Name- KV
Board- Shukla sir
3M+2F
First time Shukla sir round table m the usse pahle 2 bar kafi door the
Afternoon (2nd one )
Entry Mari

Chairman-
1. kha se ho
2.life m sabse bda kya karna chahte ho?
3.are dekho ek bande moisture se scotch bna di us tarah kya bda karna chahte ho jisse logo ka bhala ho

4.acha socha hai chalo ab is bar baat kr lete hai ki income tax lagbhag 4% log de rahe hai to GDP tax ratio bdega kaise?
5 yeh to sudhar hue hai lekin unka koi fark pda hai
6 scotch se mujhe yaad aaya Kai states ne sharabbandi kr rakhi hai phir bhi illegal smuggling, Desi wine chakri hai to kya kre? Sharabbandi pr rok lga de?
7.aap kya mante ho sharab buri chiz hai?
8 ati(more)to sabki gandi hoti hai normal btao?
9 agar m piu yha baith kar aapko bhi pilau toh kya kharab hai ya Ganda?

Lady member
1.aapne btech electrical m kiya hai aur aap Hindi ke novels pdte ho lekin mujhe lgta hai Aaj ki pidi to padne ke khilaf hai?
2 jo novel padte ho purane hai vaisi problems hai kya ab bhi society m?
3 social issues par bhi movie dekhte ho btao kya dekha unse aap kya samaj pate ho?
4.agar aap koi movie bnao to kya banoge , aur kis par bnaoge
5 local level ke issues bhi include kro phir aur bnao?

M3
1 MRP ka full form?
2 MRP kon decide karta hai?
3 expiry date and best before use m difference?
4 expired date ke baad product use kare to kya hoga
5 Misleading advertisements kya hota hai?
6 koi example de sakte ho


Lady M4
(North East women, English m pucha)
1 you are interested in social issues so suppose that you are a dm in odisha, I give you 3 problems so please provide solutions
migration
Women safety
Health
2 so you are in IRMS, once again think if you are a railway ministr of India, what three intiative you will taken?
+(2 counter question)


5 male (M5)
1 odisha Mai kon konse mineral paye jate hai?
2 IRMS m aap ki kya job profile hai?
3. Train accident to kaise roke kuch innovative socha hai? (2 months training )
4.railway ka revenue ki aapne baat ki aur kaise bdaye ja sakte hai?
5 garib log kyu aayega jab aap subsidy kat loge?
6 revenue ke aur kuch upay btao?
7 revenue model samjhao?
Mujhe Janna hai

Chairmen
To aap sharab bandi ke virudh m ho ya nhi?
Unlimited ya controlled m uttar ko fasa rahe ho

Chalo aapka interview ho gya

Ananlysis
First time Shukla sir intrested lage, board thik tha,
M3 ko chhod ke sab cordial the
No mock given
Ab meri taraf se ho gya UPSC bhala karegi
Shukla sir zindabad

Xyz
12/2/25, Afternoon
5th to Go .

B B SWEN
Rajasthan , Cricket , Hindi movies, IDES .

Chairperson:
1)What is the work of your service ?
2)Any building restrictions in vicinity of defence area ?
And discussion on them .

M1 (Lady member)

3)How much defence land is there ?
4)Raw and IB difference ?
5)If someone from Pakistan got caught in India spying
Who will arrest them ?( police or IB or ….)
6)INSPIRE scholarship?
7)Which ministry and department dealing with this scheme ?
8)Do you feel budget for such S&T program is less in India and why ?
9)What kind of movies you watch ?
10)How do you see ANIMAL movie and objectification of women in such movies ?

M3 :
11)Which dialect is there in Jaipur area ?
12)What is dialect of your area ?
Goan cuisine ?
13)Have you tried sea food ?

M4: ( questions were in English, I answered them in Hindi , Chairman sir translated my answers in English )

14)Digital India mission purpose ?
15)Issues in digital India ?
16)Urbanisation related issues in India ?
17) How do you see status of casteism in India today ? ( Long discussion)

M5:

18)What do you do in your leisure time ?
19)Who is your favourite director ?
( I told Rajkumar Hirani )
20) Any movies latest you have watched of him ?
21)What is special in Rajkumar Hirani’s movie ?

22)Any incident that you want to forget but memory comes again and again ?
23)Any incident that you joyfully remember?
( I told final result of upsc 2018 exam )
24)Any other incident in past 10-15 years
Which you remember ? ( I told some personal and turning moment of my life )
25)Why do have a mixed feeling for that ?

Then he told me a same story like mine of two person and asked about invention of some medicine by one of them .
( I said sir I haven’t heard such story but I will search /read about it definitely . )
Then he told the story of Alexander FLEMING and Winston Churchill and Invention of PENICILLIN
; I thanked sir
Even chairman sir and other member amazed and praised M5 for such great interlinking of questions .)

Chairperson ;
Anything that you want to tell or that needed to be discussed ?
I said NO SIR
THANK YOU .

Your interview is over
Chairperson and other Member wished me best of luck .
I thanked to chairperson sir and to all member .

25min around
I may not be able to recall some questions .
Very cordial board
No grilling
Relaxed mode with lighter mahol .
Mostly DAF based .

Name - Being an Nothingness
Date - 12 February 2025
Sheel Vardhan Singh sir forenoon session
First to go ( early morning sunlight was coming in room, very pleasant environment inside room)

DAF KEYWORDS: PSIR , Maharashtra, Gender and Development, Meditation, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Savitri bai Phule , Fegusson college.

Chairman :

1. What is you call name ? What your friends call you ?

2. You like maharashtrian cuisine , what else you like ?

3. Almost all South Indian states claims Idali as theirs , where is its real origin ?

4.In Africa where wars are going on and what are its reasons ?

5. When did USSR fall happened ? Who was president of USSR at that time ?

6. What is Perestroika and Glasnost?


M1

7. You are student of political science explains what is current international political order ?

8. What are the post 2000 events which shaped present world order ?

9. What is BRICS ?

10. What we call it if 3 or 4 counties come together to form groupings ?

11. What is QUAD , AUKUS ?

12. If Russia , India , China comes together what impact it will create in defence market ( my answer had it will lead to polarisation and will upset west and USA )

13. Do you like USA hegemony ?


M3

14. Who is Savitribai Phule what is her contribution?

15. Is Savitribai the first female teacher of india?

16.. What are pillars of productivity ?

