Name: PD
Date: 23/02/2026
Forenoon, 1st to go.

Key DAF Details: BDS, Kheda, Ahmedabad, PSIR, Sports (Kho-Kho, Badminton, Pickleball)

Board: Lt Gen. Raj Shukla Sir

Chairman
1. Have you been practicing dentistry?
2. Why civil services?
3. India is doing well regarding women’s representation. What is it that still lacks women’s representation in every sphere?
4. Tell me about the Epstein files. Many famous personalities are involved in them. On one side, they talk about women’s empowerment, and on the other side… (monologue continued)

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Member 1
1. Our residential society is also going to have a pickleball court. Explain the game. How is it played?
2. Where do you play pickleball?
3. Why PSIR?
4. One line each on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
5. Whom do you choose? (I said Socrates — “An unexamined life is not worth living.”)
6. In administration, whom would you choose?

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Member 2
1. Now listen carefully. There is a quote about the Iraq War:
“If we take it morally, it is not illegal; if we take it legally, it is not moral.”
What do you understand by this?
2. Who said “Saam, Daam, Dand, Bhed”?
3. Explain your name (PD) in one line.

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Member 3
1. Why does society prefer private institutions for primary education, but government institutions for higher education?
2. What is your understanding of education?
3. How will you ensure quality education if you are posted in a socioeconomically backward district?
4. If you are posted there for only two years, how will you ensure that your efforts do not go in vain?
5. The history of dentistry — is there any early evidence of surgery? Where do we find that evidence?
6. What is your idea of success?

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Member 4
1. You are very interested in sports. Tell me, are we doing enough for women sportspersons?
2. Do you think freebies are the easiest populist policy to win elections?
3. What are the implications of freebies?
4. Do you support freebies?

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Mock Interviews Attended:
SPIPA (Ahmedabad), Sankalp, PW Only IAS, Unacademy, VajiRao, Sriram, TathastuIAS.

Special thanks to KK Jalan Sir, Vivek Sir (Symbiosis IAS), and Satyendra Sir.

Thank you All.

Name : flyinglifeeee
Interview date : 11/02/25
Third to go
Optional- psir
Daf keywords: Meerut, journalism, crime (rest not asked)
Board: Lt gen Raj shukla sir board

Chairman
So you were news journalist?
Where did you work?
What current you doing?
Phd topic?
Area of interest?
What is soft power?
Why soft power india projecting?
Can india stop or hurt china in indian ocean?
What is supply chain?
What is net security provider?
Should india focus on hard power also?
Should india afraid of taiwan annexation by china?
How are directly impacted?
Give reasons
Now every country doing that?
What is vasudhaiva Kutumbakam?
It is going against india ?

Member 1-
Main problems of meerut and their solution as a dm?
Steps needed to become viksit bharat?
Water ? Analyse in indian context?
Your steps
Faction politics?



Member 2-
Is media true to its nature. Are they showing realty of society?
Why only electronic media even print media is biased these days?
Why not showing true news?
Should india continue with soft power?
Which is more imp hard power or soft power?
How to increase our capablity of hard power ?
Analyse the relations of india with neighbouring countries?
How to deal with china?

Member3-
Communal violence how would you solve?
What about leaders who spread hate?
Subsidy is it fair?
Are not we making people dependent on subsidy?
They are getting free ration but not working ?


Member 4-
Development journalism
Washington Post removing people ?
As ab administrator would u allow dalai lama in Arunachal Pradesh?
What is crime in india ?
Why rape crime not going down. Give 2 reasons.
What needs to be done?
More than 90% crime involve known one. How to tackle that?
Is there any report which provide data?
What about person who do crime without any intention just for fun?
How to tackle them?

Overall board was really cordial.

Mocks: Pw only ias, vajirav and reddy, sriram ias, shankar ias, Gs score, sankalp (3 here) , als and one more ( arranged by quantel), chankya
One to one: pw only ias
Special thanks to shinas sir (ilearn IAS)

Name: Culer
Date : 17/2/2025
Dinesh Dasa Sir Board, last to go. 25-30 minutes.
Key DAF details: Civil Engineering, History, Bits Pilani Hyderabad Campus, E.Champaran, Bihar, Cricket, rest not asked.
Questions asked:
*Chairman Sir*
Complimented me on my suit first as I entered and sat down.
1) 3 Civil Engg structures which changed geopolitics and history.
2) Why did Indian rulers did not safeguard Bolan pass taking example from Great wall of china.
3) 21st century had RTI, RTE, Mnrega, name some 20th century interventions by GOI, here I couldn't think so sir provided hints and I followed up.
*M1*
1) Sugar Mills in Bihar, what's the problem and as Agri Secretary what steps will you take to solve it. Some discussion followed on this.
2) Champaran Satyagraha significance, Sir cut me short and asked me some factual ques.
3) Who brought Gandhiji to Champaran.
4) Where did he stay in Champaran first.
5) Name the system prevalent there.
6) Ashokan Pillar at Areraj and it's relation with Indian National emblem.

*M2*
1) Champaran has famous foods like Meat, Litti chokha, one other food is famous but not outside Bihar. I asked sir, he said KHAJA, short answer and discussion on this.
2) Concept of Yellow Emperor.
3) What does China call the regions of Xinjiang, Tibet and Mongolia. What are they doing there.
4) Should we rename places like china is doing. Example, Hind Mahasagar for Indian Ocean.

*M3*
1) Civil Engg structures specially bridges in Bihar, Bhopal and Mumbai are facing flak, what's the issue.
2) What can be done and some follow-up.
3) India-Pakistan match and politics, what is your opinion on it.
After my answer, M2 remarked Oh you want Aman ki Asha.

*M4*
1) Are you God respecting or God fearing.
2) What's the origin of Hinduism
3) Dharma, artha, kaam, moksha - what are they.
4) Repo Rate and Inflation discussion.
5) Why History after Civil Engg. After my answer, he said then why choose Civil Engg. if you were interested in History in school.
6) Why Civil services? You can be a politician, sit in legislature and make laws, that'll have more impact than a civil servant.

Can't recollect a few questions.

