Name:
Date : 2/2 /26
Board: Anuradha Prasad mam
DAF key words:  AIR-7 in ICAR PG exam, Belagavi, Apiary, volunteer in Tiger census-22 and Elephant census - 23, Forestry, Geology optional, Certified NSS Volunteer
Chairperson:
1.Asked about ICAR pg exam and why didn't join MSc and asked whether I can join now
2.Appreciated unique interests specially in wildlife. Asked about Apiary (Bee keeping) , whether India is the largest exporter of honey, challenges in apiary, and what measures can be taken to boost production.
3.Scientific lab method to check quality of honey and adulteration.
4.Border Belagavi dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra. Was is it wrong decision to reorganize states on linguistic basis? Any other factor that can be used instead of language
Member 1( looks very knowledgeable about wildlife)
1. Asked about Certified NSS volunteer, was it voluntary? I said it was satisfactory course in graduation.
2. Asked who was the man behind project tiger - I said Indira Gandhi, he not PM but who designed it, I said M K Ranjithsinha
3. How much food (gazelle sized /deer sized animals does a tiger consume in 365 days? I said a tiger requires 52-55 deer sized animals.
4. In order to produce that much surplus prey what should be the prey base
5. Methodology of tiger estimation?
3 stage: 1. Herbivore- carnivore sign survey. 2. Line transact survey. 3. Camera traps
4. How will you differentiate individual tiger? I said based on stripe patterns as they are unique like our fingerprints
5.Elephant corridors : Bandipura TR, trijunction of protected areas in karnataka Kerala and TN?
Member 3
While granting blocks for mining government itself decides to grant mining lease. After that Environmental Cleareance is sought from MoEFCC. Isn't EC just a namesake requirement.? I said for any non forestry activities Central government permission is required under  FCA -1980 . A thoroughly done Environmental Impact Assessment under EPA- 1986 to come up with a "management plan "
2.What activities need to be done to mitigate damage from surface and underground mining
3.What is Human wildlife conflict? How can we solve this?
Member 3 :(female)
1.Asked about Data centres and AI and tax holiday upto 2047. India's investment in health, education is very low . We have high poverty . Do we need to invest in such technology?
2.What are environmental impacts of such data centres? I said water requirement, Power requirement. Mam said infrastructure and construction materials
3.Mentioned one geological report that was related to Seismicity in Himalayas. Asked whether I read it or not.,? I said No".she said read about it.
Member:4
1.Asked about hybrid engines, electrical vehicles. Aren't we slow? How long will it take? Some discussion on it
2.What are Bitcoins? In what form they exist?
3.What are paramilitary forces in India? I asked may I take a guess as I was unsure. Two members wholeheartedly said yes yes you can! I said CISF, ITBP and BSF. (I said BISF by mistake and 3rd member corrected me)
Chairperson mam said your interview is over. You can leave.
Overall the board was cordial, encouraging

Name: Yash Dodani
Interview Date: 03/02/2026 – 3rd to go.
Board: Shri Sanjay Verma Sir
Key DAF Details: B.A.LL.B (Hons.), Law Optional, Refugees, Climate Change Refugees, Disability Law, Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, Bollywood Songs
Interview Duration: 32 Minutes
Chair:
1. Which is the oldest Bollywood song that you know and can sing and which one is the latest?
2. Who apart from the singer is involved in a Bollywood song?
3. Do you think that the actors have a role to play in a Bollywood song?
4. You have done law, tell me which personality you have gained after becoming an advocate which was not present when you joined the law school and which part of personality you have lost because of you becoming an advocate? There was a long discussion on this around my answer.
This lasted for around 5-6 minutes overall.
Member 1 (Female):
1. Who are refugees?
2. What are the objectives that you will keep in mind while framing a policy around refugees and what will be your approach as a civil servant in such situation?
3. Who are climate change refugees?
4. are they given international recognition through any convention?
5. Should India have a national policy for climate change refugees?
6. What is your opinion on the morality of death sentence?
Member 2 (Male):
1. You are a lawyer, tell me how to become a judge?
2. What is your opinion on the three year practice norm that the Supreme Court has given for anyone who wants to be a judge?
3. How much minimum experience will I need to climb up from district judiciary to the High Court? You may take a guess.
4. Is there any role of the collegium system in appointments?
5. What is your opinion on the collegium system?
6. Do you use JAWS while reading or using computer?
7. What is the basic difference between JAWS and NVDA?
Member 3 (Male):
1. Why do other countries especially the western ones have compliance of disability law but in India we have seen a different story. What could be the reasons?
2. What are the major legislations that deal with disability in India?
3. Do you think that the public places are accessible for persons with disabilities?
4. What was the Rajive Raturi ruling?
5. What would be your approach to make places accessible as a civil servant?
Member 4 (male):
1. Who were the farmers who protested the most against the farm laws?
2. What were the names of three farm laws and what were they trying to do?
3. Punjab farmers grow a lot of paddy, why?
4. For irrigation, do they use ground water or river water?
5. What is your opinion on the Supreme Court orders on the stray dogs? Do you think that the state will be able to spend money on making shelters for the dogs?
Overall, the board was good. I gave around 10 mocks to practice. Samkalp was the best among all of them in terms of experience with the actual interview.

Name : Dattatreya
Chairperson: BB Swain
Date : 09 feb 2025 AN, last one to go
Keywords : Chartered Accountant, Power Sector, Handloom

Chairman : 
1.How do your friends call you?
2.Shall we also call you by this name?
3.We are also like your friends. Are you comfortable if we call you like that 
4.What are all the other handloom products you know.
5.What is the difference between Khadi and Handloom

Chairperson went out for few minutes and came back.

