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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

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 .

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 .

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🙏

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.

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.🙏

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.

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.

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

Boards as of Monday (Today) : 1) Dasa Sir 2) Shukla Sir 3) Swain Sir 4) Verma Sir

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.

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.

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!)

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!)

Interview experience
Date 3/02/2025
Suman Sharma ma'am
Keywords _ rajasthan,psir,hindi literature, teaching,kho kho
1 ) suman ma'am
Impact of donald trump on India
Why no tarrif on India
Society and movies talk for 2 mints
2) first member
Organic farming ( not rltd to daf)
Situation based
What u would prefer punishment based administration or reward based administration
Disaster and your duty as a DM
About teaching
3) second member
About kho kho recent events
Tiger reserves in rajasthan
Why ranthambhor famous
Swai madhopur under which geographic region
Deccan plateau details
How many types of disaster
India's natural disasters
Why earthquakes in Himalayas
What's the age of Himalayas
Kya india chhota hota ja rha h
May be a geography person bcz not rltd to DAf or educational background
4) third member (lady)
Hindi literature favourite writers 2 and why
Premchand ji on women what's changed from then to now
Why slow changes despite govt policies
What issues faced by women any three
What solid plan can be made for this
5) fourth member ( slightly disoriented type)

Aapne net set sb kr rkha h ye btao ki NEP kya h
Phle Wale se kaise alg h
ABC kya h
ONOE pr aapki ray kya h maine apni ray btayi to bole ki aap smjhe nhi m to challenge pooch rha tha I was like ray ray hoti h challenge challenge hota h ray poochi h to challenge kaise btau
Then fir aapas me krne lg gye baat maine bolna chaha but fir wo shift ho gye other qsn pr
Political science vs public administration why 2 different subjects.
Panchayati Raj success or failure
Why pradhan pati issue
I was talking then suddenly suman ma'am ne watch dekhi and said okk thank you aapka interview over hota h aap ja skte hain

My views
No doubt board was experienced and suman ma'am was so patient I was forgetting words in between ma'am bta de rhi thi .and second lady member was also very ground to earth very very polite.beech me 1_2 words maine glt bole unhone theek kr diya .and trump waale me behtr ho skta tha pdha tha but ansr me IR wala angle nhi aa paya ye ek meri kmi lgi mujhe bahr aakr socha tb .overall tabula rasa hokr jao kuch bhi prediction mt lgao phle se hi .maine lga li thi prediction ki suman ma'am h to budget economy in sb pr swal honge but ek bhi nhi tha .and mera mind bhi fir usi trf divert ho gya IR wala angle mind me hi nhi aaya .marks to bhgwan bhrose hain ab .all the best everyone

Name - Hare Krishna
Date - 31/01/2025
Afternoon session
Chairman - Dinesh Dasa sir
DAF Keywords - Agricultural activities, PSIR, Cooking, Devotional music
Chairman -
1. Why there is agriculture distress in Maharashtra?
2. I have read in newspaper that in
Maharashtra there is a misuse of political workers what is that issue?
3. What is Nabam rabia case ?In this regard what should supreme court do ?
4. Now you are chairperson of the board now ask me a question.
Now tell the answer.
5. Choose between vishwaguru or vishvamitra? what should India pursue?
The concept of VishwaGuru whether it is a social concept political concept economic concept
6. Ask about Nitin Gadkari and his ministry and mihan project of Nagpur.
7. Can we integrate different Ministries like ministry of road transport shipping Civil Aviation
8. What is Gati Shakti
M1 - Male member
1. Long monologue on coastal region of Kerala Karnataka Maharashtra Gujarat and asked how can we integrate this coastal region and how it will help the Hinterland?
M2 - lady member
1. How digital public infrastructure will help rural community
2. Can India beat China in terms of economy
M3 - male member
1. What is good governance
2. What do you understand by term Karmayogi
3. Do you know the source of word Karmayogi
M4
1. What is difference between AI and generative AI
2. Tell me some examples that that AI can do but generative I can't do
3. Don't you think VishwaGuru Vishwamitra Are Pr stunt government?
Chairman interrupted - . Your interview is over. Aapko Kaisa laga. Are you happy
Best of luck)
(Around 20-25 mins. It was more of an interaction. )

