Name- xyz
Date -10th feb 2026
Key daf details - sociology, crime thriller web series, astrology, supply chain management
Board- Swain sir

Chairman 
1) why do people watch crime  web series
2) do you watch malyalam web series, as crime movies are mostly famous in malyalam


Lady member
1) why do you wanna join civil services
2) haryana is known for suppressing women, but times are changing, tell me some women who have big achievements in Haryana
3) your subject is sociology, what do you study in it
4) why social stratification is prevelant in society
5) as society progresses some people hover more power than others what's your opinion on this
6) marx approach failed and weber talked about over bureaucratisation, so where should we balance 
7) you study astrology tell me how the world will be in the coming 5 years
8) and will you get selected in civil services according to astrology?

Male member 1
1) as you study supply chain, tell me about rare earth metals supply chain and where are they used
2) is india too late in its race for rare earth metals
3) but how will we process the ores of rare earths as we donot have the technology, who'll give us the technology

Male member 2
1) difference between innovation and invention
2) haryana is known for social issues, though it's a progressing state, but still it has issues, tell me how you'll solve some of the social issues of haryana
 
Lady member interrupted
1)you said inheritance, what is India doing for gender gap in land inheritance 

Male member 3 
1) difference between global supply chain and global value chain
2) should we teach astrology in universities?
3) isn't it a pseudoscience?

Chairman
Your interview is over do you want us to discuss on anything specific?

One to one - insights ias (good), drishti ias dipanshu saini sir (good articulation practice), sankalp ias rajiv ji (gave new points)
Mocks - one vision faculty mock , 2 sankalp ias mocks (most close to actual interview)

SPECIAL THANKS TO Group captain Dr Anand Sarup Sir (Drdo trained psychologist, UPSC ex selection member for ssb, faridabad defence academy) for providing regular one to one sessions (MOST HELPFUL, gave unique and customized answers as one member told me "kisi ne to hatke jawab diya" and most importantly taught how to be yourself , really a confidence booster)

Hello here is my transcript. Thank you very much

Board : Sujata Chaturvedi Ma’am
Date : 21 January - last one to go in afternoon session
Daf keywords : Surat, Gujarat, geography optional, stock market, diamonds, tourism, rest not asked.

Chairperson: Ma’am greeted me and read my DAF aloud.
1. What is the meaning of your name?
2. Why UPSC? what motivates you to pursue a career in civil services
3. Tell me which are the regulatory bodies of India ?
4. Why they are needed?
5. Should Capitalist policies after 1991 reforms requires regulation ?
6. What is the full form of SEBI ? Where it is located in India?
7. Tell me about various reforms sebi has undertaken
8. Have you read today’s newspaper? tell me three news which are pressing domestic issues ?

Member 1
1. Tell me how to analyse a diamond?
2. How clarity is determined in a diamond? What are different types of it?
3. Factors affecting diamond industry in surat?
4. What type of diamond will you suggest me to buy?
5. Tell me how can I allocate my portfolio to different asset classes in terms of equity, debt, mutual funds, gold etc

Member 2 (lady member)
1. What is technical and fundamental analysis?
2. Which is better investment between gold and diamonds?
3. What do you mean by letter z in Gen z?
4. Tell me about the issue of diego garcia ?
5. History of diego garcia?
6. Why Trump wants it?
7. What is the stand of India?

Member 3
1. Which tourist places will you suggest me to visit in Gujarat?
2. Which is the oldest mosque in India?
3. What challenges does Gujarat faces in social sectors ? How to improve them
4. What is the cause of terrorism in India ?
5. What is the progress in red fort blast case? Which organisations were involved in it?
6. Tell me about kashmir issue?
7. History of POK and treat of accession? Present status.

Member 4
1. What is the role of RBI?
2. Tell me about the competition commission of India? Why it is needed in free market economy?
3. Progress of Insolvency and Bankruptcy code of India?
4. What is the working of it ?
5. Appellate courts related to it?
6. Compare with SARFAESI act.
7. What are tribunals? Any Law related to it?
8. How many tribunals are there in India?
9. Benefits of Tribunals.

Mocks given : AlS Ias, Samkalp, Chanakya mandal, Quantel, Sriram IAS, Career will, Samarthya Ias, one to one with Mahesh bhagwat sir

Hello here is my transcript. Thank you very much

Board : Sujata Chaturvedi Ma’am
Date : 21 January - last one to go in afternoon session
Daf keywords : Surat, Gujarat, geography optional, stock market, diamonds, tourism, rest not asked.

Chairperson: Ma’am greeted me and read my DAF aloud.
1. What is the meaning of your name?
2. Why UPSC? what motivates you to pursue a career in civil services
3. Tell me which are the regulatory bodies of India ?
4. Why they are needed?
5. Should Capitalist policies after 1991 reforms requires regulation ?
6. What is the full form of SEBI ? Where it is located in India?
7. Tell me about various reforms sebi has undertaken
8. Have you read today’s newspaper? tell me three news which are pressing domestic issues ?