Other members:
1.what are stranded assets
2.what are regulatory assets
3.what is plant load factor
4.what is the grid composition of tamilnadu in terms of Renewable and other sources
5.what is green hydrogen 
7.why government is promoting it
8.Is there any hydrogen and ammonium factory in Tamil Nadu
9.if free power is supplied in rural areas it is called public Good and if it is supplied in urban area it is called merit good. Why so?
10.Does tamil nadu provide free power
11.Delhi also provides free power. What is your view on that
12.why State Electricity regulatory comissions are not functioning effectively 
11.Which is the modern nuclear power plant in India
13.which country technologically supported it
14.what is the technology used in Kudankulam plant
15.What are all the other countries assisting india in nuclear power plant
16.features of SHANTI bill
17. What is privatisation and disinvestment 
18. Which sectors would you like to suggest for privatisation and which should not be privatised
19.Precautions needed in privatisation 
20.Could you suggest some metrics to select a stock ( related to share market)
21.Why Tamil Nadu is doing well in manufacturing 
22. Do you know a book recently written that compares tamilnadu's growth with China
23. Suggest some models from Tamil Nadu that could be replicated in other parts of the country 
24. What are all the powers of governor wrt grant of assent to a bill
25. Do you know about recent case wrt governor assent
26. What about presidential reference made in this regard
27. How Eri and muga silk is produced
28. What is the IQ and EQ
29. Which is more important 
30. How do you train administrators on EQ
Chairman said Thank you, your interview is over and you may leave.
Thanks to peer support : Vignesh (AC, CAPF), Anu (IRMS), Dhanush, Arun Krishnan, Dinesh and Sabari.

Name : Dattatreya
Chairperson: BB Swain
Date : 09 feb 2025 AN, last one to go
Keywords : Chartered Accountant, Power Sector, Handloom

Chairman : 
1.How do your friends call you?
2.Shall we also call you by this name?
3.We are also like your friends. Are you comfortable if we call you like that 
4.What are all the other handloom products you know.
5.What is the difference between Khadi and Handloom

Chairperson went out for few minutes and came back.

Other members:
1.what are stranded assets
2.what are regulatory assets
3.what is plant load factor
4.what is the grid composition of tamilnadu in terms of Renewable and other sources
5.what is green hydrogen 
7.why government is promoting it
8.Is there any hydrogen and ammonium factory in Tamil Nadu
9.if free power is supplied in rural areas it is called public Good and if it is supplied in urban area it is called merit good. Why so?
10.Does tamil nadu provide free power
11.Delhi also provides free power. What is your view on that
12.why State Electricity regulatory comissions are not functioning effectively 
11.Which is the modern nuclear power plant in India
13.which country technologically supported it
14.what is the technology used in Kudankulam plant
15.What are all the other countries assisting india in nuclear power plant
16.features of SHANTI bill
17. What is privatisation and disinvestment 
18. Which sectors would you like to suggest for privatisation and which should not be privatised
19.Precautions needed in privatisation 
20.Could you suggest some metrics to select a stock ( related to share market)
21.Why Tamil Nadu is doing well in manufacturing 
22. Do you know a book recently written that compares tamilnadu's growth with China
23. Suggest some models from Tamil Nadu that could be replicated in other parts of the country 
24. What are all the powers of governor wrt grant of assent to a bill
25. Do you know about recent case wrt governor assent
26. What about presidential reference made in this regard
27. How Eri and muga silk is produced
28. What is the IQ and EQ
29. Which is more important 
30. How do you train administrators on EQ
Chairman said Thank you, your interview is over and you may leave.
Thanks to peer support : Vignesh (AC, CAPF), Anu (IRMS), Dhanush, Arun Krishnan, Dinesh and Sabari.

Name: NM

Date: 05.02.2026
Forenoon session. Last to go. ~27 minutes.

Key DAF Details: MUN, non state actors , Cooperatives, CSIR, IFS(2nd pref), pub ad optional.

Board: Sujata Chaturvedi ma'am.
Language - English.

Questions asked: Chair---Why not science related field?(Masters degree in chemistry)
U know fomo?
Do you get fomo?
Tell personal experience..
What if poor people get fomo and create social unrest? Solutions?
What are genz, millenials, gen alpha?
Use of this classification for government?
M1- Nepal genz protests..
Internal security threats due to Bangladesh issue,
Greenwashing?
Examples and ways of greenwashing?
Carbon credits and its use?
M2- chief secretary vs principal secretary? Why PS getting more powers.. reasons for ind bangladesh relationship sour... lessons for india... relevance of United Nations... reasons for un loosing relevance...
M3- why cooperatives successful in Maharashtra and Gujarat...what to do to make it successful in other states.. why people are inherently political in nature(from my answer) ...
Role of CSIR in nation building any success story?
M4- iran nuclear disarmament issue? What should india do?
Non state actors? Should they have voice and vote in United Nations..


Mocks/O20 (If any): Samkalp( 2 mocks), vajirao, vajiram, next ( not good), upscprep, studyiq. O2O- sarrthi(saloni ma'am), Satyam Jain.

Daily peer mocks with friends is more helpful than mocks.. special thanks to my friends for guiding me through..

Name: Saul Goodman
Date: 03/02/2026 (Forenoon, First to go)
Duration: Around 30 minutes
Key DAF Details: NAME, BELAGAVI,JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA, KARNATKA, CRICKET, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ANTHROPOLOGY (nothing was asked from other keywords)

Board: Shri B B SWAIN sir

Questions asked:
Entered room and greeted everyone.
Chairperson:
1) How are you? Is it very cold outside? ( It was very much cold outside that morning)
2) (while looking at my DAF) So you're from NAVODAYA school?
3) How are these schools? Have they benefitted rural areas?
4) What are the things you like in NAVODAYA schools?
(While I was answering, he too added points about Migration policy of these schools)
5) Have you been part of migration policy of Navodaya schools?
6) Do they give coaching for exams like NEET or competitive exams?

M1:
1) You're Mechanical Engineer by background, why you chose Anthropology?
2) you chose it because it's scoring(Though I didn't mention anything about scores in previous question)? How much is average score?
3) How will anthropology help you in civil services?
4) Tell me few drawbacks or areas of improvement Navodaya schools?
5) what are the extra curricular activities they teach you in NAVODAYA?

M2:
1) What is the meaning of your name? ( When I began answering, he too added about NANDI, GOD SHIVA relating to my name)
2) You watch cricket then tell me, between watching cricket and playing cricket, which one is better?
3) How many teams are playing in this T20 worldcup?
4) How has this preparation journey shaped your personality?
5)What keeps you engaged apart from this preparation?


