Name - Ocean
Board - Dasa sir
DAF - Covid , Self reflective walk

Chairman -

Spoke out about me from DAF
1. What is difference and similarity between space walk and self reflective walk ?
2. 70 hr work statement - Do you agree ?
3. Why ?
4. You are PRO of Narayan Murthy , defend him ?

M1

1. You studied science in school , history and economics in graduation but opted PSIR as optional. Are not you very confused man. Why so ?
2. Issue between Telabgana and AP ?
3. 3 FARM Laws were good or bad?


M2 - Mam

1. What are future minerals?
2. Why they are called so ?
3. Relation between critical mineral and future mineral.
4. Your view on multilinguism ?
5. Is there any merit on 3 language policy ?
6. Is there any merit in Tamil Nadus stand ?
7. Biggest mistake of your life .

M3

1. Tell me about sagarmala project .
2. Projects completed under it.
3. How North East is a bridge in act east policy ?


M4 - Mam

1. When did you work in covid combat team and for how many month ?
2. What was your role?
3. Drain of wealth?
4. Deindustrialisation
5. Ambedkars view on exchange rate.

The entire board was very cordial , especially lady members. They kept on smiling. And..Chairman sir rarely looked at me after his interaction and was just noting down with his head down.

It was completely a different experience from the coaching mocks which we are used to...

Special thanks to -

1. MPOA for regular mocks
2. Forum IAS for mentorship , especially Aman sir

No of mocks given - Roughly 20

Utility - confidence building

Baki...I did my part and now it's all on God...

Date: 18 March 2025 (forenoon)

Board: Sheelvardhan sir (2nd to go)

Name: Megaman212

Key DAF details: Jharkhand, UP, Delhi, Noida, Ranchi, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Hansraj (DU), IITB, Anthro, Geology, IOCL, NGO, Basketball, NSS Rural Devt, Body Weight Exercise, Plogging, Seedballs

Questions asked:

M1
1. Welcome to this conversation
2. Jharkhand a lovely place but why high per capita mineral reserves but low per capita income? (historical reasons, elite capture)
3. Tell me what you think about sarna code of tribals?
4. Should we have multiple sarna codes - one for Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, etc?
5. What do you know about Birsa Munda?
6. Tell me about Kolhan rebellion?
7. Can you tell me what's special McLeodeganj?

M2 (lady)
1. Tell me about plogging? Do you use the plogging stick? How many people plog with you?
2. Since you're from IITB, do you know about the beach clean up in Mumbai?
3. What's the NGO you're part of? How did you migrate from geology to an NGO?
4. Tell me some tribal devt schemes?

M3
1. Is NSS a waste of time given that its there in college and school?
2. What did you do under Rural Devt wing of NSS?
3. Did you follow up with the work you did, whether there was on ground change in lives of villagers?
4. Tell me about burning coal mines of Jharkhand?

M4 (lady)
1. What are Seedballs? How many have you planted?
2. What's the cost and the germination rate?
3. Being from anthropology and geology background, how will you reconcile mining and tribal rights?
4. REE - what's the status in India, what are the issues associated with its production?

M5 (the stress test specialist)
1. US forcing us to buy it’s oil which will inc logistics cost, so is it in India’s interest to shift from Gulf & Russian oil?
2. But US smartly giving us low quality oil and keeping their better stocks as well as importing from Latin America, what should India do in its national interest?
3. Can India go for self sufficiency in oil sector?
4. You talked about Birsa Munda... there is someone who captained Olympic Gold winning hockey team in 1928, can you name him?
5. Where did he learn hockey from?
6. Tell me about the Niyamgiri incident involving Vedanta?
7. How will you promote Body Weight Exercise in rural areas?

Experience:
1. Atleast 2 questions I was stopped in between (unknown why)
2. Atleast 2 questions I expanded answer beyond the demand
3. Atleast 2 instances of light humour
4. Could’ve done better, but answers given were full of value addition, so I’m rating myself 6.5/10
5. Pre PT routine - did 3 newspapers & PIB of previous day, heard motivational audio note from khan sir, 30 min pranayam, fruit juice for energy, washroom mirror practice for warm up
6. >20 mocks of which best were at Vajirao, Samkalp, NextIAS
7. >10 O2O of which best were Utkarsh Shukla sir, Sajal Sir, & Mahesh Bhagwat sir

#Sharing_is_caring
#SabHongeKaamyab

Daf keywords: anime, sociology, mock un, telangana , uppal, Hyderabad, memes, badminton, reflective journaling , essay -stayfree, public administration
18 march
Board: sheelvardhan sir, 4th to go

1. What is this ….. ? (Never heard that word). You watch anime, didn’t you watch dragon balls? (No sir)
2. What is manga?
3. Is it read from right to left or left to right? ( dont know)
4. Is there any script read from right to left?
5. What is language?
6.what is script?
7. Can we write languages in other scripts?
8. Which script is used for Sanskrit?
9. What is dialect?
10. What is protestant ethics?
11.You did mock un, what was your role? And why did you choose that role? (Greta thunberg)
12.Do you think her way of protest is good?

