Date- 13 Feb
Name- Gandhiji
Chairperson - Sujata Chaturvedi (last one in forenoon session)

DAF keywords - Development studies. (Nothing else asked)
Chairperson
1. Were you feeling uncomfortable as you are the last one to come in?
2. Let's talk about transportation. Are you comfortable? (said I will try my best)
3. She asked about trucking and its role in transport sector. (Had no clue about it. Gave a generic answer).
4. Are roads built to achieve a larger goal?
5. What is National Infrastructure Pipeline? Which all sectors are covered? (Mentioned rail and road). When was it notified?
6. What are the problems in port sector?
7. Is shipbuilding industry necessary for port development? (Had mentioned shipbuilding in last answer)
8. What is the role of container manufacturing for India? Why is it important?
9. Should Railways be privatised? (Answered not to be privatised)
10. But power sector is getting privatised, then why not privatised it? (Mentioned it is used by common man including vulnerable communities)
11. Suggest a model for privatising railway ( said about price discrimination model).

M1
1. Why should we not impose toll on shops entering india and its eez?
2. Is rules based order important? (As mentioned in previous answer)
3. Asked to look at the photo of Droupadi Murmu. Then asked what does show about india.

M2
1. What is the impact of stopping of aid delivery, for instance by Usaid?
2. Who gives aid in case of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
3. Is corporate interests overtaking aid?
4. Asked to suggest a policy for elderly people. (Continued discussion on old age homes).

M4
1. Is it a good thing to start MBBS courses by IIMs?
2. If we compare MBBS in AIIMS and MBBS in IIM, which one will you prefer? (Answered AIIMS). WHY?
3. What is privatisation and disinvestment?
4. Why is govt doing disinvestment?
5. Anything to do with efficiency?

M5
1. How will graduation in development studies help in civil services?
2. Which single thing will you solve in education sector first?
3. What is Integrated Missile Development program? How has it benefitted india?
4. Why is india lagging behind in technology?
5. What can you do to make India a tech superpower?

Chairperson - Ok. You can go now.

O2O helpful of Jithin sir, Anuroop sir, Unnikrishnadas sir (Lead IAS), Nithin Menon sir (Fortune), Shinas sir (ilearn). All in trivandrum.

Name : Harvey Specter
Chairman : Raj Shukla sir
Date :12/02/2026
Key word : Electrical Engineering , Mirzapur ,Uttar Pradesh , Geopolitical Development , web-series , indo africa relations , Geography optional , Second interview.

Questions:
1) Asked about first interview experience.
2) Maritime boundary vs land boundary
3) Maritime power challenges and opportunities
4) india maritime power vs usa china maritime power
5) how aircraft carrier shapes maritime power
6) bangladesh with china nexus vs india in bay of Bengal
7)Transhumance impact of geopolitics
8) Island importance in geopolitical development
9) India africa importance , position and opportunity
10) Global ai intelligence summit
11) impact of ai on indian it sector job
12) ai development vs job losses and coping mechanism
13) web series vs tv shows
14) himalayan ecosystem vs development
15) GPS , working , challenges and potential misuse
16) importance of social media on institutional development
17) social media misinformation led social unrest , how will u manage as a DM

O2O : Ankit Singh sir ( smartworks labs)
Sajal Singh sir ( saarthi ias)
Shubham Aggarwal sir ( vidyapeeth ias)
Sriram Sir
Dharmadhikari sir

Mocks : Samkalp ias
next ias , vision ias , vajiram and ravi , vajirao and reddy

Name : Lord
Date : 05/02/2026 
Forenoon - 5th to go
Board : Swain Sir
Time : 20-25 Minutes
DAF keywords - Name , Anthropology, IPS(All other keywords not important)

Swain Sir: 
1.Sir said- Your optional is Anthropology-
So tell me the Tribes of South India.
2.What about Konda reddy?


M1 
1.Confusion about my Surname and Name
2.What is the meaning of your Name
3.Very long and Confusing Monologue on accident in Noida (Kehna kya chahte ho wala feeling aya)
How would you have responded to this?
(I answered) - But that will take too much time to arrive.
What would you do immediately?
I said -Life jackets and some Tyre Tubes can be thrown.
Then Discussion about how Police are insensitive and not responsive .
4.As a SP what steps would you take to make police more effective and responsive?




M2
1.Gave me situation based questions regarding Religious Gathering and large crowd - sub questions on that like:
a)Will you reject the permission as DM?
b) If not ,then how will you manage?
(I mentioned the management by Mumbai Police during Messi's Visit as good examples)
c)Then do you feel that WB police failed in their duties?
d)But they have arrested organizer
e)Some discussion on responsibility shifting

Swain Sir:
Have we met last time?
Did u appear for interview last time?
I think I have seen you.
You were in the news last time..Right?

Then sir went back to do something and came back during last 1 minute.



M3
1. Monologue on China's actions with respect to Arunachal Pradesh and recent incident....
What are your views on that?
2. Do you think that we need to convey our views with other international players too?
3. What is your opinion on- whether films should be banned because people get inspired by violent scenes?
4.Any two movies in which police are shown in a positive note.

