Name: Saba
Date: 28.03.2025
5th to go
Board: Suman Sharma ma'am
DAF : Who cares
B.pharma, Tamilnadu

Chairman:

1. Diff between Generic drugs and branded drugs
2. What is ANDA?
3. How many indian pharma companies are applying for ANDA?
4. US exit from WHO , how does it impact India and Us ?
5. Should we legalise betting?

Member 1

6. US companies in indian pharma why? Risk?
7. AI in healthcare
8. Nanotechnology in healthcare
9. Robotic replace doctor?

M2

10. Indian Ocean importance
11. String of pearls
12.malacca dilemma
13. Why should India object to China's presence?
14. Diff between international aid and development projects
15. Why is India doing?

M3
16. Long monologue to think out of the box.

M4

17. Trace the development of India china relationship since post independence

18. One child policy

19. Status of one child policy

Your interview is over.

Overall board was cordial.
No grilling.

Thankyou

Name : satya
Date : 24-03-2025
Board : Lt gen Rajshukla sir .

DAF: sainik school , mechanical engineering, NCC, NDA-NA, Mountaineering, horse riding , j Krishnamurthy&Sadhguru, reading biographies.

Chairman rajshukla sir :
1) where are you from ?
2) Are you working currently?
3) when did you pass out ?
4) what have you been doing since ?

Sir don't seem to approve of the fact that one is only preparing for upsc without doing productive work ( rightly so 🙂) .


M1: male member ( only 1 question)

1) you have mountaineering in your DAF . How did you develop interest and what did you learn ?

M2 ) Lady member - all smile and very cordial .

1) you have lot of sports in your DAF, Mam read DAF.

2) what is the oldest sport ?
3) most popular sport in the world ?
4) why football has not been as famous as cricket in India .
5) India with 1.4 billion people didn't even win one gold in last olympics.how do you explain that ?

6) If given power , what changes would you like to bring ?
7)Have you heard of groak ? What is it ?
8) have you heard of GIGO?
9) so you pursued ARMY , SPORTS and now CIVIL-SERVICES . you seems to be a jumper .

M3) male member - listening intently all through the interview. And smile dancing at the corner of lips .

1) How important is women empowerment for India ?
2) If you are made a DM, how would you address patriarchy?
3) you are little abstract here( sociology theory ) . Could you give me more concrete answer?
( Schemes ) .

4) what is your take on free bus service and ladki bahin scheme ?
5) they say it is empowering, but you say fiscally not prudent ? ( Small discussion ) .

M4) very energetic and enthusiastic.

1) tell me 10 things you would teach young mountaineers on their first day ?
2)what couse did you do and where ?
3) You are from Andhra Pradesh . What is the economic profile of your state ?
4) You have not mentioned shipbuilding in vizag ? What share does it constitute? (No idea ) .
5) given such high dependency on agriculture - how is your state planning on growth ? ( Technology)
6) what are the current challenges and breakthrough in quantum computing.
7) where are we as a nation ? Did we make any progress?
9) so , we are still in discussion stage?
10) what would happen when quantum tech gets integrated with AI .

Gave over to chairman sir

1) will quantum computing challenge AI?
2) No - it will replace AI immediately.
3) how long will India take to catch up with China and USA ( 10-20 years )
4) No , if we start now , then it will take 10-20 years . we are yet to start.
5) young engineers like you should be bold and question government.
The future is yours . Ask where is our deepseek , quantum tech ?

6) tell me something about deepseek .
7)why did we not develop one ?
8) what's stopping private sector participation ? ( Me :Regulations)

Ha yes .

Chairman: your interview is over . You can leave .

Opinion: Interview started on a sticky wicket but seems to improve as it progressed (In debt of M2 Lady member) . One needs to hold their nerve in stressful situations and not make any judgements .

Thankyou . All the very best to everyone 🙂.

Mocks : vajiram, unacademy, Tathasthu helpful .

O2O- venkat mohan sir , Ravindran sir , Mahesh Bhagat sir interaction are of good help .