13.What is reflective journaling?regularly you do it?
14.did it help you anyway?
15.You come from uppal, tell me something special about it.
16.Your state has world heritage site, what is it? (Ramappa temple)
17.Tell me about it, have you been there?
18.Ok your city has many scientific institutes ( keyword from my answer), which scientific development do you think much important for the development of india? (Said every institute no tell one institute, said ccmb i was unable to think then)
19.Why? What major development it did? ( said covid19 vaccine)
20.Before that? ( dont know)
21.Is deccan climate different from other parts of india?
22.What is the importance of Hyderabad integration into indian nation ( said something about history, he asked contemporary relevance, said unity in diversity- ganga yamuna tahzeeb)
23.Chairman interrupted , are you sure? Ganga yamuna tahzeeb is awadh culture not deccani culture, i said but sir it reflects the same culture, no no ganga yamuna is in north india no where to telangana! I said Ok sir sorry sir)
24.What was your essay about?
25.Should we give menstrual leave?
26.What memes you make?
27.Can you tell us one?
28.Any social memes?
29.Does it take longer time to make?
30.What is anime? Ok ok chairman sir already asked you
31.Except pv sindhu, saina nehwal tell me three female badminton players from Hyderabad (dont know)
32.What mirror reflects? What do you reflect in your journaling? Tell me in one word? He only told your “ inner core”
33.What did you find in your inner core?
34.If you want to inspire your district girls by being a role model how will you do it?
35. Administration came from which word? ( dont know , he answered)
36. How will you administer if you are made DM of backward district?

Name -
Date-18 March
Board - Sheelvardhan sir (First to go)
DAF -Computer engineering,Mumbai,teaching(U and I),PSIR,Helpage India,Think and learn challenge

Wished them Good morning

Chairman Sir - Welcome to the discussion

1. Why do Indians have discipline in private spaces but not so in public spaces what can be done.Sir discussed Indore example
2. Tell me the features of good governance.
3. How will you explain meaning of computer to 10 year old child
4. Discussed civic society led cleanliness of Mumbai’s beaches

M1 Mam

1.Asked about Pm Modi’s recent podcast and international relations aspect in it.
2. What did you learn from cricket
3.Discussed about how cricket is related to fairness


M2 -Sir

1. How can pollution in urban areas be tackled
2. If we remove industries from urban areas what wil be its consequences
3. Tell the percentage pf forest area required for urban areas.
4.Who were the students you were teaching in Ngo
5. How were the volunteers trained and asked if there was any assessment of students?

M3 Mam

1. Tell me relation between governance and politics
2. How can we reconcile if good governance is bad politics
3.What can civil servant do if good governance is bad politics and how will the relationship with executive be in that case.
4.Tell me 4 good things and 4 bad things about Mumbai
5.How will you solve the bad things?
6.What does helpage India do and was your association only for particular time.

M4 - Sir

1. Tell me how can we learn except thinking.
2. In experience based learning also we have to think
3. What was last time Indian national got noble in science
4. Why so many years no noble
5. What can be done to enhance research in India.Why so low research
6.What changes have been brought up through the New education policy to promote research
7.Tell the name of India’s best spinner who never played for India
8.So who are your 4 favourite spinners?Why no kumble?Sir Joking about how kumble belongs to older generation.

The entire board was very cordial and smiling.

name— anything date of interview—-18/03/2025 Board- suman sharma maam keywords——-Mbbs, bihar, work at aiims(jharkhand), promoting health awareness, psir optional, as volunteer in a conference chairperson
why india is called pharmacy of the world?
tell some names of pharma companies of india?

why india is lagging in manufacturing? external and internal reasons


what is malacca dilemma ?

is gwadar port a commercial port?
member 1 ( lady member)
what is the status of health awareness in jharkhand?


what are common disabilities in the region?


why people are not volunteering now a days?
opinion on vegan vs non vegan debate?
member 2
why civil services?


isnt it that you have wasted so much year of life in studying mbbs?


how will use it in say when posted in fisheries department?


what is green credit?
member 3
what is blue economy?

what do you mean by sustainable use? is using 50 out of 100 available resources and leave rest for next generation is sustainable?


what is difference between green economy and blue economy?

what are other colours of economy?
member 4(lady member)
do you think your training in medicine can anyway hamper your work as civil servant?


tell me one weakness of yours?


why bihar is a backward state?

is caste violence still in bihar?


what is your opinion about aasha workers and their demands?


suppose you are health secretary....what parameters will you use to regularise them?


why govt. is not regularising them?


what is one area you will like to focus in your district? took 7-8 mocks all were useful in some way. one to one at smartworks lab by anupam jain sir helped in refining answers in daf related areas.

