7. Don't you think that maintaining ambiguity might make us too ambiguous and haphazard in a war scenario?
8. Where do you stand on this debate. What's your personal take?
9. Suppose a NSS is framed with the whole of the nation approach should it be kept confidential?
10. If the relevant departments know about it then should it be kept confidential or in the public domain?
Member 4 ( didn't ask anything)
Chairman : your interview is over.
Thanked everyone and took my leave

PS: I wasn't convinced they were chill at the end but they tried their best and kept smiling faces throughout. let's hope for the best.

Mocks: samkalp, next, levelup, study iq, sriram, pw
One to one: sajal sir, bassi sir, hobby and daf discussion at samkalp and few more through quantel.

NarmadaMan
Board Sujata maam
Date 13/01/2026

Daf -Anthropology, Sports, Rajasthan... apart from this it was not discussed
Chairmain
1. Read the daf and started with why you want to join CSE
2. How digitization and digitalization are different
3. Differentiate between data and big data
4. What are digitalization schemes and tell some initiatives starting from e like eNAM
M1
1. Discuss about the states with paddy cultivation, conditions and type of soil used
2. States with most exports of rice
M2
1. Why joint families are converting to nuclear families
2. Why still joint families persisting
M3
1.What is semiconductor, India's initiatives to counter china
2. What is Pax silica and what are the countries involved
3. Why India was invited one month later
4. Trump's policy impact on India
M4
1. Status of IWT, what is India aiming and way ahead
2. Asked about sports anthropology. How to utilize this for olympics 2036

Interview board was helping to approach question in right direction. Attended few mocks and they were helpful in simulating interview conditions.

Name : Praveen Ratnoo

Date : 13 JANUARY

FORENOON

Chair. : Sujata chaturvedi
3rd to go
15 min phle hi gya ( 3mebers bahar aaye the, int. se phle , we went to washroom together 😀, me tissue paper le rha tha, sir aaye me pichhe hta , sir ko full izzat di , sir said Thanks😐)

T. Duration :31 minutes

Mam read DAF loudly
Aap bhut famous jagah se aaye ho🙂
POKARAN
- Ye kya h city or town me nhi janti ,kbhi gyi nhi
- nuclear explosion kha hua tha , kitna.door, jyada nuksan to nhi hua tha , abhi kya sthiti h (mock se repeat )
Ok

Constitution
English me koi problem to nhi ?

- compassion of Constitution kya h?
- why this require
- 1950 me esa kya tha ,tb kyo jarurat pdi
-
"Constitution of india" kha mentioned h Constitution me?
Preamble! (I said)
Ok , or kha , articles etc?

Suppose muze padm Shri milta h to
kya me Padm Shri sujata nam likh skti hu?

Aapne newspaper pdha? Main News btao
Us venezuela ke alava ,Me ye sun sun ke thak gyi hu
( I told 5 news, last one was wpl match )
Achha aap wpl dekhte ho ?
Abhi thode din phle ipl auction hua tha ,
Uncapped player smzte ho?
Unko bdi amount me opt kiya gya
2-3 players ke nam?
Achha aap jante ho but nam nhi yad h
Ok😐

Aapne recently hi bsc kiya h
Bad me Kuchh ni?
( me Maters hindi lit me kr rha hu)
Achha हिन्दी ma kyo?
Achha ok
thankyou pas to m1


Member 1

Q .Free ration kb se diya ja rha ?
. Kis yojna ke tahat , kitne logo ko ?
Number jyada nhi h? Kya itne log garib h?
Kyo de रहे h abhi , jruri h?
Koi political obligation?

Mam :ok 🙂‍↕️

Member 2
Aapne abhi bola tha welfare state to btao
Subsidy state vs welfare state kya hota h ?
Hm(india) kya h?
Kyo h?

Subsidy to welfare state kese bn skte h
Kyo jruri h
Aap jaisalmer se ho 😊
Jaisalmer me videshi sailani or tourists aate rhte h
Vha esa kya h?
Kyo itna famous?
Kisne usko fms bnaya ?
(Not understood , ask repeat )
mam : are asking which agency or something else ?
Aur kya , aur kya .....

Mam it's okay
M2 : Ok thank-you


Member 3

Aapne civilian militry cooperation me Kuchh kiya h....
Ye kya h (i answered long )
Achha kyo jruri
Aapko Jaisalmer DM banaye 😊 to aap kese cooperation kroge?
Aapne agneeveer bola!
Kya h ye ?( asked capf interview , suman mam)
Konsi scheme?
4 sal bad Aa jayenge to kya करेंगे? And discuss about their...
Army me phle mahilaen kyo ni thi?(long answer)




Member 4

Ladhak me Kuchh ho rha h
Kya or kyu?
Ek personality ko arest kiya h
Kis act ke tht arest hua?
What is nsa?
Why they demanding 6th schedule?

Aap is issue ko kese solve karoge?
Vo kh रहे h sonam wangchuk ko laoge tb hi bat करेंगे! Tb?
Ok

Aap cricket , kabbdi khelte h!
Aapke padosi rajya me Kuchh hua h
Pta h?( asked in mock, shriram ias)
Kyo ho rha h?

