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Board: sanjay verma sir
5 members
Keywords: mechanical, cross country, haryana, epfo, history

Chairman:
1.do you go for run.
2. what do you mean by cross country
I said that it is related to country side/ across country.
So he asked - what actoss country, like India that is Bharat.
I said no sir, what i mean is it is run across fields and countryside, there is no particular track for this race.
3. Tell me different types of bread in India
I said that i know of only two types: wheat and multigrain.
Chairman: But india has so many different types, even rice breads.
So i clarified that i was thinking of packed breads and explained other type of roti/bread in india: wheat, rice, bajra, jawar, makka.
Chairman: anything else like bread used in festivals, i said kuttu bread as well.
He again asked, any other bread, i apologised for not knowing.

Another member: why are you sweating? Are you nervous?
I said: yes, a little bit.
Member: don’t be. Treat us as your elders. And treat this interview as conversation.
I said ok.
4. Chairman: Tell me, how long a person can survive without water and without food.
I said i do not know.
Chairman: take a guess.
I said : without water, 3 days and without food 10 days.
Chairman: only 3 days.
I: yes sir.
Chairman: what if env. Is highly humid, how long a person will surivive.
I: less than 3 days
Chairman: suppose, you are in such a situation and a person puts pistol on your forehead and forces you to survive for more than 3 days. What will you do.
I: i will firstly go for shade.
Chairman: and then
I: sir, in worst case scenario, i will collect my urine and drink it.
Chairman: that’s the word i wanted to hear.
Upto to you sir.

Member 2: you are from haryana, tell me about social issues of haryana.
I said: poor child sex ratio, high crime rate.
M2: anything else
I: i am able to recall only these 2 issues at the moment.
If you have full power, how will you address these issues.
M2: compare mauryans and ottomans
I: i have limited knowledge of ottomans.
Do you know geographical area covered by ottomans.
I: it was centred around turkey. Wrt to spread, ottoman was trans continental, mauryans were sub continental, relious spread, mauryans buddhism, ottomans, islam ( success of spread i dont know).
Ok.

M3 (madam):
1. Tell me about contribution of savtribai phule.
2. ⁠nutrition issue of haryana
I: i don’t know data,

3 . How to improve nutrition of children in mid day meal.
I: by diversifying diet. Some states provide milk, some egg…

M3: no no, tell me about haryana schools
I: i am sorry maam, i do not know composition of mid day meal in haryana schools.
I: i dont know.
M3: did you not go to school in Haryana.
I: ma’am, i attended a private school, which didn’t have mid day meal concept.
Ok.

M4: tell me about corpus handeled by epfo.
I: I don’t know.
M4: tell me why there is difference in what farmers get and what cystomers pay for farm goods.
M4: how to increase farmers share.

M5: you worked as accounts officer at epfo so tell me, how foes epfo do accounting .
I told her about accounts of members managed by epfo.
She said not that, but tell me about accounting of epfo.
I; i don’t know.

M5: what is accrual accounting.
I: i don’t know.

M5: what is NPA. (I answered)
M5: does epfo has npa.
M5 : what is recovery rate of epfo.
M5: how to increase recovery rate (apart from legal measures)
M5: do you know about section 144
I: of ipc?
M5: of crpc
I: sorry sorry crpc
M5: what is it
I: related to curfew
M5: related to riots, social unrest etc.
I: ok. Thankyou for the knowledge.

M5: who imposes it.
I: can i take a guess
M5: no
I: then i dont know
Ok.

Chairman : ok . Thank you. Your interview is over. You may go.

Anonymous
Sanjay Verma
Keywords-Computer Science engineering,Anthropology,Heritage walks ,OTT,Science olympiad ,Elderly Care-NGO

Chairperson-How are you feeling?
1.Your hobby is going on Heritage walks ,what is anthropological inference you have observed from going to heritage walks?
2.What type of ott genre do yo watch?
3.Do horror movies promote divinity or evil ?
4.Gave a quote on above and asked what do you understand by it ?

Member 1(lady)
1.What are the reasons of air pollution in Delhi?
2.Why we have not been able to correct it?
3.Being a resident a Delhi what problems do you have observed wrt Air pollution?
4.Tell me short term measures how you can correct air pollution?

Member 2
1.Gave a short monologue on how USA is a bully in geopolitical affairs-do you think India is a bully?
2.Do you think India should prioritise Core National Interest or Emotion in its foreign policy?
3.Does Indias foreign policy shows emotional overtone?

Member 3(female)
1.You have worked in an NGO -what did you do ?
2.What problems have you observed that elderly face?
3.What is silver economy?
4.Are we utilising it?
5.What measures we can take to realise the potential of silver economy?
6.Name one personality you appreciate and what qualities you want to emulate?

Member 4
1.You have won science olympiad ?what other science subjects you are interested in other than computer science (mentioned space)
2.What is singularity ?
3.What is event horizon?
4.Is there something other than what we have discussed you want to talk about?

Chairperson-You have mentioned a IPS officer as a personality you want to emulate,why have you not opted for ips as your first preference?

Panel Mock -Unacademy ,Vajirao and reddy

Multiple One to one sessions with -Vaibhav sir, Ashish sir & Gourav sir(Anantam Ias)
Helped a lot with filling daf, preparing questionnaire from daf and overall interview preparation in such a short duration.

