Name - Vaastav
Board: BB Swain sir
March 1st week afternoon session. 2nd last to go.
Keywords - PSIR, Trekking, movies, Delhi University.

Chairman:
* describe the genre of movies you've mentioned.(corrected me), gave his known example of old movie.

M1.
1.you're food inspector - what would you do to curb adulteration?
2.link with nayak movie?
3.What would you do to curb real estate corruption?

M2.
4.history and literature - why should we study? people say it's of no use
5.what social sciences teach that engineering doesn't?
6.should we go for institutes of eminence or concentrate on basic education? But resources are limited how would you manage that?

M3.
7.what are you doing since post-graduation? and sub-questions..
8.trekking - which one you last trekked? where exactly? height? base? kms distance of actual trek? duration?
9.who are rohingyas?
10.why only rohingyas persecuted and not much of other ethnic minorities in Myanmar?
11.what's happening in bangladesh? what's their problem with India?
12.official status of mohd. Yunus? why he chosen?
13.why don't we send lakhs of Bangladeshis alongwith sheikh Hasina back?

M4. Lady member
14.If you're DM, which kinds of political pressures would you probably face?
15.what's a wasteful state expenditure? give examples? long discussion.
16.subsidizing farmers for fertilizers and inputs v/s DBT income support - give pros and cons.

Chairman - looking at the clock said - ok your Interview is over. Thank you.

Mocks - Samkalp, Vajirao, Chahal and many mini- mocks with friends.

O2O with Mahesh Bhagwat sir, Srirangam Sriram sir, Taneja sir

Mocks and O2O help in covering wide range of questions on DAF, practice and confidence boosting. Actual Interview is very mature level discussion and not a confrontational dialogue or interrogation like in camera mocks. Rather than catching up every bits and pieces of information till last minute, focus on being in the moment and respond to the question on it's merit. We get enough time to speak our mind.

Name - RS45
Date- 06/03/2025
Chairman - Lt General Raj Shukla sir
Daf keywords- Agriculture, Cricket, Maharashtra, Chemistry, sociology rest not asked.
Interview duration - 35+ min

Chairman sir
★ long monologue on Quantum and defence capacity and its comparison with china?
★ What will you suggest to bring quantum in defence?
★ what is full form of DRDO?why DRDO is not working upto mark? After I given answer and showed positivity in answer then they appreciated optimistic view.
( As I was regular followers of Shukla sir X handle and I followed all tweets specially last 15 days and these questions were they tweeted in last 3-4 days. So expression of Shukla sir was like they must have understood that I was following them and I hope they must gave acknowledged my Smart approch. Bas ab marks ache dene chahiye😂)

After that Sir was going outside then coming, again going. Between interview they opened their laptop, was eating farasana and reading letters between interview)


M1(Very cooperative and smiling and appreciated alot)
★ What is PMFBY? Give three important features of it
★ what is issue in maharashtra related to PMFBY
★ As agri secretary how will you resolve issue of bogus claims of PMFBY.

Other questions not able to recall.


M2(ma'am)( listening very patiently and not interrupting)
★ What is difference between FPOs and Farmers cooperative. ( Long discussion on it. At last they appreciated my answer)
★ Why farmer's from Maharashtra not participated in ongoing farmers protest? ( Again long discussion here also)
★ MSPs feature and how it is given? What's future of it?
As agri secretary how will you resolve this issue?

M3( Very jolly&chill, cracking joke and appreciating answers at the same time interrupting too much)
★ What do you think about Gender equality?
★ You are DM of District which setps will you take to ensure gender equality?
★ Are you married? Any plan of marriage? You are going to married, then will you go to wife's place after marriage or will wife comes to you? ( On this question all were laughing although I was given answer but they said that I know 100% you are not going to wife's place. Then again all were laughing)
★ Between above questions discussion M2 Madam asked, Do you able to cook? Which food items? Then I gave answers madam appreciated that answer with positive smile.

Other questions not able to recall

M4
★ Why we often says there is Chemistry in relations among people and not physics?
★ Don't you think we should discard democratic model of governance and adopt autocratic like china to achieve faster development ?
★ What is Yorker and Googly?
★ why batsman often get out on yorker?