Member 1
1. Tell me how to analyse a diamond?
2. How clarity is determined in a diamond? What are different types of it?
3. Factors affecting diamond industry in surat?
4. What type of diamond will you suggest me to buy?
5. Tell me how can I allocate my portfolio to different asset classes in terms of equity, debt, mutual funds, gold etc

Member 2 (lady member)
1. What is technical and fundamental analysis?
2. Which is better investment between gold and diamonds?
3. What do you mean by letter z in Gen z?
4. Tell me about the issue of diego garcia ?
5. History of diego garcia?
6. Why Trump wants it?
7. What is the stand of India?

Member 3
1. Which tourist places will you suggest me to visit in Gujarat?
2. Which is the oldest mosque in India?
3. What challenges does Gujarat faces in social sectors ? How to improve them
4. What is the cause of terrorism in India ?
5. What is the progress in red fort blast case? Which organisations were involved in it?
6. Tell me about kashmir issue?
7. History of POK and treat of accession? Present status.

Member 4
1. What is the role of RBI?
2. Tell me about the competition commission of India? Why it is needed in free market economy?
3. Progress of Insolvency and Bankruptcy code of India?
4. What is the working of it ?
5. Appellate courts related to it?
6. Compare with SARFAESI act.
7. What are tribunals? Any Law related to it?
8. How many tribunals are there in India?
9. Benefits of Tribunals.

Mocks given : AlS Ias, Samkalp, Chanakya mandal, Quantel, Sriram IAS, Career will, Samarthya Ias, one to one with Mahesh bhagwat sir

Name: TN
Date: 05 Jan 2026
Board: Sheel Vardhan singh sir
Keywords: Doctor, Sociology optional,Hobbies- pencil sketching of portraits ,singing tamil melodies,Ranipet district,Tamilnadu

1st one to go

Chairman:
Had your breakfast..what did you have? relax and be comfortable,let's start our interaction.
1.pencil sketching is your hobby,do you this type of pencil(showing a pencil on his table) or any special ones?
2.how do you like to draw, live persons or from mobile screen or imagination?
3.Have you read Oscar Wilde book on Portraits ( said one book name)?No sir - you should read it's very nice.
3.Say about the bronze Nataraja sculpture in tamilnadu?
4.Is there any rock cut sculpture of Nataraja in Tamilnadu?
5.Do you know who is mahendravaran pallava king,does he have relation with that?
6.Say about the sociological aspects of the temples in tamilnadu

M1(Lady member)
1.Do you know about Gig economy? What it is? In answer I mentioned Labour codes
2.do you think labour codes will solve the problems of gig workers?
3.what effect will labour code have on business
4.Suppose you are posted as DM,how will you handle the situation of violence against doctors?

M2
1.What are the govt schemes for improving health of the underprivileged?
2.what reliable methods you use to reach the people?
3.Does technology help in that?

M3
1.Do you know what is narcissistic personality?
2.You know some persons like Imran khan..who is he?..can you say any action of him in cricket or politics that makes him narcissistic?
3.You would have faced COVID 19 pandemic and the first wave called alpha ,the second as beta and the third as delta..they have left the Chi/Xi..do you what's the reason?
He asked me to take a guess..then he told it was resembling Xi jingping(china) so they avoided.I thanked him.
4.You have put singing as you hobby..how songs cinema is important to Tamilnadu? Answer on politics and cinema

M4
1.You are from Ranipet,that is famous for?
2.what are the industries present there
3.what type of goods are exported
4.Your optional is sociology,what is sanskritisation?
5.does it relevant to today's society?
6.Being a doctor ,why IAS?
7.If you are posted in IRS or something,how your medical education will have use there,it becomes waste right?
8.what is skill?( Follow up from previous answer)

Again chairman
1.what do you want to say to us?
2.Your final question,What make you joyful and happy?

Chairman: Interview is over ,Thank you.

O2O: Mr.Sudhagaran IRPS sir(Director,Naan mudhalvan),Mr.Jawahar IAS(R) sir
Mocks: TN govt institute mock,Manidhaneyam IAS,Shankar IAS ,Chinmaya IAS,Samkalp,Vajirao and reddy.

Name : La Pulga
Date : 10/02/2026
Board: Sanjay Verma Sir
Afternoon, last to go.