M4
1.What are the elements of Criminal Justice System?
2.Do you think that our criminal justice system has failed?
Discussion on this and subquestions
3.One Transformative decision of Supreme Court(I mentioned it in previous answer)
4.Is it transformative for Judiciary?


Swain Sir : Do you want to ask anything?

The Board was very cordial and supportive, especially Swain Sir was nodding constantly. 

O2O - Khan Sir (KSG),SRIRAM IAS,Shubham Agarwal Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS)

Mocks - Sankalp, Next IAS,SIAC Mumbai
(Quantel lied at many instances about 3 Members board or 5 members board 😂)

Special Thanks to
1.Vivek Kulkarni Sir And Savita Tai
2.Mahesh Bhagwat Sir IPS
3.Shekhar Gaikwad Sir IAS
4.Avinash Jadhawar Sir IPS(I was constantly in touch with Captain Sir to resolve my silly doubts regarding policing...Thank you Sir)
5.Amar Raut Sir IAS
6.Nishant Deshmukh Sir IFS and Satpal Godase

Thank you Mahajyoti and Vidyaprabhodhini for support during this preparation journey.

Note : During Mocks tried to take pause and answer the questions but in actual interview it did not happen at all.

Date 11 02 2026

Forenoon 1st to go

Keywords-History(opt),Nagpur baki sab general question the

Dd dasa sir board

Chairman-
In hindi aajaye kaise hain aap maine bola thik hu sir
Kal maine jiska pehla interview liya uska bhi naam 'aapka jaisa ' hi tha
1.views on transfer of capital from delhi to nagpur
2.feasible or not i mentioned that it was discussed after indo china war 1962 sir said how do you know about it that was my next question
3.who transferred capital from Delhi to daulatabad
4.why md tughlaq policies failed even though he was visionary
5.how Abu dabi became Aviation hub what goi is doing about it

M1
1.can engineer be a good beurocrat( i gave example of e shreedharan and tn sheshan
2.compare works of er shreedharan and Tn sheshan who did better work
3.discussion on spcialisation of beurocracy
4.Who should head pwd department a specialist or generalist.

M3
1.Again discussion on specialisation
2.Snow melting in himalayas reasons and consequences
3.how it will impact water security
4.issues in indias R&d ecosystem
5 in last year did goi did anything about R&d
6 How is western disturbances impacting climate change in himalayas

M4
1.issues in indias urbanisation
2.features of smart city mission
3.role of mayor
4.how we can utilize knowlege of ivc in urbanisation

M5
1. specialisation of beurocracy
2.lateral entry discussion
3.Again specialisation
4.Gst on aviation fuel
5.steps to takle corruption.

Chairman
Do you want to ask something i said no sir.
Almost 31 min

Mocks-Samkalp×2,vision ×2 ,forum,Next,chankya
mandal,drishti,pw,sriram ias,Quantel,Maharashtra sadan,vajiram and ravi,vajirao and reddy,study iq


One on one-Mahesh bhagwat sir,khan sir og

Name : vj
Date: 12th feb afternoon
Keywords: Andhra pradesh, west Godavari,mechanical engineering ,Digital Engineering in germany weimar, karate , baseball, thalassemia and sickle cell anemia, meditation, collaboration travelling, sci-fi movies
Board : lt general Raj shukla sir

Chairman
1. You from Andhra pradesh or telangana?
2. What are you doing now?
3. You know Hindi? (Little bit sir)
4. Gave a quote of Chanakya " shastra ko bhuloge apne samskruti ko......" What it means?
I tried to explain first part... Said couldnt understand second part
5. Discussion went on about civilization wisdom , china , west 1962 war , nehru
(Tried to address it but don't know where he satisfied)

Member:1
1. You did digital engineering in germany ..what is it?
2.what technology in it would help india develop ?
3. If you are a DM what are the reforms you do in your district ?
4. What is Okinawa karate?
5. How it helped you personally?

Member:2
1. Farmer sucide and do you think it connect with durkheim anomic suicides?
2. Asked about thalassemia and sickle cell anemia. How is the situation?
3. Do we have any schems for it?
4. Do you think four stroke engine would have scope in now?
5. What do you think wouldn't it be replaced by ev? Next discuss went on paris and panchamrit goals

Member:3
1. Baseball is not famous how come you played it?
2. What is weight of bat?(Don't know sir)
3. With what material it is maid?
4. Asked about MPLADS fund and oversight mechanism?(Said can't recollect)
Remaining I couldn't recollect

Member:4
1. Asked about collaboration travelling?
2. How do you ensure safety?
3. What is your fav place where you travelled?why?
4. Do you suggest me to travel solo there?
5.Asked about issues in PHCs of our place? (My father works there)
6. If I go to automobile store which engine you suggest me to buy. Two stroke or four stroke?
7.why? Discussion went on about ethanol blending and flex engine and it's efficiency

Mostly questions went on my DAF and which wercovered in many mocks

Traffic advisory for the Civil Services Examination, 2025 for Personality Test for 16th to 20th February, 2026