Forgot some questions.
Although not lots of questions were asked but discussion and long monologues were present in my interview

Experience - once in life time. Different from coching mocks. Beauty of Anxiety, excitement at the same time. I enjoyed conversation. Ab mark dekh ke pata chalega members or president ne bhi enjoy kiya tha kya nahi 😂

Mocks&Other discussion-
Maharashtra Sadan(very diverse panel{3M+3F officers);Sankalp(Close to UPSC actual interview); DAF discussion with Mahesh Bhagwat sir, IR lectures of Shailendra Deolankar sir;Sanjeev kabir (Career Quest); Satya sir for sociology; O2O with Ravindran sir&Bassi sir

All the best to all

Thank you transcript family for sharing transcript which helped me to guess questions and prepare according to it.

Name: AC 
Interview date: 18th February 2025
Board: Dr. Dinesh Dasa sir
Daf Keywords: NIT Bhopal, Geography optional, MP, UAE, Qatar, Middle East, Kuno National Park, cheetah, resources, Chinese aggression, movies, football, etc.


Chairperson: Have you prepared your introduction or do you want me to introduce you? I said I would introduce myself, sir.
Tell me the names of the countries of the Middle East starting from the Senai peninsula 
Why the Middle East has been burning since World War 2 ? (gave the reasons).

The chairperson said that don't you think the Middle East is having petrol and gas and thus the fire.

Mines and Minerals Act. 
Kuno National Park, reason for choosing. 
How many cheetahs were introduced? was it a success or failure?
Question related to resources of India?
Why Indian movies are not performing well at the Oscars? 
Slumdog showed India in a bad light? what is your opinion?

BIMARU states: who coined the name? Is MP still a BIMARU state? 


Questions asked by members:

continued with the resource topic and asked me to justify that India is rich in resources. 
Hydropower plant, do we need or not?
Pithampur vs Mandideep Industries.
Reasons for MP's recent increase in development. 

Gave a monologue on UAE and its development. What are the reasons why UAE became a financial hub?

Learnings from UAE that India can learn.

Question on mechanical engineering and geography for Biofuels: how mechanical engineering and geography can help in biofuel production.

The location asked for lithium deposits in India Chinese dam in Bramhaputra river: issues and what India should do.

Reasons for the death of Cheetahs in Kuno. 
How many lakes are there in Bhopal, the significance of lakes/wetlands?
There were many cross-questions and questions from other topics as well. However, I am not able to recall those questions now.

Approximately, 30 to 35 minutes was the duration of my interview. The Board was cordial and provided me ample time to think and respond. Most of the questions were from my DAF and current affairs questions were also inspired from my DAF.
Mock interviews Offline: Forum IAS, Vision IAS, OnlyIAS, UnacademyMock interviews online: UPSCprep, Shankar IAS, Sleepy classes, etc One to One: Dr. Khan sir (KSG), Shubham sir (VidyapeethIAS), Dr. Tanu Jain ma'am (Tathastu IAS), Unique IAS Bhopal, etc.

Raj Shukla sir board( last to go )
Date: 3 rd march
DAF keywords- red dot campaign, chemistry, cat companionship and care, Olympiad - superlative english, Fergusson college

Chairman
Long monologue on three language policy, sharing his experiences and opinions.Asked for my opinion
Questions and counterquestions for the same topic

M1
1.You come from a good college,you are a good student.Why did you do chemistry and not engineering or medical?
2. What better could have been done wrt kumbh?
3.Why it's called mahakumbh?
4.Even if we restricted no of train tickets, people would have travelled without tickets.how to handle such crowd?
5. What more arrangements needed at prayagraj?
6.sangam ghat is considered more auspicious,people prefer to go there only.whats the solution?
( Questions were based on my answers and were in a good flow, conversational)
7.women live more than men.why?


M2
1.if I am a poor and there is a person who is super poor. Who will you allot house?
2. No matter how much you convince people ,they prefer sangam ghat only.Its widely known fact. How to avoid mishap then?

M3(mam)
1.your CV is really good.What is red dot campaign?
2.good that you are already doing service in society.whats cat companionship and care?
3.what will you do as an administrator to tackle street dogs and cats issues?

M4
1.superlative english.whats that?
2.whats the writing style of Shashi tharoor.is it superlative?
3.what we are speaking, is it superlative?

Chairman
Thank you.your interview is over.

Board is very cordial and interested in knowing your personality and opinions.
They might dig deeper in the topic,just to check your capacity to think deeply,and conviction for own opinions.
It's more like a conversation than question answer round.

