Sanjay Verma Sir's board...09/01/2026
Keyword - hindi literature, kite flying, rajasthan ( other se kuch nhi pucha)

After greetings..I stood near the chair 10-15 sec .
Then say ..aap khde kyu h baith jaiye

Major events of 2001... (9/11, Bhuj earthquake, and the Parliament attack, and in the 2001 census, India was second in terms of population.)

Being second in population is a bad thing, right?

( Demographic dividend so it can be a good thing)

You also took avatar on Earth in 2001, did you forget that? Do you believe that by being born on Earth, you have done a favor to the Earth? (Definitely sir.....everyone started laughing 😂🤣 relaxing environment)

Which Novel has highest selling in 2025...?(Said sorry)
And Tell me about the in Hindi novel ...
Do you fly kites? Are there any stories or poems about kites in Hindi? Tell me.

Some Hindi publishers..

Rajendra yadav ki kisi rachna ko recently translate kiya h ..uska shirshak pta h aapko .. ( sorry)
Does UPSC also ask questions out of syllabus?..
Hamne to syllabus acche se define kar rakha h ?

Do you know Amrita Pritam? ( Sorry sir, I can't recall at this moment)( Ma'am said this is out of syllabus question 😅)
Is she a scientist? 😂🤣
( Nhi sir , wo hindi ki sahityakar h jinhone women regarding writing ki h but m unki rachnaye dhyan nhi kar pa rha )


You fly kites, so during kite flying, why are deaths happening?
A child is flying a kite and using Chinese manja (kite string), and because of that, a vehicle driver's neck is cut. Who will be responsible? Long discussion that who will responsible

(I said ki sir Chinese manjha seller , then parents and administration)

And, the children are also at fault, will you take criminal action against the child?

Then, the vehicle driver who died also had children, why won't you take criminal action against ordinary children...?
Childern age related discussion?

M2 ma'am

Are the incidents against women in Rajasthan real or is it only a perception...?

Then I told her all the points,.. Then she asked me to explain...
Child marriage related question... deep discussion
How to prevent child marriage...?
Who will be responsible? The Sarpanch or whom? Give solutions...

Don't remember other questions but a good conversation, ma'am appreciated me somewhere..

M3...

In Rajasthan, we see many things, as you were just telling me, like Sati and Jauhar practices are prevalent. What are the reasons? Was this practice good? I mean, Sati was being forced upon women in many states...
At that time, besides johar could women have used any other method to assert their power...?
Whoes falut ...( I said ...Fight like laxmi bai )

(Counter by 4th member)Even if , they were captured, they could still be exploited.

(I said, If women had been trained and participated in the war, the chances of winning would have increased significantly)
Ma'am said very good 😅

M4
What is rajasthan police benevolent fund?
Case study where legal accountability is sought from those in power, and corrective measures are taken under preventive laws for the public. Should this model be implemented in Rajasthan?

What is the general public's perception of civil services? Why..( sath m ye bhi bola ki bookish or tarif nhi karna jo real h whi btana)
Can you name some civil servants in Rajasthan towards whom the public has a positive attitude, and some towards whom they have a negative attitude?

What are the shortcomings in the general public that you would like to improve?

M5
India-China relations: background, issues, some countermeasures, current status...
If border issues are resolved, can we have good relations?
Long distances...
Other questions I can't remember..



Overall good experience like conversation... Rather than mock interview ....


8,9 mocks
One2one with shubham sir ..( specially thanku sir )

Name : BKB
Board : Lt.General Raj Shukla Sir
Date : 6th Jan ( first to go )

Daf Keywords : IIT Madras, EPFO ,  Electrical Engineering, Communication engineering ( Mtech ), startup cofounder, village Library, Diary writing.

Chairman :

1. Where are you from ?
2. What are the reasons for poor AQI in Delhi ?
3. But those reasons are historical , why it's a problem now
4. If vehicular emissions are a problem , during Covid years why was the AQI poorer during  Covid lockdown compared to other years. Doesn't it burst the myth of blaming vehicular pollution
5. What's the relationship between cleanliness and AQI ?

Member 1 :

1. What are the issues with EPFO ?
2. Why does the beneficiary not receive it on time ?
3. All the issues can be addressed ? But why still it's not being done ?
4. How do you use your knowledge of communication engineering in forest conservation and degradation management
5. What are the challenges the tribals are facing in India ?
6. Development vs conservation where should the line be drawn ?

Member 2:

1. What is your innovative idea for startup ?
2. What are the challenges you faced and Indian startup ecosystem facing ?
3. If human resources is a challenge how to address it ?
4. Isn't employment a measure of skill ? There are 100 percent placements in colleges how can they get a job without skill
5. This is a perpetual cycle of lack of skills and education not able to provide skills. So what is the solution ?

Member 3:

1. What your initiative of village Library mentioned here ? Explain it
2. Why do you write diary ?
3. What did you learn about yourself ?
4. What are your strengths and weakness
5. Why did you not pursue your startup ? Why did you leave it ?

Member 4 :

1. What is LIFO and FIFO in accounting
2. Asked about some technical term in accounting ( said I don't know )
3. How do you ensure the credit sustainability of economy ?

Chairman : Your interview is over thank you !

Almost all the questions were on DAF except 1 or 2 questions.

Mocks given : 0

PT MARKS-195

Name : bts
Date: 9 jan forenoon
Board: BB Swain sir
DAF: korean drama, nit warangal chemical engineer, cg, worked as process engineer, sociology

Chairperson:
Which lang u want to give the interview ? - since my interview medium was hindi.

M1:
1) rank of my college? Why it is that rank? Which college produce more patent?
2) why people are watching k drama? Tell me comedy kdrama? Do u follow k fashion ?(i have mentioned about it in my previous ans)

M2:
1) tell me border issue between mp and cg? Issue about Balaghat st certificate.
2) why naxalism in cg and whats status of it? Why they are surrendering?
3) why bsp is recently in news?