DAF keywords: Dhanbad, Applied Geology, Football, Contemporary hindi poetry

Chairperson
1. What are the Current anxieties in hindi poetry?
2. What geological disasters are going to happen in the world?
3. Who is going to win the world cup?
(I said Argentina thinking he was talking about football but then he mentioned cricket. I said India again has very good chances of winning it.)
4. Who do you think is the weak link in the Indian cricket team?
a. Yes. Gambhir bhi BJP, BCCI bhi BJP. (when I said no player as such is a weak link but the coach himself can be one. He had a hearty laugh and a nod in affirmation.)
5. Who is going to win the world cup? (He asked again. I clarified whether he is talking about football or cricket)
a. We have defeated NZ recently. They won’t be a problem. (When I mentioned that NZ can play spoilsport to which I then further said - in bilaterals yes but in ICC tournaments, they can play spoilsport)
6. Have you been abroad? (No sir)
7. Farthest you have travelled in India? (kanyakumari, rameshwaram etc)
8. How far is it? (Took a guess - about 2000 kms. He nodded saying a little bit more than that but okay)
9. Women of India who you admire.
a. IAS Supriya Sahu, Smriti, Kiran Bedi etc. Sir was looking at me expecting more names I guess. I blurted Mamta Banerjee (all for her bravery) which I think was the end of me. But Sir and the woman member to the left of him acknowledged that her bravery is indeed something admirable. But the member sitting left to me had other plans)

M1(left to me)
1. Do you know she once slapped a bureaucrat? Do you know she is distributing free ration cards to everyone? Would you agree to all that since you admire her?
a. I don’t agree to any of it Sir. I think of her bravery as something that I can imbibe myself and hence the admiration.
2. Would you be able to differentiate in all people the good from the bad?
a. Yes I would.
a. Even if someone has many bad qualities but just one good quality? Would you ignore all the bad qualities?
a. Again I said if I am looking to learn something from someone I would only look at the things that I can imbibe myself.
3. What is this integrated M.tech? What degree is this?
4. It happens after class 12th? 5 years?
5. You found this subject interesting?
6. What is applied about Geology?
7. How many plates are there?
8. What is Tethys?

M2(to the immediate right)

1. Made me look at a file on which there was the national emblem. Asked me where does it come from?
2. Asked me what was written below the emblem. (Satyameva Jayate)
3. Can you tell me with conviction that you have never lied?
4. When is lying useful?
5. So the quote is wrong, is it?
6. When you entered, what did you say? ( I had said Good evening, but i thought I had said Good afternoon and then he said to think again)
7. Why good evening? When does it become good evening from good afternoon?
a. I told him about the discussion outside which we were indeed having about how to greet the panel members now that it is past 4. I said all of it and also that we arrived at a consensus that we would say good evening)
8. But the person before you didn’t say good evening. Looks like you didn’t reach a consensus.
a. I said he was not part of the discussion. (light laughter)
9. When does it become good night from good evening? (I said I am not aware)
10. What is pythagorus theorem?
11. How do you use pythagorus theorem in geology?
12. Long discussion on the concept of GenX, GenY, GenZ. Rationale behind it, cut off year etc etc

Chairman sir then asked the next member to ask.

M3 (female)
1. What is Chayanika Sangh (my college’s literary club)
2. What is contemporary period of hindi period?
3. Which poets you like?
4. What is rat hole mining?
5. Does it happen in Jharia? An incident of land subsidence and mining she mentioned that I was not aware of.
6. Your thoughts on liquor prohibition in Bihar.

M4 (to the right of chairman)
1. What is Pangea?
2. Hydroelectricity in J&K and associated geological and ecological concerns.
3. Renewable energy possibilities in India.
4. Nuclear energy. Is it safe?
5. Fukushima disaster. Why it happened?
6. Who would be India’s new neighbours due to plate tectonics till much later in future.
7. Which is the oldest democracy?

Chairman Sir : So Argentina for the world cup, isn’t it. I said yes sir, as long as Messi plays it is always likely. He said your interview is over. I thanked the members.

Mocks : Samkalp (2), NextIAS, Forum, Vaijrao, Vajiram, PW, NACS-Bihar & Jh

Conversation with friends was extremely helpful.

Transcript
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Board: Sujata Chaturvedi Ma’am
DAF: Jharkhand, Bihar, Mithila, PSIR, WorkEx, Football
Experience: Nearly entirely DAF+IR centric


Chairperson
⁠1. Why leave the job with high salary, was it planned or something happened.
⁠2. Mark Carney speech, relevance, why it's being celebrated
3. ⁠⁠Is US wrong in staying that other countries have benefitted at its peril. [Too many counters on How USA is correct in its stance]
4. Trace the relationship history between the USA and Canada.

M1
5. Would you as an advisor advise PM Modi to give same speech
6. Derisking vs decoupling. India's strategy,Way Fwd
7. Will Board of peace replace the UNSC

M2
8. Why is mithila or Bihar food not as common as South Indian or Delhi food?
9. Why is Champaran famous, Year of revolt, root cause of it etc.
10. Which state produces most riverine fishes? How as secretary you can increase fishery output in Bihar.
11. Football - which league, team? UCL standings. How many in knockout? Which league dominated. Which team is not auto qualified. What happened in their last game? Who was the coach of the opponent?

