Board : Dasa sir
Date : 21 jan 2026

Keywords: jalgaon, maharashtra, women, classical singing, IT engineering, environment day, Anthropology....others not asked about

Chairman:

How did you feel when u walked through the entry gate till here?

You are an IT engineer so tell me how do you see in 10 years IT develops

Are you a genz?

What are the issues of especially genz girls?

I spoke about digital divide and then sir expressed like, is it?

Don't u think marriage is another kinda compulsion for women along with career development they have the burden of marriage? as well

What is that scheme for women something 1500 rs given per month?

I said ladki bahin yojana

Sir asked would you think of expanding that scheme further?

I spoke something about political leadership of women in previous answer and he caught it and asked

Would you consider joining politics in your career?

I said will stay in service, so he said u say promote political leadership but u don't want to go there, if u see u having experience of 20-22 yrs in services and going into politics would be very good u can do a lot of good work in society won't u ever consider?

What do you think about it right now?

M1:

What would you say if I said that anthropology as a discipline is no longer relevant?

Gave some answer and he asked me to elaborate with an example

You are from Maharashtra so what policy of Maharashtra do you like for women?

U have written singing, so what form of music do you sing?

Which type in that? Like hindustani or classical

Then said what is the importance of guru shishya parampara?

Did you take formal training for music like did u have any guru?

M2:

He started with a huge monologue something about how long back u can map history because it was not written....i dont know i did not understand what he wanted to say
He asked anthropologically how long ago do you map history?

Then again gave monologue about geobiological mapping to be brought in for exploring history long back and asked do you not know about this?

I said no then asked when did homo sapiens appear..

I said don't remember exact timeline

He said roughly tell me

I said 10k yrs ago

He said no they came long log back and spoke something more

What are the pressing environmental issues?

then chairman interrupted and said okk sir next.

M3: (mam)

What is the philosophy behind self help groups?

U r from Jalgaon, so why is drip irrigation so famous there?

I spoke about bhavarlal jain and chairman interrupted asking is he from Jalgaon? I said yes then he said is he from Jalgaon or Rajasthan? I said native don't know exactly then he googled it and told that he is from jamner something..

Is jamner a tehsil in jalgaon?

M4: (mam)

If u are secretary of dept of women and child development in maharashtra, what steps would you take for women?

Main industry in jalgaon?

What is the ratio of men and women in banana processing?

What steps should be there for including more women?

I told one and then mam said tell me immediate steps that could be taken.

What one ethical dilemma did u face in your life and how did u solve it?

Do you know about spic macay? Tell me what is it? what does it do? Do you know it's full form?
I said I don't know the full form but she did not listen to the answers to other questions.

Chairman sir said thank you.

Might have left a few questions, not able to recall

Board was kinda casual chairman sir was yawning bich bich me.


Mocks- sankalp(good), next ias(good), vajiram, only ias, upwise arranged ones gave online, vajirao, Chanakya mandal(good reviews), maharashtra sadan(good reviews)

Guidance from: Shyamsundar Patil sir (retd. IAS), Ketan Patil sir (IPS), Yuvraj Patil sir (OSD, Lokpal), Mahesh Bhagwat Sir,

Name - Rehmaan Dakait
90% non daf based
Only keywords asked from daf - Uttar Pradesh, Petroleum Engineering, Table tennis.
Board - Hon’ble Sujata Chaturvedi maam
Date - 14 January


As soon as I entered
Maam - ur height must be 6.2/6.3 right?
Your name is so special. What’s the meaning? Maam explained one more aspect of my name
Maam - college mai toh aapke ache ache nick names rkhe honge…i couldn’t hold my shyness and became red…everyone laughed.

Maam - bethiye
Aap bataye aapse kya puche?
Based on my answer (I mentioned one of the topics about gig workers)
Negatives of quick commerce
Impact of quick commerce on small shop owners
What changes do you see in society because of the arrival of quick commerce
How relationship (p2p) with shop owners changed due to quick commerce
Showed me one painting in the room, and asked me to identify from which region it was

M1.
Whom you wanna talk amitabh bachan ji or elon musk or one name more..i can’t remember
Why? And what would you talk about?
Tourist places in your area
Name any sector which has tourism potential in up but is untapped.

M2
What is UNPKF?
Any country where it is present?
Which industries will you promote as DM in UP? And at which place? (Long discussion…basically he wanted to hear food processing industries which I spoke in the end)
Why not at Kanpur?

M3
Any popular name of player for ur sports?
How to decarbonise and how we are shifting from petroleum sector?
What are strategic petroleum reserves? I mentioned this in earlier answer

M4
Why manufacturing lacks in India?
What steps govt has taken?
What are SMRs? And some follow ups

Maam said…your interview is over
I said - thank you to everyone

Board was very cordial and was listening to my answers very carefully.

