Date- 3/3/25
Sheelvardhan Sir
25-30 mins
Chairman sir
How do you play online/computer games?
What are the benefits of it? (Some discussion over the same)
What sort of podcasts do you listen to/watch?
Any foreign podcaster?
You saw what happened in the oval office, supposed if ma’am is the PM of India, what suggestions will you give to her after seeing the situation?
Some discussion with ma’am
M2- Where did you work previously? (Gorakhpur)
What was your role during Ram Mandir inauguration?
What gone wrong in Mahakumbh?
How and why you opted for Anthro after being a Mechanical Engineer?
How Anthro could be helpful in civil services?(answered from personal experience)
New age technologies in Mechanical engineering?
Elaborate over EVs, where are we and what more can be done!
M3- Tourism development in UP, eco tourism heritage tourism etc
What steps can be taken to promote it?
Cleaning of river Ganga? Challenges!
M4-Defence upgradation, discussion over deterrence, use of AI in surveillance
Positives and negatives of income tax, if we completely do away with it.
Recently tax cut has been made hoping to increase the consumption demands, so is cutting tax good for economy? (Answered referring to the laffer curve)
M5-Gaming benefits and challenges
Exposure of gaming in academics
How to control the addiction? Is the government doing anything
Discussion on EVMs, shall we go back to paper ballots as many nations still use it!
Chairman sir- Thankyou it was very nice talking to you !

Interview transcript :28-02-25, AN
Name: Arya
Daf: Cooking, Zumba dance, internship in Bastar , chattisgarh, development, IRMS

Board: Sanjay verma

Chairman:
1) Meaning of your name
2) discussion on origin
3) any famous thinker who writes articles on development
4) Can a developed nation have poor people?
5) can development and poverty go together?
6) Tell me a developed nation with no poverty
7) Tell me the states which are doing good and bad on all development indicators
8)Origin of Zumba ,origin of rumba music,how many calories you burn
9) Any famous Carnatic musician
10)famous songs of her
11) Any famous Hindustani singers

M1
1) Origin of naxalism, how it got spread
2) why they were many killings
3) tell me if you are a DM , what will you do
4) what about the women naxals, what will you do for them

M2:
1) tell me role and responsibility of SEBI
2) what is insider trading
3) what will SEBI do
4) tell me about corporate governance

M3: (lady)
1) what crafts did you buy in Chhattisgarh
2) tell me about bronze statue you bought
3) tell me 3 handicrafts of different regions and how will you promote them
4) how will you connect rural artisans to market when the products they made are time taking, costly

M4:
1) do you cook daily
2) difference between Andhra and Telangana cuisine
3) Tell me the name of famous chilly
4) origin of Osmania buiscuit and uniqueness
5)names of famous biryanies
6) what did you taste and liked
7) Why Hyderabadi is your favourite
8) If you have to give GI tags to what will you give first and why?


Thank you
Your interview is over
Almost on DAF
Board was very cordial

Name: AC Interview date: 18th February 2025Board: Dr. Dinesh Dasa sirDaf Keywords: NIT Bhopal, Geography optional, MP, UAE, Qatar, Middle East, Kuno National Park, cheetah, resources, Chinese aggression, movies, football, etc.
Chairperson: Have you prepared your introduction or do you want me to introduce you? I said I would introduce myself, sir.Tell me the names of the countries of the Middle East starting from the Senai peninsula Why the Middle East has been burning since World War 2 ? (gave the reasons). The chairperson said that don't you think the Middle East is having petrol and gas and thus the fire.Mines and Minerals Act. Kuno National Park, reason for choosing. How many cheetahs were introduced? was it a success or failure?Question related to resources of India?Why Indian movies are not performing well at the Oscars? Slumdog showed India in a bad light? what is your opinion?BIMARU states: who coined the name? Is MP still a BIMARU state? 
Questions asked by members:continued with the resource topic and asked me to justify that India is rich in resources. Hydropower plant, do we need or not?Pithampur vs Mandideep Industries.Reasons for MP's recent increase in development. Gave a monologue on UAE and its development. What are the reasons why UAE became a financial hub?Learnings from UAE that India can learn.Question on mechanical engineering and geography for Biofuels: how mechanical engineering and geography can help in biofuel production.The location asked for lithium deposits in India Chinese dam in Bramhaputra river: issues and what India should do.Reasons for the death of Cheetahs in Kuno. How many lakes are there in Bhopal, the significance of lakes/wetlands?
There were many cross-questions and questions from other topics as well. However, I am not able to recall those questions now.
Approximately, 30 to 35 minutes was the duration of my interview. The Board was cordial and provided me ample time to think and respond.
Mock interviews Offline: Forum IAS, Vision IAS, OnlyIAS, UnacademyMock interviews online: UPSCprep, Shankar IAS, Sleepy classes, etc 
One to One: Dr. Khan sir (KSG), Shubham Aggarwal sir(VidyapeethIAS

