Board: Suman Sharma ma'am
Date:14 Jan Afternoon,2nd to go
DAF keywords: Doctor (MBBS),Medical officer, Anthropology,Nanded, Maharashtra,Ambajogai(Beed),Nashik.

Chairperson: You must have heard about India Genome Project? What are its advantages and disadvantages?Are we sharing this data with other countries?what other countries have initiated genome projects?What is China's five finger policy? the palm region in this policy is called?

M1: Are Gandhian values relevant today? You have studied in Nashik ( question related to wineyard industry).Gandhiji also promoted prohibition. Then should we ban wine?So in Gadchiroli,what problems tribals are facing?Why Naxalism still persist despite the government efforts? Origin of word 'Naxal'? As DM,how will you address this issue?

M2:1)Your hobby is indoor planting, can you tell me what is hydroponics? Should we promote hydroponics instead of rainwater harvesting (for farmers)?
2)In rural areas there's dichotomy.They allow girls to wear jeans etc but they don't allow women to pursue jobs.Where should one draw line between traditional and modern values?

M3: Do you watch movies? What was the last movie that you watched and why did you like it? Who was Swami Ramanand Teerth? Tell me other regional leaders in Hyderabad liberation movement. Why ragging is so prevalent in medical colleges?

M4: How to increase women's participation in STEM jobs? Why they are aspiring for it?How will you inspire them to take careers like Payal kapadia?

Chairperson:Thank you, your interview is over!
Experience: Interview was mostly opinion based. No Grilling. More questions on women ,rural and tribals empowerment.

Interview guidance:
One to one sessions with Anupam Jain sir,Ankit Singh sir at SMARTWORK LABS and Shabbir Sir at Educamy were extremely helpful.

Mocks : Total 6. Samkalp(2),Vajiram,Unacademy ,Shriram IAS,etc

Boards this week ✅
1. Sheel Vardhan Sir
2. Suman Ma’am
3. Dasa Sir
4. Sanjay Verma Sir

Name: -
Chairman : Sheel Vardhan Singh
Date : 20/01/25, Forenoon 1st to go
DAF: Kerala, Pune, Roorkee, Architect, Theyyam artform, Football, Malayalam movies

Chairman: 

Good morning. So I am talking to Mr....  , Now we will be having a small conversation.

Do you play basketball? (Seeing my height)

Do you play this artform of Theyyam?

Are you aware about the origins of other western dance forms like zumba etc.

What do you know about urban design philosophy of Le Corbusier?

What about his opinion on aeroplane design ?

Some other concept by Le Corbusier, which I am not ware of 

So given a chance how will you approach urban design somewhere in North India?


M1 :

Why are so many young people wanting to join civil services nowadays?

You must have heard about Delhis AQI right? What do you know about it?

How can we improve the situation?

Can you name any Indian brand that you like and why?


M2:

You have worked in Pune right? How's the traffic situation there? now metro is also coming. What are its advantages?

If I ask you to name only one most important advantage of having a metro, whats will be that?

But I would say Bombay local has been working better than metros for a long time, what's your opinion on that?


M3 :
Since we are discussing architecture, I will stick on that itself. One of our politicians said that Indian building looks ugly like matchboxes. What's your take on that?

Given a chance as an administrator, which types of budings would you prefer in your city, glass and steel or brick and concrete?

When you moved to Roorkee from Kerala, where you readily able to adjust there?


M4 :
You must have read the constitution right, what's the need of putting DPSP?

Can you name a few DPSP? 

Few DPSPs which were implemented by law or policy?

Panchayati Raj is also one of the implemented one right. So, what's the status of decentralisation of governance in Kerala?

Since you talked about strengths, can you name two weakness of Kerala panchayati Raj system?


Chairman: Your interview is over. You may leave. 

Mocks: Lead IAS, I learn IAS, Enlite IAS, Fortune IAS, UPSC Studymates, Pala academy, Kerala State Civil Service academy,  Amritha academy.