Name: Casanova
Board: Sheelvardhan sir
Date: 17 feb 2025
It was a warm sunny day
2nd to go in Afternoon
Daf keywords: Language preservation, test cricket, volleyball, PSIR, self help books, strength training, jammu and kashmir
Chairperson:
1. Strength training is for building strength, how can i build my endurance? Give me a plan?
2. What is a language?
3. What is a dialect?
4. What is a script? Some examples
5. Ancient Kashmiri script? How is it written now?
6. Taking clue from my answer, sir asked me , are there people who still read and write kashmiri in sharda script?
7. I am fascinated by river jhelum. I replied that i live alongside it. Then, Tell me the greek, Sanskrit and ancient kashmiri name of jhelum
Member 2:
1. The impact of political turmoil on the society of jk?
2. What needs to be done to improve things?
3. What actions will you take to ensure streamlining youth ?
Member 3:
   1.Impact on the psyche of youth?
2. Why you like watching test cricket in todays fast world?
3. Any memorable match that you can recall?
4. Is there human right violations by security forces there?
5. If someone comes to you and asks one security personnel has fired on a civilian but other person says the opposite. What will you do?
6. What will you do in a rural area ?

Member 4:
1. Tell me something about tungstun mining in india?
2. About data protection bill?
3. Rathole mining?
Member 5:
1. Which self help books you read?
2. What is so fascinating about these?
3. Taking clue from my answer. Are you able to control your subconscious mind?
Chairperson:
Names of some books and asked whether you read these or not?
Forgetting other questions
It was very nice talking to you . Your interview is over

Name: Casanova
Board: Sheelvardhan sir
Date: 17 feb 2025
It was a warm sunny day
2nd to go in Afternoon
Daf keywords: Language preservation, test cricket, volleyball, PSIR, self help books, strength training, jammu and kashmir
Chairperson:
1. Strength training is for building strength, how can i build my endurance? Give me a plan?
2. What is a language?
3. What is a dialect?
4. What is a script? Some examples
5. Ancient Kashmiri script? How is it written now?
6. Taking clue from my answer, sir asked me , are there people who still read and write kashmiri in sharda script?
7. I am fascinated by river jhelum. I replied that i live alongside it. Then, Tell me the greek, Sanskrit and ancient kashmiri name of jhelum
Member 2:
1. The impact of political turmoil on the society of jk?
2. What needs to be done to improve things?
3. What actions will you take to ensure streamlining youth ?
Member 3:
1.Impact on the psyche of youth?
2. Why you like watching test cricket in todays fast world?
3. Any memorable match that you can recall?
4. Is there human right violations by security forces there?
5. If someone comes to you and asks one security personnel has fired on a civilian but other person says the opposite. What will you do?
6. What will you do in a rural area ?

Member 4:
1. Tell me something about tungstun mining in india?
2. About data protection bill?
3. Rathole mining?
Member 5:
1. Which self help books you read?
2. What is so fascinating about these?
3. Taking clue from my answer. Are you able to control your subconscious mind?
Chairperson:
Names of some books and asked whether you read these or not?
Forgetting other questions
It was very nice talking to you . Your interview is over

Name - Dr DKS
Date -06/03/2025
Board- Sheelavardhan sir
Session - Afternoon(first to go)
DAF keywords-Karnataka, Maharashtra(Sangli),Medical officer, Anthropology,Nepal Earthquake,Beti bachao beti padao, Reading non fiction books.

Chairman sir
Read my name and place of birth and  asked me What my friends call me?
Chairman sir thought my place of birth as my home town.I clarified it.Then he smiled and started discussion with yes Dr
1)Imagine you have magical power and which three diseases you would like to eliminate from India. (I said TB HIV and non communicable disease as one group whole😄).But sir asked specific one non communicable disease. (I said then  Diabetes) .
2)Tell me the reasons.
3)Don't you think cancer and mental health illness would be considered.
4)Tell me which all books you have read apart from these five books? (He mentioned five books in  which only one I had heard but rest never heard or read in my life😄). I said Ikigai, Strategic Conundrum, Argumentativ Indian and other two.
5)What's ikigai?
6)Is that ikigai was reason for you to take up civil service?
7)Why did you take anthropology as an optional?

M-1
1)Sangli is known for?
2)Which was the last major earthquake india witnessed?
3)Asked one place and said do you know where it would be? I said no.
4)Take guess.I said it may be in Maharashtra.No it's in Gujarat near Gulf of Kutch.
5)Where is Gulf of kachch?
6)What all steps are being taken as reforms to Disaster Management in recent times in India?
7)What are NDRF and SDRF?
8)Swatch Bharat mission 1.0 and 2.0 difference?
9)One major difference for urban and rural with respect to Swachh Bharat.
10)Poshan 2.0?
11)What are the recent changes in Poshan 2.0?