Overall it was deeply daf based and factual which led to discussion. I was nervous in some moments but overall high quality of questions and good experience.
Mocks : Spipa Ahmedabad (3) NextIAS, SamkalpIAS (2), ChanakyaMandal, Special thanks to friends who helped and prepared with me.
Always grateful to senior officers, who were always helpful with my childish doubts.

Derived benefits from transcripts, cspt community, interacting with friends.
Jai Ram Ji ki🙏🙏

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Name: Unshaken
Board: Hon Raj Shukla sir board
Daf keywords: TN, Mandala colouring, Information technology - others not asked
Date: 18.02.2026 Aftn - 3rd to go

Chairman sir
1. So you are an IT graduate? What did IT teach you?
2. AI is writing codes? So as stated by a famous CEO, his entire technical knowledge is overrode by AI. What do you think of it?
3. Do you know about self- recursive learning in AI?
4. Can AI orchestrate a cyberattack in the future? If so what can be do about it?
5. If US and China fight over tech supremacy, how can we bring consensus in AI regulation?
6. So IT is the most dangerous degree ever designed? You have designed a system which destroys your work? What's your say on it?
7. What is tik tok- social media platform or any other application? A monologue on its impact in US? Is it banned yet in India?

Member 1
1. I have visited Tamilnadu a few times? Why there is anti-Hindi sentiment widespread in the state?
2. Your native belongs to Tanjore? Tell me about its speciality?
3. I have said it as granary of South india? So why it became that?
4. Why south indian powers especially cholas weren't able to sustain their culture in Southeast asia?
5. I have they said. But why not compared to Jaffna in Srilanka?

Member 2
1. Scenario based qn - You are appointed as district collector where a creek separates district into halves? One half has good medical facilities while the others not. So what would you do to bridge the gap- coming to the other side takes around 20-30kms or else construct a new dam which is not feasible economically?
2. And follow-ups on that
3. What is mandala colouring- it looks interesting?
4. Where are its origin traced to?

Member 3
1. Your name resonates a famous political personality of Bangladesh- former PM Sheikh Hasina? Why we provide asylum despite the fact that it strained our indo-ban relationship ?
2. Can we shift her to another country like UK instead of directly providing safe asylum?
3. And some followups on that
4. What is scheduled language and how many are they? How many classical languages are there and is tamil one among them?

Member 4
1. Followup on anti Hindi issue. So politicisation is major issue behind anti Hindi stance of TN?
2. Do you prefer learning multiple languages espcially Hindi?
3. Followup on Sheikh Hasina- Can the context of providing asylum be interpreted in the design of long term picture ie taking into context that she could come back to power?
4. So if you are a district collector of southern district of TN, how could you solve the water issue?

A few qns I could not remember. Overall the board was cordial and the experience was good.

Mocks: Aram IAS academy (Chennai), Manidhaneyam IAS academy (Chennai), Only IAS

O2O: Utkarsh Shukla Sir(MentorAid) whose guidance was very helpful in structuring answers logically and analytically
Tamizhvendan Sir(IRS) whose guidance was immensely helpful

Name - AKW
PT date - 11th Feb 2026
Forenoon session second to go
President of the board - Sanjay Varma Sir

DAF details - Deoria, Chauri chaura Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, Anthropology, my surname, civil engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, 1st attempt and interests in reading about human evolution.

President ( Smiling face )
1- Have you ever been to Nizamuddin Auliya dargah
2- What is unique about it?
3- Have you visited to Humayun tomb
4- It's museums and about the museum
5- You have interest in human evolution tell me about this book titled ‘Early Indians’
6- What are the reasons that our species are superior and have survived 
7- Do you think brain size will continue to increase in future 
8- You said it will not increase because of the two reasons. Then will it shrink?
9- You said it will not shrink then do you believe that the six people sitting on this table are the most intelligent people in the world or for that matter humans of the 21st century will be the most intelligent human species ever lived. And the generation to come will be of lesser intelligence as you mentioned that we have outsourced data to other devices instead of storing it in our minds.
10- Tell me scholars in human evolution studies from India and the world
11- Have you heard about Richard leaky 

Lady member 1 (Smiling)
1- What is chauri chaura famous for 
2- You are very young what you will bring to the civil services
3- What does this word Fastrack means as you said
4- Looking at your DAF you have expertise in civil engineering then why you are coming to civil services you can have good work atmosphere and  a lot to do in private or anywhere else
5- Tell two weaknesses you have 
6- Mam read about my places of schooling to graduation and said you have moved a lot in life from Village to Delhi
7- then she asked few more questions 


Member 2  (Face without much expression of smile or even nodding) 
1- Tell me what india is doing in space com, chairman sir helped me to understand that tell about India's space program led by ISRO 
2- Asked about Drone technology in India and related scheme
3- What is drone didi scheme (member 1 helped me in answering)
4- What are the issues in aviation sector in India
5- What else could have been done if you will be made minister of civil aviation apart from what already DGCA and MoCA did
6- In indigo crisis who was responsible and anything else you can recommend in that case 

Member 3 (His facial expressions where negative I felt like he was not satisfied with my answers)
1- Nowadays we see everyone is taking Anthropology as optional. What are the reasons ?
2- You said personal reasons how can it be 
3- You have done civil engineering and then took Anthropology why so
4- You don't want to read what you have already read, but you can score better in your domain.
5- Why this sudden interest in anthropology 
6- Let's move on to human evolution, why we survived and others faced extinction
7- Tell me human evolution in nutshell 
8- He asked few more questions 

Member 4 ( his expressions were normal sometimes nodding and sometimes smiling)
 1- India is the capital of accidental death on roads what are the reasons for it
2- Do you think civic sense is only responsible for it
3- What could be done to reduce accidents
4- He asked few more questions I am unable to recollect 
5- My last question to you is Earlier you said that you will Fastrack administration then tell me whether you will do things fast or do it correct 


President said your interview is over best of luck
I said thank you and left the room to eat some choco pie

Mocks given - including offline online and 1:1
Vajirao and reddy, vision ias, samkalp, next ias, upwise, ekam , vajiram, dhristi ias, saarthi ias, unacademy, study iq , pwonly ias etc

Name : Alpha
Board : sheelvardhan sir
Daf keywords:
civil engineering, sociology
Environment documentaries

Chairman.
1. Tell me about way to develop urban area in tier two cities . ( Answer included info about smart cities)
2. Asked me about smart cities mission.
3. Do you think there is need of smart villages . ( I gave answer regarding communication infra and rural co-op)
4 . Do you think these specialistic models work these days



M2. Asked me about solid waste management problems and problems.
Series of questions regarding same .
M3 .
1. Tell me how to develop coastal tourism in Karnataka.
2. Bangalore is largest contributor to Karnataka gdp, there is skewed development.( Opinion )
3. Banglore is also facing massive urban infra challenges , do you still think it is necessary for to share resources with other districts.
M4.
1 . Political issues in Karnataka

2 . Tell me recently watched environmental documentary
( I told about antartica. Encounter at the end of this world referring to nihalist penguin) i

3. Tell me about Indian environmental documentary
4 . You are a civil engineer. Why civil services.

M5. Asked me about same solid waste management.
With long monologue.

