Name: Lenin Siddartha Reddy
Date: 02.02.2026
Session: Morning Session, Second to Go
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Key DAF Details
Writing fictional stories
Watching travel vlogs
BA LL.B., Gujarat National Law University
PSIR
Person with Disability
Warangal, Telangana
(Rest of the keywords were not asked)
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Board: Sanjay Verma Sir
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Questions Asked
Chairman / Board Member 1
1. What do your friends call you?
2. Do your friends know who Lenin is?
3. What is the full name of Lenin?
4. You have studied Political Science. Tell me, are institutions becoming more powerful than states in the 21st century?
My Answer:
a. I answered, No, Sir. I do not think institutions are becoming more powerful than states. States continue to retain their sovereignty even in the 21st century due to power politics.
b. Multilateral institutions have limited relevance and do not possess more power than sovereign states.
Follow-up:
You are right regarding multilateral institutions, but institutions that hold power influence countries like Mauritius, the Somali Islands, etc.
My Response:
Yes, Sir. Multinational corporations (MNCs) are becoming more powerful than states.
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5. You mentioned that you write short fictional stories. Why have you specifically mentioned “fictional”? Stories are generally fictional.
My Answer:
a. I write using my imagination based on observations from newspapers and my surroundings.
b. I also write courtroom dramas.
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6. Which fictional story has moved you recently?
My Answer:
a. The Last Girl by Nadia Murad, Sir.
7. Where did it take place?
My Answer:
Sir, in Syria.
Chairman:
It is not a short story; it is a very long narrative.
My Response:
a. Sir, recently I also read 3000 Stitches by Sudha Murthy.
b. I mentioned how ma’am contributed to the welfare of sex workers.
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8. Should prostitution be legalized in India?
My Answer:
a. Sir, I believe it should be based on consent and aligned with the recent Supreme Court judgment.
9. Which country has legalized it?
My Answer:
c. Sir, most European countries, for example, Germany.
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10. Name other short story writers from India.
My Response:
I paused for a few seconds and said that I was unable to recall at the moment.
11. Which award is given for short stories?
My Answer:
Sir, the Booker Prize.
Chairman:
Specifically for short stories.
My Response:
Sorry, Sir. I am not aware.
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Second Member
1. What problems are faced by persons with disabilities in education?
My Answer:
Denial of admission, inaccessibility in educational institutions, lack of assistive technologies, etc.
2. What is the government doing recently for the welfare of persons with disabilities?
My Answer:
I mentioned multiple government schemes and initiatives announced in the Union Budget 2026.
3. You watch travel vlogs. Should we bring a law to curtail misinformation and wrong portrayal of places in such videos?
My Answer:
Sir, introducing a law may curtail freedom of speech and expression. Instead, we should focus on the personal responsibility of travel bloggers.
However, if content is against the state or public policy, action should be taken as per existing laws.
4. How do the Metaverse and latest AI technologies help improve the travel vlogging experience?
My Answer:
a. Sir, they significantly enhance user experience. Through augmented reality, people can virtually access places across the world.
(Board moved to Member 3)
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Board Member 3 (Lady Member)
1. How can we encourage reading habits among children, as very few focus on reading today?
My Answer:
a. We should encourage creativity by motivating children to write stories using their imagination and innovative ideas.
2. Follow-up questions.
3. Who is your role model and why?
4. How is AI hindering the creative abilities of children?
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Board Member 4
1. What are the twin cities of Warangal?
2. Post-bifurcation, which state benefited more?
3. Development in your state is centralized in Hyderabad. How will Telangana solve this problem?
4. You are a BA LL.B. st
Date: 02.02.2026
Session: Morning Session, Second to Go
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Key DAF Details
Writing fictional stories
Watching travel vlogs
BA LL.B., Gujarat National Law University
PSIR
Person with Disability
Warangal, Telangana
(Rest of the keywords were not asked)
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Board: Sanjay Verma Sir
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Questions Asked
Chairman / Board Member 1
1. What do your friends call you?
2. Do your friends know who Lenin is?
3. What is the full name of Lenin?
4. You have studied Political Science. Tell me, are institutions becoming more powerful than states in the 21st century?
My Answer:
a. I answered, No, Sir. I do not think institutions are becoming more powerful than states. States continue to retain their sovereignty even in the 21st century due to power politics.
b. Multilateral institutions have limited relevance and do not possess more power than sovereign states.
Follow-up:
You are right regarding multilateral institutions, but institutions that hold power influence countries like Mauritius, the Somali Islands, etc.
My Response:
Yes, Sir. Multinational corporations (MNCs) are becoming more powerful than states.
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5. You mentioned that you write short fictional stories. Why have you specifically mentioned “fictional”? Stories are generally fictional.
My Answer:
a. I write using my imagination based on observations from newspapers and my surroundings.
b. I also write courtroom dramas.
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6. Which fictional story has moved you recently?
My Answer:
a. The Last Girl by Nadia Murad, Sir.
7. Where did it take place?
My Answer:
Sir, in Syria.
Chairman:
It is not a short story; it is a very long narrative.
My Response:
a. Sir, recently I also read 3000 Stitches by Sudha Murthy.
b. I mentioned how ma’am contributed to the welfare of sex workers.
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8. Should prostitution be legalized in India?
My Answer:
a. Sir, I believe it should be based on consent and aligned with the recent Supreme Court judgment.
9. Which country has legalized it?
My Answer:
c. Sir, most European countries, for example, Germany.
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10. Name other short story writers from India.
My Response:
I paused for a few seconds and said that I was unable to recall at the moment.
11. Which award is given for short stories?
My Answer:
Sir, the Booker Prize.
Chairman:
Specifically for short stories.
My Response:
Sorry, Sir. I am not aware.
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Second Member
1. What problems are faced by persons with disabilities in education?
My Answer:
Denial of admission, inaccessibility in educational institutions, lack of assistive technologies, etc.
2. What is the government doing recently for the welfare of persons with disabilities?
My Answer:
I mentioned multiple government schemes and initiatives announced in the Union Budget 2026.
3. You watch travel vlogs. Should we bring a law to curtail misinformation and wrong portrayal of places in such videos?
My Answer:
Sir, introducing a law may curtail freedom of speech and expression. Instead, we should focus on the personal responsibility of travel bloggers.
However, if content is against the state or public policy, action should be taken as per existing laws.
4. How do the Metaverse and latest AI technologies help improve the travel vlogging experience?
My Answer:
a. Sir, they significantly enhance user experience. Through augmented reality, people can virtually access places across the world.
(Board moved to Member 3)
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Board Member 3 (Lady Member)
1. How can we encourage reading habits among children, as very few focus on reading today?
My Answer:
a. We should encourage creativity by motivating children to write stories using their imagination and innovative ideas.
2. Follow-up questions.
3. Who is your role model and why?
4. How is AI hindering the creative abilities of children?
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Board Member 4
1. What are the twin cities of Warangal?
2. Post-bifurcation, which state benefited more?
3. Development in your state is centralized in Hyderabad. How will Telangana solve this problem?
4. You are a BA LL.B. st
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Interview Transcripts (CSPT-2025)
Name: Lenin Siddartha Reddy Date: 02.02.2026 Session: Morning Session, Second to Go --- Key DAF Details Writing fictional stories Watching travel vlogs BA LL.B., Gujarat National Law University PSIR Person with Disability Warangal, Telangana (Rest…
udent from Gujarat National Law University. Why do you want to join civil services when you can earn lakhs in corporate law or litigation?
5. Why do people from your state mostly migrate to the United States, while people from Kerala migrate to West Asia?
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Board Member 5
1. What reforms would you suggest for the present education system?
2. Explain the integrated education system approach.
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Chairman (Final Questions)
1. Lenin and Siddhartha represent two ends of a spectrum. Which one would you choose?
My Answer:
I chose the balanced middle path.
2. Will you drop “Lenin” from your name?
My Response:
Sir, it is part of my official certificates.
3. Why are there so many Lenins in India, but not in Russia?
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Overall Interview Duration
Approximately 32 minutes
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Mocks / O2O
Mahesh Bhagwat sir: thankful for his contribution towards my prep. Gave very insightful guidance. he talked to me for 40 minutes to help me prepare questions based on my DAF.
Nikhil sir from insights: spent a lot of time over the call in guiding about PSIR optional.
Attended 11 mock interviews, mainly for practice and confidence-building.
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5. Why do people from your state mostly migrate to the United States, while people from Kerala migrate to West Asia?
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Board Member 5
1. What reforms would you suggest for the present education system?
2. Explain the integrated education system approach.
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Chairman (Final Questions)
1. Lenin and Siddhartha represent two ends of a spectrum. Which one would you choose?
My Answer:
I chose the balanced middle path.
2. Will you drop “Lenin” from your name?
My Response:
Sir, it is part of my official certificates.
3. Why are there so many Lenins in India, but not in Russia?
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Overall Interview Duration
Approximately 32 minutes
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Mocks / O2O
Mahesh Bhagwat sir: thankful for his contribution towards my prep. Gave very insightful guidance. he talked to me for 40 minutes to help me prepare questions based on my DAF.
Nikhil sir from insights: spent a lot of time over the call in guiding about PSIR optional.
Attended 11 mock interviews, mainly for practice and confidence-building.
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Name-mahadev jane
Sujata Chaturvedi maam
2nd one to go,forenoon session, time around 25 mins
Keywords=Madhubani painting, Electrical engineering, Bihar state, machine learning(only these asked)
1. Chair introduced to board , last word she read from daf is Madhubani painting and started asking about it.
2. Asked can u draw? Pl describe some features , how is this diff
3. Can u remember any other paintings
4. Ok , pichwadi painting if u had to make guess which state it is?[ I guessed wrong, she said ok]
5. Do u know some news from north east? What is tha?
6. Elaborate it's history
7. Do u think it will solve issue?
8. Any other happening from north east?[I said no maam I don't know]
M1
1. Do u think 100% renewable grid would solve problems or be problematic
2. Ok so what is ur opinion?
3. What is solar pumped hydro ? Give 2 benefits
4. Why u said it is technology? Really it is?
5. Ok so is this larger or nascent?
6. Any project u name ?
7. What is grid stability? How to achieve it?
8. How does solar hydro power useful here? Ok so u say opinion
M3
1. U said on grid stability, then tell me any outside India grid connect?
2. Don't u think India should support usa in us Iran nuclear issue as we support the cause of peace? [No cross q]
3. What is utility of solar? We can do by thermal? No Why?
4. since u worked on machine learning, describe me any project u would like to work in health sector
5. what is drug resistance tb, how ml worl here[mentioned above so cross q]
M3
[I will ask only relevant stuff]
1. Ok tell me about discom?
2. Why r they in losses, interrupted in between said Ok ok
3. Ok social issue of urbanization is there so much crowd how would u solve Name 2 solution, didn't let me finish second asked cross q
4. Ok so about discom tell me also how as admn u would solve fiscal issues, from where u would fund it.
5. Ok lastly tell me why there is inequality? [ after 2 reasons said Ok ok ]
[ member was very much hurried but smiling]
M4
1. Name social issues of bihar u would have wished not there
2. Why isn't there caste also?
3. Ok how will u solve then?
4. Ok any administration issue u faced
5. Now as u come from Bihar and Nepal is there n our neighbourhood is not happy with us. How should India bridge gap of trust with Nepal.
6. Ok really does it got Allocation this budget?[ was in my answer before]
Chair
Ok thankyou u can go now.
Maam was very strict, serious, not just poker but very serious look, but cordial board overall rest members were smiling looking Nodding sometimes and maam too was Willing to listen unlike mocks.