M3
12. Jharkhand has all the resources but we still starve. Why industries don't exist. [kept asking for more reasons and countered all xD]
13. Why are mithila and bengali cultures the same?
14. Digital Arrest, solutions

M4
15. Id India's growing debt sustainable? Is India heading for a WB debt trap?
16. WB vs IMF
17. BRICS relevance
18. Issues in Neighborhood, Solution
19. Should we just extradite Sheikh Hasina

Gratitude for overall guidance: Shubham Jatte sir [CivilsDaily], RCS sir and Nitin Sir [Forum IAS]

O2O: Many done, helpful ones mentioned {Shubham Agarwal Sir [Vidyapeeth IAS], Saket Jha sir [CivilsDaily], Sajal Sir [Sarrthi], Deb Tripathi sir [Edukemy]}

Mocks: Vajirao, Vajiram, StudyIQ, CivilsDaily [most helpful], Samkalp, NextIAS[Faculty], Online Mock by UpWise [Bimal Julka sir board]

Peer discussion group created by Anil Swarup sir and studyIQ team was the most helpful of all.

Name - Dwight Schrute
Board - Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla
Date & Time - 10 Feb 2026; Afternoon (3rd to go)
DAF Keywords - BA.LL.B (Hons); Sainik School; Paper on Prisoners’ Voting Rights; Article 19(1)(a); Constitutionalism; War Movies.

CHAIRMAN
1. (Long Monologue) - So you are a lawyer, in the book Breakneck, the author states that China is advancing because it is a country of engineers and US is losing its place because it is a country of lawyers - Do you think the same is true for India?
2. Do you think India’s judiciary has a tendency of obstructionism towards growth?
3. What are the challenges that lead to this tendency?
4. How can they be resolved?
5. There are two institutions - the Bar and the Bench - which of these two is more important?

MEMBER 1
1. So you watch war movies - Tell me three you watched recently?
2. Which one out of these three was your favourite why?
3. According to you, how should a director approach a war movie to ensure that the outcome is a good one - What in your opinion are the dos and don’ts?
4. If you are given a free hand to bring one reform in India, in any area - what would it be? Why?
5. What are the barriers to bringing meaningful change to judiciary?
6. Since you are a lawyer, if you are posted as a DM in a rural district - what are the three courses of action that you would take, blending your understanding of law and the practical realities?

MEMBER 2
1. So you studied in a Sainik School and that too in the science stream - then why did you choose to pursue law afterwards?
2. What do you know about the Green Hydrogen Mission?
3. What are the steps that the Government is taking in this regard?
4. What exactly would be the impact of green hydrogen on the economy?
5. But Green Hydrogen is expensive, how can it then meaningfully replace fossil fuel use?

MEMBER 3 (Lady Member)
1. You wrote a paper on enfranchisement of prisoners - what is it about? What was your central argument?
2. Why are there so many undertrial prisoners in the country?
3. What steps has been taken in this regard by the Government or the Judiciary?
4. You were the co-ordinator of a lecture series on Constitutionalism - what was the role?
5. Who were some of the speakers that you had invited during your tenure?
6. What were their message in the lectures that they had delivered?
7. What is the status of Article 19(1)(a) - freedom of speech in our country? How can that be improved?

MEMBER 4
1. What are some ways in which law can be used to bring about social changes?
2. Apart from the constitutional provisions that you had stated, in what other ways has law impacted social change?
3. If you are posted as a DM in a district where there is a rise in crime against women, what are the steps that you would take to deal with this?
4. What is the problem in criminal justice system when it comes to cases of crimes against women?
5. What would you do in the short term and the long term in this regard?


DAF Analysis- Mr. Mahesh Bhagwat IPS (comprehensive guidance on DAF based focus areas), VisionIAS Mentor; PW OnlyIAS; FreshlensIAS; Saarthi (Pre DAF - Mr. Shivin); Naan Mudhalvan (Pre DAF - Mr. Sudhakaran, DAF - Mr.Karthikeyan); DeFacto IAS (Mr. Aditya Tiwari) - law focused.
Panel Mocks - Naan Mudhalvan (2); Samkalp (2); VisionIAS (2); NextIAS; Chanakya Mandal (comprehensive feedback); Manidhaneyam

Interview date 10/02/2026
Board - Honourable Raj shukla sir.
Keywords- Branch post master , Indian post, maharashtra, PSIR , Pune, kabaddi , street food, Aadhar card.

Chairman sir
1) contribution of Ajit pawar to Maharashtra politics.
2) flaws in  his personality.
3) sharad pawar - Ajit pawar relationship.
4) Sharad pawars contribution
5) greatest politician in Maharashtra?
6) Hardcore hindutvavadi politics or more pragmatic politics?
7) why pune facing lots of issues like traffic , potholes?why not developed like Bengaluru?

Member 1
1) Rawl's theory of justice.
2) concept of veil of ignorance.
3) affirmative actions in india .
4 ) right to life?
5) judicial verdicts related to right to life?

Member 2
1) should we promote traditional sports like kabaddi?
2) how to promote?
3) Tell Me one game that's specific to Maharashtra only.
4) street food types.
5) Is there healthy street food available?
6) role of Indian post in Promoting small business?
7) How to utilise postal resources more efficiently?
8) how will you ensure healthy hygeinic street food?

