Name-AD
Board-Suman Sharma Ma'am
Forenoon session 3rd to go
DAF key words -Cricket(nothing asked),trekking , Maharashtra, Sociology, Economics (degree)
Chairperson -
1) India-US trade and tariff. Concerns for India ,which sectors we should open and 1-2 counter questions
2)Freebies good/bad
Ladki bahin scheme social impact
Member 1(Madam)-1)Pune Rape case;what should we do for women safety;1-2counter questions based on my answer
2)Online digital learning -advantages; open university adv/disadvantages
Member 2(Sir)-
1)Pick one word from my previous answer and ask me explanation (cultural values and social institutions)
2)which cultural value is hindrance to India's development and why
1-2 counter questions
3)what we should to promote inclusivity in India; then quetion on Maharashtra election that fair inclusion in election participation -what do you think it happen or not
4)water scarcity issue and what should you will do as administrator to reduce water scarcity
5)River linking project ken-betwa
Member 3(Sir)-
1)RTI effectiveness
1-2 counter questions on answers
2)EVs nothing but 'shifting carbon emissions from urban areas to rural areas'. (I tried to give answer with same interpretation but sir clarified me and explain the meaning - then I gave answer)
Member-4(Madam)-
1) asked explanation on the sociological word that I previously used in one of the answers (cultural values vs legal rational values)
2-3 counter like are they mutually exclusive.
2) Fergusson College tell me something about it
3) trekking - what equipments do you use( not satisfied by the answer) and 1-2counter questions
Overview -quetions mostly generalistic and in social context
Mocks- Quentel(3),Samkalp,Chanakya Mandal
DAF discussions - Mahesh Bhagwat sir and Shubham Aggarwal sir(Vidyapeeth IAS)

Experience- Board was keen to listen overall good experience. Hope for best . All the best to all👍🏻

Name -Jit Chairman Sir Dinesh Dassa Sir
1. Your name spelling is diff. How your friends call you
2. What is your role in your present job
3. Should India develop its own AI models? (With a long Monologue)
M1
1. Right to equality
2. Its types
3. Rights covered under this head
4. What type of projects you work on in your job. How to decide the parameters?
5. As a DM, what 2 things you would do to improve your district
6. Few more unable to recall
M2
1. Why people prefer top institutes. What is the reason why tier 2 insti are not able to compete
2. Monologue - what are the possible threats to unity of India
3. Compare the places in my daf. Where would you like to settle down and why
4. Few more but unable to recall.
M3
1. During covid, many girls in rural areas saw an increase in drop out rates, why?
2. How we can improve education in rural areas?
3. why you want to leave your job?
4.  Few more unable to recall
M4
1. What changes in your college's curriculum you would like to recommend
2. diff bw india and china

Good experience
Mocks 6/7
One on one- shubham sir, Vidyapeeth IAS

Name: Shree swami samarth
Date 28March
Board:BB Swain sir
Afternoon lastest person to go around 5:10pm
DAF: Spiritual tourism Crowd funding
Geography
Entered and wished good evening to all ..
Chairman :1 difference between religious and spiritual tourism ?
2.Which one is broader
3.isnt it religious is part of spiritual
4.last place travelled by me
Member1
5.NSS relevance ?
6.NSS quota
then how to promote because only 10-20% people gets chances
7.Geography chosen by less people reasons
8.How to promote geography in academics
Social media Nagpur violence negative
9How to curtail it
10.are you working you spend so many years
Lady member 2
11.Quote You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them to only bite your neighbour:
12. Pakistan on over quote
13. TTP issue
14.which border
15.BLA issue
16.demands by them
17.Are they terrorists
18.Crowd funding how you did it
member3
19.Track 2 diplomacy
20.India afghan sentiment
21.India’s should engage ?
22.What do you think isn’t time come to stop soft power ?
Lady member 4
23.Lightening reasons for increase
24.GLOF how you will plan habitations
25.Cyclone Asan
26.Problems of crowd funding
27.spirituality according to me
28.Medical tourism and why it’s called as medical tourism

Sir asked members about anybody wants to ask anything
Sir asked me do you want us to ask anything I said thank you so much sir i enjoyed it.
One member told me about his visit to my district and asked about it and finally interview over wished everybody and they also wished me best luck
Mocks: Sampkalp vajiram Unacademy vision and more
One to one : 1.Mahesh Bhagwat sir helped in understanding of Daf and content on group helped
2.Subham sir (vidyappeth IAS) kept me motivated
3.khan sir(ksg) helped 4.Satyam sir(US) 4.Abhinanadan sir(pw) 5.Pawan sir(jice)
Special Thanks To SMART WORKS LAB
ANKIT SIR covered 90% topics and helped in formulating answers gave lot of sessions thank you sir
ANUPAM sir also helped a lot …
Experience: Board was very cordial had good experience
Sorry if I missed anybody’s name and thanks to all who directly and indirectly helped me

