date - 4th March
Board - Raj Shukla sir
Forenoon session, 4th to go

keywords - MP, PSIR, Indore (rest nothing was asked)

Chairperson sir
1. Saam dam bhed dand,(long monologue) : its origin?
2. how its relevant.. monologue abt its relevance in common life, tell me its relevance in IR, explaining the meaning and usage by India.
3. which is correct order S D B D or S D D B? reasoning for it.
4. Why traditionally india focused on the initial S,D,B and not on Dand.(explained me later)
5. India should sign treaty or form alliances.
6. chn threat rising, long monologue and some intel he jokingly shared about trump. whom to choose RUS or US
7. sir underlined a famous quote of Swami vivekanand on realism and security. How to boost our defence and hard power. give 3 unique ways.

Member 1
1.U r from Indore. What Indore , Bhopal doing right, other cant replicate in cleanliness.(gave Indore model and growth story)
2. be more precise. what others are lacking and inhibiting them to emulate.
3. why in our books local leaders like Raja bhoj, Ahilya bai not much celebrated.
4. should we promote more regional leaders and their role in textbooks.
5. Don't you think it would lead to more regional bias and dilute idea of India.

Member 2 mam
1. (read my hobbies and achivmnts) You have intrest in democracy. Do you know Fareed Zakaria? He defines liberal democracy as 1. per capita GDP more than 14,000 $ and 2. rule of law. Do you think still India is a democracy.
  2 more questions. and following discussion on same. can't recall.

Member 3
1. You talk abt rule of law, free legal aid. Have you seen them going on ground. prisons, courts, To whom is it available?
2. few more qns and grilling about sorry state of affairs.
3. what is rt to equality
   4.inequality in India
5. schemes

Member 4
1. 3 things MP is doing great and where is it lacking? in perspective of last 15 years
2. why not industrialised?
3. regional inequality
4. what done for Bundelkhand so far
5. status of Ken betwa and it's critique by member that it's going on since decades, no tangible results
6. role of agriculture in MPs growth story
7. what you are doing since 2019.
8. How much attempts a candidate should be given. Do we need a relook. when to stop.
9. whats ur backup option.
10. How will you go back to technical background. It has advanced much, times of AI and GPT.

Chairperson : 2 more qns
1. who should be brought in civil service : ABC or XYZ or best brains and talent (I can't recall options)
2. Then why only few ones qualify in 1st attempt, why this best talents are languishing till 3/4th attempt. some even 10-11 th.
   3.  coachings leading to rote learning civil servants and role of educational institutions and curriculum.
(interview lasted 20-25 mins)

Mocks I found useful were Samkalp, Vajirao&Reddy, Vajiram&Ravi, Chanakya Mandal.
special thanks to MPOA group for their support and regular sessions.
All the best to fellow aspirants.

Board - Sanjay Verma Sir
Date- 20/03/2025
DAF keywords  - Hindi Literature, Automobile Engineering, Sitcom, Contemporary Dance

Chairman Sir-
q. Hindi  most spoken languages in India yet most official nd academic work happens in English. What is the reason?
q.  But don't you think hindi help in national integration ?
q. Give example where translating Indian regional literature into Hindi help promote national integration?
After that a long discussion on hindi and how is hindi literature responding to issues like gender issue, caste, issue and climate change?
q. is tesla coming to india ? but will it be successful ?
q. policy on Vehicle Scrappage ?

Member1
q. comedy and sitcom are tool for politicization ?
q.  National Education Policy not promoting enough Indian languages. What is your take?
q. does sangeet natak akademi formally recognize emerging genres
like street and contemporary fusion?
q. Farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada facing agrarian distress for years. why govt not able to solve this yet ?
q. structural problem in this ?

Member2
q. is popularity of K Dramas  and other western sutcom among Indian youth is cultural globalization or cultural dilution?
q. green construction different from conventional construction?
q. is it mandatory in government buildings ?
q. what is  underground utility corridors ?

Member3
q. What is api ? china and india role in this area ?
q. question on custodial deaths ? sc reforms ?
q. women in police forces  ?
q. gender quotas in field positions?

Member4
q. dance be used for social messaging. Share examples if any.
q. Sitcoms and films are a mirror of society ?
q. Indian series not much famous outside whereas as korean series are famous ?
q.  India overtook Japan in automobile exports. steps helped India achieve this?

Thank you. Your interview is over.

Experience - Board was cordial and patiently listening. no grilling or cross questn. It was like discussion. Interview went well. few question i feel could be answer better.

Mock - samkalp, vajiram, onlyias, chanakya

One on one - bassi sir, sumit sir and rahul sir of ias pcs pathshala.
Thanks to each one of them for giving their valuable time and support.