Sheelvardhan sir- 16/12
about- daf themes- finance, eco, india hindi spy series- nothing else from DAF

Chairman
• Welcome to this conversation with us.
• You are a strong finance professional.
• You still have economics in your DAF. Do you have any views on cryptocurrency?
• What is the difference between a stablecoin and Bitcoin?
• Gold-backed and dollar-backed—anything you know about that?
• There is this spy, Eli Cohen—have you heard about him?
• He is associated with Mossad and Israel. Read up about him.
• Can you recommend some movies?
• Do you know about an AI bubble? What are your views on it—do you think there is a bubble?
• It is a bubble, right?
• It is a bubble, right?

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Member 1
• In the spy network, can you tell us about India’s internal security agencies?
• What about NIA?
• Anything related to the Red Fort?
• What about social-media-related security threats?
• What is the difference between sanitary and phytosanitary measures under WTO? (followed by explanation by the member)

M2
• You had science till Class 12—why did you shift to economics?
• Does science not contribute to society?
• When was the UN set up?
• What is the UN Charter?
• Is the UN suffering from problems today?
• Should we completely do away with the UN?
• Why was MGNREGA in the news recently?

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Member 3
• So you are from a finance background?
• What do you understand by budgeting in government?
• What is performance-based budgeting?
• What is the difference between the revenue account and the capital account?
• How is budgeting in developed countries different from budgeting in India?

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Member 4
• What would India look like today if the British had never colonised it?
• Don’t you think Indian revenue systems were stronger before the British?
• Didn’t zamindars exist earlier as well?
• How would India have evolved politically (ignoring geography)?
• Would elites have resisted democracy?
• If the British were not present, how would Indians have travelled abroad?
• Do you think we still need the idea of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas?
• Was Indian society more inclusive before the British?
• What do you mean by “not completely inclusive”? (Chuckling)

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Chairperson (Closing)
• Your interview is over. It was nice talking to you.

Date - 16/12/2025 forenoon 2nd to go.
Board - Sujata Mam
Daf key word- geography (BA, MA ,UGC , optional), homeopathy, up, Moradabad, chess, science fiction 

Chairman Mam
Are you all right? Sit comfortably 
1- why did you choose geography subject?
2- what is human geography?
3- What is planning in geography?
4- Do we really plan accordingly?(She was emphasising that we don't plan our cities)
5-civic sense what is it? What are the things that make you unhappy in public?
6- why do people litter?(I said one is littering)
7- How will you bring behavioural change?
(I gave one case study of my district itself so one more question followed over does rewarding really works)
8- What is the role of education in this?

Member1
1- What are the alternative medicinal system in india?
2- How homeopathic system works, key principle and idea ?
3- How it is different from allopathic?
4- What is autoimmune disease?
5- if you have to dismiss one of your employees what would you consider about him?
6- What is natural justice, and some more questions followed on those principles itself.
 Member 2 
1- What is Indus Water Treaty? What is it's current status?
2- She asked me to tell in details , wanted all geographical aspects. So I kept on speaking on this. Some questions followed like what infrastructure we are developing, geographical limitations etc.

Member 3
1- What are the opportunity available to the students who have done there pg in geography?

2- Why didn't you choose any of these since 2022?
3- What are the recent discoveries In our solar system or beyond that can change the way of our understanding universe?( This was asked because when chairman Mam asked me about why I choose geography so at one place I used this term interest in solar system in childhood)

Member 4
1- What is remote sensing?
2- As your second preference is IPS what policing will you do if you are appointed in Goa, Punjab and Chhattisgarh?
3- what is maoism?( It was asked when I started telling about chattisgarh)

Chairman Mam- Your interview is over Manish , now you can go.

My experience - maximum interview was around geography but in a different way, they were more interested in asking follow up questions rather than specific geography question and in each question they were requiring to bring geographical dimensions, like that ips case study, indus water treaty.
No question from hobby, district etc.

One more thing that I noticed whenever I was giving any suggestions or solutions they were making altogether Saying this is very normal, oh  this is on books not in reality.. wanted me to prove my point.
Overall I was satisfied because there was no factual question so conversation went well.

MentorAID Student Transcript

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DAF: history, research, asiatic society, Kanpur
Chairperson: Sheel vardhan sir's

Chairperson: Good afternoon, welcome to the conversation, please take your seat.
*Started questioning*
1) 2 events you could change, one from modern one from world
2) tell me the conversation that Oppenheimer had with Us President. You should read it it's interesting
3) relate history and geography for me
4) what is subaltern history
5) is there a social dynamic in jungles? Can I write the history of marginalized animals ?
6) who was lachit borphukan?
(Follow ups)
Which battle, year, against whom, land or sea

M1: you're from kanpur, what was its original name. I mean it was part of which kingdom
- why it has been in the news
- tell me about namami gange progress in kanpur and which ministry
- leather ? Why it has declined
- (one or two history questions I can't recall)

M2: are you on social media ? Instagram or Facebook? WhatsApp or telegram?
- how to counter the history narratives on whatsapp?
- your views on this happening?
- okay tell me about one nation one election (the chairperson helped me in the negative part although the member seemed satisfied)
- one more ques, I can't recall

M3: tell me about yoginis ?
- what was their origin story ?
- so you've done a course with asiatic society
- tell me about its purpose for being established and all the verticals working at present
- recent history book you read ? Have you read romila thappar's early india ? AL basham ?