Member 3
1) How migrants are able to get Adhar card?
2) How to give Aadhar card to person not having any documents?
3) why Indian post stopped money order business?
4) why merger of speed post and register posts?
5) discussion on postal stamps .
6) Impact of  discontinuing money order on poor , vulnerable.

Member 4
1) why traffic jam on Mumbai - pune highway recently?
2) what steps will you take to to tackle such issues?
3) why public preferring private banks over postal banking?
4) what steps will you take to promote heritage site as a tourism hub?
5) chages needed in postal department?

Mocks : unique academy, Jnanprabodhini , Nirav da , only ias , sriram ias, samkalp ias, vajirao reddy,  study IQ, Hamdard.

Time - 34 minutes.
Special thanks to Vidya probondhini , kolhapur.

Interview date 10/02/2026
Board - Honourable Raj shukla sir.
Keywords- Branch post master , Indian post, maharashtra, PSIR , Pune, kabaddi , street food, Aadhar card.

Chairman sir
1) contribution of Ajit pawar to Maharashtra politics.
2) flaws in  his personality.
3) sharad pawar - Ajit pawar relationship.
4) Sharad pawars contribution
5) greatest politician in Maharashtra?
6) Hardcore hindutvavadi politics or more pragmatic politics?
7) why pune facing lots of issues like traffic , potholes?why not developed like Bengaluru?

Member 1
1) Rawl's theory of justice.
2) concept of veil of ignorance.
3) affirmative actions in india .
4 ) right to life?
5) judicial verdicts related to right to life?

Member 2
1) should we promote traditional sports like kabaddi?
2) how to promote?
3) Tell Me one game that's specific to Maharashtra only.
4) street food types.
5) Is there healthy street food available?
6) role of Indian post in Promoting small business?
7) How to utilise postal resources more efficiently?
8) how will you ensure healthy hygeinic street food?

Member 3
1) How migrants are able to get Adhar card?
2) How to give Aadhar card to person not having any documents?
3) why Indian post stopped money order business?
4) why merger of speed post and register posts?
5) discussion on postal stamps .
6) Impact of  discontinuing money order on poor , vulnerable.

Member 4
1) why traffic jam on Mumbai - pune highway recently?
2) what steps will you take to to tackle such issues?
3) why public preferring private banks over postal banking?
4) what steps will you take to promote heritage site as a tourism hub?
5) chages needed in postal department?

Mocks : unique academy, Jnanprabodhini , Nirav da , only ias , sriram ias, samkalp ias, vajirao reddy,  study IQ, Hamdard.

Time - 34 minutes.
Special thanks to Vidya probondhini , kolhapur.

Board:Sujata Chaturvedi Ma'am
Date: 06/02/2026
Keywords: Disability,JNU,KMC,Greenland, Intellectual Disability,Tribal,Voice of Global South,UN reforms,Urban Governance etc.

Chairperson:(Let's talk in Hindi)
1-What work you actually did in disability?
2-Why only this domain any specific context?
3- What are the laws for it?
4-Should we talk about disability or talking about it is inappropriate?
"Yaha thoda confrontation hua..She was like why it is a hobby,I said ma'am interest...she was like you are flaunting it...just because you have worked in it....you could've written talking to diverse set of people...I said ma'am I intend to work in this are so this provided me perspective...I held my ground that intention is the key..... intention theek hai to we can talk about it...

P1-
• Alumini of KMC?
• Alumini of JNU?
• How to ensure good people join politics?

P2-
• UN a hollow institution tell me reforms
• Is india developing Economy,what about emerging Economy?
• What is voice of global south?

P3-
• Why invest on person with intellectual disability?
• Why not make big cities UT,3 arguments if in favour and 3 if in against?
• Trump vs biden foreign policy?
• How Greenland issue going to end?

P4-
• Who is president of India?
• any story of her life that inspires you?
• Just being tribal is enough to claim benefits?
• What about inclusivity other than laws?

Interview date 10/02/2026
Board - Honourable Raj shukla sir.
Keywords- Branch post master , Indian post, maharashtra, PSIR , Pune, kabaddi , street food, Aadhar card.

Chairman sir
1) contribution of Ajit pawar to Maharashtra politics.
2) flaws in  his personality.
3) sharad pawar - Ajit pawar relationship.
4) Sharad pawars contribution
5) greatest politician in Maharashtra?
6) Hardcore hindutvavadi politics or more pragmatic politics?
7) why pune facing lots of issues like traffic , potholes?why not developed like Bengaluru?

Member 1
1) Rawl's theory of justice.
2) concept of veil of ignorance.
3) affirmative actions in india .
4 ) right to life?
5) judicial verdicts related to right to life?

Member 2
1) should we promote traditional sports like kabaddi?
2) how to promote?
3) Tell Me one game that's specific to Maharashtra only.
4) street food types.
5) Is there healthy street food available?
6) role of Indian post in Promoting small business?
7) How to utilise postal resources more efficiently?
8) how will you ensure healthy hygeinic street food?