17. What is the importance of languages ? How many languages one should study ? ( my answer was mother tongue , English , Hindi )

18. You did not study Hindi do you lag something in you ?


M4.

19. Maharashtra is very big state , 40% of GDP comes alone from Mumbai , there is regional disparity, as a secretary of Maharashtra what would be your approach to solve this ?

20. Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat is prosperous but just below that In Maharashtra picture is not so good in Jalgaon , Nandurbar region what are the reasons ?

21. There are many areas which are backward but problem of Naxalism is there in Gadchiroli district only why so ?

22. What is preamble ? Why we need it ?

23. Can we amend preamble ? Will it tamper our philosophy of constitution?



M5

24. Which book you recently read? ( my answer was Being and nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre)

25. What attracted you to this book ?

26. What is there in this book ?

27. Did you read the book Second Sex by Simon de Bouvier?

28. How do u think that technological advancements in next 10 years will impact the women ?

Experience:

-Board was patiently listening to everything without interfering,
-Encouraging to answer the questions .

Mock guidance :

Shubham sir ( Vidyapeeth IAS) was very useful for DAF related questions and specifically areas he covered for IR was relevant .

(1/2)
Date of Interview - 11/02/2025
Board- Sheelvardhan sir, Afternoon session, 4th to go
DAF keywords- Commerce and Accountancy, IDAS, Cooking desserts,Taekwondo, Science fiction, Animal welfare, Jaipur
Time- 35-40 minutes

Chairman:

1. How are you feeling? We both share somewhat similar names!
2. Which school of taekwondo do you follow?
3. Can you name some indian martial arts and compare them?
4. Why did you go for learning taekwondo only and not for Kalaripattu?
5. Difference between Jujutsu, Karate, Judo, Taekwondo?
6. USA is talking about imposing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports. What should be the way forward for India, Europe and China? Tell them separately.
7. Trump saying that we will generate employment by imposing tariffs . Do you really think this is going to happen?
8. Last time when trump imposed tariffs he said 70k jobs will be created..but data showed that only 2k jobs were created in reality. What do you think about the exact relationship between tariffs , economy and employment .
9. A long monologue on Animal feeding, Human- Animal conflict. Asked about the exact solution to the problem of Human- animal conflict.
10. If someone asks me to donate for feeding animals should i do? Even when there are so many incidents coming up of animals attacking humans?
11. Is sterilisation a way forward? Isn't it ethically wrong ..how one species ( humans) can decide about sterilization of other species. What about consent?
12. What is the real model on which NGOs are working? Are they working for revenues? Say some NGO ask me to donate money to them and threatens of consequences if I don't.. what should i do in this case? The cause which they are asking money is good and ethical.
13. It is generally said that Cats Bewafa hoti hai and Dogs Bedil hote hai. What's the science behind this behavioural difference? Sir narrated a story about his neighbour that he always complains that his cat roams around here and there and never listens to him, she goes and comes back by her own. Sir asked about the behavioral reasons behind this.

M1:

1. Long monologue on Companies Act 2013 and how CSR was made a part of it. Asked how CSR has revolutionized the finance system of our country?
2. Tell me any 2 technology related schemes in which you can use something like CSR to arrange funds .
3. As a finance expert, how will you make sure the prudent use of these funds?
4. What are the provisions of CSR in companies act?
5. What is the exact amount of CSR generated in India by the companies?
6. Is it enough? As Secretary, Corporate Affairs what changes you would like to bring in the Companies act?
7. Tell me the detailed procedure Defence accounts service follow for procurement?
8. What are the provisions regarding capital vs revenue acquisitions?
9. Any changes you wish to suggest in this process?
10. Mention 3 big steps by the government for promoting Research and Development in the country?
11. National Research Foundation - its corpus?
12. Can you think of any method of raising finance for R&D just like CSR?
13. What changes in research arena you suggest?
14. Level of Research and development or innovation in Defence accounts ? Anything new happening?

M2( lady)

1. If you are in a cooking competition and you are asked to make a dessert which dessert will you cook?
2. Difference between Indian and western desserts? Also tell the difference between cooking methods used?
3. Calories in a gulabjamun
4. Transfat - what are these? Science behind these and tell me the name of one transfat in Hindi which is most commonly used in India?
5. Vanaspati Ghee- long discussion on this - uses, issues.
6. What is the methodology behind naming of tropical cyclones?
7. List the nodal agencies for naming and how India choses its names?
8. Chairman sir asked- Are these names gender based or gender neutral? Is there any methodology to decide names according to gender also?

(2/2)
9. Hurricanes vs Typhoons vs cyclones- difference between their geographies.
10. Do you know the science behind Hawa mahal?
11. What is venturi effect?
12. Can you list some other architectures where this concept was applied?
13. Hampi's architecture - unique features?
14. Look east and Act east policies- in which periods these were launched and differences between them?
15. Why Act east policy? Your views on its effectiveness till now on relations with ASEAN and development of North east?
16. Do ASEAN or China also have such policies of looking somewhere or acting somewhere?

M3: ( lady)

1. You are in IDAS . Your service deals with so many informal workers and parties at lower levels like thekedaars, etc. What are the rights available to these informal workers and parties?
2. Specific rights your department has given to these people?
3. Expenditure management at lower levels in your service? How is it done?
4. Tell me the provisions of Atal pension Yojana?
5. Now-a-days a new kind of epidemic is emerging - Loneliness. Tell me two age groups where you can find this problem at maximum level. ( I mentioned 50+ age group and the adolescent age group)
6. What steps will you take to improve this situation? Tell them separately for both the demographic groups you mentioned apart from banning social media.
7. How funds will be arranged for India AI Mission?

M4:

1. You are from Commerce, tell me why accountancy is even needed for government and Administration?
2. How states are doing in Public finance management? Which states are doing good and which are lagging behind?
3. TEPA vs CEPA vs FTA ? What's the difference?
4. What is the rationale behind economic partnerships?
5. USA vs India , in terms of trade what is happening? Surplus or deficit?
6. With China- trade is tilted or balanced?
7. What should India do to reduce this deficit with China?
8. Is defence indigesniation really happening or a buzzword?
9. Is Make in India a failed program because most of the time we are importing the parts and assembling here and putting the Made in India label?
10. Europe vs China - what are the issues of trade and technology?