Name - Khwaabeeda
Date - 18 February 2026
Chairman - Sanjay Verma sir

Afternoon session 6th to go
Duration - 30 minutes

Relevant DAF Keywords - Running, Trekking, Ambikapur, Sainik School, Chhattisgarh, Chemical Engineering, Varanasi, NITI Aayog, Internship

Chairman

1. You run. Where do you run?
2. Himalayan trekking. If you were to trek the Himalayas in India from Western end to Eastern end, what would be its length?.
3. You come from Ambikapur. How big a city is this?
4. What's your favourite dish from Ambikapur. What is it made up of? How's it made?
5. How much of this dish is consumed in Ambikapur in a day?
6. Which newspaper do you read usually?
7. There is something very special about today's Indian Express's op-ed page. Did you notice? Newspaper is right behind you. Bring it up. (Opened the op-ed page)

M1

1. You studied in a Sainik School. What's the objective of Sainik School?
2. Have you heard of RMC
3. What's the difference between RMC & Sainik School
4. What's the difference in their objectives?
5. You did this internship. How did you land it?
6. How many interns were there?
7. What did you do?
8. If you get into administration, what learning would you implement from your internship experience?
9. You did chemical engineering. How would it help in administration?
10. But these are lessons from any of the enginnering. Don't you think you ate away the seat of someone who wanted to study Chemical engg
11. What did you study in chemical engg which would help you?

M2

1. You are from Jabalpur?
2. MP was a part of BIMARU states. Do you think it still is?
3. So, is Chhattisgarh's PCI more than that of MP?
4. What has Chhattisgarh done for better PCI?
5. How has Chhattisgarh tackled Naxalism?

M3 (Lady member)

1. What's the mandate of NITI Aayog?
2. What is the difference between NITI Aayog & Planning Commission?
3. So, are financial powers bad? Isn't it good that there is a completely separate body for taking financial decisions?
4. President Trump wants to take over Panama canal. Do you know why?
5. Panama canal connects which two oceans?
6. Pollution hurts economy. How?

M4

1. You spent 4 years in Varanasi. What are the best 5 places according to you?
2. 3 things you like about Varanasi & 3 things you don't like
3. Your internship project, was it taken up by any startup?
4. How do you see the startup culture of India?
5. So, do you think it is good?

Mocks - Samkalp, NextIAS, Vajirao & Reddy, Vajiram & Ravi, PW, OnlyIAS, KSG, Shriram IAS, Vision, StudyIQ, Forum IAS, Quantel

O2O - Shriram sir, B Singh sir (Next IAS), Ayush sir (Forum IAS), Khan sir (Purane wale), Mahesh Bhagwat sir, Jawad Kazi sir, Anjani sir (Vision IAS)

Umesh Reddy sir's group discussions.

Name: Itachi Uchiha x Satoru Gojo.
Date: 16 February, 2026. Forenoon, 1st to go.
Keywords: Public Administration, Agriculture, AI, Kolar, Meditation, Physics. DAF Based.
Board: Dr. Dinesh Dasa sir
Chairman
1. Please take a seat. You are tall. Tell me how have you been using this height?
2. What is Weber's concept of Charismatic leadership? Why is it so prominent in the 21st century
3. How french bureaucracy is recruited? Tell me about their civil services examinations.
4. Should we allow civil servants in India to participate in politics?
5. Minnowbrook conference - what is it? When will it take place next? Your agenda for the same if you are made to head it.
6. How will you use AI in administration.
7. Should we remove the insider outsider system now that we have been sufficiently nationally integrated and there is peace prevailing.

Member 1
1. You are from Kolar. What is the status of the gold mines?
2. Why are the gold prices rising globally?
3. If I give you 5 lakhs where will you invest - stocks, shares or gold?
4. Tell me what else Kolar is known for?
5. How will you use AI in Agriculture.
6. How will you stop Groundwater overexploitation?

Member 2
1. Continuing the topic of agriculture, if you are a SDM, what steps will you take for the welfare of the farmers of your district?
2. What crops do you grow? Tell me the types of mangoes you grow.
3. Have you used or seen the use of digital marketplace for the sale of produce yourself (flowing from the answer to 1st question).
4. How will you convince the farmers to adopt what you are advocating(badgered me for real world action)
5. Given the present Bangladesh situation should we use military action for securing our national interests?

Member 3
1. Your tie is looking very nice. From which company did you buy it?
2. We know the benefits of meditation in the lives of ordinary people. But does it hold practical value for military personnel who have such dynamic duties. - How does it help in extreme climates.
3. Case study - You are DC and there is communal disharmony in your district. You have tried all measures and finally request the army. But army is facing some issues with logistics and the situation has reached the brink. What steps will you take for expediting the arrival of army?
4. Earlier you said you will invest in startup instead of gold or stocks. Why?

Member 4
1. Continuing the question, suppose I'm a venture capitalist and I am willing to invest 50 million in your company. What startups would you pursue.
2. Is this all merely theoretical or do they have monetary value?
3. What is Renaults number? It is constant which is a four digit number. Tell me the number.
4. Tell me one instance in your life that proves to us that you are good at conflict resolution.
5. What did you do on Valentine's day?