Mam intervin it's ok
Ho gya
Ok 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↔️😐🙂
Thankyou😊
All mambers(male)😊

1-2 question or bhi the sayd (not remember)

Mock 9-10

Last 2 mock me ek dim chill feel hone lga
Finally esa hi composer rha(calm , compose , confident)

Trying to smile throughout int.😊( mock me btaya tha aapki smile vakai bhut achhi h 😀, iska istemal kro)

Pura int. Calmly chla

Name: BATMAN (The real one)

5th to go

Board: BB SWAIN Sir(How can anyone be so damn nice to someone i can't believe I am giving UPSC CSE interview)
[P.S.- Last yr my board was with the most infamous chairperson{Yes, you guessed it right} and the marks were humiliating to say the least]

DAF: MBBS, KGMU, Lucknow, Kanpur, Meerut, UP, Nuclear Medicine, Anthropology, Cricket, Income Tax Officer, Ghazals, Short stories, Strength Training, Chief coordinator freshers cell, School House Captain, Anthropology.

Entered the hall and sat down with buttons close(chuckles🥲), look down whether to open it or not

BBS Sir: Khol Lo aaram se(board laughing), comfortable ho jaao😅
1) So you read short stories, tell me which ones do you read and please don't say Premchand, I am fed up of listening everyone saying the same.
Ma'am intervened after my ans: No not this one as well, why everyone know only these
2) Currently what are you reading?

Member questions in no priority order
1) Why are you changing your stream to Civil Services?
2) What do you want to do?
3) What is the difference between Nuclear Medicine & Radiology?
4) Where does the radioactive dye comes from in your college?
5) Your college KGMU was recently in news, why was that?
6) Difference between Poem, Ghazal, Nazm, Geet?
7) Are ghazals only related to love?
8) Tell me any which don't?
9) Something related to high headedness of doctors?
10) Medical Tourism as a challenge?
11) Strength Training Vs Weightlifting?
12) Isometric exercises?


ONLINE:
1) Kingmakers IAS (mock)
2) Geno IAS (mock)
3) Primus (mock)
4) Civils 360 (mock)
5) Maluka IAS (mock)
6) Jis IAS & Rajkumar IAS( Thanks for persuading me for that session with Vivek Sir),
7) PW OnlyIAS(Good one to one scheduled),
8) Sarrthi IAS(Good mentors)
9) SRIRAM IAS(Sir has a good insight of one's personality),
10) Samkalp one to one
11) Special thanks to MAHESH BHAGWAT sir 🤌 & SHUBHAM Sir(for clearing all silly doubts, confidence building & availability)
12) Anil Swaroop Sir and his regular sessions.
13) Akanksha ma'am Understand UPSC and her discussions.
14) Ajay sir from Vajiram & Ravi: Good one to one, moral boosting & supportive
P.S.- UpWise scheduled many online mocks for me.

OFFLINE:
1) Vision IAS(Faculty + Bureaucrats): Good peeps
2) Ekam IAS(Oberoi Sir has is good)
3) Samkalp(2 mocks: Supporting staff)
4) Vajirao & Ravi: Good
5) SriRam Mock: Okay okay
6) Vajiram & Ravi: Okay okay
7) NEXT IAS: (Was drowsy the whole time, can't recall)

One on One & Mock with Friends: Damn helpful only if you have good ones around you, glad that I had.

#Very very very special thanks to ANUPAM Sir & ANKIT Sir from "SMARTWORK LABS" 🌻for the handholding, for believing in me, being available at short timings & everything else.

"रख विश्वास तू है शिव का दास"🌻

This is the transcript

Friday Jan 16th 2026
Forenoon
Sanjay Verma sir board

Key Daf details: Little flower school, biotech, historic fiction books,american health insurance sector ( work experience), badminton, kanchipuram, tamilnadu Industries

Chairperson
1. First time visiting delhi?how is Delhi? I think u south Indian people should protest for holding interview in Delhi only. What's ur take on this? Chairman himself told that without pollution it is a beautiful city and I told very green City..he said yes yes..
2. Qns on my school name Little flower. Didn't u feel bad about that name during your senior year. Little follow up on that
3. Ur fav historic fiction book and mention some important quote
4. Sometimes history gets interrupted in a bad way. What do u think is the bad interruption of any indian historical event

Member 1
1. Why tamil nadu is a industrial state and apart from literacy, what are the other reasons?
2. Even kerala have high literacy, but why tamil nadu dominates.
Little follow up on that and could not remember others qns

Member 2
1. Meaning of my name
2. Tn and srilankan war issue
3. Work experience related to the American health insurance sector. What can be introduced in the Indian insurance sector from American health insurance?
2 more qns could not remember

Member 3
1. Asked about comprehensive healthcare.
2. Is insurance synonyms with healthcare
3. India bangladesh issue. What issues and what can be done to improve the relationship.
4. How we can improve livelihood of kanchipuram weavers?few steps to be taken.

Member 4
1. Mention 3 ports of Tamil Nadu
2. Other name of Thoothukudi port
3. Why v o c name ?
4. Speciality Abt ennore port?
5. Important Maritime institute in tamil nadu
6. What tirupur is famous for and what Sivakasi is famous for?
7. Green crackers
8. Badminton as hobby. So asked about side boxes and back boxes. When they are away and in?


Overall cordial board.. no grilling....