M3:
1) what is the status of women in army? What was the case which permitted their entry? Why women are not hired by army? (Bcoz men don't want to take order frome female - he added on my ans)
2) op sindoor - why, when, how, impact? (I have talked about it in me prev ans)
3) can op sindoor stop terrorism in India? Since when pak using terror attack in India? What can India do to control the pak and terrorism? (He added Baloch in my ans)
4) did u face lang barrier in ur college?

M4: lady member
1) ye sir kya h ( sound like teacher not S. I. R., and everyone laughed).
2) mujhe matdata k voting rights k bare me btaye? voter does not know the candidate thery are voting, ur thought?
3) ur thought on UCC? Shaira bano case do u know? (But whole board got involved like tea party, talking about HAQ movie and all)
3) now tell me ucc and saira bano?

Chairperson: why this service? This is not a question, I just want to know.

My view: they were parallelly doing other task as well. They had Calm and curious personality. Outside staff member was also motivating us.


Mock interview: vajirav & reddy, unacademy, pw, drishti.

ALL THE BEST, I hope we all meet in masoory and share this experience personally :)

Name: xyz
Date: 7.01.2026
DAF: Sociology, ECE, working in Industries department (J&K) (nothing from hobby)

Board: Sujata mam
(Last one to go in the evening)

Chairperson:
How are you feeling? What were you thinking while sitting on the chair outside? I responded that I was just reflecting that this was the third time my interview was last (twice in state pcs). so I was smiling at the coincidence.
Which topic do you want us to have discussion on? I first chose US-Venezuela. She said its too boring. Then I chose Semiconductor and India’s progress. Discussion on this began.
Pax silica
Is India a late entrant into this field?
What is USA’s take on climate change? Discussion on this

Member-1
Explain working of touchscreen
Monologue on generation gap within families and intra-family tensions; Gen-Z, who teaches GenZ about being independent and autonomous; so should we ban social media
Role of mobile phones in families. What to do? Should we ban use of phones inside homes? Discussion followed

Member-2
Current tensions between Israel and Gaza; what is Oslo Accord and its status
What is the China-Taiwan issue?
What is the importance of Taiwan in technology sector?
Status of UN. Why not disband it and have a new organisation which better reflects current realities?

Member-3
Problems of Apple growers in Kashmir
Features of J&K Industrial Policy
Which industries have recently invested in J&K and what are the international investments?
Status of Lithium discovery in J&K

Member-4
We spend so much on defence. Dont you think we should focus more on health and education?
Dont you think we should not possess nuclear weapons? They are a threat to humanity?
Status of women empowerment in India. Is it really working? Give specific examples. What else should we do for women?

Chairperson:
Discussion continues on women empowerment. What is the status in J&K? Be specific. What have you observed ever since you have begun observing the society? Region wise: jammu, kashmir, Pir panjal? Are women entering STEM fields? How conservative and how liberal etc
Name one woman from your district who is popular and well-educated.
Alright, that brings us to the end of your interview.

Despite being the last one to go, they were in no haste. Very cordial.

Panel Mocks: Vajirao & Reddy; Samkalp, HSC, NEXT IAS.
The real interview felt like a mix of questions from all the above mocks.

PT MARKS -195

BOARD: Raj shukla sir
Date:05 january,afternoon
Daf keywords:iit,vizag, andhra,geography, grievance redressal,performing arts.

Chairman
1)current scenarios of iits are they of any value ? how was ur experience with ur professors?
2)long discussion on why iits arent able to produce advanced tech for india?
3)why people from iits are giving interviews for group d or even lower posts which they arent meant for?
Long story of sir’s visit to some conference in stanford and what he observed there…
Discussion about anusandhan research fund…
4)what should we do to bring iitians into high technology sectors rather than they making food delivery apps and earning which others or anyone else can do?

Member1
1)how do u analyse the bifurcation of states in light of andhra?
2)what are the five major problems of ur district and how u would solve them?(very lengthy answer)
Follow up why literacy rates are poor of ap ?

Member2
1)what are the advantages and disadvantages of geography of india and what are your solutions to it?
2)why different types of floods are occurring and how to tackle them?
Some discussion followed.

Member3
1)why is risk taking important?what was one of ur initiative as part of student body which was innovative and out of box?
2)whats ur opinion about women in administration?
3)why did u not choose a good paying job over civil services?
4)greivance redressal what could be done and what have u done?

Member4
1)why did u not choose to be a professor over civil servant?
2)details about your social awareness activities in college anything in regional language?

Chairman
All the best your interview is over.

Overall: my answers were very lengthy wrt some questions i felt i was the only person speaking continuously while the board listened patiently.

Mocks: o2o- shinas sir ilearn(constant guidance),sriram ias.
Panel mocks: macs society,vajirao,nextias(mudgal sir-confidence booster).

Name: Andrew Tate
Board: Suman Sharma ma'am
Date: 8th January
Slot: Afternoon

DAF keywords: IIT KANPUR, Cooking,Electrical engineering (Nothing else asked from DAF)



Chairperson:
1. You have done any job?( i said no and i added that I'm doing some freelance work for financial independency)
2.Discom related challenges.(I answered)
3. Why rooftop solar scheme is not picking up and what are the impact on these to Discoms.
( i mentioned some factors- ma'am asked is there anything else- I said I'm not able to recall: ma'am- no problem let's change the topic)
4. Khap panchayat: should we legalize them as they are doing some positive work now ( i said definetley not: she insisted me to change my stance: i said no with some reasons: ma'am smiled and said it's okay.)