Member 3
1) How migrants are able to get Adhar card?
2) How to give Aadhar card to person not having any documents?
3) why Indian post stopped money order business?
4) why merger of speed post and register posts?
5) discussion on postal stamps .
6) Impact of  discontinuing money order on poor , vulnerable.

Member 4
1) why traffic jam on Mumbai - pune highway recently?
2) what steps will you take to to tackle such issues?
3) why public preferring private banks over postal banking?
4) what steps will you take to promote heritage site as a tourism hub?
5) chages needed in postal department?

Mocks : unique academy, Jnanprabodhini , Nirav da , only ias , sriram ias, samkalp ias, vajirao reddy,  study IQ, Hamdard.

Time - 34 minutes.
Special thanks to Vidya probondhini , kolhapur.

Name: Lazy Cat
Date: 04/02/2026
Afternoon, 2nd to go.

Key DAF Details: economy, bihar, nalanda, rest not asked.

Board: Smt. Suman Sharma Ma'am

Questions asked:
President-
1. Electoral bond scheme.
2. I'm giving you ₹100. How would you allocate it for human capital formation.

Member 1:
1. Do you know about swift?
2. direct benefit transfers. Your opinion. Some discussion on it.
3. financial implications of cash transfers.
4. is trump able to bully countries?

Member 2:
1. Asked certain random questions.
2. asked about arthashastra.
3. Asked about putr and duhitri.
4. 32 bit computer
5. which is better, democracy or kingship? Why
6. we had mauryan empire which has a long history of kingship, then why democracy is better?

Member 3:
1. Why ias?
2. Is drugs beneficial for economy.
3. why is bihar not able to progress despite many ias coming from there?

Member 4:
1. % share of different sectors in gdp.
2. % employment in different sectors.
3. how to reduce employment in agriculture.
4. should private sector enter agriculture?

Mocks/O20 (If any): next ias, vajirao, samkalp, pw only ias, vision, saarthi ias(sajal sir), mahesh bhagwat sir.

Name : .
Date : 22nd January , forenoon
Board : Anuradha Prasad Ma'am
DAF Keywords - BDS, Falaknuma, Hyderabad, Telangana,
Tobacco de- addiction and oral awareness campaign, Vijayawada , Andhra Pradesh, cricket

Chairperson -
1. After BDS, were you not interested in Masters.Why Civil Services
2. How do you conduct oral health awareness campaigns
3. Did you ever work with traditional healers ( follow up question, used this word in earlier answer.
4. Do you still conduct oral health campaigns
5. What is Sin tax
6. Why Beedi is not included under sin goods
7. Which products are included under sin tax.

Member 1
1. What is Davos summit
2. Did your C.M attended the summit
3. What did Telangana present at Davos
4. What is Lift irrigation
5. How did water supplied to Golconda fort
6. Did you ever visit Golconda fort
7. What did Andhra Pradesh C.M and his son planned about Quantum technology
8. What is Quantum technology
9. What are freebies, Are they good or bad
10. If you are made Health secretary, how will you address freebies issue

Member 2
1. Since when you are staying in Hyderabad
2. Tell unique things about Falaknuma palace
3. Did you ever visited Falaknuma palace
4. If 1 year rural posting is made compulsory for medical education, what is your opinion, would you like to work in rural areas.
5. Why Myanmar is important for India
6. What is Siliguri corridor ( follow up question, I used the word in earlier answer)
7. Whom to contact in Myanmar at present
8. What is Kaladhan multimodal project
9. Is China's influence seen in Myanmar, what India can do about it.
10. What is juvenile justice Act and the ongoing debate related to it

Member 3
1. What is 50-40-30 rule in Dentistry
2. What is smile design formula
3. What is IDA
4. Oral health Program by IDA
5. Target of National oral health Program
6. Did you take up any formal or informal employment after Dentistry
* What do you want me to ask, which topic,
I said ' I would like to discuss on Practical Vedanta, Sir ',
Sir said, ' Everyone has their own opinion on Practical Vedanta 'everyone smiled, I too joined them and didn't ask any question on it.
7. Do you watch cricket
8. Who won recent women's World Cup
9. On which team, India won finals
10. Who was the player of the match
11. How will women's cricket help in women empowerment
12. What other employment opportunities can cricket provide to women, other than playing cricket
13. Are you aware of the word Aggregator
14. Recently, which ceo resigned and who took up the position.( Morning news was Zomato ceo resignation)
In answering this question, I mentioned ' Eternal company ', Sir, said, 'What Eternal company', then Chairperson Ma'am, said, ' Yes, the company name is Eternal'


Member 4
1. If you are given a chance, would you separate Telangana from erstwhile Andhra Pradesh
2. Why everyone speaks about Gentlemen Agreement, what is there in that (follow up question,I used Gentlemen agreement in earlier answer)
3. What if Hyderabad made Union territory
4. Can we utilise Anganwadi workers for oral health campaigning
5. Neem twigs also have there own utility in oral health ( follow up question, I used neem twig in earlier answer)
6. What is your opinion on transfer of Nobel Prize
7. What is Nobel Prize
8. Name 3 Indians who won Nobel Prize
9. What is H1 B visa, and the issue regarding the same.


