Name - Polar Bear
Interview Date - 7 Jan
Board- Shri BB Swain Sir
DAF Keywords- Meerut, IIT Bombay, ECE, Cricket, kabbadi, NCC, Paper of AI and ML, Following world affairs

Chairman Sir
Congratulated me on reaching interview stage. then asked

- How you are feeling today? Asked me whether you are happy or disappointed that your interview is on 1st day.
- Directly said about whats happening in cricket now a days apart form the game. (he was hinting about Rohit Sharma PR issue).
- Out of cricket and kabbadi, which one you like most ? Why?
- History of kabbadi and mahabharat relation? few technical specifications and rules?
- if you have to change one rule o cricket?
- maximum run a player can score in an over ?
(here i was thinking of jhethalal answer of scoring 50 runs 😅)
- India should reconsider its decision not to play cricket in Pakistan for the Champions Trophy ? Possible implications?
- Few counter questions but seems satisfied with my answers

Member 1:
- about women in constituent assembly ?
- corruption in judiciary ? Any law in place to address this ?
- New Zealand parliament performed a haka to protest a controversial bill? Bill is about? Community name ?
- classical language new ones ? schedule 8 related question
- Bangladesh crisis and what india should do now ?
- Recent south korea crisis ? possible implications? role of north korea

Member 2:

- NCC me kya sikha ? Don't you think it should be made compulsory?
- Question on semiconductor ? How i organised that semianar?
How i arranged that much fund and follow up questions ?
- India target in electronic manufacturing ? And current status? Is india lagging behind?
Why china is world leader in this ? What india can learn ? India loosing ground etc
- Questions of spectrum auctioning ?
- Tell me about any most memorable moment of your iit days?


Member 3:

- AI vs ML ? Use of AI in Warfare?
- Content of my paper published (AI) (Seems very interested in this topic. asked multiple questions on this)
- what is LLMs ? Don't the posses threat to individual security ?
- Is it possible to train them emotionally ?

Member 4:

- Have you ever attended mahakumbh?
- How up govt using AI to manage crowd in mahakumbh?
- Question on India-Canada diplomatic relation?
- Asked me to name european country where india have visa-free access?
-Question on recent UP investor summit and Meerut developmet prospect

Member 2
- Question in Fit India Movement.
- Then why actors/cricketer moving towards politics ?


The board was very cordial. Giving me ample time to think and respond, even giving me cues and encouraging me like "ha aur socho". Extremely opposite of any mock interviews.
I would say my interview is mostly based on DAF. Although some questions seems like current affairs based but since world affairs keyword is in my Daf so i consider those questions related to my daf only.


**Mock Interview - Don't have much time so took only 3 mock - Samkalp, Chankya & Vajiram. i would suggest to give atleast 3 mock to get the hold of interview. Mocks were mainly helpful for non-verbal cues. Content wise i don't feel that mock will help you much because some mocks were too factual for me and some were very generic.


**One to One Session with Rahul Sir (IAS PCS Pathshala).
He spent almost 2 hours with me. His insights were excellent on how to answer questions and generate point and manage situations when you don't know the answer.
Since my interview is mainly daf based his daf discussion in detail and provided potential interview questions on extracurricular activities were incredibly helpful for brainstorming different dimensions.
I highly recommend everyone to have at least one session with him.

Lastly I would like to thank this community for their continuous support and valuable transcripts.🙏

Boards : BB Swain sir

Keywords : Defence, wrestling, ONGC, music , vipassana, Haryana , Tamil Nadu , Karnataka

Marks : 185

Overall experience: Very cordial and professional board , everybody listened so patiently and full time observing

Transcript:

1) weapons used in russia ukraine and israel - hamas

2) compare quantity and quality of defence strength of usa , china vis a vis india

3) defence diplomacy is hard or soft power ?

4) how india is executing defence diplomacy

5) role of defence attache

6) are we moving towards making military industry complex in india ? How we can avoid it







1) indian weapons quality not comparable to imported , why

2) what is 47 in AK-47

3) Why you left ONGC

4) Difference bw Dangal and wrestling

5) current issue of female wrestlers , whats your take
Do you have such mechanisms at your workplace

6) are you trained singer and composer ?
What inspired you to write and compose songs





1) how DGQA and AHSP have been functioning

2) India's image if it become s arms supplier , it will reduce soft power

3) name some private players involved in weapon manufacturing

4) do SWOT analysis of Haryana vis-a-vis Karnataka

5) explain working mechanism of battle tanks and AK-47





1) What is gender bias

2) stress elimination techniques

3) what You have been doing for CSR at your workplace





1)Privatisation , your take on It in defence sector

2) tell how our defence capability can be increased , without mentioning private sector role