Date:21.01.2026

Name Jessie pinkman

Board: sujatha mam

Daf: LAW,PSIR, cricket, classical cult movies,

Chairman:
1. I didn't understand the question even now..what she was asking, the question was about Something un convention, conference of parties , treaty, agreement (I said I don't understand) she again said the same.(This time I gave up- sorry mam I don't know)
2.what is the procedure of enacting law
3.is act became law after it was published in gazette
4.what is delegated legislation
5.mention some delegated legislation
6.what is the difference between rules and regulations
7.recently one very famous ocean convention happened...do you know that

Member 1:

1.what is the unique feature of the constitution
2.what about the sop
3.what is classical cult movies
4.give 3 movie names
5.can I ask you some constitutional articles(i said yes)
6.article 142 and 51A

Member 2:

1.one country terrorist is another country freedom fighter (what you think about that)
2.on 14.08.1947 one country anounced independence along with Pakistan (i said don't know - he said nagaland)
3.why nagaland announced that
4.whats the role of ai in the judiciary

Member 3: (she is the only one smiled in that board)

1.do you play cricket - what quality a cricketer need a lot
2.do you know ratan tata
3.hoe you connect any one quality of ratan tata with cricket player
4.There is always an issue in one temple in the south in January do you know that(i thought it was thiruparangundram)- she said sabarimala
5.what was the issue( i mentioned the recent issue)
6. She ask about the sabarimala case on women equality
7.we always talking about gender equality -then why there is women reservation
7.is it implemented..what happened to that act?
8.role of AI in judiciary

Member 4:

1.countries are not obey the orders of icj ...do you think it is relevant?(I said lack of enforcement agency)
2.no intl org has an enforcement agency so we can abolish all?
3.what you think about UCC for the country..does a country need ucc( not on india perspective)

Date:21.01.2026

Name Jessie pinkman

Board: sujatha mam

Daf: LAW,PSIR, cricket, classical cult movies,

Chairman:
1. I didn't understand the question even now..what she was asking, the question was about Something un convention, conference of parties , treaty, agreement (I said I don't understand) she again said the same.(This time I gave up- sorry mam I don't know)
2.what is the procedure of enacting law
3.is act became law after it was published in gazette
4.what is delegated legislation
5.mention some delegated legislation
6.what is the difference between rules and regulations
7.recently one very famous ocean convention happened...do you know that

Member 1:

1.what is the unique feature of the constitution
2.what about the sop
3.what is classical cult movies
4.give 3 movie names
5.can I ask you some constitutional articles(i said yes)
6.article 142 and 51A

Member 2:

1.one country terrorist is another country freedom fighter (what you think about that)
2.on 14.08.1947 one country anounced independence along with Pakistan (i said don't know - he said nagaland)
3.why nagaland announced that
4.whats the role of ai in the judiciary

Member 3: (she is the only one smiled in that board)

1.do you play cricket - what quality a cricketer need a lot
2.do you know ratan tata
3.hoe you connect any one quality of ratan tata with cricket player
4.There is always an issue in one temple in the south in January do you know that(i thought it was thiruparangundram)- she said sabarimala
5.what was the issue( i mentioned the recent issue)
6. She ask about the sabarimala case on women equality
7.we always talking about gender equality -then why there is women reservation
7.is it implemented..what happened to that act?
8.role of AI in judiciary

Member 4:

1.countries are not obey the orders of icj ...do you think it is relevant?(I said lack of enforcement agency)
2.no intl org has an enforcement agency so we can abolish all?
3.what you think about UCC for the country..does a country need ucc( not on india perspective)

Name: kannadada kuvara
Board: Sujata Chaturvedi
Date: 7th Jan; Afternoon; 2nd to go
Key words: Karnataka, Bengaluru, IPL, Engineering, Project on Android App

Chairman Questions:
1.  Is this your first interview?
2.  What do you expect from this interview?
3.  What is the recent news you’ve come across or read? ( I said USA-Venezuela; ma’am said I know you’ve read this and switched to different)
4.  Where else did USA change the regime ( I was not aware, Ma’am gave hint “which country was responsible for 26/11 attack)
5.  What is this Piphraha Buddhist relics? Why in news?
6.  Which countries follow Buddhism?
7.  Which is the major religious place of Buddhism in India?

Member 1:
1.  How is IPL dominating domestic cricket?
2.  Why is test cricket lagging while IPL is dominating?
3.  Why are BHEL, BEL and Air force etc are mostly located in Bengaluru?
4.   What are the major works done by Visweswariah beyond India?
5.  What is the importance of Shravanabelagola?

Member 2:
1.  Major difference between North Indian and South Indian movies?
2.  Favourite actor in kannada? ( said Dr. Rajkumar)
3.  Why is Rajkumar so famous?
4.  Who is the son of Dr. Rajkumar( said Punith raj)
5.  Why is Punith Raj kumar treated as God in Karnataka? (Said family movies and charity works)
6.  Do you know Alamatti Dam? (which river)
7.  Contribution of Wind Energy to Karnataka’s energy?
8.  Which regions for Wind energy?

Member 3 (Lady member):
1.  How will you solve issues of Bengaluru using AI?
2.  AI in solving issues beyond Bengaluru?
3.  How do you use your android mobile application in Governance?

Member 4:
1.  One district one product of your district?
2.  Does Karnataka grow coffee?
3.  Different types of Coffee? ( said arebica and robusta)
4.  Difference between those two? ( said not aware)
5.  Any other types of coffee beyond this?
6.  Do you drink filter coffee? ( I said I don’t drink coffee, I drink tea)

Chair: thank you your interview is over

Overall cordial experience.