Name:
Board : sheel vardhan sir
Date : 18/03/2025
DAF: Tamil literature , farming ,cooking,Mime, Engineering background,Tamilnadu

Chairman:
1.apart from neighbours what is the factors to maintain relationship with other nation.
2.Name 3 friendly nations and 3 unfriendly nations of India (except our neighbour)
3 . Economically developed nations in Africa
Some questions i forget


Member 1:
1 .your literature student tell me about thirukurral and quote a thirukural
2.three writers you liked from tamil and why you like them
3. what you cook at home
4 you have irritated or unirrigated land
5 what kind of crops you cultivate in your farm


Member 2
1 . Suggest alternation crops for unirrigated land
2. Suggest Efficient method of irrigation in dryland
3.why tamil people eat curd at the end of the meal
4.tell me the benefit of eating curd
5 how you cook tapioco either you eat it in raw or cooked
6 salt resistant variety cultivate in coastal region of tamilnadu


Member 3
1. Tell me about national education policy
2.tell about Hindi
3 . tell me about recently tamilnadu cm announcement regarding 1 million cash price for deciphering ivc script
4 which mime artist is best in the world


Member 4
1 name some movies acted by Charlie Chaplin
,he himself suggest some movies
2. Tell me some thirukural about administrator and administration
3. Thiruvalluvar talks about corruption by civil servant .what's your view
4. Every one said zero tolerance towards corruption then how it could be achieved
5. Famous mathemetican from nation
6. Ask specifically from my state
7. Wher ramanujan studied
8. What percentage mark ramanujan get
9. In what subject he is specialized

Name - Avdhut Bhosale
Board - Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir
Date - 7th March (Morning), 4th to go
Keywords from DAF - Satara (Maharashtra), Supply Chain Management, Hiking, Street Play, Deccan Education Society
Medium - English (Questions asked in both Hindi and English)

Chairman

1. Aayiye Bhosale Sahab, aapse pehle Shinde Sahab aaye the. Jaante ho kya, kab mile, etc.?


2. How is sugarcane cultivation doing in Satara?


3. What are the main issues affecting sugarcane productivity?


4. As a District Magistrate, what steps would you take to improve sugarcane productivity?


5. (Long monologue) India’s agricultural productivity is quite low compared to China, where it is 3 to 4 times higher. What do you think are the main reasons for this?


6. (Monologue) Cooperative farming has been successful in many countries, but India has struggled to adopt it effectively. Why do you think this is the case?



M1

1. If you had to choose one neighboring country (except Bhutan) to improve relations with, which one would it be?


2. (I said Pakistan.) Suppose you are appointed as India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan. What steps would you take to improve bilateral relations?


3. (I mentioned stopping terrorism and ceasefire.) Why do you think Pakistan would comply with your demands?


4. (I said development assistance.) Do you believe terrorism should be non-negotiable? Why would you bargain on this issue?


5. (The panelist provided additional suggestions for improving relations with Pakistan.)


6. You graduated in 2019. What have you been doing since then—only preparing for the Civil Services?


7. What is happening in Myanmar currently?


8. What is Myanmar’s significance for India? (The panelist also elaborated on its importance.)


9. Which policy approach would you use to address the situation in Myanmar?



M2

1. What are IB (Intelligence Bureau) and RAW (Research and Analysis Wing)? From which cadre do people join these organizations, and what are their roles?


2. What is happening in Balochistan?


3. What is India’s stance on this issue? Should India ignore neighborhood conflicts while aspiring to become a Vishwaguru and a global superpower?


4. Suppose you are the Chief of RAW, and you receive orders to counter increasing terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir by conducting operations in Balochistan. How would you respond?



M3

1. Who founded the Deccan Education Society?


2. What is its significance?


3. What is Health-Seeking Behavior?


4. It is said that Indians lack health-seeking behavior. As a District Magistrate, what measures would you take to promote it?


5. What is a supply chain?


6. What is the China Plus One strategy?


7. How can India benefit from it? What steps should India take to attract more investment?



M4

1. Tell me about three beautiful places you have visited for hiking.


2. What is the significance of Raigad Fort?


3. In which year did the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj take place at Raigad?


4. Recently, which street plays have you performed in?


5. How do street plays work?


6. What was your role in the street play? Can you share some of your dialogues?


Chairman Again
1. Would you like to ask us anything?


2. If you have put in significant effort on a particular subject that we haven’t covered, please feel free to share it with us.

Name:- Sisyphus Albert Camus (Maharashtra)
Date :- 18/03/2025, Afternoon
Board:- Suman Sharma mam (Once again 🫡)
DAF Key words:- Realistic movies (other things were not asked- Metallurgy, Ghazals, reading etc.)

Chairperson

•Social media flooding with misinformation - what steps has government taken ? Meta has taken some steps, do you know ? Will it lead to misinformation or limit it ? Fact check unit of PIB ? What is current status ? Why it was discontinued ?
• Telecommunication act 2023, provisions related ? Allocation of spectrum ?Administrative spectrum ? Why companies are protesting against starlink spectrum allocation ?
• what is the future of hydrogen gas based vehicles in India ? Why grey hydrogen is problem ?
Do movies influence society or society influence movies ?


M1 (Lady Member) :-
• Any women only police station in Maharashtra ? There is one in Tamilnadu, a woman went to regular police station to file FIR but she was asked to go in Women only police station ? What do you think about it ? Are male officers not sensitive to women complainants ? What can we do to sensitise them ?
•Defend the statement - "With ongoing Israel Hamas conflict and Ukraine Russia conflict, UN has failed"
•PIL has been called a misstep, what is your view ?


M2:-
•Judiciary has been overstepping, what is your view ? Is there any constitutional mechanism to curb judicial overreach ? (I said parliament can bring in statute or amend constitution to change prevent if there is overreach) In which recent case the has this been done, where parliament changed the judgement ? (CEC Case)
•what is the status of Tibet region ? Should india try to raise Tibet problem with china like they have done in Kashmir ?