Chemist
DAF details – Chemistry (grad + post grad), DU college, IIT X, Women empowerment, reading about new and emerging energy sources, other keywords – no questions
Board – Dr. Dinesh Dasa (second to go – forenoon session)
Chairman –
Aap Hindi m comfortable hain baat karne m... I said my medium is English. He said koi baat nahi ap ye chorho bahar jo hawa banti hai ki Hindi medium walo ko marks nhi milte esa kch nhi hai… ap btao apko kis language m baat karni hai. I said sir I am comfortable in English. He said okay, let’s start.
1. Sitting on this chair is a dream for many. So, how are you feeling today?
2. Tell me famous personalities from your college (UG/ PG both)
3. Govt. is investing so much in IITs, but IITians go abroad, leading to complete waste of money. What is your view on this?
4. But IITians don’t make up even 1% of ISRO scientists and other leading bodies… what exactly is then their contribution in India?
5. If you are asked to choose between One Nation One Election and Women Reservation Bill (recent one), which one will you choose and why?
(I said women reservation – because we have proof that it’s working – in local bodies)
counter question – but there is issue of Pradhan Pati in local bodies, isn’t it?
6. You study about energy sources, tell me total installed capacity of India and the % share of each source. (I was not sure, so said >60% coal, and others are within 40% - woman member said but you didn’t tell hydro – chairman intervened saying that she said 40% is rest)
7. You have done Chemistry – what has Indian PM committed regarding chemicals in COP 21 & COP 26? (No idea- just mentioned our INDCs)
Member 1 -
1. What is Green Hydrogen? What are the issues in its adoption and what can govt. do about it?
2. Is there any innovative way to tackle the transportation/ logistics issue associated with it?
3. How much expensive is it when compared to Black hydrogen?
4. Do you know REACH scheme? (No idea)
5. What potential applications do you see in green H2?
Member 2 –
1. You come from Delhi-NCR, what policy solutions do you offer for its pollution problem? Do you think discouraging private vehicles can be a good option?
2. Okay, so should we opt for measures like imposing congestion fees during peak hours?
Member 3 –
1. You won essay on women empowerment, what was the exact topic and what did you write in it?
2. Don’t you think looking at present circumstances; we have failed in women empowerment?
3. Recently, the Union Cabinet approved 3 things regarding farmers. What were they? ( I mentioned Agri Marketing policy, but he said no no.. one was PM FBY, tell me the other.. I said yes sir extension of DAP subsidy..)
4. So, what is the reason for doing it?
Member 4 (lady member) –
1. Continuing with the discussion on women empowerment, tell me your interpretation of this statement – ‘ We have started to raise our daughters as 21st century women, but continue to raise boys in the 19th century.’
2. (I said there are both sides to it etc.) You are playing safe here, I think there are more men who are restricting women r/t supporting. So, do you think supporting men will increase in future?
3. Do you know about the chemical weapons convention?
4. Okay, so we didn’t ask anything on IR. Recently, the Canadian PM has offered his resignation. How do you see this development in India-Canada relations?
Chairman –
1. Okay, so how do you think the regime in a country, example in US now the Republicans will come to power, affects its relations with India? (I said foreign policy driven by national interests in long run, but political leadership may lead to minor modifications)
2. So, do you think Canada strained relations with India in national interest or because of political reasons?
Member 2 –
(Smiling) Do you have foreign service as your preference? (I think the context of this question was chairman sir’s remarks on my Canada answer- he smilingly said very good answer – not sure if it was a taunt or genuine comment)
Chairman – okay, thank you.
Overall experience –
Very cordial board.

Manish Kumar
Board: Sanjeev Verma Sir
Btech EE
Optional Law
AD, Sports Authority of India

Chairperson
1. You r the 1st candidate to interview this year, do you believe in beginners luck
2.Suppose you are India, you want to set resolutions for yourself. Give me laws you would frame for India, Music etc, it was a bit vague Q


M1
1. Give me 5 uses of drone technology,

asked only 1 Q


M2
1. Your opinion on UCC
2. How to improve sports at school level, what would you say to the students
3. You studied Sanskrit at school level, are you a language enthusiast




M3
1. What is international criminal court, How Netanyahu could be punished under it
2. Gave a long lecture on new forms of warfare, asked, so now what is the relevance of Nuclear weapons
3. Which laws deal with ethics of warfare
4. Technology is improving, new forms of warfare emerging, does International Law need an update


M4
1. Asked multiple Q on my hobby, Gardening
2. You have NCC C certificate, why didn't you tried to join armed forces
3. Art 311, n it's exceptions
4. What is Law of natural Justice


Chairperson

Your interview is over, on the way out, let us know which sports person should get the next Bharat Ratna.

