
Chairman:
1. All the members were standing and said "All rise" as I entered the room. Then asked me the meaning of All rise.
2. Appreciated my academic record and asked about one entry in my DAF where I was not at the "top".
3. 2-3 questions on cricket regarding most controversial aspect of cricket and particularly which kind of dismissal.
4. How many total number of laws and rules in cricket?
5. Difference between Rawls and Sen's approach to justice. Also tell about new jurists and their conception of justice and their nationality.
6. The DAF doesn't tell about you as a person. Tell me what is your soul? What moves you?
7. Wrt environment, how will you go about?
8. I said for Env, we should start with low hanging fruits, then he asked which is your fav low hanging fruit literally and why?😂
9. I told banana, asked about varieties of banana in India and where are the best bananas found?
Moved to next member
M1 (female)
Was smiling throughout, cautioned against high sugar content of coastal bananas.
1. One SC decision you would want to overturn. Told NJAC, so counter questioning.
2. What would you do for women of your district?
3. RTI and its usage in SC decisions. Have you ever filed RTI? I told against my own college so all had a good laugh.
M2 ( had a disinterested face throughout)
1. Asked about Azamgarh's problems and solutions
2. Why is naxalism on rise in India?
M3
1. Picked up my NJAC response and counter questioning
2. Neighbourhood first policy success or failure?
3. A situation where you are DM and your SP has died. Tell about your course of action.
Chairman intervened and said that tell how would you convey the death news to their spouse. On mobile or landline? Won't you go in person?
4. RTI exceptions.
5. One more question I can't recall
M4
1. All India judicial service, you in favour or not. Counter questions
2. Have you read discovery of India?
3. Why is Anne Frank famous?
4. Who said " no permanent allies only permanent interests"?
5. Which freedom fighter joined ICS and why did he leave?
6. Should civil servants enter judiciary post retirement?
6. Which nation you admire and want to visit?
7. Which nation you don't want to visit?
8. How many nations in world?
Few more factual questions, can't recall
Chairman again
1. Tell about 5 socio- cultural phenomenon on rise in India
2. Is present generation of men conservative in outlook?
Thank you, you may go.
Total time: More than 30 mins
Cordial board, relaxed environment.
Mocks I gave: Vision, Next, Samkalp, PW, Forum ( all good though no questions repeated)
Unacademy ( not good and unprofessional people)
Date: 31/01/2025
Board: Sanjay Verma Sir
DAF details: BALLB, Cricket, Azamgarh (nothing else is relevant)
Chairman:
1. All the members were standing and said "All rise" as I entered the room. Then asked me the meaning of All rise.
2. Appreciated my academic record and asked about one entry in my DAF where I was not at the "top".
3. 2-3 questions on cricket regarding most controversial aspect of cricket and particularly which kind of dismissal.
4. How many total number of laws and rules in cricket?
5. Difference between Rawls and Sen's approach to justice. Also tell about new jurists and their conception of justice and their nationality.
6. The DAF doesn't tell about you as a person. Tell me what is your soul? What moves you?
7. Wrt environment, how will you go about?
8. I said for Env, we should start with low hanging fruits, then he asked which is your fav low hanging fruit literally and why?😂
9. I told banana, asked about varieties of banana in India and where are the best bananas found?
Moved to next member
M1 (female)
Was smiling throughout, cautioned against high sugar content of coastal bananas.
1. One SC decision you would want to overturn. Told NJAC, so counter questioning.
2. What would you do for women of your district?
3. RTI and its usage in SC decisions. Have you ever filed RTI? I told against my own college so all had a good laugh.
M2 ( had a disinterested face throughout)
1. Asked about Azamgarh's problems and solutions
2. Why is naxalism on rise in India?
M3
1. Picked up my NJAC response and counter questioning
2. Neighbourhood first policy success or failure?
3. A situation where you are DM and your SP has died. Tell about your course of action.
Chairman intervened and said that tell how would you convey the death news to their spouse. On mobile or landline? Won't you go in person?
4. RTI exceptions.
5. One more question I can't recall
M4
1. All India judicial service, you in favour or not. Counter questions
2. Have you read discovery of India?
3. Why is Anne Frank famous?
4. Who said " no permanent allies only permanent interests"?
5. Which freedom fighter joined ICS and why did he leave?
6. Should civil servants enter judiciary post retirement?
6. Which nation you admire and want to visit?
7. Which nation you don't want to visit?
8. How many nations in world?
Few more factual questions, can't recall
Chairman again
1. Tell about 5 socio- cultural phenomenon on rise in India
2. Is present generation of men conservative in outlook?
Thank you, you may go.
Total time: More than 30 mins
Cordial board, relaxed environment.
Mocks I gave: Vision, Next, Samkalp, PW, Forum ( all good though no questions repeated)
Unacademy ( not good and unprofessional people)
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Name: Walter H White
Interview Date - 30/01/2025, FN 1st to go.
Board- Ms. Suman Sharma
DAF Keywords- PSIR, Mechanical Engineering (Rest keywords were not asked from DAF)
Entered the room and greeted the members.
Suman ma'am
1. Ola has started a 10 minute ambulance service. What are your views on it ?
2. Restaurants are against Zomato-Swiggy and they are taking Zomato-Swiggy to courts. Do you know about it ?
3. Do you know about recent order passed by President Trump where all the grants to states have been stopped. What are its impact and have states raised this matter to courts?
M1
1. What is the difference between Automobile and Automotive industry ?
2. What are BS Norms ? Do we have BS V ? What is the difference between BS IV and BS V?
3. Are BS III Vehicles still running on road ?
4. What is the vehicle scrapping policy of government ?
5. (Then shifted to Polity) What are writs under 32 and 226 ? What is the difference between these two ? Is there any mention of criteria in constitution ?
6. (Again back to Mechanical Engineering) What is super-critical and subcritical temperature ? What is the use of it ?
M2
1. (Continued the conversation from ma'am's questions) What is the role of government wrt health of its citizens.
2. What are challenges in it ?
3. Discussion about primary and tertiary healthcare ? And issues arising out of it.
5. Tribal health challenges ?
4. If you are made SDM in your home district then how will you fight these challenges that you've talked about ?
M3
1. Have you encountered any drugs and intoxicants related problem during your graduation time in Ahmedabad ? 😁
2. Long monologue on drug menace and how to deal with it?
3. What is the difference between citizenship and domicile ?
4. If any person from UP wants to join Gujarat police, then can he join ?
5. Have you heard about reservation related case going on in supreme court ?
6. What is this case all about ? (Told about it is related to NEET PG and some criteria related to it).
7. Then sir explained everything about One Nation single domicile.
M4 (Lady member)
1. Why are we not engaging with Afghanistan ? principle reason behind it ?
2. Who interacted with FS Vikram Misri from Taliban ?
3. Why it is important for India ?
4. What we are doing for the Afghanistan ?
5. Trump's pull out from WHO and what will be the consequences ?
6. Asked me that do you watch TV ? Then asked about Senate trial of RFK Jr.
7. Why this appointment is in news ?
8. Asked me to take a guess about Chinese funding to UN vis-a-vis USA?
Suman ma'am : Thank you. Your interview is over. You may go now.
It was very random as very few things were asked from DAF unlike last year (last year it was 80:20). But still imo, preparing DAF will reward you well. If time permits, then one can read times of India as many questions can be traced back to it.
Utility of mocks: Gave 3 mocks this time. (NextIAS, Unacademy and StudyIQ). Utility of mocks in general is very less. Staying calm can help you to keep the connection between your tongue and mind intact.
Expert lectures taken at SPIPA Ahmedabad were useful.
Lastly I would like to thank this community for their continuous support and valuable transcripts.🙏
Interview Date - 30/01/2025, FN 1st to go.
Board- Ms. Suman Sharma
DAF Keywords- PSIR, Mechanical Engineering (Rest keywords were not asked from DAF)
Entered the room and greeted the members.
Suman ma'am
1. Ola has started a 10 minute ambulance service. What are your views on it ?
2. Restaurants are against Zomato-Swiggy and they are taking Zomato-Swiggy to courts. Do you know about it ?
3. Do you know about recent order passed by President Trump where all the grants to states have been stopped. What are its impact and have states raised this matter to courts?