Mocks given = 10(online), only 1 offline ( samkalp- highly over rated, but team is helpful)
One to one
Mahesh Sir IPS 🙏 ( detailed analysis n even daf filling, so helpful n highly inspirational )
Shubham Aggarwal sir Vidyapeeth ias ( Supportive, helpful , overall one man army)
Special thanks to all respected mentors and faculty who helped- team of Next ias, Sleepy classes, Upscprep, Samkalp, vision ias, ias gurukul🙏🏻
Thankyou
Har har mahadev 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Sujata Chaturvedi maam
2nd one to go,forenoon session, time around 25 mins
Keywords=Madhubani painting, Electrical engineering, Bihar state, machine learning(only these asked)
1. Chair introduced to board , last word she read from daf is Madhubani painting and started asking about it.
2. Asked can u draw? Pl describe some features , how is this diff
3. Can u remember any other paintings
4. Ok , pichwadi painting if u had to make guess which state it is?[ I guessed wrong, she said ok]
5. Do u know some news from north east? What is tha?
6. Elaborate it's history
7. Do u think it will solve issue?
8. Any other happening from north east?[I said no maam I don't know]
M1
1. Do u think 100% renewable grid would solve problems or be problematic
2. Ok so what is ur opinion?
3. What is solar pumped hydro ? Give 2 benefits
4. Why u said it is technology? Really it is?
5. Ok so is this larger or nascent?
6. Any project u name ?
7. What is grid stability? How to achieve it?
8. How does solar hydro power useful here? Ok so u say opinion
M3
1. U said on grid stability, then tell me any outside India grid connect?
2. Don't u think India should support usa in us Iran nuclear issue as we support the cause of peace? [No cross q]
3. What is utility of solar? We can do by thermal? No Why?
4. since u worked on machine learning, describe me any project u would like to work in health sector
5. what is drug resistance tb, how ml worl here[mentioned above so cross q]
M3
[I will ask only relevant stuff]
1. Ok tell me about discom?
2. Why r they in losses, interrupted in between said Ok ok
3. Ok social issue of urbanization is there so much crowd how would u solve Name 2 solution, didn't let me finish second asked cross q
4. Ok so about discom tell me also how as admn u would solve fiscal issues, from where u would fund it.
5. Ok lastly tell me why there is inequality? [ after 2 reasons said Ok ok ]
[ member was very much hurried but smiling]
M4
1. Name social issues of bihar u would have wished not there
2. Why isn't there caste also?
3. Ok how will u solve then?
4. Ok any administration issue u faced
5. Now as u come from Bihar and Nepal is there n our neighbourhood is not happy with us. How should India bridge gap of trust with Nepal.
6. Ok really does it got Allocation this budget?[ was in my answer before]
Chair
Ok thankyou u can go now.
Maam was very strict, serious, not just poker but very serious look, but cordial board overall rest members were smiling looking Nodding sometimes and maam too was Willing to listen unlike mocks.
Mocks given = 10(online), only 1 offline ( samkalp- highly over rated, but team is helpful)
One to one
Mahesh Sir IPS 🙏 ( detailed analysis n even daf filling, so helpful n highly inspirational )
Shubham Aggarwal sir Vidyapeeth ias ( Supportive, helpful , overall one man army)
Special thanks to all respected mentors and faculty who helped- team of Next ias, Sleepy classes, Upscprep, Samkalp, vision ias, ias gurukul🙏🏻
Thankyou
Har har mahadev 🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Name: NyayaVardhan
Sanjay Verma IFS Board
Date: 12.02.26 — 1st to Go (Forenoon)
Chairperson:
1. So NyayaVardhan, You are in interested in constitution and also collect books. Have you had the opportunity to collect any unique edition of the constitution?
2. Which are some books adapted into movies? Can you give an example? (Mentioned Fault in the Stars and Julian Barnes’ Sense of an Ending)
3. Can you think of a book that still not made into movie, which you think can be turned into a movie?
4. Who wrote Fault in the Stars book that you mentioned earlier? (Replied John Green)
5. There’s a new movie called Haq. (I mentioned i watched it on NF). Sir, got excited and asked you watched it? Very good. So in the end credits there’s a mentioned of a person who was important in the research of the movie, whats the name? (Sorry sir, i have not paid attention) he said you should. Its important (I acknowledged the fact that end credits have some interesting trivia/facts etc)
6. How was the movie depicted according to you wrt the actual caselaw?
7. How did the Shah Bano case influence the society? (I mentioned women rights, maintenance and later influenced other judgements like Shayara Bano too)
8. Is our constitution Male or Female Centric. (I mentioned Female oriented)
9. Why female centric? (Special provisions under Art 15(3)/16(3). Sir added art 326 voting rights for women since inception of constitution unlike other democracies
M1:
10. Arbitration is one ADR. What are some other modes of ADR? (Mentioned Negotiation, Mediation and Conciliation)
11. What is mediation. How is it different from Arbitration
12. If courts were to intervene on the arbitral awards, then whats the use of ADR? (So, i mentioned recent case Gayatri Balasamy where SC reduced the scope for intervention in arbitral awards and section 34 of A&C Act which also bars courts intervention)
13. What if Britishers had not colonised India? First tell me good things that they have brought?
14. If they hadn’t colonised, would still india develop like it has today? (I said yes it would still develop. Gave a comparison on GDP held by India before and After British colonisation)
15. Minister of education yesterday said he will deploy AI in school education. How will you as DM implement it? (Mentioned Personalised learning, visual tools created by AI to make learning more fun. Ultimately use it for improving Learning Outcomes)
16. Do you used AI ? I mentioned ChatGPT and Gemini.
17. Chairperson intervened and asked for what purpose do you employ AI. (Mentioned summarising Long YT videos and reading summaries of books)
M3:
17. Your surname is familiar in both Karnataka and Maharashtra right? You are kannadiga or Maratha?
18. What is the Belagavi Dispute about? Explain to me. (Mentioned Mahajan Committee 1962)
19. What is the status today? (Petition before SC by MH govt under art 131)
20. Has the mahajan committee not settled it? What did it recommend ? Only on the basis of Language? (Not just language but other criteria as well)
21. What other criteria ? (Administrative convenience, History and manuscripts, British documents, economic connectivity)
22. What is happening in the world today? One important event? (Mentioned Bangladesh Election)
23. In india? Any major event happening? He was hinting at ICC T20 WC but i was talking about AI summit in the coming week, Indo-US trade deal etc
24. Its related to your DAF. Make a guess now. Finally i said T20 WC. (All members had a good laugh at this moment)
25. What the difference between t20 and 50 over cricket? (Mentioned 2 differences, he also added the slow overrate penalty rule as well)
26. What is unique about this year T20 WC (mentioned that 20 teams including good number Associate Nations also playing)
27. What is one pattern you see among the matches played till now? Do you see any pattern? (mentioned that associate nations are playing competitive cricket against Major Teams, like Canada, USA etc)
M3:
28. What is one rule you find funny in cricket? (Mentioned Obstructing the field)
29.
Sanjay Verma IFS Board
Date: 12.02.26 — 1st to Go (Forenoon)
Chairperson:
1. So NyayaVardhan, You are in interested in constitution and also collect books. Have you had the opportunity to collect any unique edition of the constitution?
2. Which are some books adapted into movies? Can you give an example? (Mentioned Fault in the Stars and Julian Barnes’ Sense of an Ending)
3. Can you think of a book that still not made into movie, which you think can be turned into a movie?
4. Who wrote Fault in the Stars book that you mentioned earlier? (Replied John Green)
5. There’s a new movie called Haq. (I mentioned i watched it on NF). Sir, got excited and asked you watched it? Very good. So in the end credits there’s a mentioned of a person who was important in the research of the movie, whats the name? (Sorry sir, i have not paid attention) he said you should. Its important (I acknowledged the fact that end credits have some interesting trivia/facts etc)
6. How was the movie depicted according to you wrt the actual caselaw?
7. How did the Shah Bano case influence the society? (I mentioned women rights, maintenance and later influenced other judgements like Shayara Bano too)
8. Is our constitution Male or Female Centric. (I mentioned Female oriented)
9. Why female centric? (Special provisions under Art 15(3)/16(3). Sir added art 326 voting rights for women since inception of constitution unlike other democracies
M1:
10. Arbitration is one ADR. What are some other modes of ADR? (Mentioned Negotiation, Mediation and Conciliation)
11. What is mediation. How is it different from Arbitration
12. If courts were to intervene on the arbitral awards, then whats the use of ADR? (So, i mentioned recent case Gayatri Balasamy where SC reduced the scope for intervention in arbitral awards and section 34 of A&C Act which also bars courts intervention)
13. What if Britishers had not colonised India? First tell me good things that they have brought?
14. If they hadn’t colonised, would still india develop like it has today? (I said yes it would still develop. Gave a comparison on GDP held by India before and After British colonisation)
15. Minister of education yesterday said he will deploy AI in school education. How will you as DM implement it? (Mentioned Personalised learning, visual tools created by AI to make learning more fun. Ultimately use it for improving Learning Outcomes)
16. Do you used AI ? I mentioned ChatGPT and Gemini.
17. Chairperson intervened and asked for what purpose do you employ AI. (Mentioned summarising Long YT videos and reading summaries of books)
M3:
17. Your surname is familiar in both Karnataka and Maharashtra right? You are kannadiga or Maratha?
18. What is the Belagavi Dispute about? Explain to me. (Mentioned Mahajan Committee 1962)
19. What is the status today? (Petition before SC by MH govt under art 131)
20. Has the mahajan committee not settled it? What did it recommend ? Only on the basis of Language? (Not just language but other criteria as well)
21. What other criteria ? (Administrative convenience, History and manuscripts, British documents, economic connectivity)
22. What is happening in the world today? One important event? (Mentioned Bangladesh Election)
23. In india? Any major event happening? He was hinting at ICC T20 WC but i was talking about AI summit in the coming week, Indo-US trade deal etc
24. Its related to your DAF. Make a guess now. Finally i said T20 WC. (All members had a good laugh at this moment)
25. What the difference between t20 and 50 over cricket? (Mentioned 2 differences, he also added the slow overrate penalty rule as well)
26. What is unique about this year T20 WC (mentioned that 20 teams including good number Associate Nations also playing)
27. What is one pattern you see among the matches played till now? Do you see any pattern? (mentioned that associate nations are playing competitive cricket against Major Teams, like Canada, USA etc)
M3:
28. What is one rule you find funny in cricket? (Mentioned Obstructing the field)
29.
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Would you change it or retain. (I’ll retain it sir)
30. One rule in cricket you’d change of given a chance? (In case of tie in super over, bowl out should be next tie breaker instead of one more superover, to make game more fun and bowler friendly)
31. Since you are already working, tell me How is increasing Technology impacting workplace?
32. What are its effects on Workplace relations among colleagues?
33. Is technology leading to too much stress? (I mentioned increased screentime both in private life and worklife)
34. You like collecting books. You walk around the city and you see Pirated books being sold. Do you support it? (I said no as the author has put lots of hardwork, labour and research into publishing it and also its an offence under Copyright Act)
35. But it also increases the spread among public, more people will read it. Its good right? (Said less cost doesn’t justify the wrong. If cost is the criteria, we can get original titles at low prices. Mentioned Blossoms bookhouse in Bangalore)
36. One final time i ask you: do you support it or not? (I stuck to not supporting)
M4: (Female)
37. Without Gandhiji, the independence could have been achieved earlier or it would have been delayed further? (I said delayed. Asked for reasons for it)
38. Mention four important Stalwarts instrumental in Freedom Struggle. (Mentioned Gandhi, Bose, Sarojini Naidu and Azad)
39. Pick one. I said i have followed BR ambedkar (i wanted to avoid History Questions)
40. Ambedkar was involved more towards Constitution making, so pick only among the four you mentioned. (I chose SC Bose)
41. Why was SC Bose isolated during the freedom movement?
42. What would have happened if Bose had survived longer? how would it impact Freedom Movement?
43. What is one constitutional provision that protects the Civil Servants? (I couldn’t remember art 311, she said its alright, just tell me what it says. So described it)
44. Article related to UPSC (article 315 to 323)
Chairman intervened and said Thank you, your interview is over.
Thanked the chairperson and members and wished them a nice day!
Mocks: VisionIAS Samkalp NEXTIAS (best ones), Unacademy VajiramRavi (decent), Vajirao and PWOnlyIAS (okayish)
(Yet the actual interview coverage of Qs were totally different, no overlap of any question except Belagavi Dispute)
Overall i felt the Questions were very on-the-spot kind, more commonsensical and rapidfire type. History questions were a bit difficult for me to answer. Overall decent experience.
The environment was very relaxed. I had a smile throughout. Members were very jolly and good mood. (One member mentioned they played cricket in the morning, thats why more cricket based Qs).