Name: SP
DOI: 21-01-25
Board: (Retd) Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir
Keywords: IRS-IT, ITC, Sociology

Chairman:

1. Long lecture on why nobody likes to pay their taxes and don’t you think we as a country should do away with Income Tax Department altogether.

2. What has the Faceless Assessment done in this regard.

3. Do you think complete elimination of human interface is feasible. Or should we have a blended mix ?

4. How many people file ITR, out of them how many actually pay tax? Why is the % so low ?

5. Argentina abolished its income tax to revive the economy, do you think we can do something like that.


M1:

1. Recently sportspersons won laurels for the country and got cash prizes, still they had to pay taxes. Don’t you think it’s unfair.

2. Why not tax farmers. What’s the issue in this regard.

3. Why have both direct and indirect taxes. Shouldn’t we do away with one of the two.

M2:

1. Tell me something that’s famous about your district.

2. Why IAS, when you can do the same job on deputations.

3. Something in news about decarbonisation announced by Andhra CM. Do you know what he was talking about.

M3:

1. How do you handle criticism?

2. How is it different from online trolling ? Have you ever been subject to that?

3. Recently Australia banned children from accessing social media. Do you think we should also have such a model ?

M4:

1. You have done BTech in EEE, and then later took Sociology optional. Why this shift ?

2. What is QUAD

3. What is OECD. Is India a member of the group.

4. What is the tax to GDP ratio of developed countries vis-a-vis India. And what is the reason behind this difference ?

Chairman:

I still think the corporates are doing tax evasion, while the salaried class has no escape. This is a sad state. What’s your take on this.

Okay, your interview is over.

Time: 25-30 minutes

Overall experience: The board was cordial. Questions were opinion based and less factual.

Very close to the mock interview in Sankalp, PW, NextIAS in terms of opinion based questions.

All the best to everyone.

20th jan
Name Naam Hi toh Hai
Board - Dinesh dasa Sir
DAF-disability law, accessibility,
LLB hon, Odisha ,
Psir
Chairman
Q your hobby is public speaking speak on on justice delayed is justice denied for 2 minutes
Q issues with the commonwealth secretariat ?
M1
Disability accessibility issues in India and in USA comparison
How much will you rate India accessibility and how much will you rate USA's And why??
Russia Ukraine crisis what will be the trump's next action??
Follow up question
Why do you think Americans have voted for Trump??
M2
Subhadra Yojana? Empowerment of women?
What is the need for mentoring divyang children what are the challenges and and the outcome
Q USA haven't signed UNCRD you say USA is disable friendly how??
Q something related to the child marriage prohibition act which I didn't remember?
M3
Q geography of Odisha??
Q why Odisha is a poverty driven state??
Q issues of naxalism in Orissa and steps taken to overcome the naxalism issues??

M4
Why do you want to join civil services over judicial services??
What were you doing since 2019???
How we can improve UPSC Bhavan to be more accessible??
Q why do you want to settle in India??
Welfare state and freebies culture
Do you think India should remain welfare state?? If yes FROM where govt will collect the revenues??
Interview lasted for 25- 30 minutes around

Relevance of mocks ZERO

Name:
Date: 21/01/2025
Board: Retd Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir
DAF: Kerala, sending postal letters, Mohiniyattam (Nothing else was asked from DAF)

Chairman:
1.Do you still write letters? Have you visited post offices?So is the Postal dept working well?
2.Should the Indian post move to digital?
3.2024 was full of violence. How do you see 2025? Will there be any change in the violence? (Covered Middle East here)
4.What about Russia ukraine?
5.what about Taiwan?
6.India- China issue?
7.Diff btw de escalation and disengagement?
8.By considering all this discussion, are you ready to change your initial stand now? (About 2025 being less violent than 2024)
Counter questions on all que. He also read out some statements and asked my opinion on it. (From IR)

M1:
1.BRICS- do u think India and China could accomodate in it?
2.Do u think private schools have more standards than gov schools?
3.What can we do to improve the resource availability in gov schools?