Mocks: 5 different boards of Aram Ias academy and 1 board of manidhaneyam academy

PT MARKS -174

Name: Lok Sevak Kaka
Date: 09 January 2026
Interview medium- Hindi

DAF keywords: Basketball Nationals, long distance Running, practicing Mindfulness,
Electronics and Communication engineering
Optional - Socilology
(mentioned only those which were asked)

Work experience- Accounts department, Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Board: Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir

Room arrangement- chairperson in front with his personal desk
Other 4 members sitting 6 feet apart on similar chair like candidate’s, without any desk

Chairman
1. Kaka, What is your job profile ?
2. Long monologue on tussle between military officers and defence account officers on procurement, didn’t ask anything, just monologue and paused.

(I’m not in IDAS but still he treated me like IDAS officer)
I tried answering but he interrupted
3. Then he expanded the monologue, he said- I once told an defence account officer to not sit on file as my jawans don’t have rifles, and he said to me that it is none of my business, I only know rules and will ensure legal compliance. Then sir said ki don’t you think ye legal ke chakkar me padke jawan border pe suffer kar rahe.
I tried answering, but again he interrupted
4. China, US, etc follow different military procurement, can’t India follow same.

Said sorry sir, I have limited knowledge about how china/us defence procurement system works
5. What reforms can be done in defence accounting ? (Don’t know why he asked, I don’t work in defence accounts)

He said thank you kaka

M-2 male (kept interrupting)

1. You have played basketball at national, do running, also go to office, and again reached in Interview, how are you able to manage all these things simultaneously ?
2. Ideal player from India and world
3. Why Michael Jordan ? What is special about him
4. What have you learned from basketball and Jordan ?
5. Have you been able to apply this in your job ? Explain how with examples
6. Commerce and accounting ke fundamental principles
7. What is written in accounting, tell me very basic three fundamental points
7. Two key purposes of audit
8. Principles of audit you follow on priority
9. How does file move ? Who initiates file ? Accountants under you sits on file, right ? How do you handle this ?
10. We have had only one Milkha singh, why not new Milkha singh coming up
11. Administrative audit and academic audit

M-3 male -

1. You are ECE graduate, what is communication ?
2. How can you use this knowledge in civil services ? (I mentioned blue bird block 2 and it was picked up by 2 members + chairman )
3. Special features of blue bird
4. How does it work and its difference with satphone
5. How does practicing mindfulness help you in your job
6. Tell me any innovation you have done in your ministry based on your ECE knowledge, which has transformed the system/process but within rules

M-4 male - IR expert

1. Do you follow geopolitical news ?
2. Why US wants to purchase Greenland ? What are US’s interests there ?
3. Why does it need to purchase it ? Why can’t it do it without purchasing ?
4. What is population of Greenland ?
5. Why usa wants canada to be its 51st state?
6. What is special about blue bird block 2 ?
7. Why is it significant for ISRO ?
8. What is Golden dome project
Said thank you

M-4 lady

1. Long monologues on rural area lacking then asked why ?
Wasn’t satisfied with initial response, so reframed the question
2. Explain from implementation perspective of all rural related schemes
3. Is corruption an issue there ? explain corruption, types of corruption in rural development (finally she nodded )
4. How will you try to reform if given opportunity (kept nodding and said thank you)

Chairman shukla sir again

1. Who owns Blue bird block
2. Yes, tell me One more company there for satellite communication and tell us about its project
3. Why NASA is not launching satellite but elon musk ?
4. Why did ISRO launch it ?
5. Long monologue again and said many startups in USA are launching but Indian startups are not launching satellites ? Sir explained by adding his perspective that you accounts people sit on file (sorry but I felt lot of prejudice here )
Thank you kaka, your Interview is over
Then all other 4 members started saying thank you kaka.
I stood up, wished them all and exited the room.

Time- 30-35 minutes

Experience- shukla sir treated me like IDAS officer and kept on criticising how accounts officers has hurt his personal sentiments and professional procurement (shukla sir may take revenge today :/
Gadi bhagwan bharose hai ab )

One to one- didn’t attend any
Mocks- less utility, more important is to sit in room and prepare well with conceptual clarity and then staying calm in PT and answer with honesty.

Board : Shri Sheelvardhan sir 
(12/01/2026, Afternoon 6th to go, Hindi medium) 

DAF: listening to Podcast, history, spokesperson of student union, ICAS ( rest not related, they didn't asked from there )

Chairperson: 
1. So you like to listen to podcasts, which kind of podcast do you llisten to
2. You herd lex fridman?
3. Andru fuberman?
4. Joe Rogan?
5. Why do UPSC aspirants prefer to listen to the smita prakash podcast?
6. What is subaltern history writing?
7. Is it only related to the independence movement?
8. Imagine you are a common man, and exclude king ashoka, as a common man whose period under which king you would have liked to live? And why?
9. Can we say Mohanjodado was a smart City?
10. Except IOT what are the other criteria to call a city smart City?
11. For a lower middle class these cities are not affordable, what are the reasons?

M1 (male member): 
1. What is the meaning of your name?
2. You were a spokesperson of student union, do you know about the Lyngdoh commission?
3. You are a student of Science and then you chose History as an optional, why?
4. In Mumbai municipal corporation election, 60 seats went without opposition, what is your take is it good for a democracy?
5. If budget is not passed for some reasons then what are the provisions for govt for their payments?

M2 ( female member):
1. You said cities are not affordable, what can be done? 
2. Will it not be against Right to property?
3. How fundamental duties can be more enforced?
4. E commerce industries, 10 min delivery, what are the cons? 
5. From the consumer side also? 
6. One more thing that consumers are getting impatient (she added)
7. As US political structure President Trump has a lot of power, how can he be controlled there? 