M1(very old lady)
1. Should we make whole courty vegan (i said no - personal choice, nutrient security etc.)
2. Just like gambling, alcoholism etc.. we should also ban non-vegetarian ( i said ma'am it should be a personal choice.)
3. Can Govt do this ( yes but there should be some reasons under article 13,14,19 and 21 and other fundamental rights)
4. Why cycles are not gaining awareness in india compared to western countries.(i said lack of cycling infra and rising materialism)

M2: smart gentlemen

1. Earliest Niti ayog AI policy (me: I'm not aware about the exact details.
2. Will AI take many jobs.( Yes but in a short term basis: asked how: i said it's kind of creative destruction, only short term phenomena, longer vision require skilling, reskilling and upskilling)
3. Should india make it's AI inclusive ( i said yes with some reasons)
4. Should we open more IITs. Isn't it degarding the status of IITs ( I said definetley for localised research and should be complemented with universites, he said old IITs have earned this IIT status in 50 yrs, should it be given so easily to newer colleges: I said sir these new IITs will also achieve these kind of heights in next 30-40 years.)

M3:
1. Different type of soil pollution (i mentioned about batteries, and solid waste: sir told me about agricultural and deforestation also: i replied with reasons of these pollutions)
2. How should we tackle them effectively especially for small/marginal famrmers( i said cooperative farming and crop diversification and for deforestation i mentioned about miyawaki method)

M4 ( smart gentlemen)
1. Tell me some industries in which china is leading.( i said AI, semiconductor etc: he was smiling continuously)
2. Why china is leading.( i said lack of long term vision, China is now leading in 57/75 emerging tech only because of the vision and we are still not able to rise up from the petty issues etc)
3 what should we do. ( i mentioned some suggestion)
4. Why cloud seeding(IITK) in delhi failed. (I mentioned about lack of hygroscopic nuclei at the time of seeding: he asked me about the pilot project and its testing: i said I'm not aware about it sir.

Finally ma'am smiled and said okay XYZ your interview is over.

Overall:
1. I avoided giving too much diplomatic answer. In most of the questions i took my stand.
2. Board was very nice and cordial. They ask you a question and listens very carefully. Very different from mocks. Ma'am was writing something on her writing pad continuously.

Mocks: Shubham sir Vidyapeeth IAS( very good for confidence),
1. Samkalp, Forum IAS, Unacademy Quantel-2 mocks(all were very good)
2. KGS, ALS, Ekam ias, (decent)
3. Study IQ, Vajiram and ravi( both worst, just arguing with me constantly and try to negate me, they were not giving time to complete my answer)

O2O mock: PW- very good
InsightIAS- worst: they recorded my video but didn't gave it me.
Satyam Jain: good for confidence but questions were very childish:I mean jab le rahe mocks ho toh thoda serious hoke lo na yrr.

Last: 4 people peer discussion was helpful; a friend who scored 200+ in CAPF interview helped me a lot by daily discussion and also to balance my answers.

Advice for medical: Ear clean karwa lena pahle hi, don't eat anything in morning especially tea and all those things.

Name: XY Z

Date: 08-01-2026

Key DAF details: IIT Bombay, civil engineering, MP, anthropology, chess, cricket, Lashkar (Gwalior)

Board: BB Swain sir (1st to go) (25-28 mins)

Questions asked:

Chairman (listening to conversation carefully):
Q1) So, should we call you XY or Z?
Q2) You have graduated from, 'the' IIT Bombay. How was it?
Q3) I've asked this question multiple times but still would ask you again, why civil engineering is called civil engineering? What's so civil about it? (everyone laughed as I stated an extra fact regarding it which even the chairman didn't knew)

M1 (female, polity):
Q1) Nobody wants to die a slow death, but it is happening right infront of our eyes. Can we file a writ petition in the courts against this slow death due to climate change? (mentioned about right against adverse effects of climate change)
Q2) Which main fundamental right gets involve in such a petition?
Q3) Important steps to counter air pollution.

M2 (little bit poker face, but overall he was acknowledging the answers, international relations):
Q1) You play both chess and cricket, which one of them do you think is more strategic and requires more mental awareness?
Q2) Let's talk about Operation Sindoor.
Q3) What's so different about this mission as compared to earlier strikes? (mentioned about water and blood can't flow together, which led to follow-up question)
Q4) Discussion on PM's statement of 'any act of terror will be considered as an act of war against the terrorist org as well as the state sponsoring it'.
Q5) Consequences of pahalgam attack.
Q6) Present status of IWT. (mentioned about abeyance status)
Q7) Which rivers are given to Pakistan for its usage under IWT?
Q8) 3 levels of arbitration in IWT. (mentioned World Bank)
Q9) How World Bank got involved in bilateral relations of 2 nations?
Q10) India has put IWT in abeyance, can it also completely suspend the IWT unilaterally?
Q11) We have put IWT in abeyance, is it truly abeyance or just a symbolic action on our part? (stated that at present we don't have the dams to stop the flow of rivers)
Q12) How relations of upper riparian and lower riparian states are governed?
Q13) China is building a very big dam in Brahmaputra, what will be its effects on India?
Q14) If China can build such big dams, should we also build dams and stop Pakistan's entire lifeline?

M3 (mixed current affairs with static part of economics):
Q1) So, you were born in Lashkar (Gwalior), what is its significance?
Q2) Do you have interest in economics?
Q3) There has been an important stat released in relation to budget today about growth of India in this year. Could you tell its importance in making of budget? (about first advance estimates)
Q4) What does budget involves?
Q5) What should this year's budget focus upon?
Q6) How can we improve credit availability?
Q7) For a common middle class person, how can we raise the credit availability via fiscal policy?

M4 (very interested in both the discussions on civil engineering and anthropology):
Q1) What are the main developments and advancements in civil engineering in last half a decade? (mentioned smart concrete)
Q2) Discussion on smart concrete.
Q3) What is self-healing concrete?
Q4) You have taken anthropology as your optional, even after graduating from the best institute of India, IIT Bombay. Was it only for the UPSC mains examination, or did you also have a genuine interest in it?
Q5) Name some tribes of MP. (mentioned Sahariya tribe)
Q6) Where is Saharia tribe found geographically in MP.
Q7) Is it a PVTG or not?
Q8) What are the differences between PVTGs and STs?
Q9) Full form of PVTG.
Q10) What are the issues faced by tribes? (mentioned about mentality of tribes)
Q11) You have mentioned that the tribe itself don't want to send the children to school, what's the reason behind it?
Q12) How can we alter their thoughts in order to make them understand that school is better for them?