M4: (lady member, grilling mode, poker face)
- what were your papers in history ? (I told) Okay, then I will not ask you from this
- tell me about (named 3 random battles) - i said sorry
- why were Indians fighting for the Britishers in the WW1 ? Okay leave it, tell me would you have fought for the INA or for the Britishers ? In WW 2
- okay so, you are saying germany did holocaust and you're favouring INA? Because INA belived Germany would win ? I said I'm for the cause of independence, there was no guaranteed promise as such by the British Raj to grant immediate powers after the war, moreover the Germans help was limited - explained how, japan was a threat etc etc
- okay now tell me, you are in a district and then I give funds which you can either invest in social indicators or infrastructure. Which one you'll pick
( Asked if the allocation could be 50-50, she said there's always a cost benefit, it's up to you)
- so you're saying infra is more important? People are sick and you'll invest in infrastructure
( Explained to her that infrastructure includes hospitals, accessibility, better facilities even in the PHC and if not then would increase the refferal rate and by that automatically the health indicators would go up, in building the infra, employment would be generated for the skilled as well as the unskilled would translate into wage increase would lead to better standard of living, digitise the public school classrooms etc etc - would lead to holistic development)
- she said are you sure you will stick to your decision ?
- I said, yes ma'am, I will.
- she finally smiled and said thank you

Chairperson: thank you, your interview is over. It was very nice interacting with you.

(Said thank you, walked out, while closing the door, the chairperson kept looking, peripheral vision se I could see)

- felt the time pass by very quickl, but checked and realised that it went on for 30-32 minutes.
- i did say sorry, 2 times to lady member, once to chairperson and once to member 1.
- chairperson was giving a lot of expressions - cannot decode them, he did try to help me twice in answering.
- it was an average interview for me, more like ques ans and viva, board was asking back to back ques without giving a lot of time to answer as compared to mocks.
- *lastly, my only source of preparation was with UTKARSH SHUKLA SIR- MentorAID, and the daily discussion group of 4 people at the end, learned a lot from selected candidates and seniors*.


All in God's hand now.

 
Date- 16/12/2025 Afternoon
Name- R 
Board- Sujata Chaturvedi Ma'am
Duration- 27 mins
 
 
Chairperson ma'am:
So, you entered smiling, are you confident?
Is this your first interview?
Have you given your 100%? What do you think?
Briefed members about my DAF. Acknowledged city(she said Bareilly ki Barfi), college(read NIT Allahabad as MNREC, the old name), engineering branch, optional, Work ex(asked duration)
Why did you leave your job?
NCC(DAF) long form?
Why do we have it?
What is the one quality that you learned there? I answered 'not running from my responsibilities', narrated a lived experience from NCC camp.
Which god is considered contrary to this particular quality, what is that term?
I answered, everyone giggled and affirmed.
Why didn't you go for armed forces?
What is conscription?
Where do we have it?
Do we have it in India?
In your opinion, shall we have it in India?
 
M1(male):
All citizens are police officials in mufti and all police officials are citizens. What do you think of this?
Can a citizen arrest a criminal under law?
Are you sure? Have you read CrPC? (No relation with DAF)
Name the new codes.
Why no GST on petrol? Rationale? Who earns more through tax and duties on it, states or centre?
Division of powers setup. Article.
What is the rationale of having a concurrent list?
 
M2(female):
Nukkad Natak(DAF) is an effective way to address social issues. Enumerate 5 arguments in favour of this statement.
How did you minimise food wastage as Mess Secretary(DAF)?-
You are a police officer, a lady wants to complaint u/ Domestic Violence act, but nobody is confessing for her, what will you do? Too many back and forth on this
 
M3(male):
Hindu rate of growth, what is it? Who called it so?
What would you call the current scenario? How is it?
China outpaced India in eco growth after 1960s, why?
Shall we adopt authoritarian centralised leadership like China, it helped in growth?
What is more imp, right to choose your leader or having basics like food and clothing?
If given a chance, will you change India's setup to China like setup?
 
M4(male):
Shall we continue an honourific practice like guard of honour(DAF)? Why to give all this?
Method acting?
Intellectual property rights? What is it, what is the term?
 
Chairperson- Thanks, your interview is over, you can leave.
 
Analysis- Just one ques linked to current affairs, rest either section 21 of DAF or static knowledge rationale. No ques on home district, state, graduation, optional, service preferences etc. Chairperson kept interrupting members whenever I took time to think, said ‘arey nahi pata hoga, aage badhiye.’
 