Board - Sheel Vardhan Sir

DAF Keywords - Computer Engineering, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Surat, Fitness enthusiast, Sports, Cricket

Chairman -
You are fitness enthusiast... What would you suggest 62 year old like me to do?
What is the way to measure fitness parameters without using device? What is isometric ..?
You might have heard about DOGE.. Which Indian department or ministry should be slashed? Sports Ministry? Climate? Coaching system?

Member 2
Difference between DOGE and Minimum Government Maximum Governance? Specific?
What is Surat most famous for?

Member 3 (Lady)
You are Computer Engineer...Cyber fraud, financial fraud are on rise... What strategy will you apply to fight this? Specific?

Member 4
You are from Jharkhand? I am born in Jharkhand but native of Uttarakhand... Why was Jharkhand separated? Have they achieved their demand?
When Uttarakhand was separated, some other place than Dehradun was thought to be the capital... What was that?

Member 5
Why have you written following Indian Men's cricket specifically? Men specifically? India specifically ( you're like us as we follow only India - laughter among all)
Is underarm bowling allowed in cricket?
Where is best sports facility in India?

Board was cordial.

Please find my transcript for interview on 3rd March today - Civil Services

Board - Suman Sharma Ma'am

DAF Keywords - Computer Engineering, Rajasthan, Indian Oil, Surat, Jogging, Women Empowerment, Mumbai, Sociology, NIT

Name : Rhne do yrrr..
Date : 20th Feb, Afternoon
Chairman
How many years you are working in indian oil?
When you have planned to start preparing for upsc?
Why you want to join?
IndianOil renewable target?
What is the impact of drill baby drill on USA?
Why we need import? Can it be eliminated?
Imagine a society in which we are self sufficient, whatever we produce we are consuming, then is there any need for import?
10000 steps per day? What is the history behind it?


M1
Tell me about Rajasthan Crude oil production
What is the name of refinery in RJ?
What is the share of ownership?
Why it got delayed? Specific reasons?
Which state is best in health sector?
Compare that state to rajasthan
Scheme of Rajasthan in health sector?
Tell me about Annapurna scheme and its benefits?


M2
How women can be empowered?
Whether we should privatized PSU or Not?
What will be the future of Oil sector?

M3
Tell me names of Seven sisters?
What are the issues in this region?
Who is holding the power in Myanmar?
What is the refugee issues in Myanmar India Boundary
Which critical minerals is found in Rajasthan?

M4
How Manipur issue can be resolved? -- here he was pressing for more points but I am not able to produce more than 4 points
What we can do in NE region?
Which natural resource is found in NE?

Chairman : Your interview is over. Thank you


Mocks: preferable Mocks - Next IAS(Both), Ed-Sarthi One2One, Vajirao and reddy, Vajiram and ravi
Mocks to be avoided : UPSCPrep

Date: 24/01/2025 (Est. Time: 25 minutes)
Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir
DAF keywords: Chemical Engineering, IIT, Jharkhand, Academic Mentoring, Pharma sector
Optional: Chemistry
Hobbies: Academic Mentoring
State: Jharkhand


Chairperson:
1. What is Academic Mentoring? What do you do?
2. What support do you provide to students?
3. Suppose a student is having a Maths exam the next day and is very stressed, anxious and nervous. What will you do to help him?
4. A student is told by his parents to take Maths as his subject but he wants to study History. What will you do? How will you convince his parents? Then, some more cross questions.
5. Can you share any case where you helped any student in a similar kind of situation?
6. What is the Kolhan movement?
7. What is the circadian cycle?
8. What chemicals are released that relax while we sleep?
9. Have you heard about Dopamine? Then, a few more questions about chemicals/hormones.