M-2(lady member)
1) What is 3rd eye ?
2) What is 5 eyes?
3) Why it's in news?
4) President Trump has said only two genders as Male and Female.
What's your opinion as Doctor?
5) Why do we need to recognise them?
6) Consider that Beti bachao beti padao has not performed well.I would like to remove the scheme. What's your opinion?(I told some of the datas)
7)R u telling them due to success of BBBP?
8) Issues associated with BBBP ?

M-3
1) (Continued discussion from member one)
What all help India provided during Nepal earthquake?
2)What all you did in Nepal Earthquake?
3)Why despite such help Nepal has no good relationship with Indian even then?
4)Is there any relationship with people living in Himalayan region and gene mutation due to UV radiation? Does it cause cancer?
5)Tell me one example of such case from Himalayan region.
6)Which profession in medical science is less chosen by female doctors?
7)Why so?
8)They also prefer  cardiology as a less preferred option due to high risk and responsibilities associated with it.Why she wants to escape from such responsibility?

M-5
1)Do you think Generic drugs option is good?
2)What all steps have been taken by government to improve quality of generic drugs?
3) What's your opinion with regard to generic medicines?(Repeated the same above question 😄)
4)Why private doctors won't prescribe generic medicines?
5) At what policy level you would like to make doctors to prescribe generic medicines?
6)What's the Medical tourism value in India?
7)Why Karnataka is lagging behind Medical tourism compared to Other Southern states?
8)Tell me three steps to enhance medical tourism?

Chairman sir -Hospitality in hospital and hospital in hospitality. Which one is good?

Thank you. Your Interview is over

Experience:
1)Duration : 30minutes discussion
2) Board was cordial and Chairman sir was fully engaged and actively listening till end.

Mocks taken:
Shubham Aggarwal sir from Vidyapeeth IAS(Highly recommended).Sankalp IAS (closest to the interview). Shankar IAS, India for IAS, Grace IAS, Insights IAS, IASbaba, Next IAS, Chanakya Mandal, SRIRAM IAS and others.

Peer to peer daily discussion -
Bharat IPS sir and Manoj.

Thank you all. Wish you all the very best 🙏

Hon'ble Sheel Vardhan Sir board , last to go in afternoon session

DAF - Oxfam 100 km trail walk, IIT, IRS(C), Teaching, Trading

Chairman Sir ( Mostly Poker Face mode )

1. So you have done 100 km trail walk, when did you do it ? Can you do it again ?

2. Have you done triathlon / Marathon ? Timings ?

3. Why the low contribution of customs in revenue?

4. Latest trends in Tech ?

M1 ( Serious mode )

1. You mentioned teaching , what is NIPUN Bharat ?

2. You used to earn X, now only Y in Service. Why ?

3. What are the issues in Indian startups ? Major highlights of IITX startups ?

M2 ( Smiling lady )

1. So Dubai had a Golden Visa , and the US brought Gold Visa. What is new about it ?

2. DRI is quite in the news ? What does it do ?

3. How can you use AI in Customs ?

4. How does DRI collect data ?

M3 ( A bit of grill mode )

1. So what did company Z do ?  What was your role? ( Told Algo trading role )

2. How do frauds happen via Algo trading ( Explained Front running , Spoofing)

3. I want to make 20k in 1 week in the options market ? What should I trade ?
( Asked investment size and liquidity constraints as clarification then he said jokingly man lo 10-15 lakh hai )

4. Which option to buy ? ( Call or Put )

5. When should I buy it ? Can I buy it tomorrow?

6. How do frauds happen in GST ( Explained ITC frauds )

7. What are we doing to curb it ? Why are we not able to control it ?

8. What will you do extra to curb it ? ( Took permission for a small pause and then answered the requirements of the resident director and physical KYC for suspicious firms )

9. Why are we not doing it ?

M4 ( Chill guy )

1 "Boss is always right" what do you mean by this ?

2. How many types of bosses are there ?

3. What type of boss did you get in your jobs ?

4. Some bosses keep procrastinating ? How will you handle it ?

5. You have been waiting the whole day for interview. What is the best time to give interview?
( Mentioned Circadian rhythm )

Again Chairman Sir ( In smiling mode )
So what will you do now after the interview ?

Doing Vipassana meditation helped a lot in remaining calm and controlled.