M2:
1.So your name is _.and it's meaning is _in sanskrit.. Does it have the same meaning in Malayalam?
2.How to promote classical dance among youth since the youth now are more into hiphop?
Some counter que

M3:
1.Why communism has stronghold in Kerala?
2.Where is Gwadar port?
3.what happened there yesterday?
4.Is it a security threat to india?
Counter question from chairman
5.What is QUAD- what is the objective?
6.Do you think India-Bangladesh are in good relation now?
7.Should india extradite Hasina respecting the treaty?
8.Mohiniyattam and kathakali basic diff

M4:
1.Why kochi port cannot develop like colombo port?
2.Why less number of industries in Kerala?
3.What is PQLI? I didn't know.she said it is Physical Quality of Life Index
4.Kerala ranks top in PQLI and still why it is known for high suicides?
5.What is the mullaperiyar issue?

Thank you. Your interview is over

Overall experience: The board was very cordial. Mostly opinion based questions. Interrupted in btw to share their views on it. It was more like a discussion.

Mocks: LeadIAS, Enlite IAS, iLearn IAS, Fortune IAS, UPSC Studymates, Kerala State Civil Service Academy, Chahal academy

Date: 21/01/25 AN
Chairperson: Suman Sharma

Key Words: IIT Madras, Electrical Engineering, USA, Pennsylvania, Social Policy, NGOs, Govt of Andhra Pradesh


Chairperson: Smiling. Good Morning. Please take a seat. Read key aspects of DAF out loud.

1. In terms of work culture, what’s one thing you can bring from USA to India?
2. What is CBAM?
3. Isn’t CBAM a good thing then?
4. Why can’t India produce Green Steel and export?
5. Who will be India’s competitors in exporting Steel?
6. What is the best green energy that can be integrated to the grid?
7. List out all green energy sources
8. Should we protect animals?
9. What is your opinion on Zoos? Is it ethical to have zoos?

M1:
1. Pennsylvania is a hub of coal. US consumes a lot of coal but is hypocritical on other countries doing the same. What’s your take on the emission cut downs?
2. In India, people complain that they pay a lot of taxes. Why is that feeling present? Take on progressive taxation?
3. Both Iran and Afghanistan have denied rights to women. But India is cozying up with one and not the other. Why the differentiation?


M2:
1. What is happening in Bangladesh? What should India be wary of?
2. Me Too Movement, where did it originate? Why did it fizzle out?


M3:
1. What are famous dishes from Andhra?
2. Why did you not go in the direction of Research?
3. How can India get to Viksit Bharat? What steps? (A lot of counter Qs)


M4: (female)
1. Did you watch Laapata Ladies? What’s the message the movie is giving?
2. SEZ. Why did they not take off? (A lot of counter Qs)
3. Why are SEZ companies looking more towards domestic consumption than exports?
4. You worked with NGOs too, why didn’t you pick up that as career?


Chairperson: Smiling. Thank You. Your interview is over.


Mirror practice >> Mocks. All the best!

Name: V
Date: 20-01-25
Optional: Agriculture
Time: Afternoon (2nd to go)- 25 min approx
Board : Dr Dinesh Dasa sir
Chairman sir:
Read my DAF, asked anything I want to tell

1. Hyderabad Karnataka now it is called? ( DAF)
2. Present geographic division of Karnataka ( i couldn't understand the question properly, just gave the present status)
3. Why our country is witnessing large farmers protests since many years. What are the reasons why the MSP has failed ( question was framed bit complex)
4. Why only in Punjab and Haryana
5. Interrupted and asked do you want to say southern states are not getting benefitted out of MSP
6. Do government procuring more than MSP prices
7. Why do you want to become a civil servant
8. What are the benefits of cooperatives

MEMBER 1

1. What is NSS and what did I do here
2. Cleanliness problem is very daunting in India. Why is this state?
3. What can be done ?
4. Parali burning/ stubble burning why is it so prevalent
5. What can you do as a DM ( said to tell my opinion what not  govt is doing)
6. Why can't we give freebies here to control it

MEMBER 2 (Lady)

1. What difference do I see between women of Karnataka and Delhi ( releated to societal perception and treatment)
2. What Can I do as a DM to solve it
3. Name any 3 female sportspersons across different field