Name : professional stranger
Date of interview: 08-01-25(forenoon session)
Board : dinesh dasa sir(4th to go)
DAF KEYWORDS: bsc Hons anthro, DU, non fiction, mithila cuisine, movies socially relevant, prizes and medals (not mentioning because nothing was asked)

Dasa sir
1. Consider us as the first batch of students in first semester hence introduce the subject to us, bring out the teacher in you by standing behind the teacher)

2. Consider yourself as zia mody and write ten judgements you'd write in book (I had mentioned that I have read ten judgements that changed india by zia mody)

3. As we are getting old, so what are the changes you'd suggest into the upsc system (long discussion 15 minutes on this)

M1
free movement regime and related things

M2
1. Galapagos island (anthropology topic) (charles darwin)
2.Mithila cuisine, what do you cook, listened everything in great deal
3. What is the famous fish found in mithila region and how do you cook that(listened in great detail)
4. How champaran mutton is cooked

M3 (female)
1. Which book apart from I mentioned earlier you read
2. Can you recite few lines out if it (I mentioned rashmirathi)
3. Meaning of the sentences and lines
4. Which socially relevant movie (I said laapata ladies, she said she knew that it was about to come)
5. Critically analyse the movie in 1 minute
6. Have you read Yuval noah harari? I had said that I haven't, I am planning to
7. Still she asked have you heard of the recent book "nexus", I went on with it (thanks to bhagwat sir for putting out that saurabh Dwivedi interrview link with Yuval) and she was satisfied

M4
1. Is cooking an science or art?
Explain
Then he himself also added a few points

Overall experience: nothing like mocks, no grilling, very cordial, it was a discussion rather than interview.

Experience gained from mocks:
4 offline mocks (1 vajiram, 1 vajirao, 2 samkalp, 1 samkalp group mock, 2 online panel mock - 1upsc prep and 1 samkalp) one to one with Rahul sir( Ias pcs PATHSALA - extremely beneficial), 3 more one to one with ashok taneja sir and Ravindran sir and satyam jain sir), all experience were good as I chose them after reviews from students only

Baki sab mahadev ke haathon mein🙏🤞

Faircse
Daf key words: IIT, chemistry, mentoring students from rural background, test cricket Chairman: sheel vardhan sir board, 7th jan, forenoon;

Chairman:
Compare rural and urban students.
How social media is affecting more to rural students ?
What is fasting ?
Digital fasting to be there or not ?
Should individuals have their own social media policy? And do you have your own social media policy?
PL is a business and virat kohli is it's biggest employee. Comment.
Fav crickter around world and followups?

M1
Is it right time for kohli and sharma for retirement?
Some basic questions of chemistry.

M2
Say 5 statements about Indian military?
Do you think we are getting proportionate outcomes in military vis a vis inputs ?
Challenges in Indian military?
3 military weapons which would be relevant in next 2 decades?

M3
Technocrat from IIT KGP ?
How does the internet work? ( Couldn't tell
What is net neutrality?
Does india have right to access to internet?
Which country has this right as
Fundamental right ?

M4
1. Recent test series saw individuals playing in their style over what was team requirements. Do you agree ?
Do you think this is Right approach in a test game?
Do we see similar approach in our public service as well?
(Mentioned word railway in answer)
4. Tell me how to improve railways accessibility?

Chairman: thank you and have a good day.