Utility of Mock:
La excellence Ias mock interview, Sankalp, India4Ias,, GS Score( most repeated questions)

One to one with Vinayak sir( la excellence), Dhananjaya sir, Sanket reddy sir, Manjunath sir.

Special thanks La excellence for daily discussion lead by Vinayak Sir

Name: RS
Date: 20/01/2026 Forenoon (Last to go)
Panel: Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla sir

DAF keywords: Microsoft, NCC Guard of Honor, Govind, ECE, Jogging, Marathon(Rest not asked)
Duration: 35 minutes

Chairperson
1. What is meant by Amrit Kaal and Viksit Bharat? (some counter questions based on my response)
2. We say that birth rate was high during 1980s but now we want higher birth rate today. Why? (Discussion on TFR and sustainable growth rate)
3. High female foeticide in Haryana but it also leads in number of female sports persons. Why this dichotomy?

M1 (female)
1. What is neuroplasticity?
2. How will you reduce distrust between two communities?
3. What are Citizen Service Centres? How will you design a software for Citizen service centres?

M2 (male)
1. When is the national anthem played during guard of honor?
2. What were the contributions of Govind Ballabh Pant?

M3 (male)
1. Why did you leave Microsoft?
2. What is PMLA? It's enforcing authority? What is the unique thing about the act? What are the current issues with the enforcing authority?
3. How often do you jog?
4. Recommended diet for Marathon runners?

M4 (male)
1. Should electronic evidences be allowed in courts? (some follow up discussion)
2. Difference between economic infrastructure and social infrastructure?


I remember only about 50-60% of the questions. Many other questions were also asked that I will add as I recall them.

The questions were very different from those in mocks. Also, the members did not interact with each other at all and consecutively directed their questions at me just like in mocks.

O2O: Utkarsh sir (MentorAID), Dharmadhikari sir(CMP), M K Yadav sir
Mocks: SriramIAS, Samkalp (2), NextIAS

Best of luck.

Name: kannadada kuvara
Board: Sujata Chaturvedi
Date: 7th Jan; Afternoon; 2nd to go
Key words: Karnataka, Bengaluru, IPL, Engineering, Project on Android App

Chairman Questions:
1. Is this your first interview?
2. What do you expect from this interview?
3. What is the recent news you’ve come across or read? ( I said USA-Venezuela; ma’am said I know you’ve read this and switched to different)
4. Where else did USA change the regime ( I was not aware, Ma’am gave hint “which country was responsible for 26/11 attack)
5. What is this Piphraha Buddhist relics? Why in news?
6. Which countries follow Buddhism?
7. Which is the major religious place of Buddhism in India?

Member 1:
1. How is IPL dominating domestic cricket?
2. Why is test cricket lagging while IPL is dominating?
3. Why are BHEL, BEL and Air force etc are mostly located in Bengaluru?
4. What are the major works done by Visweswariah beyond India?
5. What is the importance of Shravanabelagola?

Member 2:
1. Major difference between North Indian and South Indian movies?
2. Favourite actor in kannada? ( said Dr. Rajkumar)
3. Why is Rajkumar so famous?
4. Who is the son of Dr. Rajkumar( said Punith raj)
5. Why is Punith Raj kumar treated as God in Karnataka? (Said family movies and charity works)
6. Do you know Alamatti Dam? (which river)
7. Contribution of Wind Energy to Karnataka’s energy?
8. Which regions for Wind energy?

Member 3 (Lady member):
1. How will you solve issues of Bengaluru using AI?
2. AI in solving issues beyond Bengaluru?
3. How do you use your android mobile application in Governance?

Member 4:
1. One district one product of your district?
2. Does Karnataka grow coffee?
3. Different types of Coffee? ( said arebica and robusta)
4. Difference between those two? ( said not aware)
5. Any other types of coffee beyond this?
6. Do you drink filter coffee? ( I said I don’t drink coffee, I drink tea)

Chair: thank you your interview is over

Overall cordial experience.

Utility of Mock:
La excellence Ias mock interview, Sankalp, India4Ias,, GS Score( most repeated questions)

One to one with Vinayak sir( la excellence), Dhananjaya sir, Sanket reddy sir, Manjunath sir.

Special thanks La excellence for daily discussion lead by Vinayak Sir

Name : ヴィラット・コーリ

Board : sujata mam
Keywords from daf asked: Bengaluru, karnataka ,logistics , water


Chairman mam

1. Is this your first time in delhi ?
2. When did you come here ?
3 . Bengaluru is important for nation as well as karnataka ( on similar lines ) what has been the govt doing to solve this issues of Bengaluru? (Told policy level answers )
4. Tell any ground level works( i said about traffic management- used astram word in my answer) .
5. What is astram
6. How is it used ?
7. Google maps - how does it work and how can it show the approx time also including red for traffic jams.
8. Driverless cars - how does it work ? Is it there in india ?


Member 1 (women - was smiling throughout )

1. What crops do you grow ?
2. Why did you choose agriculture as your graduation subject ?
3. How does NSS in environment help in your role in civil services ?
4. How can technology be used to increase agricultural production?
5. Give an example about precison agriculture
6. What shud we do to curb cyber attcks or digital arrests ?