M3 (female member):
1. what are the functions of your service? 
2. Payment related work is also related to your cadar? 
3. Where are you getting trained? 
4. What classes have you done?
5. Okay, some of the characteristics of Trump is like a dictator and ruining all rule based order, there must be something within the US structure to control him?
6. What mechanism does India have in such conditions? 
7. Don't you think in the last few years India's foreign policy is failing? 
8. Tell me about India UK FTA?

M4 (male member):
1. How to do theaterisation?
2. What will be the benefits?
3. Don't you think integration of cyber warfare is also important? 
4. How India can step up in cognitive warfare.

Chairperson: thank you your interview is over. (Around 25 minutes) 

Panel Mock ( vajirao reddy, sankalp, unacademy, OnlyIas)

Name- sandpapergate
16/1/2026 FN
BB Swain sir's board
F1,Civil Engg, THDC, Scout and guide, PSU.

Ch - why is F1 not developing in India?
Indians in F1 ?

M1
Pax silica members?
What does India bring to the table
Netherlands contribution?
How was Doland trump's 1st year as President for India?
Should we stop engaging with us?

M2
What is F1 doing for sustainability of the sport?
FIA full form?
What would you do for greener F1?
What did you learn in Scout and Guide?
Any specific experiment that'll help in administration ?

M3
Why did you leave THDC in 4 months ?
Why did NTPC acquire THDC?
Psus in mineral sector?
Have you heard of Uranium corporation limited?
Opinion about Disinvestment?
As administration how would you use your professional and normal life experience ?

M4
Reasons for decrease in importance of marriage?
Personal opinion about committment?
Do you know about the controversy in mumbai local elections ?
Ink used in elections is called?
As municipal administrator will you improve the roads and park near the CMs house on his demand?
More discussion on this

Board was cordial and helpful

Mocks - Next, samkalp, pw, leadias, Rajasirs academy, ekamias, vajirao and reddy.

Most helpful was umesh reddy sirs daily current affair discussion

22nd Jan Afternoon candidates shifted to 27.02.2026 forenoon

Name:
chairman : Anuradhdha mam

Key DAF details: B.H.M.S, surat, teaching ( else nothing asked from DAF)
Questions asked:

Chairman mam:
1. why are you shifted from homoeopathy to teaching?
2. are you full time teacher or visiting?
3. why alternate medicine are not so popular?

member 1 :
1. why historically surat is so much in interest
2. is there any integrared allopathy and homoeopathy PHC there
other 1-2 questions... not able to remember

Member 2:
1. why homoeopaths are not suggesting the names of medicine
2. should we tell this?
3. what happened in Germany? they are giving names or not?
4. SAARC and ASEAN both are regional bodies... then why SAARC is not succeeded?
5.what is the Stack of BIMSTEC?

Member 3:
1. what is string of pearl theory?
2.why should china is hostile towards neighbouring nations?
3. don't you think china should try to bring them in it's own favour
2-3 questions i don't remember

Member 5
1. what is sustainable development?
2. what is sustainable aviation fuel?
3.should we incorporate AI in health and develop some applications like we do during Covid-19
4. should we integrate AI based system with homoeopathic practice throughout the nation?

few questions not able to remember

Overall review:
The board was so cordial..... well listeners.... no interruptions in between..

way different compared to mocks...

Credits and gratitude:

friends and mentors:
Hardik solanki sir
Dr. Ashish sir
Prakash sir

mocks:

online one on one:

PW onlyias, quantel and samkalp

DAF with Mahesh Bhagwat sir (very detailed 360* DAF analysis)

Panel mocks
Vision, samkalp, vajirao, Pw onlyias (not so good), Unacademy, Raja sir ias

Name - shiksha sharma
3rd to go afternoon
Sanjay Verma sir
30-32 minutes
Daf- Dungarpur Rajasthan swimming, lyrics, badminton Premchand,poem, ganeshotsav
Optional - philosophy
Med hindi
Chair:
1. Guess the GDP of india at Premchand time
2. How many percentage of people improved their condition since 1936
3. How many women?
4 . Which novelist in modern india is close to Premchand?


Member 1.
1. Cloud seeding failed in delhi reason?
2. Ganeshotsav why how?
3. Recite poem

Member 2
1. Cricket in Dungarpur
2. Is it safe to swim in natural water bodies?
3. Relationship with neighbouring countries

Member 4
1. Chambal river
2. Rajasthan tourism challenges

Member 5
1. Naxalism in Dungarpur
2. Why swimming not as popular as badminton in india.

Chair: thankyou
Each member asked 4-5 question and Sanjay sir also asked 5-6 question many i forgot

PT Marks-175

Name- nothing
Date - 13/01/2026
Afternoon
Chairman- sheelvardhan sir
Daf- Hindi literature, b.sc. , reflective diary writing, kho kho , webseries, PMUSP, Medhavi vidyarthi.
Sir-
आइए आइए
Aapka name famous personality par he. Than he asked .. aapke name par ye book he aapne read ki.. mene kaha I m sorry sir mene read nahi ki.. unhone kaha aap padhiye achi book he..
Ev policy par apki kya ray he
Ye to sirf rich people ke liye he
E waste genrate hota he
As a planet sochiye ki ev policy sahi he kya
Reflective diary writing kbse kar rhe ho
Daily likhte ho ?
Esi konsi chej he jo daily kar rhe ho tbhi se dairy lekhan me ?