Name - list me aye to batau
Board - Sanjay Verma sir
Daf key words- mbbs,spiritual books

Chairman sir

New sitting is smoking have you heard this term, he was asking something else apart from sedentary lifestyles.
-Nice saree ,told one lady member that isn't her combination good.
-who is your designer
-Congratulations you started working after so long...was it under parents pressure
-was it difficult to start again
-Are you sure you won't kill any patient and he laughed
-so you read contemporary  spiritual books , don't you think you should read contemporary medical books
-okay tell me are religion and spirituality static or dynamic
-recommend me a book
-he is not contemporary, okay whom you have followed in in contemporary
-tell me regarding oral hygiene
-ohh you left everything on BDS,you don't want to snatch anyone's livelihood and he laughed
-Any doctor who have made a successful career apart from medical
Member 1(female)
-asked some questions regarding work ,i forgot
-tell me regarding boarderline personality and it's treatment
-lifestyle related disease in children
-why women in your district are doing well in service sector
(She added and they have role models like you)
Forgot few questions

Member 2
-you mentioned Osho gave his quote on purposeless life and purposefull life and discussion around it,he interrupting in between and kept adding more to it and countering me
-violence in hospitals
-are you covered under insurance for compensation demand by patients in case of negligence
-which act has provisions for right to defence ,if you bring a stick to beat someone to defend yourself can you do it
-what is the reason behind extreme temperatures in your district

Member 3 -
-Acclimatization,how people in siachen adjust to it
-Do we need Ayush healthcare or shall we remove it and just have allopathy
-Dont you think you have wasted one seat and any other student could have studied medical instead of you
-1or 2 more questions which I forgot

Member 4
-tell me 2 famous dish  of your district
-what do you use in Kachori
-ohh do you grow it
-tell me something which is followed in  jaininsm and not followed in another religion or specific to Jainism
-shall we remove traditions and rituals completey
-one custom which we should have forever
Chairman was looking at watch and asked to wrap up


Puneet yadav sir(somp) helped me analyse my strengths and weaknesses and motivated alot.
One to one with Puneet yadav sir(somp),Ankit sir(vision), Shubham sir( vidyapeeth ias),PW only ias were really good and helpful.

Mocks - Next,PW, Unacademy,Samkalp, Vajirao reddy, Vision

Mocks utility
I found one to one far better than mocks. Vision beaureaucratic mock was really good,rest good for practice

Name : Adiyogi
Date:25/03/2025
Board: Suman Sharma mam
DAF: MBBS , Tamil Nadu , Anthropology
Hobbies- Skipped


Suman Mam smiled first , Then asked You are a doctor ? I told her yes mam. Within 2 secs mam asked me 1) “ Why India is known as pharmacy of the world ?” I answered but fumbled in the initial moments. Then mam , told me to take some time and then answer. Even after that I didn't answer it well.

2) Commercialisation of space ; militarisation monopoly of space services Positives and negatives. I forgot the name“Starlink “ ( I told mam , Elon Musk’s Satellite internet Company) Then mam told the name Starlink.
And mentioned their Positives and negatives.

M1
1)Asked me “ are you confident ? Can I ask you questions from India-China relation. I said “ Yes”. India - China standoffs in the past…
2)Why India crossed Doklam ? ( I didn't answered )
3)Why there is Sub standard Medicine in India and its exports?
4)Whats Is Generic medicine ? Is it a low quality, compared to Patented drugs ?
5)Have you heard about Pfizer drugs ?
6)What is the issue in Generic medicines ? I mentioned Regulatory checks and poor pharmacovigilance.


M2
1)JAC on Delimitation by States of different government ( Tamil Nadu CM hosted the meeting in Chennai) . Long monologue about Delimitation. And asked my stand ?
2)Again asked Question from Delimitation and long monologue. I answered every possible aspect and at the end arrived at “ Consultative Approach “
3)3rd Question from Delimitation - At this point Suman Mam, interrupted and advised to go for another topic.
4)Nobel prize in Medicine- “ I don't know sir”
5)Bryan Johnson and reversing of age. Why Longevity is important? Or quality of life is Important?
6)Why government is spending so much in Curative Health care eventough we knew that we have to put more focus on Preventive care ?