Chairman sir - Nice talking to you. Your interview is over.

DAF Key Words: Generative AI, Poem, Memes, Uttar Pradesh, GC-Gymkhana, Computer Science 

Board: Raj Shukla Sir
Chairperson:
1. आप कहां से हैं ?
2. आपने क्या किया है ( अंडरग्रैजुएशन) ?
3. आजकल इतिहास बदलने की एक राजनीति चल रही है। एक quote है Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter also Yuval Noah Harari, यह बोलते हैं की आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस एक नया narrative लिख रहा है, इस पर आप क्या सोचते हैं 
4. फिर तो इतिहास factual नहीं रहेगा, जिसकी जो ideology होगी वह वैसा ही इतिहास लिखेगा, आपका इस पर क्या कहना है?
5. फिर इस समस्या का Way Forward क्या है जिससे एक समावेशी इतिहास बने? 
6. इसमें आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस का क्या role होगा?
7. चीन को एक ऑथोरियरिव पावर कहा जाता है, अगर implementation की बात हटा दें तब भी चाइनीस ideation phase में हमसे आगे हैं, भारत में नए ideas क्यों नहीं आ रहे हैं, क्या आप मानते हैं कि लोकतंत्र ideas को भी रोकता है या delay करता है , आपका इस पर क्या विचार है ?

Member 2:
1. आपका Section 14 देखकर यह मालूम होता है कि आपका झुकाव टेक्नोलॉजी की तरफ ज्यादा रहा है। अगर मान ले कि आपको इस या आईपीएस छोड़कर कोई ऐसी सर्विस मिलती है जैसे आईएफएससी, तो क्या आप अपने इस zone से बाहर आ पाएंगे? 
2. प्रेसिडेंट Trump, की कुछ पॉलिसीज महिलाओं के लिए काफी Regressive दिखाई देती हैं, अगर यही पॉलिसी चलती रही तो अमेरिका तो महिलाओं के अधिकार के संदर्भ में पीछे जा सकता है। इस पर आप क्या सोचते हैं?

Member 3:
1. आपके उत्तरों को सुनकर ऐसा मालूम होता है कि आप Karl Marx से ज्यादा प्रभावित हैं। आप यह बताएं की कार्ल मार्क्स ने किन-किन समाज को अपने theories में दर्शाया है ?
2. ऐसी कौन से और thinkers रहे हैं जो state और civil society के बीच की जो संबंध है उसको दर्शाते हैं।
3. सबसे पहले राज्य भाषा के आधार पर बनने वाला कौन था भारत में?
4. कौन सा देश धर्म के आधार पर बना ?
5. कौन सा भारत का राज्य Region के आधार पर बना ?
6. अपने Institute innovation council में क्या काम किया था?

Member 4:
1. आप केंद्रीय विद्यालय से पढ़े हुए हैं, मैं यह समझती हूं कि केंद्रीय विद्यालय एक इंग्लिश मीडियम विद्यालय है, फिर भी अपने इंटरव्यू का माध्यम हिंदी चुना, क्या मैं यह कह सकती हूं कि आप अपने कंफर्ट जोन में रहना चाहते हैं और उसे बाहर नहीं जाना चाहते ? 
2. अगर भारत में DOGE, आए तो आप किस डिपार्टमेंट को क्लीनअप करना चाहेंगे ? 
3. क्यों ?
4. कुछ साल पहले कश्मीर में एक घटना हुई थी जहां पर एक सेना के मेजर ने एक व्यक्ति को human shield बनाकर, भीड़ से सामना किया था। क्या आपको नहीं लगता कि वह human rights का violation था। आप उस स्थिति में क्या करते ? 

Member 5:
1. आपने बहुत सारी बातें आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस के बारे में की, आप मुझे बताएं कि अगर मैं संस्कृत में कोई श्लोक chatgpt में डालता हूं, तो वह मुझे उसका अर्थ तुरंत कैसे बता देता है? 
2. अगर मैं कोई बड़ा text डालता हूं, तब भी वह सोचने में समय नहीं लगता और तुरंत उत्तर बताता है, इसके पीछे की technology क्या है?
3. मुझे practical application बताएं जहां पर आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस का उपयोग हो सकता है शासन प्रशासन में? 
4. भारत में ऐसे सिस्टम क्यों नहीं बन रहे हैं, क्या हमारे स्टार्टअप्स में कुछ कमी है? 
5. स्टार्टअप्स की इस कमी को दूर करने के लिए क्या किया जा सकता है? 

Chairperson:
1. अगर आपको चुनाव करना हो आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस में और क्वांटम इंटेलिजेंस में, तो आप किसे चुनेंगे
2. आपने कहा कि tier 2 सिटीज में भी स्टार्टअप्स का विकास होना चाहिए? स्टार्टअप्स को tier 2  cities में कैसे विकसित किया जा सकता है?
3. OpenAI का o3 मॉडल क्या है, या कैसे कम कर रहा है? यह reasoning कैसे करता है ?
4. भविष्य में क्या होने वाला है? क्या आपको लगता है कि आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस एक destructive technology है ? 