Member 1 -
one Nation one election par ray kya he
Agr no confidence motion aye fir kya karege
I said waki शेष अवधि ke liye new government ke liye election
He said - fir कायका one election ho gae na 2 election.. sb hnsne lage and I agree with sir
B.sc. kiya h than literature optional kyu liya ??
2021 me v villages me content ki Kami he kya ?
Reflective and non Reflective diary writing me kya antar he??
Bharat 1991 se international relations par jayada focus kyu kr rha he ??
2014 ke bad se act east policy and asean ke sth संबंध kyu behtar kar rha he ??

Member 2 (female) -
Apne school me science padi fir hindi optional kyu liya
Favorite hindi kavita ?
Kyu h ??
Other kavita?
मुक्तिबोध ne kis bare me likha?ब्रह्मराक्षस me kya likha he
अंधेरे में kya likha he ??
Kese likhte ho diary koi real life example dekar batao??
New education policy and old me se konsi better he ??
Iit kisliye banaye he ??

Member 3 (female)
PMUSP kya h ?
Medhavi vidyarthi kya he ??
Apki university state he ya central??
Central University vs state university??
Kho kho hi kyu khelte ho ??
Ye sab to kabbadi me v he ??
MP govt kya kar rhi he sports ke liye?
MP me sports university he kya ? Kaha he ?

Member 4 -
ISRO kesa pradarshan kar raha he ?
Sirf fund badane ki jarurat he ?
Scientist bola than said or
Engeneer dubara se or btao
Pvt sector role than he said or batao ??
India ki nuclear policy kya he ??
Jab samne wala desh puri tarah se barbad kr dega fir kese heavy retaliate karege ??
Nuclear bomb kitne type ke hote he ??

Board cordial tha.. sabke face par smile thi specially female members and sir..

Name: Kannadiga
Date:- 16th Jan 2026
Board:- Sanjay Varma Sir
Afternoon 2nd to go
Around 25-28 Minutes
Key Words:- Karnataka, Mandya, Kannada Movies, Novels, Poems, Kannada Literature, Nirbhaya Gangrape

Chairman
1. In Which language you dream
2. ⁠only kannada no english
3. Does your dream looks black and white or Colour
4. ⁠You look like a serious Kannada Guy - are you the guy who beats all non kannadigas in karnataka
5. ⁠You watch movies suggest me one kannada movie to watch (said kanthara asked another - said - Hondisi Bareyiri )
6. ⁠There is a view that Kannada Literature is highly romanticised and nostalgic do you think that is correct - does your literature has any rebel writers (said Devanuru Mahadev)
7. ⁠What issues he write
8. ⁠Again Said Banu Mushtaq
9. ⁠asked about her book language and controversy regarding her inaugurating Dasara Event
10. ⁠Is this your first time coming to Delhi ( Said no - came for other interviews)
11. ⁠Which boards previous (Manoj Soni B B Swain)


M1
1. Whats the debated issue in Nirbhaya Gang Rape Case
2. ⁠After the incidents what major changes were brought
3. ⁠what are the technological changes
4. ⁠you watch movies tell me something about India's soft power
5. ⁠I mentioned as leader of Global South - He asked is world recognises us as leader of global south or we claim it?
6. ⁠India's influence in Africa - I mentioned Gandhi (Chairman interrupted and said recently against Gandhi many issues were going on are tou aware of it)
7. ⁠Next talked about bollywood in Central Asia
8. ⁠Asked about India China Issue (I mentioned weaponisation of water)
9. ⁠He said Does India also Do the same with Indus Water Treaty
10. I said no its different issue with terrorism
11. ⁠I told about diplomacy and nucler installation engagement with Pak
12. ⁠India China issue and Way Forward

M2
1. Kuduremukh ore and industry
2. ⁠Oldest Dam in Karnataka
3. ⁠Mahadayi Issue - River water dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra
(Others not able to remember )

M3
1. Why Karnataka politics is unstable - and Long discussion on it
2. ⁠Malayalam language bill - why all south states can solve language issue by taking one common language
3. ⁠Which language you would suggest
4. ⁠Why karanataka faces lot of political issues
5. ⁠Tell me something about Tipu Sultan

M4
1. Tell me about Hampi
2. ⁠which religions are there in Hampi
Talked about Devadasi system
3. ⁠5 problems for Bengaluru and solutions for it
4. ⁠Many more questions could not able to remember

Overall good experience

Special Thanks to 2 Doctor Friends (Dr N and Dr K)who helped me throughout the interview preparation.....

PT MARKS -175

Name: Jim Halpert
Date: 16/01/2026
Board: Hon. Sheel Vardhan sir
Forenoon, 1st to go

DAF Keywords: Chennai, Doctor MBBS, Carnatic Music Singer, Padmashri, Delegation to Nepal
(Cultural exchange programme)

Chairman:
1. Difference between society of chennai and delhi
2. Raja Raja Chozhan and city captured in Srilanka
3. Describe Sengol
4. Describe Brahadeeshwara temple
5. CIC and effectiveness of the body

Member 1 (Male):
1. Padmashri awards and article 18
2. Should Padmashri awards be given
3. Case law which cancelled Padma awards
4. Parasakthi Movie and Jananyagan Movie issues
5. Nepal issues going on.
6. Monarchy reinstatement in Nepal.