Name: Vote Chor
Date: 04/02/2026
Afternoon- 3rd to go
Board: Sujata mam
DAF keywords - Bihar, Jharkhand, Computer Science (nothing else is asked from DAF)

Sujata mam:
1. Good afternoon. What is the correct pronunciation of your name?
2. So, you are from Bihar. What is difference between growth trajectory of Bihar and Tamil Nadu? Why one grew and other didn’t? (I have no connection to Tamil Nadu whatsoever)
3. Elaborate on the colonial factors further?
4. What is the second factor? (I said law and order) What about infrastructure?
5. What are some similarities do you see between Bihar and Saudi Arabia? (I said origin of religions)
6. Have you ever been to Bodh Gaya? (I said No). Mam was shocked.
7. What are the contributions of Buddhism to India?
Member 1:
1. Question about work life balance and my opinion about it. What would I do as a Health secretary to address the work life balance of doctors who work 100 hours a week? (I’m not a doctor lol)
2. Long monologue about certain labourers being taken to Fiji and Mauritius. What are some other countries they were taken to? Sujata Mam intervened before I could answer and asked, “Do you know the term that was used for those labourers?” I answered. Then she asked the origin of the word. I answered. Member 1 then changed his question and asked me to say everything I know about those Girmithiya labourers.
3. Who is the president of India? Where is she from? I answered wrongly that she is from Jharkhand. He said Yes. Then another member intervened and said no she’s from neighbouring state of Odisha. Then member asked what I have learned from her life? Then rephrased his question and asked me details about her life. Mam intervened and asked me “Do you know anything about her life?” I said no mam, not before she became president. Mam laughs – “jab ise pata hi nahi toh bataega kaise ki kya seekha hai” - oouch
4. Then member asked me about Birsa Munda and wanted me to give another monologue about him.
Member 2:
1. Went back to colonial factors I had answered in my first answer to Sujata Mam. Countered me with questions and made me go in depth.
2. Asked me about agricultural economy of Bihar and why it didn’t grow despite fertile land and how did colonial factors contribute?
3. Why Jharkhand didn’t grow despite minerals?
4. Current Status of Freight equalisation policy?
5. How can apply my learnings of Anthropology to administration?
Member 3:
1. Asked my opinion on social media ban for Children.
2. How can we revive SAARC?
3. SO, we should put SAARC in cold storage?
4. What other organisations can we focus on?
Member 4:
1. Impact of AI on employment?
2. What can we do about it?
3. Why did India fall behind in AI like tech despite being a leader in Software related services?
4. What is India’s future in AI looking like?
5. What is the agenda of AI Impact Summit?
Sujata Mam: Thank you, your interview is over.

I have exam amnesia and forgot other questions.

Mam was quite strict and other members countered a lot. They wanted me to in depth about every point I made. Overall, an amazing experience, it was privilege to interact with them and other candidates who I met in this journey.
O2O – Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS – a couple questions sir had asked me were directly asked in Interview. I quoted his answers verbatim. Bhartesh Sir. Mahesh Bhagwat sir IPS. KK Mittal Sir. Many other O2Os and online mocks arranged by Quantel and Upwise.
Offline Mocks – Samkalp (2 – closest to actual interview with regards to questions and randomness). Vision IAS. Vajirao. Civils Daily. PWOnlyIAS. NACS – Bihar. GS Score. Next IAS. Sriram IAS.

Name- Karl Kumar
Date- 13/02/26
Afternoon session
Board- Shri. Sanjay Verma sir
Slot- Last one to go

DAF-
1. Retro hindi songs of Kishore Da & Md. Rafi ji
2. Ek Din Sutte Ke Bin
3. Technology to combat Corruption
4. Uttar Pradesh
5. Rest not asked

Room structure-
1. Round table
2. Member madam sitting just right to Chairperson sir

Entered the room-
Member madam said- Finally something different (pointing to my suit colour which was dark green), then said looking good.

Chairman sir-
1. Are you employed?
2. Lets start from your CV, tell me contemporary singers of that era. I named few, sir said you are missing one. Then he himself answered Talat Aziz
3. Qualities of Kishore ji and Rafi ji
4. Lets come to political science- give any example of revolution.
5. Give any example to revolution in India- sir himself gave the hint

Member 1-
1. Ek din sutte ke bin--लोग smoking, गांजा, शराब क्यों नहीं छोड़ पाते? Long discussion over this topic. He even asked that do I smoke or not
2. Which technologies can help in reducing corruption?
3. Which union department has reduced corruption to a significant level?
4. Discussed over AI and songs-- a long discussion in which sir told story of a foreign based singer ( I didnt know the name) about his interaction with AI

Member 2
He said I will said few words , you have to tell what comes to your mind first

1." सर " - i provided 3 meanings-- he himself gave 4th one as the Special Intensive revision exercise and board burst into laughter

2. "Bar"- I again gave 4--he said I will recommend you to go to bar this evening.
3. Sang a line of retro song and asked me about the singer. I said sorry, sir that answered and said you must listen to him
4. ऐसी कौनसी चीज़ें है जो coaching बच्चों को नहीं सिखा पा रहीं?
5. आपने इससे (this attempt ) से क्या सीखा?