M3: ( It was lengthy conversation)
1) Read my name and asked what your friends call you?
2) what reforms do you suggest for UPSC? (Interrupted my answer when I said about attempts)
3) Don't you think Indian Youths are wasting their prime time in these exams? Over 10lakh sit for this exam.. what about them? They could have contributed elsewhere.
He also mentioned about Pratibha Setu.
4) What should we do to engage youth apart from preparation?
4) should we limit number of attempts and reduce age?
5)How about conducting one single exam for all the the posts and selecting people from that pool?
6) You're from Belagavi, tell me what's the status of Belagavi Dispute with Maharashtra?
I told about Mahajan commission..he then asked about what are the names of villages that commission told to swap with Maharashtra.
7) Tell me why your Talluk is famous for?
8) Since you are Mechanical Engineer, tell me the difference between Clearance and Tolerance?
9) How these both are important in public service?
It was very long conversation, sir was still asking then chairman sir interrupted and told other member to continue.

M4: ( Female member)
1)( asked question about my answer to member1) are Navodaya in rural areas a blessing or negative thing?
2) How do they help rural areass?
3) Have you read today's newspaper? What was most important headline? ( US india deal was announced last night)
4) I told about the deal...she asked is it a deal or declaration?
5) Tell me about Board of Peace.
6) Is UN Dead? Should we scrap it?
7)UN Reforms

After this, Chairman sir told your interview is over and anything you would ask? ..
Then he said, All The Best.

Board was cordial. It was very much different from what I experienced in mocks.
Overall a good experience.
Daily discussion with peers helped a lot.
Mocks/O20 (If any): La Excellence (special thanks to them for helping in early stages of interview prep), Sankalp,Vajiram, Vajirao,NEXT IAS, SRIRAM IAS, QUANTEL.
O2O- Ram Babu SIR, Venkat mohan sir, kalyan sir and Vinayak sir (La excellence), SRIRAM SIR (SRIRAM IAS) , Mahesh Bhagwat Sir (Detailed DAF Discussion), Shubham Sir -Vidyapeeth IAS ( for Structuring answers) .

Name: Saul Goodman
Date: 03/02/2026 (Forenoon, First to go)
Duration: Around 30 minutes
Key DAF Details: NAME, BELAGAVI,JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA, KARNATKA, CRICKET, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ANTHROPOLOGY (nothing was asked from other keywords)

Board: Shri B B SWAIN sir

Questions asked:
Entered room and greeted everyone.
Chairperson:
1) How are you? Is it very cold outside? ( It was very much cold outside that morning)
2) (while looking at my DAF) So you're from NAVODAYA school?
3) How are these schools? Have they benefitted rural areas?
4) What are the things you like in NAVODAYA schools?
(While I was answering, he too added points about Migration policy of these schools)
5) Have you been part of migration policy of Navodaya schools?
6) Do they give coaching for exams like NEET or competitive exams?

M1:
1) You're Mechanical Engineer by background, why you chose Anthropology?
2) you chose it because it's scoring(Though I didn't mention anything about scores in previous question)? How much is average score?
3) How will anthropology help you in civil services?
4) Tell me few drawbacks or areas of improvement Navodaya schools?
5) what are the extra curricular activities they teach you in NAVODAYA?

M2:
1) What is the meaning of your name?  ( When I began answering, he too added about NANDI, GOD SHIVA relating to my name)
2) You watch cricket then tell me, between watching cricket and playing cricket, which one is better?
3) How many teams are playing in this T20 worldcup?
4) How has this preparation journey shaped your personality?
5)What keeps you engaged apart from this preparation?


M3: ( It was lengthy conversation)
1) Read my name and asked what your friends call you?
2) what reforms do you suggest for UPSC? (Interrupted my answer when I said about attempts)
3) Don't you think Indian Youths are wasting their prime time in these exams? Over 10lakh sit for this exam.. what about them? They could have contributed elsewhere.
He also mentioned about Pratibha Setu.
4) What should we do to engage youth apart from preparation?
4) should we limit number of attempts and reduce age?
5)How about conducting one single exam for all the the posts and selecting people from that pool?
6) You're from Belagavi, tell me what's the status of Belagavi Dispute with Maharashtra?
I told about Mahajan commission..he then asked about what are the names of villages that commission told to swap with Maharashtra.
7) Tell me why your Talluk is famous for?
8) Since you are Mechanical Engineer, tell me the difference between Clearance and Tolerance?
9) How these both are important in public service?
It was very long conversation, sir was still asking then chairman sir interrupted and told other member to continue.

M4: ( Female member)
1)( asked question about my answer to member1) are Navodaya in rural areas a blessing or negative thing?
2) How do they help rural areass?
3) Have you read today's newspaper? What was most important headline? ( US india deal was announced last night)
4) I told about the deal...she asked is it a deal or declaration?
5) Tell me about Board of Peace.
6) Is UN Dead? Should we scrap it?
7)UN Reforms

After this, Chairman sir told your interview is over and anything you would ask? ..
Then he said,  All The Best.

Board was cordial. It was very much different from what I experienced in mocks.
Overall a good experience.
Daily discussion with peers helped a lot.
Mocks/O20 (If any): La Excellence (special thanks to them for helping in early stages of interview prep), Sankalp,Vajiram, Vajirao,NEXT IAS, SRIRAM IAS, QUANTEL.
O2O-  Ram Babu SIR, Venkat mohan sir, kalyan sir and Vinayak sir (La excellence), SRIRAM SIR (SRIRAM IAS) , Mahesh Bhagwat Sir (Detailed DAF Discussion), Shubham Sir -Vidyapeeth IAS ( for Structuring answers) .

Name: Guru Maheswar
Chairman : Hon'ble Anuradha Prasad Ma'am

Date : February 5, 2026. (Afternoon 3rd to go): 28-30mins

DAF: Andhra Pradesh, Kadapa, Good Samaritan Medal- Road accident victim.

Sociology(optional), BA(Economics, Political science)


*Anuradha Prasad Ma'am*

Greeted...Take your seat.
By what name should I call you. I said Maheswar

1. Maheswar, You are from Andhra Pradesh...How many Jyothirlingas are there. (I said 12, Other member was shocked and asked this many??? Anuradha Ma'am clarified to member that I am taking about India. ) Then madamasked.....How many are there in AP? I said one - Srisailam Temple. Have you ever visited? What are other places to be watched there? (Eco tourism - Srisailam Dam)

2. Srisailam Dam- Krishna, Godavari River water disputes (Polavaram) between AP and TG. - long discussion and follow-up questions

3. What are the mechanisms and provisions related to solving water disputes?


Member 1:

1. Imagine a scenario of an accident- Explain step by step how would you approach.

2. People take vedios in accident sites rather than helping victims. If you are given authority, How would you ensure that people help road accident victims, What will you do??