My two cent - Be confident and honest.

Name: Dwight Schrute
Board: BB Swain sir
Date: 25/03/2025
Daf keywords: Tamilnadu, Chennai, law graduation, cricket, Indian football, tamil movies, parliamentary debate Organising committee.
Optional: PSIR
 
Chairperson:
1. Recent tamil movie you watched
2. Describe the movie.
 
M1 (Sir):
1. You studied in VIT, tell me what role did Vellore play in India’s history?
2. You follow only Indian football?
3. Name top 3 international footballers at present
4. Prominent Indian footballer at present
5. what steps will you take to improve indian football?
6. Suppose there is a communal riot in the place of your posting- what steps will you take?
7. Your take on internet bans? It’s not used much in western democracies, dont you think we’re using internet bans a lot?
8. Who has the power to issue internet ban orders?
9. Do you think tech is actually helpful to education?
10. Only PPTs are used by teachers, is there any real use of tech in education?
11. Sweden has decided to go back to physical books instead of ebooks and tech based education for children. Do you think India also should take such a step? (I stood by my decision of complementing tech with physical books)
 
M2 (Ma’am)
1. You watch only tamil movies?
2. Cinema actors coming into politics. And they’ve been successful also to some extent. Whats the reason behind this?
3. Why is it not that successful in Hindi-speaking regions?
4. How did tamil speaking population/ tamil language spread across the globe?
5. Whats the secret behind Afghanistan becoming a successful cricketing nation despite all its domestic challenges?
6. You’ve been in Delhi preparing for the exam?
7. You’ve taken coaching for this exam. How can we be sure that your answers are genuine and not the ones taught by coaching institutes?
 
M3 (Sir)
1. Do you think India should go for Presidential system?
2. Why shouldn’t we go for it?
3. We see in the news that your state is opposed to some policies related to language, etc., what advice will you give to the Govt., to successfully implement such policies in the state?
4. What are some challenges faced by a young advocate?
5. Why is the term “first generation lawyer”  often used in legal circles, unlike other professions like doctors, engineers, etc?
 
M4 (Ma’am):
1. You were talking about Amrit Kaal. What do we mean by it?
2. What steps do you think India should take in the Amrit Kaal?
3. How much percentage of the population is addicted to drugs? (Said idk)
4. Dont you think state legislative assemblies are becoming less deliberative off late?
5. What can be done about it?
Heard about PM-Wani scheme? (politely said that I’ve read about it, but unable to recall at the moment and she moved on to next question)
6. Issues faced by women representatives/leaders in panchayats in India?
7. What do you think are the reasons why elected women leaders are not given due respect by govt officers/ village level officers?
8. And lastly, tell me.. What is a file? (thought for a second and she added more context to it) Imagine a file is kept in front of you and what will go on your mind immediately?
 
Chairperson:
Okay Dwight, you may leave now. Best of luck!
 
Mocks: around 10. Vajiram, Chahal, Only ias, Sriram, shankar, vision, samkalp, unacademy, etc.
 
O2O: Ravindran sir, Shubham Aggarwal sir (Vidyapeeth), Mahesh Bhagwat sir, Manju Seth (IFS) Ma’am, Dharmadhikari sir.
Would like to thank Mahesh sir and Shubham sir especially for their detailed feedback and help in refining my answers..
 
Board was very welcoming and cordial, especially BB Swain sir. It was more like a conversation, rather than an interview. Great experience overall.. Setup was totally different than the ones you find in mocks. Given my best, lets hope for the best! And best of luck to fellow aspirants 🙏🏼

Date : 5 March

Chaiperson Raj Shukla Sir
Last one to go in forenoon session.

DAF keywords : Gujarat, Surat, Diamond , Geography, Computer Engineering, Blood donation, AI

Chairperson Sir
1. Where are you from? I said Gujarat
(Long monologue on Gujarat’s entrepreneurship culture)
2. ⁠what is special about Gujarat
3. ⁠why there is entrepreneurial spirit in gujarat? - I said risk taking ability
4. ⁠compare risk taking ability of Gujarati’s and Marwadi’s
5. ⁠compare with Parsis and sikhs
6. ⁠Are Parsis ethical in business?