Member 3 (Madam)
1. Started from my last answer to Member 2 sir---asked a very long question comprising on does corruption increases efficiency and is it necessary ( madam framed this question in a very structured manner)
2. I will ask you few rapid questions you have to answer-
3. Viksit Bharat
4. Stand-up India
5. 3rd term I didnt know
6. Ombudsman
7. Blockchain

Member 4-
1. Are you comfortable in English or Hindi?
2. We discussed about सर...give me its full form--- I said sorry then sir himself told a funny full form and board started laughing
3. Tell me significant thing happened in UP in last 1 year-- i mentioned few things which included MahaKumbh also
4. What is Mahakumbh?
5. What are the types of Kumbh?
6. Where does Ardh Kumbh happens?
7. Why MahaKumbh after 144 years?
8. Tell me the story behind Kumbh?
9. Why PoornaKumbh after 12 years? - I didn't know so sir himself recited the story
10. As DM, how will you manage preparations for the next Kumbh? ( I was asked to prepare for the same question by Shri. Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, IPS)
11. Where will Next Kumbh happen? Are you sure?
12. Do you know ahout Naxalism?
13. Why in past 60 odd years, we were unable to deal with it?
14. Do you think we will be able to end by 31st March, 2026?
Suddenly Chairperson sir interrupted and said you can mention about socio-economic indicators

Chairman sir then said we are now speeding up with the socio-economic indicators. Do you agree? I said yes sir

Then an awkward silence in the room for few seconds. Sir said, "हो गया" ,your interview is over. Then one by one all the members said the same.
I asked for the leave


A note of gratitude-
1. My family
2. Shri. Puneet Yadav sir (SOMP IAS) for daily discussions and One to one sessions
3. Shri. Mahesh Bhagwat sir for his session and whatsapp group discussions
4. Shri. Shubham Aggarwal sir, Vidyapeeth IAS for his zoom session + whatsapp group discussions + one to one session
5. Shri. Sajal Singh sir, Sarrthi IAS
6. Shri. Ayush Sinha sir, Forum IAS for one to one session
7. And all others for one to one session
8. Shri. Saket Jha sir (civils daily)

Mocks
Samkalp (both online and offline) + Unacademy+ Quantel (Rashika )+ Next IAS + Civils Daily + Vajiram and Ravi +upwise

Date- 13 Feb
Sujata Maam Board

Mbbs, Aiims, Watching medical drama(rest nothing asked from daf)

Chairperson-(Read the daf)
1. Why u have this name?
2. ⁠What is tomorrow’s date n which festival is being celebrated?
3. ⁠What does valentines day signify. Tell me your understanding of it?
4. What is done on this day.
5. Are parents okay with their children celebrating it.
6. Where do kids get ₹ from.
7. Will someone gift traditional sweets or a box of chocolates on valentines.
8. What is FOMO.
9. Is celebrating Valentines have any effect on economy.
10. India - already - a land of traditional festivals - we already have so many festivals, why do we then need - valentines day, mothers day, etc.


M-1
1. What comes to your mind - when I say 'Munnabhai MBBS'
2. Now tell me the negative side of the movie?
3. What is the reason - 'Munnabhai like doctors' are created?
4. Should we prescribe some specific percentage - like 70% atleast - to become a doctor?
5. Give me three innovative solutions to ensure that Quality of doctors is top notch.
6. Allopathy and Ayush medicine - are we moving towards a future of Integrated Medicine?
7. Give me one slogan as a DM - you will use to make health - a core priority?


M-2
1. As a DM in RJ - what will be your 1st three steps.
2. As a DM who is also a doctor - three steps to mainstream Health Infrastructure.
3. Why is gov doing banks merger?
4. What you will do as a DM - to solve malnutrition issue.


M-3
1. When was AIIMS New Delhi established
2. Which country helped India establish AIIMS Delhi
3. Should we have more AIIMS like Institutes
4. What kind of Health infra do we need at district level
5. As a DM - give me three innovative measures to tackle the issue of stray dogs.
6. what if - an oldage couple are attacked by stray dog while going for a morning walk


M-4
1. What is monetisation
2. How is it different from Privatisation.
3. Is gov branding privatisation as monetisation, as privatisation in India is seen with skepticism
4. Should Indian Railways be privatised.
5. As a DM, what will be your policy for preventing NCD.
6. How to utilise private sector hospitals in NCD

Mocks- Samkalp, Quantel , Vision Ias
One on One- Shinas sir(Most helpful, multiple one on one sessions).
- Puneet Sir from Somp (Discussion sessions were immensely helpful)
- Anupam Sir, Ravi Kapoor Sir

Name: mother of dragons
Date 13.02.2026
Board. Sujata Chaturvedi maam
Key DAF details: IFS, West Bengal, reading fiction books (nothing else asked)
Questions asked:
Chairperson:
1. Why Ifs?
2. What is monroe doctrine
3. When was it given
4. What is the relevance of Monroe doctrine after world war 2? Detailed discussion on that
5. Key demand of the US from NATO members
6. Can US survive in isolation in this interconnected world?