Member 2

1. Are you comfortable with economics and trade ?
2. What is logistics ?
3. How is india promoting logistics ?
4.what is gatishakti ?
5. Any govt scheme which focuses on water ? Said jal jeevan mission
6. What is jal jeevan mission?
7. What is its status


Member 3 ( full strict ) full on grilling :(

1. Do you know bhatkal ?
2. What are its links with terrorism ?
3. Major terror attacks in karnataka ?
4. Why is Bengaluru a prime target of terrorists ?
5. Terrorist attacks in Bengaluru
6. Indias neighbourhood hood policy - how is india doing it ?
7. Pahalgam terror attack - reasons for it ?
8. What are the reasons for kashmir issue ?


Member4

1. So tell me any national or global event that has impacted the common mans life in the past 25 years ? Said a national issue
Chairman mam intervened and said a global event was asked
Then i said a global event and mam asked me to explain it

2. A question on UNSC reforms and other organisation reforms , why is it needed or why is india wanting it ( the question was very complex and till now i have not been able to understand the question )

3. Why did india loose to newzealand both in test series and the odi series?

Chairman mam : said your interview is over :)

PT MARKS -194

Board: Sujata Chaturvedi ma'am 
DAF: Many keywords but only Economics was asked, rest all were random 

Chairperson 
Started reading DAF immediately after i entered 

1. You play so many sports, how do you get time (More of an observation, shifted to next question without waiting for answer)
2. Is this your first interview 
3. Do you feel nervous? 
4. What are the 3 main qualities necessary for a leader?
5. You did not include integrity?
6. What do you mean by integrity?
7. Would you change your answer now?
8. Do you think it is okay to lie? 
9. Example when it is okay to lie? 
10. Can you recall from Indian mythology?
11. It is from Mahabharata, take a guess?

M1
12. Recent IMF growth projections?
13. Why is rupee declining despite strong growth and macroeconomic situation?
14. How much FPO outflows in recent times?
15. What is Maha Sagar initiative 
16. Full form of SAGAR 
17. Heard about IORA? what is it?
18. Recent developments in space sector?

M2
19. What was Chandrababu Naidus statement in Davos?
20. Key areas India needs to focus for becoming most developed economy?
21. How do you boost manufacturing sector 

M3
22. What is Bounded rationality?
23. Applicable only to consumers or policy makers as well?
24. Do you think present geo political conflicts are impacting India? How?
25. World is multilateral, India is currently following interest based approach, do you think it is appropriate?

M4
26. Tell us about the book vision 2020
27. Are we a developed country?
28. What do you understand by learning to learn, don't we know how to do that?
29. Difference between Learn, unlearn, relearn?
30. Difference between person wwish to do, want to do, makes it happen 
31. What kind of person are you from the 3? 

Chair - Thank you, your interview is over  

Name : L
Date : 21st January 2026, Afternoon
Key DAF Details : Law, Mumbai, Moot Court Competiton (Rest not asked)
Board : Suman Sharma Mam

Chairperson
1. Tell me few judgements which changed Indian landscape
2. Why was electoral bond declared unconstitutional?
3. Should judges be hired on contract?
4. Democracy affects economy negatively. Argue for and against

M1
1. BNSS - has it improved judicial pendency?
2. BNSS issues - specifically forensic
3. What is One Nation One Subscription?
4. Vadhavan port significance?
5. You are at railway station and find a girl weeping. What will be your response?

M2
1. Free legal aid - which provision in Constitution?
2. Why has free legal aid not reached the public?
3. As a DM how will you solve this?
4. Do movies influence administration and judges?
5. What is technocratic governance? How different from normal governance?

M3
1. It is opined that South Asia has huge military presence. Views?
2. Long monologue on Trump's actions recently. Two schools of thought regarding the actions. Which is right from Indian point of view?
3. How should India tackle this?
4. You are in Ministry of External Affairs. What will be your response?

M4
1. Difference between MoU and Agreement?
2. You mentioned manufacturing. India is import dependent. China is giving subsidies whereas India is not giving. We cannot just be dependent on exports. Your view?


Mocks : Next IAS, Vajiram and Ravi, Samkalp, Chanakya Mandal, OnlyIAS (no question repeated in real interview)

PT MARKS -165

Suman Sharma ma'am, 2nd to go, forenoon 20/1/26
Name: ***
DAF Keywords - Only Hyderabad/Telangana and Aerospace engineering were relevant. Nothing else was asked, at all lol.

Chair:
Q) Hi **, come in. (Reading out my DAF), so aerospace engineering is an interesting field, didn't want to pursue it? After my answer - it's alright, it's a personal choice
Q) Why IIT Bombay, not IIT Mumbai? (I said legal issues, Bombay HC as the name, Mam asked any other reason, I declined).
Q) Commercialization and weaponisation of space.
Q) Quick commerce and 10 minute delivery has ended. But 10 minute ambulance is starting, what are practical issues that you can think might arise?

M1:
Q) 2 situational questions - Communal riots and Backward district development.