Mocks: Samkalp, Vision IAS, Unacademy, PW-OnlyIAS, Vajirao, Vajiram

One to One: Utkarsh Sir and His regular sessions on Zoom (Very Helpful to Structure my thoughts and boosted my confidence in final days) , Dharmadhikari Sir (Very Helpful and confidence Booster), Ravindran Sir, Khan Sir (Pointed my weakness)

8/02/2025
Board - B B Swain
Forenoon session 3rd to go
Keywords - Kerala, Agarbathi , Cooking, Physics , Acrylic painting, Science fest

Chairman
1.Why there is an import ban on agrabathi?
2.Which rawmaterial was restricted from importing?
3. Difference between restrictions and ban
4. Steps taken by govt to promote agarbathi industry

M1 ( Lady member)
1.How kerala cuisines differ from other cuisines?
2. Different types of tamarind used ?
3. Can you make Kerala style fish curry?
4. Name two places in kerala where the tourism potential is not yet fully explored
5.If you are the tourism secretary the how you develop tourism in these two places?
6. Where is spice board situated?
7. Have you watched the movie Chemeen?
8. Who was awarded Padma Vibushan posthumously ? Tell me about that person
9. What is hema commitee? What is AMMA? Who is current president
10. Asked about coconut oil. What is the disease affecting coconut . Steps taken by kerala govt


M2
1. Meaning of my name
2. Question associated with my name from mahabharata
3. Ngo with my name , it's significance
4. What is malnutrition?
5. Importance of protein


M3
1. Do you know about agarbathi made from flower?
2. How you do acrylic painting?
3. Asked about science fest coordinated by me
4. E elephant used in kerala temple recently. Why it is so?
5. Who is the goal keeper of Indian hockey team

M4
1. Do you know about Amicus curie ? Why they are appointed?
2. State newtons laws of motion
3. Why kerala is called God's own country
4. One question about chess
5. Don't you play any sports? Why don't you join any academy to learn it's professional sides?

Last the Chairman said your interview is over. Do you want me to ask you something. I said no sir.
Then lady member asked two more questions
1. Case about Padmanabha swami temple
2. Whether to use the treasure or not?

M3
1. Significance of idol of padmanabha swami

Interview was very cordial.

One on one - Fortune ias academy

Mocks taken - Kerala civil service academy, Amrita ias , vajiram and ravi, sankar ias

NAME - DJOKER
BOARD: SHEELVARDHAN BOSS
ENGLISH
DAF: IITD, CHEMICAL, CHEMISTRY, TENNIS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP CELL, ALUMNI CELL, HIKING, STRENGTH TRAINING, WESTERN DANCE

CHAIRPERSON:
1. WHICH WESTERN DANCE YOU DO?
2. WHAT IS WALTZ DANCE?
3. NAME FEW DANCES EACH N AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA, and EUROPE.
4. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIKING, TREKKING AND MOUNTAINEERING
5. LAND WHERE TREKKING STOPS AND MOUNTAINEERING STARTS?

M1:
1. WHY ENGG?
2. WHY CS?
3. WHAT’D YOU TELL TO STUDENTS OF YOUR COLLEGE WHEN YOU GO BACK : CS VS ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
4. ASSUME I AM THE STUDENT CLEAR MY FOG OF DOUBT.
5. BUT RATE IS 10%. WHAT’D YOU SAY NOW?
6. USE OF CHEM ENGG IN SEMICONDUCTORS

M2:
1. SCOPE OF A CHEM ENGG?
2. SATYAMEV JAYATE FROM WHICH TEXT? WHO TOOK IT AS THE MOTTO
3. WHO WROTE NATIONAL ANTHEM? ORIGINALLY IN WHICH LANGUAGE WAS IT WRITTEN? WHO TRANSLATED IT INTO HINDI?
4. WHY 26th JAN AS REPUBLIC DAY?


M3:
1. SCOPE A CHEM ENGG?
2. SWOT OF INDIAN CHEM INDUSTRIES
3. WHAT TO BE DONE?
4. WHICH MOST PREVALENT HEALTH PROBLEM IN ALWAR? (bluff got right)
5. WHAT IS GOVERNMENT DOING?
6. HOW’D YOU ENSURE THINGS GET BETTER?

M4:
1. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT QATAR? Recent NEWS?
2. ⁠TELL ME ABOUT AFGHAN and INDIAN RELATIONS
3. ⁠WHICH IS THAT ONE RELIGION THAT IS TOO MUCH INTO Seva?

SHEEL SIR AGAIN:
What is DURAND LINE?


Forgetting around 8-10 questions
ChatGPT worked for me

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
Name: Dr Sisyphus
Interview date: 08/02/25
Board: Shri BB Swain Sir
Forenoon session, First to go, Nearly 40 min.

Key words:
Odisha, MBBS, Bhagavad Gita, Football, Badminton, sociology, Spic macay, Public relation, hospital administration, community health centre, Odia poetry (TEDx & Med-Tech internship not asked)

Chairman Sir
1. Jnanpith puraskar for poetry from Odisha
2. ⁠FUQ about Sachidananda Routray and his themes

M1 ma'am
1. Your DAF looks quite arts based, though you are from science background. How will you utilise these assets as an IPS, not IAS
2. ⁠What's Spic macay (3-4 Qs)
3. ⁠How will you integrate spic macay with healthcare in rural area
4. ⁠How to improve maternal and child health as a DM
5. Anything for adolescent girls ?
6. ⁠TN government is giving footwear and some medicine twice a year, what's that
7. Anything like that in Odisha ? discussion on helminthic diseases

M2 Sir
1. What's the DOC for helminthic diseases, what for neurocysticercosis
2. ⁠Brand name ? I told I write in generic
3. ⁠Discussion on learnings from Gita (3-4 Qs)- utility, what if you don't get promotion as per knowledge & skill, sanchita karma.
4. ⁠Discussion on AB-PMJAY (3-4 Qs)
5. Asked about financial regulators (IRDAI, SEBI)
6. ⁠ESIC schemes
7. ⁠Experience from Hospital Administration (covid experience)
8. ⁠Skills to be utilised from medical science background
9. Arts & literature utility in IAS

M3 Sir
1. Uniqueness of handloom in Bargarh, FUQs on Sambalpuri saree and the methods related to it (looked impressed with the details)
2. Last Football WC winner, host country, next one in which country
3. What's Pattachitra, where, awardees
4. ⁠Public relations experience and utility (3-4 Qs)
5. ⁠ Paralympic winner in badminton who is an IAS
6. ⁠Use of AI in health education / healthcare in rural area
7. ⁠Discussion on Aspirational and KBK districts (4-5 Qs)
8. ⁠Few questions on hockey promotion by Odisha, FUQ on next world cup.

M4 Sir
1. Continued on badminton, reasons for lack of performance of Indian players
2. ⁠Role of mental coach , any prominent ones you know.
3. Offside rule (couldn't explain well in English, so Swain Sir told to draw and explain, which I did)
4. ⁠Picked up from mam's discussion on IPS, continued with crowd control and lathi charge
5. ⁠Discussion on GBS cases in Pune
6. ⁠Bouncer Q- Mohini Mohan Dutt

Interview ended. But M2 Sir asked about CPD and its management, saying it won't be counted towards interview.
Chairman Sir asked me if I wanted to ask anything. I said No sir, thank you.