MEMBER 3 (International relations)
1. Why Russia invaded Ukraine
2. Why did they call it special operations and not war
3. Same is happening in Isreal- Hamas, but why truce now
4. If it is not benefitting Israel why did they agree
5. Do i believe the ceasefire will long last


MEMBER 4 (DAF based)

1. You have studied in Gurunank pls tell the message given by GuruNanak ji
2. How can I apply this principles if I become DM
3. If believe you want to stay in comfort zone.( Chairman sir asked i agree) - I asked why do sir feel so
4. Asked about my MSc and PhD - i replied and denied the above ( + other technical things)

One-one/DAF analysis- Mahesh Bhagwat sir (IPS), Vision ias (one-one DAF questionnaire ), Abhijeet sir (upsc prep), Ayush sir (Forum ias), , Vinay sir (Insight ias), Jorben sir (UPSC agri optional), Krushna Bokhare sir +many of my seniors

Mock- Forum, Upsc prep(online), Vision ias, Only ias PW
Mocks help me cover DAF properly and build the confidence i think giving few would be good idea

Questions even though seems easy but were made bit complex i have made it as per my understanding

The board was cordial and enthusiastic and appreciated the answers which when I tried to give practical ones, Initially It took me time to settle then I got natural. ( Stay calm and composed andrest the panelists are experienced enough to Judge us)
Jai hind

Date: 21 Jan forenoon session, 2nd to go
DAF keywords: Free verse poetry writing, Endurance running, tutored underprivileged at NGO, Electrical Engineering. (rest not asked)
Board: Sheel Vardhan Singh Sir

Chairman sir:
1. You write free verse poetry, tell me what do you know about sonnets.
2. What is the number of verses in it?
3. What is a haiku?
4. Do you remember any famous poem of william wordsworth?
5. Since you had psir optional, you must know the israel-hamas conflict that’s going on. Tell me what does the term ‘intifada’ mean?
6. What does global intifada mean?

M1:
1. Running is your hobby, so how do you think it impacts mental health?
2. Do you think india lacks mental health awareness?
3. What are the major causes of suicides in india?
4. How do you think we can tackle it?
5. Given isro is undertaking all this research, how do you think this helps a common man? Does it help society?

M2:
1. In any war, its said that there are no victors. But who is winning in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war? Who do you think has benefited the most? (i answered weapons-manufacturing companies)
2. So which country is benefiting? (I answered usa citing the figures and names of companies)
3. Sir said: Say US more freely, we’re not making you sign an affidavit that usa has profited by the war (members laughed among themselves)
4. What is russia gaining from the war?
5. Which other country has gained? (China)
6. Has india also benefited? And tell me how? (Importing cheap oil and selling it to the west)
7. Continuing from the question on running, what maximum distance have you ran?
8. What was your timing for that?

Chairman sir - that’s almost like jogging (members chuckled. I said, sir I’ll try to improve it)

M3:
1. What is this new mission of isro, have you heard about it?
2. Why will isro gain out of it?
3. Tell me about green energy
4. How can EVs contribute to a country’s economy?
5. India’s status in battery manufacturing?

M4:
1. What was your role in the ngo?
2. What are other Indian ngos that have got global recognition or nobel prize? (I couldn’t recollect at the moment)
3. Have you heard about bachpan bachao andolan? (It clicked me, kailash satyarthi)
4. What was his contribution?
5. What is the ‘missing children’ phenomenon?
6. Recently judgement on the r g kar case was given by the court, if you were the judge what would have been your verdict? (I said i would follow the due procedure, take into account gravity of crime, evidence, effect on society, et al)
7. No just give me the judgement. (I gave a similar answer and about belief in judicial wisdom of sc’s judgement)
8. What would be your quantum of punishment?

Chairman sir interrupted - i think you’re being too safe and too cautious with your answers, if i were in your place i would’ve straight away given him the death penalty.
I answered - sir i just want to ensure there’s no miscarriage of justice either. He smiled and said thankyou your interview is over.
(Approx 25 minutes)

Cordial board, good energy of all members, gave sufficient time to answer and were attentive.