Mocks-
Helped in pin pointing issues related to answer length, eye contact, carrying a smile.
Panel Mocks-
Samkalp- was good
Vajirao & Reddy - formal, nice panel, some questions helped
Vision Panel- cordial board, good experience
NextIAS- good in pointing out a couple of negatives, but unnecessary arrogance in few members.
PW- bad experience with board, shattered morale, had to wait, but mentor was good, team gave old DAF to the board
One to One
Sarrthi- Good for confidence, depends on who takes
Anantam IAS- Really good, boosted morale, reminded of strengths, very approachable
Understand upsc- helpful for DAF based practice and gaining confidence
Mahesh Bhagwat sir- very good for DAF based ques
BS Bassi sir- good insights, helped in busting myths
 
Ultimate analysis
Most of the the people will tell you similar things. Mocks will help only to a limit. With time you’ll get to know what to do and how to do. Post that, confidence will help.
 

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Name: The Beast
Interview date: 18/12/2025 Afternoon (23-24 minutes)
Daf keywords : Bits Pilani , Trekking , Fitness (Gym), Ngo,  Uttarakhand , Physics wallah (1-2 Q asked from Daf)
Board: Sujata mam


Greeted the board
The chairman read my name and said ok you're from Uttarakhand.
Is this your first interview. I told her that is my 2nd interview
She said I see you're working in work from home also (I acknowledged it but she started to talk so I did not shared what I do exactly)

How was your experience last time ? Are you better prepared this year
Gave a monologue for a minute about how she keeps on hearing about the same repetitive motives of everyone about joining the civil services
Tell me other reasons apart from the ones like diverse work , impact, challenging role etc

Then asked about altruism. Do you understand it

Then asked to choose between the quality of being generous and competitive.
After I choose generous and explained the reason
She said but competitive people will be more successful ahead by using tactics etc etc
Had a brief conversation about success and why I felt generous would be successful in the entirety of life

Asked about one shortcomings. (Told her that I tend to analyse more which delays decision)
Brief conversation on it for a minute

Member 1(Lady): What will you do if you're made Pm for a week
And brief discussion on my responses
You seem to be a fitness oriented individual. (But didn't asked ahead)
Just said so you also worked in an Ngo
What's the role of Ngo (told her about the brief history and role)
What did you do (Told her about my project of guidance and counseling)

Member 2:
So you're an Army Brat. Are you aware about the term (I said yes sir )
After that he directly asked a question about who is the general which also stays a general in other army of a country (what's the name of that country) - question was not clear . So he rephrased it once (had no idea so accepted )
He himself told that it's Nepal

Then a brief discussion on should gorkhas be included in Indian army (they have been excluded now)

Is Physicswallah doing something abroad (Told them as far as i know it is currently working in domestic areas mainly)
Is there a future plan to go abroad (Told him I'm not aware about any such strategy or news)

Member 3: (Serious look)
What's your take on Capital punishment? Do you think we should have death penalty.
(Chairman mam also was involved in the discussion - acknowledged my points too)
Where can a person approach for capital punishment (Told him about Judiciary but wanted more so told about President pardon .. but wanted more so accepted that I'm aware of these provisions at present will read more)
Criteria for appointment of judges of Sc
Have you heard Paretos principle ( I said I'm not able to recall it )
Similarly asked Parkinson's law and Parkinson's disease(similar answer as above)
Mplads scheme what is it (told him about it then asked its full form - told that). Then asked what's the corpus. Is it 100 crore (I said I'm not sure about the data as of now sir)

Member 4:
Difference between Murder and Culpable homicide (but said wrong himself at start , later rephrased it to say murder and intent term )
Gave a very complex sentence (from what I can recall it was about what's the situation where one commits crime but cannot be punished (Even Chairman mam said hein? Ye kya complex chiz h sir)
I said I'm not aware about such provisions
Started throwing random terms of legal importance:
Do you understand this -
Means rea , Prima facie , Double jeopardy, And a few others as well (unable to recall other terms . Answered where I was confident)

Overall :Nothing asked from mocks or one to one (0 questions repeated 🥲)

Mocks : Pwonlyias (good panel and experience) , Samkalp (Similar environment) , Vajirao and Reddy , Vajiram , Nextias

One to one : Satyam Jain sir (very supportive and helpful. Even for Prelims and Mains) , Shubham Aggarwal (Vidyapeeth) - Insightful analysis on temperament and mannerism. Ayush sir (forum)- Helped in boosting confidence.

Name-DT

Date-17/12/25(Forenoon-last to go)

DAF keywords-Uttarkhand,Doctor,
Murder mystery,scavenger hunts,Child development

Board-Suman Sharma ma’am

Chairperson
1)Welcome Dhruv why did u leave your earlier job?Also why fascination with murder mystery -Follow up on indian adaptation of Sherlock holmes
2)Investor summit was held in your state and even taking into account other states ,what is your opinion about such summits?
3)Is this not wasted resources?
4)If u were the organiser then what all would u have showcased?
5)What about the recent UCC
6)Do you support live-in relationships?
7)Why does a smart young man like you not in support of live in?Dont u think u are too conservative ?
8)What is the point of live in if it as stringent as marriage in registration,I think the law is very bad but then that is my opinion

Member 1
1)Welcome doctor “conservative “did u see the room number when u were entering?
2)There is no free lunch what do u understand by this statement?
3) Give a real life event where u felt this?
4)People often die due to bad medication what will u prescribe as punishment for such individuals- 3 years ,life imprisonment,death penalty?
5)Why do u think life imprisonment and not death penalty?
6) As a DM 3 things to improve health of young children
7)What is your perception of NGOs?
8)Politicians are bad and wile creatures don’t u think?