M3 :-
•Is GHG emissions completely zero in Green H2 production? What is white Hydrogen ?
•What is POSH ? Is it only for unorganised sector ? What are mechanisms against sexual harrasment in unorganised sector ? Do we need to protect women in unorganised sector ?
•What is Current account deficit? What are the ways to finance it ? Can financing create jobs ? It is good for the country, why don't you think so ? Effect of CAD on country ? What is its effect on foreign exchange ?


M4 (Lady Member) :-
•What is EPFO ? What are its provisions? Who makes the contribution ? Is it only for specific industry or for all in unorganised sector ? Few questions not able to recollect !

P.S. :- very serious board, without exchange of smiles ! 😁


Thank you all for sharing the transcripts!

Daf keywords: anime, sociology, mock un, telangana , uppal, Hyderabad, memes, badminton, reflective journaling , essay -stayfree, public administration
18 march
Board: sheelvardhan sir, 4th to go

1. What is this ….. ? (Never heard that word). You watch anime, didn’t you watch dragon balls? (No sir)
2. What is manga?
3. Is it read from right to left or left to right? ( dont know)
4. Is there any script read from right to left?
5. What is language?
6.what is script?
7. Can we write languages in other scripts?
8. Which script is used for Sanskrit?
9. What is dialect?
10. What is protestant ethics?
11.You did mock un, what was your role? And why did you choose that role? (Greta thunberg)
12.Do you think her way of protest is good?

13.What is reflective journaling?regularly you do it?
14.did it help you anyway?
15.You come from uppal, tell me something special about it.
16.Your state has world heritage site, what is it? (Ramappa temple)
17.Tell me about it, have you been there?
18.Ok your city has many scientific institutes ( keyword from my answer), which scientific development do you think much important for the development of india? (Said every institute no tell one institute, said ccmb i was unable to think then)
19.Why? What major development it did? ( said covid19 vaccine)
20.Before that? ( dont know)
21.Is deccan climate different from other parts of india?
22.What is the importance of Hyderabad integration into indian nation ( said something about history, he asked contemporary relevance, said unity in diversity- ganga yamuna tahzeeb)
23.Chairman interrupted , are you sure? Ganga yamuna tahzeeb is awadh culture not deccani culture, i said but sir it reflects the same culture, no no ganga yamuna is in north india no where to telangana! I said Ok sir sorry sir)
24.What was your essay about?
25.Should we give menstrual leave?
26.What memes you make?
27.Can you tell us one?
28.Any social memes?
29.Does it take longer time to make?
30.What is anime? Ok ok chairman sir already asked you
31.Except pv sindhu, saina nehwal tell me three female badminton players from Hyderabad (dont know)
32.What mirror reflects? What do you reflect in your journaling? Tell me in one word? He only told your “ inner core”
33.What did you find in your inner core?
34.If you want to inspire your district girls by being a role model how will you do it?
35. Administration came from which word? ( dont know , he answered)
36. How will you administer if you are made DM of backward district?

ID :- Namra
Board :- Suman Sharma
Daf :- irrelevant since it is Suman Sharma
Date :- 19th March (morning 1st to go)

CP
If netaji was pm what would change
2 low hanging fruit from Rajasthan you would target
What statements has trump made which are detrimental to environment
M2
Do you think defence budget is enough. What would you do? (Full grilling)
M3
Rural health care tech based solutions(full grilling)
M4
What’s biggest problem in our economy?
Do you think skilling is issue?
How would you boost rural employment?
Why is education sector not producing talented labour
M5
What qualities needed in policemen
What do you understand by “himalaya no longer defense as rhey used to be”
What do you understand by gandhian concept of self sufficient village. Is it working or not working?

Date of interview- 19 March
Board: Dr Dinesh Dasa Sir
Daf: philosophy optional, jharkhand state, bharatnatyam

Chairman: 1)Please introduce yourself
2) How is philosophy relevant in today's data driven world
3) How philosophical teachings affected national movement and how it has over the time influenced foreign policy

Member:1 1) Tell me about RTE
2) Should RTE be extended till the age of 18
3) How indian philosophy promotes equality

Member 2
1) Why is Jharkhand suffering inspite of Tata and Bokaro steel
2) Why other states doing better
3) Which state is Bharatnatyam from
4) Difference between kathak and Kathakali
5) Why smart phones are smart?

Member 3
1) Naxal areas in Jharkhand (number and particular hotspots. His focus was on particular areas not district)
2) How did you get admission in Du?
3) Was the previous system better or is the current entrance based system is better and why
4) Why difference in boards

Member 4
1) Tell me something about Madhubani painting
2) Have you heard about DEI?
3) Which articles of the constitution promotes non discrimination
4) Can you draw parallels between DEI andArticle 15-8. Are they same? How are they different?

I apologise I am forgetting 1-2 questions.
Overall experience: Mostly Daf and opinion based. Board was very cordial. Made me comfortable in the beginning. The whole interview felt like a discussion. BOARD was very patient and listened to all that i Had to say.