M1
1. What is the difference between Automobile and Automotive industry ?
2. What are BS Norms ? Do we have BS V ? What is the difference between BS IV and BS V?
3. Are BS III Vehicles still running on road ?
4. What is the vehicle scrapping policy of government ?
5. (Then shifted to Polity) What are writs under 32 and 226 ? What is the difference between these two ? Is there any mention of criteria in constitution ?
6. (Again back to Mechanical Engineering) What is super-critical and subcritical temperature ? What is the use of it ?
M2
1. (Continued the conversation from ma'am's questions) What is the role of government wrt health of its citizens.
2. What are challenges in it ?
3. Discussion about primary and tertiary healthcare ? And issues arising out of it.
5. Tribal health challenges ?
4. If you are made SDM in your home district then how will you fight these challenges that you've talked about ?
M3
1. Have you encountered any drugs and intoxicants related problem during your graduation time in Ahmedabad ? 😁
2. Long monologue on drug menace and how to deal with it?
3. What is the difference between citizenship and domicile ?
4. If any person from UP wants to join Gujarat police, then can he join ?
5. Have you heard about reservation related case going on in supreme court ?
6. What is this case all about ? (Told about it is related to NEET PG and some criteria related to it).
7. Then sir explained everything about One Nation single domicile.
M4 (Lady member)
1. Why are we not engaging with Afghanistan ? principle reason behind it ?
2. Who interacted with FS Vikram Misri from Taliban ?
3. Why it is important for India ?
4. What we are doing for the Afghanistan ?
5. Trump's pull out from WHO and what will be the consequences ?
6. Asked me that do you watch TV ? Then asked about Senate trial of RFK Jr.
7. Why this appointment is in news ?
8. Asked me to take a guess about Chinese funding to UN vis-a-vis USA?
Suman ma'am : Thank you. Your interview is over. You may go now.
It was very random as very few things were asked from DAF unlike last year (last year it was 80:20). But still imo, preparing DAF will reward you well. If time permits, then one can read times of India as many questions can be traced back to it.
Utility of mocks: Gave 3 mocks this time. (NextIAS, Unacademy and StudyIQ). Utility of mocks in general is very less. Staying calm can help you to keep the connection between your tongue and mind intact.
Expert lectures taken at SPIPA Ahmedabad were useful.
Lastly I would like to thank this community for their continuous support and valuable transcripts.🙏
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Name - Acharya Rajnish
Date 30-1-2025
DAF - MEDICAL OFFICER, IRS , ONE ACT PLAY , HARMONIUM, MAHARASHTRA
BOARD - Sheel Vardhan Singh
Chairman -
1) Tell me about the play Ghashiram Kotwal written by Vijay Tendulkar.
2) Other plays by him, Have you watched Sakharam Binder?
3) If you are the foreign minister of India tell 5 countries you will visit if full war happens between India and Pakistan.
4) What is 2.5 front war, why you would not go to Bangladesh?
Member 1
1) If you play harmonium, do you also play keyboard.
Asked some technical terms that I was not aware.
2) How income tax department would know we are evading taxes, It taxes the honest and leaves the dishonest.
How would you procewd if you know the person is evading tax of large sum of money?
3) Technical Question about GST on salary of contractual employees and some other aspect that I said sorry.
Member 2
1) Opinion about Lateral entry.
2) How to minimise delay in processing of files and red tapism?
Member 3
1) Faceless assessment in Income Tax, your analysis. Cross questions
2) Trump is talking about abolition of Income tax, is it feasible? In india is it possible. Cross questions.
3) Opinion about Trump and it's impact.
4) Taxing crypto how it is taxed in India?
Member 4
1) Geopolitical assessment of world from India's point of view
2) Name leader from India and the world with positives cross questions
3) One entrepreneur from India and the world why, cross questions
4) How you would marry development with environment especially in North East and Himalayan states
5) What innovation you can bring to the civil services .
6) What are your Negatives.
Chairman - It was good interaction with you you can go now .
I thanked everyone!
Date 30-1-2025
DAF - MEDICAL OFFICER, IRS , ONE ACT PLAY , HARMONIUM, MAHARASHTRA
BOARD - Sheel Vardhan Singh
Chairman -
1) Tell me about the play Ghashiram Kotwal written by Vijay Tendulkar.
2) Other plays by him, Have you watched Sakharam Binder?
3) If you are the foreign minister of India tell 5 countries you will visit if full war happens between India and Pakistan.
4) What is 2.5 front war, why you would not go to Bangladesh?
Member 1
1) If you play harmonium, do you also play keyboard.
Asked some technical terms that I was not aware.
2) How income tax department would know we are evading taxes, It taxes the honest and leaves the dishonest.
How would you procewd if you know the person is evading tax of large sum of money?
3) Technical Question about GST on salary of contractual employees and some other aspect that I said sorry.
Member 2
1) Opinion about Lateral entry.
2) How to minimise delay in processing of files and red tapism?
Member 3
1) Faceless assessment in Income Tax, your analysis. Cross questions
2) Trump is talking about abolition of Income tax, is it feasible? In india is it possible. Cross questions.
3) Opinion about Trump and it's impact.
4) Taxing crypto how it is taxed in India?
Member 4
1) Geopolitical assessment of world from India's point of view
2) Name leader from India and the world with positives cross questions
3) One entrepreneur from India and the world why, cross questions
4) How you would marry development with environment especially in North East and Himalayan states
5) What innovation you can bring to the civil services .
6) What are your Negatives.
Chairman - It was good interaction with you you can go now .
I thanked everyone!
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Forwarded from Interview Transcripts (CSPT-2025) (Killua)
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You are requested to share your interview transcripts of CSPT 2023-2024 for common good (in following format)
Name:
Key DAF details:
Questions asked:
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Can give in chat/text format or word format
Please forward transcripts on following ids -
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@kaptaanjacksparrow
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ASV
Board: Sanjay varma
Afternoon 4th
Keyword: Classical Arabic Literature, Learning French, PSIR, IFS, JNU SIS, KERALA, KOCHI, Madrasa
I was going to sit without asking😄, suddenly understood the mistake and waited for permission
Chair commented on my mistake but was cordial.
Chair:
Why you don't play any sports
Tell me about open schooling
French and arab relation
French political philosophers and their contribution
Arab political philosophers and their contribution
Albert camus, do you know him?
Indian muslims, how different from other Muslims
First mosque in india_ ( whether in kerala or gujarat)
Sufism and kerala
Is shia more close to sufism
Which sufi sects in india
French current domestic political turmoil
Ar Rahman and Sufi songs relation
M2 (lady member)
-US trade war and Tarrif on China reduced, how it would impact india
Do india need to do anything in this regard?
From which Arab state india import more
(She asked some more but not remember)
M3
Which arabic literature you read
Articles in french language
Articles in english
Difficulties you faced while learning french
Why more migrants from kerala
Do you know this Arabic poetry (Did not know)
M3
Compare jnu with calicut university
Features of Kochi
Famous railways of kochi
Synagogues in kochi
Why this synagogue is famous
-Cochi shipyard and the famous ship built there
Dean of your college department
M4
Do you speak french fluently
-Why Arab states not going to UN against Israel in Gaza war
Why iran helping palastine
Did it fail in helping Hezbollah
Do you think Iran is success in becoming the leader of Muslim world
Do you know syriani Jews
+Which Moroccan Traveller came to India during Tuglak and what he did in the court
Chair
Thankyou, your interview is over
There was a melodious music 🎵 in the room throughout the interview
25 to 30 min
Board: Sanjay varma
Afternoon 4th
Keyword: Classical Arabic Literature, Learning French, PSIR, IFS, JNU SIS, KERALA, KOCHI, Madrasa
I was going to sit without asking😄, suddenly understood the mistake and waited for permission
Chair commented on my mistake but was cordial.
Chair:
Why you don't play any sports
Tell me about open schooling
French and arab relation
French political philosophers and their contribution
Arab political philosophers and their contribution
Albert camus, do you know him?
Indian muslims, how different from other Muslims
First mosque in india_ ( whether in kerala or gujarat)
Sufism and kerala
Is shia more close to sufism
Which sufi sects in india
French current domestic political turmoil
Ar Rahman and Sufi songs relation
M2 (lady member)
-US trade war and Tarrif on China reduced, how it would impact india
Do india need to do anything in this regard?