Member 1 :
1. how Gujarat is having entrepreneurship in their culture
2. ⁠does community has a role in it or the government has a role in it
3. ⁠how to cultivate entrepreneurship in people
4. ⁠why Usa has more startups then gujarat

Member 2 :
1. What were you doing since 5 years
2. ⁠I think you dont have risk taking ability or entrepreneurship skills bcz u r preparing since 5 years
3. ⁠difference between lab grown and real diamonds
4. ⁠future of diamond industry in surat. ⁠
5. ⁠you took Sanskrit in 10 standard , do you know anything right now? ⁠

Member 3:
1. how geography is influencing IR
2. ⁠how will you use your computer engineering in governance
3. ⁠what government is doing in resolving day to day problems through technology
4. ⁠how E governance is governing people and what are the new changes
5. ⁠various frauds are happening because of AI and other technology, how to resolve it
6. ⁠how to stop fraduent calls and unsolicited msgs and way forward

Member 4:
1. What is crypto currency
2. ⁠what government is doing in it
3. ⁠what are trends in it
4. ⁠why people are investing in it
5. ⁠what are pros and cons

Interview lasted 30-35 mins and was more on opinion based rather than DAF based.

Mocks taken : Samkalp, Vajiram, NextIas, Vajirao, Onlyias, Quantel

Board : Sanjay Verma sir
Date : 20/03/2025
Keywords : Prayagraj, Animes, Geography, Mechanical engineering, Composites, Cricket.

Chairperson:
Q1- What will agriculture become after 50 years?
Q2- Explain from a demand side perspective.
Q3- What will be India's population after 50 years?
Q4- What are the factors behind the fall of the population?
Q5- What are your thoughts about Abhishek Bachchan's acting? Do you like it, how?
Q6- What will be the future of pan shops after 50 years?
Q7- Will people still be using social media after 50 years?

Member 1:
Q1- What are the qualities of a civil servant, you aspire to have?
Q2- Anything else. Why trust as an essential component?
Q3- Public perception about bureaucrats and entitlements associated creates these qualities to falter. Do you agree?
Q4- Would you associate yourself with politician .Specify with reasons.
Q5- What will be your approach as a civil servant?
Q6- Do you have any friends currently in civil services?

Member 2:
Q1- Are current policies of India enough to sustain its elder population esp. after 50 years?
Q2- What are the reforms you believe should be brought in ?
Q3- Issues with elder population and what rectification is necessary.
Q4- What are the challenges with current administrative offices?
Q5- If you're posted as Head of Electricity Department. How will you bring forth a change/ transformation?
Q6- What is citizen charter?
Q7- What are the specific changes in citizen charter that you bring in for your department?
Q8- What are the reasons of yours not liking Abhishek Bachchan's lead actor ? Anything related to his new release.

Member 3:
Q1- What is the current status of Prayagraj after MAHAKUMBH?
Q2- Do you think MAHAKUMBH is necessary and what are the changes it brought esp. in religious and spiritual significance?
Q3- What are the key takeaways from the grand event for future events? How such events play an important role.
Q4- Do you believe that taking a dip can be enough for purity, answer culturally.
Q5- When is the India's 1st metro rail coming up?
Q6- What were the Japan's views on the delay of implementation in project.
Q7- How far do you agree with it?

Member 4:
Q1- Name the countries that claim Antarctica?
Q2- Name the research station of India in Antarctica.
Q3- What are the factors behind claiming Antarctica.
Q4- With regards to Continental Drift Theory, countries are making such claims. Do you agree ? Shouldn't India also stake its claim for the region.
Q5- What are the rule of law governing Antarctica, is there any treaty regarding this?
Q6- What are clauses in the Antarctica regarding research development?

Chairperson: Thank you.....

Name..alchemist
Date 24 March.. last to go
Board..lt general sukla sir
Daf..novels uttarakhand commerce and economics background.
Chairman...russia Ukraine..grilling
M1...scheme related with agricultura
..recent achievements of isro
M2...author who has written lot about pithoragarh
..what are contra entries.
M3..how budget is related with vikshit bharat
Pros and cons of civil service
Full form of PIL IPL PLI MBBS
M4...related with commerce which I did not remember 
Overall good .started when I did not realize .

Name - Bone Doctor
Interview Date - 22 March
Board- Suman Sharma mam
DAF Keywords- MBBS , Orthopedic surgery, Agriculture ,bihar, west Bengal
Discussion went for around 40mins
Chairman madam
1. Why civil services after such a successful career in medical field
2. WHO and USA leaving it
3. Why covid ended and theories of its origin.

Member 1:
1. What do you bring special quality to services
2. Regulators and challenges
3. IMA

Member 2:
1. Hunger ranking etc. Conspiracy or reality
2. FTA and Challenges
3. Switzerland FTA

Member 3:
1. Good leaders in politics
2. Novel Reforms in electoral system
3. Agri. Scheme implementation on priority as DM

Member 4:
1. Why WB has fallen economically and socially.
2. Doctors protest, reason
3. "Do we need disruption in society "


The board was very cordial. Giving me ample time to think and respond. Extremely opposite of any mock interviews.