Overall: Cordial board. Interaction based on DAF mostly.
Mocks 10+, One-to-one 10+, ChatGPT plus.

Name - DJ

Interview Date - 10/02/2025, Afternoon

Board - Sanjay Verma Sir

Optional subject - Geography Hindi medium

Mains & Interview medium - Hindi

DAF- YouTube Educator, Cricket, Inspirational Movies, Geography, Political Science, Rajasthan


Chairman -
Q1- आपका Name किसने रखा?
2. आपने क्रिकेट कप्तानी से क्या सीखा, आपकी strategy क्या होती थी।
3. आपके नाम पर based एक्टर की सबसे अच्छी मूवी
4. आपको अपनी ड्रीम लाइफपार्टनर मिली या नहीं Discussion Movies related tha us context me hi pucha tha... मैंने कहा मिल गई सभी मेंबर खुश थे और मैं भी cool हुआ और यहां मन में ये feel हुआ कि इस बार मुझे कॉन्फिडेंस से जवाब देने है।

M1 - Lady मेंबर
Q1 ये आने वाला वक्त भारत का है/ 21 सेंचुरी भारत की हैं, क्या इसमें हमारी ज्योग्राफी रणनीतिक रूप से भूमिका निभा सकती हैं
Q2 रिलेटेड to first Question.... discussion mode...

3. आपने 2020 में Youtube क्यों स्टार्ट किया -Covid टाइम आपदा में अवसर
4. Online Education Vs. Offline Coaching.... which one better in your opinion

M2 Lady member

Q1 Ethics case study related to Manage district fund.....this is very good Question क्यों कि मैं Youtube पर ethics पढ़ाता हूं, और उनका कहना था कि आप स्टूडेंट को केस स्टडी कैसे समझाते है।

Q2 आप free में कहां पढ़ाते है Youtube आपको अच्छा ₹ देता हैं।....
3.सीकर क्यों famous है।

M3
1. Geography....Name of South India Rivers
2. Slope of South Indian river system
3. Western flowing rivers
4. Climate change Negative
5. Iceberg related
6. Political science (MA)- India and ब्रिटेन constitution
7. भारत में भाषाओं को लेकर क्या चल रहा हैं।

M4
Q1. Geography role as DM
2.आप आप यूट्यूब पर क्या क्या पढ़ाते है।
3.खाटू श्याम जी क्यों famous है।
4.Story of खाटू श्याम जी

Over all Experience बहुत अच्छा रहा सारे मेंबर बहुत ज्यादा Support कर रहे थे। this is my 4th CSE Interview ये पिछले 3 इंटरव्यू से best था क्यों कि इस बार मेरा कॉन्फिडेंस बहुत सही था, इंटरव्यू लगभग discussion mode में ही चला है, मुझे उन्होंने पूरा टाइम दिया 25-30 minutes।

इस बार 10+ मॉक दिए हैं उनका भी लाभ मिला और सबसे ज्यादा लाभ informal group discussion का मिला हमने 10 लोगो के साथ एक ग्रुप बनाया और अच्छा डिस्कस किया इंटरव्यू में लगभग सारे Questions उनके आसपास ही थे।

My Suggestion - Mock में ज्यादातर कोचिंग Knowledge and information पर judge करते हैं उसको ज्यादा दिमाग में नहीं लेना है, real interview mock से 100 गुना better होता हैं और वो knowledge से ज्यादा over all आपकी personlity ही टेस्ट कर रहे है।

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Date 08-02-2025
Board: Dinesh dasa sir
Keywords: Jammu and Kashmir, electrical and renewable energy engineering,partition stories and 1965 migration, decluttering.
Chairman:
Who was Baba Ghulam shah badshah?
Why sufism is more prevalent in j and k then the rest of india?
What is the difference in developments occured in pok and j and k?
It is heard that prices of land have increased a lot in jammu post abrogation of 370?
Member1
Differences between jammu region and kashmir region?
Differences in cuisines?
Tell about women of jammu and women of Kashmir?
Tell in economic social and political dimensions?
Differences between university of Kashmir and university of jammu?
Member2
What is the reason for communal harmony in j and k ?
What u got to know from partition stories?
Are u doing any documentation?
What challenges did u face as a youth before abrogation of article 370?
Member 3
How would u increase tourism in j and k?
How to increase adventure tourism and hotel facilities?
Tell about AFSPA?
people say it shud be withdrawn in phases .what is ur opinion on this ?
Rice cultivation in jammu?
Why willow bat is famous?
What should be the characteristics of cricket bat?
What is magnetic levitation?
Is this train operational in Japan?
What's the maximum speed they have achieved?
Member 4
Who has written something famous about partition?
What's the name of afsana written by saadat hassan manto?
Name something more famous written by him?
If he was against partition then why did he migrated to Pakistan then?
What we r doing in renewable energy?
What are India's targets in RE?
What is decluttering?
Who is known as mother goddess of decluttering?
What is their ideology ?

Interview went for 30 minutes.
Most questions repeated from mocks of jamia,pw ,chahal ,samkalp.

Name - MNOP
Board- Dasa sir
Date 31/1/2025
Keywords- mbbs,nagpur,Indian trade service,Ghazals, videogaming,spy documentaries,pathology,health camp

Chairman - who is your favourite ghazal singer?
Who made ghazal famous ?
Should we shift capital from new delhi to nagpur?
What is your work/responsibilities as an its officer ? How trade is important in current times?

M1 issues with medical education neet ug issue ?
Opinion on computer based test?
There was an era of ftas but then the ftas failed as they were against our interest why so? What are solutions to it?

M2 opinion on aser report why public schools performed well reasons for it?
Opinion on the low rankings of indian higher education institutions in global indices ?

M3 are ftas against the principles of wto ?
How can we reduce trade deficit with china and russia?