From which Arab state india import more
(She asked some more but not remember)
M3
Which arabic literature you read
Articles in french language
Articles in english
Difficulties you faced while learning french
Why more migrants from kerala
Do you know this Arabic poetry (Did not know)
M3
Compare jnu with calicut university
Features of Kochi
Famous railways of kochi
Synagogues in kochi
Why this synagogue is famous
-Cochi shipyard and the famous ship built there
Dean of your college department
M4
Do you speak french fluently
-Why Arab states not going to UN against Israel in Gaza war
Why iran helping palastine
Did it fail in helping Hezbollah
Do you think Iran is success in becoming the leader of Muslim world
Do you know syriani Jews
+Which Moroccan Traveller came to India during Tuglak and what he did in the court
Chair
Thankyou, your interview is over
There was a melodious music 🎵 in the room throughout the interview
25 to 30 min
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Name :- PEACE
Board:- SheelVardhan Sir
Key Words:- Gujarat CivilEngineering Mentoring Travelling
Chairman:-
Longest distance you travel
What you observed
How flora changes
What is the architectural style in jaipur
What is means by haveli der
Which materials are used
Wjat is name and where frm marble came?
Which r three things people ask frm you during mentoring?
How you answer them?
M1:-
Size of room
Metre to feet
Size of table we are sitting right now
What is ratio of ingredients in plastering
What is ratio of concrete
Which concrete ratio we will use in two rise buidlings
What are fine aggregates
*Confusuing* question to check my Presence:- which concrete we will use for plastering(answer is mortar and its ratio)
What u did in spcl
Role of your
M2
Y virat kohli n other celebrities buying home in dubai
Tax rate in dubai
What is the DTAA
what is lawfare?
G20 agenda
M3
Gujarat sports culture
No of Guj medals won in olympics
Y guj is so behind
Do u thnk olymlics bid shud happen in ahmedabd n y
Which r other locations where it happens?
Do u thnk companies r trnsfering to gujarat frm others
Why so happening?
M4
What is caste
Postive aspect
Negative aspect
View on inter faith marriage
Politics influuence on caste?
Inspirational story of ur life
Y civil services?
Overall experience was good.But the members seems so scary compared to last year board of y verma sir.
Mocks:- Vision Next ias eden samkalp Gs score vajirao shreeram etc
One to one with Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS ) was amazing that helps me in articulating the answers and building up confidence .
Board:- SheelVardhan Sir
Key Words:- Gujarat CivilEngineering Mentoring Travelling
Chairman:-
Longest distance you travel
What you observed
How flora changes
What is the architectural style in jaipur
What is means by haveli der
Which materials are used
Wjat is name and where frm marble came?
Which r three things people ask frm you during mentoring?
How you answer them?
M1:-
Size of room
Metre to feet
Size of table we are sitting right now
What is ratio of ingredients in plastering
What is ratio of concrete
Which concrete ratio we will use in two rise buidlings
What are fine aggregates
*Confusuing* question to check my Presence:- which concrete we will use for plastering(answer is mortar and its ratio)
What u did in spcl
Role of your
M2
Y virat kohli n other celebrities buying home in dubai
Tax rate in dubai
What is the DTAA
what is lawfare?
G20 agenda
M3
Gujarat sports culture
No of Guj medals won in olympics
Y guj is so behind
Do u thnk olymlics bid shud happen in ahmedabd n y
Which r other locations where it happens?
Do u thnk companies r trnsfering to gujarat frm others
Why so happening?
M4
What is caste
Postive aspect
Negative aspect
View on inter faith marriage
Politics influuence on caste?
Inspirational story of ur life
Y civil services?
Overall experience was good.But the members seems so scary compared to last year board of y verma sir.
Mocks:- Vision Next ias eden samkalp Gs score vajirao shreeram etc
One to one with Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS ) was amazing that helps me in articulating the answers and building up confidence .
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Name :- PEACE
Board:- SheelVardhan Sir
Key Words:- Gujarat CivilEngineering Mentoring Travelling
Chairman:-
Longest distance you travel
What you observed
How flora changes
What is the architectural style in jaipur
What is means by haveli der
Which materials are used
Wjat is name and where frm marble came?
Which r three things people ask frm you during mentoring?
How you answer them?
M1:-
Size of room
Metre to feet
Size of table we are sitting right now
What is ratio of ingredients in plastering
What is ratio of concrete
Which concrete ratio we will use in two rise buidlings
What are fine aggregates
*Confusuing* question to check my Presence:- which concrete we will use for plastering(answer is mortar and its ratio)
What u did in spcl
Role of your
M2
Y virat kohli n other celebrities buying home in dubai
Tax rate in dubai
What is the DTAA
what is lawfare?
G20 agenda
M3
Gujarat sports culture
No of Guj medals won in olympics
Y guj is so behind
Do u thnk olymlics bid shud happen in ahmedabd n y
Which r other locations where it happens?
Do u thnk companies r trnsfering to gujarat frm others
Why so happening?
M4
What is caste
Postive aspect
Negative aspect
View on inter faith marriage
Politics influuence on caste?
Inspirational story of ur life
Y civil services?
Overall experience was good.But the members seems so scary compared to last year board of y verma sir.
Mocks:- Vision Next ias eden samkalp Gs score vajirao shreeram etc
One to one with Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS ) was amazing that helps me in articulating the answers and building up confidence .
Board:- SheelVardhan Sir
Key Words:- Gujarat CivilEngineering Mentoring Travelling
Chairman:-
Longest distance you travel
What you observed
How flora changes
What is the architectural style in jaipur
What is means by haveli der
Which materials are used
Wjat is name and where frm marble came?
Which r three things people ask frm you during mentoring?
How you answer them?
M1:-
Size of room
Metre to feet
Size of table we are sitting right now
What is ratio of ingredients in plastering
What is ratio of concrete
Which concrete ratio we will use in two rise buidlings
What are fine aggregates
*Confusuing* question to check my Presence:- which concrete we will use for plastering(answer is mortar and its ratio)
What u did in spcl
Role of your
M2
Y virat kohli n other celebrities buying home in dubai
Tax rate in dubai
What is the DTAA
what is lawfare?
G20 agenda
M3
Gujarat sports culture
No of Guj medals won in olympics
Y guj is so behind
Do u thnk olymlics bid shud happen in ahmedabd n y
Which r other locations where it happens?
Do u thnk companies r trnsfering to gujarat frm others
Why so happening?
M4
What is caste
Postive aspect
Negative aspect
View on inter faith marriage
Politics influuence on caste?
Inspirational story of ur life
Y civil services?
Overall experience was good.But the members seems so scary compared to last year board of y verma sir.
Mocks:- Vision Next ias eden samkalp Gs score vajirao shreeram etc
One to one with Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS ) was amazing that helps me in articulating the answers and building up confidence .
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Name: Octavian
Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir
Date: 31.01
Key DAF details: Japan, research, humanities, PSIR, poetry, education, econ, HR
Questions asked:
Chairman sir-
1. Questions on switch from social development sector to management to civil services
2. Poetry based questions on my tastes
3. China and India detente
4. Deep Seek and what India’s upto (disagreed with sir here, could’ve been a rude spectacle)
M1:
1. NEP related questions on flexibility
2. Citizens of the world are…
3. How is NEP useful?
4. Questions related organisational skills I learnt whilst working
(Explained answers to all questions, wasn’t satisfied with my replies to any)
M2:
1. Evolution of IFP
2. Clinton to Trump evolution
3. China’s place in US
4. Status of business in China (disagreed with sir here again on bottlenecks in India, he looked seriously displeased).
M3:
1. Charity begins at home, but not for you? (My organisation has worked on projects outside India, hence the question)
2. You come from an elite background - school and college both. Any connect with ground?
3. Contrast the culture of your school and college
4. Inequality related questions
M4:
1. I’m forgetting the quote (it was an easy one but forgot the scholar who said it)
2. Social contract
3. Women and vulnerability questions, specific to Bangladesh
Chairman sir: nice talking to you. Your interview is over. Thank you.
Overall experience: the board was happy when I entered and uninterested within 6-7 minutes into it. I wasn’t able to hold a conversation per se.