**Mock Interview - Samkalp, PW , IDI ,KhanGS & Vajiram. i would suggest to give atleast 3 mock to get the hold of interview. Mocks were mainly helpful for non-verbal cues.

Content wise, mocks did help me as DAF related questions were repeated

Lastly I would like to thank this community for their continuous support and valuable transcripts.🙏

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Name : Results Ke Baad
Board : Sanjay Verma Sir
Date : 25/03/2025 (FN)
Duration : Approx. 30 minutes
Second to go
Keywords from DAF : Judiciary, Blogging, Hindi, Hackathon

Chairman :
1. If you have to completely eliminate one of the organs of state (Exe./Legislature/Judiciary), which one will you do ? (Follow up questions on that)
2. What types of blogs do you write ?
3. How many people read it ?
4. What is friendship for you ?
5. Do you have any friend who is exactly opposite of you ? (Based on my answer he asked if I live in an echo chamber)
6. Why boys have more friends than girls ?

M1 (Lady)
1. What are 7 steps followed in enquiry against judges ? (Didn't know the answer)
2. Name some poets you read in Hindi (Based on 12th Class)
3. Read one Doha of Kabir Das or Rahim Das (I recited on by Kabir Das)
4. Name one modern poet
5. What is process of Aadhaar for children ?
6. What is Child's Aadhaar called ?
7. What is Artha Ganga ?
8. Religious Significance of rivers
9. Rate of Renewable Energy transition in India
10. What all other sources of Energy are we looking at?
11. Is India's 4th Pillar doing it's work properly ? (Chairman intervened with his opinion about Aaj Tak, India Today, Lallantop)

M2
1. President Trump's tariff policy vis a vis Canada-Mexico ( He was looking for some specific reason, I didn't know)
2. Recent book titled "Anger Management" by a Ex Diplomat. (I didn't know)
3. Why a diplomat would write such a book ?
4. Einstein said that the toughest thing to understand is Income Tax. What did he meant? What do you think of Income Tax ? (Went to the new IT Bill)
5. Recent criticism of 3 language formula. Is it being imposed ?
6. What is situation of 3 language formula in context of Northern states ?
7. What are the principles of natural justice ? (Follow up questions with hypothetical situations)

M3
1. What is ODOP of your district ?
2. What is next logical step in ODOP ?
3. As an administrator, what will you priorities, management or leadership ? (Choose just one)
4. What will be your approach for effective leadership ?
5. If you are made DM of your home district, what steps will you take ?
6. What is situation of education in your district ?
7. How will you remain informed about your district ? (He said SSP will be your only friend in district)
8. There was a recent exhibition in Lucknow, which product of your district was displayed there ? (This I thought was a bluff.)

M4
1. A scientist said that we will have to leave Earth in 100 years and find another planet. (I didn't know, then he told me and asked my opinion)
2. If Elon Musk chooses you to travel to space, what kind of preparations will you do ? (Not as an astronaut but as a passenger)
3. What is ethical hacking ?
4. Is hacking an international library database ethical ?
5. How will you proceed to hack the EVM ?

Mocks : Subhra Ranjan, NextIAS, Vajiram, Vajirao, Samkalp, StudyIQ, Vision
Helpful in learning to articulate answers otherwise main interview totally random

Thankyou to this evergrowing and helpful community !!

Date of interview: 25 March, 2025 (Forenoon session, first to go)
Key DAF details: B.Tech, Electrical, IIT, Gujarat, PSIR, Blogging on Indian Foreign Policy
Board: Suman Sharma Ma'am
Duration: ~30 minutes.

Questions asked:
Chairperson:
1. India has 500GW RE target, what are the issues?
(Mentioned grid stability, harmonics, storage, load shedding etc)
2. What can be done for storage?
(mentioned PSP, Battery storage, flywheel)
3. Issues in PSP? (long gestation)
4. Issues in battery storage, no lithium availability?
5. What else can be done? (decentralised storage systems)
6. GJ excelling in rooftop solar adoption, but why not the rest of India?
7. India poor rank in WHR. what can be done?
(told the ranking is flawed with Pak, Gaza above India. Talked about meditation, Yoga)
8. Will there be no financial angle? What about people in rural areas?

M1:
1. Why do you write on IFP?
2. Why Trump backflipped from Biden’s policy in Ru-Ukr war?
3. Russia Ukr War, and then Hamas attack on Israel to divert attention. What is the linkage?
(Sir was looking for RIC axis but I couldn't tell, I told them they are separate issues in volatile geopolitics)
4. Hinted on who is backing Hamas?
(Talked about octopus and its tentacles)
5. Hinted on Iran China relations
(teapot refineries, RIC is becoming single strategic space)
6. He wanted to show the coordination of RIC in diverting attention from Ru-Ukr war. Gave monologue.