30. One rule in cricket you’d change of given a chance? (In case of tie in super over, bowl out should be next tie breaker instead of one more superover, to make game more fun and bowler friendly)
31. Since you are already working, tell me How is increasing Technology impacting workplace?
32. What are its effects on Workplace relations among colleagues?
33. Is technology leading to too much stress? (I mentioned increased screentime both in private life and worklife)
34. You like collecting books. You walk around the city and you see Pirated books being sold. Do you support it? (I said no as the author has put lots of hardwork, labour and research into publishing it and also its an offence under Copyright Act)
35. But it also increases the spread among public, more people will read it. Its good right? (Said less cost doesn’t justify the wrong. If cost is the criteria, we can get original titles at low prices. Mentioned Blossoms bookhouse in Bangalore)
36. One final time i ask you: do you support it or not? (I stuck to not supporting)
M4: (Female)
37. Without Gandhiji, the independence could have been achieved earlier or it would have been delayed further? (I said delayed. Asked for reasons for it)
38. Mention four important Stalwarts instrumental in Freedom Struggle. (Mentioned Gandhi, Bose, Sarojini Naidu and Azad)
39. Pick one. I said i have followed BR ambedkar (i wanted to avoid History Questions)
40. Ambedkar was involved more towards Constitution making, so pick only among the four you mentioned. (I chose SC Bose)
41. Why was SC Bose isolated during the freedom movement?
42. What would have happened if Bose had survived longer? how would it impact Freedom Movement?
43. What is one constitutional provision that protects the Civil Servants? (I couldn’t remember art 311, she said its alright, just tell me what it says. So described it)
44. Article related to UPSC (article 315 to 323)
Chairman intervened and said Thank you, your interview is over.
Thanked the chairperson and members and wished them a nice day!
Mocks: VisionIAS Samkalp NEXTIAS (best ones), Unacademy VajiramRavi (decent), Vajirao and PWOnlyIAS (okayish)
(Yet the actual interview coverage of Qs were totally different, no overlap of any question except Belagavi Dispute)
Overall i felt the Questions were very on-the-spot kind, more commonsensical and rapidfire type. History questions were a bit difficult for me to answer. Overall decent experience.
The environment was very relaxed. I had a smile throughout. Members were very jolly and good mood. (One member mentioned they played cricket in the morning, thats why more cricket based Qs).
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Interview Transcript for Community ✅
Name: monk_mishra
Date: 11 Feb, 2026 (1st to go)
Board: Hon. BB Swain Sir
DAF Keywords: Deputy Collector (WB), Jadavpur University, Football, Civil Engg, History Optional, Work Ex- Data Science
Chair: What is this designation: Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector?
Are you involved in SIR? What is it? Are we using some software?
M1: What is meditative writing?
-Explain ML in one line?
-What did you do in job as Biz Analyst?
-What is US Deal?
-At which stage is it? (couldn’t answer)
-Who is at loss?
-What is pulses clause?
-Why Civil Services and why not go to USA for MNC? specifically asked me to not to quote coaching wala Answer 🙂
M2: Name a famous alumni of JU? (Said couple of names, but he was not satisfied…….Finallly Sir said Satyajit Ray)
-Asked me about 2-3 bengali poems but I could not answer.
-What makes Bengal Great?
-When was JU founded? Role in independence.
-Pre Engineered and pre fabricated structure difference?
-why are we not using it?
-why still on site construction?
-what is AI Summit? Did you read newspaper today? What is recent SC verdict on that?
M3: Why Football so backward in India?
-What are the reasons? (I kept answering he was not satisfied)
-bridge failure reasons?
-Energy is commodity or weapon? Give an example
M4: Why cities are so congested?
-why are not able to solve them?
-do you know Chinese history? American History? SE Asia? (Said maam to some extent)
-What is Chip War?
-Which country has 90% Renewable Energy?
-Which countries are invinsible in Chip War?
-Can we localize data? Can Google be forced to localize data?
M2 Again- Recent SGI Ruling on AI Content (30 minute takedown)
Lastly Swain Sir said, should we ask you something more? What had you prepared for this interview?
Mocks Verdict:
SNTCSSC of WB Govt (Best)
NextIAS (Good)
PWOnlyIAS (Bad)
Apti Plus (Average)
O2O:
Bassi Sir (confidence booster)
B Singh Sir (must for Civil Engg)
Sriram Sir (average)
Most important: Help and Guidance from Seniors and Friends in service
Some DAF Questions from Edge IAS and Apti Plus.
Name: monk_mishra
Date: 11 Feb, 2026 (1st to go)
Board: Hon. BB Swain Sir
DAF Keywords: Deputy Collector (WB), Jadavpur University, Football, Civil Engg, History Optional, Work Ex- Data Science
Chair: What is this designation: Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector?
Are you involved in SIR? What is it? Are we using some software?
M1: What is meditative writing?
-Explain ML in one line?
-What did you do in job as Biz Analyst?
-What is US Deal?
-At which stage is it? (couldn’t answer)
-Who is at loss?
-What is pulses clause?
-Why Civil Services and why not go to USA for MNC? specifically asked me to not to quote coaching wala Answer 🙂
M2: Name a famous alumni of JU? (Said couple of names, but he was not satisfied…….Finallly Sir said Satyajit Ray)
-Asked me about 2-3 bengali poems but I could not answer.
-What makes Bengal Great?
-When was JU founded? Role in independence.
-Pre Engineered and pre fabricated structure difference?
-why are we not using it?
-why still on site construction?
-what is AI Summit? Did you read newspaper today? What is recent SC verdict on that?
M3: Why Football so backward in India?
-What are the reasons? (I kept answering he was not satisfied)
-bridge failure reasons?
-Energy is commodity or weapon? Give an example
M4: Why cities are so congested?
-why are not able to solve them?
-do you know Chinese history? American History? SE Asia? (Said maam to some extent)
-What is Chip War?
-Which country has 90% Renewable Energy?
-Which countries are invinsible in Chip War?
-Can we localize data? Can Google be forced to localize data?
M2 Again- Recent SGI Ruling on AI Content (30 minute takedown)
Lastly Swain Sir said, should we ask you something more? What had you prepared for this interview?
Mocks Verdict:
SNTCSSC of WB Govt (Best)
NextIAS (Good)
PWOnlyIAS (Bad)
Apti Plus (Average)
O2O:
Bassi Sir (confidence booster)
B Singh Sir (must for Civil Engg)
Sriram Sir (average)
Most important: Help and Guidance from Seniors and Friends in service
Some DAF Questions from Edge IAS and Apti Plus.
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Date 12-2-26
Name- XYZ
Board ,BB SWAIN
FIRST TO GO IN
Keywords -sociology, mechanical engineering,palghar ,
CHAIRPERSON (ONLY one question) tell me something about palghar
All members- 1)infra growth in Maharastra any 5 recent
2)mumbai new coastal city project something related to song( don't know)
3)caste inequality reasons and what will u do
4) what will u do for development of palghar
5) ur view on ews reservation
6)marathi literature and films
7)do u think crisis makes people come together and stability creates tensions give example(couldn't answer accurate)
8) is europenisatio failing in near future
9)shld dhoni retire ,
10) who is better vk or sachin as a role
11)ur views on weakning social bonds in urban areas
12)why sociology after engineering
13)what steps have been taken to reduce caste inequality
14) ur views on maratha pride initiatives of Balasaheb Thackeray,how will u define
15)will u justify his action of violence
16)why male from upper caste rape female from lower caste
17 ) any recent honour killing incident
18)where do flamigos come in Maharashtra (i couldn't answer)
19)ur views on jobless growth and what could be done(ok answer
20) whats ur plan b what if u fail
21) ur view on vadhavan port and why protest was carried out.
22)what are wetlands and ramsar convention
2-3 more ques were there
Couldn't remember more 😅
Only one question was repeated from mocks
Overall board was very cordial and was interview was DAF based
Total 14 mocks
Ekam(ver poor)
Next ias(good
Vision ias (good
Sankalp ias (good
Vajiram (good
Sriramias ,career will, quantel ,vision IAS
SIAC
No mock is comparable to real interview
O2o- sriram sir ,upwise ,pw only ias
Special thanks for Mahesh bhagwat sir whatsapp group for helping in ca, and providing platform
Name- XYZ
Board ,BB SWAIN
FIRST TO GO IN
Keywords -sociology, mechanical engineering,palghar ,
CHAIRPERSON (ONLY one question) tell me something about palghar
All members- 1)infra growth in Maharastra any 5 recent
2)mumbai new coastal city project something related to song( don't know)
3)caste inequality reasons and what will u do
4) what will u do for development of palghar
5) ur view on ews reservation
6)marathi literature and films
7)do u think crisis makes people come together and stability creates tensions give example(couldn't answer accurate)
8) is europenisatio failing in near future
9)shld dhoni retire ,
10) who is better vk or sachin as a role
11)ur views on weakning social bonds in urban areas
12)why sociology after engineering
13)what steps have been taken to reduce caste inequality
14) ur views on maratha pride initiatives of Balasaheb Thackeray,how will u define
15)will u justify his action of violence
16)why male from upper caste rape female from lower caste
17 ) any recent honour killing incident
18)where do flamigos come in Maharashtra (i couldn't answer)
19)ur views on jobless growth and what could be done(ok answer
20) whats ur plan b what if u fail
21) ur view on vadhavan port and why protest was carried out.
22)what are wetlands and ramsar convention
2-3 more ques were there
Couldn't remember more 😅
Only one question was repeated from mocks
Overall board was very cordial and was interview was DAF based
Total 14 mocks
Ekam(ver poor)
Next ias(good
Vision ias (good
Sankalp ias (good
Vajiram (good
Sriramias ,career will, quantel ,vision IAS
SIAC
No mock is comparable to real interview
O2o- sriram sir ,upwise ,pw only ias
Special thanks for Mahesh bhagwat sir whatsapp group for helping in ca, and providing platform
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Date - 12/2/26
Board - Dasa sir
Keywords - Sociology, madhya pradesh
Chairperson
- You must have sacrificed a lot to come at this stage in terms of social media, movies, etc. isn’t it?
- since you have selected socio, tell me what interesting things you found in Indian society and western society that you were unaware of.
- What are the social institutions in the indian society
- What are changes faced by them due to globalisation and colonisation
- Have you heard about SIR. Tell me how you as a DM would have helped people who don’t have any documents with them
- Choose one district that you would like to serve (he insisted to pick one)
M1
- Talked about bhopal gas tragedy, its causes, its impact on the society. Who should be held responsible? (Connected to state choice in previous question)
- Indore water crisis, how you as a DM would act in that situation
- Name one institution responsible for that tragedy
M2
- talked about goa being an important tourist destination, reasons for that, what are the famous tourist spots there (Randomly asked)
- Why there has been a decline of tourist arrivals in goa
- What are the 3 steps you would take to weed out corruption at the local level?
M3
- recently china had complained against India at WTO (PLI)
- Talked on what was the concern, India’s response
- Recently a social group turned 150 years, do you know about it? (arya samaj)
- Tell some contributions of arya samaj
- Tell me some other social groups present in the society which provide welfare services (said RSS)
M4
- What will be the trends in old age that will seen as we move towards viksit bharat (urban and rural)
- For whom are we making viksit bharat?
- Have you heard of agniveer scheme? Should such scheme be brought into civil services where efficiency determines your career? Will it increase or decrease the craze of upsc among gen z?
Chairperson
- How will socio help you as an administrator
- Is there any topic that you think we haven’t covered?
Not able to recall remaining questions. Sir said he hasn’t even seen my DAF so the questions were generic.
Overall a great experience (no grilling).
O2O - saloni ma’am, upwise, vidyapeeth, IAS gurukul with pranay sir(extremely helpful for sociology), Ayush sir (forum IAS)
Mocks- Upwise (2-3), quantel, OnlyIAS (2), SPIPA, Next IAS (2), Vajirao, Vajiram, Sriram, Shankar, Samkalp, Vision (2), StudyIQ, etc.
Board - Dasa sir
Keywords - Sociology, madhya pradesh
Chairperson
- You must have sacrificed a lot to come at this stage in terms of social media, movies, etc. isn’t it?
- since you have selected socio, tell me what interesting things you found in Indian society and western society that you were unaware of.