Member 2 (Female):
1. How to assess the will of the people or choice of the people in type of rule they want (monarchy or democracy)?
2. Carnatic Music and difference from hindustani
3. How geography affects music
4. How rhythm gets affected
5. Medical system issues in India
6. Primary health care focus not given much, your opinions on it.

Member 3 (Female):
1. 3 changes needed in Indian Economic policy
2. What exactly happens in a cultural exchange programme?
3. Are these programmes necessary
4. How do you manage time for extracurriculars with medicine during graduation?

Member 4 (male):
1. Nuclear weapons Pakistan might use.
2. Where they might use in India
3. How to oppose a strong opponent?
4. What is asymmetric deterrence (from previous answer)
5. How to use it against China
6. DRDO functioning and defence supply.

Overall cordial board

Mocks: Shankar IAS, Aram IAS, PW OnlyIAS, Jamia RCA, HSC, Quantel, Next IAS, Vaji Rao and Vaji Ram
O2O: Mahesh Bhagwat IPS sir, Utkarsh Sir, Shubham Sir, Officers IAS

PT MARKS -210

Board- Sujata Chaturvedi Ma’am
Date- 14th January
Slot- afternoon, 5th
DAF keywords- Bihar, petroleum refinery engineering, Madhubani, Maithili literature

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Chairperson (Ma’am)

Ma’am ne DAF ke keywords ko padhkar sabko bataya
1. Graduation aapka 21 me complete hua. Aapne job nahi kiya? (maine mention kiya ki ye mera 3rd interview hai)
2. Last ke 2 interview ka experience kaisa raha
3. Aapne kaun se topics taiyar kiye hain (Bihar and petroleum sector aur bhi)
4. Aaj ki newspaper aapne padhi hai
5. Sab log suit pahan kar aate hain. Aapne bandhgala kyun pahna? (answer kuch aisa tha ki ma’am aur sabhi members hasne lage)
6. Ethnic wear pahanne ke kya benefits hain? (3 points bataye)
7. Aapne Prada and Kolhapuri mamla suna hai? Explain kijiye (pata tha, explain kiya)
8. 26 January ko is baar kaun guest bankar aa raha hai? (EU wale)
9. 26 January and 15 August ko flag kaun hoist karta hai? (PM and President)
10. Dono flag hoisting me ek basic difference hai. Aapko pata hai? (sorry bola)
11. Aap North Bihar se aate ho. Kaun si rivers flood ka karan banti hain?
12. Kya Ganga ke karan bhi Bihar me flood aati hai?
13. Flood ki samasya ka kya samadhan ho sakta hai?
14. Dam banane ke to sab jagah virodh ho raha hai. Phir kaise dam banayenge
15. Rivers ke kinare forest kaise lagayenge? Zameen to private hai.

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Member 1
1. Darbhanga Maharaj ki wife ka nidhan hua hai. Aapko pata hai?
2. Kya naam tha unka?
3. Kya contribution tha unka?
4. Waise to raje-maharaje politics me kaafi active hote hain, lekin Darbhanga Raj ke parivar me koi active nahi hai. Kyun?

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Member 2
1. NIMHANS ke anusar 10–15% youth mental health ki samasya se affected hain. Kya reason hai iska
2. Kya drugs ek karan hain?
3. Kya karan drugs ke badhte use ka?
4. Kya kiya ja sakta hai iske liye?
5. Australia social media ban
6. Ek question bhool raha hoon jisme mujhe political, economical, cultural and societal impact batana tha.

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Member 3 (ye questions ko zyada hi explain kar rahe the)
1. ADR ke anusar, 47% parliamentarians and ministers par serious cases chal rahe hain. Kya karan hai. Is par unhone kuch aur questions puche, jisme political–criminal nexus ki baat thi.
2. 130th Constitutional Amendment ke bare me pata hai?
3. Non-conventional energy ko badhane ke liye government ke prayas.

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Member 4 (rapid fire round type)
1. Maithili ek language hai ya dialect?
2. Language and dialect me kya difference hai?
3. Kab dialect language ban jati hai?
4. Kya abhi Maithili me koi newspaper publish ho rahi hai?
5. Bihar kyun underdeveloped reh gaya?
6. Bihar ki prohibition policy ka kya impact hai?
7. Hooch tragedy
8. Kya sabhi states me prohibition lagu kar dena chahiye
9. Gujarat ki prohibition policy ka history
10. 2–3 questions 4th member ke bhool raha hoon.

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Ma’am ne kaha, thank you. Aapka interview samapt hua.
Maine sabhi ko namaste kiya aur wapas jaane laga.
Ma’am ne mujhe toka aur kaha ki mere chair ke pichhe jo painting lagi hai, uske bare me kuch bata sakte ho? (ye ek Madhubani painting thi jiske bare me maine bataya ki isme Maa Sita aur Bhagwan Ram ki shaadi ka drishya hai.)
Ma’am ne kaha bahut badhiya.
Maine phir se ma’am ka dhanyavaad kiya.

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Mera experience
1. Ma’am ki poori koshish rehti hai ki sahaj roop se baatcheet ho.
2. Sabhi members time ka strict palan kar rahe the.
3. Point-wise answer zyada sahi laga. Kai baar wo points count kar rahe the (jaise aapne 3 points bataye, next point bataiye).

Mock – Samkalp (real interview ke sabse kareeb), Vajirao and Reddy, Next IAS, Unacademy, Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS), Forum IAS.