M2
1. Constitution talks about scientific temper then why state funds for activities like dipping in high E 2. Coli water? Isn’t it a hindrance towards rationality?
3. How spirituality helps in developing rationality?
4. Why is India’s research output bad, compared to China?

M3:
1. What is Act east policy of India?
2. What is India doing under it?
3. Is quad a military alliance?
4. Purpose of quad then?

M4:
1. What can be done to improve school and higher education?
2. NEP 2020 provisions for that?
3. Did we have 3 lang formula before NEP?
4. Any benefit of regional language learning in higher education?
5. India’s higher education enrollment? Told ~47%(which is wrong), he asked if sure, I said I have to check it.

Chairman: Thank you, your interview is over.

Mocks: gave lots of them, found Samkalp, Vajirao and Reddy, JICE very useful
Special thanks to Utkarsh Shukla sir (Sriram) and Brijesh Patel sir (SPIPA)

Name- Gamma Male
Date of interview- 26th March, Afternoon
Board- Sanjay Verma
Fields- BE Civil, MA Sociology from JNU, Writing poems, Quotes and short philosophical notes , Bihar

Third to go around 2:55

Chairperson-
1. Asked me to narrate my philosophical notes and then some discussion on it
2. He said that do such hobbies emanate from being a heart broken person. But I said no sir as I have been lucky enough to avoid such breaks. Then he asked me if I have not entered the game. I replied that u have entered the game but I have played well.
3. Whom do you idolise in India? I said Virat Kohli and he seemed a bit pleased that i did not say MS Dhoni

M1- Female Member
1. What is My one construction
Rest of her questions not able to recall

M2
1. What are the changes in income tax in the budget and why it has been done? Some further conversation on this topic
2. How is inflation controlled
3. What are Global public goods
4. What is India’s stance in Israel- Palestine issue?
5. Is Palestine a State?

M3
1. Started by describing the greatness of Bihar and then asked as to why Bihar is still backward. A bit of further conversation on this topic and he remarked my this answer as very diplomatic
2. Should India allow the import of dairy products in India from USA?
Few more questions which I don’t remember.


M4
1. Please explain the design of UPSC buildings. I explained it as a load bearing form of structure to which he agreed .
2. What is Brahmanisation? When did it happen in India?
3. Which type of minerals are present in Ukraine?
4. What are strategic metals?
Few more questions which i dont remember.

Mocks- One to one mock with Anupam Jain Sir (Smart Work labs) really helped in framing my answers well and some questions even got repeated.
Rest, I went for around 10 mocks including Samkalp Ias, Next Ias, Vajiram, Bihar niwas mocks, Unacademy.

NAme: selection ke baad
Board's Chairman- Sanjay Verma Sir
DAF: Delhi, UP,
Anthropology ,Banking, Geopolitical analysis, maths , Chess

Chairperson
1. Are you still in Bank?
2. Do you regret leaving the bank?
3. Aspirants have managed both work as well as preparation. Why not you?
4. Is open source intelligence misnomer?
Some monologue on intelligence leak issue of America and opinion

M1 (Lady)
1. what is the difference between Mental maths and maths?
2. tell name of 5 countries in Indo Pacific, middle east and north Africa
3. How do you anthropologically relate them?
4. What is the concept of Smart City?
5. Has delhi achieve any component of Smart City?
6. What is Gyanpeet award and recent awardee? ( I said that maam I am not sure about this but if you allow I can make a guess, She declined and went ahead with another question. Though I was thinking right)

M2:
1. Is UN Failing to fulfill its mandate in two ongoing war?
2. If you were secretary general what would have been your approach?
3. will AI took over the world?
4. Where did the human originate? and timeline related to it.
5. 1960 budget as gamble of monsoon? and some long discussion on current dependence on monsoon.

M3:
1. What is the concept of singularity?
2. Is quantum computer can be feasible? What is the difficulty?
3. What is Rare Earth Elements? Difference between rare earth mineral and rare earth elements? Why is it called Rare Earth

M4:
1. IVC Script and controversy
2. Probable origin and recent research on it.

Overall Experience: Good and questions were mostly daf based.

MOCKS: vajiram, vision, forum, chahal

Mahadev ji karege ab nayia paar 🚩

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi:
Name- Sherlock Holmes
Date of interview - 24/03/25
1st to go ~40 mins
Board-Lt Gen Shukla sir
DAF keywords- Urban planning,civil engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka,eco sustainable building ,Rubik's cube, Vipassana meditation

Chairman
1. Where are you from?
2. Do you the know debate about ship vs chips?( Sir explained it in depth)
3. Asked major reasons for this debate?
4. Why chinese are setting up trend in every field, be it defence, technology,trade( debate went on to china vs US)
5. Why Trumps wants to take over panama,Canada, Green land?
6. Do you think India neglected the maritime domain in its defence strategy and why?