Member 2
1) Doctor since child development is mentioned what is impact of social media on child health
2) Should it be banned and how to ban
3) Why some exemptions u want to give to certain players
4)So current child safety lock is failing?
5) U studied in Mumbai tell me about RBI what main functions does it do?
6)What is the issue of IPR and patent in phraa industry
7)How has recent FT with Australia and UK improved working conditions of doctors?

Member 3(Grilled me just on border with CHINA)
1)Which LAC sectors in Uttarkhand are disputed
2) Why do we have a build up based on my answer said that u think we provoked the Chinese by building infra?
3)Which party is the aggressor and which is the peace loving power?
4)Can we expect chinese military intervention in Taiwan?
5)Why are the Chinese doing this renaming then?
6)What should be our policy?
7)In next 10 years which party do u think will be compelled for peace?

Member 4
1)Medicine is the best profession and u have exceptional scores from one of the best colleges of country u why waste it and become like us ?Do an MD or MS instead?
2)What is your take on Generic medication?-Why are u in favour give reasons
3)What challenges does healthcare face?
4)On followup asked don’t u think infra is the biggest challenge

Mocks: Next Ias(holistic coverage),Samkalp

O2O(recommended):MK Yadav sir the IAShub,Sajal sir Sarthi Ias,Shubham Sir Vidyapeeth IAS

Name: Dauntless
Date: 19/12/2025 (Forenoon)
Board: Anuradha ma’am board
DAF Keywords: Tiger conservation, UP, free verse poetry, South Africa, Human rights, Fantasy fiction novels

Chair:
1. What did you do in Tiger Conservation project?
2. Suppose if we want to put a railway line in a forest region, what kind of clearances do we need?
- Why do we need these clearances?
(She herself then nudged towards cutting of trees)
- What measures can we take for these cutting of trees? (I said compensatory afforestation)
- Where are these afforestation done? (Said sorry, not aware about the technicalities)
3. You write free verse poetry. Can you name any poets?
- Have you read any contemporary poets? (I mentioned Rupi Kaur, but I don’t follow her writings)
- Have you heard about Golden Gate? Vikram Seth-does he write free verse? (Said I’ll have to check ma’am, not sure)

M1 (Female):
1. How did you defend South Africa, on human rights?
2. You’re from UP, there are some problems on ground-what are they?
- Said we are progressing as GSDP in top 5, but problems still there, talked about demography, regional inequalities.
- She said you are correct, but despite such projects, not much seen on ground. What other problems there. (I said law and order, implementation issues-which we are working on, named few policies)
- Do you think UP should be bifurcated? (Said I don’t think it will address ground issues, need inclusive development and connectivity)

M2 (Male): I think he was from economics background (I had economics as a subject in 12th)
1. Continued from previous- what will connectivity projects do?
2. Will these projects increase labour mobility to western up? What about the wages then? (I said if we have industrial development in eastern up then labour migration will reduce, and even if it does happen, it will be skilled labour-which may impact wages)
3. Trump’s claims of South Africa human rights violations. What is your view?
4. Have you heard about Ricardo’s theory (I said sorry)
5. Tell me what comparative advantage means.
6. Are we witnessing a shift in trade from comparative advantage to any other theory?
- I said I’m not sure about the exact theory but we are witnessing a shift where trade is being influenced by politics.
7. Some statement by Economic Adviser that we need to increase FDI from China. What is your view?
- Said we currently allow through govt route, which is fair since we need to have due diligence when it comes to Chinese investments.
8. What pressnote was this?

M3 (Male)- very soft voice, had to try hard to hear it
1. View on all party delegation after Op Sindoor
2. Were our objectives achieved? (I said not sure of exact objectives but we were able to highlight China Pak Nexus and counter anti India narratives)
- Can’t recall 1-2 ques

M4 (Male)
1. What does your name mean?
2. Have you heard about Maslow? Who was he?
3. Tell about his hierarchy of needs.
4. What stage has India achieved?
5. Why do we have myths and supernatural traditions?
6. When does history become myth?
- I gave a detailed reply on when we lose our records, gave example of Nalanda
- He asked what about oral traditions? I said when we lose a generation or they lose touch with these traditions, that link is broken.
Then, he said thankyou.

Then, Chairwoman said thankyou. I thanked everyone and left.

It was more of a fluid conversation, everyone was smiling.

O2O: Anantam IAS (Vaibhav & Gaurav sir), Samkalp IAS

Mocks: Samkalp, Vajirao & Reddy, NextIAS

More than anything, discussing with my friends helped, who were a constant support throughout.