Name: IP Officer

19th March 2025, Forenoon
Board: Suman Sharma Ma’am
DAF Keywords: Rajasthan, IIT Kharagpur, R&D Specialist (4years Work Exp), Marathon Runner, Cricket, Bikes

Chairperson:

1. Recent changes in New Education Policy with regards to higher education and their implications (discussion for 2-3 mins)
2. Two electoral reforms you would like to see in Indian Election system, keep everything aside whatever you have been seeing in Newspapers and media
3. Transport based development model
4. Eastern dedicated fright corridor versus western dedicated fright corridor

M1 (Lady):

1. Role of diversity and inclusion in administration
2. Difference between technocrat and generalist administrator
3. Difference in approach of technical background DM and humanities background DM for handling Nagpur Communal incident
4. How would you have handled Nagpur communal incident as DM being a Technical person
5. Why Indian manufacturing sector is lacking where as china is thriving in perspective of R&D
6. Budget outlet for R&D
7. Why china is able to invest more in R&D and India still stuck at 0.6-0.7% of GDP

M2 (Male):

1. Social evils prevalent in Rajasthan society
2. What will be your priority as DM of particular District in Rajasthan and what measures will you take (2-3 mins of good discussion)
3. Fiscal Deficit and Twin Deficit and whether is there any interlinking between them
4. Precision Agriculture
5. Any Government initiative for precision Agriculture

M3 (Male):

1. Status of Renewable energy in Rajasthan and factors behind it
2. You as an industrialist what parameters will consider before making a product
3. You as an industrialist what factors will consider if you have to set up solar power plant
4. MGNREGA and what it is?
5. As a DM of particular district what will be your priority among Labour, Fund & Asset creation timeline while implementing MGNREGA
6. Are you aware about Green tribunal, jurisdiction of NGT
7. Why there are so many environmental problems even after having such a powerful body (NGT)

M4 (lady)

1. Balance of power and Indian condition
2. Power favor between Executive & legislature in current situation
3. Two similarities between you as Marathon runner and Sunita Williams
4. Is women cricket just copied men’s cricket

(Entirely based on opinions and discussion mode)

Name -
Board - Suman Sharma mam
DAF keyword (ones which were asked) - Zomato, IITD, production and industrial engineering

Chairman - read my DAF highlights mentioned above, last line you worked in Zomato (interesting was she wanted to say)
Chairman
1. Green tshirt controversy of zomato and what it talk about society
2. ⁠recent zomato restaurant controversy
3. ⁠grocer stores, how will they survive in times of zomato and Blinkit
4. ⁠2 areas each which will benefit and get harmed in India by trump tariffs ( few counters here )

M1:

1. you studies production engineering tell problems of manufacturing and solutions thereof
2. ⁠finance commission, issues ( I talked about north south )
3. ⁠said any idea of disaster management and finance commission ( I said I can’t recall)

M2:
1. Studied at iit and worked, how will u use that as ias
2. ⁠India’s foreign policy wrt to china and USA separately
3. ⁠why china doing way better than India how can we improve it

M3 ( full random questions )

1. Kalinga war ( no link to DAF, maybe Kalinga university controversy that time) its impact on society
2. ⁠he asked where Kalinga war happened ( I was like I don’t know the exact place he said it’s Odisha, I said sir though u are asking some specific place)
3. ⁠why air craft carrier called king in the pin (he helped me out there and I managed to answer that)
4. ⁠

M4:
1. Impact of president rule in Manipur & some discussion over it
Mam said thank you (name) your interview is over

Mocks: Nextias, vajiram, Samkalp, vajirao ( won’t recommend this one), Chahal

One on one - Fareez sir, Puneet Yadav sir (somp), Ravindran sir (vajiram), Dharmadhikari sir (Chanakya mandal)

Some questions were repeated from mocks and current affair classes with somp did helped ….

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chairman sir

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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


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

M3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chairman-

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

Member 2

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

Member 3

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

Member 4-

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

Member 5-

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

Chairman

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

Your interview is over,you may go now.

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

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

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

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

Optional- Philosophy




Chairman
1.Is India Post still have relevance?


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Member 3 : (only female member)

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

Member 4 :

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

Cm said my Interview is over...

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

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

Board - BB Swain Sir
Date —25/03/2025

Mostly daf based + IR questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overall very good experience