- What are the social institutions in the indian society
- What are changes faced by them due to globalisation and colonisation
- Have you heard about SIR. Tell me how you as a DM would have helped people who don’t have any documents with them
- Choose one district that you would like to serve (he insisted to pick one)
M1
- Talked about bhopal gas tragedy, its causes, its impact on the society. Who should be held responsible? (Connected to state choice in previous question)
- Indore water crisis, how you as a DM would act in that situation
- Name one institution responsible for that tragedy
M2
- talked about goa being an important tourist destination, reasons for that, what are the famous tourist spots there (Randomly asked)
- Why there has been a decline of tourist arrivals in goa
- What are the 3 steps you would take to weed out corruption at the local level?
M3
- recently china had complained against India at WTO (PLI)
- Talked on what was the concern, India’s response
- Recently a social group turned 150 years, do you know about it? (arya samaj)
- Tell some contributions of arya samaj
- Tell me some other social groups present in the society which provide welfare services (said RSS)
M4
- What will be the trends in old age that will seen as we move towards viksit bharat (urban and rural)
- For whom are we making viksit bharat?
- Have you heard of agniveer scheme? Should such scheme be brought into civil services where efficiency determines your career? Will it increase or decrease the craze of upsc among gen z?
Chairperson
- How will socio help you as an administrator
- Is there any topic that you think we haven’t covered?
Not able to recall remaining questions. Sir said he hasn’t even seen my DAF so the questions were generic.
Overall a great experience (no grilling).
O2O - saloni ma’am, upwise, vidyapeeth, IAS gurukul with pranay sir(extremely helpful for sociology), Ayush sir (forum IAS)
Mocks- Upwise (2-3), quantel, OnlyIAS (2), SPIPA, Next IAS (2), Vajirao, Vajiram, Sriram, Shankar, Samkalp, Vision (2), StudyIQ, etc.
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Name: Mukzyy
Date: 12/02/26 (AN / 1st to go)
Key DAF Details: Delhi, ECE Engineer, Sociology, CAG, Photography, Cloud Computing, Waste Segregation, Oratory & Public Speaking.
Board: BB Swain Sir
Questions asked:
Chairperson (Swain Sir)
Welcome, how are you doing ?
So, you wrote an essay on CAG, what was it was all about ?
So, what do you think about the controversies regarding the scams ?
M1 (Female)
So, you are from Delhi, How is Delhi faced pressure due to migrants ?
How do we need to handle such pressure on Delhi due to migration ?
So, you mentioned about CAG, does CAG have a federal or unitary feature ?
M2 (Male)
So, you worked for waste segregation, how we treat the landfills in Delhi ?
How do we need to treat it ?
Major issue of Delhi ?
Major causes of Air pollution ?
How do we tackle Air pollution ?
Any country who tackled Air pollution effectively ?
M3 (Male)
So, you do photography ? Is it pro level or just for hobby ?
You do it with professional camera or with phone ?
Earlier kodak films were clear or DSLR one ?
Who is your favourite photographer ?
Which mobile camera is the best ?
What about Oppo or vivo phones ?
They have higher megapixel, don't you think they are better ?
Apart from iphone, which other phone you would suggest for mobile photography ?
So, do you love food being a delhiite ?
So, you are from Delhi, there is a restaurent which was placed in Top 100 restaurents of the world, do you know which one was it ?
So, you should go to Kareem's for their mughlai delicacy (All members started discussion to have a get together at Kareem's with laughters)
So, you might have been to Indian Accent restaurent, it is good too.
You are also into oratory and public speaking, have you heard of Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish speech ?
Facets of Steve Jobs speech ?
M4 (Male)
So, you have preparing for Civil Services for a long time ? What have you been doing since so many years ?
What if you do not make it into it ?
So, tell me about Cloud Computing ? Can it replace Quantum Technology ?
With advent of AI, is cloud computing taking a back seat ?
BB Swain Sir - So, your interview is over ! Its been a long interview of 35 minutes. Do you want to ask us something ? And yes, do have that chaat from backside of UPSC. All the very best to you.
Overall the board was very cordial and actively listening to my answers and having burst of laughters. It was more like a conversation rather than an interview.
Panel Mocks given - 16 (Vision, Forum, Vajiram, Samkalp(Closest), NextIAS, Vajirao, PW, Unacademy, UPSCPrep, Chanakya Mandal, StudyIQ, Aptiplus, KGS, SriramIAS, GSScore, RathodIAS) + 1:1 given - 6 ( Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Pranay Aggrawal Sir, Ayush Sir, BS Solanki Sir, Jalaj Sir, Saloni Mam, Shubham sir for the support)
Date: 12/02/26 (AN / 1st to go)
Key DAF Details: Delhi, ECE Engineer, Sociology, CAG, Photography, Cloud Computing, Waste Segregation, Oratory & Public Speaking.
Board: BB Swain Sir
Questions asked:
Chairperson (Swain Sir)
Welcome, how are you doing ?
So, you wrote an essay on CAG, what was it was all about ?
So, what do you think about the controversies regarding the scams ?
M1 (Female)
So, you are from Delhi, How is Delhi faced pressure due to migrants ?
How do we need to handle such pressure on Delhi due to migration ?
So, you mentioned about CAG, does CAG have a federal or unitary feature ?
M2 (Male)
So, you worked for waste segregation, how we treat the landfills in Delhi ?
How do we need to treat it ?
Major issue of Delhi ?
Major causes of Air pollution ?
How do we tackle Air pollution ?
Any country who tackled Air pollution effectively ?
M3 (Male)
So, you do photography ? Is it pro level or just for hobby ?
You do it with professional camera or with phone ?
Earlier kodak films were clear or DSLR one ?
Who is your favourite photographer ?
Which mobile camera is the best ?
What about Oppo or vivo phones ?
They have higher megapixel, don't you think they are better ?
Apart from iphone, which other phone you would suggest for mobile photography ?
So, do you love food being a delhiite ?
So, you are from Delhi, there is a restaurent which was placed in Top 100 restaurents of the world, do you know which one was it ?
So, you should go to Kareem's for their mughlai delicacy (All members started discussion to have a get together at Kareem's with laughters)
So, you might have been to Indian Accent restaurent, it is good too.
You are also into oratory and public speaking, have you heard of Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish speech ?
Facets of Steve Jobs speech ?
M4 (Male)
So, you have preparing for Civil Services for a long time ? What have you been doing since so many years ?
What if you do not make it into it ?
So, tell me about Cloud Computing ? Can it replace Quantum Technology ?
With advent of AI, is cloud computing taking a back seat ?
BB Swain Sir - So, your interview is over ! Its been a long interview of 35 minutes. Do you want to ask us something ? And yes, do have that chaat from backside of UPSC. All the very best to you.
Overall the board was very cordial and actively listening to my answers and having burst of laughters. It was more like a conversation rather than an interview.
Panel Mocks given - 16 (Vision, Forum, Vajiram, Samkalp(Closest), NextIAS, Vajirao, PW, Unacademy, UPSCPrep, Chanakya Mandal, StudyIQ, Aptiplus, KGS, SriramIAS, GSScore, RathodIAS) + 1:1 given - 6 ( Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Pranay Aggrawal Sir, Ayush Sir, BS Solanki Sir, Jalaj Sir, Saloni Mam, Shubham sir for the support)
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Name: OGGY
Date of interview: 06/02/26 forenoon 2nd to go
Board: B B Swain Sir
DAF Details: Geography optional, Chemistry grad, Narrative photography, Soundscape recording, Varanasi, Disaster Management
CHAIRMAN
Please come in, Aiye
1. I see that you have 2 very unique hobbies, one I can understand (narrative photography) what is the other (Soundscape rec)?
2. Device used?
3. What do you do with it?
LADY MEMBER 1
1. Which kind of economy will this hobby of yours (Soundscape rec) fall in - asked if she meant gig economy? - No, Orange economy - I said yes mam creative economy
2. What is happening in Iran? - Great bazaar, US intervention
3. Anything else? - I started thinking then she moved on
4. Are there any remnant of erstwhile leadership in Iran claiming power?
5. Should a country (US) intervene in domestic issues?
6. Arabian countries are not democratic, why?
7. What about the status of Afghanistan?
8. Is Iran the only Shia country?
9. Is its Shia identity a factor of instability in West Asia?
MEMBER 2
1. What is the relevance of BRICS grouping as of today?
2. Where is its secreteriat?
3. Why no permanent secreteriat? Shouldn't it have a permanent one for stability?
4. What do you make out of the future of an organisation where India and China are members?
5. Disaster Management - what did you do? 6. Floods in Delhi man made or natural?
7. Why isn't govt doing if it is mostly man-made
MEMBER 3
1. Why is the USA interested in Iran?
2. How to increase investments in India?
3. EoDB can also be one of the factors? (Missed in previous answer)
4. Cyber frauds, what to do apart from creating awareness?
MEMBER 4
1. Honors is usually in one subject, how did you study 2?
2. Link between chem and geo
3. You're from UP, How long have you lived there? 2 good and bad things in UP
(Counters)
4. There are considerably less explorations in North Pole Arctic region, what are the resources in Arctic?
Chairman asked Aur kuch? Said thankyou ...
Chaliye theek hai, all the best
O2O: quantel
Mocks: Vajirao & Reddy, Sankalp, Unacademy, Chanakya MP (almost lol, they cancelled last minute xD), PWOnlyIAS
Chairman sir was in a bit of hurry (the board was running behind their schedule) but all of the members listened to each and every word of mine very carefully. Intv lasted around 25 min. M4 sir was keen to share his own experiences 😅.
Date of interview: 06/02/26 forenoon 2nd to go
Board: B B Swain Sir
DAF Details: Geography optional, Chemistry grad, Narrative photography, Soundscape recording, Varanasi, Disaster Management
CHAIRMAN
Please come in, Aiye
1. I see that you have 2 very unique hobbies, one I can understand (narrative photography) what is the other (Soundscape rec)?
2. Device used?
3. What do you do with it?
LADY MEMBER 1
1. Which kind of economy will this hobby of yours (Soundscape rec) fall in - asked if she meant gig economy? - No, Orange economy - I said yes mam creative economy
2. What is happening in Iran? - Great bazaar, US intervention
3. Anything else? - I started thinking then she moved on
4. Are there any remnant of erstwhile leadership in Iran claiming power?
5. Should a country (US) intervene in domestic issues?
6. Arabian countries are not democratic, why?
7. What about the status of Afghanistan?
8. Is Iran the only Shia country?
9. Is its Shia identity a factor of instability in West Asia?
MEMBER 2
1. What is the relevance of BRICS grouping as of today?
2. Where is its secreteriat?
3. Why no permanent secreteriat? Shouldn't it have a permanent one for stability?
4. What do you make out of the future of an organisation where India and China are members?
5. Disaster Management - what did you do? 6. Floods in Delhi man made or natural?
7. Why isn't govt doing if it is mostly man-made
MEMBER 3
1. Why is the USA interested in Iran?
2. How to increase investments in India?
3. EoDB can also be one of the factors? (Missed in previous answer)
4. Cyber frauds, what to do apart from creating awareness?
MEMBER 4
1. Honors is usually in one subject, how did you study 2?
2. Link between chem and geo
3. You're from UP, How long have you lived there? 2 good and bad things in UP
(Counters)
4. There are considerably less explorations in North Pole Arctic region, what are the resources in Arctic?
Chairman asked Aur kuch? Said thankyou ...
Chaliye theek hai, all the best
O2O: quantel
Mocks: Vajirao & Reddy, Sankalp, Unacademy, Chanakya MP (almost lol, they cancelled last minute xD), PWOnlyIAS
Chairman sir was in a bit of hurry (the board was running behind their schedule) but all of the members listened to each and every word of mine very carefully. Intv lasted around 25 min. M4 sir was keen to share his own experiences 😅.
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Date - 12/2/26
Board - Dasa sir
Keywords - Sociology, madhya pradesh
Chairperson
- You must have sacrificed a lot to come at this stage in terms of social media, movies, etc. isn’t it?
- since you have selected socio, tell me what interesting things you found in Indian society and western society that you were unaware of.
