Name- Special thanks to SOMP
Date - 03/04/2025, Afternoon (2nd last to go)
Board -BB Swain sir
DAF entries asked - PSIR optional, Commerce, hobby-cooking, watching science fiction movies

Chairman sir -
- When you got selected, in 2021 ?
- Malwa, what is this malwa ? Is it a place ?
- What is malwa cuisine?
- What is dal bafla ?
- How will you promote it ?

M1
- This department of telecom and post has become redundant, do you see any role ?
- What is the one positive of private players coming to telecom ?
- Do you cook just dal bafla or other things also ?
- Is malpua also from malwa ?
- Movies which you have watched recently
- Dont you think ott needs to be regulated ?
- What is this IMC ?
- What role you performed ?
- On which topics sessions were arranged ?
- Why we need bsnl ?
- There are lot of issues when you lay infra for telecom like forest clearance , what are they ?
- Don’t you think cooking is a woman job, there is a clear separation between household duty ?

M2
- (in hindi) atta guthna aata hai ?
- Do you know a book written on malwa cuisines ?
- There is one sweet malwa dish which has meat in it ? Do you know ?
- What is e commerce ?
- What is difference between people from malwa and people from delhi ?
- Why people of malwa lives a life of contentment ?
- Do you see any change in their aspirations , are they doing something in startups ?
- What is the different aspect of indian scifi movie, do you really consider them scifi ?
- What is science fiction ?

M3
- You just cook dal bafla or something else also ?
- (In hindi ) bhindi mein kitna paani daalte hai ?
- Why you want to be ias when you have such a great hobby of cooking , just open a startup and earn crores of rupees ? What you will do in govt service, where do you see yourself in government of india at the age of 60 ?
- Where do you adjust loss in networth ? Does it affect networth ?
- What is networth ?
- What is the issue of VI recently in news ? What government will get out of it ? What is the exact amount that has been converted to equity ?
- What role you are looking after in DoP ?

M4
- Starlink coming to india, tell me three things which it will change ?
- Will it be feasible to use such a huge satellite network which will cost crores.
- Shall we go for it ?
- Can we connect whole globe with satellite without laying ground infrastructure?


Okay Son, Your Interview is over, we will surely try dal bafla.
I told please sir come to Indore i’ll host you.
He replied- Arre! you are staying in Delhi, won’t you be able to cook here itself.

Overall Experience- Very Good. Board was very cordial.

Relevance of mocks - Gave 7-8 mocks, they were helpful for practicing and improving speaking skills.

Gave a few O2Os with Samkalp,Puneet Sir SOMP, S. Baliyan Sir,
Thankyou everyone for sharing the transcripts. All the best.

Name: Andy Dufresne
Board: Dinesh Dasa Sir
Date: 4 April 2025

Optional: PSIR
DAF pointers asked: IIT BHU, Bokaro, Job. Nothing from hobbies, sports, and social sector involvements mentioned in DAF which were asked in mocks.

Chairman Sir.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Bokaro developed under which plan?
3. What are the other steel plants apart from bokaro?
4. Why steel industry in India could not develop after that?
5. IT BHU to IIT or build a new IIT in Varanasi? Don't balance. Pick a stance as education secretary.
6. Is executive accountable to legislature or judiciary?
7. Why NJAC was struck down by SC?

Member 1.
1. Why did you leave your pvt sector job for civil services? Why did you leave such a salary and chose civil services over money?
2. Why so many people from Bihar and Jharkhand want to join civil services?
3. Why so many people from Andhra Pradesh are settled in US?
4. Why is Census delayed?
5. Why southern states are resisting delimitation?
6. How to resolve this conflict?

Member 2.
1. Why didn't you pursue MS in US after B.Tech?
2. Why did it take decades to remove Article 370? How exactly was it done?
3. Why it took years to identify that method ?
4. What is your favourite monument?

Member 3.
1. Capitalism leads to competition and innovation but why anti-competitive and molopolistic practices?
2. Why one-two companies dominate in few sectors? Why do they stiffle competition and innovation?
3. Should corporate leaders be advisors or join executive in India as in US?
4. But US has economically done so good with this system, so why not in India?

Member 4.
1. What is CPEC?
2. What if China offers to invest in building a connectivity project from China to Nepal to a port in Gujarat, will you accept it?
3. But it will be beneficial to India, then why not?
4. But India is a big country, no such problems like Sri Lanka. India will reap huge dividends if such a big project happens, then why not?
5. Ok, but it will lead to good interdependence and peace, then why not?
6. But China will become strategically dependent on India because of such a project, then why not?
7. What was the nature of your job? Tech or finance?

Chairman Sir
Your Interview is over.

Mocks: NextIAS Faculty, EnsureIAS, SriramIAS, Two at Samkalp.

One on One: Ayush Sir, Sajal Sir, Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Dharmadhikari Sir.

Samkalp mocks were closest to actual interview.