M1:
1. Tell me what has happened in Bangladesh?
2. Where is its impact on Bangladesh’s people, minorities?
3. How can it affect India?
4. What does the Bangladesh government want from India with respect to former PM Sheikh Hasina?

M2:
1. Do you know about Rajendra Singh?
2. Why is he called the waterman of India?
3. Recently someone from Pakistan visited Bangladesh. Who is he?
4. How should India respond?
5. How India-Bangladesh depends on each other? [I said trade, river, medical tourism etc.]
Then, questions on Chemical engineering (I do not remember)

M3
1. Were you staying in a hostel or day scholar at IIT? These days, students are spending a lot of time on social media after academic hours. Is it good? What would you recommend to utilize their time more productively?
2. What are the applications of drones?

M4
1. What is the problem with respect to Municipal waste?
2. Why is this problem existing? Then, a few more follow up questions.
3. What can be done more?
4. Is it not the failure of Chemical engineers?
5. Why is Jharkhand lagging in developmental indicators?
6. What are the problems in Jharkhand?
7. What can be done?

Chairperson:
1. You told us various applications of drones eg. insurgency? Are drones not used for controlling terrorism? (I said yes sir)
2. Tell me the difference between insurgency and terrorism?
3. What is naxalism- insurgency or terrorism?

I forgot few fact based questions...

Board - Sheel Vardhan Sir

DAF Keywords - Computer Engineering, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Surat, Fitness enthusiast, Sports, Cricket

Chairman -
You are fitness enthusiast... What would you suggest 62 year old like me to do?
What is the way to measure fitness parameters without using device? What is isometric ..?
You might have heard about DOGE.. Which Indian department or ministry should be slashed? Sports Ministry? Climate? Coaching system?

Member 2
Difference between DOGE and Minimum Government Maximum Governance? Specific?
What is Surat most famous for?

Member 3 (Lady)
You are Computer Engineer...Cyber fraud, financial fraud are on rise... What strategy will you apply to fight this? Specific?

Member 4
You are from Jharkhand? I am born in Jharkhand but native of Uttarakhand... Why was Jharkhand separated? Have they achieved their demand?
When Uttarakhand was separated, some other place than Dehradun was thought to be the capital... What was that?

Member 5
Why have you written following Indian Men's cricket specifically? Men specifically? India specifically ( you're like us as we follow only India - laughter among all)
Is underarm bowling allowed in cricket?
Where is best sports facility in India?

Interview transcript :28-02-25, AN
Name: Arya
Daf: Cooking, Zumba dance, internship in Bastar , chattisgarh, development, IRMS

Board: Sanjay verma

Chairman:
1) Meaning of your name
2) discussion on origin
3) any famous thinker who writes articles on development
4) Can a developed nation have poor people?
5) can development and poverty go together?
6) Tell me a developed nation with no poverty
7) Tell me the states which are doing good and bad on all development indicators
8)Origin of Zumba ,origin of rumba music,how many calories you burn
9) Any famous Carnatic musician
10)famous songs of her
11) Any famous Hindustani singers

M1
1) Origin of naxalism, how it got spread
2) why they were many killings
3) tell me if you are a DM , what will you do
4) what about the women naxals, what will you do for them

M2:
1) tell me role and responsibility of SEBI
2) what is insider trading
3) what will SEBI do
4) tell me about corporate governance

M3: (lady)
1) what crafts did you buy in Chhattisgarh
2) tell me about bronze statue you bought
3) tell me 3 handicrafts of different regions and how will you promote them
4) how will you connect rural artisans to market when the products they made are time taking, costly

M4:
1) do you cook daily
2) difference between Andhra and Telangana cuisine
3) Tell me the name of famous chilly
4) origin of Osmania buiscuit and uniqueness
5)names of famous biryanies
6) what did you taste and liked
7) Why Hyderabadi is your favourite
8) If you have to give GI tags to what will you give first and why?