M1- long discussion about Bengaluru and issues


1.List out problems in Bengaluru
2. about water scarcity and cause
3. About flooding
4. About traffic management
5. About Solid waste management
6. How to solve these problems as a civil engineer
7. As a administrator
8. Cauvery issue

M2 - Was smiling whole time

Do you watch cricket?( Not in my DAF)
I said , yes sir sometimes

1. Which one is better T20 or Test tell me three merits and demerits ( stopped me to merits only
2. Why ipl has done well compared to other series - a debate on some points about superstars
3. What are its implications
4. Rubik's cube and it's benefits

M3 - lady member

1. Who is Basavanna?
2. What are his teachings
3. Tell me unique things about Vipassana?
4. How did it help you?
5. Delimitation debate
6. Do you think it will be injustice to Southern states if implemented as per new census
7. One vote one value ,art 82 mandates!!
8. When was last delimitation done
9. What should we do now.?


M4-Was preparing questions on the DAF whole time

Unfortunately sir had prepared questions on someone else's DAF not mine!!!

So he had to leave DAF and ask something outside due to shortage of time ( only one topic asked)

1.Tell me about rooftop solar scheme
( I could not recollect data)
2. Why it is not successful - reasons
3. Why there is disparity among states (GJ,TN,RJ,KA. have done relatively better)
4. What are the solutions?
5. Is subsidy enough?

Sir was thinking another question but Chaiman sir intervened
Ok your interview is over you can go now

Overall cordial board



Mocks - Samkalp, Sri Ram,only ias ,vajiram,Vajiro and Reddy,KSG,Vision and others

One on one: Basu sir, Vivekananda sir,Mahesh M Bhagawat sir and SOMP

Discussion with friends helped a lot.
One on one helped to improve answering skills
While mocks set the tone for facing fear of interview

Greatful all for the support from friends,mentors and the community
Har Har Mahadev 🙏🙏

Name—
Date- 24 march
Chairman - bb swain
Chairman
1. You are from vidisha tell me why vidisha is famous
2. What is stupa?
3. Who built it?
4. Significance of it
5. Other places relics are kept(I said not able to recall)
M1
1. What is NEP
2. SPECIAL Provision of it
3. 3 language formula and importance of mother tongue in primary.
4. Teaching in primary level in mother tongue will leave students less proficient
5. I said importance of mother tongue education and how it will reduce drop out rates and foundational literacy.
6. What is vocational education.
7. Why govt promoting it(I mentioned about drop out and skill training)
8. Why after mechanical you did MA in sociology.
Member 2 (female)
1. Why engineers taking sociology as optional just because it is more scoring.
2. I mentioned that I can't say about others but for me other considerations as well mam.
3. Why communalism is rising in India
4. What you will do as a person and as a DM.
5. WHY RIGHT WING ideology rising across Europe.
6. Why india not able to attract investment
7. What will you do to attract investment.
MEMBER 3
1. what is the repercussions for MP industries after bifurcation.
2. What mp did then(I mentioned now energy surplus)
2. Energy surplus can be a poor state like bengal also so what is special in it .
3. What is about tourism and eco tourism
4. Tell me about ecotourism (I mentioned a case study of a village.)
5. Why indore so clean and don't tell me about adminstration work tell me about people
6. Why people own the success so much there
7. What special is done that people have such a high civics sense (I said sorry here)
Member 4(lady)
1. Tell me how Jainism related to climate change (now some grilling started)
2. I said minimalism like aparigraha follow and many more points.
3. Aparigraha is not followed at all in consumerist world it is lost principle (I politely disagree here )
4. How many shirts you own? Tell me how there is aparigraha and don't tell me about elders like dadi but you.
5. I said yes I do agree that in consumerist driven world difficult to follow.
6. Give me 2 qualities of you as positive and negative.
7.

Board : Suman Sharma Ma’am
Date : 27-03-2025 forenoon

Keywords: J&K, BTech computer science, Hcl, zentangle art, geography


Chairperson: While reading the Daf, place, BTech, corporate experience asked if I am doing anything else.
Told her about state pcs
What are we doing for trees in Kashmir ?(QR codes for chinar trees)
Why we are doing so? Importance of Chinar trees?
Semiconductor: what is government doing?
Missions for semiconductor?
GPUs?
Limit on GPU by USA? Why restrictions?
China deep seek? How they developed it despite restrictions?
Controversy with Sam Altman ?
Do we need DOGE in India ?