UPSC Interview2024

Name~Arun malviya
Date of interview~ 12/02/2025
Board~ honourable Raj shukla sir,last to go
Time duration~ approximately 25 to 30 minutes
Daf keyword~ AGAR MALWA,MADHYAPRADESH, HINDI LITERATURE, SURYA NAMASKAR AND YOGA PRACTICE, MAA tujhe pranam yojna, DAVV indore, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA new delhi, political science, english literature and Geography subjects during college time,


Mai andar enter hua aur sabko namste kiya

Chairperson sir
Aaiye aaiye bethiye, kaha ke rahne wale hai aap?
Thik hai. Hum apni baat judiciary se start karte hai
Do you think that at present time judiciary is working independently? And some cross questions
Give some latest examples where you seen that judiciary is independent
What are challenges of judiciary and a very long monologue on how judiciary is not woking good.
Bar council members and power of senior advocates in judiciary


Panelist member 1]

1.Aap kis district se hai? I said AGAR MALWA madhya pradesh s hu.
2.aapke yaha koi temple bahut famous hai kya naam hai uska?
3. Scope of renewable energy in your district? Solar and wind both?
4. Wind energy ka scope itna achcha kyu hai aapke yaha?
5. Maa tujhe pranam yojna kya hai? Kya hota hai? Kya benefit hua?
6. Ramcharitmanas kisne likha hai?

Panelist member 2 (lady member; she is from north east

Tell me something about Sikkim’s history? Random questions
India m kyu aaya sikkim? Nepal bhutan ke pass kyu nhi gya? Thoda grill kiya
University m politics kyu hoti hai? Is it beneficial for student? Aur kis type ki activity hoti hai university k level par and some cross questions..
How important is money in a person's life? Can he make his life much better with money?

Panelist member 3

Aapne keshwanand bharti case ki baat kahi thi chairperson sir s baat krte time… who was keshwanand? Chief justice the…ya koi aur the? What is basic structure? Kya kya include hai isme?
Fundamental right aur DPSP kaha se liya hai constitution m? What is basic different between both?
Which fundamental right is most important according to you? I said sir article 14 …. Then he replied that if i give you choice to choose between art 21 and art 14? What you choose? Then i said sir article 21 and Justify it.
Hindi literature me time period ki history bata dijiye basic si?



Panelist member 4 (lady member) bahut achchi mam thi bahut achhe s baat kr rhi thi

You fill yoga as a hobby in your DAF।
Are you aware about soft power? Give me definition and examples of soft powers?
Then what is hard power?
She asked me that which power is good for india? Soft power or hard power? I said SMART power,
Would you think that our literature like RAMAYAN is also play important role as a soft power?
Difference form of ramayan in the world?
Give an example of any International religious place which shows that india is doing good for developing our soft power,, i said buddha circuit and UAE swaminarayan temple….

Mam n chairperson sir ki aur dekha…. Thoda pause lene ke baad sir n mujhe bola thik hai aapka interview ho gya hai.. aap jaa sakte hai.. mene unhe Thank you bola aur mai bahar aa gya

Date: 7/4/2025
Dr Dinesh Dasa board.
Relevant DAF keywords: English literature, Anthropology, Gorakhpur, Book club

Chairman Sir
How are you?
Congratulations for earning a seat here!
How long have you been waiting to be here?
What is romantic revival in English literary history?
You must have read Untouchable by Mulkraj Anand... how will you use the learnings of the text as an administrator?
Do you know what is parallel cinema? (I did not... so he explained... then asked about it in indian context... i tried to opinionate based on his explanation but admitted that i would need time to consolidate my thoughts on it.. he said it's fine we will leave it there... then next question)
What is Nath Sampraday associated with gorakhpur?
Suppose you are in Vande Bharat train and indira nooyi, priyanka chopra, nirmala sitaraman, p v sindhu are your fellow passengers.. you have to choose only one of them as someone you will sit next to. (I chose nirmala sitaraman)
Which 3 questions you would ask her? (My first question was how different it is to handle a household's budget and a country’s budget.. at which everyone chuckled)
Now answer those three questions?

Member 1:
What can we learn from ancient civilization about urban planning in india?

Have you faced any bad experience with any govt dept in your district?

If you are district administrator, how will you resolve it?

Member 2:
International relations related questions and counters
Mainly tariffs and indo pacific region

He was asking many questions at once... it needed some effort to remember all that he was clubbing into one question to answer every part of it.

Member 3:
Why certain problem i had mentioned before continues to persist despite bureaucracy being permanent executive unlike political representation which changes every election cycle.

As an administrator,  tell us a plan and its challenges related to solving that problem.

Member 4:

What is Project Varsha ? (I did not know.. he says its okay we will talk about something else)

You have mentioned organizing book club meets for children. Which book you have last read?

Tell me 2 things you liked in it?

Tell me 2 things you disliked?

Then a long question on Rohingya issue and security threat for india.

Chairman was constantly looking at the clock... every member had to be interrupted for exceeding time limit.