3. You are from Kadapa, In what respects do you think Kadapa is special?

4. Discussion on Naxalism (Followup on AP). Why is it reducing now.

5. Followup question on tribals- Why are some regions called scheduled areas.

6. Many reports says that in India, there is rising inequality, You know the rich are becoming richer. Do you agree, what is your view?


Member 2:

1. In kadapa there was one factory, for which foundation stone was laid during the last government. Do you know about it?(Kadapa steel plant). What is the status of it? What are the reasons for for choosing the factory location there despite there are no raw materials in the region? Do you think is it the land availability a reason?

2. Kadapa name, why it's called so ?

3. Consumer Protection - mechanisms and laws available


Member 3 (female):

1. I have been in AP for few months recently. My fav place to ask questions now.

2. Why the present government re-announced Amarvaravathi as the sole capital. I know that there's a lot of land already acquired, investments and money already incurred on Amaravathi, apart from these reasons, are there any other strong reasons why the present government is stressing too much on Amaravathi?

3. As a coastal state which is vulnerable to cyclones, Present trade tarrifs, etc Marine farmers are the most effected. How can we make sure that these farmers get secure income, How can farmers get better and higher price?


Member 4:

1. Discussion on Crypto currencies - present stand of Indian govt. What are the advantages related to crypto currency ? counter question for most of the points.

3. Israel - Gaza conflict: Started saying Hamas are started the conflict and now people are dying, we've been seeing how israel is attacking civilian sites like hospitals etc, India is also less critical of Israel. What should we really do now to save humanity. ( I was giving balanced answer. In Between Anuradha ma'am asked to take a stand - No problem, you can take a stand - Humanity or Relations with Israel?)

Chairperson: Thank you


Thankyou All the mentors for your valuable guidance.

O2O : Kalyan Sir, Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Venkata Mohan sir, Oberoi sir.

Mocks : MACS, La excellence, Amigos, Sankalp, Vajirao and ravi, Ekam IAS.

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Name : draftbeing
Date :  06/02/2026, Forenoon
Board : Sanjay Verma sir
DAF Keywords : Economics, Hindustani Music, Kerala

Chairperson
1. You're economist?
2. How a person become economist from student of economics?
3. 'Homo economicus'
4. Factors of Production
5. Any modern factor to add
6. Economic aspect of Hindustani music
7. How hindustani music is patronised? earlier period to now
8. Favourite raga
9. Whose rendition
10.  Age of Shahid Parvez

M1
11. Kollam Famous for?
12. Cashew export statistics?
13. Long talk on agriculture. Asked about issues of agriculture
14. Talk on FPOs, as a DM how you convince farmers to form FPOs

M2
15. Have you heard about Silent Valley? Issue with respect to it
16. Do you think the Dam should have been there?
17. How to generate electricity? and long talk on issue of solar and wind
18. Should largescale constructions happen in Himalayan region?
19. Talk on Chardham project, need of it for military movement and Chinese angle. Asked opinion on that.

M3
20. If you are a salesperson of motor vehicles, convince me to buy an EV over a petrol bike or car
21. Now you convince me to buy a petrol vehicle

M4
22. How Hindustani music had evolved with several elements despite carnatic having less assimilation?
23. Who contributed to it more?
24. Which period it was more flourished?
25. Hindustani music and its relation with nature?
26. You have learned Arabic in 12th, how Arabic and Urdu are alphabetically different?
27. 'In a gentle way you can shake the world', who told this?
28. In what 'gentle way' you will shake the world?

Chair : Thank you, your interview is over.

Name:

Date:Feb 3, morning session,
3rd to go

Key DAF details:Kerala, sociology, watching socially relevant movies (nothing else was asked)

Board:Sujatha mam

Sujatha mam-read the DAF out loud
1.I will first ask you a very simple question,why do you want to be a civil servant ?
2.Asked me what should we talk about?(I mentioned the India USA trade deal)
3.What was the trade deal about.was it signed or is it going to be signed?
4.Are you aware about the  India EU trade deal and what is Pakistan's angle in it ?
5.Do You know about the  movie Great indian kitchen?Tell other members about the movie
6.Isn't such things an exaggeration?..our mothers and grandmothers  also worked like that .Some follow up questions on that

M1
1.You are from Kerala..there are many famous sportspersons like PT Usha from Kerala.Why does kerala have such sportspersons?
2.If appointed to a post in charge of sports department what changes would you bring in order to improve sports in india
3.You are a sociology student.Tell me difference between matriliny and matriarchy ?
4.Has matriliny improved condition of women.Discussion on that
5.There are many famous temples in kerala ..like the guruvaayoor temple ..they are under the state govt ..don't you think govts intervention in such matters violate the idea of secularism?

M2
1.What is the population of india?
2.Is it increasing or decreasing?
3.What is population of china?Has it started decreasing ?
4.What did china do to decrease its population
5.Is there any difference in population in northern and southern states?
6.What are the consequences of that(sir himself mentioned about Delimitation)
7.What happens to LS seats of southern states when Delimitation is done ?
8.When is the next Delimitation exercise ?
9.Why do we need so many people..isn't having so many people bad ?
10. You mentioned the word sustain earlier ,coming to that ..tell me what is sustainability from the perspective of tourism
11.Can you give any example in which sustainable tourism is practiced ?(I told about Responsible Tourism mission in kerala and about Kumarakom model-Sujatha mam intervened and asked more details)

M4
1.Tell me advantages and disadvantages of having large population?
2.what is the most important thing to do to reap demographic divident ?
3.Tell me 3 good things from budget (i mentioned about Biopharma Shakthi)
4.What is india doing currently in pharma sector and what changes india is planning to bring ?

M4
1.About the India USA trade deal you mentioned earlier..what all things President Trump mentioned in yesterdays tweet ?
2.Are you aware of the incident that happened some time back when Afghanistan's foreign minister visited India?
3.What did India do and what was the outcome?
4.If Russia and Ukraine have to stop the war what all things you think should each side have to give up ?Some follow up on that.