Mocks - One on Ones with Shivendra Sir from Vision ( Quite useful to cover daf )
One on one with Sri Ram Sir ( Though Sir might be strict and brutally honest about expected marks but helps a lot in being concise and handling pressure)

Mahesh Bhagwat Sir ( Helps in covering daf themes comprehensivly )

Samkalp, Chanakya Mandal, V&Reddy, V&Ravi, Vision ( Few Qs related to GST got repeated )

Name : madshark
Date : 7th March 2025, Afternoon, 3rd to go

Board : Preeti Sudan Mam

Keywords : Bareilly, Textile Technology, logistics firm, Vipassana meditation, PSIR, Uttar Pradesh

Time : ~25 mins

Chairperson
1. So you are from Bareilly? Tell me something about Bareilly
2. What is Bans Bareilly?
3. So you are a Textile engineer?
4. You worked at? It is delivery firm right?
5. What does the firm do?
6. Why did you resign?
7. Novel composition of phase change material. Tell me about this project
8. What are phase change materials?
9. Were you able to achieve the goal set in project?
10. Haven’t seen something like temperature regulating textiles. Are there any commercial applications?
11. So your work had nothing to do with the textile engineering?

Member 1 (lady)
Let’s talk about laws
1. 17 yrs old commits heinous crime. How law will do its trial - as juvenile or adult?
2. A 17 yr old couple in relationship including physical relation. What are provisions in law?
3. Father of girl files rape case. What will happen
4. What changes to be brought in law to avoid false case against boy?
5. I know it’s a complex situation, just want to know your views
6. Consider the boy is above 18 while girl below 18 what will happen in that case?
7. Will FIR be filed or now even if case is fraud?

Member 2
1. What is Islamic state?
2. Is Pakistan an Islamic state?
3. Is Bangladesh an Islamic state?
4. After whatever happened in Bangladesh recently, is it an Islamic state now?
5. You are sitting here giving interview, which Article of constitution gives power to UPSC?
6. What is anonymity in civil services? (Completely forgot and could not recall even after interruption by chairperson)
7. Trump is threatening to acquire Greenland? Why
8. How can Greenland be acquired?
9. Greenland belongs to which country as of now?

Member 3
1. Do you have knowledge of financial market?
2. What are mutual funds?
3. When investor invests in shares he gets share, what does he gets when he invests through mutual funds?
4. (Member expressed the issues of govt schools and native language provision in NEP), How can govt schools be improved overall as no one really wants to send their children there?
5. Despite huge fees parents are sending children to private schools, again want to know how we can make govt schools popular?
(Member focused again on this question, I answered again. Not sure whether he was satisfied with response)

Member 4
1. What is the difference between welfare measures and freebies?
2. Is ideology loosing its focus in elections and freebies taking over as dominant factor to win elections?
3. PM KISAN is welfare measures as it give opportunity to buy input of crops. How is giving women money a freebie or welfare measures?
4. Meaning of your surname, who were they?
5. So they are not related to Mahavira?
6. What are the types of meditation?
7. I am not asking what can be considered as meditation but what are different types of meditations in India?
8. Do you know transcendental meditation?

Feedback : Unlike last time, found the board to be cordial. This time members were more responsive to answers. (Can’t say about how they found my answers 😅)

Name - RS
Board- Honorable sheel Vardhan Sir
Date - 03/03/2025
Optional- Psychology
DAF Pointers- Rajasthan , non conventional energy, consultancy, advisory council, book reading
Chairperson sir
Read my DAF
- Suppose you have a younger brother how will you encourage him to read books and start journaling.. he has only interest in sports , no interest in academics, how will you convince him
- What is moonlighting, should civil servant allowed to do the same
- Discussion on ethical issues
- Lots of suicides happening, what kind of mental disorder youngsters are facing in our country and in the west
Member 1
- we have achieved so much in renewable energy still what are the challenges
- what's our target for the renewable energy
- what is suryaghar bijli yojna
- green hydrogen mission target
- overall challange and their solution
Member 2 (lady member very cordial and smiling face , continuously listening)
- Discussion on the textile sector of the country
- Challenge and 2 solution
- On my response she asked about GI tag and it's effect on branding
Member 3
- What was my work
- Views on ragging in college
- Why less women in IIT and IIMs
- Discussion on the reasons
Member 4
- Continuing the discussion from women empowerment
- What's the status
- Based on my response for financial independence what govt is doing
- Which engineering branch world you like to choose if given s chance and why
Chairperson sir
- Continuing discussion on women empowerment... What skills children must learn since childhood and what kind of education should be provided
- He added that boys should do household work from starting that will create change .. I agreed and added few points there
Sir wished all the very best .