Okay, thank you. Your interview is over.

Overall experience: Very cordial board. Administrative solution oriented questions. Normal friendly conversation. Members were responsive, everyone listening very carefully. It was an  experience to cherish but passed by very swiftly! One or two answers could have been better... but i guess that is a perpetual regret.

Time: 35-40 minutes

Mocks: 8-10 mocks.. utility: to refine speaking skills.
Special thanks to Shubham Agrawal sir (Vidyapeeth ias)... his inputs on framing answers helped me in areas i was finding difficult. His advise for the interview hall: "Be like Zelensky in the Oval House debacle... when it comes to national interest- na sammaan ka moh ho... na apmaan ka bhay" helped me keep my confidence intact throughout!

Thank you to the transcript sharing community!

Name: Random
Date of interview- 8th April.
Key DAF details: EVS, MOSJE, water purification, standup comedy, IFS
Questions asked:

Chair (Dasa sir):
How can we balance FOSE and people's sentiments wrt standup comedy?
Gandhiji comes to Ahmedabad after a long time and sees that a huge flyover has been built. What would be his reaction/thoughts?
Should the government subsidize ACs, given they are a necessity now?
Who is your favorite philosopher? (Optional)

M1:
Which state were you assigned at MOSJE? (Worked as a state coordinator)
What was your work?
What did you learn?
How did you identify fake beneficiaries?
Give 3 examples of how cognitive science can be used in administration. (DAF)
How can we improve water security? (DAF)

M2:
Why has india not signed the refugee convention?
Tell me 3 points to improve our relationship with Thailand.
What is the meaning of strategic relationship in the context of Thailand?

M3:
What military reforms have been taken in the last decade?
What's the problem with Agnipath?

M4:
What is traditional knowledge? How can india protect it? What's the international convention in this regard?
Will China be on our side in negotiating for traditional knowledge protection?
How should we go about such a negotiation?

Interview duration- 20 mins (weirdly short idk why)
Experience- cordial board
Mocks- gave 10+, Samkalp is the closest to the real experience.
One-on-one- Gave several.
Best- Shubham Aggarwal sir (Vidyapeeth IAS)- Helped immensely in confidence building.
Special thanks to Neil sir (Unlock IAS), Mahesh Sir (Enlite IAS) and Vishwajeet sir (Levelup IAS)
To be avoided- Utkarsh sir. Unabashedly homophobic.

Interview date - 08/04/25
Board - Suman Sharma Maam
DAF - Power sector, Chartered Accountancy, Cleanliness, Commerce optional, Meerut

Chair - Term of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)
- Short term vs long term  PPA (Interest rates, utility etc.)
- Why civil services
- Are we overprotecting the underprivileged
M1
- Difference between presidential and parliamentary form of govt
- Why India chosen Parliamentary; challenges; how to overcome
- Poverty line (Tendulkar, World Bank, MPI)
M2
- Responsibility of civil servant
- How to build trust among public
- Why Trump is levying tariffs
- What should India do
- How to manage global uncertainty
M3
- Cleanliness drives
- North pacific garbage
- What should be done to increase awareness
- Cleanest city
M4
- Difference between Sales tax, VAT, GST
- Difference between GVA and GST
- Major initiatives in Meerut
- GST challenges

Overall- Time was around 30 minutes; Absolutely a discussion- no grilling - supportive panel.

Thank you to the transcript group 🙏

Name - ps
Date of interview - 8.4.25
Forenoon session
Board - Sanjay Verma sir
Second to go
DAF - delhi, iocl, mathematics , chess ,kabaddi, reading biographies,history and philosophy
Greeted everyone
Chair -
If you have to devise one IQ ranking tool to judge the intelligence of your age group, would beard be one of the factors( i said no then some counter questions)
So you read biographies and history - dont you read autobiographies, whats the difference
Any three historians that shaped your understanding of Indian history

Member 1
What is financial inclusion
What have we done about it
Dont you think insurance also ensures financial inclusion
What have done in that regard(some counterquestions)

Member 2
Long monologue that canada has stopped oil flow to USA - price increased in USA - but USA has reserves - then why they face shortages (some counter questions)
What comes to your mind when you hear - rambilli and lalmonirhat
Explain their significance
What would be security concerns about chinese base in north bangladesh
What can India do

Member 3 (mam)
so you are from east delhi - name two problems and how to solve
Why ghazipur still so big and all
How kabaddi contributes to character development
Favourite philosopher
Relevance of chanakya theories in current world for India
Some more questions - she was very cooperative

Member 4(mam)
you play chess , have you watched queens gambit
Reasons for landslides
Reasons for fires in iocl

Back to chair
Suppose your pakistani she-friend is visiting delhi - prepare an itinerary dor entire day


It was cordial conversation kind throughout

Mocks - samkalp was close to real one

Special thanks to Shubham sir (vidyapeeth)
He rescued me when I was under so much self doubt after some mocks
He said to me - you are a guest of upsc , enter with smile and even if they treat you like zelensky - stay like ‘budhham sharnam gacchami’ and ‘om shanti shanti’
I kept telling myself that when I was waiting for my turn to come

Very Special thanks to my friends ( KD sir, CT sahab IES and mr AK from dehradun) with whom I used to have discussions daily on various themes - you guys are blessing.