Mocks: CMP, Vajirao, Next Faculty, Vision, Shubhra Ranjan, parents (most crucial).
Good luck, wish you the best! Thank you to the community for the transcripts. This has been a rather crucial solidarity inducing experience, humbled by all the help folks extended here🙏
Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir
Date: 31.01
Key DAF details: Japan, research, humanities, PSIR, poetry, education, econ, HR
Questions asked:
Chairman sir-
1. Questions on switch from social development sector to management to civil services
2. Poetry based questions on my tastes
3. China and India detente
4. Deep Seek and what India’s upto (disagreed with sir here, could’ve been a rude spectacle)
M1:
1. NEP related questions on flexibility
2. Citizens of the world are…
3. How is NEP useful?
4. Questions related organisational skills I learnt whilst working
(Explained answers to all questions, wasn’t satisfied with my replies to any)
M2:
1. Evolution of IFP
2. Clinton to Trump evolution
3. China’s place in US
4. Status of business in China (disagreed with sir here again on bottlenecks in India, he looked seriously displeased).
M3:
1. Charity begins at home, but not for you? (My organisation has worked on projects outside India, hence the question)
2. You come from an elite background - school and college both. Any connect with ground?
3. Contrast the culture of your school and college
4. Inequality related questions
M4:
1. I’m forgetting the quote (it was an easy one but forgot the scholar who said it)
2. Social contract
3. Women and vulnerability questions, specific to Bangladesh
Chairman sir: nice talking to you. Your interview is over. Thank you.
Overall experience: the board was happy when I entered and uninterested within 6-7 minutes into it. I wasn’t able to hold a conversation per se.
Mocks: CMP, Vajirao, Next Faculty, Vision, Shubhra Ranjan, parents (most crucial).
Good luck, wish you the best! Thank you to the community for the transcripts. This has been a rather crucial solidarity inducing experience, humbled by all the help folks extended here🙏
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31st January
Sanjay Verma Sir's board
Afternoon-4th to go
DAF- Lucknow, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, Commerce and Accountancy, Making Laddoos, Walking and strolling. (No ques- head girl, HP Udaan Scholarship, DoHE scholarship)
Everybody talking about my hobby(laddu making) cheerfully as I entered.
Chairperson-
1. Difference between walking and strolling.
2. Why to make a difference? Isn't stroll more poetic?
3. When do you walk or stroll?
4. Now research shows it's good to walk after meals to reduce blood sugar levels?
5. UP such a big state, why to have one DGP and one Chief secretary? Vs smaller states and vs international examples.(Discussion on this)
Member1-(lady)
1. Continuing on chair'e question what would you recommend as chief secretary?
2. Commerce and Accountancy- so dry subjects. What recent changes have been happening recently with respect to accountancy?
3. Which is better cash or accrual method?
4. As DM what would you do in your district?
5. What would you do for women?
6. UP bimaru state, what's wrong? Changes happening?
Member 2-
1. What taxes existed before gst?
2. Why was gst introduced? What was the issue earlier?
(Not recalling other questions he asked)
Member 3-
1. Tell some muhavre with laddu word in it.
2. Recently three ships were commissioned. What are the names?
3. Where does Vagsheer name come from?
4. Who made it?
5. We make aircraft carriers also. Who makes them?
6. What are sea lanes of communication? Examples
7. Tell some in arabian sea
8. What is string of pearls
9. What's malacca dilemma? What's the dilemma?
10. Are our armed forces strong?
11. How much budget would you recommend?
12. What's China's budget? US' budget?
Member 4-
1. When you invest what do you see?
2. What do you see in short term?
3. Which indicator you would see?
4. RSI? If it's 70 what does it mean?
5. What level of RSI is good?
Chairperson-
1. What do you know of credit rating agencies.
2. Is CRISIL Indian?
3. Which is Indian?
4. Why big4 dominate despite many cases of manipulation? Why not small.
5. Do you know Ruchir Sharma?
6. Which experts do you follow for economic commentary?
All the best. Your interview is over.
Mocks- Samkalp, Vision, SriramIAS, Vajirao, one to one with Ravindran Sir.
Sanjay Verma Sir's board
Afternoon-4th to go
DAF- Lucknow, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, Commerce and Accountancy, Making Laddoos, Walking and strolling. (No ques- head girl, HP Udaan Scholarship, DoHE scholarship)
Everybody talking about my hobby(laddu making) cheerfully as I entered.
Chairperson-
1. Difference between walking and strolling.
2. Why to make a difference? Isn't stroll more poetic?
3. When do you walk or stroll?
4. Now research shows it's good to walk after meals to reduce blood sugar levels?
5. UP such a big state, why to have one DGP and one Chief secretary? Vs smaller states and vs international examples.(Discussion on this)
Member1-(lady)
1. Continuing on chair'e question what would you recommend as chief secretary?
2. Commerce and Accountancy- so dry subjects. What recent changes have been happening recently with respect to accountancy?
3. Which is better cash or accrual method?
4. As DM what would you do in your district?
5. What would you do for women?
6. UP bimaru state, what's wrong? Changes happening?
Member 2-
1. What taxes existed before gst?
2. Why was gst introduced? What was the issue earlier?
(Not recalling other questions he asked)
Member 3-
1. Tell some muhavre with laddu word in it.
2. Recently three ships were commissioned. What are the names?
3. Where does Vagsheer name come from?
4. Who made it?
5. We make aircraft carriers also. Who makes them?
6. What are sea lanes of communication? Examples
7. Tell some in arabian sea
8. What is string of pearls
9. What's malacca dilemma? What's the dilemma?
10. Are our armed forces strong?
11. How much budget would you recommend?
12. What's China's budget? US' budget?
Member 4-
1. When you invest what do you see?
2. What do you see in short term?
3. Which indicator you would see?
4. RSI? If it's 70 what does it mean?
5. What level of RSI is good?
Chairperson-
1. What do you know of credit rating agencies.
2. Is CRISIL Indian?
3. Which is Indian?
4. Why big4 dominate despite many cases of manipulation? Why not small.
5. Do you know Ruchir Sharma?
6. Which experts do you follow for economic commentary?
All the best. Your interview is over.
Mocks- Samkalp, Vision, SriramIAS, Vajirao, one to one with Ravindran Sir.
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Name: Walter H White
Interview Date - 30/01/2025, FN 1st to go.
Board- Ms. Suman Sharma
DAF Keywords- PSIR, Mechanical Engineering (Rest keywords were not asked from DAF)
Entered the room and greeted the members.
Suman ma'am
1. Ola has started a 10 minute ambulance service. What are your views on it ?
2. Restaurants are against Zomato-Swiggy and they are taking Zomato-Swiggy to courts. Do you know about it ?
3. Do you know about recent order passed by President Trump where all the grants to states have been stopped. What are its impact and have states raised this matter to courts?
M1
1. What is the difference between Automobile and Automotive industry ?
2. What are BS Norms ? Do we have BS V ? What is the difference between BS IV and BS V?
3. Are BS III Vehicles still running on road ?
4. What is the vehicle scrapping policy of government ?
5. (Then shifted to Polity) What are writs under 32 and 226 ? What is the difference between these two ? Is there any mention of criteria in constitution ?
6. (Again back to Mechanical Engineering) What is super-critical and subcritical temperature ? What is the use of it ?
M2
1. (Continued the conversation from ma'am's questions) What is the role of government wrt health of its citizens.
2. What are challenges in it ?
3. Discussion about primary and tertiary healthcare ? And issues arising out of it.
5. Tribal health challenges ?
4. If you are made SDM in your home district then how will you fight these challenges that you've talked about ?
M3
1. Have you encountered any drugs and intoxicants related problem during your graduation time in Ahmedabad ? 😁
2. Long monologue on drug menace and how to deal with it?
3. What is the difference between citizenship and domicile ?
4. If any person from UP wants to join Gujarat police, then can he join ?
5. Have you heard about reservation related case going on in supreme court ?
6. What is this case all about ? (Told about it is related to NEET PG and some criteria related to it).
7. Then sir explained everything about One Nation single domicile.
M4 (Lady member)
1. Why are we not engaging with Afghanistan ? principle reason behind it ?
2. Who interacted with FS Vikram Misri from Taliban ?
3. Why it is important for India ?
4. What we are doing for the Afghanistan ?
5. Trump's pull out from WHO and what will be the consequences ?
6. Asked me that do you watch TV ? Then asked about Senate trial of RFK Jr.
7. Why this appointment is in news ?
8. Asked me to take a guess about Chinese funding to UN vis-a-vis USA?
Suman ma'am : Thank you. Your interview is over. You may go now.