Chairman -Your interview is over

Mostly conversational and follow up questions were based on previous answers

O2O:Nithin sir(Fortune ias),Shinas sir(ilearn ias),Anuroop sir(lead ias)

Mocks-Fortune ias,kerala state civil service academy, Sankalp,Pala civil service academy,Xylem ias

Name: Murphy's Law
Date : 3/02/2026, Afternoon. 3rd To go.
Duration: not sure, was waiting for around 5-10 min outside (was called 10 -12 minutes before 3PM), Exit time i saw the clock: 3:35PM
Board: Had no idea- some ma'am i didn't recognise- as I haven't seen any of their profile,plus couldn't spot any name on cabin before entering- later asked the person who escorted me.

DAF: Civil Engineering, PSIR, Gaya, Bihar, Jharkhand. Nothing else asked.
Greeted everyone, Ma'am asked me to take my seat.

Ma'am read my DAF and pointed out towards my work experience with an aggregator.

Ma'am: Are you still working?
I said no ma'am. (worked till July 2025).
Ma'am: But you worked for quite sometime here.
I said yes ma'am.
Ma'am: Is this work related to civil engineering?
I Said no ma'am. It dealt with Time Value of Money.
She said okay. (i expected a related question as 5 years i did that job)

Ma'am: So, Murphy's Law- Help me understand this. You are a civil engineer, India is a hot climate country yet we have this trend of glass buildings. Why?

(First question itself bouncer for me, given 5+ years gap with Engineering). I couldn't think beyond asthetics.And it wasn't very engineering answer so i didn't said that.
Gave 2 points (1 was horribly wrong)
1. ma'am we also have a lot of dust and it could help in such structures. (realised as soon as those words left my mouth that it was a senseless point).
ma'am: Dust can be blocked by concrete walls as well. Plus glass gets dirty.
I said Yes ma'am.
2. In some buildings modified glass looking facade is used to act as solar panels as well.

She nodded , but wasn't fully convinced (as i am sure this wasn't the right explanation)

I then added sorry' ma'am i cannot think of any other engineering justification as of now. (as soon as i saw the first glass building after returning from UPSC bhavan - it struck me; Material costs are key consideration here since steel is more expensive and is integral to modern concrete constructions so glass does offer little glass advantage by limiting use of steel and concrete to just frame)

Ma'am: Okay tell me what are Green buildings.

I said, buildings that are sustainable. Both- during their construction - using low carbon process and materials, as well as during their operations and life cycle.

Ma'am: Tell me some elements of Green buildings. Assuming construction phase has used sustainable process.

I said: 1. Clean air conditioning and heating. 2. Using Footsteps and activities in the building to generate some power. 3. Treating and re-using Grey Water.
Ma'am interjected and asked- Treated water, meaning rain water harvesting?
I said ma'am Rain water harvesting is a part, but by Grey water -i mean - water from toilets being treated and re used for non drinking purposes like gardening and cleaning.

She seemed convinced.

Ma'am: So you live in Jharkhand. Must have heard about Jamtara. How do we prevent such things if you are posted in any district of Jharkhand?

I said - Ma'am the people involved in Jamtara were mostly footsoldiers. And operated at behest of outside criminal networks like the ones in south east asia. So awareness will be a key tool in combating.

1. We can make people aware of the same so that they don't fell prey to such criminal networks.
2.Also to make them aware of negative consequences on their life. Being on wrong side of the law can ruin lives as well.
3. Timely detection.I explained using a recent Bihar example where authorities detected a person using Sim Box of 20,000 Sim and defrauded thousands - by tracking abnormal power utilisation.

Ma'am asked how will you spread awareness!?
I said since mostly from rural areas these people are, can take help from local Panchayats- as there is more ground level connect of local leaders to people.
Also Civil Society organisations.

(Social media should have been an important part here but didn't even occur to me till i left the room- many such moments will be there throughout the PT)

Ma'am: Okay let's talk about Israel Palestine. Do you see any peace happening there anytime soon?

I started with the India Arab league declaration just a few days ago on the issue reaffirming Palestinian self determination and 2 state solution. And the Gaza peace board.
Said since the two parties are not on the same page on specifics it's difficult.
Hamas is reluctant to disarm and Israel reluctant on 2 state solution.

Ma'am then again asked what do you think? Peace will come here or not?

I Said, ma'am if we look at the history, Very difficult to say peace will occur. Mentioned Camp David accords and Oslo accords. And how something or the other happens. So as things stand peace is not likely.

Ma'am then indicated member to her left.

M1: (Again Civil Engineering related)- Only 2 Qs

Since you are a civil engineer, our country is doing a lot in terms of infrastructure. Is there anything that we have done to streamline coordination in that regard?

I said PM Gatishakti.
M1: what does it do?
I said - Inter department and ministerial coordination to minimise delay and facilitate effective execution.
Pragati portal also i added that helps in fast-track many projects.
He interjected and said Okay okay (probably guessed i know about this :( )

M1: Something about logistics and tracking dashboard for projects. I didn't understand and then he said - where we track projects or something. Do you know about this?
I said No Sir. Sorry.

He said okay and passed on to next member.

M3:
Again started with civil engineering.
What is this we are doing with river linking? Are you aware?

I said yes sir. The idea is to link water deficit Rivers with water surplus ones via canals to ensure availability of water throughout.

However it has some issues.
1. We don't have truly water surplus rivers beyond himalyan rivers. Most are monsoon dependent and these days monsoon is very erratic to give any predictability for water availability. (Can have either excessive rains in short time or just dry spells)

2. The logistical cost is very high. relocation and submergence of large areas (Couldn't remember name of that Tiger reserve which is said to be at risk of submergence and he didn't ask)

Sir nodded. And then asked are there any active projects in river linking? I said - ken betwa river linking, where we are planning to connect surplus ken river with Betwa river to support bundelkhand region.

He nodded again and moved to next topic.

Sir (kind of monologue )- You are native of Bihar. Lets accept it as given that conventional industries won't come to bihar. and leave aside political issues. What could be done? So many bureaucrats come from that state.

( i was in a spot. without addressing political instability and lack of industries it was difficult to come up with any convincing points)

I said- Sir, predictability and stability are crucial for any investment and industry. And even if we assume no conventional industries are there or Will come,
Bihar has good potential at MSME level - (i wanted to link SHGs but forgot in midst)- used the example of food processing potential. Talked about Makhana. How Bihar is home to most makhana which is worldwide famous but there is very poor price discovery. Said, we can try to make complete ecosystem here which will be helpful.