PT marks - 208

Hindi medium

Name- Naya

Board - Sheelvardhan sir

Keyword - Bhilai, Electrical Engineering, sociology, cricket, election, NSS, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, podcast, internal security


Chairman sir

1. आप electrical engineer हैं, आपका favourite मशीन  कौन सी है ?
2. Transformer repair हो सकता है ?
3. Enginneer ही क्यों नहीं transformer को repair करते है , repair के लिए technician क्यों रखते हो?
4. भारत के कुछ internal security issue बताओ जो अभी हमारे लिए खतरा है ?
5. Narcoterrorism क्या है ?
6. Terrorism का मतलब क्या होता हैं?
7. Narcoterrorism में क्या खतरनाक है जिससे उसे terror कहा जाए ?
8. Normal terrorism और narcoterrorism में क्या अंतर है?

Member 1 (sir)

9.CEC and EC act में जो CEC &EC को immunity दी गई है ? आपको क्या लगता है सही है ?
(Long discussion)
10. Internal security issue आपको क्या लगता है इसको खत्म करना किसका काम है ?
11. Internal security issue को खत्म करने के लिए सिर्फ राज्य सरकार ही कार्य करती है ?

Member 2(Madam)

12. आप भिलाई से है , आप भिलाई के बारे में कुछ मुख्य अच्छी बाते बताओ ?
13. Bhilai Steel plant के कुछ famous काम बताओ ?
14. Green Steel क्या है?
15. Bhilai Steel plant me Green Steel के लिए कार्य किए जा रहे है ?

Member 3 (madam)

16. SEZ क्या होता है ?
17. कितने SEZ भारत में है और उसमें कितने operational है ?
18. कोई famous SEZ बताओ ?
19. Waiver और write-off क्या होता है और इसमें अंतर बताओ ?
20. Waiver और write-off से bank के balnce sheet में क्या फर्क पड़ता है ?
21. Renewable energy में generation और capacity में क्या अंतर है ?

Member 4 (sir)

22. Grid capacity क्या होता है ?
23. Grid stability क्या होता है और इसमें क्या दिक्कतें आती है ?
24. Multi Domain Force क्या होता हैं? ( Related to internal security)


मुझे 2 question members के समझ नहीं आ रहे थे , फिर sheelvardhan sir ने प्रश्न को खुद reframe कर देते थे  ।

Overall board is cordial ..

Mock - vajirao , forum , samkalp (2) , vajiram

One 2 one - shubham sir vidyapeeth , Ankit sir ( smartwork lab),ayush sir ( forum), mentor aid utkarsh sir  (only daf) ,gurukul ias

Name- Naya

Board - Sheelvardhan sir

Keyword - Bhilai, Electrical Engineering, sociology, cricket, election, NSS, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, podcast, internal security


Chairman sir

1. आप electrical engineer हैं, आपका favourite मशीन कौन सी है ?
2. Transformer repair हो सकता है ?
3. Enginneer ही क्यों नहीं transformer को repair करते है , repair के लिए technician क्यों रखते हो?
4. भारत के कुछ internal security issue बताओ जो अभी हमारे लिए खतरा है ?
5. Narcoterrorism क्या है ?
6. Terrorism का मतलब क्या होता हैं?
7. Narcoterrorism में क्या खतरनाक है जिससे उसे terror कहा जाए ?
8. Normal terrorism और narcoterrorism में क्या अंतर है?

Member 1 (sir)

9.CEC and EC act में जो CEC &EC को immunity दी गई है ? आपको क्या लगता है सही है ?
(Long discussion)
10. Internal security issue आपको क्या लगता है इसको खत्म करना किसका काम है ?
11. Internal security issue को खत्म करने के लिए सिर्फ राज्य सरकार ही कार्य करती है ?

Member 2(Madam)

12. आप भिलाई से है , आप भिलाई के बारे में कुछ मुख्य अच्छी बाते बताओ ?
13. Bhilai Steel plant के कुछ famous काम बताओ ?
14. Green Steel क्या है?
15. Bhilai Steel plant me Green Steel के लिए कार्य किए जा रहे है ?

Member 3 (madam)

16. SEZ क्या होता है ?
17. कितने SEZ भारत में है और उसमें कितने operational है ?
18. कोई famous SEZ बताओ ?
19. Waiver और write-off क्या होता है और इसमें अंतर बताओ ?
20. Waiver और write-off से bank के balnce sheet में क्या फर्क पड़ता है ?
21. Renewable energy में generation और capacity में क्या अंतर है ?

Member 4 (sir)

22. Grid capacity क्या होता है ?
23. Grid stability क्या होता है और इसमें क्या दिक्कतें आती है ?
24. Multi Domain Force क्या होता हैं? ( Related to internal security)


मुझे 2 question members के समझ नहीं आ रहे थे , फिर sheelvardhan sir ने प्रश्न को खुद reframe कर देते थे ।

Overall board is cordial ..

Mock - vajirao , forum , samkalp (2) , vajiram

One 2 one - shubham sir vidyapeeth , Ankit sir ( smartwork lab),ayush sir ( forum), mentor aid utkarsh sir (only daf) ,gurukul ias

PT MARKS -151

Date : 14th January,2026 Morning Shift
(First to go)
Board : Shri B.B. Swain Sir
DAF Keywords : Gujarat ( Saurashtra ), Badminton,Ghazals, Presiding Officer

Chairperson
( Did not ask to introduce myself )
Aaiye Aaiye Baithiye.
Aap Surendranagar se hai. To Saurashtra ki political history ke bare me bataiye
( He wanted to listen United States of Kathiawad)

Member 1

1. Aapne Badminton likha hai to aur sports me bhi interested honge.
Saurashtra ka cricket me kya yogdaan hai?
2. Abhi Badminton me konsi tournament shuru hai?
Kaha pe chal rahi hai?
3. SIR kya hai?
4. Election commission ko citizenship decide karne ka adhikar hai?