M4 what is more advanced traditional/ancient medicine or modern medicine ?
Ganesha head replaced by elephant head what is your view on this isnt that more advanced science?
Define epigenetics and eugenetics

Remarks- the interview was more of a discussion and opinion based highly tilted towards my current service and medical background. Board was very cordial,tried to be honest and said sorry if I was unaware of things.
Mocks -0 coaching mocks just 1 mock at MH sadan

Name-
Date - 17/02/2025
Board - Sanjay Verma Sir
Afternoon session, last to go.
DAF Keywords : Poetry, Books, Public administration, education sector, others not relevant
Duration: 20-25 min
Sitting arrangement was round table type.

Chairman:
1.Which of the contemporary Indian poets have you read and which one do you like the most?
2.Which books of public administration have you read other than the syllabus ones?
3.Which books of economics have you read?
4.Recently published books that deal with contemporary affairs?
5.Do you think Corruption and efficiency can work together?
6.Give me example of one country that is corrupt but also efficient.
7.If you had to write a book, what will you write about?
8.Which fiction books have you recently read?
(Ans. The Kite runner and Too good to be true)
9.Did you like Too good to be true?
10.Do you think Prajakta Koli is overhyped?
11.What about the Kite runner moved you the most?

Member 1:
1.Recite any poem you've written.
(After my recitation Chairman sir said to the member, she was waiting for you to ask this question and everyone including me laughed 😂)
2.Tell me something about Savitribai Phule
3.There was controversy about the age of consent bill involving Lokmanya Tilak. Tell me about it.
4.Why Lokamnya Tilak opposed it?
5.Some questions about books and public administration

Member 2(Lady member):
1.Are you Happy with the situation of education system in our country?
2.What would you suggest to improve it?
3.Tell me something about your college
Some other questions which I'm not able to recollect.

Member 3:
1.Story of Bhasmaruraand its Relation with your name.
2.Temple in south India that is associated with your name?
(Then he only answered that question)
3.Aisa konsa topic hai jispe tumhe lagta hai ki ispe mujhe kuch bhi pucha toh mai fod dungi? Matlab tumne wo topic itni acchi tarah se prepare Kiya hai ki kuch bhi pucho toh tum fod dogi?
4.How can teachers be motivated to work in rural areas?
2-3 other questions

Member 4:
1.Today is 17 Feb, what is it's significance?
2.What act of kindness did you do today?
3.Since you are working in education sector, What work have you done that you would like to mention? Tell me 3 things.
4.There are some steps taken to improve women's participation in boards, what are those?


Chairman Sir again:
There are two things I want to ask you
1. What does Trump's rise signify? Tell me three points as to how will it affect the world?
2. Difference between age of consent and age of marriage.What is the age of consent and what of marriage?
Okay. Your interview is over. You may go now.

Mocks- Chanakya Mandal Pariwar helped in boosting confidence.
O2O with Mahesh Bhagwat Sir helped in preparation of various dimensions of DAF.

Name -
Date - 17/02/2025
Board - sheel vardhan singh
Afternoon -3rd to go
DAF- IPS, Football, PSIR, Kerala.

Chairperson:
1. What is the importance of Body Cam on policemen?
2. Tell me the possible issues associated with body cam
3. How can India use Tariffs for her advantage
4. Do an SWOT analysis of India with respect to tariffs

Member1:
1. Your perspective on work life balance
2. Why certain companies are insisting longer work hours?
Further discussion on work life balance

Member 3:
1. What are your perspectives on stopping traffic for VIP movements by police?
2. What all can Police do further ?
3. Give me two examples of sportsman spirit in football you played and outside

Member 4( Lady):
1. Why you want to Join a higher service like IAS?
2. What is demographic dividend?
3. If you were in policy making, which sectors will you choose for skilling?
4. What are different diseases seen in India?
5. Where is recent Guillain-Barré Syndrome seen?
6. As a policy maker, what all changes you will bring in health sector?

Member 5
1. Should we ban crypto currency?
2. How to regulate those?

Chairperson:
1. You said you want to skilling in different sectors, but none of them is useful for me. Now argue against me.



Your Interview is over. You can leave.

Board was cordial. I didn’t gave any mocks this time. Only 2 one on one with nitin menon of Fortune IAS, Trivandrum.
All the best lads!

Name- gratitude
Board-Dr. dasa sir.
Date- 17 feb
Keywords- Satara, pune, MBBS, junior resident.

Chairman sir
Satara was seat of?
Maratha confideracies
Maratha rise and fall
Geography of India boon or bane?
Geography from trade perspective
Bhima koregaon violence
M1
Supreme court opinion on social welfare schemes leading to creation of parasites.
4 schemes with positive impact
4 schemes creating parasites
Biden's opinion of India not doing enough to curb Russia Ukraine war.
Is India able to balance both Russia and US

M2
opinion on universal basic income( long discussion )
What is moral hazard

M3
Free commutation for women. Benefits
Air pollution impact on health
Air pollution impact on children

M4
What are somatic cells.
Applications.
Location of recently opened somatic cells bank.

Thank you Mahesh bhagwat sir and shubham sir( vidyapeeth )

Name: Trend h Naam nhi btane ka
Board: Dasa Sir
Date: 13Feb, ~2:30PM

Keywords: NTSE, Rashtriya Military School, NCC, Boxing, MBBS, PGD Mental Health, Father ex-Army, Jhunjhunu (RJ)

Chair
1. discussion on color of suit.. Monotony & bhedchaal
2. A teenager stabbed grandpa to death in Hydrabad. Why such incidents increasing and what steps u suggest to tackle such issues
3. What is Durkheim's suicide theory?(jitna pta tha bta diya)
3.1 place Kota suicides & Vidarbha Farmer suicides in Durkheim's types of suicides....(i replied sorry sir Durkheim ko detail me nhi pdha... He asked if Anthro has Durkheim in sallybus... I replied.. no sir in Socio its in depth.. In Anthro we read how his theory motivated schools like Structural Functionalism)
4. Allopathic Dr ho..ur views on Bridge course? I said hona chahiye and explained my logic
4.1 but ur Medical Associations opposed it fiercely... U r not with them?..... I maintained my stand.. And tried explaining
5. Why mbbs edu costs in crores?...got grilling on my reply