Date - 19/03/2025
Chairperson - sheelvardhan sir, 3rd to go (forenoon session)
DAF - Chartered Accountant, Podcast and books on Ramayana, NGO on food distribution, sprint
Chairperson sir
Chairman sir said - Let's have some good conversation.
1. Since you watch podcasts, who are influencers?
2. Has it become a separate profession.
3. Who are anti influencers
I was not aware so the chairman sir explained it and asked 4. if it is a profession
On the basis of the description he gave, I said that it is an unethical profession.
5. He gave one more example and asked don't you think it is bad and is it a profession.
6. He asked what action will you take against such persons?
M -1 (lady member)
1. Reasons for fraud happening in the corporate markets and auditor's involvement
2. Steps to curb it
3. Status of India in sprinting
4. What can be done to improve it
5. Asked about India's best time in sprinting
M -2
1. What are the pros and cons of e commerce (I mentioned one of the cons as the effects of anti influencers)
2. What is digital arrest and what section of society does it impact
3. What action needs to be taken to curb it
M -3
1. Similar score in Bcom and CA - asked to analyze it
2. Name of the books on Ramayana that I have read
3. What should be kept in mind while reading it
4. How does they guide you in your personal life
5. A lot of characters which are negative, how can we learn positive things
M -4 (lady member)
1. Asked about the NGO I was involved in
2. What motivated me to join it
3. Status of India in SDGs
4. Pradhan mantri Garib Kalyan Anna yojana
Chairman sir said, Thank you, your interview is over

The Earth
Date: 19 March 2025
Forenoon session 1st to go
Board : Honorable Dinesh Dasa Sir
DAF: Horticulture, Agriculture, Karnataka,Kolar

Chairman:
Good morning, How are you ?
From which part of India you come from?

You are an horticulturist with agriculture optional. That sounds good. Even I'm horticulturist.

1. Okay imagine we are in 2035, What are the three agricultural reforms do you think we should work on ?
2. Do you think budget allocation for agriculture must be improved?
3. Government has come up with establishment of new colleges and universities of agriculture and Horticulture just to bring skilled workforce in agriculture. Then why agriculture graduates are not taking up agri as a profession?
4. When compared to India, China leads in agriculture sector too , why and what we can learn from China ?

M1:
1. What is GeM ?
2. Anyway you'll not be in final list, tell me the loopholes in the GeM.
3. What are the proposed features in National Policy on Agriculture?
4. What is the Horticulture potential of your district?

M2(Lady)
1. Do you support GM Technology in Cotton ?
2. But it's been said that oil is extracted from the gm cotton is used in packed foods , then too will you support it ?
3. Article 17 ?
4. Do you think still we need laws to protect against untouchability even after 75 years of independence?
5. What is manual scavenging?
6. Did you read yesterday newspaper? What was the issue related to manual scavenging?
7. If you are a DM, how would you eliminate manual scavenging in your district?

M3
1. Already goverment is doing many things in agriculture sector, they will bring new schemes in agriculture year by year , but still why agriculture problems are unsolved?
2. Recently Government of Karnataka has brought two acts related to gig economy and domicile employment.
What's the status of that?
3. Is regulation needed in gig sector ?
4. What's your stance on domicile employment?
5. What is the order of Supreme Court over it ?

M4(lady)
1. Oh you come from Golden City of India, tell me where the deepest gold mine located?
2. Where are the other gold production areas in India apart from your region?
3. What is decentralisation?
4. When we have already state and central government in place, do we need it again ?
5. Any constitutional provisions relating to it ?
6. Why decentralisation is needed ?
7. Hindrances in its implementation?
8. As you said , Karnataka leads in Panchayat Devolution Index, What makes it leading ?


Chairman Sir - Your interview is over.


Overall experience - amazing and it's too different than other mocks , cordial environment.

Panel mocks - Vajiram, Sankalp, OnlyIAS, NextIAS, Grace IAS, Samutkarsh IAS, India4IAS.

One to One : Mahesh Bhagwat Sir ( covered DAF holistically), Ravindran Sir , Shubham Sir(Vidyapeeth), Satyam Jain Sir.

Fruitful Discussions & doubt clearances with Jorben Sir& Sri Hari Sir.


I'm thankful for each and everyone who contributed to my preparation one or the other way.

Name: HawkeyedHuman404
Date of Interview: 19th March
Board: Suman Sharma Ma’am
Board 3- 3rd to go
2nd attempt, 1st interview

DAF Keywords: Electrical Engineering, trekking, President- Drama & Film Society, Assam, North East


Big room and half the space occupies the roundtable.

Asked for permission to enter. Greeted everyone (Chair + 2 lady + 2 gentleman)

Chairperson: Might have noticed me in a nervous state. Read my name, district, state and degree subject to make me calm down.

1. So many discoms facing losses? Why can’t we have private discoms?
2. Benefits of having multiple discoms? Impact on consumers?
3. Power exchanges in India?
4. How power exchanges can improve functions of discom?
5. What is your opinion on surrogacy in India?
6. There is so much poverty in India, huge no of women would be in que?
7. How you want to regulate surrogacy?