Name: Stumblingon
19/12/25
Dinesh Dasa Sir :
Introduce yourself
1.Have water, Air quality of delhi
2. Naxalism vs urban naxalism
3. ⁠Isolationist policy of tribals, roadmap for future
4. ⁠Decreasing sex ratio of tribals
5. ⁠Development and environment
6. ⁠analyse tribals wrt social political, social psychological and social economic angle
7. ⁠Tribal issues in rajsthan
8. ⁠Big four in audit , consulting, tech
9. ⁠deep state
10. ⁠Non- state actors and impact
11. Cambridge analytica
Member 1:
1. Tribal percentage in rajasthan
2. ⁠Major tribes and problems
3. ⁠obc reservation agitations
4. ⁠What is Positive discrimination
5. ⁠schemes for tribals in rajathan
6. ⁠Focus areas in districts
Member 3:
1. NCC what,
2. ⁠need for compulsory 3 yr military service,
3. ⁠Motto and principle
4. ⁠Other any such schems
5. ⁠What is NYK
Member 4:
1. Rare earth and importance
2. ⁠Exploration strategy of india
3. ⁠atmanirbharta in minerals
Member 5:
1. State finance state
2. ⁠Any schemes you disagree with
3. ⁠what Financial profligacy in department observed
4. ⁠Process of budgeting, BFC proposals

Thank you

Cannot remember few questions. It was conversational, discussion based and overall good experience.
Prep: One to one with Khan sir, 3 mocks - sriram, vajirao, spmias, one online mock by quantel, o2o with in service seniors.

Name: ZOSO
Date: 16/12/2025 FORENOON, 4th to go
Panel:Dinesh Dasa Sir
Daf: Electrical Eng., Kota, Railways, Mathematics 

Chairperson: 
What were the major power reforms in country post independence 
Do you believe Electricity Act 2003 was a watershed moment in Power sector?
Free farm electricity and how do you see it?
Privatisation of Indian Trains on Tracks and what is your opinion
Voltage levels of Locomotives 
M1
Criticisms of Coaching and should they be banned 
Necessity of Coaching 
But if they have both what should we do
M2
How to eliminate corruption levels in India(the most important step according to you)
Electoral debates in parliament 
Electoral reforms needed
M3
Design me a matrix to solve governance problems in India 
Do not focus on specifics but talk about broad governance parameters 
Do you know that deterrence has been decreased in PCA 1988, tell me provisions (Dasa Sir at this point told him to move on)
M4
How to increase electrification of mobility in India(Asked him politely to repeat the question)?
Tell me apart from EVs

Experience: Poker face overall, Dasa sir went out for 5 mins in between
Prep: Saket Sir Civilsdaily(Excellent grasp on your faults, practical inputs, excellent state sessions classes), Utkarsh Shukla Sir MentorAID(a big confidence booster, blunt facts that you need to face)
Mocks: Civilsdaily, Forum, NextIAS,PW, Vision(Faculty and Panel both are good), Samkalp(Last one)
1-1: Saket sir, Utkarsh Sir, Ayush Sir Forum IAS, Bassi Sir (NEXT IAS)

Name:
Board:Hon'ble Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir
DAF details: Raebareli, Sociology, Maths(graduation) , Parliamentary debating
CSE attempt-2, interview-1st


Chairman
Were u born in raebareli?
What is the state of debates in Parliament?
Even when we have internet, educated parliamentarians the quality of debates is decreasing. Why?
Should anti defection law be amended?
You have studied sociology, what are the social elements in Constitution?
Mention articles?
Why was article 51A introduced?
What do u think about the doctrine of dissent? What is it's importance in democracy?
What is famous in Raebareli

Member1:
What is the state of water, different dimensions! How to solve the problem?
What about groundwated pollution?
Should supply of clean water be improved to solve the problem of illegal pumping of water?

Member2
What do u think about economic growth and HDI, which is more important, what are metrics of HDI?
Should GDP growth which is redundant, not be used as a criteria for measuring growth?
Since you have studied mathematics, how would u measure happiness?
Tell me the the method?

Member3
What is social loafing?
Since you have studied sociology what factors cause inequality?
Asked to repeat factors?
What are traditional knowledge systems?
How will you handle criticism in administration?


Member4:

Situation:
There are some Industries along the river, they are polluting the water and not using treatment facility because of the cost? What would you do?

You are part of administration. In a tribal area health and educational infrastructure is to be developed but cost is high, terrain is difficult so the administration wants to displace, However the trivams are opposing and reluctant, What would you do, would you forceably displace them?

Date - 18/12/2025

Afternoon (5th Candidate) i was second last to go

Time - 17:10 - 17:40 hrs

Anuradha Madam

Telegram - Uno

DAF - Spirituality, Rajasthan, Industrial & Production Engineering, Hindi Essay Award

Anuradha Madam -

1) Are you comfortable in English or shall we go in "Hindi". i replied "English" madam.

2) Have you heard about the Word 'Spectrum' ? (I replied that I have heard the spectrum but do not have the clarity)

3) You have heard 'Spectrum' in Which thing ( I said 2G, 4G)

4) Why recently it was controversial ( i replied I am not aware)

5) 2G Spectrum issue


6) You are an engineer but in many branches students are very less shall we close them. (i replied it is true that some branches has less but closing is not an option rather we can rationalize the resources, right now can't think which branch can be closed)


M2 (Male) -

1) Who was Guru Ghasidas?

2) What is Dholpur House?

3) Who was Maharaja of Dholpur? (I said can't recall)

4) One school believe in 'predetermination' and other is 'free will' which do you support.

5) Here onwards Job Related questions............


M3(Male)-

All related to Job profile.......