M1:
1. After WW2, during cold war which genre of fiction was popular? (Said i am sorry sir i am not aware. He replied: spy genre)
2. After cold war which fiction genre was popular (sorry sir. Sujata maam intervened and said she is not a student of literautre. She reads them as a hobby)
3. Bangladesh- What is happening? What should india do after election?
4. Whether india should engage at all with bang or not?
5. 15% defense expenditure: should india focus on Hard power or soft power - trust building for long term stability ( said both are imp. Hard power will create deterrence)
6. Why cant soft power be a soln?

M2: (random qs)
1. What is fashion for you?
2. Does it only include dress or other things?
3. What is fashion, trend and style?

M3:
1. What are National anthem and national song?
2. Vande mataram: history: when was it written, context
3. Why to include 6 stanzas now and not before? (Maam intervened ki ho gaya sir.)

M4:
1. Why was league of nation established
2. Why it failed
3. Why UN was established?
4. Do u think UN is still relevant or it is a failure
5. Tell me areas where UN has been successful
6. Tell me agencies, org under UN who according to you are doing great works
7. How to reform UN. Asked 4 ways to reform. I was able to give 3 points. Then he told me to think abt tech.
8. How tech can be used to reform UN?

Chairperson: your interview is over. You can go now
Duration: 25-30 mins
Mocks: Vajirao (online), Upwise (online mocks), Quantel (online mocks), offline: ForumIas, civils daily, vision ias (2 mocks), vajiram and ravi, unacademy, EnsureIas (through quantel), Next IAS, Shankar Ias, Pw onlyias,
O2O: some online (through upwise and quantel), Saket sir (civils daily), Shubham Aggarwal Sir (vidyapeeth IAS -- zoom classes and last minute motivation -- really very helpful)

All the mocks were helpful in some or the other ways. But the actual interview is altogether a different experience.

Date 16-02-2026
Name : Harry
Board : Sheelvardhan sir

Key word: Haryana, Chandigarh, Painting, Feeding community dogs, providing medical aid to stray animals, Economics Optional.

I greet all the members ( round table)
The chairman asked me to sit.

C:
1. Harry, you belong to chandigarh. What's that hand sign signify.
2. What is the history of rock garden.
3. Can we say that Nek chand is father of waste material ( followup Questions)
4. You feed stray dogs. Don't you think it is creating a public safety issue.
5. Do dogs belong to wolves or jackals ?
6. We as a monkey species believe that dogs are selfish. Because we give them food, love and shelter but what they give us back? Bite us , attack us. Etc..
7. What is K shaped economy
8. Who is richer or who is poorer.
9. Don't you think that when you will get into the service you will be in poor category. Then why do you want to join service.
10. What is different in foreign countries is that there we do not see any stray animals like in India. What they do different.
11. Do you think that we have so much of poor population struggling to get a 3 meals a day can make shelters for all the stray animals.

M1 ( Lady member).
1. What is Sc order related to Stray dogs.
2. Do you think it is only solution. ( I answered about ABC rules )
3. Follow up Question- ABC is already there then why we are lagging behind. ( I said implementation issue and regulation and monitoring)
4. What is India Usa Trade deal. What they both are offering
5. What was the tariff before that.
6. Has the Agriculture sector opened in a trade deal.

M2:
1. how will you manage the Boarder management issue with Pakistan from Punjab.
( I asked him to repeat. As it was a monologue. He asked me thrice the same question)
2. How does the drone operate. ( From previous answer)
3. Does anyone sit in Drone.

M3:
1. What kind of Painting do you do.
2. What's your view on high price paintings like MF Husain. Do you think they are worth that much price

3. How can we reduce income inequality in India. ( I said wealth inheritance tax, progressive taxation system)
4. So you think cross subsidisation is the solution. ( I said simultaneously we need to enhance the capability and human capital)
5. You know amartya sen. What he gave to economics.
6. Did amartya sen get any nobel prize. In which field.

M5: what does women empowerment according to you.
2. What are the important things you believe that are important for women empowerment
3. What do you think about north eastern women and mainland india who are more empowered.
4. Which state has a matrilineal society ( follow up Question) I said Meghalaya.
He was from Manipur. He said. And told about a story to all members. And they all laughed.

More questions. But not able to recall.

Sheelvardhan sir said thank you your interview is over. It was nice talking to you Harry.

One to one: Vision IAS, Anatam IAS
Mocks- vajirao and reddy, study IQ, Tathasatu, Vision faculty mock, ALS ( Quantal), Shankar IAS, Vision Bureaucratic, Vajiram and Ravi. Samkalp 2 mocks

Part of a daily discussion of Umesh Reddy sir. That helps a lot to gather confidence in speaking.

My Interview was very close to Samkalp mocks. Most of the questions were repeated from Samkalp.

Date 16-02-2026
Name : Harry
Board : Sheelvardhan sir

Key word: Haryana, Chandigarh, Painting, Feeding community dogs, providing medical aid to stray animals, Economics Optional.

I greet all the members ( round table)
The chairman asked me to sit.