Name: Ned Stark
Date - 3rd April. Afternoon 4th one to go. Round table set up. Samkalp setup was closest to it.
Board - Dinesh Dasa Sir
DAF - AI, Sociology, Delhi, Formula 1. Rest not relevant.

Chairman Sir -
1. Why does the CMIE report show that the number of employed people has increased, but LFPR is decreasing?
2. Stephen Hawking on AI - It is the worst invention for humankind. Your opinion?
3. How to work with AI
4. Why so much overtourism in a few places and how to control the same?
5. Is Delhi's government policy changing completely after elections?

M1
1. Delhi air pollution - how has it evolved in the last 20 years?
2. How do London and Beijing tackled the same?
3. Can Yamuna be cleaned?
4. Your steps as DM to control air pollution.
5. What is vaccine hesitancy?
6. How do you control it?
7. Anthony Fauci was against the same? How can we control the same when role models are not promoting it?

M2 - Continued on air pollution
1. London banned all private vehicles. Can the same be done in Delhi?
2. Why not?
3. Why did the formula 1 race stop in India? Follow-ups on same.

M3
1. What is excise duty?
2. Delhi liquor policy
3. Should India encourage casinos for revenue like in Goa?
4. Follow up on same

M4
1. Have you gone trekking? Give some famous trekking routes.
2. USA on climate change - it is a hoax. Why are they saying so?
3. What's your opinion?
4. Environment v/s development trade off.

Chairman - Your interview is over. Sir kept an eye the entire duration.

The board was very cordial. Also had a few lighter moments when everyone laughed.

Mocks - Gave about 15 - Best ones - Samkalp (3), Vision Expert Mock and Quantel ( Nirnay and Analog ), Tathastu, Next IAS.

One to one - Anuj Sir vision IAS, Mohsin sir ( Drishti IAS ), Jalaj Srivastav Sir, Utkarsh sir, Mahesh Bhagwat sir

Special thanks to Arnav Bhandari sir for his insights on current affairs and Jalaj Sir for structuring my answers.

Best preparation - Discussion with my friends. Best way to develop perspectives and confidence.

All the best, guys!

.Name: TeeJay
Date : 7 apr
Ch : Sanjay Verma Sir
Hindi, PSIR, Cricket, Bareilly, women

Chairman:
What is shortest way 1 or 2 years to shine on world stage in cricket.
Ipl scouts ne kya domestic cricket ki importance kam kr di hai
Mem 1:
Agriculture ki problems
Govt kya kya program kar rahi hai
Global warming se ice caps pe effects
Nadi jodo pariyojna ke future prospects
Mem 2:
Ai jobs ko kam kar raha hai?
Rest forget
Mem 3 (female):
Bareilly ko international map pe kaise ka sakte kai
Bareilly me trade ka kya possibility hai
Mem 4 (female):
If you are a DM to Working me women participate kaise increase karoge
Visaka guideline
Dowry kya kam ho rahi hai ya bad rahi hai
Jo bada haisiyat ka ta badi post wo jyada dowry demand karta hai
Chairman:
Tarrif war ke impacts
Kya world cold war 2 me jaa raha hai
Global order kya change ho raha hai
Kab -2 change hua.
Other questions forget.

Transcript groups ko sukriya. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Kafi mocks diye, lekin sabse achha mock mujhe personally Shubham sir(Vidyapeeth) ka laga. Sab areas ko cover kiya, genuine feedback diya, last moment tips and end tak motivate kiya.

Name - Konstas
Date - 26/03
Board - Sanjay Verma Sir
Keywords - B.Com , PSIR , Media Channels , Auditing, Documentaries , Mahatma Gandhi , Cricket.
Chairman Sir
1 - Why tournament be named after Mahatma Gandhi.
2 - Documentaries you saw Recently.
3 - Tell few Documentaries having Social Underpinnings.
4 - Anuja was the same nominated for Academy awards ?
M1 -
1 - Enumerate few foreign media channels.
2 - Orientation of Europien media channels
3 - Name few channels from France and Russia.
4 - Which are Indian channels you follow and particular telecast?
5- Who was Mustafa Kamal Ataturk ? His role in modern Turkish Republic.
6- Donald Trump and defunding of VOA
M2-
1 - you know about Sputnic media ventures ?
2 - Is it telecasted in India ?
3 - What is Cozybee ?
4 - Diffrences between Gray zone and assymetric warfare.
M3-
1 - Type of taxation.
2 - which is good ?
3 - Explain how Direct taxation is progressive and good.
4 - Principles of Auditing
5 - Situation based questions regarding 20 people planning and 2 directly murdering a person and severity of punishment to involved ones.
M4- (Female)
1 - Situation in Bangladesh
2 - Shell companies , What they are , How they Function ?
3 - FDI and FPI , diffrences and desirability.
Chairman sir -
1 - Happiness according to you .
2 - Efforts at measurement.
Thanks you , Your Interview is over.