Chairperson Ma'am - Your interview is over, you may leave. ( With a smile)

Very cordial board, all through out, Chairperson Ma'am was listening very attentively, sometimes smiling to my answers, noded sometimes for my answers to the board.


I'm very grateful to all the teachers, mentors, friends and family who supported me in this journey.
Daf discussion - With Mahesh Bhagwat Sir,
One on one sessions - Krishna Pradeep Sir, Bhavani Shankar Sir, SatyamJain Sir, Shubham Aggarwal Sir, Venkat Mohan Sir, Tanu Jain Ma'am

Panel Interviews - 21st Century KP IAS Academy, R.C Reddy IAS Institute, MAC Society, Amigos Academy, Laexcellence (@Hyderabad)
Sankalp, Vajirao and Reddy, Chanakya Mandal Parivar (@Delhi)

Date: 05-02-2026

Key DAF Details: Public Administration - rest nothing from daf.

Board: Suman Sharma.

Questions asked:

Chairperson:
What is the difference between Human Capital and Human Resource?
In brief, tell me the advantages and disadvantages of the India USA Trade deal.
Tell me sector wise tariff reductions.
Then discussion on China +1,
Last time we missed China+1 opportunity, do you think this time we will be able to catch it?
What are we doing to catch it? Some more counter questions.

M1: Discussion on CNG and EV.
What have we done till now for the CNG transition?
Electric Vehicles and infra related ?
What is the difference?
Rare Earth Magnet Corridors?
How much time will it take to actually give us benefits?
Public Policy and Private Sector related questions.


M2:
When was the Constitution of India made? How many years have passed?
Long monologue on constitution, then asked “Don’t you think we need a major overhaul in our constitution as the constituent assembly members were all around 60+ people, don’t you think we need a constitution which is aligned with the present generation”?
Youth Politics- Good or Bad.
Student Unions and Politics?
Guidelines for politics?
India is a peace loving country then why do we spot weapons, why do we highlight our arms?
China exporting weapons to Pakistan?


M3:
What is the difference between Cgpa and SGPA?
Gave 3 different City development models and then asked about them.
Then asked for my own specific vision and plan for city development.
Difference between regular college education and Open flexible education.

M4:
Who is more powerful between the Indian PM, USA President or Chinese Premier.
China's fast and rapid growth, India's democracy lagging us behind?
Difference between India’s Mayor and the USA’s Mayor?
Local self government till now ?
Pat panchayat syndrome - why still exists?

Name - Gladiator
Date - 10/02 [ Forenoon, Second to go]
Board - Dasa Sir
Daf Keywords - PSIR, GAYA, BIHAR, SAINIK SCHOOL
Duration - around 30 mins

Chairman


1. Tell me something about yourself
2. Amidst decline of parliament, where are we heading and have we evolved as democracy ?
3. ECI talked about Urban apathy in voting behaviour. What is your opinion and what is way forward ?
4. Why is liberal international world order declining ?
5. Is India right in buying oil from Russia and world is agaisnt Russia?
6. How are we steering decline of liberal world order ?
7. Since you are gaya which is land of Buddhism, how our society would have been different if Buddhism would have been the dominant faith ?

Member 1

1. Analyse from all perspective the issue of 10 min delivery.
2. What is the nature of start up in India ?
3. What is deep tech start up [Since i had mentioned in my previous response ?

Member 2

1. How is Trump impacting India US relation ?
2. Three girls committed suicide in Noida. What went wrong and what is the way ahead ?


Member 3

1. How are we going to achieve 100 Giga Watt Nuclear Energy ?

2. What is the difference between WHO guidelines and India's guidelines with respect to Pollution ? How are we going to tackle issue of Increased AQI ?

3. why out migration is happening in Bihar ? What steps have been taken set up industries in Bihar ?

Member 4

1. What is your first preference in services ?

2. Why not IFS since IR is your optional ?

3. If not home cadre, what is your next preference ? [ it is MP ]

4. Why not Uttar Pradesh or Jharkhand ?

5. Since Sainik School is subsidized, should we promote it ?

6. Even in PPP model, state will have to give subsidy

7. As a policy maker, what will you do to improve tourism in Bodh Gaya ?

Chairman

Hope you liked the conversation

Anything to add

Thank you

It was conversational and the board was very cordial.