Thank you
Your interview is over
Almost on DAF
Board was very cordial

Keywords : IRS, Production and industrial engg , Punjabi Lit , Punjab , Punjabi folk songs

Board : Dinesh Dasa sir
Date 28/02

Chairman
So good to see u here , i hv seen Sardarji at this chair after long time. You are quite young also ,
1. Why do u think People from Punjab are not coming for armed forces or Bureaucracy and all are going abroad
2. Punjab was at no. 1 at one point, now at 17th . Causes ? What will u advise as a Chief secy ?
3. What is creative economy: sir explained me !
4. What do u think people are making remix of folk punjabi songs but not paying enough to original writers/ singers?

M1
1. You sing punjabi folk , sing your fav song ;
2. VP talked about unlimited amendment powers . What do u think about doctrine of basic structure?
3. From where it came from ? Should it be there or done away with ?
4. Uttrakhand came up with ucc ; why is need to regulate live ins , they can live as per their wishes; why states want to interfere?
5. Will it lead to violation of their privacy ? What is art 21 ?

M2

1. Drug issue : Linkage with Pakistan
2. Can we open Medical tourism for Pakistan ?
3. Aspirational district program
4. Name any district that has been transformed thru this program
5. India Canada issue ; what went wrong?

M3
1. Should there be laissez fair or full state control over economy
2. Then why farmers of punjab opposing wto as well as apmc reforms
3. You are a production engineer, what is diff between PERT and CPM

4. Should legislators be barred permanently if convicted?

5. Should be also retain civil servants after they complete their sentence after a cooling off period

6. Do u think people choose their leaders rationally ; they vote only on caste, religion etc basis


M4 (Lady Member)

1. As u are already in service, what do u think about DOGE like reforms in civil services?
2. What do u think of min governance?
3. How do u see civil services down the line after 10 years

Chairman interrupted and asked not to extend further

Transcript for interview:
Date: 04/03/25
Time: 10.00 am (1st to go)
Board: Raj Shukla Sir
Daf: bihar, jnu, socio, russia ( rest nothing asked)
Chair:
1. Where are you from?
2. Are you working?
3. A long monologue on how there is very slow induction of women in the workforce...... He gave an example of armed forces, Nda etc and asked if women should be inducted for talent or representation?
4. Followup and counter questions on why women are increasingly being selected in services but not get the post of secretary etc.
M1 : (not satisfied with any answer, actively countering everything)
1. Okay, why India has had women pm and president while usa didn't. Is it that with more development, women not get more power etc?
2. Followup, I didn't understand what you mean by gender polarisation here? What is it?
3. Followup and counter: when did politics become masculine and feminine. I have never heard anything like this. Did you make it up yourself?
4. So, if men do politics it's masculine and vice versa. (Chairperson interrupted and said she means wokeness )
5. What do you understand by wokeness?
6. So, were Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi masculine or feminine?
M2: (aggressive but less than M1)
1. So was indira gandhi a hard power ruler?
2. How do you compare your hometown with jnu in particular and Delhi in general?
3. As a DM of your hometown, what changes would you bring to your district based on learnings from JNU?
4. How women has more freedom?
5. Is too much freedom of speech and expression harmful?
6. What did the Supreme court say about it?
M4(lady) ( went outside for 10 mins for a phone cal)
1. What do you mean by empowerment?
2. Said some hindi word I didn't know.
3. Okay, fine going by your definition. How would you "facilitate" women as you said earlier.
4. Fine, but why are women not empowering their own girl?
5. Tell me about Vishakha vs State of Rajasthan.
6. Just the law!
7. Is the law being misused? Then what should be done?
M4 (least threatening, smiling and warm)
1. Is silk and odop product?
2. How is odop harming artisans?
3. Why Russia despite being so agrarain historically, is industrialized?
Chair: you can go, interview over.
Experience: Can't say anything now. Very different from mocks. In mocks, questions are actively asked in a short and crisp way. Here, mostly, there were long monologues. Can't really gauge if the interview was bad.
Mocks: Quantel, Chahal, Samkalp, Shankar IAS.
O20: Mahesh Bhagwat sir, Frank Pereira sir, Pranay Agrawal sir.