Name - Theknighht
Date - 04/04/2025 afternoon session.
Board - Dasa sir
Daf- Bundelkhand, chess , IR rest not asked
Chairman -
1- How are you ?
Fine
2-How you feeling
Extraordinary sir
3-Introduce yourself
4-Your name is __ do you know anyone with same name
Yes
5- Any other ?
No
Chairman -___ named people are born to be IAS
6-tell me overall agri industry view of Bundelkhand.
7-FR and Dpsp debate case laws amendment.
8-Industries earlier used to have so many strikes why not now ?
Few more don't remember
Member 1 -
9- Why teir 2 and tier 3 cities not able to keep them clean like indore
10- Chose an event in India's one hundred year history which u want to change and why and what would happen if that event was not there.
Rest don't remember
Member 3-
11- issues with Bundelkhand?
11.1- Bundelkhand as a separate state during state reorganization
12- Issues with agriculture in Bundelkhand?
13-- FPO's Cooperatives
14-- Tell me successfull FPO
15--Land acquisition act
16-- Gram sabha under land acquisition act
Member 3 -
17-- A follow up question on member 2 question regarding swacha bharat
18-- - Will trump be able to create wedge between russia and China ?
19--- Why trump reapproaching Russia ?
Few follow up questions
Rest don't remember
Member 4 - U intrested in Chess
I glowed up
20--- Why chess becoming so popular in India ?
Overall board impressed by one point of answer of multiple points I gave
21--- you in Mod , limited resources what u will build a submarine or an Aircraft carrier
Few more questions don't remember
Chairman sir again -
22---  is there connection between chess and mathematics
23-- - South India more efficient in mathematics that's why more efficient in chess ?
Thanks you your interview is over.
I said thanks and came out.
Remarks- board was cordial no grilling , few hiccups here and there overall went well.
About 50% DAF based.
Mocks- nearly 10 , Samkalp was the closest.
One to one - Vajiram , pwonlyias , Shabbir sir
Special thanks to Ankit sir (smartworks lab ) and Anupam Sir ( smartworks lab ) who helped me immensely throughout interview preparation.
Thanks for creating such community and finally thanks to the Community.

Name - Theknighht
Date - 04/04/2025 afternoon session.
Board - Dasa sir
Daf- Bundelkhand, chess , IR rest not asked
Chairman -
1- How are you ?
Fine
2-How you feeling
Extraordinary sir
3-Introduce yourself
4-Your name is __ do you know anyone with same name
Yes
5- Any other ?
No
Chairman -___ named people are born to be IAS
6-tell me overall agri industry view of Bundelkhand.
7-FR and Dpsp debate case laws amendment.
8-Industries earlier used to have so many strikes why not now ?
Few more don't remember
Member 1 -
9- Why teir 2 and tier 3 cities not able to keep them clean like indore
10- Chose an event in India's one hundred year history which u want to change and why and what would happen if that event was not there.
Rest don't remember
Member 3-
11- issues with Bundelkhand?
11.1- Bundelkhand as a separate state during state reorganization
12- Issues with agriculture in Bundelkhand?
13-- FPO's Cooperatives
14-- Tell me successfull FPO
15--Land acquisition act
16-- Gram sabha under land acquisition act
Member 3 -
17-- A follow up question on member 2 question regarding swacha bharat
18-- - Will trump be able to create wedge between russia and China ?
19--- Why trump reapproaching Russia ?
Few follow up questions
Rest don't remember
Member 4 - U intrested in Chess
I glowed up
20--- Why chess becoming so popular in India ?
Overall board impressed by one point of answer of multiple points I gave
21--- you in Mod , limited resources what u will build a submarine or an Aircraft carrier
Few more questions don't remember
Chairman sir again -
22---  is there connection between chess and mathematics
23-- - South India more efficient in mathematics that's why more efficient in chess ?
Thanks you your interview is over.
I said thanks and came out.
Remarks- board was cordial no grilling , few hiccups here and there overall went well.
About 50% DAF based.
Mocks- nearly 10 , Samkalp was the closest.
One to one - Vajiram , pwonlyias , Shabbir sir
Special thanks to Ankit sir (smartworks lab ) and Anupam Sir ( smartworks lab ) who helped me immensely throughout interview preparation.
Thanks for creating such community and finally thanks to the Community.

Date :02 april 2025
Board : Sheel Vardhan sir
DAF keywords:Cooking,political science,cricket, MP, AI

Greeted everyone

Chairperson: welcome to conversation and relax
1.Discussion started with weather of MP and Delhi
2.What is AI
3.why need to be worried
4.when will india get it's deepseek
5.tell me some more technology apart from AI that can have large impact
6.role of AI in battlefield
7.if world war 1 is about trench warfare, world war 2 about artillery . What will be scene of future warfare.
8.what change in USA foreign policy. Why shift in its stance.
9.where europe makes mistake.
10.what india should learn from europe today problem.