Chairman:
Q1) Do you want us to ask you something else? (replied with civil engineering, he said he don't have the expertise in civil engineering, then everyone laughed, later he asked other members to ask couple of more questions)

M4 (again):
Q13) What do you understand by green engineering?
Q14) What is GRIHA rating system?
Q15) Do you know its exact parameters on which it is built upon?

Overall experience: It was a different experience when compared to mocks that I gave. It was a back-and-forth conversation, building up new questions by the answers I gave. Everyone had a smiling or a 'not so' poker face, which allowed me to get more confidence.

Mocks (all 7 bureaucratic mocks): Vajiram & Ravi (far from real one, but helped in handling stressed situations), PW OnlyIAS (questions were okayish, but the environment was completely different from real one), Forum IAS (good bck-and-forth discussion), Vision IAS (most realistic scenario, current affairs oriented), Next IAS (good analytical questions for thinking deeply), Sriram IAS (expected questions, nothing extra), StudyIQ IAS (just 14 mins interview, it felt like they had no interest in interview, no question asked actually required any thinking)

Name - Naruto
Date - 8th jan
Board - sheelvardhan sir

DAF KEYWORDS: MBBS, anthropology,mental health,poetry,MP, Datia, regional science Congress

Medium - english
1st attempt

Good morning, baithiye
I said thank you sir

Chairman sir - so your hobby is hindi poetry then he started reciting few stanza and asked me who is the writer ? And in what context it was written?
2.why do you like poetry
And told that you can answer in whichever language you are comfortable
3.what is soft power and hard power
4.do you think soft power is effective in current global scenario.

M1 - how will you solve the problem of doctor shortage
2. Aayushman bharat scheme , gaps, and it's effectiveness

M2- what is telemedicine actually I mentioned the word in previous answers
2. Which phone you are using 4G or 5G
3. Arrange telecom operators rank wise
4. Why Jio is no 1
5. What you did in science Congress

M4- so you studied psychiatry tell me difference between psychosis and schizophrenia
2. Despite scientific advancement why scientific temperament is still lacking
3. Why people still trust on babas like ram rahim, what your honest opinion.
4.what is social health
5. Why mental health has not given adequate importance.

M4- whole discussion was in hindi
He himself recited one gazal and asked me who is the poet.
2.tell about poets from MP
3. Why it is said " Jhansi gale ki fansi, Datia gale ka har"
4.tell us about sonagiri temple and peetambra peeth.


Then again chairman sir asked
1. What steps would you take for mental health as health secretary
2. Bollywood movies on mental health.

Then asked me to ask something from them.
I said something
Then sir said thank you, you may go now.

Few more questions were there which I didn't remember.
Board was very cordial, it was a good experience.

Now hope for the best.🤞😊

Mocks: total 9 mocks.
Sankalp, next IAS, vajirao ,chankya mandal, study IQ, KGS.

O2O - only IAS, quintel.

All were helpful in improving articulation and presentation.

Name: M
Date: 8 jan, afternoon, last to go
Board: sujata mam
Keywords: phd in russian& central asian studies, JNU, sign language, global south, kumher, rajasthan
Chairperson: so you are a computer scientist and all expert in IR.
1. What is your PhD topic?
2. Why this topic? Why russia?
3. Many russians have blonde hair, blue eyes, look like western people. Why don't they consider themselves western?
4. What are their values?
5. What sources you are referring to for phd?
6. But they are western sources? How is it from russian perspective?
7. Do you know about 1st world, 2nd world?
8. Then what is 3rd world called now?
9. Why did we stop using the third world word? What exactly is global south?
M1: 1. which country is doing good in agriculture?
2. Why?
3. Any scheme for agriculture?
4. What is organic farming? Which organisation certifies that?
5. Something new happening on republic day. Are you aware of that?
6. What is Cryptocurrency?
7. Are all crypto Blockchain?
8. Usa came up with coin. Do you know?
M2: 1. Rajasthan is known for vibrant colours. Where are colours coming from for a saree?
2. Anything famous in kumher?
3. If somebody is about to get arrest what right do they have?
M3:
1. Jnu is known for politics? Why does politics happen there too much?
2. Have you participated in politics?
3. Why left wins in jnu?
4. Do you support left ideology?
5. Which ideology you belong to? ( Very weird question, I just kept smiling, chairperson intervened that she is only interested in civil services, then I added that yes to serve any government)
6. Japan is giving loans to India without interest. Why?
7. Earlier children used to listen to their parents. What about this generation? Do they?
M4: 1. What was your project (sign language btech project)
2. Will AI not solve ? ( When mentioned challenges)
3. How older generation and young generation read IR? Are they really interested? And how perspective is different? ( I answered, again chairperson asked russia or ukraine)
4. Will russia usa ever fight? As recently ship seized. What is your assessment?
5. Something related to impact on nato ( I don't remember)

Board was okay. I will not say much cordial, no grilling.
Mocks: sriram, next ias, sankalp, quantel
O2o: mahesh bhagwat sir ( daf analysis) , satyam sir, paras sir, vidyapeeth ias( shubham aggrawal sir)

Date - 6th January 2026.