- What are the social institutions in the indian society
- What are changes faced by them due to globalisation and colonisation
- Have you heard about SIR. Tell me how you as a DM would have helped people who don’t have any documents with them
- Choose one district that you would like to serve (he insisted to pick one)
M1
- Talked about bhopal gas tragedy, its causes, its impact on the society. Who should be held responsible? (Connected to state choice in previous question)
- Indore water crisis, how you as a DM would act in that situation
- Name one institution responsible for that tragedy
M2
- talked about goa being an important tourist destination, reasons for that, what are the famous tourist spots there (Randomly asked)
- Why there has been a decline of tourist arrivals in goa
- What are the 3 steps you would take to weed out corruption at the local level?
M3
- recently china had complained against India at WTO (PLI)
- Talked on what was the concern, India’s response
- Recently a social group turned 150 years, do you know about it? (arya samaj)
- Tell some contributions of arya samaj
- Tell me some other social groups present in the society which provide welfare services (said RSS)
M4
- What will be the trends in old age that will seen as we move towards viksit bharat (urban and rural)
- For whom are we making viksit bharat?
- Have you heard of agniveer scheme? Should such scheme be brought into civil services where efficiency determines your career? Will it increase or decrease the craze of upsc among gen z?
Chairperson
- How will socio help you as an administrator
- Is there any topic that you think we haven’t covered?
Not able to recall remaining questions. Sir said he hasn’t even seen my DAF so the questions were generic.
Overall a great experience (no grilling).
O2O - saloni ma’am, upwise, vidyapeeth, IAS gurukul with pranay sir(extremely helpful for sociology), Ayush sir (forum IAS)
Mocks- Upwise (2-3), quantel, OnlyIAS (2), SPIPA, Next IAS (2), Vajirao, Vajiram, Sriram, Shankar, Samkalp, Vision (2), StudyIQ, etc.
Board - Dasa sir
Keywords - Sociology, madhya pradesh
Chairperson
- You must have sacrificed a lot to come at this stage in terms of social media, movies, etc. isn’t it?
- since you have selected socio, tell me what interesting things you found in Indian society and western society that you were unaware of.
- What are the social institutions in the indian society
- What are changes faced by them due to globalisation and colonisation
- Have you heard about SIR. Tell me how you as a DM would have helped people who don’t have any documents with them
- Choose one district that you would like to serve (he insisted to pick one)
M1
- Talked about bhopal gas tragedy, its causes, its impact on the society. Who should be held responsible? (Connected to state choice in previous question)
- Indore water crisis, how you as a DM would act in that situation
- Name one institution responsible for that tragedy
M2
- talked about goa being an important tourist destination, reasons for that, what are the famous tourist spots there (Randomly asked)
- Why there has been a decline of tourist arrivals in goa
- What are the 3 steps you would take to weed out corruption at the local level?
M3
- recently china had complained against India at WTO (PLI)
- Talked on what was the concern, India’s response
- Recently a social group turned 150 years, do you know about it? (arya samaj)
- Tell some contributions of arya samaj
- Tell me some other social groups present in the society which provide welfare services (said RSS)
M4
- What will be the trends in old age that will seen as we move towards viksit bharat (urban and rural)
- For whom are we making viksit bharat?
- Have you heard of agniveer scheme? Should such scheme be brought into civil services where efficiency determines your career? Will it increase or decrease the craze of upsc among gen z?
Chairperson
- How will socio help you as an administrator
- Is there any topic that you think we haven’t covered?
Not able to recall remaining questions. Sir said he hasn’t even seen my DAF so the questions were generic.
Overall a great experience (no grilling).
O2O - saloni ma’am, upwise, vidyapeeth, IAS gurukul with pranay sir(extremely helpful for sociology), Ayush sir (forum IAS)
Mocks- Upwise (2-3), quantel, OnlyIAS (2), SPIPA, Next IAS (2), Vajirao, Vajiram, Sriram, Shankar, Samkalp, Vision (2), StudyIQ, etc.
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Date: 11/02/2026
Morning shift, 1st to go
Board: Hon. Sanjay Verma Sir
DAF: Gorakhpur, cycling event, sketching, PSIR
Chairman:
Say something about flowers
Tell me about flowers from multi dimensional view like politics, social, economic, etc
Do they have any defense mechanism? How do they protect against threats?
Do they also have thorns?
Do humans also have mechanism like pheromones? (I mentioned pheromone in previous answer)
So this week they must be in danger. What must be reason for that?
Which particular flower would be most vulnerable this week?
How are you going to spend this valentine? With whom? Have you found your valentine yet?
What did you had in your breakfast?
How much calories it must have been?
Which type of bread you ate? (Brown or milk or something else)
Which company was it of?
M1 (female board member)
Did you notice the Mahatma gandhi statue while coming inside? What was written beneath it?
What did he meant by that?
What was the most important message of gandhiji?
What is different about Gandhiji's non violence?
You have mentioned interested in sketching, what does it mean?
M2
Tell me 5 conflicts going on in the world in order of severity
If you have to choose one country from our neighbourhood to focus maximum efforts on which will be most beneficial for us, which would it be? Why?
But we are seeing the people of Bangladesh are having anti India sentiment, so what is your say on that? Is it possible?
Have you heard of recent news about vande mataram?
Are you aware of the stock market?
What factors decide the bullish and bearish moves?
What is market sentiment?
What are recent evaluation issues in Ed tech sector?
Do you know any Ed tech company which is doing good recently?
What are FIIs?
M3
Tell me 2 most important technology emerging in current times?
How can AI help a common man?
Do you use AI?
How do you use it?
Which AI app do use?
Data is the new oil. What does it mean?
Give example how the data is used by companies?
Tell me about current US india relations?
What do you think, the current agreement signed between India and US is good or bad for India?
What about tariffs, is it justified?
How much India imposed tariff on US?
Trump is claiming to be peace paker, what is your view on that?
But he has made board of peace for Gaza, so he is bringing peace, what will you say then?
Recently he has also taken Nobel Peace Prize, do you think it is justified?
Has he really been given the peace Prize or it was given by someone else?
What is the significance of this peace Prize then?
M4.
Will you give your gold medal to someone else if he asks for it?
Who conducted the cycling event? (DAF achievement)
What was your approach to win that race?
What was the distance you covered?
In which year was it conducted?
What was the deciding factor to judge the winner?
Do you know the bicycle man of India?
Gorakhpur is famous for what?
When was geeta press established?
What is it's significance?
Does CM belonging to your city, helped the city?
What developments have you seen under him?
Chairman: thank you, your interview is over.
Time: around 28 minutes
Morning shift, 1st to go
Board: Hon. Sanjay Verma Sir
DAF: Gorakhpur, cycling event, sketching, PSIR
Chairman:
Say something about flowers
Tell me about flowers from multi dimensional view like politics, social, economic, etc
Do they have any defense mechanism? How do they protect against threats?
Do they also have thorns?
Do humans also have mechanism like pheromones? (I mentioned pheromone in previous answer)
So this week they must be in danger. What must be reason for that?
Which particular flower would be most vulnerable this week?
How are you going to spend this valentine? With whom? Have you found your valentine yet?
What did you had in your breakfast?
How much calories it must have been?
Which type of bread you ate? (Brown or milk or something else)
Which company was it of?
M1 (female board member)
Did you notice the Mahatma gandhi statue while coming inside? What was written beneath it?
What did he meant by that?
What was the most important message of gandhiji?
What is different about Gandhiji's non violence?
You have mentioned interested in sketching, what does it mean?
M2
Tell me 5 conflicts going on in the world in order of severity
If you have to choose one country from our neighbourhood to focus maximum efforts on which will be most beneficial for us, which would it be? Why?
But we are seeing the people of Bangladesh are having anti India sentiment, so what is your say on that? Is it possible?
Have you heard of recent news about vande mataram?
Are you aware of the stock market?
What factors decide the bullish and bearish moves?
What is market sentiment?
What are recent evaluation issues in Ed tech sector?
Do you know any Ed tech company which is doing good recently?
What are FIIs?
M3
Tell me 2 most important technology emerging in current times?
How can AI help a common man?
Do you use AI?
How do you use it?
Which AI app do use?
Data is the new oil. What does it mean?
Give example how the data is used by companies?
Tell me about current US india relations?
What do you think, the current agreement signed between India and US is good or bad for India?
What about tariffs, is it justified?
How much India imposed tariff on US?
Trump is claiming to be peace paker, what is your view on that?
But he has made board of peace for Gaza, so he is bringing peace, what will you say then?
Recently he has also taken Nobel Peace Prize, do you think it is justified?
Has he really been given the peace Prize or it was given by someone else?
What is the significance of this peace Prize then?
M4.
Will you give your gold medal to someone else if he asks for it?
Who conducted the cycling event? (DAF achievement)
What was your approach to win that race?
What was the distance you covered?
In which year was it conducted?
What was the deciding factor to judge the winner?
Do you know the bicycle man of India?
Gorakhpur is famous for what?
When was geeta press established?
What is it's significance?
Does CM belonging to your city, helped the city?
What developments have you seen under him?
Chairman: thank you, your interview is over.
Time: around 28 minutes
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Date - 12/2/26
Board - Dasa sir
Keywords - Sociology, madhya pradesh
Chairperson
- You must have sacrificed a lot to come at this stage in terms of social media, movies, etc. isn’t it?
- since you have selected socio, tell me what interesting things you found in Indian society and western society that you were unaware of.
- What are the social institutions in the indian society
- What are changes faced by them due to globalisation and colonisation
- Have you heard about SIR. Tell me how you as a DM would have helped people who don’t have any documents with them
- Choose one district that you would like to serve (he insisted to pick one)
M1
- Talked about bhopal gas tragedy, its causes, its impact on the society. Who should be held responsible? (Connected to state choice in previous question)
- Indore water crisis, how you as a DM would act in that situation
- Name one institution responsible for that tragedy
M2
- talked about goa being an important tourist destination, reasons for that, what are the famous tourist spots there (Randomly asked)
- Why there has been a decline of tourist arrivals in goa
- What are the 3 steps you would take to weed out corruption at the local level?
M3
- recently china had complained against India at WTO (PLI)
- Talked on what was the concern, India’s response
- Recently a social group turned 150 years, do you know about it? (arya samaj)
- Tell some contributions of arya samaj
- Tell me some other social groups present in the society which provide welfare services (said RSS)
M4
- What will be the trends in old age that will seen as we move towards viksit bharat (urban and rural)
- For whom are we making viksit bharat?
- Have you heard of agniveer scheme? Should such scheme be brought into civil services where efficiency determines your career? Will it increase or decrease the craze of upsc among gen z?
Chairperson
- How will socio help you as an administrator
- Is there any topic that you think we haven’t covered?
Not able to recall remaining questions. Sir said he hasn’t even seen my DAF so the questions were generic.
Overall a great experience (no grilling).
O2O - saloni ma’am, upwise, vidyapeeth, IAS gurukul with pranay sir(extremely helpful for sociology), Ayush sir (forum IAS)
Mocks- Upwise (2-3), quantel, OnlyIAS (2), SPIPA, Next IAS (2), Vajirao, Vajiram, Sriram, Shankar, Samkalp, Vision (2), StudyIQ, etc.
Board - Dasa sir
Keywords - Sociology, madhya pradesh
Chairperson
- You must have sacrificed a lot to come at this stage in terms of social media, movies, etc. isn’t it?
- since you have selected socio, tell me what interesting things you found in Indian society and western society that you were unaware of.
- What are the social institutions in the indian society
- What are changes faced by them due to globalisation and colonisation
- Have you heard about SIR. Tell me how you as a DM would have helped people who don’t have any documents with them
- Choose one district that you would like to serve (he insisted to pick one)
M1
- Talked about bhopal gas tragedy, its causes, its impact on the society. Who should be held responsible? (Connected to state choice in previous question)
- Indore water crisis, how you as a DM would act in that situation
- Name one institution responsible for that tragedy
M2
- talked about goa being an important tourist destination, reasons for that, what are the famous tourist spots there (Randomly asked)
- Why there has been a decline of tourist arrivals in goa
- What are the 3 steps you would take to weed out corruption at the local level?