M2:
Q) Many cases of Chinese intrusions in South China Sea. What is its significance? What is the basis of International rules of shipping? Why should we enforce the same?
Q) Has India failed in its Neighbourhood diplomacy recently? And a few follow ups on the same.

M3:
Q) Power corrupts all. Is it true?
Q) CBAM - What is it? Is it problematic for India?
Q) Greenland issue - Possible implications for India if USA goes through with the same?

M4:
Q) Telangana-AP bifurcation and subsequent economic growth for each state?
Q) So is further division of states good for the economy?
Q) What are Basic Requirements for living? (Told Education, Healthcare and Housing, Sir asked is not food and clothing important? I apologized and corrected and said yes sir, they are also important for humans).

Chairwoman: Thank you, you may leave now. Your interview is over.

I'm sure I missed a few questions, I'll update as soon as I recollect the same.


Credits:
Firstly I would like to thank Dr. G. Vivekananda from Hyderabad, he was a constant support all throughout my journey, from prelims to interview including the earlier attempt, and had constantly motivated me and helped me all throughout.
Secondly, Utkarsh shukla sir from MentorAID also took gave very personal attention and very practical advice for the interview. He was a huge help all throughout the interview prep.
O2O's Shubham Agarwal sir also was a huge motivation booster, given his hectic schedule I'm grateful for the personal attention he provided.

Other panel mocks - Samkalp, MACS (Hyderabad), Vajirao and Reddy, NextIAS.

Name-rockstar
19 jan
Bb swain board
Daf-keyword
Sports(Cricket), movies, Pr
Socio

Q1- you have played cricket so why gujrat gives so many cricketer why not other athlete
(Bouncer for me)
later got to know the he was gujrat cadre ias so
Q2- what's steps have been taking
Q3- regarding test loss of india
Q4-us claims on Greenland impact on india
Q5 asked about change in some lake dur to climate change in greenland
Q6 initiaves by IIT roorkee to tackle
climate change
Q7-Race vs ethnicity
How it determine nationality
Q8-One district one product of my city
Q9 why daal baati is not in GI TAG
Q10 new avaiation act
Q11 graduation in computer science why didnt join private sector
Q12 which movie you recently watched then asked about larger then life films nd their impact
Q13 best movies on sports

Some ques not able to remember
Mock- next, gs score,vision

Name: ASG
Board: Raj Shukla Sir
Keywords: Debating Society President at DU; won best delegate award at a Youth Parliament on the Transgender Persons Act, 2019; Meditative mandala doodling; Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, PSIR


Chairman Sir

1. So, ASG, you are a political science graduate, are you working currently?
2. You were a college debating society president. What makes a person a good debater?

3. I agree about being a good listener and other points, but what else?

4. Do you know Mr. Sachin Pilot? (I said yes. He then explained Mr. Pilot’s family background, especially about his father and how he was not a very fluent speaker.) Despite that, what made his father win people’s support?

5. Whose speeches do you enjoy in Parliament? Anyone else? What about PM Modi and Priyanka Gandhi? Compare them.

6. So who is the better speaker PM Modi or Priyanka Gandhi?

7. What is better in public speaking using the heart or the mind? (He talked a bit about Ram Jethmalani and recited a beautiful Urdu shayari, I smiled, I nodded… and I understood almost nothing🥲 and then asked me to translate it. I kept staring at him. He said, “You don’t understand Urdu?” I replied, “No, sir.” Everyone laughed at my misery. The Chairman himself then translated it.)
7. What does this shayari mean to you?

M2(female)
1. I want to put you in a situations. Let’s say you are a Gram Pradhan with 100 households and ₹10 crore in funds. How will you function?

2. But one day, the money will get exhausted. (I said, “That’s where I was about to come, ma’am.” She said, “okay, I interrupted please continue.” I then presented a model of a circular village economy. She concluded my entire monologue.)

3. Let’s talk about statistics. How do you think data can be made more acceptable?

4. But what if the intention is to misguide people how do we tackle that?

5. So how should data be collected?

M3
1. You were part of Bharat Scouts and Guides. How was that experience?

2. You won Best Delegate at a Youth Parliament on transgender issues. What is your opinion on same-sex marriage?

3. What is the legal and constitutional status of the issue?

4. Have you heard of GNSS spoofing? What was the main issue? (I was not confident here, so I humbly declined to go into further discussion.)

5. Is there any National Waterway in your hometown? What routes does it cover, and what is its current status?

6. Should martial arts be made compulsory for female students in schools?


M4
1. Gave a compliment. And asked tell me what made me me say that?
2. So does being a calm person automatically make someone a better civil servant?
3. Tell us about your other qualities. (This led to the longest debate I’ve ever had on “risk-taking.” He was adamant that bureaucrats are risk-averse people. Others kept laughing.)