M1

1.How to handle trump tariff
2.which sector of India are going to be affected
3.weaponisation of supply chain
4.How will you handle any law and order problem arise in your district.
5.did you went for post graduation.
6.why you want to join civil service.

M2

1.why red ball used in test cricket and white ball in T20.
2.whats your view point on cricketers taking their wife on their cricket tour.
3.tell me about india AI mission.
4.what about GPU.
5.what are key things need to lead in AI.
6.difference between generative AI and Artificial general intelligence.

M3

1.How will you identify key qualities that needed in civil service in your subordinate.
2.are you one thumping one's chest or one who work silently.
3.whats your view point on india being vishwa guru.

M4
1.I find your cooking as hobby interesting. how do you get interested in cooking.
2.why desserts
3.Do you observe there is change where now cooking adopted by man also.
4.about women security like it's status , new challenges
5.India china are moving towards thaw in relationship. 3 roadblocks in this and what is way forward.

Chairperson: thank you. Your interview is over. Nice conversation with you.

Name: Rayquaza
Date of Interview: 21st March 2025( Afternoon)
Board: Dinesh Dasa
DAF: West Bengal,Bengali Novels ( Other's not Relevant)

Chairman:
1) Played a song on laptop,and asked to identify the song,and who wrote it. How do you relate the song to the present weather?
2) Present industrial and economic status of Bengal
3) Your favourite Bengali Novel and why?

M1

1)Why Bengal was partitioned in 1947?
2)Singur Land agitation? Why?
3)Why was capital shifted from Kolkata to Delhi?


M2
1)Is present Indian youth moving towards Spirituality? If yes why?
2)
Does spirituality affect scientific temper?
3)
2 women character from Bengali Novels who played an important role in our Freedom struggle

M3

1)What is enclave and exclave?
2)Centrally Sponsered Schemes

M4
1) Distinguish between philosophy and relation of Gandhi -Tagore

Dinesh Dasa interjected: Is nationalism important or patriotism?
2)Effect of Climate Change
In West Bengal
3)Is RTI a fundamental right?

Feedback: Extremely Cordial Board

Approximate Time: 30 min

Mocks: NextIAS, Chahal, PW, Vajirao and Reddy,Unacademy are recommended!

Date : 04th April 2025
Name : __
Board : Sheelvardhan Sir

DAF keywords : Bihar , IT , Computer Science , Corporate Social Responsibility , Astrophysics , Cyber Security , AI , ML , Anthropology , BIT Mesra

Chairman Sir :
1. Which man made object has traversed the farthest thus far ? (Voyager1 and Voyager 2)
2. Is it still alive ?
3. Carl Sagan and the Blue Dot ? Do you think the world is a global village ?
4. What is I4C ? what it does ?
5. CertIN and its functions

Member 1:

1. Unemployment in Bihar and how can should Skill development be designed ?
2. How can NEP help ?
3. How to ensure women safety ? What the govt is doing and what else would you like to do ?

Member 2 :

1. What is ethical dilemma ?
2. Among Honesty and Loyalty which would you choose?
3. Which is more important - individual rights or Public rights ?
4. What is Anthropology and how is it relevant in present context ?
5. Anthropology use in AI and genetic engineering ?
6. AI governance ?

Member 3
1. Consider me a child of 10 years and explain me what is AI ? How is it different from ML and Deep learning ?
2. You are from BIT Mesra , Do you think that govt should invest more in BIT rather than in IIT as IITians mostly go abroad and are wasting govt resources ?
3. Why is the culture of BIT Mesra more aligned with contributing to society ? What is its unique value system?

Member 4 :
1. Why did India excelled in IT but not in Hardware ?
2. What did you like the most about Karnataka ?
3. How do employees engage in CSR ? Why there is no sense of ownership and how can it be inculcated ?

Chairman Sir :
1. Given the advent of Brain computer interface chips like Neuralink , how it impacts the human capabilities ?
2. Would you like one implanted for yourself?
3. What are its dangers ?

Board was very cordial and attentive , felt more like conversation . Overall pleasant experience .

Name: RP
Date of interview: 9 Apr, 2025
Forenoon session
Daf: jharkhand, anthropology, physics (H) from DU, spirituality, meditation, journaling

Chairperson:
1. Suppose you're a DM posted in areas around jamtara, what steps would you take to ensure that jamtara-like crimes don't happen in your area?
2. 3 quick measures that should be taken to develop jharkhand( quick, not long term measures )
3. Swamitva scheme

M1:
1. Why is anthropology not so popular discipline?
2. Should people of your age be pursuing spirituality?
3. Recite gayatri mantra
4. Tell its meaning

M2:
1. How to improve traffic in delhi. 3 quick measures( quick, not long term again)
2. Food adulteration: laws and punishment. She also asked specific IPC section dealing with it.