It was very random as very few things were asked from DAF unlike last year (last year it was 80:20). But still imo, preparing DAF will reward you well. If time permits, then one can read times of India as many questions can be traced back to it.
Utility of mocks: Gave 3 mocks this time. (NextIAS, Unacademy and StudyIQ). Utility of mocks in general is very less. Staying calm can help you to keep the connection between your tongue and mind intact.
Expert lectures taken at SPIPA Ahmedabad were useful.
Lastly I would like to thank this community for their continuous support and valuable transcripts.🙏
Interview Date - 30/01/2025, FN 1st to go.
Board- Ms. Suman Sharma
DAF Keywords- PSIR, Mechanical Engineering (Rest keywords were not asked from DAF)
Entered the room and greeted the members.
Suman ma'am
1. Ola has started a 10 minute ambulance service. What are your views on it ?
2. Restaurants are against Zomato-Swiggy and they are taking Zomato-Swiggy to courts. Do you know about it ?
3. Do you know about recent order passed by President Trump where all the grants to states have been stopped. What are its impact and have states raised this matter to courts?
M1
1. What is the difference between Automobile and Automotive industry ?
2. What are BS Norms ? Do we have BS V ? What is the difference between BS IV and BS V?
3. Are BS III Vehicles still running on road ?
4. What is the vehicle scrapping policy of government ?
5. (Then shifted to Polity) What are writs under 32 and 226 ? What is the difference between these two ? Is there any mention of criteria in constitution ?
6. (Again back to Mechanical Engineering) What is super-critical and subcritical temperature ? What is the use of it ?
M2
1. (Continued the conversation from ma'am's questions) What is the role of government wrt health of its citizens.
2. What are challenges in it ?
3. Discussion about primary and tertiary healthcare ? And issues arising out of it.
5. Tribal health challenges ?
4. If you are made SDM in your home district then how will you fight these challenges that you've talked about ?
M3
1. Have you encountered any drugs and intoxicants related problem during your graduation time in Ahmedabad ? 😁
2. Long monologue on drug menace and how to deal with it?
3. What is the difference between citizenship and domicile ?
4. If any person from UP wants to join Gujarat police, then can he join ?
5. Have you heard about reservation related case going on in supreme court ?
6. What is this case all about ? (Told about it is related to NEET PG and some criteria related to it).
7. Then sir explained everything about One Nation single domicile.
M4 (Lady member)
1. Why are we not engaging with Afghanistan ? principle reason behind it ?
2. Who interacted with FS Vikram Misri from Taliban ?
3. Why it is important for India ?
4. What we are doing for the Afghanistan ?
5. Trump's pull out from WHO and what will be the consequences ?
6. Asked me that do you watch TV ? Then asked about Senate trial of RFK Jr.
7. Why this appointment is in news ?
8. Asked me to take a guess about Chinese funding to UN vis-a-vis USA?
Suman ma'am : Thank you. Your interview is over. You may go now.
It was very random as very few things were asked from DAF unlike last year (last year it was 80:20). But still imo, preparing DAF will reward you well. If time permits, then one can read times of India as many questions can be traced back to it.
Utility of mocks: Gave 3 mocks this time. (NextIAS, Unacademy and StudyIQ). Utility of mocks in general is very less. Staying calm can help you to keep the connection between your tongue and mind intact.
Expert lectures taken at SPIPA Ahmedabad were useful.
Lastly I would like to thank this community for their continuous support and valuable transcripts.🙏
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Name- -Raymond Redington
Board-- Suman Sharma mam
Date- 21 January 2025- afternoon
Keywords- B. E- ECE, history optionals, IPS first preference, fitness instructor as profession
My observations
1. No qustions from optionals.
2. Board wants an organic interaction and they try to ask questions for which we dont have a pre designed answer.
3. I personally feel that going straight to interview, without mocks helped me being organic. ( Disclaimer-- Im a bit good in english and thus didnt need practice for speaking... Completely personal opinion)
4. Be yourself.. Just try to have a conversation.
Chairperson-
Straight jump into questioning- more focussed on my BE-ECE graduation despite knowing about my 2nd class degree.
1.) Why Tamilnadu despite having long coastline, has no beaches like goa?
2.) Whats the difference between type 1 and type 2 semiconductor?
3.) Why indian IT sector is more focussed on support and less oriented towards coding and development?
4.) Whats the largest chip making company?
5.) How do you perceive EGO.. ?
6.) What has the government done so far to improve semicon manufacturing?
Answer-- Went with 75,000 crore National semicon mission and PLI scheme
7.) Why did the mission not go as planned?
Answer-- wonderfully answered this part with all technicalities and foxcon- vedanta issue..
Mam was satisfied and also provided additional inputs.
Member1
1.) Again in electronics and communication.
2.) Difference between ios and Android.
3.) Whats GPU?
4.) Why python language is preferred in software industry?
Finally i frankly spoke about my lack of experience in B. E-ECE, as Iam working in fitness industry for nearly 7 years, with a smile in a humble tone.
Board then shifted away from electronics.
But except 1 question, answered all questions decently.. Now into general topics
Member 1
1.) How can we skill our people?
2.) Long monologues about
our workforce quality and asked measures for it.
3.) What is the way forward in health education?
Answered -- we have warnings for alcohol and tobacco but not for sugar. Sugar is 300 times more addictive than cocaine and its also available to children.. School should be the functional unit for health education was my point
Member 2
( most cordial and seated close to me) - started questions from my expertise
1.) What does a fitness instructor and trainer actually mean?...
2.) How do you gauge the fitness level of a person
Answer- -- most engaging answer by me based on BMI, VO2 MAX, etc...
3.) Why qatar is the mediator for most negotiations?
Answer-- also my best answer.. Was a great conversation in this topic.
Sir seemed pretty much satisfied and passed over
Member3( lady member)
Mam was very stern looking at begining.. She didnt even laugh.. But after she started questioning, she was the most jovial... Had a very engaging and entertaining conversation ..
1.) Tell me the dance forms of India.
- I asked whether she referred to classical dances and she said yes. .. Continued with the 8 classical dances of india...
2.) Then asked me to name famous personalities from each dance..
-- Went with vishwaroopam film reference and named birju maharaj...Said that Birju maharaj was the G. O. A. T because he taught kamal sir kathak in just 5 days and made him give a master performance.... Mam was very engaging..
3. Why dont you teach yoga as a fitness instructor?
Answer-- said i learnt basic yoga at school.. But not a certified yoga trainer. So I prefer resistance training, as I have working experience in it.
Member 4( very strict member)
1.Talked about corruption in police department... Whenever i was about to answer, Sir would interrupt me and give counterarguments.....
2.) Sir would never accept my arguments that said corruption in police is very less compared to other departments and now after technology enabled policing, it has reduced even further.
Board-- Suman Sharma mam
Date- 21 January 2025- afternoon
Keywords- B. E- ECE, history optionals, IPS first preference, fitness instructor as profession
My observations
1. No qustions from optionals.
2. Board wants an organic interaction and they try to ask questions for which we dont have a pre designed answer.
3. I personally feel that going straight to interview, without mocks helped me being organic. ( Disclaimer-- Im a bit good in english and thus didnt need practice for speaking... Completely personal opinion)
4. Be yourself.. Just try to have a conversation.
Chairperson-
Straight jump into questioning- more focussed on my BE-ECE graduation despite knowing about my 2nd class degree.
1.) Why Tamilnadu despite having long coastline, has no beaches like goa?
2.) Whats the difference between type 1 and type 2 semiconductor?
3.) Why indian IT sector is more focussed on support and less oriented towards coding and development?
4.) Whats the largest chip making company?
5.) How do you perceive EGO.. ?
6.) What has the government done so far to improve semicon manufacturing?
Answer-- Went with 75,000 crore National semicon mission and PLI scheme
7.) Why did the mission not go as planned?