Board BB Swain sir
As I entered Chairman sir with a smiling face said tell me something about Nalanda I read somewhere in your DAF.
History-> Nalanda University, India's largest net zero campus
Rajgir->1st Buddhist council, Ajatsatru
Bihar sharif->oddantipur university
Modern-> Rajgir-> 1st Int hockey stadium, Asian games, Cricket stadium, sports complex, tourism hub
Bihar sharif-> Industrial hub, MSME
Felt convinced After listening for 2 minutes he requested other members to ask me
Member 1: Lady member (very curious)
Q.1 How will you use chemical engineering in administration?->Waste water treatment, air pollution, Hazard and operability
Q.2 How does chemical engineering help in policymaking?
Q.3 What else you can apply? NSS/leadership/Dedication to public service
Q.4 Tell me about Starlink project, and its social implications in India->Dense area, costly for poor
Q.5 What is the status of maritime security?-> Naval forces, SAGAR doc, IORA
Q.6 Future strategy and its plus and minuses-> I said a few things but she didn’t get the exact ans, Finally I said sorry ma'am I can’t recollect right now
Q.7 What is pravasi bhartiya diwas? Where it is being held? Odisha, diaspora
Q.8 How diaspora help in securing national interest-> USA role of diaspora in civil nuclear agreement, vote base
Q.9 Follow-up question, what is soft power?
Q.10 How is India’s soft power different from other? uniqueness-> I said Buddhist diplomacy, diaspora, Bollywood, Vocal for the global south
Q.11 What is MSP? Here chairmen sir asked what was its intention?-> To provide only in year of distress
Q.12 How it protect farmer?-> by setting a minimum price, the market price goes up
Q.13 Why are farmers protesting?-> msp legalisation
Q.14 Should we legalise MSP?->Only in years of distress otherwise unsustainable
Q.15 What is the solution then? -> land consolidation, agri infra, exposure to contract farming, rural industrialisation, remove disguised unemployment, real rural wage growth increase
Q.16 How is Trump going to affect India?-> I said it has both positive and negative way
Positive: focus shift on China from Russia, Boost to Quad, Indo Pacific policy, oppurtunity for Indian market like heavy truck industry
Negative: Tariff, Trade, Trump will ask some tougher questions, Reduction of tariff on Electric vehicles, angle of Elon Musk
In all the ans she felt a bit unsatisfied, but when I was answering other members' questions then she nodded her head with full energy, I felt like she was happy with my ans, but not when I was answering her questions, more than half of interview was taken by her only, tried to grill me a little bit. When I was answering to her, other members were noting something on paper

Member 2: Very simple, old man
Q.1 What has IIT contributed? They all go abroad, and waste govt resources. I said to some extent, yes brain drain is there, Covid-> Ambu bags, cheap ventilator, IIT Bombay-> 1st CAR T cell therapy, IIT Madras -> BANDICOOT robot
Q.2 Three laws, Hindi name, why it has been introduced?-> BNS, BNSS
Home minister-> ANTI colonialism, accept Technological evidence, define organised crime, so with changing society we needed them
Q.3 Who is your role model and why? I said my father-> doctor, his dedication to public service imbibed the spirit of public service in me.
Q.4 Ok Nihal, just one last question, Despite technological measures why we can’t reduce crime? Can we dream of a crime-free society? I said we can dream of crime-free society, but it must be matched with actions-> Integrated criminal judicial reform, speedy justice, more infrastructure, Prison reform-> retributive to reformative justice

Member 3: bit young
Q.1 Since maths is optional, Tell me about the prize given in the field of mathematics which is comparable to the Noble Prize. -> Abels prize, Norwegian govt, Field medal prize

Q.2 Any prize in India-> Ramanujan Price
Q.3 Any Indian who got both prizes?-> I said Manju Bhargava got the Field medal, but not sure about Ramanujan's price-> He said he got both, rule of 30-40 years and other stuff, I said thank you for the information, sir,
Q.4 What is an Energy Audit, any scheme where it is useful? I said input, output, and how much percentage is sourced from renewable energy, can be used as an incentive to reduce energy demand. Perform Achieve Trade scheme
Q.5 What is happening in Manipur, Kuki-Metei conflict-> I said development gap, proximity to border

Member 4 Full-on grilling mode
Q.1 Do an energy audit of this building? What thins you will look?
I said demand, supply, wastage of energy
Q.2 Don’t you look for various load values? What are they?
I said don’t remember exact load of appliances
Q.3 He said what are appliances being used? I said Heater, light
Then he said pump also for water
Q.4 Let's suppose you did an energy audit, how will you reduce energy demand?
I said to paint the building with heat absorbent, which reduces heat load, then I said the Internet of things, connecting devices-> auto cut, I felt he was looking for more practical solution while my ans was idealistic
Q.5 Have you heard of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency? I said appliance rating
Q.6 Can’t you see AC, I said yes it’s 2-star, we should switch to 5-star
Then he said CFL bulb, I said yes sir energy efficient appliances should be used
This was the section of the interview where I felt embarrassed, he even said you are an engineer that's why we are asking you these things
Q.7 What is carbon trading when was it introduced by whom? I told everything 1 tonn certificate, UNFCCC, Kyoto protocol, Regulation under Baku declaration
Q.8 view on liquor ban policy in Bihar, they are foregoing 20,000 cr annually
I said it has also led to a reduction in crime, domestic violence, road accident
However, we have tourism opportunities so middle path-> Hotel mein bech sakte hai, easy grant of permission to tourists like Gujarat govt
He further asked I said our state is a welfare state, I see it as a pure means to achieve the right ends
Q.9 Let us suppose you are the Finance secretary of Bihar-> then you will ans the same thing, here chairman started laughing saying there can be no ans to this question.
Then they said your interview is over, I thanked them all and went out
Total time 30 min