Chairman
  1. When did you pick up journaling?
  2. What are the three aspects you learned from journaling?
  3. What podcasts do you listen to?
  4. Do you listen to Lex Fridman? - Mentioned a specific podcast episode on Amazon Forests
  5. Do you listen to Andrew Huberman? What are they about?
  6. Do you listen to Joe Rogan?
  7. Why is Smita Prakash's podcast so famous - reasons?
  8. The Beer biceps guy, why was he in the news recently?
M1
  1. Financial inclusion - impediments?
  2. Any gender based issues on financial inclusion?
  3. Geographical based concerns on financial inclusion?
  4. If you are DC, how will you aide in improving financial inclusion?
M2
  1. You studied in IIT and then did marketing in IIM, why did you not continue in your profile and switched careers?
  2. What marketing did you use in your job?
  3. Use of social media marketing in your job?
  4. What is SEO?
  5. How will you use technology in improving financial inclusion?
  6. What is PM WANI scheme?
  7. What are the workings of PM Wani scheme? What is PCO? PDO?
M3
  1. What is the future of Lawn Tennis?
  2. What kind of courts are there in LBSNAA?
  3. The future of lawn based courts?
  4. Did you learn any Odia?
  5. Have you been to Puri?
  6. Have you visited Jagannath temple?
  7. History of the temple?
  8. What are the 3 deities present in the temple?
M4
  1. So you are in IRS IT, what is the current Income tax as % of GDP?
  2. what is the one suggestion that you would give to improve tax collection in India?
  3. Did you get an opportunity to read today's newspapers?
  4. What newspapers did you read?
  5. What are the three headlines in today's newspaper? If you are the ambassador of India and certain US senator is making such comments on India, how would you respond?

Name: Ramu.
Board: Sanjay varma sir
Date of interview: Jan 8th , 4th person to Go after noon.
Key words - Literature,Mahabharatham, Hyderabad, translator,ANDHRA PRADESH ,ECE, worked in TN.

Chair:
1.Which is the highest selling book in telugu this year or in india?
2. Some foreigner came to india. He wants to know about the country, wants to go some places etc etc ..long monologue.....which book you suggest them to read? I am still not sure what did he ask.
3. What is famous in hyd? Food? 
4. How many kilos of rice is consumed every day in hyd for biryani.?
5. In Mahabharatha , Pandavas walked alot. How far did they walk? He asked me to make a guess 

M1: FEMALE.
1. how Andhra  is Doing after bifurcation?
2. What is green field port?( Earlier mentioned in my answer)
3. How is Tourism in AP?
4. What are there for spiritual Tourism ( mentioned in earlier ans)
5. What is AP doing regarding maintaining beaches (mentioned in earlier answer)
6. Comparison between AP and TN in employment , growth.
7.Why did you leave the job?
M2:
1.Coastal Erosion condition in Andhra?
2.What is being done to counter it?
3. Why farmer suicides are high in AP after MH ? and counter questions.

M3:
1. What is Cyber warfare?
2. Giving you unless unlimited power, what will you do to adress the Cyber threat in india.
3. What did you as a translator?

M4: 
1. In Mahabharatha, How did he teach Gita to Arjuna? Did he stopped everything? Or taught while war was going? Only to Arjuna?or to everyone was listening?
2. What did he teach?how did it help to Arjuna? I explained it in 3 parts .ie karma yoga,jnana yoga,bhakthi yoga.
3. For example,ur sub ordinate is not doing any work.he is not interested? Will you teach all these yogas and all?
4. Tell me what you know about dist administration?
5. What is the role of ZP CEO?

CHAIRMAN: your interview is over.You can go now.

Name
Date: January 7, 2026
Session: Forenoon (5th candidate to be interviewed)
Board: Hon’ble Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir
Keywords: Mumbai, PSIR (Optional), History (Graduation), Classical Music, Plastic, Digital Accessibility, Inclusivity, Aviation, AI, visually challenged (Rest not asked).
Chairperson (Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir)
• Good morning. How are you? Please have a seat.
• Are you comfortable?
• Please introduce yourself.
• You had History as one of your subjects during graduation. To what extent do you agree with the statement: "The fall of the Mughals led to the decline of the Marathas"?
• What is the Monroe Doctrine? What is the Roosevelt doctrine? Expected corollary to Munro doctrine.
• A new port is being developed in Navi Mumbai; what will be the benefits for Mumbai?
• Should the state capital be shifted from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai?
• If the capital were to be shifted, is there any apprehension that Mumbai might be designated as a Union Territory?
• Are you aware that the GST revenue of Maharashtra is approximately ₹17,000 crore?
• Uttar Pradesh has a much larger population (about three times that of Maharashtra), yet its GST revenue is around ₹11,000 crore. Why is the revenue generation significantly higher in Maharashtra compared to UP?

Members
For ease of reading, I have assigned questions to specific members. However, as I am documenting this a few hours later, there may be slight variations regarding which member asked which specific question.

Member 1
• Given your experience working in the field of plastics, how satisfied are you with the Swachh Bharat Mission?
• What challenges currently exist within the mission?
• Please suggest three solutions to overcome these challenges.

Member 2
• Since you studied Economics during the first and second years of your graduation, can you explain the difference between Microeconomics and Macroeconomics?
• What is an oligopoly?
• How does perfect competition differ from a monopolistic market?
• What specific work have you done in the field of Artificial Intelligence?
• Do you believe that is sufficient for the effective utilization of AI?
• How many people have your innovations and Generative AI capabilities reached so far?
• What are the three major challenges regarding digital accessibility?
• How will you ensure inclusivity in the administration?

Member 3
• You come from a humanities background; what sparked your interest in aviation/airplanes?
• What were the circumstances surrounding the AIR171 crash?
• Could that incident have been prevented?
• Has the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) failed to ensure safety and compliance?
• Regarding the recent IndiGo issue, do you consider it a failure on the part of the DGCA?

Member 4
• What has music taught you thus far?
• How will you utilize the qualities learned from music in administration?
• Do you know the history of Gandharva? Ok, tell me in brief.
• Who is your favorite Hindustani classical musician, and why?
• Who is considered a modern iconic figure in Hindustani classical music?
• Who is currently synthesizing Hindustani classical music with modern genres?
• Why is the youth less interested in classical music?
• What steps would you take to promote Indian classical music?
• Here, Dr. Dasa sir retook the charge, asked me about a specific name (which seemed complex and unfamiliar). He mentioned that this person is from Maharashtra and has worked in Hindustani classical music.