M3:
1. You wrote in your college magazine. What was this magazine about? What role did you play? What did you write?
2. Is chatgpt  curbing the protection measures for plagiarism?
3. Floods in Guwahati : how to handle as a DM, before flood , during flood and after flood.
Communication channels would be disrupted , how will you remain in touch with people.
4. Why did india got irritated during COP29 at Baku?

M4:
1. Comparative advantage of textile industry in jharkhand. Do u agree? Justify.
2. Correlation between climate change and dietary preference. How do each one impact other? Causation versus correlation in this case.
3. Depreciating currency is a discriminatory bias against poor people. Agree or disagree? Justify?
Does it benefit rich ones?

Chairperson: Ok, Thank you.

Name:
Date : 8th April, 2025
DAF keywords : BHU
Questions asked :
1. History of IIT BHU
2. Given a choice, would you upgrade IT BHU to IIT BHU, or create a new IIT Varanasi ?
3. How would you address the controversy of 70hrs work week if you were Public relations officer in that company ?
4. How would you address three farm laws controversy if govt hired you as public relations officer?

1.what are the key things that should be discussed in a company’s meetings?
2. What can be done to boost sports in India ?
3.Why did you leave your job ?

1. Why India downplaying SAARC and embracing BIMSTEC ?
2. Should sheikh Hasina be extradited ? Why or why not ?
3. Ever turned a crisis into opportunity in your professional life ?

1.Why China values Shaksgam?
What can India do to pressure China ?
2. Is trump rogue ?

(Couldn’t really understand what he wanted to ask )
(Long monologue on trumps tariffs)
1. What else should India be anticipating ?
2. What are the impacts of the tariff imposition on the world on India ?

Apologies if I missed any question.

Name - Luna Lovegood
Date - 09/04/25
Board - Suman Verma Ma'am
Keywords - Anthropology, Indore (nothing else relevant)
Time around 20 min
(Last to go in afternoon session)

Chairperson -
1. monologue on PDS scheme.. Should we replace it with vouchers any disadvantages.
2. Osho 's statement - should children be raised in commune any advantage or disadvantages
3. Give any post independence event that should've been done differently.
4.ARC companies good or bad idea ,banks give loans w/o due diligence, what could be alternatives.

M1
1. Freebies - is it a politically motivated scheme.
2. Should farmers be given free cash PMKISAN.
3. Recieving food without working is not a good sanskar. Sir insisted that - "I think it's a political move" .
4. Is indore a better city or Delhi

M2( lady member)
1. Music - art or spiritual
2. Differences between Hindustani and carnatic, Indian and western.
3. What kind of music do you listen to
4. Stray dog menace how to solve? Are there agencies that take away these dogs? Does the problem warrant legal action.

M3
1. Kashmir militancy what could have been different.
2. Historic blunders - monologue on UN and LAC issue
3. State reorganization advantages & disadvantages.
4. "Visionary leadership" quote asked me to explain and elaborate
5. Transformational leadership is as powerful as team building explain.
6. Make in India, make in America - impact on economy? Monologue on that

M4
1. Origin of the term Banana republic (Tried to nudge me into the direction - I didn't know the origin)
2. Educational system fees structure to be replaced by vouchers/coupons. Your opinion.
3. Aspirational district program. ODOP what approach is being taken and what should be the future.

Ma'am said okay your interview is over.

My take - Very Cordial environment, they were laughing and encouraging.

Date :07/04/2025( forenoon)
Board : Suman Sharma 
Keywords : Kerala, BTech Computer Science, Infosys, Government PSU in Finance sector( rest of the keywords are noy relevant)

Suman Ma'am 
1. Discussions related to 70 hour -90 hour work week is going on, right? What is your opinion ( I spoke for work - life balance)
2. But India is a developing country. Shouldn't we put more effort to reach our goals?
3. So India had a very high tariff on other countries, especially USA. Did it benefitted India? ( ma'am was not satisfied by my answer and repeated the qn in some other way, but I'm not sure whether she got satisfied by my second answer)

Member -1 ( Male )
1. What is the meaning of your name? ( when I told the meaning, he said whether I'm a Brahmin - I said no)
2.Tell me about western ghats. Why they're called western ghats and in which part of kerala they are.
3.What about Himalaya. Why in Kashmir it is northern Himalaya and in uttarakhand it is western Himalaya.
4. What is the difference between constitutional and statutory bodies
( I gave traditional answer, sir gave a different answer, i said thank you)

Member -2(Lady)
1. (I mentioned CAG in last question ) what is the role of CAG
2. You've lived most of the time in God's own country, right? ( I said I've lived in different parts of India but mostly in Kerala, then she did not ask anything)
3. Was there any incident of any issue in your work? ( i shared an incident with a customer)
4. Was there any issue with colleagues? ( I said no since I worked at junior levels, there was no memorable incidents)

Member -3 ( Male)
1. About gulf migration from Kerala and it's social impacts
2. Is there any negative impacts 
3. Impact of tariffs on Marine products from Kerala

 I don't remember rest of the questions .