Date - 8 Jan 2025
Daf keywords - Physics Honours, Miranda House, Anthropology Optional, Sensor,
Research
Board - BB Swain
Questions-
Chairman - Tell me about Sugrivopithecus.
What about ramapithicus and Shivapithicis
No other questions from him

M2) Lady member -
What are good things about Miranda House ?
What you have gained ?
What is the role of Miranda House in gaining Civil Services qualities and how you will apply
Have you heard about public protests ?
How will you handle farmer's protest as a bureaucrat?
5. Have you heard about plate tectonics ?
Follow up questions on earthquake and active volcanoes in India as well as in world.
( She didn't gave satisfactory look)

M3.
What is similarity between Physics and Anthropology ?
What are famous Indian Anthropologist and Physicists ?
What is significance of NIRF, given by ?
And other accreditation agencies in India and world ?
Your opinion about rural urban divide and how can it be reduced?
What is impact of 370 abrogation on people ? ( follow up and little grilling ..you are just giving government data, they would just glorify. Tell from some other sources )

M 4.
If 370 was good, why elected government bring bill to bring it again? ...some follow up questions.
Few difficult questions on Anthropology....don't remember coz I didn't knew
Britishers parameters to divide India and classify ... follow up questions ( He elaborated more and give me less time to speak )
World population is declining. How can India utilize ? More follow up questions on demographic dividend, why not able to harness and what can we do ( He interrupted me on every line....and finally explained himself what he wanted to hear as if he was giving interview to other members and I just noded ...Yes Sir )

M5.
Have you read any other books of Physics other than graduation? He named some book linking Schrodinger Equation with Das.
Missile program of India ... follow up questions on types we are making in India, Tectical and nuclear missiles.. some follow up
Proximity Sensors in defence ?
Research scenario in India and its future .... follow up

All said thank you

Name - Jai Chatti Maiya
Board - Sanjay Verma Sir
Optional - PSIR
Graduation - BA Hons English literature
Date of interview - 09-01-2025
Attempt -4th
Place of birth - himachal pradesh


Chairman
1. Significance of Good morning and Namaste
2.A Political novel which you want to read
3. Any political ott show
4. Gender fluidity
5. Your views on it

Member 1
1. North South divide
2. Internal migration (several counter questions on this topic)

Member 2
1. Problem of overcrowding in hill stations
2. Solutions for this
3. Icc vs Icj
4. How can icc prosecute Netanyhu

Member 3


1. Can unsc take action against Russia
2. What are the hindrances to it (several counter questions)
3. Again asked question on gender fluidity, if there is any law in this regard and any international convention this (long discussion this topic)

Member 4
1. How can constitution be ammended
2. What is 74th CAA
3. Women reservation in 74th CAA


It was overall good experience. They went into the depth in every questions

Name: Shivaji the boss
Key DAF details: graduation- economics and political science, MA political science,
profession:policy, ngo- education, content development
hobbies:reading fiction, comedy and contemporary affairs podcasts

Board: Shri Sheel Vardhan Singh sir
09.01.2025 forenoon session

Questions asked:

Chair:
1. What does the language used in stand up comedy tell us about the youth today?
2. Any recommendations tat are family friendly.
3. Also from the fiction world, recommendations.
4. As an IR student, plead your case as Zelenskyy, members on your left and right are trump and Putin,
5. Now you are, Putin and the roles have reversed.

Member 1:
1. What are the key factors of evaluation.
2. What is sentiment analysis
3. How must one understand and classify feedback to be positive, negative and neutral.
4. What do you understand my digital marketing.

Member 2:
1. What are your roles as a policy analyst?
2. How do you view the policy landscape of Rajasthan, up, Jharkhand, Bihar when it comes to women education?
3. In cpec, did Pakistan make a correction choice.
4. What is the discontent in Baluchistan based on?
5. What about the Haqqani network.

Member 3:
1. Why is economy dragged into political debates?
2. What is inflation management
3. How do you view inflation vis a vis the credit culture, what is the relation
4. How can we tackle price rise?

Member 4:
1. Different education models to solve problems of low teacher student ratio
2. How can we help women’s health through similar models
3. What policy solutions are needed to boost both health and education among women.

Interview concludes.

Very cordial board, a very interactive and purposeful conversation.

All the best to everyone!