M3

1)What is the current issue between India and Srilanka ( mentioned Chinese presence, 13th amendment…totally forgot the fishermen issue)
2)Srilanka is a sovereign country , they can choose their own relation. Why we have to bother about it ?
Our policy of non-reciprocal aid to Srilanka is working or not ?
3)One question from Anthropology ( After 1 to 2 million years which part of human body will disappear ? I said - Hair ( Youngsters especially Males are facing Hair loss ) , 3rd Molar -Willi Due to highly cooked food , juices, supplements and voluntary removal of molar. Sir added Appendix which I forgot to add.
4)Lack of doctor to population in India .Quality issues in FMG( Foreign Medical Graduates ). Do We just filling medical sector with low quality people ,because of lack of standards in Foreign universities. ? I said there are mechanism available such as Screening tests for FMG , NEET-PG for quality checks.

M4- Unable to hear Sir’s voice. I leaned forward and focused each word with some difficulty.

1)Which profession is Noble ?
Doctor or Civil Service?
2)What is nanomedicine ?
Issues in NEET examinations. I mentioned frequesnt Postponement of counselling in NEET PG. Then Sir mentioned Exam malpractices in NEET-UG.
3)How you utilise knowledge about Health in administration?
I said “ Mandatory Health Assessment for Govt officers at all levels , to improve their Productivity which will improve governance and reach grassroot level.
Preventive and Promotive Health care ( Yoga , Ayurveda) to reduce disease burden.
Suman Mam with smiling face said " Your interview is over "

Disclaimer: These questions are very contextual and dynamic. I may missed some of the questions and not in a correct order.

Got nervous initially ( 4-5 mins ) but after able pickup myself. Unable to maintain eye contact with everyone as we used to practice in mock interview. Members sometimes check candidate’s awareness to fact check the information.

Institutes I went for mock : Aram IAS , Manidhaneyam IAS , Samkalp , Shankar IAS , Vision IAS , etc….

Relevance of mock:
1)Gives us avenue to express ourself
2)To practice smiling for unknown and factual questions
3)To construct our answers in a respectful way

However we have to be conscious whether we have to Update our knowledge or expressions . Some mocks I under performed which helped me to study more( Reality check).

Peer group discussion with my friends for the past 3 months helped a lot to develop answers in a spontaneous way.

Thank you for all who have uploaded their transcripts which helped me to cover the topics in a targeted manner.

Name- Mrs Chanadler Bong
Interview date- 27/03/2025
Board- Sanjay Verma Sir
Timings- Afternoon (4-30) last to go

DAF Keywords - Cricket Analysis, Poultry farm Management, Critically Acclaimed films.

Chairman-

1.Which IPL team devotes the most amount of money to Cricket Analysis?
2.Which team comes second in analysis?
3.Is CSK dependant only on Dhoni?
4.Turnover of your Poultry farm?
5.Is you farm sustainable consumption wise or ecology wise?
6.What steps are you taking to make it more sustainable?
7.What is Artistic expression of critically acclaimed films?
8.What are its components?
9.Which film is the best in sound mixing?What about Hindi films?
10.From where was the music of 12th fail movie borrowed?
11.Who gave the music of Pather panchali?

Member 2

1.You belong to Ahmadnagar.....The name in Hindi doesnt have any Alankars in it. Name any other place which doesn't have any Alankars in its name.
2.What is Food fortification?
3.Which food substances are fortified? Is Rice fortified?
4.What are the techniques for food preservation?
5.Name any traditional techniques your mother or sister use it at home?
6.What will be the impact on poultry farming if Veganism rise?

Member 3

1.What is rule of law?Is it applicable to every person equally?
2.Then why wasnt the judge arrested recently?
3.What do you think about the working of law enforcement agencies and judiciary when there are so poor conviction rates?
4.What is a Benami property?What is its underlying principle?
5.How does Benami work?
6.Tell us something about Lab grown meat?
7.Can we call lab grown meat really a type of meat or should we call it vegetarian food?
8.Tell me a Section of BNS where attempt to crime is punished but not the actual crime?

Member 4-

1.Are you related to Anshuman Gaikwad?
2.Tell me what is RTI and on what grounds information release can be restricted?
3.How do you manage the time for Poultry farming when you have a full time job?
4.What is Veganism?
5.Do vegans consume milk?
6.What is the future of Poultry when there is a growing trend of veganism?
7.What is the contribution of Virender Sehwag to Indian Cricket?

Member 5-

1.How many fossil parks are there in India? Name some of them.
2.Recently there were some fossils found of Tyrannosaurus in India,what were the findings about?
3.Recently there was a spokesperson of a famous country who stated that India is playing ice hockey with BRICS,what does it mean?
4.Why was secularism not included in the preamble in the early days of the constitution?
5.What are the articles in the constitution that try to reduce dominance of one over the other? What about those articles in the context of centre and state?

Chairman

1.Who will win IPL?
2.What about womens cricket? Who are the upcoming new cricketers to watch out for?
3.Compare some of the best captains across the world and highlight their special qualities.
4.What did the art of captaincy teach you in real life?

Your interview is over,you may go now.