Chairman:
I don't want you to walk out disappointed. You would have prepared so much for this interview but we could only ask you this much in this time. Tell me one area you have prepared well and wish to be questioned from.
Tell the name of the movie in which the quote from Paulo Cohelo's book was used. (Related to my response).
Thank you. Your interview is over.

Mock Interviews Attended:
6 in Delhi: Samkalp(2), PWOnlyIAS, VVS IAS, ALS IAS, Drishti.
7 in Bengaluru: India4IAS(2), La Excellence, Grace IAS, Primus, Rajkumar x JICE, Samutkarsh.
One on One:
1. Prashanth sir (India4IAS)
2. Vinayak sir (La Excellence)
3. Venkat Mohan sir (La Excellence)
4. Sunil Oberoi sir (Arthashastra IAS)
5. Sajal Singh sir (Sarrthi IAS)
6. Ratna Prabha ma'am (Akka IAS)
7. Sanju Singh ma'am ( Grace IAS)

Special thanks to Prashant sir, Chetan sir and Vinayak sir. Their contribution are too many to list!

Thank you and All the best. 🙏

Name - Hermione Granger
Date - 23 February 2026 , Afternoon session, First to go
DAF keywords - Short Stories, Poems, Snippets, Mental Health, Teaching kids online, Human Resource Management, Public Administration optional, MP

Board - Sanjay Verma Sir
Afternoon session, 1st to go

Chairperson Sir -

1. You have a literature heavy DAF, what will the world look without literature?
2. Give me a quote you liked a lot from a short story. (Gave one from a short stories collection by Sheelvardhan sir - he said you are just taking a board member's name for sucking up, I kept my calm and smiled there)
3. Interpret a quote for me :- "We see the world with our eyes, we interpret it through our ears".
4. Gave some names of few contemporary authors - asked if I have read them - Said No
5. Which contemporary author have your read? -- Jhumpa Lahiri
6. You know she writes in Italian, have you read her Italian book - I said no sir I have read the english stories
7. Went on saying - Isn't it crazy - learning a language just to write in it - told I humbly differed when he interjected - "I did not mean crazy in a wrong way" - I agreed to that
4. What is digital nationalism? (Couldn't answer)
5. Told me to put it in context, I went with Digital sovereignty
6. What is synthetic AI - Did not know
5. What is one recent concept from AI you are aware of?- Agentic AI
6. What is it?
6. What are various nations' view on data? US, EU, India, China ( was sure only about India, conveyed the same)
7. Top paid HR consultants in India? - Didn't know
8. Names of top HR leaders from famous companies - didn't know specific HR names

M1 --

1. GenZ protests in Nepal, social media ban was one of the reason, your opinion on it? Should we ban social media in India?
2. What are common mental health problems in India?
3. What are the reasons for depression? (From earlier answer) - went section based - different reasons for women, youth, elderly
4. Are you a GenZ?
5. What is the difference between GenZ and Millenials? (In part of answer said Millenials are the sandwich generation- bear the burden of ageing parents and dependent children --- Sanjay Sir intervened - that's us, not the millenials - we are the sandwich generation, our kids refuse to grow up - room burst into laughter)
6. Ghaziabad girls suicide, due to father taking away social media usage right, shouldn't we just ban social media then? Your view (kept my stand, took cue from his own statement that it was knee jerk reaction of father taking away phone, rather he should have connected with kids, explained them about use and misuse, social media is just a tool)
7. Solution for the same? (Gave one solution as no phone zones at dining table)
8. But everyone these days, even the parents are on their phones - I agreed, but we need to change that culture because kids learn from their parents

M3:-

1. How to curb digital addiction?
2. Why don't you support a ban - most countries are doing it
3. Is it even possible ( said with a proper law in place it is possible but it won't be desirable without consultation)
4. What was your mental health project about?
5. Which age group facing most mental health problems these days (quoted from economic survey - 15-24 age group)
6. Why are they facing it the most?

M4:- (lady member)

1. Where will you take me in MP for a 7 day tour?
2. 70 hr work week - your view?
3. But why not - it's necessary for productivity
4. How can AI help in solving primary education problems in India?

M5:-

1. You have taught kids online, did they have the infrastructure?
2. Where did you arrange the funds from? (NSS)
3. Problems in education system of country? (Mentioned industry- academia linkage gap with my own example of graduation)
4. Challenges you will encounter as an administrator? Will your theoretical knowledge help you there? (Couldn't hear the first part very clearly, humbly asked him to repeat - he clarified)

Chairman Sir again :-

You went on and on about reasons of depression but you missed very important reason - chemical imbalance in brain - Deepika Padukone is the classic case --- I humbly accepted that I must have missed it and I will read more about it. Thanked him for letting me know.

Sir - Thank you, your interview is over, all the best!

Observations :- DAF based interview, Board was cordial but Chairman Sir kept a poker face at all times.

Mocks - 15+ - Samkalp, OnlyIAS, Saloni khanna Mam (Saarthi IAS), Vajirao and Reddy, A few through Quantel (rest were not good) , Daily discussions with peers helped the most!

All the best everyone.

Suman sharma ma'am board
18th February 2026, Forenoon, First to go.
(MBBS, MD, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Badminton)

Chairperson

1.You are MBBS and MD and now you are coming to civil services. Why?
2.You are from Ahmedabad, first tell me that despite colonial legacy, why are we organising the commonwealth ?Don’t you think we should not organise such colonial games? And second, Tell me how organising the commonwealth games helps India?
3.But what benefits in sports culture ?
4.don't you think from past events such games have a lot of concerns with its financial viability, instead we should focus on other developmental activities than organising this event?
5.Ok, Let's talk about the Olympics. How will it help India?
6.But how can organising the Olympics itself increase medal performance?
7. now can you tell me the impacts of Trump tariffs on India and China? 2 points for each.
8.My last question to you. What will you choose, health for all or insurance for all?

Member 1 (Sir)

1.Can we Imagine the world without Trump? If yes what Wil be the impact of it ? Or should we go with the current one? and what India should do?
2.What is the Abraham Accord and which countries are related to this ?
3.As you are playing badminton, tell me how is the performance of India in badminton in the international sphere?
4.What is cooperative federalism? Are you aware of this?
5.Do you think it is working well?
6.My last question to you, what is your opinion about one nation one election? Should we implement this?