M1: (very soft spoken lady and frequent cross questioning)
1. Long monologue on child adoption. Why so much delay in India? What are provisions? (mentioned CARA & DM’s told)
2. But why DM has to look into these matters? Don’t you think it’s an unnecessary burden of DM?
3. How can we reduce the delay in adoption process?
4. Difference between roles of DM & DC?
5. Are they same everywhere?
6. Some of security issues are civic in nature. Don’t you think granting L&O powers entirely in police may affect governance? ( earlier mentioned role of human trafficking networks in misusing adoption practices)
7. Training of IAS & IPS are also different. Isn’t it? ( told her about sensitive & empathetic policing practices)
8. Why all prefer IAS over IPS? What is your choice?
9. What are the things you look into before planning a trek?
10. How do you prepare yourself?

M2 (Had already written questions of paper. Strict gentleman)

1. Relations between fiscal deficit and trade deficit? 3-4 minutes discussion and bit grilling.
2. Does PoSH apply to unorganised sector?

M3. ( had already written questions)

1. Insurgency in North East? Reasons?
( stopped me midway after he heard “alienation” - I replied with humility- “perception of alienation”)
2. Significant steps to curb insurgency?
3. How is Bodoland now?
4. Jurisdiction of BTC (Bodoland Territorial Council)
5. Does it come under constitutional framework?
6.How 5th schedule and 6th schedule provisions are different?
7. How can you bring investment to north east? Steps taken?
8. All investments by private sector mostly remain on paper. Anything on ground?
9. NE is filled with forest and biodiversity. What’s weightage for criteria of forest in Finance commissions devolution?
10. Demand of states for more funds? Reasons?
11. Your recommendation?
12. Are you aware about present Terms of References?
( told him that though it’s already there, weightage of demographic performance can be enhanced)

M4: (Soft spoken lady- started with “We’re going to a completely different direction now!”)

1. Have you heard about widows of Vrindavan?
2. What these issues signify?
3. How can we improve their conditions?
4. Why there is so much of Singham1-2-3, why people want to watch these movies so much?
5. That means our criminal justice system is corrupt?


Overall experience: very relaxed atmosphere and I felt they tried to bring the best in me. Patiently listened to every answer even though I took brief pauses in some answers.

Mocks: 8
O2O: 2

My 2 cents: Keep an open mind and be grateful. It’ll boost your performance. Never in last 3 months I thought about answering questions on adoption, surrogacy, widowhood. Luckily I could remember some points.

Be happy, be good. All the best and thanks to the community for support! 🫶🏼

Name: phoenixunleashed1708
Date of Interview: 17-03-2025
Board: Sanjay Verma Sir
Optional: Anthropology
DAF: Football, Irrigation Department job (civil engineer), IIT, Meditation,

Anthropology
1. Analyse the current issue of Tamil Nadu over Three Language formula. What can be the way forward?
2. What is the utility of anthropology for administrators?

Job: Irrigation Department
1. Tunnel collapse in Srisailam Left Bank canal. What are the reasons for it? What are the learnings from the issue? Is there any government scheme related to these?
2. Why do you think there is corruption in government departments? Is there corruption in Irrigation Department?
3. Output-Outcome framework. What is it? Can you illustrate in your field?
4. Have you heard about the Namami Gange project? What are its features?
5. Why civil services after having been associated for so many years?

IIT
1. Do you think opening so many IITs will dilute the brand of IIT?
2. IITs are offering so many other courses like MBA, etc. Do you think it is right, given IITs specialize in technical education?
3. History of IIT Kharagpur - why Kharagpur was chosen as site of IIT?
4. What is Kharagpur famous for apart from IIT?

Football?
1. How many referees in football?
2. How much does a player run in football? How much does a referee run?
3. Who is the most famous Indian footballer? Do you know Chunni Goswami? Can you compare the two?
4. You are cricket team captain, not performing well. Team is going for series. Will you step down as captain/player?

Meditation
1. You practice meditation. What type of meditation? How does it help you?

Overall, the board was cordial. The questions were mostly DAF based.

19/03/2025
Name :- गरुड़
Board - Sheel Vardhan sir
2nd to go afternoon shift

Daf- hindi and urdu poetry, quizzing, Delhi, voting system, corporate, blood donation.

Chairman sir (excited)
1. You read poetry. Tell me about what bahadur shah Zafar wrote about his situation in Rangoon.
2. Your favourite poet? Where was he born?
3. Tell me why is Ramdhari Singh Dinkar called Rashtrakavi
4. About other contemporary poets?
5. About social media as a platform? Do you know about the origin of instagram?
6. Is social media fake? Your opinion.
7. A law which you would like to remove
Thank you

Member 1 (Lady - smiling)
1. You made a project regarding the voting system in college. Can it be implemented in India? If not why.
2. You were a part of your placement cell in college. Tell me what your role was. How did you manage it.

Member 2 (sir- disinterested)
1. You have studied about imaging.
(No sir I have not)
Still went on to ask two questions about it lol.
2. Tell me about blood groups. What is the Rh factor?
3. Ok it seems that imaging is not your strong area. You've done quizzing, name a few quizmasters from India.
Thank you

Member 3 (sir-excited)
1. A quote on poetry by Wordsworth. Do you think it's true?
2. Nowadays poetry is being skewed more towards profit orientation. Your views?

Member 4 (lady- blank expression)
1. Tell me about a few events that have happened recently.
2. Should zelensky trust putin?
3. Tell me about 3 books you've read recently. What did you learn from them.

Thank you

Overall I felt I performed the worst on the questions posed by chairman sir. The rest was decent.