DAF Discussion:
• King Makers IAS Academy
• Saket Sir (Civils Delhi)
• Mahesh Bhagwat Sir

Mock Interviews:
• O2O: PW Only IAS, Chanakya Mandal Parivar (Dharmadhikari Sir), Sarrthi IAS (Vishwajit Sir), Shubham Agrawal Sir (Helpful for better opinion formation), Understand UPSC.
• Panel Mocks:
o Vision IAS (Offline is preferable to online).
o Samkalp (Online).
o Civils Delhi (Online; expect grilling here).
o Forum IAS (Online).
o UPSC Prep (Online; featured two panelists).
o Next IAS (Offline; served as a confidence booster. With respect to cordiality, looks closer to real PT).
Best wishes!

Name: Gaurav

Date: 8th Jan

Keywords: Dept of Posts, Computer Science, Rajasthan, One Piece anime, PSIR

Board: Sujata Chaturvedi ma'am

Chairperson started with reading my DAF

Chairperson
Q. You've just joined the Dept of Post in October. Why have you changed job from Kerala to Lucknow?
Q. Are you having training?
Q. When will that happen?
Q. Then what have you been doing there?
Q. All right, let's talk about the Indian financial system, if you are comfortable answering otherwise we can discuss something else.
A. I'm comfortable
Q. You're from computer science background, name any 3 major services in India's digital sphere and e-governance which can be termed as revolutionary
A. The first one is UPI
Q. How does UPI work?
Q. Yes UPI is revolutionary. What about the other two.
A. Another can be Digilocker
Q. Digilocker is fine but I don't think it's revolutionary as such.
I was thinking
Q. These services are unique to India. It's even bigger than UPI
A. Told about the credit system in NEP
Q. No, it is useless as of now and I don't think it will ever be revolutionary.
A. Aadhar can be termed as revolutionary.
Q. Yes, Aadhar is most important. How does Aadhar work?
Q. Only biometrics? What other information does it have?
Q. So it does have other information about an individual. What is biometric?
Q. What is the third revolutionary service?
A. I'm not able to recall any.
Q. Have you heard about GST? What is it?
Q. How does one file for GST
A. I'm not sure ma'am but there is a portal where information have to filled and it calculated GST accordingly.
Q. What is that portal called?
A. I'm sorry, I don't know.
Q. We have been seeing that there is a huge infrastructure boost going on in India. Ports, Railways, roadways and other infrastructure projects are going on. How is the government able to finance all these projects?
Q. Give some examples
Q. What are the other ways?
A. I'm not sure ma'am
Q. Have you heard of NIP?
A. National Infrastructure Project
Q. It's pipeline not project. What is the difference between pipeline and project?
A. Answered vaguely and not accurately.
Q. What is Invits and Reits?
A. It's something related to infrastructure financing but I'm sorry ma'am, I don't know.
Q. You were saying that you'll talk about the financial system and now you're saying that you don't know. You should've told me previously, I would have asked something else.
A. Saying sorry while awkwardly smiling.

Member 1 (Male)
Q. You're from computer science background. So can we talk about Cryptocurrency?
A. Yes sir, I'll try
Q. Tell me how bitcoin mining works
A. Told him about what bitcoin mining is.
Q. But how does that work
A. Gave a vague answer and told that I'm not sure about intricacies of it.
Q. So you won't be able to talk on this topic. Tell me what should I ask you now.
A. Sir, you can ask anything from my DAF
Q. What is this One Piece Anime.
Q. India also has animes?

Member 2 (female)
Q. You're working in the Postal Dept. I think it's useless and irrelevant. Don't you think?
Q. So it is still relevant. Can you give example
Q. Post office can be called bank?
Q. Nowadays, we are hearing that the price of gold and silver is increasing. Which is the third metal whose price is increasing.
A. Probably Copper
Q. Don't ask me. You tell me.
Chairperson intervened that it is copper. Continue
Q. Why is it important for Rajasthan

Member 3 (Male)
Q. Tell me 2 major social evils in India and how will you solve it.
A. Child marriage; women safety
Q. How will you solve child marriage. Let's say you're the DM of the district and you got information about child marriage
Q. What law will you use?
A. Don't know the exact sections but it is punishable offence and will take action accordingly
Q. What else you'll do?
Q. How exactly you'll spread awareness
Q. What about women safety?
Q. You're PSIR student. Monologue about chaos in liberal international order. Why is it happening and give examples
Q. So UN is useless now?
Q. How it has declined

Member 4 (Female)
Q. Let's continue with IR. PM Modi has recently visited few European countries. We are even discussing FTA. Why Europe and India are important for each other and what can India offer Europe.
Q. India and Canada relations deteriorated in recent past. Why?
Q. Nijjar is only 'citizen'? Which Indian communities live there?
Q. Rajasthan is known for its tourism industry. Why Rajasthan performs so well in tourism?
Q. Only geography is the reason for tourism?
Q. Kerala also has these things. It is now giving stiff competition to Rajasthan in tourism. Why would one go to Rajasthan then?
She wanted to hear hospitality
Q. Yes, I wanted to hear that.
(Didn't let me answer the ways to improve tourism)
Chairperson told me that my interview is over and that I can go
I said thank you and left

Chairperson was very strict all through the interview. Never smiled, made faces showcasing dissatisfaction when she was asking while never looking all through the interview. She was noting something at all times and was attentively listening.
Other members were fine and mostly cordial, unlike chairperson. I enjoyed the conversation but it was not totally a conversation, rather Q&A of sorts where they wanted to hear particular things from me. Very very different from any mock I've given.
Minimal question from DAF and the interview was not even current affairs dominated which was a surprise. It was new

Panel Mocks: Vajirao and Samkalp - both were good with Samkalp closer to real PT
O2O: Satyam sir(Understandupsc) - good, Shubham sir(Vidyapeeth) - very helpful, Saarthi (not recommended)

Interview Transcript
Name: Hope
Interview Date: 7th January
Session: Forenoon
Position: Last person to go
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes
Board: Sujata Chaturvedi Ma'am
DAF Keywords: Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, Visually Impaired, Osmania University, University of Hyderabad, Centre for Political Studies, JNU, Blind Cricket, Digital Democracy, Cybernetic Governance, Electoral Bonds, Assistive Technologies, Accessibility, Anthropology.
Not a Single question from hobbies/ position/leadership etc.