2) What is 'Narco Analysis'. Don't you think it violates principle of 'protection against self incrimination'


M4(Male) -

1) what is the meaning of your name and what inspiration do you draw from it ?

2) Gave a big monologue about Freight Equalization Policy 1952. ( I said I am not aware of this Policy). He letter on explain me in this policy and ask me was it right or wrong (I said sir that in aspir my estimation at that time it was good because India needed and equitable resource all location).

3) some states are paying more taxes but the money is being transferred to legging states are we not penalising them. ( Penalising rather it is responsibility to make sure that we can tap the potential of each and every State)

4) Indian population is a challenge don't you think ? (Reply sir that today we are young Nation and we can read the benefit but if you are not able to read the demographic dividend then can be a challenge)

5)What is CAA ( i explained)

6) why people were against CAA ( i mentioned that biggest minority was against it)

7) Minorities had nothing to do with ( i said NPR NRC)

8) What is the current status ( I said NPR NRC are in abeyance and citizenship rights beig give under CAA)

M5 (Female)

Slow voice (i said that madam pardon i was not able to understand first line of you)

1) Why India is focusing on the big Industries rather than we should focus on the msme's don't you think that by focusing on big Industries we are trying to promote the inquality of income. (I said it is duty to promote equality but both are important, as for future we need to create Chip Industry, Semiconductor but should also promote MSMEs as they provide Jobs)

2) She insisted on that we should promote Big Industries.

Anuradha Madam Said "Thank You"

I said thank you to Madam (Forgot to say thank you to other members, I stood up very quickly)

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Around 3-4 times i said " i am not aware "

3 Times I used word 'in my opinion'

2 times I used " i have a perspective on it"

1 time used "may i take a few seconds"

1 time is used "as per my estimation"

#Questions related to Job (i gave 80%+ right answers and with clarity)

My english is not so fluent but still manageable (7/10 i can say)


कुछ मेरे से बोलते हैं कि जब बात करते समय दूसरे मेंबर पर भी फोकस करो, मेंबर मेरे इतने पास बैठे थे कि मैं उनसे नज़रें हटाकर किसी दूसरे को देख भी नहीं सकता। पूरे डिस्कशन में मैंने मुश्किल से दो से तीन बार किसी दूसरे मेंबर की ओर देखा होगा बस बाकी एकदम जिस मेंबर से बात कर रहा था उसी पर पूरा फोकस था।

मैं यह नहीं कहूंगा कि मैं बहुत एकदम स्ट्रेस फ्री होकर बात की होगी लेकिन हां फिर भी मैं कहूंगा कि i was comfortable with a happy face (even though not so happy)


मैंने कोशिश की कि मैं कहीं भी तुक्का ना मारूं या फालतू का कोई Guess ना मारूं। (फिर भी हो सकता है कि 1-2 जगह हो गया हो)


Mocks - SAMKALP (one Offline)


Thanks All Dear Friends who helped me Online/Offline

Layout of Anuradha Madam room.......madam ke paas note pad tha......pen se note kr rahi thi 🤣🤣🤣......haan main room kaa dimension and layout measure kr leta hun 😂😂yehi kaam h ....mistri hun 😂

Name: Pathan
Date: 19/12/25(afternoon 2nd to go)
Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir
Daf keywords: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Maths optional, Anime (nothing else asked)
Time: 27min almost wholly on daf

Chairman:
1- You're from Lucknow why is it called city of Nazakat & Nafasat
2- what does Nazakat & Nafasat mean?
3- What is Language,dialect,script
4- Lang with >1 scripts(didn't know told me Sanskrit, Name some dialects
5-Have You watched dragon ball?
Have you read manga? How is it read?(said left to right like Urdu)
6- any other lang read left to right?

M1
1- Name some regulatory bodies in India
2- FSSAI what does it do? When act brought in? What changes broughtby it?
3-Where in Lucknow do you see food stalls?
4- Why poor hygiene in those stalls?
What can be done to improve that?

M2
1- Should UP be bifurcated?
2- why mafia culture?
3- What has UP done to improve it's situation of late?

M3
1- What is use of maths in IT sector?
2- How to prevent criminalisation of politics and reasons for the same? What will you do as DM?
3-What is awadh region? Why awadh biryani famous? Which other biryani?
4- What are the major issues being discussed in India ?

M4
1- Should southern states be allocated more resources ? (Said you thinking like North Indian think like southerner)
2- Should Capital be shifted from Delhi to some southern state?

(Baki kuch ques the yad nhi)

Your itnv is over nice talking to you

Cordial No grilling

Mocks: Samkalp( 1st was good, 2nd one was too casual) Nxt ips(Good)
Vajirao(good but little grilling) Only pcs(Good)  No 1-1

PS: Mocks only help in practicing baki khana bhi mil jata h

Name: Venn diagram
Date: 18/12/25(afternoon 2nd to go)
Board: Sujata Mam
Daf keywords: NGO Pratham, Waste Management(Swatch Bharat), Autism, Blindness. Around 50% of DAF, rest random facts and situation based!
Time: 30+ minutes

President:
Read my DAF entirely. Then kept it aside! and asked very calmly!
Q- what is the motto of GOI
Q - Monologue on how these mottos Satyamev Jayate, Yogaha Karmasu Koshalam are there. Why are they there?(I said they're our goals)
Q - Are they really our goals?
Q - Is it the goals or means?(something on these lines)(I corrected my view then)
Q - Are we achieving them on the ground? so much negativity on the ground, so much distrust of bureaucracy!
Q - Monologue containing 2 questions on the lines of Antyodya, low state capacity, and is it only duty of government to reduce it
Q - 3 achievements of India where we're recognised globally (last was Lifting huge bulk out of poverty)
Q - How is removing poverty a world level achievement?