Transcript for interview:
Date: 04/03/25
Time: 10.00 am (1st to go)
Board: Raj Shukla Sir
Daf: bihar, jnu, socio, russia ( rest nothing asked)
Chair:
1. Where are you from?
2. Are you working?
3. A long monologue on how there is very slow induction of women in the workforce...... He gave an example of armed forces, Nda etc and asked if women should be inducted for talent or representation?
4. Followup and counter questions on why women are increasingly being selected in services but not get the post of secretary etc.
M1 : (not satisfied with any answer, actively countering everything)
1. Okay, why India has had women pm and president while usa didn't. Is it that with more development, women not get more power etc?
2. Followup, I didn't understand what you mean by gender polarisation here? What is it?
3. Followup and counter: when did politics become masculine and feminine. I have never heard anything like this. Did you make it up yourself?
4. So, if men do politics it's masculine and vice versa. (Chairperson interrupted and said she means wokeness )
5. What do you understand by wokeness?
6. So, were Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi masculine or feminine?
M2: (aggressive but less than M1)
1. So was indira gandhi a hard power ruler?
2. How do you compare your hometown with jnu in particular and Delhi in general?
3. As a DM of your hometown, what changes would you bring to your district based on learnings from JNU?
4. How women has more freedom?
5. Is too much freedom of speech and expression harmful?
6. What did the Supreme court say about it?
M4(lady) ( went outside for 10 mins for a phone cal)
1. What do you mean by empowerment?
2. Said some hindi word I didn't know.
3. Okay, fine going by your definition. How would you "facilitate" women as you said earlier.
4. Fine, but why are women not empowering their own girl?
5. Tell me about Vishakha vs State of Rajasthan.
6. Just the law!
7. Is the law being misused? Then what should be done?
M4 (least threatening, smiling and warm)
1. Is silk and odop product?
2. How is odop harming artisans?
3. Why Russia despite being so agrarain historically, is industrialized?
Chair: you can go, interview over.
Experience: Can't say anything now. Very different from mocks. In mocks, questions are actively asked in a short and crisp way. Here, mostly, there were long monologues. Can't really gauge if the interview was bad.
Mocks: Quantel, Chahal, Samkalp, Shankar IAS.
O20: Mahesh Bhagwat sir, Frank Pereira sir, Pranay Agrawal sir.

4 march

Daf : medical officer, chess, myhtology (only the questions related to these were asked)

Board : Raj shukla sir

Chairman:

Started with a monolgue on situation in Gaza.
1. What is the situation in Gaza?
2. Why are the talks disrupted?
3. Phase 2 of deal.
4. Why does Trump want real estate development in Gaza. Is he a fool?

Now Ukraine
1. What is happening?
2. What is the solution?

Not much discussion. Long monolgues after almost every question.

M1:
Discussion on targets given to doctors for conducting tests of patients.
Chess engines and what technological development (he called it revolution) made them better than humans.

M2 (lady member) :
Why civil services?
Mahabharata - why did Pandavas win.

Long monolgue on the suffering and learning of Pandavas in 12+1 years.

Are we giving too much to youth that they are lacking ambition?
How to develop value education?
What should be done to promote fundamental duties in schools?

M3 :

Use of ai in diagnosis. It should replace doctors completely.
Gender equality.
Use of medical knowledge in iaas.
(Does not seem to agree with any argument given for ai question)

M4 :

Why doctors are not counseling on diet?
Corporatisation of healthcare. Should we promote it or not?

Some other questions which I'm not able to recall.


Remarks : The experience was totally different from mock interviews. It was full of big monologues and members having their own strong views on most of the themes.
M4 & M3 did not seem to agree with most of the arguments I gave.

Expectations are low. But I've learnt a lot in this process.

Thanks to the members of this group who shared their experiences.

Mocks : Samkalp, NextIAS, Sriram, Unacademy.

Special thanks to MPOA for their support and guidance.