One to One-
1.Mahesh Bhagwat sir (ADGP Telangana)
2.Avinash Dharmadhikari sir (Chanakya Mandal)
3.Shubham Aggarwal sir 2 sessions (Vidyapeeth IAS) 
4.Utkarsh Shukla sir (Sriram IAS)                                   
5.Pallavi Mam (Dimensions IAS)
6.Vinay Sir (Insights IAS)
7.Ankit Sir(Smartwork labs)

All the one to ones were helpful in covering varied aspects of my DAF.Daily discussions with friends really helped a lot.

Board- BB Swain
Date- 28-03-2025
Forenoon 4th to go
Most of the questions were daf based.

Key words- India Post, Kerala, Cooking, Mohiniyattam, Nature club, Environmental Studies

Optional- Philosophy




Chairman
1.Is India Post still have relevance?


Member 1
1. About environmental politics
2.Women in kerala film industry
3.Nature club activities
4.Philosophy in personal life and modern world and discussion around it.

Member 2
1. Principle vs progress debate
2. Judges going for hollyday trips , its ethical concerns and about PIL
3.Adaptations in Kerala cuisine and discussion

Member 3
1. Relevance of  Mohiniyattam, Kalaripayattu, Kathakali and discussion and 3 innovative suggestions for govt to promote these.
2.American democracy vs Chinese democracy.
3. About Greenland issue
4.Three innovative methods to make India Post self sufficient.
5.Two areas where Kerala govt can perform better.

Member 4
1. Alcoholism in Kerala
2. Name two favourite western philosophers.
3.Challenges in Idukki district and discussion.
4.Why didn't go for masters in physics despite having high cgpa.

Board was very cordial.
Around 30-35 minutes
O2O-  Enlite IAS

Name:Tg
Date :28/3/25
Board :Sanjay Verma sir
Daf keywords :Sex education, vice captain, microtales, psir optional, UP (others not relevant)
Chairman
Have you followed the champions trophy(no sir)
Elements of sex education
What are middle powers
Name some
France is not a middle power it is p5 nation (I said experts say it is)
Which experts (C Rajamohan)
Dr Rajamohan (yes sir)
You write microtales in it nuance is lost
Tell one
You exceeded the world limit
(I said not defined)
Young generation does not watch news (I said social media)
Which news anchor you watch
(Palki sharma)
But she is biased towards government
Describe her journalism (I said one of the l a word nationalist intent)
I told she is biased you yourself said
I defended that need for India's viewpoint at global stage
But can you tell any news against government (I said I have to watch more intently)
 
Member 1
Alzareera have you heard about it
Is it biased
Biased against whom
You were the vice captain what were your feelings towards captain
Weren't you jealous
Difference between jealousy and envy
 
Member 2
I will ask you informally what are the divisions in uttar pradesh
 Great games is in reference to
(I said Africa, lots of hints couldn't guess)
Why Afghanistan leads to ruin of all empires
Difference between strategy and tactics
Define strategy
Origin of word strategy
 
Member 3
Recent tariffs by Trump
Who they will affect more
Have you heard of a term 'fatiff'(as far as I heard, can't find on Google )
Trump's style of governance
Is it authoritorian, semi authoritarian or monarchy or oligarchy
(I said mix)
Mix of what
GDP deflator
Difference between kidnapping and abduction in bns
 
Member 4(lady)
Types of fuel for aviation and automobile
BS VI norms
Do you watch weather forecast
It's parameters
Colour coding(I explained for disasters she said for temperature I said sorry)
Fastest trains in India
Speed of those trains
Hyperloop
Who proposed and when
How does it work
Speed of hyperloop train
Writ jurisdiction
Types of writ
Articles related
Supreme Court high court which writ wider
 
Chairman
Tell me your role models who are alive and from South India
 
Assessment : Board was cordial and made me comfortable, except member 4 all members had conversation style q from my response.
 
Mocks : 12
Helpful : Sankalp, one to one with Sajal sir, Ravindran sir,Satyam Jain sir, Baliyan sir, Next ias faculty, rest for practice
 
 

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
Date :25th March af
Name :Mr.Cricketerbutnotcricketer
Board : Lt. Gen Raj shukla
DAF : HISTORY, ANIMAL RESCUE, SILAMBAM, MANAGER

CHAIR PERSON :
Sir started the discussion by asking whether i play cricket or not. Though i said that i dont play cricket professionally but rarely in turf and have very limited knowledge about it , The entire convo with him went about cricket, its familiarity, why the 80's squad is more spcl than current one, why kohli is weak at outside the off stump, how bumrah can bowl so fast.. etc for 8 mins ( there was not a single word in my daf which mentioned cricket, but a famous cricketer shares my name 🥲)

Member 1 :
1. Questions from aryan invasion theory, its controversy and recent excavation
2. About my animal rescue program and experience
3. Asked me to tell 3 recent development in defence
4. Asked about the indias 5th gen fighter program
5. Issue with tejas program
6. Asked me about some type of jet engine which i haven't heard anywhere.