C:
1. Harry, you belong to chandigarh. What's that hand sign signify.
2. What is the history of rock garden.
3. Can we say that Nek chand is father of waste material ( followup Questions)
4. You feed stray dogs. Don't you think it is creating a public safety issue.
5. Do dogs belong to wolves or jackals ?
6. We as a monkey species believe that dogs are selfish. Because we give them food, love and shelter but what they give us back? Bite us , attack us. Etc..
7. What is K shaped economy
8. Who is richer or who is poorer.
9. Don't you think that when you will get into the service you will be in poor category. Then why do you want to join service.
10. What is different in foreign countries is that there we do not see any stray animals like in India. What they do different.
11. Do you think that we have so much of poor population struggling to get a 3 meals a day can make shelters for all the stray animals.

M1 ( Lady member).
1. What is Sc order related to Stray dogs.
2. Do you think it is only solution. ( I answered about ABC rules )
3. Follow up Question- ABC is already there then why we are lagging behind. ( I said implementation issue and regulation and monitoring)
4. What is India Usa Trade deal. What they both are offering
5. What was the tariff before that.
6. Has the Agriculture sector opened in a trade deal.

M2:
1. how will you manage the Boarder management issue with Pakistan from Punjab.
( I asked him to repeat. As it was a monologue. He asked me thrice the same question)
2. How does the drone operate. ( From previous answer)
3. Does anyone sit in Drone.

M3:
1. What kind of Painting do you do.
2. What's your view on high price paintings like MF Husain. Do you think they are worth that much price

3. How can we reduce income inequality in India. ( I said wealth inheritance tax, progressive taxation system)
4. So you think cross subsidisation is the solution. ( I said simultaneously we need to enhance the capability and human capital)
5. You know amartya sen. What he gave to economics.
6. Did amartya sen get any nobel prize. In which field.

M5: what does women empowerment according to you.
2. What are the important things you believe that are important for women empowerment
3. What do you think about north eastern women and mainland india who are more empowered.
4. Which state has a matrilineal society ( follow up Question) I said Meghalaya.
He was from Manipur. He said. And told about a story to all members. And they all laughed.

More questions. But not able to recall.

Sheelvardhan sir said thank you your interview is over. It was nice talking to you Harry.

One to one: Vision IAS, Anatam IAS
Mocks- vajirao and reddy, study IQ, Tathasatu, Vision faculty mock, ALS ( Quantal), Shankar IAS, Vision Bureaucratic, Vajiram and Ravi. Samkalp 2 mocks

Part of a daily discussion of Umesh Reddy sir. That helps a lot to gather confidence in speaking.

My Interview was very close to Samkalp mocks. Most of the questions were repeated from Samkalp.

Name: AKS
Date- 16/02/26
Forenoon session
Board- Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir
Slot- First to go

AI Summit, Water Sector, FTAs, Russia Ukraine War (diverse conversations not specific to DAF)

Chairman-
1. You are already in service , where are you working?
2. So the week is dedicated to AI summit, what do you think US, China and India are focussing in terms of AI?
3. About India, do you think it's focussing on poor man's AI?
4. Why India is not focussing on frontier AI?
5. Why is private sector not doing much about frontier AI?
6. Said something about AI Safety and Super AI taking over humans in long run, like in war etc.
8. Did you listened to what Ashwini Vaishnav said about it (seemed AI Safety specific)?
7. Are we doing something in AI Safety aspects right now in India ?

(Sir was going for long sentances with open ends)


Member 1-
1. Let's move ahead, how would you convince a person about how FTAs are benefitting them?
2. That is good for a person in Delhi, how would you convince a person from rural India?
3. Okay , what comes to your mind first how AI can be applied in rural India ?
4. ODOP of your place?

Member 2

1. What did we learn from Russia Ukraine war that was also present in OP sindoor ?
2. We are consumption based economy why to even focus on FTAs?
3. Why was Siliguri corridor in the news recently?

Member 3
1. Water related world war 3 possible?
2. How to address those issues?
3. So you talked nationally and internationally , what to do incase there is dispute between day two farmers about water?
4. How to address the disputes from demand side?


Member 4-
1. Don't you think there will be job losses because of how we are going about AI ?
2. How to address the job losses?

Chairman:

You were speaking about nuclear detterence while talking with the panel member , what learning did we got from there during op sindoor?


Experience: Had a gentle smile throughout, panel members were not grilling and in some answers seemed satisfied , I tried to answer to the point and in crisp manner.

Chairman Said okay All the best and I said thankyou to everyone.


Daily discussions helped a lot. (AI related discussions from Economic Survey).


Mocks:

Broadly many questions were covered from different mocks, helped with listening the questions properly and then answering.

Samkalp, EnsureIAS, ForumIAS, Only IAS, Drishti , NextIAS, Vajiram&Ravi, Vajirao&Reddy, KGS.

Name : XYZ
Date- 12th Feb 2026
Panel - Sanjay Varma sir
DAF keywords- Maharashtra, marathi novels, economy, sociology, Kolhapur ( college) , wrestling

Chairman-
1. What is G.O.A.T. ?? Who is GOAT of Economics and Sociology
2. How many novels you read ? And asked me about few writers ( I was not aware about them) also told one Film and asked whether I know it ( not aware)
3. Have you seen any movie / read any book on same sex marriage ( I said no sir )
4. What are 3 similarities and 3 differences between Mumbai and India as a whole ???
( meanwhile , as they were having some snacks , lady member ate some spicy and was coughing so CM asked me )
5. What do you do if someone get chilli while eating ( I said Bhakari )
6. Again asked only bhakari / bhakari with ghee etc.