My assessment: all members were smiling and listening
And it was kind of discussion on my response. Chairperson sir was adding points to my response. Overall great experience

Daily discussion with one interview appearing friend for speaking practice and newspaper discussion was more helpful for me
No mocks given

Thanks to all the mentors , got various insights from their respective groups

Thank you to this community for sharing transcripts
All the very best to everyone!

Board: Dinesh Dasa Sir.
Date 04/03/2025
Time: Afternoon session.

DAF Areas: Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering Anthropology, Sustainable Lifestyle, Telangana, NCC.

Chairman:
1. Introduce yourself
2. What are the three things that the Telangana Movement was fought for?
3. What is Kaleshwaram Project?
4. What is the issue with Kaleshwaram Project?
5. Why did tunnel collapse happen in Uttrakhand where around 42 people got trapped. Causes? How to prevent such incidents?

Member 1
1. What is sustainable living as per your opinion?
2. Do you force your actions upon the public in order to ensure sustainability?
3. What is the difference between tribes of NorthEast and Rest of India?
4. There are a wide variety of tribes in NE, each with distinct cultures, languages, traditions - if you are made the DM how will you enforce common laws.?
5. Common Laws vs Customary Laws? How to deal with conflict of both.

Member 2

1. What is the motto of NCC?
2. What are the three categories of things taught in NCC?
3. What did NCC teach you in your real life?
4. Why is Yamuna water polluted? What steps would you take to deal with it?
5. What is organic farming?
6. What steps would you take to develop the riverfront for Yamuna, just as the Sabarmati riverfront? Give 7 steps.

Member 3.

1. You are from a technical background, why is India not able to develop Social Media applications while other countries can?
2. Despite the government putting in a lot of money what is it not able to create successful startups and the startup ecosystem?
3. Do you think indians lack Scientific Temper, Are we only good at creating highly qualified clerks? Why are we not able to compete with other nations technically?

Member 4

1. What is National Digital Health Mission?
2. If you are made DM what steps will you take to implement it in your district.

Hon'ble Sheel Vardhan Sir board , last to go in afternoon session

DAF - Oxfam 100 km trail walk, IIT, IRS(C), Teaching, Trading

Chairman Sir ( Mostly Poker Face mode )

1. So you have done 100 km trail walk, when did you do it ? Can you do it again ?

2. Have you done triathlon / Marathon ? Timings ?

3. Why the low contribution of customs in revenue?

4. Latest trends in Tech ?

M1 ( Serious mode )

1. You mentioned teaching , what is NIPUN Bharat ?

2. You used to earn X, now only Y in Service. Why ?

3. What are the issues in Indian startups ? Major highlights of IITX startups ?

M2 ( Smiling lady )

1. So Dubai had a Golden Visa , and the US brought Gold Visa. What is new about it ?

2. DRI is quite in the news ? What does it do ?

3. How can you use AI in Customs ?

4. How does DRI collect data ?

M3 ( A bit of grill mode )

1. So what did company Z do ?  What was your role? ( Told Algo trading role )

2. How do frauds happen via Algo trading ( Explained Front running , Spoofing)

3. I want to make 20k in 1 week in the options market ? What should I trade ?
( Asked investment size and liquidity constraints as clarification then he said jokingly man lo 10-15 lakh hai )

4. Which option to buy ? ( Call or Put )

5. When should I buy it ? Can I buy it tomorrow?

6. How do frauds happen in GST ( Explained ITC frauds )

7. What are we doing to curb it ? Why are we not able to control it ?

8. What will you do extra to curb it ? ( Took permission for a small pause and then answered the requirements of the resident director and physical KYC for suspicious firms )

9. Why are we not doing it ?

M4 ( Chill guy )

1 "Boss is always right" what do you mean by this ?

2. How many types of bosses are there ?

3. What type of boss did you get in your jobs ?

4. Some bosses keep procrastinating ? How will you handle it ?

5. You have been waiting the whole day for interview. What is the best time to give interview?
( Mentioned Circadian rhythm )

Again Chairman Sir ( In smiling mode )
So what will you do now after the interview ?

Doing Vipassana meditation helped a lot in remaining calm and controlled.