4. Innovation and bureaucracy how do they go together? (Many counter questions)
5. The UP government has made reading newspapers compulsory in schools. What are your views on that? (He said what if kids is reading 3-4 newspapers already on phone, I was like come on sir!😶
M5
1. You are a public speaker, but I struggle to communicate. How do I break the ice in communication?
2. Your DAF mentions a seminar on “Break the Silence.” (A long discussion followed.)
3. You mentioned a National Waterway in your hometown. Why is it comparatively less used than roads and other means of transport?
4. What is meditative mandala doodling?
Chairman Sir again
1. You had a long discussion on risk-taking. Do you know about the PSLV failure?
2. He asked some technical jargon. I humbly asked him to exlain. It meant 'to fail in a row in short term'. Is it okay to fail repeatedly, or should we wait longer between attempts?
3. Suppose you are the Defence Secretary what suggestions would you submit in this PSLV situation? (He himself answered this.)
Mocks: Samkalp (good), PW, Sriram IAS, Vision (both faculty-led and bureaucrat-led mocks were good), Vajirao
O2O: Shubham Sir, Vidyapeeth IAS (helped navigate controversial questions), Understand UPSC.

PT marks- 215

Date-22.1.2026
Name- V
Board- Suman Sharma mam
Keywords- engineering, Chennai, information service
Questions
.how is the nature of your service
How information is crucial in this era
Other than misinformation, what is done
PIB fact check unit, what is the case..
Shouldn't india join board of peace by trump..
Bharatmala, sagarmala, gayi shakti..what hurdles present in Chennai
Geostationary satellite
Cbfc..is it needed..how it should be reformed.. little discussion..how will you tell your secretary
Split judgement in Prevention of corruption act..what is your view.. discussion
CPEC..what are implications
Abeyance of Indus water treaty.. implications
Doesn't it damage our reputation as preserver of global order
Australia banning of social media..should india do it.. discussion on it
Last week one advt about gati shakti.list out the points mentioned

More than question and answer..it was more of discussion..

Mocks- samkalp, pwonlyias, vision ias, one on one with chanakya mandal,rakshan ias- dr.mamtha mam,JICE academy
Shri Mahesh Bhagvat sir

Name: abc
Date: 20 January 2026
Board: Suman Sharma Ma’am

Key DAF Details Discussed: Ramayana, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, No other DAF areas were asked

Questions Asked

Chairperson:
1. Why do you only watch Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana?
2. Why are large cities in India very unclean compared to smaller cities?
3. With reference to Pakistan, which countries should be its priorities among the US, China, and Russia? The same question was then asked for India.
4. Some counter-questions based on the above discussion.

Member 1

1. Why is Kolhapur called Dakshin Kashi?
2. What is the significance of the Samruddhi Mahamarg for the economic growth of Maharashtra?
3. What are Global Capability Centres (GCCs)? Why is everyone focusing on India for GCCs?
4. What is the Fit India Movement?

Member 2

1. What was the recent controversy regarding Prada and Kolhapuri Chappal, and why is Kolhapuri Chappal famous?
2. There is a lot of inter-state and intra-state migration. How would you design a programme for migrant workers?
3. List some government schemes related to urban areas.
4. A question on corruption, followed by a discussion on the use of technology in tackling corruption.

Member 3

1. It is said that AI will kill jobs. What is your opinion?
2. Why are the prices of gold and silver increasing? (Follow-up counter-questions were asked.)
3. Why are there many deletions in the SIR exercise?

Member 4

1. Should India join the Gaza Peace Board?
2. How many countries have been invited?
3. Is the United Nations declining, and should we dismiss the institution?
4. One Nation, One Election — details, pros, and cons.
5. Which parts of the Constitution would need amendment for implementing the One Nation, One Election reform?

Mocks Attended

One-to-One Mocks:
Samkalp, IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Vikas Ahlawat Sir, Vishwajeet Sir(Saarthi ias), Tanu Jain Ma’am (Tathastu IAS)

Group Mocks:
Samkalp, Vajiram and Ravi, Next IAS, Vajirao and Reddy, Chanakya Mandal Parivar

A few online mocks as well.

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Name - Soldier Boy
Board - Sanjay Verma Sir
Last person for forenoon session
Couldn't track time (more than 25 mins I felt)

PT Experience - Really friendly. Round table, six of us sitting in a circle, 2-3 feet away from the next person. It was like talking to your grandparents during evening tea time (except these grandpas are constantly evaluating your mannerisms and conversation)



DAF keywords mentioned - MBBS, Digital Art and 3D modelling
Didn't touch - State or City, other Hobbies, Optional (Anthro)
Sorry guys, I don't remember all the questions and follow ups for each of the areas mentioned below.



Chair
1. US action on Venezuela, take inspiration - which neighbouring country will you (India) topple, if given 100% immunity, success and zero losses + follow ups
2. Is old age a disease + follow ups
3. What is the status of Animation/CGI industry in India?
+ Others

M1
1. Have you worked as Doctor?
2. Why CSE after MBBS?
3. Is that a waste of knowledge?
4. What if you are posted in a job with no link to Medical? How will you use it then?
Other qns - i forgor

M2
1. Back to invasion scenario - what will be the long term impacts for that country and India? Compare it to Venezuela, what's going to happen? + several follow ups

M3
1. What are the qualities you have that would make you an efficient administrator?
2. Give Scenarios where you applied those qualities?
Other qns - I forgor

M4 (ma'am)
1. Weight loss drugs like Ozempic - what do you think? Should it be allowed? What policy would you adopt? + Follow ups and counters for my points
2. Status of Aviation Sector - Why duopoly? What happened to previous big airlines? + Follow ups
3. Questions about people doing experiments to their own body to reverse or slow down ageing - what do you think? Would you support?
And Others



Mocks
LeadIAS (tvm) - Good
Samkalp - Closest to the actual interview vibe. Highly recommended.
Drishti - Average. More GK and less PT like. (The Chair questions were good, rest were fact based and nothing like the actual one)
Didn't have time for more mocks (all three within 10 days of interview - Rookie mistake but no other choice)

1 - 1 session
iLearn (Tvm) - Shinas Sir - very very helpful

Suman Sharma ma'am, 2nd to go, forenoon 20/1/26
Name: ***
DAF Keywords - Only Hyderabad/Telangana and Aerospace engineering were relevant. Nothing else was asked, at all lol.