Name-Bose
Board Dasa Sir
Chairman- Why choose sociolgy over mechanical engineer as already IES machanical
Compare Marx and Weber
Relevance of Merton in Today world
Process of appointment of DGP
Relevance of working in community services
Member1
Role Of NGO
Budget scheme and expenditure on agriculture
Compare India China defence strength
Mission karmyogi iGOT rlevemace
Member2
Reciprocal tarrif and their impact
Discusion on globalistation and Deglibalisation.
Movies based on books you like
Member 3
Discusion on maritime security of India
2.5 front war
What is biggest internal security threat to India
What is IR4.0
Member4
Discusion on lateral entry
Social control methods based on sociology
Why right wing revival in Europe

Board member were cordial. Chairman after asking question went outside.
Special thanks to Shubham Aggarwal Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS)for one to one session and making me believe that I have more than enough to be there.Also Special mention of Mahesh Bhagwat Sir ADGP for keen insight on DAF.

Date of the interview: 05-03-2025
Board: BB Swain
Keywords: Tamil literature, poetry, agribusiness

Chairperson:
1. Tell me about contemporary Tamil literature with examples

Member 1 (lady member)
1. Asked about Air India disinvestment
2. So many Follow up questions on those.
3. Delhi air pollution related

Member 2
So many monologues
1. In which languages do you write poetry
2. Ethical question of a superior giving a direction of a policy that is contrary to my opinion
(Follow up on those lines)

Member 3
1. Questions on organic products, it's costs
2. Follow up questions on those lines
3. Ethical question on manipulation of scheme data to people
4. Difference between merger and acquisition

Member 4:
1. Income insecurity
2. Export potential of agricultural products
3. How to strengthen our agriculture?

Thank you.

Name
Dinesh dasa board
Botany, kerala
Cm- Hi how are you, (chairman read my qualifications)
what is kosikode?
I said I am not aware about it
He asked which place in kerala got creative city for literature tag in kerala ?
So I said kozhikode, and he asked if the pronounciation was right. I corrected him.
He asked how non malayalis could pronounce that?
I said they can call it calicut.
Why kozhikode is known and tagged so for literature?
He gave a statement: invasive sps threaten the natural biodiversity. Do you agree?
What kerala govt did to control this, any schemes?
Isn't there ecological restoration prog by kerala ? Like that in Tamil Nadu
What are the islands in kerala? And as an administrator how can you promote island tourism like the other tourism which is much developed?
M1-what is multidimensional poverty?
What was the project done by Abhijith sen and ester duflo? I said I am unable to recall
He said they used randomised control trial
Which district in kerala have high tribal population? As an administrator how will you use randomised control trial in ensuring no poverty in the place?
M2. Why palakkad is called capital of fake passports?
What initiatives were taken by govt of kerala to reduce that?
Why there is large scale murders happening in kerala now a days?
What is the socio-economic impact of migration to a road?
How it affects family and socialisation?
M3. Which temple in kerala is so famous?
Why opening of vault b an issue?
What sc ruled about it?
As a person empowered to open it, what will you do? Open or not
Why qatar emir arrival was so celebrated?
What is the significance of partnership with qatar nationally and internationally?
What happened last year between qatar and india?
Which ias officer is part of TVM sabha of padmanabhaswamy temple?
M4- as a minister, how will you manage the dynamic and hostile neighbourhood under neighbourhood first policy?
What as a minister you will do to ensure better relation with Maldives?
Cm.-which women have influenced you in life?
Why all female candidates are saying kiran shaw majumder, last year all were saying priyanka chopra, now kiran shaw majumder, why?
Difference between podcast and interview
If you are a famous person, what will you prefer, interview or podcast
Thank you
The interview was more of a conversation mode. The board was so cordial, listening and adding points in between.
One on ones and mocks {fortune ias (tvm)}
Shinas sir( ilearn),
Peer mocks...