M3
- recently china had complained against India at WTO (PLI)
- Talked on what was the concern, India’s response
- Recently a social group turned 150 years, do you know about it? (arya samaj)
- Tell some contributions of arya samaj
- Tell me some other social groups present in the society which provide welfare services (said RSS)
M4
- What will be the trends in old age that will seen as we move towards viksit bharat (urban and rural)
- For whom are we making viksit bharat?
- Have you heard of agniveer scheme? Should such scheme be brought into civil services where efficiency determines your career? Will it increase or decrease the craze of upsc among gen z?
Chairperson
- How will socio help you as an administrator
- Is there any topic that you think we haven’t covered?
Not able to recall remaining questions. Sir said he hasn’t even seen my DAF so the questions were generic.
Overall a great experience (no grilling).
O2O - saloni ma’am, upwise, vidyapeeth, IAS gurukul with pranay sir(extremely helpful for sociology), Ayush sir (forum IAS)
Mocks- Upwise (2-3), quantel, OnlyIAS (2), SPIPA, Next IAS (2), Vajirao, Vajiram, Sriram, Shankar, Samkalp, Vision (2), StudyIQ, etc.
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Date: 11/02/2026
Morning shift, 1st to go
Board: Hon. Sanjay Verma Sir
DAF: Gorakhpur, cycling event, sketching, PSIR
Chairman:
Say something about flowers
Tell me about flowers from multi dimensional view like politics, social, economic, etc
Do they have any defense mechanism? How do they protect against threats?
Do they also have thorns?
Do humans also have mechanism like pheromones? (I mentioned pheromone in previous answer)
So this week they must be in danger. What must be reason for that?
Which particular flower would be most vulnerable this week?
How are you going to spend this valentine? With whom? Have you found your valentine yet?
What did you had in your breakfast?
How much calories it must have been?
Which type of bread you ate? (Brown or milk or something else)
Which company was it of?
M1 (female board member)
Did you notice the Mahatma gandhi statue while coming inside? What was written beneath it?
What did he meant by that?
What was the most important message of gandhiji?
What is different about Gandhiji's non violence?
You have mentioned interested in sketching, what does it mean?
M2
Tell me 5 conflicts going on in the world in order of severity
If you have to choose one country from our neighbourhood to focus maximum efforts on which will be most beneficial for us, which would it be? Why?
But we are seeing the people of Bangladesh are having anti India sentiment, so what is your say on that? Is it possible?
Have you heard of recent news about vande mataram?
Are you aware of the stock market?
What factors decide the bullish and bearish moves?
What is market sentiment?
What are recent evaluation issues in Ed tech sector?
Do you know any Ed tech company which is doing good recently?
What are FIIs?
M3
Tell me 2 most important technology emerging in current times?
How can AI help a common man?
Do you use AI?
How do you use it?
Which AI app do use?
Data is the new oil. What does it mean?
Give example how the data is used by companies?
Tell me about current US india relations?
What do you think, the current agreement signed between India and US is good or bad for India?
What about tariffs, is it justified?
How much India imposed tariff on US?
Trump is claiming to be peace paker, what is your view on that?
But he has made board of peace for Gaza, so he is bringing peace, what will you say then?
Recently he has also taken Nobel Peace Prize, do you think it is justified?
Has he really been given the peace Prize or it was given by someone else?
What is the significance of this peace Prize then?
M4.
Will you give your gold medal to someone else if he asks for it?
Who conducted the cycling event? (DAF achievement)
What was your approach to win that race?
What was the distance you covered?
In which year was it conducted?
What was the deciding factor to judge the winner?
Do you know the bicycle man of India?
Gorakhpur is famous for what?
When was geeta press established?
What is it's significance?
Does CM belonging to your city, helped the city?
What developments have you seen under him?
Chairman: thank you, your interview is over.
Time: around 28 minutes
Morning shift, 1st to go
Board: Hon. Sanjay Verma Sir
DAF: Gorakhpur, cycling event, sketching, PSIR
Chairman:
Say something about flowers
Tell me about flowers from multi dimensional view like politics, social, economic, etc
Do they have any defense mechanism? How do they protect against threats?
Do they also have thorns?
Do humans also have mechanism like pheromones? (I mentioned pheromone in previous answer)
So this week they must be in danger. What must be reason for that?
Which particular flower would be most vulnerable this week?
How are you going to spend this valentine? With whom? Have you found your valentine yet?
What did you had in your breakfast?
How much calories it must have been?
Which type of bread you ate? (Brown or milk or something else)
Which company was it of?
M1 (female board member)
Did you notice the Mahatma gandhi statue while coming inside? What was written beneath it?
What did he meant by that?
What was the most important message of gandhiji?
What is different about Gandhiji's non violence?
You have mentioned interested in sketching, what does it mean?
M2
Tell me 5 conflicts going on in the world in order of severity
If you have to choose one country from our neighbourhood to focus maximum efforts on which will be most beneficial for us, which would it be? Why?
But we are seeing the people of Bangladesh are having anti India sentiment, so what is your say on that? Is it possible?
Have you heard of recent news about vande mataram?
Are you aware of the stock market?
What factors decide the bullish and bearish moves?
What is market sentiment?
What are recent evaluation issues in Ed tech sector?
Do you know any Ed tech company which is doing good recently?
What are FIIs?
M3
Tell me 2 most important technology emerging in current times?
How can AI help a common man?
Do you use AI?
How do you use it?
Which AI app do use?
Data is the new oil. What does it mean?
Give example how the data is used by companies?
Tell me about current US india relations?
What do you think, the current agreement signed between India and US is good or bad for India?
What about tariffs, is it justified?
How much India imposed tariff on US?
Trump is claiming to be peace paker, what is your view on that?
But he has made board of peace for Gaza, so he is bringing peace, what will you say then?
Recently he has also taken Nobel Peace Prize, do you think it is justified?
Has he really been given the peace Prize or it was given by someone else?
What is the significance of this peace Prize then?
M4.
Will you give your gold medal to someone else if he asks for it?
Who conducted the cycling event? (DAF achievement)
What was your approach to win that race?
What was the distance you covered?
In which year was it conducted?
What was the deciding factor to judge the winner?
Do you know the bicycle man of India?
Gorakhpur is famous for what?
When was geeta press established?
What is it's significance?
Does CM belonging to your city, helped the city?
What developments have you seen under him?
Chairman: thank you, your interview is over.
Time: around 28 minutes
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Name: Chester Bennington
11 feb, afternoon, 3rd to go.
Board: - Shri Dinesh Dasa sir
Keywords: jalgaon, Maharashtra, hindi pop singing, aerospace, UAV, Flight documentaries, geography optional (nothing else from daf).
Chairman:
1) Jalgaon me Jal nahi hai, who is the man who tried to solve the problem of water for farmers in jalgaon, india (late shri bhavarlal jainji, jain irrigation)
2) how they work? What are they doing now?
3) ek hindi pop sunado gake
4) bollywood uses folk songs, music but doesn't pay them. What to be done? Is anything going in this regard?
5) creative economy what is it
6) 3 kartavyas in economic survey
7) glassknots and perestroika have you heard of them? What china learnt for USSR
M1:
1) what is required to settle in space?
2) nobel laureates from India and Indian origin
3) despite huge population and different categories of prices why we are not able to win nobel.
4) anything going for curiosity based learning in India, progress in NEP in this regard.
M2:
1) why farmers suicides
2) opinion about cotton import from USA
3) it will increase farmer suicide? Now what is view?
4) you are a DM mla comes to you complaining Mayor is not working what will you do?
5) you are SP, you get complaint about corruption, what will you do?
M3:
1) pilotless combat. What is future?
2) Due to H1B restrictions, brain gain. What government should do?
3) did work in UAVs so why not going there? Wasting talent here.
4) India semiconductor mission.
5) shall we create NRI city ? Is it possible?
M3:
1) any initiatives for promotion of Hindi internationally?
2) flight MH370 crash, why happened? What should be done to prevent this?
Chairman sir: anything you would like to say? I said thanks for giving opportunity to sing. He is like Beta you earned it and by that you gave us employment 😂.
Conversation mode. Chill and relax.
27 mocks including 4 peer mocks, 2 online mocks. Thanks to Quentel for arranging mocks around 10 to 12 of them like AlS ias, Sriram, raja sir cracking ias, keystone ias, ensure ias.
Drishti Ias, next ias, Samkalp great experience with good questions.
Thanks tou upwise for arranging 4 mocks. Had opportunity to sit with Vinod Zutshi sir, Aradhna mam both former board members.
11 feb, afternoon, 3rd to go.
Board: - Shri Dinesh Dasa sir
Keywords: jalgaon, Maharashtra, hindi pop singing, aerospace, UAV, Flight documentaries, geography optional (nothing else from daf).
Chairman:
1) Jalgaon me Jal nahi hai, who is the man who tried to solve the problem of water for farmers in jalgaon, india (late shri bhavarlal jainji, jain irrigation)
2) how they work? What are they doing now?
3) ek hindi pop sunado gake
4) bollywood uses folk songs, music but doesn't pay them. What to be done? Is anything going in this regard?
5) creative economy what is it
6) 3 kartavyas in economic survey
7) glassknots and perestroika have you heard of them? What china learnt for USSR
M1:
1) what is required to settle in space?
2) nobel laureates from India and Indian origin
3) despite huge population and different categories of prices why we are not able to win nobel.
4) anything going for curiosity based learning in India, progress in NEP in this regard.
M2:
1) why farmers suicides
2) opinion about cotton import from USA
3) it will increase farmer suicide? Now what is view?
4) you are a DM mla comes to you complaining Mayor is not working what will you do?
5) you are SP, you get complaint about corruption, what will you do?
M3:
1) pilotless combat. What is future?
2) Due to H1B restrictions, brain gain. What government should do?
3) did work in UAVs so why not going there? Wasting talent here.
4) India semiconductor mission.
5) shall we create NRI city ? Is it possible?
M3:
1) any initiatives for promotion of Hindi internationally?
2) flight MH370 crash, why happened? What should be done to prevent this?
Chairman sir: anything you would like to say? I said thanks for giving opportunity to sing. He is like Beta you earned it and by that you gave us employment 😂.
Conversation mode. Chill and relax.
27 mocks including 4 peer mocks, 2 online mocks. Thanks to Quentel for arranging mocks around 10 to 12 of them like AlS ias, Sriram, raja sir cracking ias, keystone ias, ensure ias.
Drishti Ias, next ias, Samkalp great experience with good questions.
Thanks tou upwise for arranging 4 mocks. Had opportunity to sit with Vinod Zutshi sir, Aradhna mam both former board members.
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Name:- PYTHAGORAS PATEL
Date: 10/02/2026
Afternoon session, 3rd to go
Board:- Dinesh Dasa sir
DAF: BUNDELKHAND, ANTHROPOLOGY, UTTAR PRADESH, WATCHING TEST CRICKET AND BADMINTON , ENVIRONMENT AND WATER MINISTER IN STUDENT PARLIAMENT, BHUTAN (Rest not asked)
CHAIRMAN
1. Aap Hindi medium se schooling kiye hai, aap apna parichay kaise dena chahenge?
2. Why Bundelkhand was not made a separate state during state reorganization 1956?
3. Did Bundelkhand had any princely states when we got independence ?
4. At different times, bundelkhand had different centres of culture , what was the reason?
5. What about now, UP being such a big state of around 25 crore population, is it high time we should divide it in 3 4 parts?
6. There are three approaches of tribal devlopment in india- isolation, assimilation and integration. Who proposed these approaches and what different ideas they had?
7. Which approach we follow or should follow to mainstream them and devlop them?
MEMBER 1
1. Your hobby is watching test cricket? Why is it so? Do you think it is superior form of cricket or any other reason behind that?
2. Unlike cricket which after t20 cricket, it got commercialized as well as expanded to masses, why badminton didnt grow as much as the cricket?
3. We could have started IPL like tournament again (mentioned PBL in last answer) as we are performing well and won medals in Olympic that is defining moment in badminton (In last answer I said we didn't had any groundbreaking moment like 1983 world cup in badminton until 2012 medal)
4. Do you think we are performing as good as cricket in badminton?
5. You were Envt and Water minsiter in student parliament, we often talk about protecting envt which is air water soil in general terms, why we should protect it?