Date : 09/01/2025, Forenoon 
Board : B.B. Swain
Keywords- Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, IIT-BHU, PSIR
IOCL, cricket 

Chair

Tell about major Operations of IOCL all over India

M1 - logistics and supply chain of oil within India 
Why refineries located in north India when crude is imported through ports
He said it make no sense to me to setup refinery at mainland 

What policy suggession you will give to establish refinery in coastal areas 
Pros and cons 

M2-
From where India import it's crude, what are challenges in its logistics 
through out the supply chain of oil what are some points where there is scope of corruption - many counter questions on it

What's steps have been taken by IOCL to stop it

Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban yojna- what's is it
Has it been successful

Kumbh Mela crowd management - what technological steps can be taken 

M3- how to remove so much waste being generated 
What technological solutions can be implemented 

River cleaning - will it keep on going endlessly 

Judicial appointment procedure 
Judges appointing judgesshortcomings 
Shortcomings in system 
What changes should be done on the system 

Trump- international implications 
Implications on India

Indian diaspora day- when it was started
Why and what are there grievances and demands

How will you keep youth engaged in agriculture jobs in your state

M4 - can china border issue be resolved 
BRI, India's objections 

Bangladesh- what's happening 
What's should be India's approach 
Should india extradite Sheikh Hasina

Will Trump do some thing to resolve india - Pakistan border issue

Overall good experience 

09/01/25
Forenoon, 1st to go
Board - Sheel Vardhan Singh sir
Name - Dr. P
Keywords - Medical officer, Rajasthan, Intermittent fasting, Strength training, Active lifestyle, Science Olympiad, Sprint, Public Health Awareness club, blood donation drives.

Chairman:
Sir gave a broad overview of my DAF and said it's very diverse.
Q Related to Intermittent fasting - why you started it, benfits, how would you promote culture of fasting as a medical practitioner for public health and some more discussion.
Q. Moving from fasting to feasting, suggest me some measures if I am a layman to counter spurious medicines, chemical contaminated foods ( MDH brand)
Q. Role of Al in healthcare
Q can you provide some recent example how
Al is helping - I cited AlIMS study ( with ASHA workers using Al for early detection of Breast carcinoma
Q. As a student of science do you believe aliens exist

Member 1.
Discussion related to LDL, HDL, HbA1c - said he was diabetic with HbA1c of 7%, can you convert this value to mg/dL. What would you advise me .
Q. My doctor said that HDL can't be increased by diet, it's genetic. Views on this. I said has both genetic and dietery component - omega fatty acids, PUFA, weight management.

Some more discussion on lifestyle diseases.

Member 2
1. Do you think strict demarcation of HbA1c and such indicators for starting medication
correct. There were news of pharma companies lobbying.
2. Tirupati stampede - stampedes are increasing nowadays, Kumbh mela is approaching, how would you manage such situation. Role of Tech?
- Al for Crowd management

Member 3
What are your roles as Medical officer, what kind of cases do you see.
MBBS seats are double that of PG seats. Do not you think that due to less number of seats MBBS students are forced to join rural areas.
And Rural areas also get less quality treatment
What policy measures you think can be taken

Member 4. (Lady member)
If you were PM of the country, what measure would you take to increase our GDP growth. Tell me broad areas - I talked about shifting disguised employed workforce to labor intensive sectors, Increasing our exports increasing employability of graduate youth, etc
Cross questions on Bangladesh being hub of textiles - Talked about industries are looking to spread out due to instability there. So we have window of opportunity, can attract by tax incentives, improving Ease of doing buisness..
Chairman sir -
When we think about exports, big cargo ships come to our mind. Do you think of exports can be done without ships answered exports of services.
Cross question on Services - IT, Consultancy
- how are we doing in these sectors.

Experience- very cordial interview, all board members were smiling, attentively listening, giving hints whenever needed.
Coaching mocks - completely different experience - more inclined towards factual details ( everywhere | was asked Rajasthan auite a detail ) .

Name - Big boujee
Date and Session of Interview - 09-01-2025
Board's Chairman - BB Swain Sir
DAF Keywords - NGO Pratham, Mastercard (credit card company :P),
Sociology, IIT Delhi, Artificial Intelligence, Women in Data Science, Journaling, Waste Management, Rajasthan

Chairman Sir ->
Q1 - Recently Rajasthan increased its districts, then decreased it. Reasons for both?
(Asked this immediately after I just took my seat

Member-1
Q1 - Are you still in Mastercard? (No)
Q2 - How do you see the future of credit cards now that we have UPI?
Q3 - Difference between UPI and Credit Card
Q4 - What are cons of UPI over credit card?
Q5 - Don't you think JAM(Jan Dhan Aadhar Mobile) is insecure? How are we securing
JAM considering it is unsafe?
Q6 - You were Activity Head of Women in Data Science conference. Tell us about it
Q7 - Why this event? Why specifically women in Data Science?
Q8 - Asked question about my journaling hobby. What is it ? (Word: 'Mosaic Journaling') (Meaning : Creative interdisciplinary journaling) (Chairman Sir interrupted and made snarks on this one - that he doesn't understand the difference etc etc)