Interview Proceedings:
Ma'am: Please take your seat.
Me: Thank you Ma'am. Good afternoon Ma'am and very good afternoon to all.
Ma'am: (Started reading my DAF)
So when are you going to finish your PhD? It's supposed to be over by this month as per your likely completion date?
Me: Yes Ma'am, I am trying to finish by this June if everything goes well.
Ma'am: All the best. Let's talk about your PhD. Explain what you are doing and your findings.
Me: (Long narration - about 5 minutes)
Ma'am: (Some follow-up questions)
Me: (Answered everything regarding my thesis)
Ma'am: What is your opinion on One Nation, One Election?
Me: (Had a discussion, highlighted positives and negatives)
Ma'am: Give your stand.
Me: (Maintained balanced approach, highlighting the federal and constitutional design)
Ma'am: Do you know about Cambridge Analytica and how do you see platform governance influencing electoral decisions?
Me: It's part of my PhD thesis (explained in detail)
Ma'am: Threat to democracy? (Follow-up remarks by Ma'am)

M1: So you are from Visakhapatnam. Tell me about the naval base in Vizag.
Me: (Answered)
M1: Have you heard about Project Varsha?
Me: Yes.
M1: Explain about it.
Me: (Gave details about the project)
M1: How does it help strategically?
Me: (Answered)
M1: What is nuclear triad?
Me: (Gave answer)
M1: Nowadays South Indian movies are dominating the North side. What is your opinion?
Me: (Told few things)
M1: Why is violence in movies increasing and do you support it? And need of sensor Board?
M1: Do you aware of the 3-capital issue and what is your stand on that issue?
M1: When will Amaravati be going to be your capital? Or will there be no capital for AP in the very near future?

M2: You are a UGC research scholar.
M2: What are the perils of digital democracy?
M2: What is cybernetic governance?
M2: Why are 2024 elections called AI elections?
M2: What are echo chambers and filter bubbles?
M2: Who was Habermas?

M3: Global impact of AI on elections?
M3: Issues of regulations?
M3: Do you think globalization is eroding?
M3: What are the reasons?
M3: Deepfakes and their impact on elections?
M3: What are the causes of climate change?
M3: Suggest some measures to ensure democratic resilience in the AI era.

M4: What are private member bills?
M4: Difference between humanities and social sciences?
M4: Right to Disconnect Bill?
M4: Non-human activities that cause climate change?

Chairperson Ma'am: About nuclear submarines?
Ma'am: Thank you Mr., your interview is over.
Me: Thank you Ma'am and thank you all.
Ma'am: Have a good day. Just wait and the person will come and take you outside.

Overall Experience:
• Good experience overall
• Able to answer most of the questions
• No excessive grilling
• Very cordial board.

Acknowledgements:
I am deeply grateful to Nataraj Sir (Learn With Nataraj Institute), who has been my principal mentor throughout this entire Civil Services cycle. My preparation for Prelims, Mains, and the Personality Test was under his continuous guidance and mentorship. In the month leading up to the interview, I had regular, often daily, preparation and discussion sessions with him, which played a crucial role in shaping my clarity, confidence, and approach to board style questions.
Along with this, Nataraj Sir used to share daily articles and current affairs material with me, which I would read and then discuss with him in detail, and he would also quiz me regularly on these issues. This greatly improved my analytical thinking and interview readiness.
On his suggestion, I also took structured mock interviews at couple of other ins

Acknowledgements:
I am deeply grateful to Nataraj Sir (Learn With Nataraj Institute), who has been my principal mentor throughout this entire Civil Services cycle. My preparation for Prelims, Mains, and the Personality Test was under his continuous guidance and mentorship. In the month leading up to the interview, I had regular, often daily, preparation and discussion sessions with him, which played a crucial role in shaping my clarity, confidence, and approach to board style questions.
Along with this, Nataraj Sir used to share daily articles and current affairs material with me, which I would read and then discuss with him in detail, and he would also quiz me regularly on these issues. This greatly improved my analytical thinking and interview readiness.
On his suggestion, I also took structured mock interviews at couple of other institutes, which helped me gain the right interview temperament and exposure. I completed my preparation with a final mock with Nataraj Sir a day or two before the actual interview, which gave me tremendous confidence and mental readiness for the D day.

I also indebted to Shri Mahesh Bhagwat Sir for his enriching DAF discussions, especially on Andhra Pradesh, Vizag, and strategic issues. and gratitude’s to Vidyapeeth Shubham Sir for his one on one mock and encouragement.
one-on-one mock at Sarrthi, Bureaucratic Mock at Vision..

9 Jan, Forenoon Session (4th to go)
Name: Valar morghulis

Chair: B B Swain Sir
DAF: AI, Anthropology, Sheikhpura, Historical Places (others not asked)

Chairperson
- Last historical place visited; its features
- Museum in Humayun tomb (from previous answer)

Member 1
- How many PVTGs
- State with maximum PVTG population
- Sahariya tribe
- Why shifted to Anthropology after Mechanical Engineering
- AI vs ML
- Is AI a bane or boon in education
- Challenges with AI
- Which one is more subjective: human or AI

Member 2
- What is Aspirational District Program
- Who started, when started
- What is the approach or methodology
- What is 3C's (Competition, Collaboration, Convergence; picked from previous answer)
- How performance is measured; What changes you have observed in your district
- Difference between Terrorism, Extremism, Insurgency
- Target for LWE elimination; is it possible
- What are the end points of Red corridor region (picked from previous answer)

Chairperson sir interrupted the member and asked the next member to proceed ahead

Member 3
- What is intellidox project (my job/project in AI); its uses
- Tell me about Bhutan
- What is so special about BrahMos
- Situational question: Posted in a new area as IPS; what would be your steps
- Digital arrest (not a direct question; but in reference to above; Sir himself explained an ideal answer); Where is Jamtara

Member 4 (Mam)
- Article 15(3) enables special provision for children; What steps govt has taken in this regard

Thank you. Good Day. God bless you

Overall cordial board. Around 25-30 mins

Mocks (relevant; only bureaucratic): NextIAS, VisionIAS

Name- anonymous
Board- Anuradha Prasad ma’am
Session- Afternoon
DAF keywords- musical whistling, fiction writing, commerce, rajasthan,

Chairperson smiled at me while i entered
“Young boy , please be seated” Anuradha ma’am asked.