I felt it could've gone a lot better and was miserable but then while writing the transcript I realised that it wasn't as bad as I felt.

Thanks a lot to everyone in the group. It was my first attempt so I feel I have a lot to learn. I met some great people in the central hall. I hope everyone makes it, even if it's before me.
Whatever happens, happens for good.
All the best :))

Name - KL
Date - 19th March Afternoon session 3rd to go
Board Name - Sheel Vardhan Sir
Round table arrangement 2 Females
DAF Keywords - Geography optional and graduation, Water conservation essay, Disaster management club in college, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule University, Podcasts, Cricket, Uttar Pradesh
Chairperson - Very Good Afternoon and take your seat Mr.
Which is your favourite part from geography - physical, political, economic and then I said physical geography.
If god is about to destroy the whole earth and he chooses you to select one thing which you can save for this humanity then what will you choose from physical geography
Then he asked why uttrakhand is prone to disasters.
M1 (F) - Asked something about my district and famous poet from it
Asked his famous work.
Asked about water conservation how we can do it
Asked about why we are facing this issue
Asked about Jyotiba Phule and relevance of his work
M2(M) - Asked about rock cycle
Asked about environmental stress
Asked about threats to coastal areaz from disasters
Asked what are the recent disasters that have occurred
Rest not able to recall
M3(M)- Asked about resilience and who has most resilience
Asked about me are you a resilient person and asked an example where I had shown resilience
Asked about why India lost the test series against New Zealand by 3-0
Then Asked which is the most beautiful country in this world
Then again asked which is the 2nd most beautiful country in this world
Then again give me one more chance to change my answer on the 2nd most beautiful country question and then some lighter moments
M4( F) - Asked about podcast why do you listen and what podcasts you have listened to.
Then Asked if I had seen the recent podcast of PM or not
Then Asked about Arctic Ocean - threats, opportunities
Connected the previous question to Greenland and Trump's idea of acquiring it.
After this Chairperson said Thank you And your interview is over.
Overall Board was very cordial and they listened to my answers patiently
Atmosphere was very relaxed and no one was poker faced and everyone was passing smiles
Let's hope for the best.

Name - KL
Date - 19th March Afternoon session 3rd to go
Board Name - Sheel Vardhan Sir
Round table arrangement 2 Females
DAF Keywords - Geography optional and graduation, Water conservation essay, Disaster management club in college, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule University, Podcasts, Cricket, Uttar Pradesh
Chairperson - Very Good Afternoon and take your seat Mr.
Which is your favourite part from geography - physical, political, economic and then I said physical geography.
If god is about to destroy the whole earth and he chooses you to select one thing which you can save for this humanity then what will you choose from physical geography
Then he asked why uttrakhand is prone to disasters.
M1 (F) - Asked something about my district and famous poet from it
Asked his famous work.
Asked about water conservation how we can do it
Asked about why we are facing this issue
Asked about Jyotiba Phule and relevance of his work
M2(M) - Asked about rock cycle
Asked about environmental stress
Asked about threats to coastal areaz from disasters
Asked what are the recent disasters that have occurred
Rest not able to recall
M3(M)- Asked about resilience and who has most resilience
Asked about me are you a resilient person and asked an example where I had shown resilience
Asked about why India lost the test series against New Zealand by 3-0
Then Asked which is the most beautiful country in this world
Then again asked which is the 2nd most beautiful country in this world
Then again give me one more chance to change my answer on the 2nd most beautiful country question and then some lighter moments
M4( F) - Asked about podcast why do you listen and what podcasts you have listened to.
Then Asked if I had seen the recent podcast of PM or not
Then Asked about Arctic Ocean - threats, opportunities
Connected the previous question to Greenland and Trump's idea of acquiring it.
After this Chairperson said Thank you And your interview is over.
Overall Board was very cordial and they listened to my answers patiently
Atmosphere was very relaxed and no one was poker faced and everyone was passing smiles
Let's hope for the best.

19/03/25
Name : RaziaSultan
Board : Sanjay Verma Sir
Third to go, Forenoon session

DAF : PCOS, Singing bollywood songs, Roller skating, Pune, Anthropology

Chairman
Welcome, have a seat
1. Tell me the news in last 48 hours
Two good ones on sociology/society and 2 that upset you. Similarly for Economics
2. Tell me 3 great mass movements
3. Feminist movement, which phase did you like the most and why?
4. Name a feminist
5. A feminist from present
6. Bollywood song where the characters are roller skating.

M1
1. NEP issue, views
2. Follow up : Why don't we keep only 2 langauges what's the point of 3?
3. What can be a link language that would bridge the language barrier between North and South?
4. India has been very slow when it comes to sending spacecrafts. Then he said the spacecrafts of India are very slow compared to others. What do you think? Some follow ups can't recall.