Name: Culer
Date : 22/1/2025
Suman Sharma Ma'am Board, last to go. 20-25 minutes.
Key DAF details: Civil Engineering, History, Bits Pilani Hyderabad Campus, E.Champaran, Bihar, Cricket, rest not asked.
Questions asked:
*Chairman Ma'am*
1) NEP advocates flexible courses, don't you think it'll lead to generalist courses.
Follow up : But you have Engg., courses like these might not be preferred.
Follow up : Your one input to NEP, which isn't there already.
2) Cryptocurrency, should we legalise it, as many countries have done. Follow up questions.
3) Traffic Congestion Fees in NYC during peak hours. Should we do that in India as well? Follow up on one point in my answer.
*M1*
1) Why is ChotaNagpur Plateau called so?
2) Opium Wars and follow up ques on my answer.
3) Migration of labour to which countries in British rule.
*M2*
1) Debt and Equity and related.
2) There's corruption in India in different areas, plan to stop it.
*M3*
1) Champaran importance in history.
2) Causes of fall in bridges in Bihar and other areas. Solutions for same.
3) How to solve problems of people at grassroots. Consider yourself as Collector.
*M4*
1) OECD and UNCTAD
2) How to solve problem of Borderline smuggling.
3) How to bring transparency in service delivery.
4) Name a cricketer from Bihar, batsman, wicketkeeper, he's not Ishan Kishan.
(I said MSD, Bihar bifurcation after, he corrected me then)

Can't recollect a few questions.

Overall it was factual which led to discussion. I was nervous in the beginning but nerves calmed as board was cordial. Faced issues in economic questions.

Mocks : NextIAS(faculty+bureau.mock), Vajirao and Reddy, SankalpIAS, ChanakyaMandal, one to one with Satyam Jain Bhaiya. Special thanks to Saubhagya Dubey Sir (Sankalp IAS) and B.Singh Sir (CMD, NextIAS).
Always grateful to senior officers, who were always helpful with my childish doubts.

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Optional geography, Btech in Plastics, Delhi NCR, Movies and series, cricket and exercising. Indian meterogical society in daf.
Date of interview: 10th January, time 20-25 mins. Forenoon session, 3rd to go.
Board: Sanjay Varma Sir
Chairman
1. How are you ?
2. You watch OTT, what is the difference in viewing it on phone, tv and in the hall?
3. How do you deal with sex scenes in such shows?
4. Any filters that are used?

M1:
5. I'll give you a word, how would you explain it in different dimensions, the word was Philanthropy.
6. What are anaerobic exercises
7. Health impacts of microplastics
8. How to deal with microplastics
9. Road accidents in india
10. Have meteorological predictions improved?
11. Why have they improved?
12. How to disseminate information to farmers at panchayat level?

M2:
13. Why is it a critical period for climate change presently
14. What did you study in plastic technology?
15. High technology application of plastics
16. What polymers are used in stealth technology?
17. Role of plastics in climate change mitigation

M3:
18. Air pollution causes in delhi
19. Rank them by contribution
20. Stubble burning even now? It's construction
21. What is GRAP?
22. What provisions under GRAP?
23. What is the UDAN scheme?
24. What does UDAN stand for?
25.  Do you know any specifics about it?

M4:
26. How many hours a week do you spend on your hobbies?
27. 90 hours vs 70 hours work week, how many would you pick and why?
28. Suppose you're the owner of an industry then how many?
29. Any international convention regulating work hours?
30. Bureaucratic work hours?
31. China authoritative or democrative
32. Should happiness be prioritised?

Chairman sir
33. What is neuroplasticity?
Thank you! Your interview is over.
He even suggested to read about something to help me get a new insight on the less working hours debate.
The experience was cordial and it was an honour to have been provided this opportunity.
The board members were smiling and even nudged at times to help me get to the right answer.
Extremely grateful to the community for providing transcripts and support during the preparation.
Shoutout to winters sir, nawab ji, baghera bhaiya and lankesh for motivating and providing inputs wherever necessary.
Om namah shivay!