M 2 ( lady member ) (Asked me clarification over my name and surname and also my village )
1. What was legacy of Ch. Shivaji Maharaj
2. What was contribution of Sayajirao Gaikwad
3. How Vivekananada contributed in Indias struggle and what was his philosophy? What should we learn from him?
( all were keywords from my DAF )

M3
1. What is longevity? What person should do to increase his / her longevity??
2. Gave me situation , one person with good health and diet live for 100 yr and another with opposite scenario who not take cares for health , don't do exercise also live for 100yr why this is soo ??( not able to give satisfactory ans. )
3.

M4:
1. why pollution in tier 2 and tier 3 cities is increasing
2. What are solutions for this ?
3. What is that content in chilli which is actually spicy ?

M5:
1. What is your favorite food ?
2. What are things for which kolhapur is famous ( long discussion around Kolhapuri Chappal )
3. who is famous actress from Kolhapur ( I was not able to recall so he tell me Padmini Kolhapure )
4. Which was her popular film ( I said sorry sir )
5. What is free style wrestling? Where you watch it ?
( counter questions were asked and not able to recall some questions by members)

Ref :
O2O -
Praveen Chavhan sir ( Margee ) , Ashish Jaitpal sir ( helped for finalising DAF ),
Shetty Sir ( Mumbai ), Mahesh Bhagavat Sir ( Daf discussion ), Anirudh sir ( Manobal), Shubham Agrawal sir ( Vidyapeeth IAS)

Mocks:
1. CD Deshmukh institute Thane
2. SIAC Mumbai
3. Vajiram and Ravi
4. Vajirao and reddy
5. PW Only IAS
6. Samkalp IAS (2 Interviews )
7. Maharashtra Sadan ( very helpful)

( Discussions with friends helped a lott )

Name Gyani
Board - honourable .Raj Shukla sir
Date~ 16 feb FN 3rd one to go..
Key words women reservation, Dentistry, epfo, cooking, specialists in civil services( Nothing on optional and Daf)
Chairman
Good morning .. u r a dentist! 1.are you still practicing?
2.How long have you been working in epfo?
3.How do you want to see yourself in 30 years from now?
4.Why do u need gender neutral society?
5.When women are equal talent pool why do they need reservation?
6.What is more important seeing them as talented people or just recruiting them for gender balance?
7.Why women are facing opportunity cost?
8.What are the unique things women bring into administration?
9.Long monologue on care burden of women is largely reduced in current generation then what is the problem?
10.How do you think the problem pans out into private sector?
Member 1
1.Why epfo leaving high paying dental practice?
2.How do you think an accounts officer job create an impact on social security?
3.How do you think death claim settlement aided in social security?
4.Ok tell me which treatment will you suggest Rct or implants?
5.Tell me more about dental implants? DO they need immunosuppressents?
6.What is the step you will take as SDM in urban floods?
7.Focus on the priorities immediately after floods?
8.Tell me about one important scheme of Tamilnadu which changed a big problem? And emulated across India?
9.Tell me about a current scheme of Tamilnadu creating a widespread Impact?
10.Do you think thozhi hostels are really working?
Member 2
1.I know your hobby is innovative cooking but i will not ask you about that. Tell me the most famous cookery show i the world?
2.Why is the MasterChef Australia is famous and not the Indian version?
3.Gave a big monologue on how India was penalised for buying Russian oil and sudden change is US stance?
4.Do you really think strategic autonomy worked here?
5.Should we reconsider buying Russian oil in future?
Member 3
1.Monologue on how only arts and science people entered Civil service in 1960s. Why people like you professionals doctors or engineers want to enter civil service?
2.Don't you think it's a wastage of specialised training in a generalist service?
3.If administration is having scope for technologic diversification why not Indian science service or IES?
4.What about Nehru s dream of creation of Vanguard of technology through IIT and AIIMS?
5.What do these Vanguards of administration bring to the plate?
Member 4
1.Rationale behind new taxation policy?why savings is not incentivised?
2.Don't you think this will reduce epfo contributions?
3.But isn't this trend a problem for epfo in long run?

Chairman again
1.Do the techno background people want to enter civil services for power or service? Followed by Power of Google CEO and Elon musk in American policy making?
2.I understand it's the rarest case but you people could think of the impact they are making?
3.Again told how starlink is serving African countries. How do you think a generalist is better in service delivery?

Thank you and all the best
Board was cordial and interactive. But Chairman kept a poker face till the end. Overall a good learning experience.

One to ones and discussions -Farees Rahman sir
-Utkarsh sir
refined my answers and helped me cope up stress.
Attended almost 10 mocks.. no direct reflection.