M2
1. Surrogacy in India. Ethical issues, what to do about it?
2. Link Anthropology with Criminal investigation. A few follow ups.
3. Forgetting one more question


M3
1. Who is Gayatri Chakravarty. She received an award recently. What is the name of the award?
2. What is Performance budget?
3. If a certain sector is allocated a budget and if the budget is completely utilised. Can we say that the project was successful?
4. What are the problems with expecting mothers in India. Is there any scheme for it?
Follow up : How do we treat Post partum depression?
Be specific and tell me about the steps that you would take.
5. You have lived in Pune and Delhi both, what difference did you feel?
Some follow ups. Not relevant


M4
1. 'Jugaad'. You must have heard this word. What does it mean?
2. Jugaad runs in the blood of all Indians. Yet why are we not performing well on Innovation index?
3. You have done some research on PCOS. What was the outcome? What is the reason behind this issue? Why is it so prevalent? How do we solve it?
4. Your native place is Ghaziabad. Do you know the concept of NCR? Is the concept failing? Follow ups


Chairman
You have lived a decent life till now, you must have learnt a lot. Tell me one life lesson that you feel is closest to you.


Mocks taken -> ~10
O2O with Abhinandan sir, Ravindran sir, Utkarsh Sir, Satyam Jain sir

Date - 6 march
Board- Raj Shukla Sir
DAF Keywords- Delhi, computer science, football, agriculture, blockchain and machine learning


Chairman -
- I see you're from Delhi and a football enthusiast. Football isn't as popular as cricket in India. Why do you think so?
- recently many video are floating on social media about the poor image of india? reason behind that?
- rise of Artificial Intelligence globally, what role do you see India playing in AI governance?
- Why is agriculture called the backbone of the Indian economy even when its GDP share is decreasing?
- What is digital agriculture ? Do you think there is a need to integrate computer science and agriculture? How?
Here sir wants to hear about Open Source Digital Public Infrastructure for Agriculture.

Member 1
- Question related to sunita williams and his ancestral home in india?
- Blockchain in simple terms?
- Can you provide one real life use case in Indian governance?
- What is Green AI and India AI Mission ?
- Should India ban deepfakes or regulate them?

Member 2
- What urban agriculture (in relation to delhi)?
- Can it be implemented effectively in Delhi?
- Freebies in Delhi politics.
- Delhi Master Plan 2041?
- potential of Hyperloop technology in india

Member 3
- difference between natural farming and organic farming ?
- core leadership traits you admire in a civil servant?
- Why do suicide rates higher among men despite their perceived societal privileges?

Member 4
- why air pollution in delhi during winters. How blockchain or machine learning be used to solve this ?
- what is learning poverty ?
- about NEP 5+3+3+4 design. and 3 language formula.


Overall the interview experience was very delightful and board was extremely cordial. questions were largely based on my DAF and current affairs.. In a few opinion based questions, the board focused more on the reasoning I provided rather than the stand I took.

Mock - Vajiram, OnlyIAS, Chahal, Samkalp (All mocks were helpful in getting a good understanding of the interview process.)

One2one - Ravindran Sir (Vajiram), Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Rahul Sir (ias pcs pathshala). O2O session with Mahesh Sir and Rahul Sir were helpful as they covered my daf very holistically. Although Rahul sir took one to one at very last momet but the session was very insightful.

Jai Hind

Name- Water
Date- 18th March
Last to go
Board- Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir
Timing- 25 min
DAF Keywords asked- Maharashtra, Civil Engineering, Educational freelancing, Academic Counsellor, PSIR, Water Conservation and Watershed Management

Read my DAF and info.

Chairperson:
1. You have been preparing since long. Didn't you appear in state PCS
2. What's the result in state PCS?
3. So, your focus is UPSC?
4. What you have prepared for the interview?
5. What are civil engineering marvels which led to change in socio-economic status in the world?
6. What about Panama canal?
7. What's happening in the marine drive?
8. What's the importance of Atal Setu in Mumbai?
9. What's the major agricultural products of Solapur?

Dasa Sir left for washroom after his turn.

M1: (Cool and calm lady. She was listening to me carefully)
1. What's the percentage of thermal energy and hydroelectricity in India?
2. So, which one should we promote?
3. Can you tell me the current status of hydroelectricity in India, whether decreasing or increasing?
4. Why are we not enhancing hydroelectricity?
5. In country there is debate between caste and religion. Which one is important?
6. How religion is uniting force?
7. If focus on one religion, how others will unite?
8. What's the major dam is being built in China?
9. How will it affect India?

M2: (He was sleeping after his turn)
1. What's the role of Pakistan in destabilized Bangladesh?
2. How will it affect India?
3. You are from water stressed region. How will you address water challenge?
4. Recently train hijack in Pakistan. Who did this and why?
5. Dasa Sir intervened- which project is being built by China in Baluchistan?
6. 2-3 que unable to recall

M3: (He was nice guy, even supporting me while I was answering to other members as well)
1. About whip? Is it good or bad?
2. Baki 2-3 questions, unable to recall

M4: (aged lady)
1. What's the difference and similarities between Kautilya Arthashastra and Machiavelli ideas?
2. Do you know about Kautilya's Lokayat philosophy? You can say no if you don't know.
3. Why should we select you? Which abilities you have?
4. What you have done in water conservation?
5. What you have done as an educational freelancing?

Dasa Sir - your interview is over.

Board was cordial. Mostly from my DAF. Noone was in grilling mode.

Mocks appeared- Vajirao Reddy, Deepstambh Foundation (Amol Lanke sir), Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Shubham Aggarwal Sir Vidyapeeth IAS, Vision IAS, Samkalp