Chairperson:
1) Apart from your biological and academic information, tell me who you exactly are!
2) you had commerce in graduation, tell me whats CBDC, how it is different from cryptocurrency,
3) how cryptos are mined, tell me name of two methods of mining,
4) tell me , what is the thing that science can never explain.
5) what is the foremost thing that is required to fly a drone.


Member 1:
1) Tell me where exactly are you sitting right now, to which i replied “Dholpur house “
2) so tell me 5 things about Dholpur district of Rajasthan
3) is rajasthan still a BIMARU STATE on the ground.
4) justify that it is not a Bimaru state anymore
5) why underdevelopment in desert of rajasthan despite of the fact that gujrat is developed even though it also has Kutch.
6) what about solar panels…rahasthan has largest solar plant and still so much unemployment
7) why rajasthani people are more keen towards the government job and why not entrepreneurship.

Member 2:

1) have you heard of MLATs i said yes
2) tell me what it is, how many MLAT s india have and are they fruitful.
3) purple, orange, black notices….in news,,,,what are they related to?
4) if stampede in an area happens, being a DM …5 follow up actions that you will take, in such a manner that all the stakeholders, i repeat all the stakeholders are addressed thoroughly?
5) you had geography optional , so tell me , how geography is associated with human emotions.

Member 3

1) you do musical whistling…i said yes..
He named an English song and asked me to do a whistling that song…
I never heard this sing so i denied…
I said that I can do whistling on Bellwood songs , if you allow me to.
He allowed-and i did.

2) you write fiction too, so i am giving you a word “grief” . Now create a fiction around it.
3) suppose you are health secretary of rajasthan, and if you have to choose one single criterion on health that you really want to improve , what would it be and why.
I said “ child nourishment “. He countered “ why not life expectancy” . I justified myself by giving age-sex pyramid argument.

4) tell me the criteria and even the percentage as per which 15 th funance commission had done devolution of funds to state.
5) what changes would you prefer in these criteria, if you were the chairperson of finance commission.
6) your father is a retired teacher, so tell me why is it so that, we have high gross enrolment ratio in schools , but still we have very poor learning outcomes .


Member 4: she was constantly staring at me since the beginning of interview and thats what made me scared.(she had a Snake format Bindi on her forehead)

1) what is the greenest means of transport in india,
I replied Inland waterways
2) second greenest means…i replied GREEN TRAINS😂 ( there is no such thing in the world)
3) tell me the mode of transport through which largest freight transport happens in india …to which i replied Railway…i was wrong but she herself corrected me , its roadways.
4) why government is not adopting the accrual accounting system thoroughly in india
5) we have GST regime, then why cant we have DIRECT TAX CODE regime.

She passed it to chairperson.
Anuradha mam said “ your interview is over” . Still i be seated their for next 5 seconds
All five members looked at me curiously though smiling. I got into senses again…i almost laughed and said “oh….sorry..thank you ma’am , thank you sir to each of them”
All of them started laughing loudly.
I myself asked “may i leave now” …again all of them started laughing loudly and said “yes yes …please young boy”


Mocks : samkalp panel, vajirao and reddy (really helpful for giving reality check)
Pw (very poor experience) , drishti ias, next ias,

Name : Hritik
Board: Sujata mam
Date of interview : 8th Jan, Morning slot, last to go
Keywords- IIT, IRMS, crime thriller webseries, Maths,  Entrepreneurship, indore

Chairperson ( Read keywords loudly )
1) You  name is also name of a famous personality. How did you get this name ?
2) From where  have you done your education ?
3) do u know name of building you are sitting in ?
4) Tell me history of Dholpur ? Wich state it is associated with ?
5) Which are other similiar buildings in delhi like this?
6) What is so unique about IITs ?
7) There is so much academic pressure at IITs. How do students cope up with it ?
8) Why CAQM was in news recently ?

M1
1)  Which series you are watching currently ?
2) What is the differenxe in USA and India that Indians become ceo of google , microsoft there but unable to rise in India ?
3) You are smiling and looking happy, do u know which country uses Gross happiness index ? What are the parameters used in it ?


M2
1) Difference bw RAW, IB and CBI ?
2) How RAW functions ? Are the agents officially recognised ?
3) Your view on movie Dhurandar ?
4) A city was shown in a very negative light  in that movie ? Do u think it is right ?
5) Should India russia china come together. Whats ur view ?
6) How u will promote entrepreneurship in Indore ? How will u bring funding for the startups ?

M3
1) Tell something about Bullet trains ? Which project is underway ?
2) Your are a student of Maths. Sometimes in life our calculation goes wrong. How do you handle it ?
3) Can crime be thrilling ?
4) Why it is so that civil servants are remembered only for wrong things , but we dont remember who did good work ?

M4
1) What is commodity trading?
2) Impact of Pakistan China closeness on India ?
3) Why despite of having IITs we import technology and does not have our own ?
4)Why IITs are not able to convince govt to fund them ?
?
5) Why despite of China agression , we are trying to improve relation and continue cooperation ?
6) Impact of trumps tariff on stock market ? Which companies will be affected and which not ?

Chairperson: You can go.