Name: Prefer to remain anonymous
Date: 30/01/2025
4th to go in Forenoon session

Board Chairperson : Sanjay Verma Sir

Keywords: Hindustani classical music,Kerala, Economics (B.A, M.A and Optional), University of Kerala, University of Hyderabad, Internship on Micro-enterprises, Amphibious house, Perspective exploration in news platforms

Chairperson
1. How many hours you listen to hindustani classical music in a day?
2. Name any hindustani musicians from South India?
3. Any instrumentalist?
4. Evolution of theory of rent and profit?
I mentioned only Ricardo and Marx and told not able to recollect
5. Where these rent and profit are reinvested? Are you missing elephant in the room? (I said unable to recollect)
Told about cloud computing and I tried to explain how it is a rent model and reinvestment happens
6. Any famous women economist (not from your state)

M1 - Ma'am
7. If you are finance minister what would be the major announcements of your budget?
8. Status of MSMEs in Kerala
9. Differences in educational institutions between Kerala and Hyderabad?

M2
10. How fiscal deficit affects future economic aspects?

M3
11. What is amphibious house?
12. What is amphibious ship?
13. Name the Islands nearby Kerala?
14. Is it only Lakshadeep? (replied I think Lakshadeep group of Islands and he replied Lakshadeep & Minicoy group of islands) - follow up question: how people reach there
15. Why Minicoy is important?
16. How China doing surveillance?

M4
17. What are the economic assets of Kerala?
18. Why capital flight is happening currently?
19. Name a subject close to economics
20. Have you heard about Kukis? Why in news?

Chairperson again
21. What you meant by perspective exploration?
22. How you do inter-country perspective exploration?
23. How many times you've read Kathmandu post?
24. How you do perspective exploration in economic issues?

I forgot 2-3 questions(reflected in transcript - members with less questions)

Your interview is over. All the Best

Mocks:  Lead, UPSC Studymates, Fortune, KSCSA, Pala CSI, Chahal, Vajirao

One to one - Ratheesh Krishnan sir & Vibhas sir(for Optional), Anuroop sir(Lead), Shinas sir(Ilearn)

Name : Har Har Mahadev
Board : Suman Sarma Mam
Topic: Gujarat, PSIR, Good Governance, Agriculture
Date : 04/02/25
Mode of interview: Hindi
Questions

Chairperson

1. Archeological excavation site recently in News in Gujarat ( as already asked to another Gujarati) (Valabhi was in News)
2. Electoral Bond: what was it, why introduced, why repealed, why declared unconstitutional ( Mam wanted depth knowledge of this topic, so went deeper)
3. What 2 changes you would like to bring in present electoral system ( power of deregistration to ECI and Criminals accused of heinous crimes prevented to conduct election) and counter questions.
4. Ask some organisation related Arab and North Africa which I don't know

M1 ( Handsome man)

1. Ask of CSR ( as I mentioned Company limit in Electoral Bond scheme)
2. How ports help in economic development?
3. Some more questions

M 3
1. What is Film Manthan ( No idea)
2. Ship breaking yard, what enviornmental impacts ( I said both positive and negative)
3. You have interest in Agriculture: what are actual issues faced by Farmers and their solutions
4. What is AMUL- Nandini Merger, impacts ? How merger helps in Nandini ?
5. What is White Revolution? Impacts on society and economy
6. You participated in good governance intiative, what are parameters to check whether system is following good governance or not

M 4 Lady member
1. PC and NiTI Ayog difference, why replaced and multiple questions associated
2. ADP: what are benefits, how many in Gujarat and what ABP ( Block)
3. Competitive and Cooperative Federalism

M 5 ( Old young smily man)
1. What is discussion going on Work Life balance? ( I defined) He said what is context behind it ? Why suddenly people started to talk about it ? I said ( Shri Narayan Murthy context) He said about Women double burden ? Then tell what it is and what context? ( Here I didn't understand what he wanted to know)
2. What is centralisation and decentralisation ? What's centralisation and decentralisation of power ?
3. Why decentralisation is important?
4. Recently Trump impacts - positive - Negative on world and india.
5. Smart City mission? Success ? Which city recognised as Smartest Best City ?