Member-2
Q1 - You've worked for Pratham. When was it founded? (I said NO idea
Q2 - What do they work on?
Q3 - How to improve education outcomes?
Q4 - What's the difference b/w Input, output, and outcomes when it comes to education?
Q5 - Does GOl's budget have output based framework(said No - transistioned into outcome based)
Q6 - You've worked on Al. We've seen proliferation of Al like ChatGPT. What is GPT in ChatGPT?
Q7 - Give me examples of Al tools other than ChatGPT
Q8 - People of our age find it hard tounderstand how did this result came out? when we search something and Al gives out result, it feels like Black Box. What are the problems? (Took the answer to lack of explainability in Deep Learning Models)
Q9 - So are you saying it is a black box now?
(I said No, we're working on ExplainableAl under India Al mission)
Q10 - But how can we make them better?
GenAl give links attached to them to refer source. Sometimes sources are authentic while sometimes they give out random inauthentic sources. What do you think? (Took the answer to Ethics in Al and how it is humans and thei ethics that will decide the direction of Al)
--Overall, this Al based convo went deep ---

Member-3
Q1 - Have you heard about Sulabh? (Keyword
- Waste Management)
Q2 - Your optional is Sociology. Define Social Justice
Q3 - Define Stratification - horizontal and vertical
Q4 - Asked about Conflict Theory
Q5 - Karl Marx
Q6 - GS Ghurye? Who? His contributions? His views on Caste!
Member-4
Q1 - Despite good job and IIT, why civil services?
Q2 - What in you makes you eligible for civil service?
Q3 - What do you think about recent farm protests? Reasons?
Q4 - What do you think about MSP? (Gave GOl's stand as mine)
Q5 - Follow up - That is GOl's stand. What do YOU think? YOUR Solution?
Q6 - India has problem of road accidents.
Solution?
Q7 - You're from technical background.
Suggest some on those lines (Told them to do Data Analysis of accident hotspots - then deploy extra Traffic Police there and so on)
Chairman Sir - Your interview is over! Thanks!
Interview Time - 27 minutes

Suggested for others:
Have proper sleep of 7+ hrs on the interview day!

Name - jai khatu shyam babaji
Date and Session of Interview - 7 january 2025
Board's Chairman -Shri Sheel Vardhan Singh
DAF Keywords - lippan art, circular economy sociology optional, economics graduation

My interview main questions-
What is lippan art?
Demand and supply?
Real estate market?
Chat gpt harmful for youth?
Growth rate?
How's determine?
What is future of india economy?
Circular economy?
Model?
Example?
Water stress?
How affect?
As a dm?
Matrilineal society
Matrilocal?
Canada india relation?

Utility of Mocks Interview - vajirao mock relevant

Utility of One to One - none

Overall good experience

Name - Alpha Singh
Date - Had night after interview
DAF Keywords: IOCL job, Chemical engineering, Badminton

Chairman-
How are you feeling today?
What is your job profile at IOCL?
Why to quit such job?
Isn’t this IOCL thing a public service?
Who is favourite cricketer? (I mentioned only Badminton in sports section)
Is Virat Kohli a bully?
What did Australian media write on him?
What is passive aggressive behaviour (bouncer question)

M1:
Define Volumetric analysis?
Where do we use this?
How will you use your learnings from Chemical engineering in IPS?
Say you are posted at a place where IOCL refinery is there and there is a theft of refined petrol from pipeline. How will you approach this case as a chemical engineer?
Interfered my answer (Don’t tell me police aspect, tell me how will you use your engineering background)

M2:
Who is Elon Musk?
Is he a passive aggressive person?
(Hell i know about this)
How is Trump good for Indian interests?
Wouldn’t such sanctions affect Indian exports?

M3:
What is China plus one?
Is India benefiting from this?
What can we do?

M4:
You are from Rajasthan. Tell me what are major industries at your place.
If i make you Industry minister for one day. What policy changes will you introduce?
How is pharma sector doing in India?
You used “pharmacy of the world” but aren’t we dependent on China?
What are other major issues with industry?

After this chairman asked me if i wanted water. I said thank you sir.

Chairman:
What is the water footprint of IOCL?
(Wtf - no idea dude)

He asked me what will i do after this?

Overall cordial board. Some random questions. Let’s see.

Good O2O - Kaptaan
Good Mock - NextIAS

Suggestions: keep your mocks and O2O limited. Be confident and stay humble.
All the best.