Member 2 :
1. Why my 12th stream, college degree, current job and the aim of becoming an IAS is totally unconnected.
2. Asked whether i am fickle minded for jumping different goals...
3. Asked about the criticism of x and y theory of management

Member 3 : (only female member)

1. What is silambam?
2. Why did I choose to practise it instead of reading or other hobbies?
3. Despite of china's achievement in r&d, it has very less noble prizes? Why?
4. How many developed countries in the world?
5. Which line Separates the global North and south?
6. Why India has high rate of corruption? What is our rank in cpi? 3 solutions for it?
7. When can we call ourself as a developed country?

Member 4 :

1. Give 3 issues and opportunities in Indian health environment.
2. 3 solutions for it
3. Can private be allowed for entire medical administration instead of govt?

Cm said my Interview is over...

My observation : most unconventional round of discussion i have ever faced due to chairman's off the DAF questions and his expression through out the interview(started to read a health magazine amidst the interview - may be he had his own reasons and way of evaluation ) .

Tip - The mindset of Expecting totally unexpected questions in the PT helped me to glide over the interview with a smile ( though at times i felt disappointed with the questions and my responses. )

Board - BB Swain Sir
Date —25/03/2025

Mostly daf based + IR questions

Questions —
-Jnv have a good migration policy. In my view it is one of best. Did you go? How it benefitted you?
-Should we implement it other schools?

-Mentoring? What you do?
Underprivileged in terms of what?
-Any success you can tell?
-Should we abolish the coaching System altogether. What is your opinion?
-So it will take a longtime.
-Recently visited Jaipur, found rainfall led issues like flooding, 3 top issues in your view?
-What can be done?
-Russia-Ukraine peace deal, do you think it will work?
-Isral- Palestine war, what can be the way forward?

-What was the best part of working at Samsung?
-Difference bw Indian mangers and South korean managers?
-India South korea relationship?
-Interest in IR why not ifs as 1st choice?
-Why NE have so many cases of Insurgency?
-China's role in NE issues?
-Can we use Afghanistan as a leverage to counter Pak?
-Why so much issues in small neighbors?
-Can't we just follow mascular diplomacy like China?

-Difference bw kota and sikar in terms of environment?
What emotional touch?
-famous piplantari Model. What it is?
-Should we replicate such initiative on large scale?
-Recent famous mode to Tourism in Rajasthan?
-Recent Caste discrimination related ugc guidelines, what is your opinion?

Mocks — NextIas, Samkalp, Vision, Forum, Vajiram, PW
O2O —Ravindaran sir, Puneet sir(somp), Mahest Bhagwat

TRANSCRIPT
Date: 21/03/25,forenoon-first to go
Board: Sanjay Verma sir
Key words: Doctor, Andhra pradesh , covid, polio awareness campaign, volleyball, non fiction books, tennis tournaments

Chairman
1.sir called my name and asked about pharma company with same name.
2.what is that pharma company famous for
3.three overrated books (counter questions)
4.which book will you suggest to read (i mentioned deep work)
5.what is the book about
6.dont you think common sense is lacking these days in society
7.volleyball tournaments national and international
8.national volleyball team’s best performance
9.In which year was it achieved

M1
1.we start our day by praying to god ,so that the day goes well do you think its faith or science
2.In this digital era ,concept of digital god is in pipeline or it’s already happening
3. One female tennis player from india who can become national icon
4.difference between tennis players of present era and Sania Mirza era
5.which tennis player do you like male and why
6.In female and why(mentioned serena williams)
7.what do you think of serena’s grunts
8. Farmer’s situation in andhra pradesh
9.what agriculture products of andhra will you promote
(In between M2 coughed)
10.what type of cough is it and its treatment .

M2
1.who is famous gastroenterologist in south india
2.who is famous cardiologist in south india
3.doctors while prescribing medicine should inform about intended side effects are not(said yes)
4.but barely any doctor mentions so why they wont mention and what to do about it
5.asked about name change controversy of my university(dr.ntruhs)
6. do u follow social media.
7.for how much time did Sunita Williams stay in space
8.what three spiritual items did Sunita Williams carry to space

M3(Mam)
1.what is your name
2.what is the first part of your name and where did it come from
3.any god associated with your first name
4. how many months have you worked in covid
5.What are the two qualities you showed in your covid duties
Asked to substantiate two qualities(long discussion)
6. how to address the problem of doctor shortage

M4(Mam)
1.asked about news of maoist killing in Chhattisgarh.
2. do you think killing them is justified
3.what three awareness campaigns would you take up for adolescent girls if you are made dm of your district
4.talked about low agriculture productivity of my district and asked reasons