Mock- Vajiram, Vajirao, Next IAS, Samkalp, a few through Quantel

One to One - Virendra Ojha sir and his team [Very dedicated, everyday discussion and multiple one to one helped a lot to improve articulation]

NAME- May Hay
Date of Interview- 5th Feb 2026

Board- Anuradha Prasad Ma'am

DAF Keywords- Heartfulness, LLB, LAW Optional (so many other keywords but nothing else was asked)

Chairperson-
1. You got first prize in UP in Heartfulness Essay Event, who organized it and what was the process?
2. What is Heartfulness?
3 .Difference between Heartfulness and Mindfulness?
4. Which one is better (I said-from administrative perspective mindfulness, all of them laughed and then she said tell me in general parlance)

Member 1-
1. Why such a large pendency in court?
3. What are we doing for it, how BNSS is helpful ( I mentioned BNSS in my last answer)
2. Some says that's judges are less in number, is this true or just a excuse?
3. Three problems in judiciary and how will you solve them?

Member 2-
1. Two principles of Natural Justice
2. Difference between economic rate of interest and accounting rate of interest?

Member 3-
1. She asked me legal advice as to her long pending civil land suit (long discussion)
2. Why do we need advocates?
3. Why don't people plead their own cases?
4. Income tax act is made people friendly, any such change if you can suggest for the regular judiciary?
5. What is higher judiciary
6. Any law that regulates anti obesity drugs.?

Member-4
1.Maritime Zones of India
Rest I don't remember, 2-3 more questions he asked.!


Apologies some questions I may have missed.!


MOCK- NEXT IAS, vision IAS, Only IAS, Sankalp, Vajirao and Reddy.

1 to 1 with Bassi Sir and RC Sinha sir.!

Special thanks to my mentor and biggest support- Varun Rai sir (next ias)

Transcript
Name: SSss
Board: Hon’ble Suman Sharma ma’am
Date: 2nd February forenoon, 2nd to go
Time: 27-30mins
Daf keywords: Mechanical engineering, NIT warangal, hydrogen fuel cell powered drone, CAPF(father) nothing else asked.

Questions:

Chairman:
Read my name(had a small discussion on it), degree, work experience(3months) out loud.
Is the 3 month an internship? (I said full time) so you resigned and started preparing from then…(yes ma’am)
1. Are you aware of tesla? Which is the other company thats dominating EV market now
2. How is BYD doing so well, what factors supported it
3. What recent advancements in EV tech were made by BYD
4. Why tesla did not enter India?
5. Does tesla make only EV’s? (Said yes) Are you sure. (Yes ma’am no ICE cars)
6. How is India’s Ev ecosystem, what are the gaps.
7. Between Trump and Biden who would you choose? (said biden) Why? trump can be appeased so why not? ( said qatar’s appeasement did not work)

1. Any policies in India aiding hydrogen fuel cell tech (not sure who exactly asked ma’am or m1 sir)

Member 1:
1. What is a hydrogen fuel cell, how it works
2. So you conceptualised a hydrogen fuel cell drone.(as part of a Hackathon). what factors stopped you from crossing the ideation stage.
3. What is problem with hydrogen, green hydrogen
4. Recently few Indian companies have been working on hydrogen, what are they and which kind of projects
5. Did any country deploy hydrogen trains?
6. Is there any mechanical equipment or product that India is renown for exporting? ( I said some components of solar cells) no product exists… why is it happening? Are our mechanical engineers not talented enough?

Member 2 : ( In Hindi)
1. Do you know Simpsons theory of climate change? (Sir went on to explain) he says that climate change is a natural process. But then why are worried about climate change
2. Our agriculture sector has largest number of workers, but we are trying to focus on industrial sector. How to increase employment of youth in agri sector.
3. Lakhs of engineers graduating every year. How to make them employable? ( as part of answer, at end I mentioned drones)
4. Economics of drones…aren’t they too expensive?

Member 3:
1. India has cut its aid to bangladesh by 50%. Do you think it was a right move? And should we reduce it 0?
2. What is your opinion on agnipath scheme? Why is it helpful
3. If somebody asks you for suggestion if they want to join CAPF or ARMY post agnipath, what would be your suggestion
4. Pak and saudi had a defence deal. Whats the effect on India. And a follow up on it

Member 4:
1. Tell me about hydrogen trains.. is it a good initiative to push for them, as our govt has been doing in recent times when we already have good infra in electrification and diesel trains. (I mentioned hydrogen for heritage, what it solves, benefits etc)
2. Tell me the economies of hydrogen train. Why is it better than conventional locomotives
3. If you are CEO, and you have option to choose between hydrogen train vs conventional diesel/electric, what would you choose.

Thanks S, your interview is over, you may leave now.
Experience: Very cordial board, ma’am was actively engaging, observing intently throughout the interview.. ~70% questions were related to EV( although no mention of it in the Daf) and hydrogen. Overall, a great experience.

Mocks: Vajirao reddy- close to real, sriram, samkalp (2) . Online: Quantel 2, MACS.

Guidance: Shri Mahesh bhagwat sir for DAF discussion, CA updates, clearing doubts and Akhil Buddhi sir.

O2O with friends and seniors was of great help.

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.