Chair:
Q) Hi **, come in. (Reading out my DAF), so aerospace engineering is an interesting field, didn't want to pursue it? After my answer - it's alright, it's a personal choice
Q) Why IIT Bombay, not IIT Mumbai? (I said legal issues, Bombay HC as the name, Mam asked any other reason, I declined).
Q) Commercialization and weaponisation of space.
Q) Quick commerce and 10 minute delivery has ended. But 10 minute ambulance is starting, what are practical issues that you can think might arise?

M1:
Q) 2 situational questions - Communal riots and Backward district development.

M2:
Q) Many cases of Chinese intrusions in South China Sea. What is its significance? What is the basis of International rules of shipping? Why should we enforce the same?
Q) Has India failed in its Neighbourhood diplomacy recently? And a few follow ups on the same.

M3:
Q) Power corrupts all. Is it true?
Q) CBAM - What is it? Is it problematic for India?
Q) Greenland issue - Possible implications for India if USA goes through with the same?

M4:
Q) Telangana-AP bifurcation and subsequent economic growth for each state?
Q) So is further division of states good for the economy?
Q) What are Basic Requirements for living? (Told Education, Healthcare and Housing, Sir asked is not food and clothing important? I apologized and corrected and said yes sir, they are also important for humans).

Chairwoman: Thank you, you may leave now. Your interview is over.

I'm sure I missed a few questions, I'll update as soon as I recollect the same.


Credits:
Firstly I would like to thank Dr. G. Vivekananda from Hyderabad, he was a constant support all throughout my journey, from prelims to interview including the earlier attempt, and had constantly motivated me and helped me all throughout.
Secondly, Utkarsh shukla sir from MentorAID also took gave very personal attention and very practical advice for the interview. He was a huge help all throughout the interview prep.
O2O's Shubham Agarwal sir also was a huge motivation booster, given his hectic schedule I'm grateful for the personal attention he provided.

Other panel mocks - Samkalp, MACS (Hyderabad), Vajirao and Reddy, NextIAS.

Name -  स्थितप्रज्ञ

Board - Lt. Gen. Raj shukla sir

Date - 13 jan. 2026 (afternoon)

Key daf details - chhattisgarh , Hindi literature , cooperative federation

Chairman sir

1) kaha se hai aap AD?
2) bataiye chhattisgarh ko MP se alag karke sahi kiya ya galat? Maine bataya overall Chhattisgarh ko fayda hua , administrative efficiency badhi
3) aacha to aap chhote rajya banane ke himayati hai to kya hame Bundelkhand ko alag rajya banana chahiye
4) cooperative federalism aur competitive federalism par long monologue diya, fir china aur usa ki cities ki competitive federalism par bat ki aur mujhe pucha ki apko nhi lagta ki Lucknow aur raipur me bhi competition hona chahiye?
5) abujhmaad ke bare me bataiye.abhi kya status hai?

Member 1

1 ) chhattisgarh corruption ko lekar kafi news me raha. Kya karan hai chhattisgarh me corruption kyo itna jyada hai?
2) abhi hal hi me kuch bade corruption hue hai chhattisgarh me uske bare me bataiye
3) aadiwasi ke liye govt. Ki scheme batao
4) hindi ki mahila sahityakar ke naam batao

Member 2( lady)

1) aapke district me law and order ka status bataiye
2) women's ko police me shamil kiya jana chahiye ya nahi
3) apke ilaake ke mahila constable ko jante hai. Apke ilaake me mahila constable ka kya status hai

Member 3

1) 16 finance commission ke chairmen kaun hai
2) revenue distribution ko lekar North vs south state ke bich jo dispute hai us par lamba monologue diya fir pucha ki kya solution hona chahiye iska
3) finance commission kis parameters par revenue distribution karti hai
4) skill gap par long monologue diya aur pucha ki kya karan hai ham youth ko sahi tarike se skill nhi de paye kya kami thi hamari education model me.