One to one: Dr.G Vivekananda sir(Reflections IAS),Anupam jain sir (Smart works lab)
Mocks:around 10 (Vajirao, samkalp, unacademy, next ias, vajiram )

Interview date - 14 January
Daf keyword - Allahabad, law , psir , ramcharitmanas
Board - B b swain sir
Chairman - should we increase the age of the judges
Q1. Follow up citing the examples of USA but sir was not satisfied my answer
Member 1
Q1) . should we have time bound judicial process
2). What is kalpavaas and why people do it
3). Is kumbh leading to divide between hindu - muslims
4. Should we make ramcharitmanas compulsory in school
5 . What is the benefit of reading scriptures
6 . Difference between Procedure established by the law and due process of law
Member 2
1. what is air Mail
2. tell me famous things about Allahabad question
3.why zero road in allahabad is known as zero road
4.what is the difference between IPC and BNS is it reformative or punative how is it gender neutral .
5 .what is what are the other hostels of other than PC Banerjee which hostel had the most IAS officers question
6.what is samudrayaan  question
7 . Recite ramcharitmanas

Member 3
1.what is the benefit of reading  Ramcharitmanas
2.what is the significance of Ramcharitmanas in administration
3. which character you like the most in Mahabharat and why
4. what is vidur Niti
5. as NEP 2020 says about implementing Indian learning system  which major text will you include in  it question
6.will you include Bhagavad Gita question
7. what advice will you give to Vidhur

Member 4
1. how is India china  relations
2. What is the growth story of China trace it's gowth story
3. How China begin such a superpower
4. Compare the growth story of China and Japan that how China over took Japan
Chairperson again
Tell us  any area that you want to have questions on I said  sir I  I'll try to answer the question that the board ask me with  all of my abilities then sir said no tell us what you were thinking outside that you will be expecting questions on

Name : John Snow
Background: Civil Engineering
Optional : PSIR
Work Ex - YPF - Govt of Maharashtra
VRO - Govt of Maharashtra
Hobbies - Chess
Date : 27/03/2025
Board - Preeti Sudan Ma'am

Chairman
You were working as YPF with the Govt of Maharashtra. What work did you do there?
Where are these CoExcellences ?
In what sectors these Centres of Excellence were there ?
You also worked for a recruitment drive for workers in Israel. Did the Israel agency had MoU with India ?
From where did you get most of the workers
Why people from Marathwada are not ready to go abroad for work
You worked as VRO, what are the important problems facing at village level
Problems of villagers ?
Literacy of the village you work ?
Female literacy level ?
What you work for enhancing female literacy

M1
If you are not satisfied with any government policy, what will you do ?
Who is current RBI governor
You were secretary of the hostel. What was your work?

M2
Chess.. Your rating ?
Elo ratings for Grandmasters ?
What do you learn from Chess in life?
Civil engineering marvels of Maharashtra ?
What is special about Atal Setu ?
Trump tariff - Why he is levying so much tariffs
How other countries are reacting ?
Why India levies so much tariff ?
Trump praised India yesterday. Why did he praised India ?
Role of Chhava movies in the recent tensions

M3.
Can you name a civil engineering marvel in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district ?
Tell me about Kailashnath Temple.
What techniques they must have used for working in the dark ?
Tell me about Suicides in Vidarbha. If you are made agricultural secretary what will you do to avoid the suicides
Are there any suicides in the village you work ?
How is water table level there ?

M4
You graduated in 2019. How do you landed with this village Revenue officers Job
How did your job help in the preparation of civil services ?
New Techniques in Civil engineering
Self healing concrete

Mocks
DAF Discussion with Shri. Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, ADGP, Telangana
One on One with Shubham Agarwal Sir of Vidyapeeth IAS- Worked like Magic
One on One with Abhishek Dudhal Sir, IAS, Odisha + Pallavi Sangale Ma'am (AIR 452, CSE 2022)
Mocks - SIAC Mumbai, Jnana Prabodhini Pune, Samkalp IAS, Next IAS, Chahal Academy

Name: harid
Daf key word: b.sc agriculture, job in revenue and disaster management, tamilnadu, hobby as watching wildlife documentaries

Chairman: raj Shukla sir
M1:
1.what is your job role
2. Is your district have disaster management plan
3. Cyber security in india
4. 5 weakness and strength of Indian economy
M2
1. Russia Ukraine war
2. Why russia initiate the war
3. Israel hamas war
4. Why hamas regarded as representative of Palestine inspite of different religious ideology
5. New criminal justice reforms
M3
1. 5 things to be learn from Covid 19
2. Tariff war by Trump asked about percentage of tarrif on china canada mexico
3. Why tarrif on these countries
4. Auto tarrif on india export and car brand exported from india
5. Top headlines of the day
6. Asked about Myanmar earthquake that was happening just 1hr before my interview
7. No of wildlife sanctuaries in tamilnadu
M4
1. Famous things in district
2. As an agricultural secretary what reforms do you propose
3. Follow ups and counter questions