6. Suatinable devlopment is another thing, what if we dont want to protect it , it's our choice after all (i mentioned sustainable devlopment and moral responsibility in last answer )
7. What direct implications we would have if we don't protect it ( i took time for thinking, chairman sir said to move ahead to next member)
MEMBER 2
1. DO you know about 73rd and 74th constituational amendment. Have you read them?
2. Are these applicable in tribal areas?
3. How do we govern tribal areas then?
4. If you are made tribal secretary, how would extend a panchayat like system in tribal and scheduled areas of MP and Chattisgarh?
5. What are the problems in PESA and FRA (mentioned PESA and FRA in last answer)
6. What is the difference between all india services and central services?
7. Should we change IAS IPS as central services now?
8. You must know about postal service. Are post office still relevant in the age of email and whatsapp and should we shut them down?
(Chairman sir stopped him after this que and said next member to ask)
MEMBER 3
1. In tribal regions , Andman is very important place.What are the tribes there and what are their demographic and devlopmental situation?
2. Their population has been declining, how would you tackle it ?
3. They need health interventions and livelihood. I agree but they are completely isolated. It is very difficult to reach them let alone any devlopmental work.
( I got stuck in this answer, chairman sir said next member to ask )
Member 4
1. You have Bhutan in your daf , do you know what is GNH concept?
2. How many pillars are there in the GNH?
3. Should india seriously consider following the GNH model for devlopment?
Chairman sir stopped him after this answer and said -
Okay Thank you Patel , your interview is over.
Board was cordial and made me very comfortable and it felt more like conversation than interview. Complete opposite of mock interview.
Mocks: Around 13
Sankalp (similar to real one), Vajirao and reddy Unacademy
Thanks to quantel for arranging many online and offline panel and o2o mocks
Time:- around 27 to 30 minutes
Date: 10/02/2026
Afternoon session, 3rd to go
Board:- Dinesh Dasa sir
DAF: BUNDELKHAND, ANTHROPOLOGY, UTTAR PRADESH, WATCHING TEST CRICKET AND BADMINTON , ENVIRONMENT AND WATER MINISTER IN STUDENT PARLIAMENT, BHUTAN (Rest not asked)
CHAIRMAN
1. Aap Hindi medium se schooling kiye hai, aap apna parichay kaise dena chahenge?
2. Why Bundelkhand was not made a separate state during state reorganization 1956?
3. Did Bundelkhand had any princely states when we got independence ?
4. At different times, bundelkhand had different centres of culture , what was the reason?
5. What about now, UP being such a big state of around 25 crore population, is it high time we should divide it in 3 4 parts?
6. There are three approaches of tribal devlopment in india- isolation, assimilation and integration. Who proposed these approaches and what different ideas they had?
7. Which approach we follow or should follow to mainstream them and devlop them?
MEMBER 1
1. Your hobby is watching test cricket? Why is it so? Do you think it is superior form of cricket or any other reason behind that?
2. Unlike cricket which after t20 cricket, it got commercialized as well as expanded to masses, why badminton didnt grow as much as the cricket?
3. We could have started IPL like tournament again (mentioned PBL in last answer) as we are performing well and won medals in Olympic that is defining moment in badminton (In last answer I said we didn't had any groundbreaking moment like 1983 world cup in badminton until 2012 medal)
4. Do you think we are performing as good as cricket in badminton?
5. You were Envt and Water minsiter in student parliament, we often talk about protecting envt which is air water soil in general terms, why we should protect it?
6. Suatinable devlopment is another thing, what if we dont want to protect it , it's our choice after all (i mentioned sustainable devlopment and moral responsibility in last answer )
7. What direct implications we would have if we don't protect it ( i took time for thinking, chairman sir said to move ahead to next member)
MEMBER 2
1. DO you know about 73rd and 74th constituational amendment. Have you read them?
2. Are these applicable in tribal areas?
3. How do we govern tribal areas then?
4. If you are made tribal secretary, how would extend a panchayat like system in tribal and scheduled areas of MP and Chattisgarh?
5. What are the problems in PESA and FRA (mentioned PESA and FRA in last answer)
6. What is the difference between all india services and central services?
7. Should we change IAS IPS as central services now?
8. You must know about postal service. Are post office still relevant in the age of email and whatsapp and should we shut them down?
(Chairman sir stopped him after this que and said next member to ask)
MEMBER 3
1. In tribal regions , Andman is very important place.What are the tribes there and what are their demographic and devlopmental situation?
2. Their population has been declining, how would you tackle it ?
3. They need health interventions and livelihood. I agree but they are completely isolated. It is very difficult to reach them let alone any devlopmental work.
( I got stuck in this answer, chairman sir said next member to ask )
Member 4
1. You have Bhutan in your daf , do you know what is GNH concept?
2. How many pillars are there in the GNH?
3. Should india seriously consider following the GNH model for devlopment?
Chairman sir stopped him after this answer and said -
Okay Thank you Patel , your interview is over.
Board was cordial and made me very comfortable and it felt more like conversation than interview. Complete opposite of mock interview.
Mocks: Around 13
Sankalp (similar to real one), Vajirao and reddy Unacademy
Thanks to quantel for arranging many online and offline panel and o2o mocks
Time:- around 27 to 30 minutes
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Name : Patria o Muerte
Date : 05/02/2026, Afternoon
Board : BB Swain sir
DAF Keywords : Bcom , Anthropology , CAPF AC , Kerala , sketching , Strength training , mobile photography.
Chairperson
1. Tribal paintings in India ?
M1 ( female )
1. Why people are feared to deposit in Banks ?
2. Mule accounts ?
3. China's threat to the world ?
4. Why US plan to annex Greenland ?
5. Golden dome ( follow up )
6. China's threat to US ?
M2
1.Adaptation financing?
2. COP 30 @ Brussels ? ( Wrong Q )
3. Children suicide, measures?
M3
1.Which phone is best for Photography?
2. Mule account ?
3. Promoter company vs Company distributed shared publicly?
M4
1. Growth inflation trade off
2. Inflation? Rate ? CPI vs WPI
3. RBI measures during inflation?
4. Economic growth ?
5. US FTA issues ?
6. How india should deal with US prohibiting Russian oil purchase.
Chairperson,
Anything to Ask , your interview is over .
Mocks : Fortune IAS , Pathways IAS , State CS Academy , Amrita IAS , Lead IAS, Samkalp IAS , Xylem IAS ,Pala CS Academy , Sankar IAS
( Kerala )
Spl thanks to Quantel for arranging various Mocks
O2O : KylasNath , Jithin sir ( Lead ), Achuth sir ( fortune ) , Sunil George sir , Shinas sir ( Ilearn ).
Date : 05/02/2026, Afternoon
Board : BB Swain sir
DAF Keywords : Bcom , Anthropology , CAPF AC , Kerala , sketching , Strength training , mobile photography.
Chairperson
1. Tribal paintings in India ?
M1 ( female )
1. Why people are feared to deposit in Banks ?
2. Mule accounts ?
3. China's threat to the world ?
4. Why US plan to annex Greenland ?
5. Golden dome ( follow up )
6. China's threat to US ?
M2
1.Adaptation financing?
2. COP 30 @ Brussels ? ( Wrong Q )
3. Children suicide, measures?
M3
1.Which phone is best for Photography?
2. Mule account ?
3. Promoter company vs Company distributed shared publicly?
M4
1. Growth inflation trade off
2. Inflation? Rate ? CPI vs WPI
3. RBI measures during inflation?
4. Economic growth ?
5. US FTA issues ?
6. How india should deal with US prohibiting Russian oil purchase.
Chairperson,
Anything to Ask , your interview is over .
Mocks : Fortune IAS , Pathways IAS , State CS Academy , Amrita IAS , Lead IAS, Samkalp IAS , Xylem IAS ,Pala CS Academy , Sankar IAS
( Kerala )
Spl thanks to Quantel for arranging various Mocks
O2O : KylasNath , Jithin sir ( Lead ), Achuth sir ( fortune ) , Sunil George sir , Shinas sir ( Ilearn ).
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Name: Luna
Date : 19.01.2026(FN)
Board : Suman Sharma mam
DAF Keywords: Forestry, Tamil Nadu, hobbies(ball badminton, bird watching)
Chairman
1. How to pronounce your name? What is the meaning?
2. Ok. You are associated with Nilgiris hills, tell me another mountain range that is under threat? ( I said the Aravalli range mam) She asked could you be aware of what are issues in that Aravalli range ?
3. As a forestry graduate could you agree with the definition ?
4. Is the definition for different forest types and different ranges necessary or does it cause any environmental concerns?
5. why SC verdict is important in this matter?
6. As a forestry graduate, you have any other solutions to protect the Aravalli range from mining?
7. How to tackle illegal mining suppose you're posted in the Aravalli range?
8. If the people in the area support illegal miners, then how could you handle the situation and how will you solve the issue?
9. After your graduation, what would you do ? job or any other things.
10. What is the difference between Tamil Nadu and Goa in coastal development? Is Tamil Nadu has longer coastal line than Goa , why Goa has more beaches
11. What are the major activities along the coastal line of Tamil Nadu?
Member 1
1. As India is developing nations, we aspiring for development activities which may contradict with environmental conservation. What is your view on that?
2. Suppose we need coal for our energy source, could we go for the forest to exploit coal or for import. Which is feasible ?
3. In Tamil Nadu, what is the major coal type that present ?
4. Where is that present and (some questions related to that like major coal mines, coal areas in India)
5. How lignite differs from other types?
(One question I'm unable to recall)
Member 2(female)
1. As you mentioned EIA(previous answer) , why it is needed?
2. But it is not efficient in ground level as it mentioned in the act. What is the difference between the provision and the ground reality ?
3. Even though renewable energy causes some environmental issues. Could you mention some issues
4. What are the subjects you covered in your graduation and what is your favourite ?
5. Tell me how many bird species till now extinct ?
6. Is ball badminton different from badminton (she mentioned one game, that I never heard)
Member 3
1. Is there any legal law in the United States to arrest the Venezuela president? If yes what is the legal status ?
2. Long monologue about Operation Sindoor and asked about India stand in this matter differ from earlier stand towards Pakistan.
(1- 2 questions unable to recall it)
Member 4
1. Asking about forest waste and related produce?
2. How it may be useful for humans?
3. About carbon credits and related discussion?
4. Tell me one issue between Tamil Nadu and its neighbouring state? ( I told Cauvery issue)
5. What is the current status and why does it get delayed?
6. What is the supreme court recent verdict about the sharing of water?
Chairman : Thank you.
Overall, it is nice experience.
Time: Approx 30 mins
Mocks : Aram IAS Academy, Naan mudhalvan, Sankalp academy.
Date : 19.01.2026(FN)
Board : Suman Sharma mam
DAF Keywords: Forestry, Tamil Nadu, hobbies(ball badminton, bird watching)
Chairman
1. How to pronounce your name? What is the meaning?
2. Ok. You are associated with Nilgiris hills, tell me another mountain range that is under threat? ( I said the Aravalli range mam) She asked could you be aware of what are issues in that Aravalli range ?
3. As a forestry graduate could you agree with the definition ?
4. Is the definition for different forest types and different ranges necessary or does it cause any environmental concerns?
5. why SC verdict is important in this matter?
6. As a forestry graduate, you have any other solutions to protect the Aravalli range from mining?
7. How to tackle illegal mining suppose you're posted in the Aravalli range?
8. If the people in the area support illegal miners, then how could you handle the situation and how will you solve the issue?
9. After your graduation, what would you do ? job or any other things.
10. What is the difference between Tamil Nadu and Goa in coastal development? Is Tamil Nadu has longer coastal line than Goa , why Goa has more beaches
11. What are the major activities along the coastal line of Tamil Nadu?
Member 1
1. As India is developing nations, we aspiring for development activities which may contradict with environmental conservation. What is your view on that?
2. Suppose we need coal for our energy source, could we go for the forest to exploit coal or for import. Which is feasible ?
3. In Tamil Nadu, what is the major coal type that present ?
4. Where is that present and (some questions related to that like major coal mines, coal areas in India)
5. How lignite differs from other types?
(One question I'm unable to recall)
Member 2(female)
1. As you mentioned EIA(previous answer) , why it is needed?
2. But it is not efficient in ground level as it mentioned in the act. What is the difference between the provision and the ground reality ?