Transcript
Name - Neo 3.0
Board - B B Swain Sir
Date - 03/03/2025
Keywords- Jharkhand, EEE , Movies on
Social Issues, Cricket ( Other keywords not relevant )

Entered the room and greeted the members
Chairperson-
How r u feeling ?
What has Jharkhand improved on since its formation? Tell me 4-5 indicators .
Follow up questions on health indicators and pèr capita Gdp ?
M1- why we have paradox of demographic dividend and high unemployment rate ?
What can we do regarding it ?
Why startups in India are not as successful as despite entrepreneurial spirit?
M2- You r from EEE. Tell me what do u understand by IoT and how is it helpful in our lives
Yesterday did u watch India- NZ match?
It had approx 35cr viewership as per the app. Don't u think it is colossal waste of manpower and shouldn't Cricket be banned?
Suppose u r DM, a case comes in front of u in which a poor women was caught stealing bread for her hungry children , so how will you deal in such situation ?
Who was the founder of Jamshedpur?
M3- picked up from M1 discussion
How can we create employment in our country? And follow up questions based on my response
M4- which movie on Social issue have u watched recently?
What are the issues have been highlighted?
How can we make our women empowered apart from education and skilling ?
Have u watched 3 Idiots since it also highlighted social issues?
Can u elaborate what it depicted?

Mocks attended - Panel( Vajirao,Vision,Vajiram,Samkalp)
O2O - Sajal Sir, Ravindran Sir, Utkarsh Sir, Puneet Sir, Pranay Sir

This conversation is over .Nice talking with you .All the Best

I said ,Thank you to Chairman Sir ,lady member and other Members..

‘Chairman Sir was observing carefully throught the interview ‘

Board was Very cordial

Mocks -Vajirao and Reddy,PW Only IAS,Maharashtra Sadan,Samkalp

Actual Interview is Class Apart..

One to one-Honourable IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir (ADG L&O Telangana )

Transcript

28/02/2025 , Afternoon
Board - Honourable Dasa Sir
Keywords - Civil engineering , reflective journaling , Jaipur, Nukad Natak (nothing else from daf)

May I come in? YES. Greetings to sir and ma’am. They asked me to sit down.
Chairperson:
How are you feeling sitting in UPSC Bhawan? ⁠How is your day going?
1. You have done ⁠Civil Engineering but has Anthro as optional. If we ask you why you will tell right because prepare karke aaye hoge ? (I said yes sir I have prepared it ) so they were considering whether to ask this question. One sir said lets see whether they can give some unique answer. So they asked this question.
2. ⁠Which civil engineering projects have changed the world?
3. What are some famous things about Jaipur?
4. ⁠why are artists coming to India for concerts?
5. ⁠what is the music taste of gen z? K-pop?
6. ⁠societies for music lovers, how can they improve music taste ?
7. ⁠us deportation of illegal immigration. How was it handled?⁠ Should we prosecute illegal immigrants?
8. ⁠Have you heard about PM Modi's statement in the budget session about foreign interference. Was it a dig at the opposition or foreign parties?
9. How do you see PM Modi’s visit to USA?


M1 (Lady member) -
1. Meaning of my name.
2. You did schooling in Delhi majorly. Lived in urban setting. How will you cater to rural women?
3. ⁠Schemes for women by govt of India.
4. ⁠Women in electoral politics. Does it help?
5. What is gender budgeting?
6 How can technology be used for this?

M2:
1. ⁠Is panchayat pri effective? Pradhan pati issue
2. Pesa act
3. ⁠presidential form of govt vs parliamentary form of govt Are we moving towards presidential form of govt? Where is it written in the constitution?
4. ⁠Difference btw due process of law and procedure established by law
5. ⁠India is bordering china and pakistan….. Quad - what is it and is it against some country? Will some other country come to protect India in case of conflict
6. ⁠India is in a position to defeat china?


M3:
1. Who was Maitreyi and what is bramvedini?
2. Tonk famous personality.He wanted to know a singers name.
3. How does govt generate resources?
4. ⁠does India give loans to other nations? Give example
5. ⁠how is this money divided between state and centre? ⁠Is css under the finance commission?
6. Should we have a life long ban on politicians with criminal cases? Why?
7. ⁠what is the 10% which pm Modi referred to? Edible oil consumption? Who was the inspiration?
8. Organic farming vs natural farming
9. ⁠what is vertical and horizontal devolution of funds?