Member 2 (sir)

1.With respect to India AI Summit, What is SAHI , BODH , are you aware about this initiative of the government of india?
2.What is gerontology and what is all going on in this sector with respect to new developments? Do you think this sector requires attention?
3.I am surprised that you have so much in your name with respect to vaishnavism , can you tell me about philosophy of vaishnavism , some core philosophy?
4.What is Shankaracharya's view ,and was he a follower of vaishnavism?
5.can you tell me about the current status of project tiger? Is it successful in India?

Member 3 (Sir)

1.Long monologue on the Gujarat model of development then asks about 4 positives , how fair is it? Give 2 negatives of it .
2.One follow up monologue I am not able to recall.
3.How will you ensure data based governance? What are the sources of data which you will focus upon ?
4.How are finances managed in Gujarat with respect to that?


Member 4(Lady)
1.What is the importance of finances in projects?
2.Can you give me an example of how this is important?
3.Are finances can only ensure developmental projects to be implemented in good manner ?
4.If you are a collector of a district and if you give some funds for children issues, you have a 2 year term, how will you use these funds ?
5.Now if you are a DM tell me how you will consult Panchayats for their problems? How will you use funds?
6.How can you say different panchayats have different needs ? Can you give me an example?

Chairperson
Okay , Thank you. you can go now.


Special thanks to K. K. Jalan sir (Retd. IAS) , Kaushal sir and Santosh sir (Bubnas IAS - Surat), Utkarsh Sir ( Mentor AID) , SPIPA Ahmedabad, Quantel (Vikram sir for panel arrangements), Upwise , Retd. IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, given multiple mocks online and offline like Shriram IAS, RIA,Vajirao and Reddy, Forum IAS, Nextias, Sankalp, shankar ias and others are online by quantel and Upwise. They were very helpful for practice, understanding and getting new questions.

Name- RAYMOND REDINGTON again
Board- Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla
Date- 09 feb 2026, FN
Keywords-- ECE, IPS first preference, fitness enthusiast, shotput, tamilnadu
Duration-- was the lengthiest interview i have ever attended.. Damn sure that it was atleast 45 mins... Was 3rd to go

Chairman(nearly 20 mins) -- also very interactive and interrupting. Felt that he was actively into discussion process.

So, where do you work and what is your business model
You are a shotputter.. Do you practice now?
Software or hardware.. Which is important.. Which is developing fast now
I talked about AMCA and HAL being out of the race. Sir went into AMCA and laughed and said - they were sent out.
Is india a superpower in software and IT? --
Yes you are right. Cant india achieve in this sector and correct its mistakes easily?
Why indian private sector is not like that of US?
Why should government always support private sector?
I spoke about India's missed opportunities in semicon sector-- and sir asked to elaborate it.

Member1
Whats the difference between yoga, pilates and strength training.
Why dont you teach yoga?
How does strength training alleviate the risk of NCDs.
If you are District magistrate, what 3 initiatives you would bring?
What are the contributions of VIVEKANANDA
Compare periyar and vivekananda

Member2
Difference between shotput and javelin throw.
Explain shotput and javelin scientifically to me
Why specifically its thrown at 45 degrees?
Does sports promote culture and develop humanity?
Does sports help in defence of mankind?
If you were to write a book on history of semiconductors, where would you start and what would you write?


Member3
Suicides are rising. Whats your take on it.
Causes of suicides.
I spoke about TELEMAnas.. Sir asked why it was formed at first instance.. I replied I dont know the exact reason. He said it was due to students suicides.
Would joint families aid in diverting children from excessive social media usage?

Member4
You spoke about periyar. Whats your opinion on using surnames and family names?
If you are living in a district with high poverty, how will you make fitness reach them.
Assume that they dont have access to social media, how will you achieve it?
Wont indulging the youth will be a way forward then?
Their focus will be on livelihood. How will you convince them to adopt fitness?

Some More questions, I could not recollect.

Board wished me all the best and said my interview was over.

My opinion-- it was more like a conversation.. Was very lengthy. A coffee before the session in upsc waiting hall, definitely helped me.
Couldn't guess my performance. I feel i could have done better. At the same time it felt pleasant and was a cordial interaction without any arguments.

Mocks-- ARAM IAS,MANIDHANEYAM, Nan Mudhalvan, Shankar IAS, O20 in kingmakers ias, Quantel, Vajirao reddy IAS, Raja Sirs IAS academy, O20 with Sylendra babu sir., O2O with MAHESH BHAGWAT sir.

Suman sharma ma'am board
18th February 2026, Forenoon,  First to go.
(MBBS, MD, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Badminton)

Chairperson

1.You are MBBS and MD and now you are coming to civil services. Why?
2.You are from Ahmedabad, first tell me that despite colonial legacy, why are we organising the commonwealth ?Don’t you think we should not organise such colonial games? And second, Tell me how organising the commonwealth games helps India?
3.But what benefits in sports culture ?
4.don't you think from past events such games have a lot of concerns with its financial viability, instead  we should focus on other developmental activities than organising this event?
5.Ok, Let's talk about the Olympics. How will it help India?
6.But how can organising the Olympics itself increase medal performance?
7. now can you tell me the impacts of Trump tariffs on India and China? 2 points for each.
8.My last question to you. What will you choose, health for all or insurance for all?

Member 1 (Sir)

1.Can we Imagine the world without Trump? If yes what Wil be the impact of it ? Or should we go with the current one?  and what India should do?
2.What is the Abraham Accord and which countries are related to this ?
3.As you are playing badminton,  tell me how is the performance of India in badminton in the international sphere?
4.What is cooperative federalism? Are you aware of this?
5.Do you think it is working well?
6.My last question to you, what is your opinion about one nation one election? Should we implement this?

Member 2 (sir)

1.With respect to India AI Summit, What is SAHI , BODH , are you aware about this initiative of the government of india?
2.What is gerontology and what is all going on in this sector with respect to new developments? Do you think this sector requires attention?
3.I am surprised that you have so much in your name with respect to vaishnavism , can you tell me about philosophy of vaishnavism , some core philosophy?
4.What is Shankaracharya's view ,and was he a follower of vaishnavism?
5.can you tell me about the current status of project tiger? Is it successful in India?