3. Even though renewable energy causes some environmental issues. Could you mention some issues
4. What are the subjects you covered in your graduation and what is your favourite ?
5. Tell me how many bird species till now extinct ?
6. Is ball badminton different from badminton (she mentioned one game, that I never heard)
Member 3
1. Is there any legal law in the United States to arrest the Venezuela president? If yes what is the legal status ?
2. Long monologue about Operation Sindoor and asked about India stand in this matter differ from earlier stand towards Pakistan.
(1- 2 questions unable to recall it)
Member 4
1. Asking about forest waste and related produce?
2. How it may be useful for humans?
3. About carbon credits and related discussion?
4. Tell me one issue between Tamil Nadu and its neighbouring state? ( I told Cauvery issue)
5. What is the current status and why does it get delayed?
6. What is the supreme court recent verdict about the sharing of water?
Chairman : Thank you.
Overall, it is nice experience.
Time: Approx 30 mins
Mocks : Aram IAS Academy, Naan mudhalvan, Sankalp academy.
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Name: Chester Bennington
11 feb, afternoon, 3rd to go.
Board: - Shri Dinesh Dasa sir
Keywords: jalgaon, Maharashtra, hindi pop singing, aerospace, UAV, Flight documentaries, geography optional (nothing else from daf).
Chairman:
1) Jalgaon me Jal nahi hai, who is the man who tried to solve the problem of water for farmers in jalgaon, india (late shri bhavarlal jainji, jain irrigation)
2) how they work? What are they doing now?
3) ek hindi pop sunado gake
4) bollywood uses folk songs, music but doesn't pay them. What to be done? Is anything going in this regard?
5) creative economy what is it
6) 3 kartavyas in economic survey
7) glassknots and perestroika have you heard of them? What china learnt for USSR
M1:
1) what is required to settle in space?
2) nobel laureates from India and Indian origin
3) despite huge population and different categories of prices why we are not able to win nobel.
4) anything going for curiosity based learning in India, progress in NEP in this regard.
M2:
1) why farmers suicides
2) opinion about cotton import from USA
3) it will increase farmer suicide? Now what is view?
4) you are a DM mla comes to you complaining Mayor is not working what will you do?
5) you are SP, you get complaint about corruption, what will you do?
M3:
1) pilotless combat. What is future?
2) Due to H1B restrictions, brain gain. What government should do?
3) did work in UAVs so why not going there? Wasting talent here.
4) India semiconductor mission.
5) shall we create NRI city ? Is it possible?
M3:
1) any initiatives for promotion of Hindi internationally?
2) flight MH370 crash, why happened? What should be done to prevent this?
Chairman sir: anything you would like to say? I said thanks for giving opportunity to sing. He is like Beta you earned it and by that you gave us employment 😂.
Conversation mode. Chill and relax.
27 mocks including 4 peer mocks, 2 online mocks. Thanks to Quentel for arranging mocks around 10 to 12 of them like AlS ias, Sriram, raja sir cracking ias, keystone ias, ensure ias.
Drishti Ias, next ias, Samkalp great experience with good questions.
Thanks tou upwise for arranging 4 mocks. Had opportunity to sit with Vinod Zutshi sir, Aradhna mam both former board members.
Special thanks to Shri Vivek Jain Sir from Jaipur for daf related preparation.
11 feb, afternoon, 3rd to go.
Board: - Shri Dinesh Dasa sir
Keywords: jalgaon, Maharashtra, hindi pop singing, aerospace, UAV, Flight documentaries, geography optional (nothing else from daf).
Chairman:
1) Jalgaon me Jal nahi hai, who is the man who tried to solve the problem of water for farmers in jalgaon, india (late shri bhavarlal jainji, jain irrigation)
2) how they work? What are they doing now?
3) ek hindi pop sunado gake
4) bollywood uses folk songs, music but doesn't pay them. What to be done? Is anything going in this regard?
5) creative economy what is it
6) 3 kartavyas in economic survey
7) glassknots and perestroika have you heard of them? What china learnt for USSR
M1:
1) what is required to settle in space?
2) nobel laureates from India and Indian origin
3) despite huge population and different categories of prices why we are not able to win nobel.
4) anything going for curiosity based learning in India, progress in NEP in this regard.
M2:
1) why farmers suicides
2) opinion about cotton import from USA
3) it will increase farmer suicide? Now what is view?
4) you are a DM mla comes to you complaining Mayor is not working what will you do?
5) you are SP, you get complaint about corruption, what will you do?
M3:
1) pilotless combat. What is future?
2) Due to H1B restrictions, brain gain. What government should do?
3) did work in UAVs so why not going there? Wasting talent here.
4) India semiconductor mission.
5) shall we create NRI city ? Is it possible?
M3:
1) any initiatives for promotion of Hindi internationally?
2) flight MH370 crash, why happened? What should be done to prevent this?
Chairman sir: anything you would like to say? I said thanks for giving opportunity to sing. He is like Beta you earned it and by that you gave us employment 😂.
Conversation mode. Chill and relax.
27 mocks including 4 peer mocks, 2 online mocks. Thanks to Quentel for arranging mocks around 10 to 12 of them like AlS ias, Sriram, raja sir cracking ias, keystone ias, ensure ias.
Drishti Ias, next ias, Samkalp great experience with good questions.
Thanks tou upwise for arranging 4 mocks. Had opportunity to sit with Vinod Zutshi sir, Aradhna mam both former board members.
Special thanks to Shri Vivek Jain Sir from Jaipur for daf related preparation.
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UPSC Interview Transcript
Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir
Date: 12/02/2026- Afternoon
Keywords: Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, Cashew Farming, Kathak, Lavani, Writing Quotes and Poetry, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Sociology, MIT Pune, Magazine Editor, Cultural Club Head
I entered the board and greeted all the members.
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Chairperson
1. Your name has a connection with ancient literature. Do you know about this?
2. What about the Aranyakas and the Upanishads?
3. You were an editor for a college magazine. Do you read newspapers?
4. I am making a statement. Can you elaborate on this?
“The sports page of a newspaper reflects the full truth, the editorial page reflects half the truth, whereas the front page reflects minimum truth.”
(Some discussion followed.)
5. As your hobby is writing quotes, tell me one quote that guides you.
I said:
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
6. How would you be a “rainbow” as a District Magistrate?
7. Which scheme, according to you, has the potential to be a rainbow?
I said VB GRAM G — because poverty is the darkest cloud of all, and the scheme provides dignity and meaningful work opportunities.
(He was nodding and appreciating in between.)
8. Define folk dance.
Member 2 (Lady Member)
1. You perform Kathak. Would you be okay if fusion dance forms are performed?
2. After I replied that as long as the philosophical core principles and techniques remain intact, innovation is acceptable, she again asked:
Would you still be okay with fusion?
3. You are a poet. Are poets observant individuals or social reformers?
4. Give one example to support your argument.
I cited Savitribai Phule and her literary work Bawankashi Subodh Ratnakar.
5. You have studied Sociology. Which concept do you find most useful?
I spoke about Social Facts.
Member 3
1. Taking a cue from the last discussion, did you take Sociology only from an exam perspective?
I explained my rationale.
2. You are an Electronics and Telecommunication engineer. Don’t you think an engineering degree certificate is merely a piece of paper?
(He was nodding in agreement in between.)
3. Why are there so many engineering colleges and high enrolment in states like Maharashtra and Karnataka, especially from a sociological point of view?
I spoke about the rise in aspirations and the preference for professional degrees.
4. He mentioned that in many Western countries, Electrical and Electronics syllabi are integrated, which is not the case in India.
Have you read the Electrical syllabus?
I replied in the negative.
He said, “No issues, it’s okay.”
5. This is a personality test—do you want us to know you more, or to test you?
I said that I would like them to know me more, and in that process, they would also test me.
(He smiled slightly.)
Member 4
1. You perform Lavani. It is a very energetic dance form. What does Lavani express?
2. What do you like about this dance form?
3. Suppose you help someone, but that person is neither grateful nor reciprocative. How would you express this through Lavani?
I said that I would first need to write a Lavani song to express that feeling, but in life, I do not let such experiences affect my helping nature—I continue doing my part.
He said, “Excellent, on that part.”
4. Describe Kanhoji Angre.
(Reference: Sindhudurg Fort)
5. Further discussion followed on the Marathas and his role in shipbuilding.
6. You are engaged in an exciting activity like cashew farming. Why, then, put in such hard work for civil services?( All of them exchanged smile among themselves)
Member 5
1. What is the percentage of protein in cashews?
2. What are the benefits of nuts like almonds and cashews?
3. What is a balanced diet?
4. Are you having a balanced diet these days?
I replied that I had one when I was at home, but since shifting to Delhi, the balance has been disturbed.
5. What is junk food?
6. What are its ill effects?
7. Should we ban all advertisements promoting junk food?
8. What can be done to control the spread of junk food?
9. Define culture.
Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir
Date: 12/02/2026- Afternoon
Keywords: Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, Cashew Farming, Kathak, Lavani, Writing Quotes and Poetry, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Sociology, MIT Pune, Magazine Editor, Cultural Club Head
I entered the board and greeted all the members.
---
Chairperson
1. Your name has a connection with ancient literature. Do you know about this?
2. What about the Aranyakas and the Upanishads?
3. You were an editor for a college magazine. Do you read newspapers?
4. I am making a statement. Can you elaborate on this?
“The sports page of a newspaper reflects the full truth, the editorial page reflects half the truth, whereas the front page reflects minimum truth.”
(Some discussion followed.)
5. As your hobby is writing quotes, tell me one quote that guides you.
I said:
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
6. How would you be a “rainbow” as a District Magistrate?
7. Which scheme, according to you, has the potential to be a rainbow?
I said VB GRAM G — because poverty is the darkest cloud of all, and the scheme provides dignity and meaningful work opportunities.
(He was nodding and appreciating in between.)
8. Define folk dance.
Member 2 (Lady Member)
1. You perform Kathak. Would you be okay if fusion dance forms are performed?
2. After I replied that as long as the philosophical core principles and techniques remain intact, innovation is acceptable, she again asked:
Would you still be okay with fusion?
3. You are a poet. Are poets observant individuals or social reformers?
4. Give one example to support your argument.
I cited Savitribai Phule and her literary work Bawankashi Subodh Ratnakar.
5. You have studied Sociology. Which concept do you find most useful?
I spoke about Social Facts.
Member 3
1. Taking a cue from the last discussion, did you take Sociology only from an exam perspective?
I explained my rationale.
2. You are an Electronics and Telecommunication engineer. Don’t you think an engineering degree certificate is merely a piece of paper?
(He was nodding in agreement in between.)
3. Why are there so many engineering colleges and high enrolment in states like Maharashtra and Karnataka, especially from a sociological point of view?
I spoke about the rise in aspirations and the preference for professional degrees.
4. He mentioned that in many Western countries, Electrical and Electronics syllabi are integrated, which is not the case in India.
Have you read the Electrical syllabus?
I replied in the negative.
He said, “No issues, it’s okay.”
5. This is a personality test—do you want us to know you more, or to test you?
I said that I would like them to know me more, and in that process, they would also test me.
(He smiled slightly.)
Member 4
1. You perform Lavani. It is a very energetic dance form. What does Lavani express?
2. What do you like about this dance form?
3. Suppose you help someone, but that person is neither grateful nor reciprocative. How would you express this through Lavani?
I said that I would first need to write a Lavani song to express that feeling, but in life, I do not let such experiences affect my helping nature—I continue doing my part.
He said, “Excellent, on that part.”
4. Describe Kanhoji Angre.
(Reference: Sindhudurg Fort)
5. Further discussion followed on the Marathas and his role in shipbuilding.
6. You are engaged in an exciting activity like cashew farming. Why, then, put in such hard work for civil services?( All of them exchanged smile among themselves)
Member 5
1. What is the percentage of protein in cashews?
2. What are the benefits of nuts like almonds and cashews?
3. What is a balanced diet?
4. Are you having a balanced diet these days?
I replied that I had one when I was at home, but since shifting to Delhi, the balance has been disturbed.
5. What is junk food?
6. What are its ill effects?
7. Should we ban all advertisements promoting junk food?
8. What can be done to control the spread of junk food?
9. Define culture.
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