Then everyone was like Your interview is over.

Observation:
1. Mam cabin has Round Table Structure, so no point for eye contact with everyone
2. I was first to go in afternoon period. Everyone was engaging and cordial behaviour.
3. In some questions, they wanted depth knowledge of topic
4. Mix of factual and analytical as well as Conceptual understanding of topics

Thank you 🙏

Name - KoKo-Nuts
Interview Date - 30Jan, 2025
Board - Sh. Dinesh Dasa
Daf - Geography, IIT Roorkee, JP Morgan, SDM, Bihar


Chairman-
As I entered the room all the board members were talking to each other. I greeted them and waited for a minute but they did not respond and were busy talking among themselves. After a minute the chairman greeted me and asked me to sit down.

Then sir asked,
- What is the significance of your name. (My name is related to one of the ancient ruler.)
- Arctic becoming new geopolitical hotspot. Then how should India position itself in this changing geographical landscape ?
- Ok but, don't you feel technology has made geography irrelevant. Do you agree?
- What is the batch strength in your class ? Why not inclusive ?
- Have you noticed that there have been arguments that IITs cater only to the elite ?

Member 1
- JP Morgan recently included India in its Government Bond Index. This could lead to volatility in the rupee.
How should India prepare for such risks?
- These big financial institutions often undermines country economic sovereignty?
- Tell me 5 ground breaking innovation of last decade.
- Give sequence like which you place 1st, which 2nd.
- What is deepseek ?
- Do you think it should be banned? Confidentiality and security concern ?

Member 2
- SDM vs Dy. Collector ?
- Your view on caste census in bihar ?
- Tell me your view as govt servant, as ruling party, as party in power and as normal citizen?
- Do you think the internet shutdown was justified ?
- How to balance security and civil liberties?

Member 3
- Who gain more Bihar or Jharkhand after separation ?
- India-Middle East Europe Economic Corridor vs China BRI
- Differentiate lakshdweep and Andman & Nicobar wrt geography ?
- What is the reason for escalating conflict in West Asia ?

Member 4
- What is hybrid warfare ?
- Why you don't play any sports ? Your sports section is empty ?
- ok so as engg tell me what is use of geo textile ?
- India development in geotextile sector?



The start of my interview was a bit unconventional but then it gained momentum. The board members seemed very interested in my answers. It felt more like a discussion rather than a traditional question answer session.

Mock Interview - Since this my 4th interview. So i attended only 2 mock interview - Samkalp and Chahal.
Based on my experience I can say that if it is your first interview you should give at least 5-6 interviews to boost your confidence. Otherwise 2-3 interviews are sufficient.

One to One - I attended more 121 than mock interview.
121 with
- Satyam Jain - Avoid this.
- Ravindran Sir - Recommended. Discussed variety of question and it will help you.
- Rahul Sir (ias pcs pathshala) - Highly Recommended. Very much beneficial for structuring and concluding the answer. Sir value addition part was extremely enriching.
- Dharmadhikari Sir - Recommended. Very helpful in confidence boosting.

In a real interview, questions from mock sessions and onetoone discussions will not get repeated but the approach you develop will help you answer random questions. (However I got a bit lucky as 3 questions I had discussed with Rahul Sir were repeated - caste census wala, Bihar- Jharkhand, and sports section wala🙂)


I believe you should try to articulate your answers in an engaging manner. Avoid giving just 1-2 line responses. Show enthusiasm and eagerness in every answer. Try to cover multiple perspectives using succinct keywords.

Lastly all the best to everyone and thanking this channel for providing transcript. It was very much helpful 🙏