Member 3 (Sir)

1.Long monologue on the Gujarat model of development then asks about 4 positives , how fair is it? Give 2 negatives of it .
2.One follow up monologue I am not able to recall.
3.How will you ensure data based governance? What are the sources of data which you will focus upon ?
4.How are finances managed in Gujarat with respect to that?


Member 4(Lady)
1.What is the importance of finances in projects?
2.Can you give me an example of how this is important?
3.Are finances can only ensure developmental projects to be implemented in good manner ?
4.If you are a collector of a district and if you give some funds for children issues, you have a 2 year term, how will you use these funds ?
5.Now if you are a DM tell me how you will consult Panchayats for their problems? How will you use funds?
6.How can you say different panchayats have different needs ? Can you give me an example?

Chairperson
Okay , Thank you.  you can go now.


Special thanks to K. K. Jalan sir (Retd. IAS) , Kaushal sir and Santosh sir (Bubnas IAS - Surat), Utkarsh Sir ( Mentor AID) , SPIPA Ahmedabad, Quantel (Vikram sir for panel arrangements), Upwise , Retd. IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, given multiple mocks online and offline like Shriram IAS, RIA,Vajirao and Reddy, Forum IAS, Nextias, Sankalp, shankar ias and others are online by quantel and Upwise. They were very helpful for practice, understanding and getting  new questions.

Name: xyz
Date:24 feb forenoon
Board: raj shukla sir
Daf keyword:MP, chess, cricket, reading books, PSIR

Chair:
Nice suit (wore light green pista color suit with green tie)
Kaha se liya?
Silwaya Or ready made?
Why do people buy readymade these days?
What is amrit kaal?
Viksit bharat
Monologue on india: 3rd largest gdp, low per capita
Per capita of singapore and india
Focus on per capita or overall gdp
India has large potential but unable to realise it?
How to bridge this gap between potential and goal?
(Said human capital creation)
Aren't we already have policies for these like NEP? Why aren't able to realise?
We are feeding 80 cr people. Is it something to be proud of?
Discussion on taxation. Why people don't pay. He talked of subramaniam swamy suggestion of abolishing income tax.
Why corporates not investing despite corporate tax cut?

M1:
Three sectors which are still out of GST? Why they are out?
WEF major speeches?
Politico magazine said india can become largest gdp by 2100.is it realisable?
Are there any precedent of india being largest gdp?
What was india's gdp in first millennial?
What sectors to focus on for becoming largest gdp?
Areas to focus on for viksit bharat?
Have u read yuval noah harari? (Named books read)
What did he say in davos?

M2:
Similarities between chess and test cricket?
What is your service Preference?
What work do IFS officers do?
How would u realise goal of viksit bharat as a diplomat ?

Should india put patent on goods mfg in other countries?

Hobbes, locke, Rousseau- say 2 lines on each
Countries which follow their philosophy. Where does india lie in this?
Name some  contemporary Indian political thinker.

M3:
USA bombs hiroshima and Nagasaki and talks of world peace. Views?
What is carbon credit?
What is value of a carbon credit?

M4:
MP eliminated naxalism. How?
Which industry they focussed on?
Why can't chattisgarh do so?
Some tribal women raped.. People asked for encounter and then celebrated when done? What does it say about our society and judicial system?
Why shouldn't we directly kill serious criminals ?
Mam Talked of pune porche accident case and how convict got released. Where is justice in this?

Mocks: sankalp, ensureias, levelup, vajiram were very good.special thanks to Smartworklabs (anupam sir and ankit sir for guidance, one on one mock and helping me refine my answers)

Board : Rajshukla sir
Date : 24/02/26
Daf : cholan book of world record silambam,canine care,eco trekking , coimbatore ,tn, ece

Chairperson
1. Where are you from?
2. I was amazed to see coimbatore when I went with my friend being a textile hub side by side manufacturing? Why so
3. Regarding msme why they depend on govt and protesting against trade deals
4. Take kanpur and cbe both had textiles how did cbe sustain its growth? Said about semiconductor upcoming project
5. So are they going for design or mfg or atmp (assembly testing mfg pricing )
6. Asked about a monologue on how the west is taking ir4.0 with ai (explained about India focusing on the application part rather than frontier ai)
7. Explained how china is competing with india on applications with the global south as a huge market (explained about security concerns and explained about deepseek and open source code for ai)
8. Compared deep seek and whether any in india(explained about sarvam ai)
9. Big monologue on how sarvam has code being replaced rather than indigenous (explained the future prospects of india)
Member 1
1 What is eco trekking?
2 Where have you gone? Mentioned kedarnath
3. Asked me to explain the experience (told about the waste collection)
4. Asked me the bag size and waste collected
5. Read my daf on the cholan book of world record silambam ( I am interested please enlighten us about it)
6. Explained my achievement and mentioned about doing it in COVID
7. Asked me would you have pursued if not having COVID wave
8. What did you learn from COVID
Member 2
1. Canine care(daf) what do you do?
2. How many dogs do you have(said 1in home and 30 in the street)
3. Asked how you feed them and explained to him the process
4. How much does biscuit packet cost and laughed asking whether you will feed the dogs in upsc (smiled and said yes sir)
4. Then asked about can we curl the dogs (talked about adoption and behaviour change to promote indigenous breeds)
5. One big ethical dilemma that you faced in life
6. Said a quote on a Chinese person saying about security (said I don't know)
7. Proceed to explain saying will give a hint to me and asked what China is doing in Indian borders(explained about settlement)said that's the answer
Member 3
1. Which university is famous in Coimbatore (said 2 but he wanted to ask about cbe agri University)
2. What is the reason for its success?
3. What are they currently focusing on?
4. Asked about controversy regarding anthropic ai(said not sure of the whole issue)
5. Explained and gave me a hint(got it and explained about how it was used for code creating impact)
Member 4
1. Tn despite having 33% women reservation in police why crime against women (asked me to tell in point format)
2. Asked about episton files(said I don't know the full story)
3. Explained to me him being sex offender and asked me to rate from 1-10 (10 being highest rated him 1 as worst)
4. Situation question you are being the DM and an MP with sexual offence conviction comes as chief guest what will you do( explained how will handle the situation)
Chairman sir your interview is over.