M1(Lady on my right)
1. Why FCs increasing states' share? Whats need of giving too much to states... My ans was in favor of Fiscal Federalism, empwring states to achieve goals of welfare state

Total 2-3 ques but cant recall
..
M2(Sir on my immediate left)
He was only person jo meko pura dekh pa rha tha.. Thoda pichhe hokr bethe the..i felt like he is noticing my verbal & non-verbal communications... Psychologist type vibe thi

1. Fake drugs issue.. 2-3 supple ques.Totally disagreed with my replies
2. Who decides Range of Diseases like Diebetes, HTN etc
2.1 Why there are so many ranges? Why no uniform range
2.2 Grilled me over Diebetes Diagnosis
3. How to maintain good physical & mental health spsly in elders (exact words yad nhi)

(Overall, He kinda rejected my most answers & meko lga jese firki pe firki le rhe h sir)

M3 (Sir to my far left)
1. u studied from a prestigious Rashtriya Military School but u left it before 10th.. As evident from ur school name in 10th board... When & Why u left the RMS school.. Why didn't u go in Army.... My reply...
1.2 but u could have join Army Medical Corps as u said ur father was in AMC...
1.3 first u left RMS, Now u r leaving Dr profession.. Is it ur nature...
2. Organ Donation Complusory kr dena chahiye?
2.1 but if u saying its imp then compulsory krne me kya dikkat h?
2.2 in ur clinic do u tell people to donate organs.. I said.. no sir.. But apne achha sujhav diya.. I ll implement it

3. What is G.O.A.T?
3.1 who do u consider GOAT in Boxing?
3.2 why Ali why not Tyson?

M4( Ma'am to my far right)
1. Govt spending too much on Medical Health Insurance. Why waste money?(aisa kuchh stance tha exact words yaad nhi).. Dont u think govt should curb this .... My reply... In favor of welfare state etc... But need of rationalisation, addressing missing middle etc

2. U write poems on social issues?... Khush hua m ki ab sunane ko bolegi aur m thoda mahol chill krunga..bahut grilling jesi ho gyi h (but...)
2.1 which all issues u covered till now
2.2 why poems of freedom struggle times so thrilling and ab aisi poems kyu nhi bnti?...
2.3 nirbhaya time poems...
....................

Dasa sir said ur interview is over..

........
My PT Learnings

1. Mocks helped in handling senior people...total (10+ panel mocks, 10+ one to one).....

2. Samkalp, vision mock kuchh hdd tk upsc mahol jese lge... Baki sb mocks studio type baketi lgi.. Youtube content khojte hue dikhe... Even panel members were conscious of their performance on camera

3. In mocks it all depends on Chair... If Chair jolly/grilling it goes good/grilling

4. Peer discussions offline/online best lga... I made closed grps for every topic in my DAF....thnkx to CSPT platform.. I tried utilising it amap..

5. B'crat mocks km krke Faculty mocks dene chye the... Academicians ko satisfy krna is mushkil than Field(services) walo ko... Grilling ki aur achhi practice ho jati

6.first PT tha..considering inter-personal communication my forte... Had too much expectations.. Jo ki nhi rkhni chye thi...Will be more pragmatic, agr fir jana pda...

Name: chaotic_sapien
Board: Suman Sharma ma'am(Deviji)
Date: 17Feb
Keywords: MBBS, Cricket, TB, Covid, Strength Training, Short stories, Anthropology, Meerut, Kanpur, UP, Sexual Assault Survivor, Debate, Extempore
Session: Afternoon(Last to go)
Duration: <20min(Don't know why)

PS: Sorry I have post exam amnesia(forget the questions that were asked) still writing whatever I could recall

1) Transit led development?
2) Location of Pharma industries?
3) GDP of China?
4) What has China done that India couldn't?
5) 1st CDS of India?
6) History of Meerut & Kanpur?
7) What did India learn from Covid?
8) Some question about generic drugs?

Mocks: Samkalp, Next IAS
O2O: SMARTWORK LABS- Anupam sir & Ankit Sir;
SARRTHI IAS- Sajal sir;
UNDERSTAND UPSC: Satyam sir

Tried my best
Baaki sab MAHAKAAL k haathon mein hai?

*Date* - 13.02.2025
*Session* - Afternoon
*Serial* - 5th to go
*Board* - Sheel Vardhan Singh Sir

*Detailed Application Form KEYWORDS:* Hobbies - Uncovering Ancestral Values of Rural India, Kota, IIT Bombay, Civil Engineering, Rajasthan, EPFO

*Member wise Questions*

*Chairperson:*

1. Very interesting hobby - what Ancestral Values you have uncovered till now? - long answer with examples, further questions on this

2. Is "Parmarth Bhawana" not in cities area? (From last long reply)

3. Difference between parmarth of Rural and Urban areas?

4. What is crowd funding? (Word used in earlier long answer)

*Member 1:*

5. What do you see different in Kota?

6. If you are the Higher Education Minister ... Reforms in JEE exam and Reform in IITs?

7. Now you are the secretary and the minister asked for your opinion about introducing one course in regional language in IITs. What is your views on it?

*Member 2 (lady member)*

8. Should we include traditional knowledge in IIT curriculum and How?

9. Why Kathputali performed in Rajasthan?

*Member 3 (lady member)* {Ex. Labour Secretary, Arti Ahuja}

10. What are the provisions of social security for international workers? (EPFO related)

11. Agreement on Social security in the G20 summit?

12. Illegal migration is in the news, What is the procedure for legal immigration?

13. Specific laws and rules related to immigration

14. Euthanasia, views and counter questions about procedure etc?

*Member 4:*

15. Impact of UPI on Social sector and Small Businesses ?

16. You are civil engineer, what are the steps you will take for affordable housing?

Date: 14/02/2025
Board: Raj Shukla sir
Duration: 22-25 minutes (started ~5 pm)
Last one to go in the AN session
Optional: Anthropology (nothing was asked)

DAF keywords: Banswara (Rajasthan), Dairy (graduation), bhajans & biopics (hobbies) - only these things were covered from DAF, no major questions from achievements/ leadership positions/ sports/ other places mentioned in DAF (Udaipur, Jhunjhunu)

I entered the room and greeted everyone with a smile!