Member 4

1) korba kyo famous hai..waha ke kaun kaun se ilaake me minerals paye jate hai
2) korba kyo ek failed city hai..waha urban planning kyo sahi tarah se nahi ho payi
3) aapke ilaake me kaun si mitti pai jati hai.
Maine kaha lal pili mitti.
4) Us mitti ki kya khasiyat hai ki usme dhaan jyada hoti hai?
5) raipur ko hi chhattisgarh ki rajdhani kyo banaya gaya. Bilaspur ya korba ko kyo nahi

Chairman Sir - thankyou apse baat karke accha laga..ab aap ja sakte hai

Experience - Board cordial to bilkul bhi nahi tha..mahol tight tha

mai jab jawab dena suru hi karta chairman sir ka counter argument aa jata tha..lekin overall maza aaya

Mock interview - samkalp, vision ias, unacademy, pw onlyias, Chanakya mandal

20.01.2026 AN
Dinesh Dasa sir board
DAF - TN, Computer science, Cooperative department, PSIR
17-20mins

Chairman
1. Who's the chairman of TNPSC currently?
2. What festival did you celebrate now? Jallikatu is famous right? Shd courts intervene in cases of tradition and cultural customs?
3. You're from Sivakasi which is very famous for fireworks. It's also known for employment issues, health hazard and polluting nature of the crackers. If you're posted as the DM, what will you do?
6. Why was the 1st amendment problematic?
7. There was an issue with the SC mandating time frame for bills to the governor and then the advisory through Art. 143 for the President came out differently. What do you individually think about it whether time frame should be imposed or not?

M1 (female)
1. What happened at the recent crowd Stampede issue at Tamil Nadu?
2. Crowd management strategies?
3. Mob vs crowd difference
4. Are you aware that TN is the first state to have an all women's police station?
5. Is there still a need for such all women stations while women are already in 20% of govt. offices?
6. What is the governance structure of the Scandinavian countries? What makes them different from us?
7. What type of governments?

Chairman left.

M2 (female)
1. Handloom coops what's the status? Why are they not flourishing?
2. Is cooperatives different from cooperative societies? (had no idea what they meant by that)
3. Tiruppur textile industry facing tough times due to sanctions. What are your solutions for that?

M3 (male)
1. Who's the most renowned Ornithologist from India?
2. Anyone else do you know?
3. Any wildlife photographer you know of?
4. Heard of Sridhar Vembu? His venture did something which has changed the IT sector's path what's that?
5. Even after that do you think, Indian companies will become a competitor for global MNCs?
Chairman returned and said let's end. but one member was pending.
M4 (male)
1. A monologue about US constitution Locke and Hobbes. What is the one thing that's written after 'life, liberty and.....'?
2. Machiavelli says the ruler must have two qualities and compared it to animals what are they?
Chairman said Thank you and it's done.

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Date- 22/01/2026
Forenoon, last to go

Name: SG

Keywords- punjab, tribal reproductive health in Odisha. finance, sociology, Bollywood songs, NITI aayog (rest not asked)

Chairman- Dr dinesh dasa
Enters, greets members, chairman asks to sit down. Pronounces my name wrong, I correct the members.

1) before starting I would like you to sing a song. (Sang a song, made me sing another song after that) i was forgetting lyrics of the 2nd song, they helped me.

1) punjabi folk songs adapted by Bollywood, could you remember any? ( i couldn’t at that time) . Do you think communities should be given some royalties or share in benefits of folk songs adapted? They did not listen much to my answer, he gave a monologue

2) niti aayog- evolution of planning from 1947 to 2025

3) sociology- what is cultural lag? How is it affecting genz women

4) why sociology? Types of suicide? Farmer and student suicide classified as? (Made a slight mistake by confusing anomic and egoistic suicide)

M1(male)
Started w some discussion about radio and some talkies in their times, i had no idea. It was more of a discussion among themselves. Then immediately chairman asks what was the name of the talkie and the talk show? I could not hear him and before i could say anything he mentioned the name again ( i think he was testing if i was listening properly)
1) what is feudalism? Do you think india still has traces of feudalism
2) m. Foucalt- contributions to understanding society. ( i started answering something else, he was looking for theories of power)
2) how is the scope of sociology changing in todays day and age?

M3: male
1) related to my degree. Is rise of finance gurus good or bad? Any regulations for them?
2) what are penny stocks?
3) how do they get manipulated and face volatility
4) name any episode of extreme volatility in penny stock- did not know this, said about yes bank a few years ago, but he did not agree.

M4: female- punjab has a history of sufism. What is sufism? Name some sufi saints
2) three evidences i can use to draw conclusions on tribal health, and three immediate solutions
3) causes of malnutrition in india.

M5: female
If i am the chief minister of punjab sitting in front of CEO of niti aayog, three problems where i will seek its advice?

2) do you think punjab may return to an era of militancy again?

Chairman sir again:
1) today the afternoon interview session was postponed, why so?
2) earlier a lot of participation of sikhs and punjabis in army, now dwindling numbers, why?

That was the end. They complimented on my song, apologised that they pronounced my name wrong ( they still kept on pronouncing it wrong😂)

Very cordial board, but they did not show expressions if i answered wrong or right. Be alert at all times.

Panel mocks- vajirao and reddy, samkalp (close to real mock), kingmakers ias

O2O- arpit (stoics), pw, sarrthi ias( vishwajeet sir), sarrthi ias mentor (different from vishwajeet sir) was v helpful in preparing home state, forum ias- aayush sinha sir, shubham sir (vidyapeeth ias, extremely helpful and motivating). Also discussed regularly with other aspirants and my mains and prelims mentor that helped me form opinions on issues.

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