Member 1:
Zentangle art (hobby) ?
Border with Pakistan , what is the issue?
We call it IB, Pakistan call it by some other name, what is it?
How to initiate for inclusion of POK in India , steps?
Pakistan , Afghanistan rivalry ?
India Afghanistan relations ?

Member 2:

Monologue on Roshni Nadar ( corporate experience)
Roe vs wade?
What is it ?
India scenario ? Any law, Act?
Situation question on abortion why abortion not allowed, what should be way ahead?
Situation of women in J&k ? It is said society is very rigid ? Impact on women ?

Member 3:
India Afghanistan issue , follow up questions ?
Importance of Indian Ocean ?
Challenges of Indian Ocean ?
Alternate route to Europe and Central Asia apart from Suez Canal ?
Kashmir issue, the root cause, from where it started ?

Member 4:
AI, it’s scope in different domain? Long discussion on it
Emergency ?
Reasons for emergency ?
Was it political or something else ?
Who proclaims it?


Thankyou team for sharing the transcripts, it helped.

Name - @pablo_chocobar42 (Yeah, the same one)
Date and session of Interview - 25th Mar, Forenoon, 3rd to go
Board - BB Swain Sir
College - CSE, IIT Guwahati
Work Ex - GS, Ola, IPS (P)
Optional - Psychology
Hobbies - Chess, Speedcubing, Watching psychological crime thrillers

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Chairperson
1. * On being greeted with Jai Hind * Seems like you’re coming directly from the Academy? (jokingly)
2. You’ve listed watching crime thrillers as your hobby and your optional is Psychology, tell me the psyche behind why 60-70% of movies/shows in any language nowadays come under ‘thriller’ category.
3. They should be making more shows and movies in comedy genre.

M1 (Female)
1. Does watching crime thrillers, especially the ones containing gore and violent scenes, make one violent?
2. You’ve spent a sufficiently good amount of time in Assam, tell me 3 good things about Assam and Assamese.
3. One of my friends recently lost 4 lakhs by being under Digital arrest. Analyse the personality traits from a psychological perspective, of people who are prone to Digital arrest.
4. You’re an IPS officer. What will you do to declare an area under your jurisdiction completely safe for women?
5. Not just making it safe but how would you convince/declare the same to the public?
6. What would you do if you find your subordinate sleeping in his vehicle during patrolling hours at a different location?

M2 (Male)
1. Don’t you think the brand of IITs in recent years been diluted due to the opening of so many new IITs?
2. Then why do people opt for NITs like NIT Trichy and others instead of newer IITs and why is there so less placements in newer IITs?
3. Tell me two major changes you’d want to bring to the way policing happens in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
4. What is one short term and one long term peril of instant delivery of justice via encounters?
5. Have you chosen only IAS in your service preference list?
6. So, is IRS your Plan B? If selected, would you quit IPS and join IRS?

M3 (Female)
1. Why did you opt for Psychology as your optional even though you have a degree in Computer Science?
2. Not because it is a high-scoring Optional?
3. Why have people started using foul language and abusive tones in day to day communication with each other? Analyse it from a psychological perspective.
4. What would be your suggestions to control this Brain-rot that you mentioned?
5. Indians, in general follow all the rules and maintain cleanliness on streets when they visit any foreign land but do not do the same when present here, what’s the psychological reason?
6. You mean to say we are a gone case?
7. How to bring about such change then? What is this nudge theory that you just now mentioned?
8. What was your job at Ola?
9. Tell me 3 challenges that you faced while working at Ola and any exhilarating experience while solving the same.

M4 (Male)
1. Tell me a positive and a negative thing about AI in today’s world.
2. Some say that AI in coming days would take over the world, what’s your opinion about the same?
3. Who is the father of Indian Psychology?
4. Tell me any Indian institute famous for treating mental health issues.
5. Full form of NIMHANS?
6. Can your hobby of watching crime thrillers be of any help in your current service?
7. Design any AI system which can be used for policing, especially investigation and which does not exist in the world right now.
8. What is the difference between AI and DeepMind?
9. How do your seniors treat you in the service? Is there any kind of pressure?

Chairperson - Your interview is over, thank you.

Thanked them all and left.

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Comments —

1. The table was big and oval shaped with Chairperson, M1, M2, me (:p), M3 and M4 sitting in a clockwise fashion.
2. The help came around 2-3 times during the 35-37 minutes of interview, sometimes with Bingo mad angles (that spicy crunchy smell though), sometimes with chai samose.
3. The board was EXTREMELY cordial. I enjoyed the experience to the core!

PS: Did not take any mocks for Mains or PT this year.