Mocks - One on Ones with Shivendra Sir from Vision ( Quite useful to cover daf )
One on one with Sri Ram Sir ( Though Sir might be strict and brutally honest about expected marks but helps a lot in being concise and handling pressure)

Mahesh Bhagwat Sir ( Helps in covering daf themes comprehensivly )

Samkalp, Chanakya Mandal, V&Reddy, V&Ravi, Vision ( Few Qs related to GST got repeated )

Date 07/03/25
Board : Raj Shukla Sir
Keywords: Haryana, Physics Graduate, Geography Optional, Cricket, Stargazing, IRS IT
Chairman: Didn't ask anything except reading out the details of the DAF.
M1: Opinion on taxing Cryptocurrency under Income Tax Act.
Follow-up question on issue with Cryptocurrency.
Zodiac sign associated with Orion and the associated star.
M2: Random factual Question on Income Tax Act.
How will Cryptocurrency be taxed under the Act?
Forgetting 1-2 Questions.
M3: Why Geography Optional and not Physics. 2 3 counter questions on the same. Why didn't you pursue Physics as a career option?
M4: Given a chance where would you put India's location on global map. Counter Questions on the same about challanges due to Location.
Climate change related question and United States' anti-climate change stance.
Causes of inequality. Mentioned caste as one factor.
What if we pass a law to remove caste from today, will inequalities be eradicated. 1-2 counter questions.
Chairman sir signalled that the interview is over and you can go.
Utility of Mocks: good for your own practice.

Name- Racoon
Board- BB swain sir
Afternoon 3rd to go

DAF keywords- Hindi literature, Bonsai, Menstrual hygiene, Big cats

Interview room k bahar wait karte time andr snacks and coffee serve hui or mere phle vale bande k niklte hi within a minute mujhe andr bula liya matlb marks dene me zyda time nhi lgate😊

Chairperson-
1. aap bonsai bnate h, ye aapki hobby h lekin ye to plants k sath cruelty hui na. 
(Mene isse disagree karke answer diya or unhone bas yhi ek question pucha) 

M 1-( Lady member) 
1.menstrual hygiene campaign ko kese lead kiya?
2.ganv me to ladies ghunghat me rahti h aapne kese is topic par bat ki? 
3.Ye campaign kyu lead kiya? 
4. India ke Eastern coast par zyda cyclone kyu aate h? 
5. Recent ke kuch cyclone jo eastern coast par aaye ho
6. Aap kisi coastal district k DM ho or cyclone aa rha h kese handle kroge? 
7. Project tiger kyu start kiya? 
8. Aaj tiger population kya hai or project start kiya tab kya thi? 
9. Bhut pahle tiger population kya hua karti thi india me? 

M 2-
1. India Africa ke sath relation ache kyu nahi kar pa rha h? 
2. Africa ka pura utilize kese kre? 
3. Recent congo conflict kya hai? 
4. M23 kya h? 
5. Bonsai me wire ka kya use hota h? 
6. Kis kis plant k bonsai bnaye h aapne? 
7. Kis plant ka bonsai nhi bana skte? 

M 3-
1. Child labour ka problem kyu h? 
2. Ise kam krne ke liye kya kr skte h? 
3. Skill development or child labor ka relationship? 
4. NCDC ka child labour related koi initiative? 
5. Problems of urbanization in India
6. Why urban slums exist
7. Causes of poverty in india. 

M 4-
1. Tulsidas ne sab kuch Valmiki Ramayan se utha liya h, copy kiya h aap kya sochte ho? 
2. Bhagwan Ram ne Bali ko mara tha, suppose kro aap IPS officer ho to kon konse charges lgaoge Ram par? 
3. Ram ke alava Or kisi par charges lgaoge? 
( Mene Sugreev ka nam liya tabhi madam boli lekin isme eye witness to kon bnega or mene Hanuman ji ka nam le liya) 

4. Hanuman ji ko eye witness bnana conflict of interest nhi ho jayega, vo to Ram ka sath denge

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Name-maverik
4th interview
27feb ,3rd to go
Board -shukla sir
Daf-iit(ism)dhanbad, electrical engineering,cricket, IR (rest were not asked)
Chairperson
1.recently there is rise in cancel culture (referred to Sashi Tharoor case),then gave the long monologue related to it and asked finally how it is gonna work if we continue like this ,then how country will function
2.asked again a follow up question about rise in different ideology and how they can be brought together
M1.
1.msme definition,and follow up on utility ,what should be done
2.wrongly assumed me as mining engineering and said since you have done mining asked why mars is of red colour
3mediation act(said sorry)
Rest don't remember
M2.un and it's utility,should we abolish it
2.asked un peacekeeping success in last 10yrs ,2examples
3.freight equalisation policies and my views on it
4why organised crime in dhanbad....I started with mining but said it's available all over India so what's unique about it
5man ki bat...about pm 5person challenge initiative......but I was not aware of it ...said sorry ...they countered that don't u read newspapers...it was all over in news...