The board was very cordial and keenly listened to my answers. The chairperson asked many cross questions and I tried to tackle, rest were encouraging and gave me hints to answer. Unlike mock there were no factual data or questions more like a discussion where you explain your opinion)

Mocks attended
1. Aicscc naan mudhalvan
2. Manidhaneyam ias
3. Vajiram and ravi
4. Samkalp 2 interview
5. Only ias
6. Vairao and reddy
Thank you
1. Jawahar sir (retired IAS) interview mentorship and guidance
2. Mahesh Bhagwat sir( IPS) Daf analysis and discussion
3. Sudhagaran sir (IRPS Naan mudhalvan) interview guidance
4. Rajitha mam(Shankar ias for sociology)

Suman sharma ma'am board
18th February 2026, Forenoon,  First to go.
(MBBS, MD, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Badminton)

Chairperson

1.You are MBBS and MD and now you are coming to civil services. Why?
2.You are from Ahmedabad, first tell me that despite colonial legacy, why are we organising the commonwealth ?Don’t you think we should not organise such colonial games? And second, Tell me how organising the commonwealth games helps India?
3.But what benefits in sports culture ?
4.don't you think from past events such games have a lot of concerns with its financial viability, instead  we should focus on other developmental activities than organising this event?
5.Ok, Let's talk about the Olympics. How will it help India?
6.But how can organising the Olympics itself increase medal performance?
7. now can you tell me the impacts of Trump tariffs on India and China? 2 points for each.
8.My last question to you. What will you choose, health for all or insurance for all?

Member 1 (Sir)

1.Can we Imagine the world without Trump? If yes what Wil be the impact of it ? Or should we go with the current one?  and what India should do?
2.What is the Abraham Accord and which countries are related to this ?
3.As you are playing badminton,  tell me how is the performance of India in badminton in the international sphere?
4.What is cooperative federalism? Are you aware of this?
5.Do you think it is working well?
6.My last question to you, what is your opinion about one nation one election? Should we implement this?

Member 2 (sir)

1.With respect to India AI Summit, What is SAHI , BODH , are you aware about this initiative of the government of india?
2.What is gerontology and what is all going on in this sector with respect to new developments? Do you think this sector requires attention?
3.I am surprised that you have so much in your name with respect to vaishnavism , can you tell me about philosophy of vaishnavism , some core philosophy?
4.What is Shankaracharya's view ,and was he a follower of vaishnavism?
5.can you tell me about the current status of project tiger? Is it successful in India?

Member 3 (Sir)

1.Long monologue on the Gujarat model of development then asks about 4 positives , how fair is it? Give 2 negatives of it .
2.One follow up monologue I am not able to recall.
3.How will you ensure data based governance? What are the sources of data which you will focus upon ?
4.How are finances managed in Gujarat with respect to that?


Member 4(Lady)
1.What is the importance of finances in projects?
2.Can you give me an example of how this is important?
3.Are finances can only ensure developmental projects to be implemented in good manner ?
4.If you are a collector of a district and if you give some funds for children issues, you have a 2 year term, how will you use these funds ?
5.Now if you are a DM tell me how you will consult Panchayats for their problems? How will you use funds?
6.How can you say different panchayats have different needs ? Can you give me an example?

Chairperson
Okay , Thank you.  you can go now.


Special thanks to K. K. Jalan sir (Retd. IAS) , Kaushal sir and Santosh sir (Bubnas IAS - Surat), Utkarsh Sir ( Mentor AID) , SPIPA Ahmedabad, Quantel (Vikram sir for panel arrangements), Upwise , Retd. IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, given multiple mocks online and offline like Shriram IAS, RIA,Vajirao and Reddy, Forum IAS, Nextias, Sankalp, shankar ias and others are online by quantel and Upwise. They were very helpful for practice, understanding and getting  new questions.

Name - Nobel prize winner 2.0
Date- 23/02/2026 AN
Board- Hon' chairman UPSC Ajay kumar sir
Daf keyword-Jabalpur, name (nobel prize winner), Madhya pradesh, sociology, hindi poetry,civil engineering (that are asked)

Chairperson
-why did you took sociology after civil engineering
- tell me if the traditional sociology has undergone change in the era of tech
-do you what social politeness is ? ( I thought i was rude or impolite in last answer so i said sorry sir )
-he then explained as it was a sociological concept
-then asked me of social politeness has declined due to social media
- asked me if what is human to human connection that was lost due to tech (mentioned in last ques)
- don't you think shyness has got diminished due to social media
- yes but there are also other things than anonymity...but okay
Over to you sir

M1
-So your name is nobel prize winner
-Who do you relate to
I said same person
Why - i told about his works
-Then he asked is he alive
I said yes
-Then asked that these are certain books have you read them
I said no sir
-Then he asked what was recent issue with him
I told about it
-Going from west of jabalpur towards Maharashtra tell me which district you will encounter
I said sir Maharastra is south of jabalpur
He tell me ha but tell me district
I said sir i am not sure but i know of pench will be in between ...he was not interested in this
-asked which tribe is found in south of mp and tell me what is famous about it?
-have you seen tendu patta(mentioned in last ques)
- tell me did if we dry tendu patta will it be bidi?
- how do we make bidi?
-tell me something about tribes around jabalpur
-tell me history of gonds
-What was jabalpur part of before the reorganization of madhyapradesh ( i said mahakaushal)
-Who is napier town in jabalpur named after
-Who is charles napier

M2
- female member
- asked some sociological concept ....i said don't know...she explained very peacefully...i said thank you ma'am...she smiled
- asked how did you get interested in hindi poetry
- do you just read or recite also ...i said i recite too
( I recited... auratein by ramshankar yadav vidrohi ji ...last 3 stanza)
- maam directed to member on my left to take up

Chairman sir cut in between said nobel prize winner , you may go

Time - 10 to 12 min
Only 3 members asked rest didn't
(Almost all of major mocks)
Preparation -
Anupam jain sir and Ankit singh sir ( smartworks labs)
Puneet yadav sir (SOMP)
Ajay sir ( vajiram)
Shubham Aggarwal sir ( vidhyapeeth ias)
La excellence igp
O2o-
Ayush Sinha sir (forum)
Sriram sir (sriram ias)
MPOA group