Name- PP
Date- 9th Jan, afternoon session
Board- Dr Dinesh Dasa Sir
Home state and places- UP, Amroha,
Varanasi
Optional- Sociology
College- IIT BHU
Educational background- Pharmaceutical engg
work profile- SDE
Hobbies- mindfullness meditation, watching test cricket
Other keyword- Volleyball

Chairperson- long discussion
what do think why india lost in BGT?
I mentioned team goin through transition
what type of transition?
would you have played pujara instead of Gill?
What will be your test 11 for the BGT?
what are your thoughts of playing style of Jaiswal?
what all players to watch out over next 5 year in India? Whta about other countries?
What is functionalism in sociology? then he asked what is conflict theory?
Explained political spectrum from far right to far left. then asked what point of spectrum are found in India?
Asked about far left, i said maoist. Then asked what about counter of maoist on right side. I said i can't recall any group name.
tell some left of center and some right of center parties? i mentioned INC, AAP VS BJP, akali dal, Then he said about shiv sena.
Then he really started enjoying it, he explained to all of us- me and other board members how LPG reforms which are considered right's agenda were introduced by Manmohan Singh of INC, and the then opposition, though being right of center opposed it.
More discussion of left and right and welfarism.
What are your views on rail privatisation? should we do it?
India's relation with Nepal and Bhutan.
Why are they going away from india in recent times.
What steps you would take to improve relations with Nepal?
I mentioned hydropower and other points, in between other member intervened saying but they don't let us complete our hydro projects.

Member 1
let me continue about rail privatisation? do you know about cherry picking?
do you think it will be an issue in rail privatisation? how do we manage?
why do we lack in RnD of new pharma drugs?
why don't companies invest, they just copy other drugs?

Member 2- lady member
Do you know about NIPER?
Other IITs where pharmaceutical engg is available?
asked about faculty in my college? do they publish papers in respected jounals?
What is PETA? how does it impacts pharma research?
what all animals are used in clinical trails
what is mindfullness meditation? ( here she said how people these days mention fancy words like mindfullness and manifestation. she said it's enough to say that I want to become an IAS, but I am an IAS, then only it will manifest).
how do you do it?
Asked if i have played some game?

Member 3
Do you know about sudarshan kirya? do you know about Sri sri ravishankar and art of living?
If I give you 1 bn USD will you be able to develop a new drug? some more discussion on this.

Member 4 - by the time his turn came chairperson was looking at watch. he even hasitated in asking.
What changes have taken place in Volleyball over the last 2 decades? i mentioned few points, but he wanted to hear about jump service.
Political changes that has taken place in Bhutan? it's impact on relations with India?

Mocks- Vajirao, Vajiram, Samkalp, OnlylAS, and 1-on-1 in Gurukul lAS for sociology.
Setup was more like samkalp, on round table with two members very near to me on each side.

Board - : Shri Sheelvardhan Sir
Interview date - 8 jan, 25
DAF keywrd - NIT Warangal, Volleyball, Webseries, OTT, 3D Printing, Designing Software, Civil Engg

Chairman Sir
- 3D printing startups. what they are doing to remain profitable
- material you use in 3d printing - what is additive and subtractive manufacturing
- any recent innovations/design in 3D printing?
- Questions on fly ash and geopolymer
- any traditional or indigenous materials used in your region ?
- as civil engg evaluate pm awas yojna flaws?
- what major subject you studied in civil engg?
- your subject knowledge is great, why you are wasting your technical knowledege for civil sevices ? - I answerd and gave them my reasoning then sir said if everyone will serve the nation then who will build the nation

M1
- OTT full form ? why it is called so?
- relevance of TV network ? news on ott platform ?
- Any indian webseries having global appeal?
- India’s approach to handling censorship?
- do you feel indian are becoming less tolerant ? why banning is demanded od certain shows
- Is banning the ultimate solution?

M2
- If given a choice which ministry would you like to work ? Why ?
- some stereotype of your region ?
- type of ball used in vollyeball. air pressure ?
- How to ensure inclusivity and accessibility of people with disabilities in public services?

M3
- how may NIT in india? NIT vs IIT difference.
- BIM role play in construction and modelling
- In interrogation why it is called 3rd degree?
- loyalty to your team vs loyalty to the law?

M4
- what is the recent virus in news? why always china?
- still china ahead of india ?
- do you think democracy is hinderance for india? give 3 reason in favour
Then he himself started talking about china policy


Overall the experience was very good. Since this is my 4th UPSC interview (2 in CSE, 2 in IES) i was not nervous. Moreover chairman sir was very cordial and encouraging.

Mock Interview; - Unacdemy, Next IAS, Vajiram, Vision IAS

One on One - One with Ravindran Sir and One with Rahul sir (Ias Pcs Pathshala) - highly recommended. Special thanks to rahul sir for his daf anaysis (esp. his advice to cut short hobby part) and indepth discussion on value addition during one to one.

All the best Everyone. 👍