Next, as sir mentioned bihar has skilled and talented people, we can explore domains like offering land and skilled manpower for Data centres/Cloud services - for which the budget announced tax holiday till 2047.

Another point i would like to add, is exploring Bihar's huge potential in tourism sector. We have buddhist circuit, Mahabodhi temple etc that can also boost the state.

(Felt Bihar's question could have been answered better but it was like conversation so couldn't just pause and think on templates - somehow felt unnatural)

Sir nodded and moved on to IR.

Do you think India should join Gaza peace board? ( I had mentioned uncertainty of it's role in answer to ma'am's question on Israel Palestine)

I said, we should wait and evaluate if it fits requirements for our core national interest.
i mentioned - India is committed towards multilateralism and UN. The board is being proposed as a potential alternative to UN by president Trump. Which goes beyond it's mandate.
Even the P-5 Members; France and UK have declined. So we should wait and see what future this board has.

Sir- okay, do you know what Pax Silica is?
I said - It's a US led grouping of Nations to ensure reduced dependency on Semiconductor and AI technology.
We have been invited to the grouping soon after the New US ambassador took charge - sir also added this when i mentioned.

Do you think we should join pax Silica?

I said Yes. It's in our interest. We have huge dependency on critical elements. mentioned how china had blocked access to rare earths magnets.
He said - If president Trump says - you can join pax Silica only if you join Gaza peace board. What advice would you tender to the Government of India?

I said, Pax Silica is in our interest,if they offer us membership without any strings attached i would advise the government to join.

Sir said - Nothing comes without any strings attached. Other members chuckled in agreement.

I said - Sir our decision should be guided by our own national interest. If we find the terms not aligned in our favour, we should reconsider joining the pax Silica grouping as well.

Sir said -since the time of Narsimha Rao India has pursued a foreign policy of (something i don't exactly remember , something about not being decisivene)We are an aspiring superpower - is that Narasimha Rao doctrine still valid?don't you think we should be more decisive?

I agreed. and added yes sir decisiveness is indeed very important but we should also have material strength and situation to back up our decision.

I gave example of China which in 1980s and throughout till early 2000s had the luxury of having a supportive America,and they practiced -build your strength and bide your Time. I said we don't have that luxury of that cooperative America at the moment but we should practice the strategy of building strength and bide our time.

Sir added something more - about that Chinese strategy and said you should read more about this. I said right sir.


M3: Sir started conversation in Hindi
आप civil engineer हैं। (I dreaded again 🫠)
देखिए मेरे पिताजी ने एक घर बना कर दिया उसमें ही मै रहता हूं। मैं एक ग़रीब आदमी हूं नया घर नहीं बना सकता। हमारे घर में सीलन की समस्या है। आप बताइए बिना पैसे खर्च किए कैसे इस समस्या को दूर किया जाए?
आप समझते हैं न सीलन क्या है?
(Although i had planned in mocks to keep my mode English, still it felt like I should ask because we were sitting on a small dining table type setting unlike mocks- where it felt more formal)

I Said - sir shall i continue in English or answer this in Hindi?

Sir - आपको तो हिंदी अच्छे से आती होगी, हिंदी में ही बात करिए।

मैंने कहा - जी सिर। सीलन घर के नीचे वाली मिट्टी में पानी के कारण होती है (और दीवार और छत पर भी पानी की वजह से)

मेरे अनुसार अगर हम Lime (चुना) treatment करें घर के नीचे वाली मिट्टी की तो वह मिट्टी डिहाइड्रेट होजाएगी।

sir ne bola - घर तो बना हुआ है कैसे घर के नीचे वाली मिट्टी में लाइम ट्रीटमेंट करोगे । ( I didn't wanted to push back here- as he might have something pre set in mind)

मैंने कहा - सिर वॉटरप्रूफ पेंट लगा सकते (for walls)

Sir said- भाई इसमें तो पैसे खर्च हो जाएंगे। मैं गरीब हूं।

I said- माफ़ करिएगा sir मैं अभी और कुछ तरीके नहीं सोच पा रहा।

Sir in very jolly mood said; घर के चारो और की मिट्टी काट दें अगर कुछ दूर तक तो हो जाएगा काम. ( I thought in my head - how the hell will it not cost money, isse accha to lime hi daal lete- sasti hoti h)

I said; जी सर।

Sir - आपका जन्म स्थल गया है।गया हिंदुओं के लिए काफी महत्वपूर्ण माना जाता है। फल्गु नदी और उसके आसपास पहाड़ों पर के मंदिर। क्यूं?

I said: जी सर। गया काफ़ी महत्वपूर्ण हैं। यह पिंडदान के लिए काफ़ी प्रसिध्द है। पितृपक्ष में यहां काफ़ी लोग पिंडदान करने आते है अपने पूर्वजों के लिए।

Sir: क्यों?

सर ऐसा माना जाता है कि अगर आप गया में पिंडदान करते है तो आपको पितृऋण से मुक्ति मिलती है! श्री राम और सीता जी ने दशरथ जी के की गया में ही पिंडदान किया था।

Sir - विष्णुपद मंदिर के बारे में बताइए क्या है ऐसा?

I said; सर ऐसा माना जाता है कि गया शहर गयासुर नाम के राक्षस के ऊपर बसा हुआ है। और जब भी वह अस्थिर होते थे तो शहर v अस्थिर हो जाता था। तो भगवान विष्णु ने उनके छाती पर अपने एक पांव रख दिए जिससे वह शांत हो गए। और जहां पर भगवान विष्णु के पांव पड़े थे वहीं पर उनके पद के निशान बन गए।
इसके लिए ही विष्णुपद के नाम से जाना जाने लगा।

Sir: अच्छा ये बताइए। आप ऐसा देख रहे होंगे आजकल परिवार छोटे हो गए हैं। पहले हम सब एक छत के नीचे रहते थे अब सब अलग अलग। ऐसा क्यों हो रहा है । जब हमारे पास पैसे नहीं होते थे तो परिवार जुड़ा हुआ था,अब परिवार टूट रहे हैं आपका क्या विचार है?