Chairman with smiling
1. Houthi attack by us in red sea.. mechanism used by us (long monologue)
2. Relevance of WTO in protectionist world and free trade agreements (long monologue). Asked my opinion

Overall very good experience

Sanjay Verma sir
Date: 27th march, Afternoon
Name: Physics Valhalla
DAF keywords: Vipassana, Running, Kushinagar, Kanpur, Kota, Delhi, Physics optional, Electrical engineering graduate

Chairperson Sir
1 Some random physics book name(can’t recollect), have you read it?
2 Which physics books would you recommend to general public
3 Any documentary that you have watched about physics
4 Have you watched Oppenheimer? What do you think of his character?
5 Should he go to hell or heaven
6 Are you an atheist?
7 You have won bronze medal in interhostel where only 10 members participated and you consider it an achievement
8 How many newspapers did you read today? Which one? Did you see a big full page advertisement of ProMilk by mother dairy, what is it? why companies are selling this?
9 Simplest electrical machine and most complex electrical machine
10 Name few major Indian physicists post independence

Member 1(Ma’am)
1 Who started Vipassana
2 What is the core idea of it
3 How do you practise it
4 Can it be practiced while running
5 How Coachings should be regulated and who should regulate it
6 What minimum standards would you prescribe as a DM for a district in which coaching are being run
7 Are we a consumption based economy? Any data to support it.

Member 2:
1 “Give a man a fish you feed him for the day, teach him how to fish you feed him for life” what does it mean
2 “Assault” and “battery” in law difference
3 BraMos Missile name origin
4 NDPS act full form
5 What’s the difference between narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances

Member 3
1 Rate the places kushinagar, kanpur and delhi order in which they have prepared you for appearing in Civil services
2 What would you do in your district to prevent students like you to move from so many places
3 Defence indigenisation and Atma nirbhar Bharat has relatively slow pickup in country. Give some innovative ideas that should be implemented to improve defence indigenisation
4 How exactly will you promote research in this field
5 There are already 1.6 lakh Startups how would you use startup in defence indigenisations

Member 4
1 What do you understand by Elasticity of time
2 What do you understand by “freezing gravity” recently done by china in a lab. What is the use of it?
3 Uses of magnets by ISRO
4 Difference between minor and major ports and how are they classified


Board was very cordial and encouraged me to answer.

One to One DAF discussions with Mahesh Bhagwat sir(thorough coverage of DAF topics), Venkata Mohan Sir at LaExcellance.

Many mocks through Quantel (Thanks to Vikram Bhai for arranging all the mocks on short notice), NextIAS, VisionIAS, StudyIQ, Vajirao and Reddy. etc

Name- Beetle
Date of interview-28/3/2025
Board- Sanjay verma sir, Afternoon, second to go
DAF keywords- Anthropology, computer science and engineering, Telangana (others not asked)



Chairman
1. You know brand name on your name
2. Did you work anywhere
3. Tell some Indian manufacturing goods company names
4. Let me be sexist and tell me indian origin brands of beauty products used by females
5. Uniqueness of Hyderabad compared to other South Indian cities
6. What is gastronomy tag
7.What is the cuisine called
8. Link anthropology with the dialect of hyderabad
9. What is the specific name of that language
10. When did british leave Hyderabad

Mem 1(lady)
1. What is gene editing
2. What are its applications
3. Tell some ancient caves with paintings in india
4. Soon , we are going to celebrate centenary celebrations of India's independence, what are goals that India should achieve

Mem 2
1. Opium, how is it produced
2. Name of the plant and how is it extracted
3. Is it illegal to grow in india
4. It's legal uses
5. What are western disturbances, what effect do they have on local climate
6. How will you check using AI plagiarism in research thesis
7. As you mentioned lakme earlier, do you know the origin of the word

Mem 3
1. Name the famous temple near Hyderabad  where people visit before going to foreign countries. Sir asked local name of that God
2. Chairman interrupted and asked if there is any UPSC balaji god too
3. How do you see usa exiting WHO and other organisations? What can be its impact
4. Tell me how it impacts india.
5. What can india and other countries do
6. Recently Trump's announcement of 25% tariff rate, which country will be affected .
7. Any other country which is equally producing automobiles in the world
8. How does it affect india. Any Indian automobile company name

Mem 4
1. Tell me names of four cities in india- in North, south, east and west, which are important cities since ancient period and even today
2. If I give you time to rethink, what changes do you want to make
3. Maritime silk route, tell me the routes
4. Tell me the famous ancient ports and routes involved in trade, follow up questions on that

Ch said your interview is over.