Answer-- wonderfully answered this part with all technicalities and foxcon- vedanta issue..
Mam was satisfied and also provided additional inputs.
Member1
1.) Again in electronics and communication.
2.) Difference between ios and Android.
3.) Whats GPU?
4.) Why python language is preferred in software industry?
Finally i frankly spoke about my lack of experience in B. E-ECE, as Iam working in fitness industry for nearly 7 years, with a smile in a humble tone.
Board then shifted away from electronics.
But except 1 question, answered all questions decently.. Now into general topics
Member 1
1.) How can we skill our people?
2.) Long monologues about
our workforce quality and asked measures for it.
3.) What is the way forward in health education?
Answered -- we have warnings for alcohol and tobacco but not for sugar. Sugar is 300 times more addictive than cocaine and its also available to children.. School should be the functional unit for health education was my point
Member 2
( most cordial and seated close to me) - started questions from my expertise
1.) What does a fitness instructor and trainer actually mean?...
2.) How do you gauge the fitness level of a person
Answer- -- most engaging answer by me based on BMI, VO2 MAX, etc...
3.) Why qatar is the mediator for most negotiations?
Answer-- also my best answer.. Was a great conversation in this topic.
Sir seemed pretty much satisfied and passed over
Member3( lady member)
Mam was very stern looking at begining.. She didnt even laugh.. But after she started questioning, she was the most jovial... Had a very engaging and entertaining conversation ..
1.) Tell me the dance forms of India.
- I asked whether she referred to classical dances and she said yes. .. Continued with the 8 classical dances of india...
2.) Then asked me to name famous personalities from each dance..
-- Went with vishwaroopam film reference and named birju maharaj...Said that Birju maharaj was the G. O. A. T because he taught kamal sir kathak in just 5 days and made him give a master performance.... Mam was very engaging..
3. Why dont you teach yoga as a fitness instructor?
Answer-- said i learnt basic yoga at school.. But not a certified yoga trainer. So I prefer resistance training, as I have working experience in it.
Member 4( very strict member)
1.Talked about corruption in police department... Whenever i was about to answer, Sir would interrupt me and give counterarguments.....
2.) Sir would never accept my arguments that said corruption in police is very less compared to other departments and now after technology enabled policing, it has reduced even further.
👍18❤11
Talked about delhi police prepaid taxi service in airport.
Only after that sir was like ok. Was very smooth according to me. Dont know how much time it took.. It was very engaging.
Did not attend a single mock interview as I did not have much time.
Focussed on just being myself and had a humble, honest, transparent way of interacting.
Medical board instruction
1.) Please check your ear and have your wax removed.. Otherwise you must reappear after 7 days like me... Its disastrous for candidates from south india , to travel back
2.) Better avoid eating dinner after interview... I had a late night snack and it spiked by glucose levels in the morning test... Luckily they rely on HbA1c and thus I was saved.
Only after that sir was like ok. Was very smooth according to me. Dont know how much time it took.. It was very engaging.
Did not attend a single mock interview as I did not have much time.
Focussed on just being myself and had a humble, honest, transparent way of interacting.
Medical board instruction
1.) Please check your ear and have your wax removed.. Otherwise you must reappear after 7 days like me... Its disastrous for candidates from south india , to travel back
2.) Better avoid eating dinner after interview... I had a late night snack and it spiked by glucose levels in the morning test... Luckily they rely on HbA1c and thus I was saved.
👍14❤6
UPSC PT Date - 27/01/2025 (1st to go in the Afternoon session)
Chairperson: Mrs. Suman Sharma
DAF Keywords: Gujarat, Mehsana, Unjha, PSIR, Cricket, Weight Training, BBA, Gujarat Youth Parliament
Chairperson:
1. So you are from Gujarat, Mehsana district. Tell me few things for which Mehsana is known for.
2. Your town Unjha, What it is known for?
3. Some years ago, there has been an incident related to contract farming in Gujarat. Are you aware of it? (Potato - Pepsi)
4. What is Contract farming?
5. What are its advantages and disadvantages?
6. In recent times, there has been upsurge in Water contracts. What are Water contracts? What are its implications on Water security?
7. Can water contracts benefit a country like India?
M1:
1. What are the contributions of different sectors in India's GDP?
2. Does the figures you mentioned make up 100%? Doesn't it go beyond 100-150%? (He misunderstood Primary sector as 70-80% instead of 17-18%)
3. What steps would you suggest to boost manufacturing?
4. What Electoral reforms would you suggest in the current election mechanism?
5. Any more?
M2:
1. Asked me to explain some random Management concept (heard it for the first time)
2. What do you think of India's current taxation system?
3. (After 30-40 seconds of answering) No no, I am asking about the Indirect taxation?
4. What is regressive tax?
5. Has Government made any changes in Indirect taxation to provide relief to lower sections? Give me specific examples of the past 3-4 years.
6. How much is the Corporate Tax rate in India?
7. On What income it is applicable?
8. What is MSP?
9. Do MSP falls under subsidy?
M3:
1. Tell me about tenets of Indian Foreign Policy.
2. Tell me some more 'specific' tenets. (I requested her to elaborate more)
M4:
1. What do mean by Critical Infrastructure? Give some examples.
2. Provide some more examples.
3. Recently, AI has gained more traction, however there has been certain concerns. What are those? Firstly, explain What is AI?
4. What can be done to overcome? (I mentioned India's role and the upcoming AI Action summit)
Chairperson again:
1. Recently in Gujarat, there has been a new ancient archaeological site related has been found. Are you aware of it? (I mentioned Vadnagar's new archaeological museum)
2. No no, I am talking about an excavation site. (I couldn't recall)
Thank you, your interview is over.
There were other 8-10 random questions (and counter questions) which I couldn't recall.
Interview was mostly based on Random topics, factual data, minimum focus on current affairs, minimum DAF related and Zero questions on Hobbies and Achievements.
The environment inside the interview room was very serious, no smile on panel members' face.
Duration : 25-30 minutes
Mocks: Vajiram, Samkalp, Chahal, Next IAS, OnlyIAS (All were good in some or the other way)
The experience of Mocks vis-a-vis real interview was very different in my case.
One to One: Vajiram (Ravindran Sir), Chanakya Mandal (Avinash Dharmadhikari Sir) - both were very beneficial
Chairperson: Mrs. Suman Sharma
DAF Keywords: Gujarat, Mehsana, Unjha, PSIR, Cricket, Weight Training, BBA, Gujarat Youth Parliament
Chairperson:
1. So you are from Gujarat, Mehsana district. Tell me few things for which Mehsana is known for.
2. Your town Unjha, What it is known for?
3. Some years ago, there has been an incident related to contract farming in Gujarat. Are you aware of it? (Potato - Pepsi)
4. What is Contract farming?
5. What are its advantages and disadvantages?
6. In recent times, there has been upsurge in Water contracts. What are Water contracts? What are its implications on Water security?
7. Can water contracts benefit a country like India?
M1:
1. What are the contributions of different sectors in India's GDP?
2. Does the figures you mentioned make up 100%? Doesn't it go beyond 100-150%? (He misunderstood Primary sector as 70-80% instead of 17-18%)
3. What steps would you suggest to boost manufacturing?
4. What Electoral reforms would you suggest in the current election mechanism?
5. Any more?
M2:
1. Asked me to explain some random Management concept (heard it for the first time)
2. What do you think of India's current taxation system?
3. (After 30-40 seconds of answering) No no, I am asking about the Indirect taxation?
4. What is regressive tax?
5. Has Government made any changes in Indirect taxation to provide relief to lower sections? Give me specific examples of the past 3-4 years.
6. How much is the Corporate Tax rate in India?
7. On What income it is applicable?
8. What is MSP?
9. Do MSP falls under subsidy?
M3:
1. Tell me about tenets of Indian Foreign Policy.
2. Tell me some more 'specific' tenets. (I requested her to elaborate more)
M4:
1. What do mean by Critical Infrastructure? Give some examples.
2. Provide some more examples.
3. Recently, AI has gained more traction, however there has been certain concerns. What are those? Firstly, explain What is AI?