I said; सर मेरा मानना है कि परिवार टूट नहीं रहे मगर "Transform" हो रही। (Couldn't think of hindi word for transform then)

आजकल नौकरी एवं अन्य कारणों से लोगों को migrate करना पड़ रहा। इसके अलावा अब घर में दोनों व्यक्ति (पति पत्नी) काम करते हैं। तो यह ज़रूरत भी बन चुकी है।

इसके बावजूद हम अपने परिवार से जुड़े रहते हैं। मुलाकात होती रहती है। बात होती रहती है। और जबतक यह सौहार्द का भाव रहेगा परिवार टूटेंगे नहीं।

Sir nodded and moved on to next question।

आप Politcal साइंस के विद्यार्थी हैं (Optional) भारत में 2-4 Century BC se democratic culture hai। Kuch 3-4 aise गणराज्य ke naam bataie।

( I felt more than PSIR it was ancient history)

मैंने कहा

मगध
अंग
वैशाली

Sir- वैशाली तो नहीं है। I said sorry sir मैं अभी सोच नहीं पा रहा और नाम। (I easnot sure what all were Republics- otherwise would have continued with Vaji, Ujjain etc)

Next-

अच्छा ये बताइए - भारत में काफी प्रसिद्ध विश्वविद्यालय थे ; नालंदा एवं विक्रमशिला। आप जानते हैं कौनसे डिस्ट्रीक्ट में है विक्रमशिला।

मैने कहा ; जी भागलपुर।

Sir- अब ये बताइए इन दोनों में पढ़ाने के तरीके में क्या अंतर था? ( I felt lost- prelims k baad Ancient history aiss hi yaaad nahi rhti- maybe related to different type of Buddhism - but i had no Idea)

Said- Sorry sir. मुझे इसका ज्ञान नहीं।

सर ने कहा कोई बात नहीं। Ma'am then indicated next member

M4:
So you are a civil engineer (🥲)

We observe this issues of poor construction quality. Why is it that we have poor quality compared to British era structures.

I Said - sir one prime reason that i can think of is we follow Project based approach in india. where demand for engineers peak during construction phase.

On the other hand the idea should be to have life cycle based approach. Where engineers are engaged throughout the life cycle of any structure not just construction. It is followed in developed countries.
I added NHAI has started doing it.

Then he started talking about the bridges - Indore, Mumbai and added in Bihar it's common for bridges to fail.

I said - Sir in the context the Bhopal 90degree Bridge (sir said yes Bhopal). Bridges do not get constructed in matter of days. it takes 2-3 years. And there is usually regular audit. It seems it was not properly done otherwise the issue would have been flagged.

So who do you hold accountable? The contractor would say i am executing the design given.

I said, sir we need to identify at what levels lapses have been there. Right from design to execution and audit. And need to fix accountability at every level.

Then again - Why does it happen?

I said we also have very high tolerance for non compliance in some areas.
(Ma'am raised eyebrows with a grin -and the sir who asked - other members also changed their facial expressions from smiling poker face to wider grin and maybe mild surprise/shock on me uttering those words)

Sir asked-

North Bihar is flood prone. Are you aware we are constructing a medical College there.
I said yes sir- AIIMS Darbhanga.

How do you construct in a flood prone area.

I said- if we have to construct in a water logged situation; can explore coffer dam to halt water and do the foundation work like we do in case of river bridges.

Sir said - Coffer Dam will last only one year or so then what?

I thought he was referring to overall approach towards structures in flood prone areas.
I said we need to have elevated structures on piers or basement having provision for flood waters to pass as is followed in Japan. However for that there needs to be complete interconnectedness of drainage system in the municipality. ( Maybe he wanted to know about identification of areas which are not in flood plain then do the construction but he didn't follow up)

Sir- What is the process to be followed in construction? Do we just do tendering and start??

I said - Sir we start with feasibility study. For example - if we want to construct a road, need to first asess requirement, traffic studies and see if feasible to construct at that area.

Next do preliminary survey.
(sir said - something related to one step i can't recall but i had said, yes sir it will be part of feasibility studies)
After that design phase and follow up with tendering, then execution.


Ma'am said - Thank You your interview is over you can go. I thanked everyone and left.

I felt that conversation was not long maybe 20minutes. But then
Glanced at clock while getting up from chair - It was 3:35PM. Had not checked the clock while entering (was zoned out)

Maybe i entered around 3PM as i was escorted 10 -12 minutes before 3PM from waiting area and waited for 5-10 minutes outside. (Don't know time feels different there) so I guess around 30 minutes

Asked the person escorting me back - Kinka board tha. He said with surprise - Suman Sharma Ma'am ka. ( am I cooked 🥲?)

Ignorance is bliss 😄🤣. But it made sense. Felt board had an idea what all i could be well prepared as we are in the third phase so no point asking "easy questions" 🥲( budget, Hobbies, Work, IR) so they leaned towards one weak link- civil engineering (as i had no connection with it for 5+ years and no related work experience) So might have theoretical knowledge of the subject (which i did and had prepared in last 50 days or so-but not other practical aspects)

Fumbled a bit in 2-3 places.
While answering glanced at others occassionally - everyone was listening. Ma'am was noting down stuff here and there. Some members too.

Felt very different from mocks. Even questions were not in QnA format but just conversation - so couldn't just go with template made answers. But in hindsight some aspects like; Jamtara , Bihar qs and quality of construction - could have been better tackled (This will always be the regret no matter what)

Very cordial and comfortable board.

Mocks; Vajiram, Vajirao and Reddy,Vision Ias, Samkalp (2), Sriram IAS, Ekagra IAS, NACS Bihar Jharkhand, CMP O2O

Peer Discussion with my mains group friends.
Non UPSC Friends - helped in analysis other aspects through Mock videos feedback.

Name: Murphy's Law
Date : 3/02/2026, Afternoon. 3rd To go.
Duration: not sure, was waiting for around 5-10 min outside (was called 10 -12 minutes before 3PM), Exit time i saw the clock: 3:35PM
Board: Had no idea- some ma'am i didn't recognise- as I haven't seen any of their profile,plus couldn't spot any name on cabin before entering- later asked the person who escorted me.

DAF: Civil Engineering, PSIR, Gaya, Bihar, Jharkhand. Nothing else asked.
Greeted everyone, Ma'am asked me to take my seat.