Member 2

1. Saurashtra me konsi industries hai?
2. Saurashtra me kaise industries ko develop kiya ja sakta hai?
3. Aap Industries and Mines Department me ho to aapka role kya hai?
4. Aapne iss department ke 2 saal me kya sikha??
5. Aapko Ghazals me interest kaise hua?
6. Aapne Ghazal ka shaukh likha hai to kaha tak aapne perform Kiya hai? Kuchh sunaiye
( I said Gujarati me hai then Swain Sir said I will translate for you and after that he translated that ‘in short he is talking about his girlfriend’ and everyone laughed)

Member 3

(Just started asking full of random questions)

1. What is difference between Kavita,Geet, Nazam and Ghazal
2. What is Dohe?
3. Who wrote Dohes?
4. You have studied science in school then what is physical change and what is chemical change
(If you have read any topic on America in news I was about to speak then she said Kya hum economy pe charcha kar sakte hai)
5. Global economic order kaise change ho raha hai ?
6. WTO ka role kya hai?
7. Saurashtra me konsi Gaay paayi jaati hai?
8. Achha to aap Presiding officer the? Aap konsi party ki taraf se the?
( I said me Govt. ki taraf se tha
She realised that she had misunderstood Polling agent with Presiding officer and smiled and then asked Polling agent kya hota hai?)
9. Civil servant ke political vichar hone chahiye?
10. Kisine kaha hai Man is a Political Animal to civil servant ke political vichar nahi ho sakte??

Member 4

1. Aapne achhi Ghazal boli to kya aapki shaadi ho gai hai?
(I said no and all of them were laughing)
2. What is Public Servant?
3. UN ka relevance hai? America ke bina chal sakta hai?
4. BRICS ki kya bhumika hai?
5. BRICS me kon konse countries hai?

Lastly Chairperson sir said aapko lagta hai hume koi topic discuss karna reh gaya hai?
I said sir almost discuss ho gaya hai or unhone haste huye kaha aap jaa sakte hai.

Very cordial board. Just like a helathy conversation.

Gratitude:

Mocks : The Era Academy ( Gandhinagar) , SPIPA Ahmedabad, Samkalp IAS, PWonly IAS
O to O : PWonly IAS, Sarrthi IAS ( Sajal sir )

Board: Anuradha Prasad Mam
Forenoon sesison, 15th Janurary
DAF keywords: Chemical Enigneering, IIT Bombay, Anthropology, Sustainability Strategy, Decarbonisaiton Pathway, Startups and Entrepreneruship, Data Scientist, AI, EBSB Institute Coordinator, (Rajasthan, Reading as hooby- not asked)
note: apart from defense- everything else in from my DAF- 95% interview from my DAF

Anuradha mam

1. Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) – What is the idea of EBSB?
2. She reiterated what the concept is
3. Is it done or an ongoing thing?
4. How to make AI sustainable?
5. How to make AI more sustainable as a tool?
6. Should we make algorithms open?

M1
7. Switched from chemical engineering, sustainability strategy, data science to civil services – is it not a waste of taxpayer money?
8. Have you heard of CBAM? Is it tariff-based or a non-tariff measure?
9. Is it WTO-compliant?
10. Last question cant remember

M2
11. What is big data analysis?
12. Difference between data and information?
13. Said a few lines suggesting information is extracted from data, not the other way round
14. All this big data analysis, ML, AI, information – how is it relevant in warfare?
15. Can it also be used by commanders to make decisions?

M3
16. Few lines on Tripura student killed in Dehradun – said “idhar to chinki bulate hain”; is it the same in IIT Bombay?
(I said sorry sir, didn’t come across it – realised I should have acknowledged the issue rather than denying.)
He then said: this EBSB you talk about, but they treat North-Easterners as outsiders – as an advisor to GoI, what advice will you give?

17. You gave solutions to the Maharashtra government on implementation of NISP. Now with so many startup schemes, you have to take stock of progress and improve – what will you do?
Member interrupted and said to analyse current status.

18. How are these government funds doing? Do you know any startup around you that got government funding?
(I said no sir, I don’t know.)

M4
19. You mentioned unicorn – what is it and why is it called a unicorn?
20. But why is the word “unicorn” used?

21. Fighter jets are being imported, but we also say Atmanirbhar Bharat – is it good?

22. Follow-up: Are we doing anything to build fighter jets in India?
(Didn’t listen properly – reiterated not what we should do but what are we already doing)

23. Took anthro optional, can you tell something on what can Anthropology of chemical engineering?

24. Any global best practices we can learn and adopt?

Chairperson Ma’am again said You are already in services, that she didn’t see my detailed bio earlier and asked what service and if I have joined.

MIght have forgotten maybe 1-2 questions more.

Mocks: 1:1 with Shubham Sir(Vidyapeeth- extrmeely positive and helpful,gave inputs on applied questions, Mocks at Study IQ, SriRam,PWOnly IAS)

PT MARKS -179