4. What can be done to overcome? (I mentioned India's role and the upcoming AI Action summit)
Chairperson again:
1. Recently in Gujarat, there has been a new ancient archaeological site related has been found. Are you aware of it? (I mentioned Vadnagar's new archaeological museum)
2. No no, I am talking about an excavation site. (I couldn't recall)
Thank you, your interview is over.
There were other 8-10 random questions (and counter questions) which I couldn't recall.
Interview was mostly based on Random topics, factual data, minimum focus on current affairs, minimum DAF related and Zero questions on Hobbies and Achievements.
The environment inside the interview room was very serious, no smile on panel members' face.
Duration : 25-30 minutes
Mocks: Vajiram, Samkalp, Chahal, Next IAS, OnlyIAS (All were good in some or the other way)
The experience of Mocks vis-a-vis real interview was very different in my case.
One to One: Vajiram (Ravindran Sir), Chanakya Mandal (Avinash Dharmadhikari Sir) - both were very beneficial
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Boards as of Monday (Today) : 1) Dasa Sir 2) Shukla Sir 3) Swain Sir 4) Verma Sir
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Name- -Raymond Redington
Board-- Suman Sharma mam
Date- 21 January 2025- afternoon
Keywords- B. E- ECE, history optionals, IPS first preference, fitness instructor as profession
My observations
1. No qustions from optionals.
2. Board wants an organic interaction and they try to ask questions for which we dont have a pre designed answer.
3. I personally feel that going straight to interview, without mocks helped me being organic. ( Disclaimer-- Im a bit good in english and thus didnt need practice for speaking... Completely personal opinion)
4. Be yourself.. Just try to have a conversation.
Chairperson-
Straight jump into questioning- more focussed on my BE-ECE graduation despite knowing about my 2nd class degree.
1.) Why Tamilnadu despite having long coastline, has no beaches like goa?
2.) Whats the difference between type 1 and type 2 semiconductor?
3.) Why indian IT sector is more focussed on support and less oriented towards coding and development?
4.) Whats the largest chip making company?
5.) How do you perceive EGO.. ?
6.) What has the government done so far to improve semicon manufacturing?
Answer-- Went with 75,000 crore National semicon mission and PLI scheme
7.) Why did the mission not go as planned?
Answer-- wonderfully answered this part with all technicalities and foxcon- vedanta issue..
Mam was satisfied and also provided additional inputs.
Member1
1.) Again in electronics and communication.
2.) Difference between ios and Android.
3.) Whats GPU?
4.) Why python language is preferred in software industry?
Finally i frankly spoke about my lack of experience in B. E-ECE, as Iam working in fitness industry for nearly 7 years, with a smile in a humble tone.
Board then shifted away from electronics.
But except 1 question, answered all questions decently.. Now into general topics
Member 1
1.) How can we skill our people?
2.) Long monologues about
our workforce quality and asked measures for it.
3.) What is the way forward in health education?
Answered -- we have warnings for alcohol and tobacco but not for sugar. Sugar is 300 times more addictive than cocaine and its also available to children.. School should be the functional unit for health education was my point
Member 2
( most cordial and seated close to me) - started questions from my expertise
1.) What does a fitness instructor and trainer actually mean?...
2.) How do you gauge the fitness level of a person
Answer- -- most engaging answer by me based on BMI, VO2 MAX, etc...
3.) Why qatar is the mediator for most negotiations?
Answer-- also my best answer.. Was a great conversation in this topic.
Sir seemed pretty much satisfied and passed over
Member3( lady member)
Mam was very stern looking at begining.. She didnt even laugh.. But after she started questioning, she was the most jovial... Had a very engaging and entertaining conversation ..
1.) Tell me the dance forms of India.
- I asked whether she referred to classical dances and she said yes. .. Continued with the 8 classical dances of india...
2.) Then asked me to name famous personalities from each dance..
-- Went with vishwaroopam film reference and named birju maharaj...Said that Birju maharaj was the G. O. A. T because he taught kamal sir kathak in just 5 days and made him give a master performance.... Mam was very engaging..
3. Why dont you teach yoga as a fitness instructor?
Answer-- said i learnt basic yoga at school.. But not a certified yoga trainer. So I prefer resistance training, as I have working experience in it.
Member 4( very strict member)
1.Talked about corruption in police department... Whenever i was about to answer, Sir would interrupt me and give counterarguments.....
2.) Sir would never accept my arguments that said corruption in police is very less compared to other departments and now after technology enabled policing, it has reduced even further.
Board-- Suman Sharma mam
Date- 21 January 2025- afternoon
Keywords- B. E- ECE, history optionals, IPS first preference, fitness instructor as profession
My observations
1. No qustions from optionals.
2. Board wants an organic interaction and they try to ask questions for which we dont have a pre designed answer.
3. I personally feel that going straight to interview, without mocks helped me being organic. ( Disclaimer-- Im a bit good in english and thus didnt need practice for speaking... Completely personal opinion)
4. Be yourself.. Just try to have a conversation.
Chairperson-
Straight jump into questioning- more focussed on my BE-ECE graduation despite knowing about my 2nd class degree.
1.) Why Tamilnadu despite having long coastline, has no beaches like goa?
2.) Whats the difference between type 1 and type 2 semiconductor?
3.) Why indian IT sector is more focussed on support and less oriented towards coding and development?
4.) Whats the largest chip making company?
5.) How do you perceive EGO.. ?
6.) What has the government done so far to improve semicon manufacturing?
Answer-- Went with 75,000 crore National semicon mission and PLI scheme
7.) Why did the mission not go as planned?
Answer-- wonderfully answered this part with all technicalities and foxcon- vedanta issue..
Mam was satisfied and also provided additional inputs.
Member1
1.) Again in electronics and communication.
2.) Difference between ios and Android.
3.) Whats GPU?
4.) Why python language is preferred in software industry?
Finally i frankly spoke about my lack of experience in B. E-ECE, as Iam working in fitness industry for nearly 7 years, with a smile in a humble tone.
Board then shifted away from electronics.
But except 1 question, answered all questions decently.. Now into general topics
Member 1
1.) How can we skill our people?
2.) Long monologues about
our workforce quality and asked measures for it.
3.) What is the way forward in health education?
Answered -- we have warnings for alcohol and tobacco but not for sugar. Sugar is 300 times more addictive than cocaine and its also available to children.. School should be the functional unit for health education was my point
Member 2
( most cordial and seated close to me) - started questions from my expertise
1.) What does a fitness instructor and trainer actually mean?...
2.) How do you gauge the fitness level of a person
Answer- -- most engaging answer by me based on BMI, VO2 MAX, etc...
3.) Why qatar is the mediator for most negotiations?
Answer-- also my best answer.. Was a great conversation in this topic.
Sir seemed pretty much satisfied and passed over
Member3( lady member)
Mam was very stern looking at begining.. She didnt even laugh.. But after she started questioning, she was the most jovial... Had a very engaging and entertaining conversation ..
1.) Tell me the dance forms of India.
- I asked whether she referred to classical dances and she said yes. .. Continued with the 8 classical dances of india...
2.) Then asked me to name famous personalities from each dance..
-- Went with vishwaroopam film reference and named birju maharaj...Said that Birju maharaj was the G. O. A. T because he taught kamal sir kathak in just 5 days and made him give a master performance.... Mam was very engaging..
3. Why dont you teach yoga as a fitness instructor?
Answer-- said i learnt basic yoga at school.. But not a certified yoga trainer. So I prefer resistance training, as I have working experience in it.
Member 4( very strict member)
1.Talked about corruption in police department... Whenever i was about to answer, Sir would interrupt me and give counterarguments.....
2.) Sir would never accept my arguments that said corruption in police is very less compared to other departments and now after technology enabled policing, it has reduced even further.
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Talked about delhi police prepaid taxi service in airport.
Only after that sir was like ok. Was very smooth according to me. Dont know how much time it took.. It was very engaging.
Did not attend a single mock interview as I did not have much time.
Focussed on just being myself and had a humble, honest, transparent way of interacting.
Medical board instruction
1.) Please check your ear and have your wax removed.. Otherwise you must reappear after 7 days like me... Its disastrous for candidates from south india , to travel back
2.) Better avoid eating dinner after interview... I had a late night snack and it spiked by glucose levels in the morning test... Luckily they rely on HbA1c and thus I was saved.