Chairman sir -
1. He asked about the time when I entered (he meant to say ki hum initially kitni baje aaye the but I misunderstood ki vo abhi ka time pooch rahe h, but fir members ne khud hi jawab dediya)
2. He commented about how I have never been to Delhi and all, completed my education from Rajasthan only.
3. Then he asked about some former British PM/military ruler that do you know him (I said sorry sir, I don't know about him)
4. He then asked about another person, again someone I had never heard of. He said okay no problem, a member intervened and said that sir she has done her graduation in dairy
5. So then he asked what have I studied in that, I gave him a detailed overview
6. Where do you apply all this, you haven't done any job right? You have been preparing only. (I said yes sir I have been preparing after my graduation & this is my 2nd attempt. I also mentioned my saras internship here as I felt ki sir ko na meri degree me interest tha + unhe ye bhi lag raha tha ki maine ise kahi apply nahi kiya)
7. He then asked about saras, its competition with amul, export kyu nhi krte and all, their products, turnover (I gave answers to these but did not know the related data as I had not filled this internship in daf, so wasn't prepared much on this)

M1 (a lady, she had come with questions prepared on a paper)

1. Why do u listen to bhajans, are you a very spiritual person or any other reason?
2. Do you listen to some other kinds of music like hip hop or jazz
3. Rajasthan is such a male chauvinist state, women here are treated like 2nd class citizens..did you face such issues growing up?
4. Have you seen that biopic on Indira Gandhi (I have seen quite a few biopics but not this..so I replied ki I haven't seen this, she said you should see it later, it's a good watch esp for your generation)
5. Then she gave a long description of the movie 'Pink' and asked should marital rape be criminalised in India?
6. Brahmos missile, with whom we have made, to which countries we have exported?
7. Can India become capable of exporting more, we import so much?
8. Asked that if I know who is Aung San Suu kyi..mam ne thoda ajeeb tareeke se pronounce kiya toh mujhe ek baar smjh nhi aaya ki ye kya hai..but as soon as she said Myanmar I recalled and I said yes ma'am I know her..fir she gave a long description of her nobel prize and how Myanmar doesn't recognise her Nobel. She said that Myanmar pehla nation tha kya ese 'Myanmar first' krne wala..and should India also follow this 'India First policy'?

M2 (asked from DAF)
1. Different varieties of mango (as I was among the organisers of Rajasthan's 1st mango festival)
2. Is milk adulteration prevalent?
3. What are the adulterants used and how to test them?
4. Have you ever tested the milk that comes at your home?
5. Which laws to prevent adulteration?
6. Which mark or grading is given to agricultural commodities? Which authority gives the agmark logo?

M3 (lady member, she had also come with questions prepared)
1. If you are made the secretary of Rajasthan, and your CM is asking if Raj should be made a dry state, what would you advise him?
2. Can human rights violations be done to protect the sovereignty and integrity of a nation? Discussion went around Israel also, some cross questioning also
3. Will president rule be beneficial for the situation of Manipur? Here also cross questioning (maybe she did not agree with my answer)

M4: (he also asked from DAF)
1. Which is your fav bhajan? Composer and singer?
2. What is graphene solar cell milk chiller? Follow up - will you implement this in your district if you're made the collector?
3. How will you increase milk productivity?
4. Tell us something about your district?

Interview got over, chairman sir said thank you and all the best!
I thanked all and left.

(I might have forgotten some questions)

My experience:

1. Chairman sir had a poker face all throughout. All members except M3 maintained pleasant faces & nodded in between.
2. As I was the last one to go, I even felt that I was given less time to think before answering. Some members were in a hurry to jump to the next question.
3. I had a slightly different experience in the real interview vis-a-vis mocks as most of the questions in mocks used to be from DAF. Nevertheless mocks do help you in getting accustomed to a panel interaction & test your level of preparation as well as communication skills.
4. I remained calm & confident throughout. In my limited understanding what I feel is that there can be questions which one might not know, but taking every question as a fresh opportunity and not letting the baggage of previous questions affect your performance, is what matters. So stay calm, confident and polite. All of us have earned our seats here, so have self belief, confidence and also humility!

Panel mocks - Chahal, Samkalp, Vajirao, Nextias

O2O - Satyam sir (very extensive DAF coverage & detailed feedback)
Sajal sir (Sarrthi ias) - again very detailed & beneficial

All the best everyone ✨

Name- Lucknow Bhai
Board- Lt General Raj Shukla sir
Date- 12.02.25 (afternoon) 2nd one to go
Keyword- chemistry, crime thriller, railway,IRPFS, cultural president

Chairman-
Ask do you have interest in space . I said very limited interest then he said don’t worry answer some question.
He began with long monologue on space development of Space X and it’s competition with India
Q1 why is india not able to compete with spacex what is the solution of it
Q2 why is not welcoming coming starlink and why India is scared of Elon Musk starlink project
Q3 what do you think is whg in India that we are not getting orders in space sector from USA
Q4. What is the obstacle in development of defence and space collaboration as compared to that of USA

M1

1- what is open line
2- track between two outer signal comes under whose jurisdiction
3- who is responsible for security inside train
4- what is the role of RPF in security of railways
5- how can train be derailed
6- is removing of track necessary condition for train derailment
7- steps to improve track security
8- ways of petroling on track and how can we improve it
9- how crime thriller web series help you in RPF

M2-

1- do you associated with any political party
2-how did you become cultural president if there is nothing in your DAF related to culture
3- Is IPS issue in RPF resolve
4- Where did you reach in RPF at the time of retirement
5- View on trump statement to bring plastic straw back
6- difference in RPF work culture of south india and Bengal

Rest questions unable to recall

M3

1- what is latent heat of ice and steam
2- what is latent heat
3- difference between conduction, convection and radiation
4- define solid, liquid and gas state
5- whether you be solid, liquid or gas in civil service
Unable to recall other questions

M4-
1- Choose poor but happy or rich but unhappy
2-Why people go for civil services or MBA or other streams after doing science or arts in graduation
3 - did you watch Kill movie and do you think such things happen in today's world
4- what RPF is doing in this regard

Sir Unable to recall 2-3 questions

Mock- One to one session with Shubham sir (vidyapeeth) help a lot specially in IR and situation based question