Member 1:
Q - What does your name mean?
Q - Do you know Mani Karan Sahib in Himachal?
Q - is your name linked to the place Mani Karan? If yes, how?
Q - You've worked for blind people and also for autism. (Some question I forgot)
Q - What are the special needs of such people?
Q - Asked a long question about Police transfer between states, police dos and donts(I said sorry sir I'll have to read about workings of Police administration)
Q - Supreme court judgement on Police reforms viz arrest?

Member 2:
Q - You've worked for Pratham. Tell me about a report they publish!
Q - What does this report have to say about Rajasthan (I said 2023 report only studied two states - UP and MP)
Q - But what do you think is the status of Rajasthan viz rest of the country?
Q - What is adversarial judicial system
Q - What does judge do in such system
Q - When does a judge act as activist judge, not neutral?
Q - Give me examples of such cases
Q - Have you heard about PIL?
Q - What is it? Who devised it for India?
Q - Explain me what is Locus Standi

Member 3:
Q - Have you participated in Swachh Bharat?
Q - Why do you think we have this problem that we needed Swach Bharat at first place?Why do we have so much waste? Member told me - don't tell me log kuda bahut failate hai isliye!
Q - If you're made incharge of Swach Bharat what will you do differently?
Q - Is there any Country that is doing something on the lines of Swatch Bharat?
Q - Talking about other country, have you been to any foreign country? (I said Nepal - member made a joke - that You know what, Nepal requires a Swatch Nepal)
Q - Which country is nearest to Andaman Nicobar Islands( I said Myanmar)
Q - Are you sure?( Yes because Cocos of Myanmar is close to Northern most tip)
Q - Is it not Indonesia? (I'll update myself)

Member 4:
Q - You've worked on kids with Autism. What is autism
Q - Tell me about the project
Q - Asked some more details
Q - Was it successful
Q - How kids with Autism are different? Challenges etc?
(Member 1 got curious and asked a question in the middle - Q - Oh really, kids with Autism have problems in hearing? (said - not hearing, but how their brain interpret it. Back to Member -4))
Q - She asked me - I'll give you a situation - Defend it - "India doesn't need big army. India must negotiate on the table"( Took 10 seconds and then gave 30 seconds ka monologue)
Q - Are you aware about Skilling schemes? Tell me 4. Just tell me 1
Q - Are you aware about Vishvakarma?
Q - What is prior learning in Skilling schemes? Are you aware how it works in the background?

Thank you
Your interview is over.

PS: Sujata Mam made sure that whatever I'm saying, I've hold over it. I was using words like Antyodya, state capacity etc. She made sure to verify if I knew them.
PPS: Sujata Mam beech beech mei was adding few words here and there to clarify questions of other panelists.
PPPS: Somehow member 1 was curious about questions on disability. He himself asked first, then while last member 4 was asking, he asked again!!

Mocks: Samkalp, Unacademy, NextIAS, Quantel, Vajiram Ravi, Vajirao Reddy (All most all good, don't take anything to heart! Take your own agenda to Mock Interviews)

O2O: Sajal Sir(Good one), Rajat Sir Saarthi(Good - personalised), Ajay Sir Vajiram(Good), Samkalp, Khan Sir KSG(Good), Quantel Teachers

Name:
Date:19/12/25
Board:Hon'ble Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir
DAF details: Raebareli, Sociology, Maths(graduation) , Parliamentary debating
CSE attempt-2, interview-1st


Chairman
Were u born in raebareli?
What is the state of debates in Parliament?
Even when we have internet, educated parliamentarians the quality of debates is decreasing. Why?
Should anti defection law be amended?
You have studied sociology, what are the social elements in Constitution?
Mention articles?
Why was article 51A introduced?
What do u think about the doctrine of dissent? What is it's importance in democracy?
What is famous in Raebareli

Member1:
What is the state of water, different dimensions! How to solve the problem?
What about groundwated pollution?
Should supply of clean water be improved to solve the problem of illegal pumping of water?

Member2
What do u think about economic growth and HDI, which is more important, what are metrics of HDI?
Should GDP growth which is redundant, not be used as a criteria for measuring growth?
Since you have studied mathematics, how would u measure happiness?
Tell me the the method?

Member3
What is social loafing?
Since you have studied sociology what factors cause inequality?
Asked to repeat factors?
What are traditional knowledge systems?
How will you handle criticism in administration?


Member4:

Situation:
There are some Industries along the river, they are polluting the water and not using treatment facility because of the cost? What would you do?

You are part of administration. In a tribal area health and educational infrastructure is to be developed but cost is high, terrain is difficult so the administration wants to displace, However the trivams are opposing and reluctant, What would you do, would you forceably displace them?