M4:
1. Nukad natak vs theater?
2. Fact check meta twitter. How do you see it. Govt pib fact check unit +SC judgement.
3. Reflective journaling - one moment you remember the most Afraid of failures?
4. ⁠criminally prosecute illegal immigrants. He was pointing out as to why not criminally prosecute the deportees from us.
5. ⁠Bangladeshi should not be deported back?

Chairman: Your interview is over. I thanked them.

Mock given 9-10 - found Vajirao and Reddy, NEXT IAS, Samkalp and Vajiram Mock helpful. O2O with Khan sir and Ravindran Sir gave me a lot of confidence.
Special thanks to - Utkarsh sir (sriram IAS), SOMP (Puneet sir), IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir ( in depth DAF analysis)

3rd March

DAF: BA LLB, Moot court competition

Board: B B Swain sir

Chairman: sir straight up started asking questions. Asked only one question and two counter questions
1. Your opinion on All India Judicial Services
2. What are the challenges? Why are states opposing it?

M1:
1. Have you read NEP? What is your opinion
2. 5+3+3+4 provision
3. Foreign universities will lead to closure of domestic ones? How can we counter?
4. What are issues with inclusive education if foreign universities enter?
5. Do you appreciate brain drain?

M3:
1. What is delimitation? Concerns with it?
2. Relationship of delimitation with Women's Reservation Bill? Why halted till 2026?
3. Why Southern states concerned about delimitation? Any suggestions to resolve?
3. Why is census needed? Do you favour caste census? Why?
4. Asked why so many cases pending in courts? Two suggestions

M4:
1. Do you think judges vacations should be reduced? I said no, asked why not?
2. Asked why so many bail applications reach upto Supreme Court? Why isn't Supreme Court not chastising lower courts to grant bail?
3. Do you think there is need for a separate National Criminal Appellate Forum separate from the SC to reduce pendency?

M5 (the only lady member):
1. If you are appointed DM in a district, what vested interests can you face? Very broad question
2. Have you heard of the saying "Everyone loves a good drought"? I said no. She elaborated and asked me again, What can it mean?
3. Are you aware of the tanker mafia?

Interview was over.

Overall, cordial panel but little grilling too since I had moot court experience, Chairman sir himself said he will test me by countering me.

Mocks attended: Samkalp, Vajiram, Vision, Unacademy, Chahal.
Two online ones - UPSCPrep and Vajirao and Reddy
O2O with Satyam Jain sir, Ravindran sir, Aditya Tiwari sir (law optional), Akarsh Agrawal sir (IAS, 2023).

All the best to you all! 🌻

4 march

Daf : medical officer, chess, myhtology (only the questions related to these were asked)

Board : Raj shukla sir

Chairman:

Started with a monolgue on situation in Gaza.
1. What is the situation in Gaza?
2. Why are the talks disrupted?
3. Phase 2 of deal.
4. Why does Trump want real estate development in Gaza. Is he a fool?

Now Ukraine
1. What is happening?
2. What is the solution?

Not much discussion. Long monolgues after almost every question.

M1:
Discussion on targets given to doctors for conducting tests of patients.
Chess engines and what technological development (he called it revolution) made them better than humans.

M2 (lady member) :
Why civil services?
Mahabharata - why did Pandavas win.

Long monolgue on the suffering and learning of Pandavas in 12+1 years.

Are we giving too much to youth that they are lacking ambition?
How to develop value education?
What should be done to promote fundamental duties in schools?

M3 :

Use of ai in diagnosis. It should replace doctors completely.
Gender equality.
Use of medical knowledge in iaas.
(Does not seem to agree with any argument given for ai question)

M4 :

Why doctors are not counseling on diet?
Corporatisation of healthcare. Should we promote it or not?

Some other questions which I'm not able to recall.


Remarks : The experience was totally different from mock interviews. It was full of big monologues and members having their own strong views on most of the themes.
M4 & M3 did not seem to agree with most of the arguments I gave.

Expectations are low. But I've learnt a lot in this process.

Thanks to the members of this group who shared their experiences.

Mocks : Samkalp, NextIAS, Sriram, Unacademy.

Special thanks to MPOA for their support and guidance.