Ma'am read my DAF and pointed out towards my work experience with an aggregator.

Ma'am: Are you still working?
I said no ma'am. (worked till July 2025).
Ma'am: But you worked for quite sometime here.
I said yes ma'am.
Ma'am: Is this work related to civil engineering?
I Said no ma'am. It dealt with Time Value of Money.
She said okay. (i expected a related question as 5 years i did that job)

Ma'am: So, Murphy's Law- Help me understand this. You are a civil engineer, India is a hot climate country yet we have this trend of glass buildings. Why?

(First question itself bouncer for me, given 5+ years gap with Engineering). I couldn't think beyond asthetics.And it wasn't very engineering answer so i didn't said that.
Gave 2 points (1 was horribly wrong)
1. ma'am we also have a lot of dust and it could help in such structures. (realised as soon as those words left my mouth that it was a senseless point).
ma'am: Dust can be blocked by concrete walls as well. Plus glass gets dirty.
I said Yes ma'am.
2. In some buildings modified glass looking facade is used to act as solar panels as well.

She nodded , but wasn't fully convinced (as i am sure this wasn't the right explanation)

I then added sorry' ma'am i cannot think of any other engineering justification as of now. (as soon as i saw the first glass building after returning from UPSC bhavan - it struck me; Material costs are key consideration here since steel is more expensive and is integral to modern concrete constructions so glass does offer little glass advantage by limiting use of steel and concrete to just frame)

Ma'am: Okay tell me what are Green buildings.

I said, buildings that are sustainable. Both- during their construction - using low carbon process and materials, as well as during their operations and life cycle.

Ma'am: Tell me some elements of Green buildings. Assuming construction phase has used sustainable process.

I said: 1. Clean air conditioning and heating. 2. Using Footsteps and activities in the building to generate some power. 3. Treating and re-using Grey Water.
Ma'am interjected and asked- Treated water, meaning rain water harvesting?
I said ma'am Rain water harvesting is a part, but by Grey water -i mean - water from toilets being treated and re used for non drinking purposes like gardening and cleaning.

She seemed convinced.

Ma'am: So you live in Jharkhand. Must have heard about Jamtara. How do we prevent such things if you are posted in any district of Jharkhand?

I said - Ma'am the people involved in Jamtara were mostly footsoldiers. And operated at behest of outside criminal networks like the ones in south east asia. So awareness will be a key tool in combating.

1. We can make people aware of the same so that they don't fell prey to such criminal networks.
2.Also to make them aware of negative consequences on their life. Being on wrong side of the law can ruin lives as well.
3. Timely detection.I explained using a recent Bihar example where authorities detected a person using Sim Box of 20,000 Sim and defrauded thousands - by tracking abnormal power utilisation.

Ma'am asked how will you spread awareness!?
I said since mostly from rural areas these people are, can take help from local Panchayats- as there is more ground level connect of local leaders to people.
Also Civil Society organisations.

(Social media should have been an important part here but didn't even occur to me till i left the room- many such moments will be there throughout the PT)

Ma'am: Okay let's talk about Israel Palestine. Do you see any peace happening there anytime soon?

I started with the India Arab league declaration just a few days ago on the issue reaffirming Palestinian self determination and 2 state solution. And the Gaza peace board.
Said since the two parties are not on the same page on specifics it's difficult.
Hamas is reluctant to disarm and Israel reluctant on 2 state solution.

Ma'am then again asked what do you think? Peace will come here or not?

I Said, ma'am if we look at the history, Very difficult to say peace will occur. Mentioned Camp David accords and Oslo accords. And how something or the other happens. So as things stand peace is not likely.

Ma'am then indicated member to her left.

M1: (Again Civil Engineering related)- Only 2 Qs

Since you are a civil engineer, our country is doing a lot in terms of infrastructure. Is there anything that we have done to streamline coordination in that regard?

I said PM Gatishakti.
M1: what does it do?
I said - Inter department and ministerial coordination to minimise delay and facilitate effective execution.
Pragati portal also i added that helps in fast-track many projects.
He interjected and said Okay okay (probably guessed i know about this :( )

M1: Something about logistics and tracking dashboard for projects. I didn't understand and then he said - where we track projects or something. Do you know about this?
I said No Sir. Sorry.

He said okay and passed on to next member.

M3:
Again started with civil engineering.
What is this we are doing with river linking? Are you aware?

I said yes sir. The idea is to link water deficit Rivers with water surplus ones via canals to ensure availability of water throughout.

However it has some issues.
1. We don't have truly water surplus rivers beyond himalyan rivers. Most are monsoon dependent and these days monsoon is very erratic to give any predictability for water availability. (Can have either excessive rains in short time or just dry spells)

2. The logistical cost is very high. relocation and submergence of large areas (Couldn't remember name of that Tiger reserve which is said to be at risk of submergence and he didn't ask)

Sir nodded. And then asked are there any active projects in river linking? I said - ken betwa river linking, where we are planning to connect surplus ken river with Betwa river to support bundelkhand region.

He nodded again and moved to next topic.

Sir (kind of monologue )- You are native of Bihar. Lets accept it as given that conventional industries won't come to bihar. and leave aside political issues. What could be done? So many bureaucrats come from that state.

( i was in a spot. without addressing political instability and lack of industries it was difficult to come up with any convincing points)

I said- Sir, predictability and stability are crucial for any investment and industry. And even if we assume no conventional industries are there or Will come,
Bihar has good potential at MSME level - (i wanted to link SHGs but forgot in midst)- used the example of food processing potential. Talked about Makhana. How Bihar is home to most makhana which is worldwide famous but there is very poor price discovery. Said, we can try to make complete ecosystem here which will be helpful.

Next, as sir mentioned bihar has skilled and talented people, we can explore domains like offering land and skilled manpower for Data centres/Cloud services - for which the budget announced tax holiday till 2047.

Another point i would like to add, is exploring Bihar's huge potential in tourism sector. We have buddhist circuit, Mahabodhi temple etc that can also boost the state.

(Felt Bihar's question could have been answered better but it was like conversation so couldn't just pause and think on templates - somehow felt unnatural)

Sir nodded and moved on to IR.

Do you think India should join Gaza peace board? ( I had mentioned uncertainty of it's role in answer to ma'am's question on Israel Palestine)