Only after that sir was like ok. Was very smooth according to me. Dont know how much time it took.. It was very engaging.
Did not attend a single mock interview as I did not have much time.
Focussed on just being myself and had a humble, honest, transparent way of interacting.
Medical board instruction
1.) Please check your ear and have your wax removed.. Otherwise you must reappear after 7 days like me... Its disastrous for candidates from south india , to travel back
2.) Better avoid eating dinner after interview... I had a late night snack and it spiked by glucose levels in the morning test... Luckily they rely on HbA1c and thus I was saved.
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Name - Jai Sri Krishna
Date - 30/01/2025
Afternoon session, last to go.
Chairman - Dinesh Dasa sir
DAF Keywords - UGC NET sociology, Warli Painting, Solid waste management, Paani Foundation.
Chairman -
1. Warli painting - where it originated? And when?
2. What message Warli painting give us?
3. Can u draw? (Asked me draw, then after completion, he had look at it and switched subject)
4. You have done MA in sociology, tell me who's your favourite sociologist?
5. What is Desanskritisation?
6. Who coined that term?
7. Why Max Weber's theory is criticised in modern era?
8. What do you expect from this upcoming budget?
M1 - Male member
1. What is Civic Sense?
2. Do we born with it or we have to inculcate it in ourselves?
3. How to inculcate Civic Sense? Do we need to teach it to students at school?
4. You have done UGC NET, How serious are you regarding Civil services?
5. What is ideal civil servant for you?
M2 - Male member
1. Regarding civil services, do these institutions are created after independence or we inherited them from Britishers?
2. Is there any change in Protocol and Mandates of Civil services? Do we have changed it after Independence?
M3 - Female member
1. You have worked in Solid waste management, tell me why we always see piles of garbage in villages and towns?
2. Despite taking good efforts from top political leadership (refference to SBM by PM), why the management practices are not being implemented in lower levels?
3. (Long monologue on how Maharashtra farmers are extracting groundwater to produce water intensive crops like Sugarcane.) What is your view on it?
4. Should we stop sugarcane cropping in such scenario?
5. Tell me about techniques used by Israel to produce crops with minimal amount of water.
6. Where in India we have applied those techniques?
M4 - Male member
1. Is Africa still a Dark Continent? (I replied, Sorry sir I don't know what is exact meaning of the term Dark Continent. Then he gave monologue on the same.)
Chairman interrupted - Thank you. Your interview is over.
(Around 20 mins. It was more of an interaction. But as I was last Candidate of the day, all members were looking exhausted!)
Date - 30/01/2025
Afternoon session, last to go.
Chairman - Dinesh Dasa sir
DAF Keywords - UGC NET sociology, Warli Painting, Solid waste management, Paani Foundation.
Chairman -
1. Warli painting - where it originated? And when?
2. What message Warli painting give us?
3. Can u draw? (Asked me draw, then after completion, he had look at it and switched subject)
4. You have done MA in sociology, tell me who's your favourite sociologist?
5. What is Desanskritisation?
6. Who coined that term?
7. Why Max Weber's theory is criticised in modern era?
8. What do you expect from this upcoming budget?
M1 - Male member
1. What is Civic Sense?
2. Do we born with it or we have to inculcate it in ourselves?
3. How to inculcate Civic Sense? Do we need to teach it to students at school?
4. You have done UGC NET, How serious are you regarding Civil services?
5. What is ideal civil servant for you?
M2 - Male member
1. Regarding civil services, do these institutions are created after independence or we inherited them from Britishers?
2. Is there any change in Protocol and Mandates of Civil services? Do we have changed it after Independence?
M3 - Female member
1. You have worked in Solid waste management, tell me why we always see piles of garbage in villages and towns?
2. Despite taking good efforts from top political leadership (refference to SBM by PM), why the management practices are not being implemented in lower levels?
3. (Long monologue on how Maharashtra farmers are extracting groundwater to produce water intensive crops like Sugarcane.) What is your view on it?
4. Should we stop sugarcane cropping in such scenario?
5. Tell me about techniques used by Israel to produce crops with minimal amount of water.
6. Where in India we have applied those techniques?
M4 - Male member
1. Is Africa still a Dark Continent? (I replied, Sorry sir I don't know what is exact meaning of the term Dark Continent. Then he gave monologue on the same.)
Chairman interrupted - Thank you. Your interview is over.
(Around 20 mins. It was more of an interaction. But as I was last Candidate of the day, all members were looking exhausted!)
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Name - Jai Sri Krishna
Date - 30/01/2025
Afternoon session, last to go.
Chairman - Dinesh Dasa sir
DAF Keywords - UGC NET sociology, Warli Painting, Solid waste management, Paani Foundation.
Chairman -
1. Warli painting - where it originated? And when?
2. What message Warli painting give us?
3. Can u draw? (Asked me draw, then after completion, he had look at it and switched subject)
4. You have done MA in sociology, tell me who's your favourite sociologist?
5. What is Desanskritisation?
6. Who coined that term?
7. Why Max Weber's theory is criticised in modern era?
8. What do you expect from this upcoming budget?
M1 - Male member
1. What is Civic Sense?
2. Do we born with it or we have to inculcate it in ourselves?
3. How to inculcate Civic Sense? Do we need to teach it to students at school?
4. You have done UGC NET, How serious are you regarding Civil services?
5. What is ideal civil servant for you?
M2 - Male member
1. Regarding civil services, do these institutions are created after independence or we inherited them from Britishers?
2. Is there any change in Protocol and Mandates of Civil services? Do we have changed it after Independence?
M3 - Female member
1. You have worked in Solid waste management, tell me why we always see piles of garbage in villages and towns?
2. Despite taking good efforts from top political leadership (refference to SBM by PM), why the management practices are not being implemented in lower levels?
3. (Long monologue on how Maharashtra farmers are extracting groundwater to produce water intensive crops like Sugarcane.) What is your view on it?
4. Should we stop sugarcane cropping in such scenario?
5. Tell me about techniques used by Israel to produce crops with minimal amount of water.
6. Where in India we have applied those techniques?
M4 - Male member
1. Is Africa still a Dark Continent? (I replied, Sorry sir I don't know what is exact meaning of the term Dark Continent. Then he gave monologue on the same.)
Chairman interrupted - Thank you. Your interview is over.
(Around 20 mins. It was more of an interaction. But as I was last Candidate of the day, all members were looking exhausted!)
Date - 30/01/2025
Afternoon session, last to go.
Chairman - Dinesh Dasa sir
DAF Keywords - UGC NET sociology, Warli Painting, Solid waste management, Paani Foundation.
Chairman -
1. Warli painting - where it originated? And when?
2. What message Warli painting give us?
3. Can u draw? (Asked me draw, then after completion, he had look at it and switched subject)
4. You have done MA in sociology, tell me who's your favourite sociologist?
5. What is Desanskritisation?
6. Who coined that term?
7. Why Max Weber's theory is criticised in modern era?
8. What do you expect from this upcoming budget?
M1 - Male member
1. What is Civic Sense?
2. Do we born with it or we have to inculcate it in ourselves?
3. How to inculcate Civic Sense? Do we need to teach it to students at school?
4. You have done UGC NET, How serious are you regarding Civil services?
5. What is ideal civil servant for you?
M2 - Male member
1. Regarding civil services, do these institutions are created after independence or we inherited them from Britishers?
2. Is there any change in Protocol and Mandates of Civil services? Do we have changed it after Independence?
M3 - Female member
1. You have worked in Solid waste management, tell me why we always see piles of garbage in villages and towns?
2. Despite taking good efforts from top political leadership (refference to SBM by PM), why the management practices are not being implemented in lower levels?
3. (Long monologue on how Maharashtra farmers are extracting groundwater to produce water intensive crops like Sugarcane.) What is your view on it?
4. Should we stop sugarcane cropping in such scenario?
5. Tell me about techniques used by Israel to produce crops with minimal amount of water.
6. Where in India we have applied those techniques?
M4 - Male member
1. Is Africa still a Dark Continent? (I replied, Sorry sir I don't know what is exact meaning of the term Dark Continent. Then he gave monologue on the same.)
Chairman interrupted - Thank you. Your interview is over.
(Around 20 mins. It was more of an interaction. But as I was last Candidate of the day, all members were looking exhausted!)
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