Member -4 ( Male)
1. What is delimitation. What is the controversy going on about it.
2. Why Kerala approached Supreme Court against center? 
3. Why center is interfereing in state's finances.
4. What did finance commission do to incorporate the demands of states which do population control.which census is used by finance commission. How much percentage for demographic efforts
5. When is the last time we did delimitation.
6. Tell me about RCEP. Why India is not part of it.

There are few more questions, which I'm not able to recall correctly.For most of the questions, they asked stats and facts as counter questions. I answered I'm not sure in them. The board was very cordial and pleasant.They encouraged me to answer when I took some time in some questions.

Mocks - Kerala State Civil Service Academy, Amrita IAS, Fortune IAS, Shankar IAS, Lead IAS ( all in trivandrum), Online mocks - Absolute IAS, Unacademy, PwOnly IAS

One on one's - Jithin Sir from Lead IAS( helped a lot in improving communication, gaining confidence and preparing facts in last few days ), Achuth Sir( improving current affairs), Shinas Sir ( helped in DAF preparation and DAF analysis a lot ), Remya Roshni Ma'am ( helped in boosting confidence a lot).

Mocks hepled for simulating interview experience. One on one's and interactions with civil servants helped in improving content and gaining confidence.

Name : REWA MAI KE DEEWANE JABALPUR WALE
Date : 09 april,2025
DAF keyword : Mining, secretary fine arts,IIT KGP,mimicry,jabalpur,narmada (rest not asked)
Last to go,afternoon session
B.B.Swain sir
Chairman
1. How long have you been waiting (I said I came around 12:55 and its been around 4 hours - I was the lastest person in the whole central room )
2. You do mimicry, I will not ask to do but tell me its history(I said sorry sir don’t know much about it)
3. How do you get into it
4. Famous artist
Member 1
1. Which person you mimic?
2. Can you do (Sunny deol Ofc - gadar dialogue haha - they enjoyed it and me too)
3. So you are from mining engineering ,tell me about geology of narmada?
4. How it formed?
5. Fold and fault difference?
6. Does folding occur within plate(I said sorry I am not sure)
7. Asked about have you heard fracking?
8. What are environmental issue?
9. Which country have shale gas deposits?
10. What about oil?
11. How much we import?
12. Top 3 countries?
13. Why import from saudi decreased ,as earlier we used to import from them?
14. Tell me a country who was in huge chinese debt and we helped?why china does so?
15. Some more question I don’t remember

Member 2 (sweet lady - sitting just close to me on my right side)
1. Asked you were fine arts sect?what fine arts you do (I said I was just sect and don’t do fine arts)
2. Then how do you have the motivation?
3. How you persuaded people?
4. Why suicide in IIT?
5. Is society responsible?
6. What can be solution?
7. What is the biggest thing in mind of IIT student when to come to college from coaching that lead to such issues? (I said department change and placement)
8. What were your role as mentor?
9. How you handled your first year mentee?
10. Some more questions?

Member 3 (IR specialist 01)
1. Tell me about tariff?why not in africa ( I gave three reason ,actual was the last one ki they don’t have significant trade with USA?
2. What about a particular community in china province?name the province?(Xinjiand and uighurs)
3. Reason pak didn’t react ?(I said Paisa mil rha infra aur sunni hai pak so shiate uighur not into much consideration)
4. Then asked about malacca dilemma?what it is(I was not very sure asked can I guess and it was right so ok only)
5. Why china is aggressive in south china sea?what is nine dash line?aritfical islands?
6. Some more complex terms (I said sorry - mai PSIR ka nhi hu bhai ;lol)
7. How individual like you think about national issues like security?what areas you would want back(I said POK and aksai china?
8. How you would go (diplomacy,int channel and deep state agency use bola maine)
9. He said diplomacy se china kaha manega(I said but we have to optimistic ,maybe in long term its possible;sudden confrontation is not in our side at present)
10. Some more IR question I don’t remember

Member 4 (IR specialist 02 )
1. What are the qualities that a nation should have to broker peace between country like ukraine and russia? (not convinced with my answer - he wanted to listen the good relation ; I said power respects power so economic,military power along with soft power?
2. Can we broker ? (I said presently USA is mediating and we don’t have that diplomatic leverage to do so ; may be in future as we progress towards being a vishwaguru)
3. Then comes bombs - he was like aaja bhai dalai lama bna du tujhe ;lol ---->4 question back to back on dalai lama and I didn’t knew about it -- consecutive sorry sir
4. So1-2 more question - I don’t remember

Overall experience :
Going around 5:02 and carrying it till 5:32 - I am very much happy with my performance baki Bhole ki meherbani
Board was very cordial ,they were very expressive except last person he was there to kind of proving his mettle.Rest ,it was a good experience.