Name - HGranger
Date - 16.01.2026
Board - Sujata Chaturvedi Mam
Are you feeling cold? Why not?
Daf announced (not much asked except for Kerala and NCC)
Chair
1) Any news u are aware of? BSL 4 what is it?
2) Non tariff barriers? Any by India?
3) Why did they create UN? When was it created? Which other organization was created earlier for humanity?
M1
1) Metro train services? How many? Have you used any?
2) Is it private or public? Are you sure?
3) Who manages security in Kochi metro? Is it effective?
4) What is somaliland? When was it created?
What is the significance? Why Israel recognized it?
5) Do you think countries are spending too much in military than peace activities?
Why?
M2
Why Kerala God's own country?
Why environmental degradation in munnar?
How much remittance? Why gulf state? Which profession women migrate?
Why NRK?
M3)
Ncc? Which regiment father was? What does it do?
Ncc objective?
How are we using them now?
Training module for friendly police station.
How else we are giving training to ncc?
What legislation can we use in friendly police station?
M4)
Why Kerala high literacy but suicide?
How much fdi? What are we doing for investor? Any scheme? Is it doing anything?
How building confidence?
Unemployment? What is Kerala doing for that?
Biomedical waste- how are we managing it?

Felt mostly different domain based.. They were changing questions as I was answering. The board was also a bit exhausted since I was second last to go. Some were smiling, Chair had a straight face, but above all I was comfortable and calm throughout.
They asked a lot of statistics based or number based questions like amount/percentage (some I am not able to recollect). I was able to answer some and they were fine with the ones I didn't.
It was a different experience :
1. We were sitting in a dining table like setup, I could even see the member next to me texting in between.
2.Didn't feel like an interview, more like a tea time conversation.

Mocks - Vajirao online, Quantel, Amritha offline, Absolute, KSCSA offline, Lead IAS, Legendary, Fortune IAS academy, Xylem.

Attended one on one sessions from online and offline from above.
Had a peer group discussion almost everyday which helped.

Board: Anuradha Prasad Mam
Keywords: IT Sector, ECE, Tiruppur, Tamilnadu, Sociology

Date: 16-02-2026 F.N 4th

Chairperson

Good afternoon. Please take your seat

1. You have been working in an AI company, is AI not very recent technology?
2. What is the difference between Narrow AI and Gen AI?
3. There are talks of the IT sector gonna lose jobs because of AI what's your take on that? Do you believe so?
4. As you are from Tiruppur, the exports were declining even before Trump tariffs? Do you know why?

Members:

1. You have been working in the IT sector for 12 long years, why do you want to move out?
2. Will you be okay as the salary you are gonna derive in civil services is very less compared to IT?
3. We are behind the US and China in terms of AI developments! What should be the growth path of India in AI in this regard?
4. Don't you think you should have decided much early? Are you not late to the CS?
5. There was incident in Tamilnadu where people died? TVK crowd issue? Who should own the responsibility?
6. What steps should have been taken?
7. Do you know about the latest SC judgement regarding Samesex marriage?
8. Why did not we develop an AI model like LLM? Where do you think India lagged?
9. Did we miss the bus?
10. Your ECE and IT experience how can it be used in civil services?
11. What are the issues in Tamilnadu that people face?
12. What steps can be taken?
13. How AI impacts Children?
14. How are you dealing with it privately?
15. How would you reduce digital addiction?
16. How would you make a policy to regulate for the public welfare?
16. Do you know anything about Sahyog portal?
17. Is govt not overstepping into freedom of speech and expression?

Your interview is over. Thank you. All the best.

The board was cordial. It was a good experience.

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16 Feb 2026

DAF : Commerce, Books and Movies, Finance, State PCS

Board : Anuradha mam
3rd to go , Afternoon
3 male 2 female members

Chairperson :
1. How journalling and book keeping are different
2. Is journalling Random?
3. What is global Supply chain
4. Example
5. How is deglobalisation affecting it ?
6. What is value chain

Member 1
1. Job profile
2. 73/74th CAA - discussion on impact
3. PCA?
4. How handle PCA complaint
5. Sports governance ( wrestlers protest )
6. Police chief of nepal/BNG how to manage protests
7. Social media protests

Member 2
1. Personal finance
2. What people do wrong in personal finance
3. Measures to correct it
4. Define Fiscal discipline
5. Are you ok with current fiscal discipline in Budget
6. Why control deficit at all
7. Controversial : Book by Army chief.
- What is your opinion ?
- why should govt restrict anyone after retirement

Member 3
1. POSH act
2. How to handle complaint under POSH
3. Last fiction book read : any takeaway
4. Last movie seen : takeaway
5. What are Biologics, tell me what all you know

Member 4
1. What is the basis of Budget
2. Zero based? Performance based? Outcome based?
3. What changes would you make if you were to present the budget?
4. Any changes in Defence allocation ?
5. UCC - opinion if we should implement it

Chairperson again
1. What is Crowding out? Mechanism how crowd out happens
2. Crowding in how- mechanism?

Okay, your interview is overMocks Given :

Samkalp, Vajiram, Vajirao, Forum
One to one with Shubham sir Vidyapeeth IAS and Dharmadhikari sir Chanakya Mandal were helpful

Many Practice sessions with UpWise and Quantel

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