M3
1.quantum computing
2.critical minerals in ev
3.nuclear power...pros and cons
4.indias step in above...
5.composition of energy...
Rest don't remember
M4.
1.what is times out in cricket...referring to Angelo Mathews incident..
2.asked about what is the time limit...said sorry
3article related to peacekeeping in un charter...said sorry.
4 rare earth use ...5.rest don't remember...
Interview ended abruptly..... chairperson said thank you suddenly....I was hesitant about what to do...then just get up said thank you and start walking with little hesitant walk...




Overall...I believe I gave my all...don't have any regrets....now rest up to my kismattttt.

Name-
Key words- karnataka, cooking, journaling
Board- Raj Shukla sir
Date- 7th march
1. Large monologue on does judiciary delivered, various criticism about role of judiciary, your opinion on that.
2. Collegium system of appointment of judges, how it should be?
Members-
1. About popular and freebies, what is your opinion should it be propogated, has it any positives or its negative,
2. About cooking, why indian cuisine are not popular globally
3. Michelin star history
4. Why no Michelin star restaurant in india
5. How we can popularize indian cuisines globally?
6. Why other regions of karnataka not so well developed as bangalore, reasons, solutions
7. About freebies, women safety
8. If you become IPS officer then how will you ensure safety of women
9. amendments in criminal laws- in 2018 regarding ensuring safety of women
9. Godi media, is independent media exists in india, independent media does exists
10. How independence of media can be ensured?
11. Yours is gender neutral name, tell few gender neutral names

Date-17/03/2025

Daf: Tamilnadu , Tamil songs, physics, Psir, startups
Board: Sanjay Verma
Chairperson:
1.Evolution of tamil songs
2. Difference of music styles between msv , Ilayaraja and ar rahman
3. What is your fantasy?
4. Why do you want to leave your startup for bureaucracy?
5. What do you manufacture in startup?
Member 1:
1. Who is guru nanak?
2. What are his principles?
3. What can be applied to the present situation in india or world?
4. What is auroville?
5. Is such type of ideal society possible in real life?
Member 2:
1. What are the laws associated with startups?
2. Who is mgr? Is he a tamilian or non tamilian?
3. Why people adore him so much if he is not a tamil person?
4. Who is annadurai?
5. What are his contributions to tamil society?
Member 3:
1. What are your personal experiences in cycling?
2. How cycling can be useful in administration?
3. How your startups are funded?
4. Why is there a funding issue In startups?
5. Can foreign funds unfairly influence indian startups?
6. What are the problems faced by startups?

Member 4:
1. What is lagrange points?
2. What is negative matter?
3. What are the different type of cuisines between tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh?
4. How indian body types are different from western body types?
5. 3 international issues affecting the world at present

March 17 2025
3rd to go

Chairman :
1) when was the last time you jogged ?
2) isn't delhi roads suitable for Jogging
3) is india as a society stagnated because of its social norms.
4) greatest innovative idea for plastic waste management
5 ) why need of straws while
Drinking juice ?
6) are you not too young to be in rotary. Then I clarified it as Rotaract and spoke about Rotaract club.
7) world record in marathon .

Member 2 :
1)Malnutrition and India's status
2) provisions of nutrition based schemes.
3) safety of women in the current scenario .
4) smart City provisions
5)Is Coimbatore smart City and what where the projects sanctioned for Coimbatore smart City project.
6) can we claim no hunger status now .
7) SDG performance of India.

Member :
1) Hampi rape case event asked
2) Vishaka guidelines
3) suggestions
Asked 2 more data related I don't remember.

Member 4:
1) rupee controversy of Tamil Nadu .
2) your stand on ruppee controversy .
3) table tannis reverse spin rules asked.
4 ) current status of india in table tennis .

Member 5 :
1) gender budgeting
2) one flagship scheme that promoted women identity .
3) Important accountability tool for a treasurer and the same mechanism in india.
4) plastic waste measures done particularly in Nilgiri reserve area.

Again chairman :
1) asked about raisina dialogue .
2) ten countries that rule world
politics .

Your interview is over thank you .

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