Name - Nobel prize winner 2.0
Date- 23/02/2026 AN
Board- Hon' chairman UPSC Ajay kumar sir
Daf keyword-Jabalpur, name (nobel prize winner), Madhya pradesh, sociology, hindi poetry,civil engineering (that are asked)

Chairperson
-why did you took sociology after civil engineering
- tell me if the traditional sociology has undergone change in the era of tech
-do you what social politeness is ? ( I thought i was rude or impolite in last answer so i said sorry sir )
-he then explained as it was a sociological concept
-then asked me of social politeness has declined due to social media
- asked me if what is human to human connection that was lost due to tech (mentioned in last ques)
- don't you think shyness has got diminished due to social media
- yes but there are also other things than anonymity...but okay
Over to you sir

M1
-So your name is nobel prize winner
-Who do you relate to
I said same person
Why - i told about his works
-Then he asked is he alive
I said yes
-Then asked that these are certain books have you read them
I said no sir
-Then he asked what was recent issue with him
I told about it
-Going from west of jabalpur towards Maharashtra tell me which district you will encounter
I said sir Maharastra is south of jabalpur
He tell me ha but tell me district
I said sir i am not sure but i know of pench will be in between ...he was not interested in this
-asked which tribe is found in south of mp and tell me what is famous about it?
-have you seen tendu patta(mentioned in last ques)
- tell me did if we dry tendu patta will it be bidi?
- how do we make bidi?
-tell me something about tribes around jabalpur
-tell me history of gonds
-What was jabalpur part of before the reorganization of madhyapradesh ( i said mahakaushal)
-Who is napier town in jabalpur named after
-Who is charles napier

M2
- female member
- asked some sociological concept ....i said don't know...she explained very peacefully...i said thank you ma'am...she smiled
- asked how did you get interested in hindi poetry
- do you just read or recite also ...i said i recite too
( I recited... auratein by ramshankar yadav vidrohi ji ...last 3 stanza)
- maam directed to member on my left to take up

Chairman sir cut in between said nobel prize winner , you may go

Time - 10 to 12 min
Only 3 members asked rest didn't
(Almost all of major mocks)
Preparation -
Anupam jain sir and Ankit singh sir ( smartworks labs)
Puneet yadav sir (SOMP)
Ajay sir ( vajiram)
Shubham Aggarwal sir ( vidhyapeeth ias)
Mahesh Bhagwat sir
La excellence igp
O2o-
Ayush Sinha sir (forum)
Sriram sir (sriram ias)
MPOA group
Thanks to my friends and family

Name - shr0ud
Date-24/2/2025
Board - Ajey Kumar sir ,
DAF- Odisha , Odisha Revenue Service, Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency, Vedanta-Balco, Bhubaneswar, Mayurbhanj, Electrical Engineering

Chairman sir :
Brief Monologue on my DAF about jobs, education
1. You have studied Electrical Engineering and worked in Electrical Engineering sector for so long. Why the sudden change to Revenue Administration
2. What is the issue with solar energy in terms of grid stability.
3. What are steps taken to address such issues
4. Why do you transmit electricity at High Voltage and how is HVDC lines so important and in news now.
5. Do you know any HVDC projects being done?
6. Tell me about the role of transmission utilities? What is the role of PowerGrid Corporation of India and State utilities?
7. What is smart grid? How does it help deal with new age issues in transmission



2nd member- Couldn't answer that convincingly for what he was looking for. Monologue King
1. You work as a Revenue officer. Tell me how can AI help in Revenue admin. ( Some to and fro on this . I spoke digitisation and Naksha project but he wanted something hardcore AI. Fuck AI)
2. How do you remove corruption from revenue administration (Spoke from Odisha's experience)
3. Don't you think that the people involved in revenue administration themselves don't want transparency?
4. How can we make it faceless like IT regime?(Spoke with Ajey sir that I got a TDS claim for 250 rupees yesterday only and laughed)(Gave a generic answer and said with time as the digital interventions pickup it has potential to become faceless
5. As a Collector how do you approach land acquisition issues.

Sudden shift to Vedanta and Balco - Aluminium
6. What was your role in Vedanta?
7. How is processing of bauxite done?
8. Has anyone tried exploring refining indian bauxite in Middle East and getting refined alumina from there? ( BC y. I tried convincing him ki it can be cost prohibitive considering shipping costs, import duties etc but he doubled down on it so declined i am not aware of such measures but had it been viable it would surely have been explored)
9. Why is welding of aluminium not done? I can get steel chair welded at Lajpat Nagar but I never see aluminium getting welded and i have to repurchase entire structure.
(Tried convincing him that welding temp is much higher than melting point of aluminium but usko welding karwana hi hai)
10. Why is someone not developing technology to weld aluminium?(answered someone surely has made the technology but it is not prevalent due to cost
effectiveness)

3rd Member (Lady)

1. What is the work role of OREDA and your role in OREDA
2. So OREDA deals only with Rooftop Systems? Why so much focus on RTS
3. What is the share of renewable in Odisha's power sector?(Made a blunder of saying 1GW in 130 GW instead of 13 GW)
4. Why such low penetration?
5. What all is OREDA doing to increase share if renewables in Odisha? (Said it's moving away from solarization of government buildings to making solar parks in unused lands for MW scale projects but issues exist as evacuation infrastructures are not enough to justify building such projects)
6. What is the current situation of Odisha and what sectors do you want to work on immediately if sent on ground ( Health and Tribal upliftment)
7. You suggested differences in tribes of North and South Odisha. Elaborate ( North - much more mainstreamed and better access to govt schemes.
South - KBK, geographically isolated, hilly terrain, trust deficit with government, more pvtgs)
8. Why is there a trust deficit? ( Suggested my own experience of working in Rayagada- Mining projects and people oppose it vehemently and see any govt measures with suspicion- lied through the skin of my teeth 🤣)
9. How can you rebuild trust?
10. In such scenario how does Odisha remains attractive to those who seek mining opportunities( i said irrespective of what happens Odisha will always remains attractive but the question is that whether people are open to such projects on their land given past experiences)