Overall questions were random.

One to one:
Mahesh Bhagwat sir IPS, Babu Gunasekaran sir,  Vivekananda sir(Reflections IAS), Ravindran sir (Vajiram and ravi), Chanakya mandal(Dharmadhikari sir), venkata mohan sir(la excellence)

Panel Mocks:
Vajiram and ravi, vajirao and reddy, RC reddy , Samkalp, MACS society, Forum IAS, PW only IAS, Vision IAS

Name - Unnai pol oruvan
Board - Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir
Date - 19th March
5th to go in the morning
DAF - History, Tamil Nadu, Foreign Policy, Weight loss and Strength training, Training underprivileged children (Rest not asked)

Chairman sir:
Greeted me smilingly
1. You're a history student from Tamil Nadu. So you must be aware of Tamil Nadu culture. Imagine you're the secretary of Culture of Tamil Nadu and you've come to Delhi for a cultural event and you have to deliver a speech on the outline of Culture of Tamil Nadu. So please stand up and deliver the speech
2. Recently, there was a movie based on which there was tense situation in Maharashtra nah (I said yes and I think it's Chava). Ya, if you're the Director of CBFC what would you have done?
3. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin has announced $5 Million dollars for deciphering the Indus script. Despite Tamil Nadu being geographically distant from IVC, why is he doing so and what is the reason behind it? ( First I clarified that it's $1 million dollar, then asked the member near me how much is that in INR, he was doing some calculation, then I said it's around 8 crore. He said ya around that amount to the Chairman)
4. Tamil Nadu is mostly ruled by regional states and they said good bye to National parties, and still they are doing exceptionally well in most sectors. What do you think is the reason for that?
5. (Follow up) Is there any historical or cultural reasons for it?

Member 1 (Gentlemen with no expression):
1. There are lot of talks about language these recent days like language diktat is being imposed on them. What do you think about it?
2. You put weight loss as your hobby. Why is it so?
3. You follow foreign policy as your hobby. What is IMEC?
4. (Follow up) Through which country which it passes through? What are the significances of it?
5. In Africa, China is undertaking a lot of projects and India is also undertaking a lot of projects, what is the difference between both countries' projects?

Member 2 (Lady listening and nodding her head throughout)
1. UCC is one of the constitutional mandates. It's given in DPSP and some states implemented it. What is your view on it
2. (Follow up) If the government implements it, what will be the challenges or we should consider anything while doing so?
(Forgot 1 question)

Member - 3 (Gentlemen)
1.Tamil Nadu is performing well in many things than the rest of the country. Tell me one thing in which Tamil Nadu is performing better than other states. (GER of 47%)
2. (Follow up) Do you know what is the reason for it? There is one reason why it is so and that is being implemented all across the country. Do you know that? (MDM)
3. If you are posted as the Director of a loss making Public Sector Undertaking, would you disinvest the company or make reforms in it?
4. Which state would you like to serve?

Member - 4 (Lady with friendly look)
1. Since you're training underprivileged children, do you know what is Teach for India?
2. I want to pick up your answer for 3 language policy. Some of our neighbours are pushing English to reap the benefit of English (in the context of service sector). But we are promoting mother tongue for primary education for multiple reasons and rightly so, do you think that would result negatively since English advantage we have now could be lost?
3. (Follow up) Ya I understand that but will the proficiency be lost in doing so and won't it affect India's advantage?
4. History is mostly written by victor. The other side of the history is not mentioned fairly. So do you think, history should be rewritten?
5. (Multiple Follow ups) What evidence can we follow for rewriting?
6. Have you heard of time capsules? (I said I am not aware of it) Explained it and asked can we take that as evidence to rewrite history?
7. Then how can we believe the other evidence too?
(Dasa Sir asked mam to stop)
Finally Dasa Sir said thank you

Almost all questions are from DAF. Board was listening mostly except Member 4 alone kind of followed up on the same question. Thankful to my friends in the process.

Name: Tamil
Date:3.4.25
Daf: badminton, agriculture
Board: BB swain sir

Chairman:
What steps should be taken to take care of old age people

Member1:
1. Whether we can increase retiring age to 80
2. Whether smartphones are destroying critical thinking
And follow up questions .
Member2.
1. Elon musk two forthcoming projects.
2. What is Ghibli art
3. Difference between viral and trending
4. Where does viral word originate

Member 3.
1. Major agriculture problems
2. How to do ploughing in slope
3. What are the techniques for tackling drought

Member 4:
1. Major issue faced by small and marginal farmers
2. What is cooperative farming
3. How to promote cooperative farming
4. Why it is not done yet.
Chairperson sir said thankyou. Greeted every members and came out