Board: Suman Sharma mam
Date; 26.03.2025
DAF; B.com,Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu

Chairman Mam
Give investment plan - assume 100% money I have
Why gold rate is increasing now( based on my first answer)
Why silver rate also increasing?
Today there is news about introduction of mandarin uttarakhand. What is significance? ( 2 more follow ups )

Member 1;
Did you see the Delhi budget highlights today?
Effectiveness of teaching in regional languages 
What is your opinion on higher studies in regional languages 
What are the major issues with Sri Lanka?

Member 2:
What is objective of the WTO?
What is MFN
Can we come out from WTO ? Because Trump not encourage it?

Member 3 ;
Tiruppur textile exports association chairman Dr.Saktivel- his contribution related to the environment ?
Did you visit Kanchi kailsanath Temple?  significance chalukya invasion?
Do you like thiruppavai or thirukkural? Must choose one ( poem writing is my hobby)

Member 4;
What is budget of foreign aid?
Which country get more share? Why does Bhutan get highest share?
Why we decrease the aid to afghanistan 
Is Afghanistan share border with India? Is in our direct control 
What is the strategic interest in Myanmar?

Chairman Mam; Thank you.

1. The table was big and circular shaped with Chairperson, M1, M2, me (:p), M3 and M4 sitting in a clockwise fashion.
2. The arrangement felt very weird as no mock had this one. It felt like ki I was taking their interview as it was like a conference room discussion
3. The board was EXTREMELY cordial. They asked questions mostly on Daf (around 80%) barring FRBM, Judicial order and POCSO. But surprisingly no one asked me any Pol science and IR questions as I had PG and optional in it. Nevertheless it was a satisfactory effort. It lasted around 25 mins

Mocks given: Around 8 at all the major places like Next Ias, Vision, Samkalp, Onlyias, Maharashtra Sadan. In all these only Maharashtra Sadan was very good and only that felt to be anywhere close to Upsc interview

O2O and prepration:
1. Extremely thankful to Mahesh Bhagwat Sir for detailed DAF discussion which covered all the questions.
2. O2O with Major Abhinandan sir was very helpful
3. Nikhil Gowda sir of Insights Ias helped in IR preparation
4. O2O with Vinay Sir of Insights Ias helped in Mythology questions
5. Guidance and Mock with Aditya sir of Karmayogi Ias helped me in science fiction, hobbies and graduation subject preparation
6. Nikhil Bhaviskar Sir of Adhikari group was my mentor throughout who helped me personally on my Daf and arranged peer mocks with like minded aspirants which helped a lot

Live long and prosper 🖖🖖🖖

Name-kungfu panda
-20 March , afternoon
-sheelvardhan sir board
- largely DAF based

chairman
1- which is your favourite cartoon
2- what is this fitness regimen
3- when jogging becomes running
4- what is your pulse rate, when you are exercising
5-impact on body from prolonged space stay( sunita williams arrived a day before)

member -1( lady)
1-what is dostev ( my public speaking group)
2- how many members are there
3-what is your fav  inspirational movie and why
4- any Bollywood?
5 - tribal development and national development since independence
6- suggest us a tribal policy for the tribal development

member -2
what are the problem at coastal area.
why cyclone are increasing
what will you do at coastal area to solve the issues

member -3
what govt is doing to tackle malnutrition
how you developed cartoon making as a hobby
draw us a cartoon***

member -4
chanakya theory?
chankya book?
Cartoon vs caricature difference bato?
CrossFit mae konsi exercise krte ho app?
drama vs skit, difference btao ?
which theatre you have visited in delhi?

end of the interview.

Board indeed was very cordial, all were very polite.

I gave many mocks almost at each coaching, didn't help much( interview is different,they don't interrupt in bw)but was fun .

one to one includes shubham sir( vidyapeeth)helped me a lot, vajiram raveendran sir, Shukla sir at Sriram, Anil swaroop sir's sessions also helped plus my friends : aniket b, deepak b, Ankit b, urmi and transcripts of fellow aspirants

Board- Shukla sir.
March-3, Afternoon session.
DAF: Economics, Coimbatore, Indian elections.

Chairman.
Are you working?
You have mentioned, you participated in Talent exam (Olympiad style exam mentioned in DAF), now tell me how talent is linked with emerging tech.?
Monologue on Deepseek.
Do you use it?
What is the difference that we find in its emergence?
What's the status of AI in India? Said, it is in its infancy.
Why is it so?
Again stated, India's forefront in softwares and IT Tech. Why didn't these IT powerhouses step up?

M1
What's your take on BRICS and its idea on bringing BRICS Currency?
How did BREXIT from EU affect UK?
What majorly causes inflation in India? Told both cost push and demand pull, influence of fiscal and monetary policy.

M2 (lady)
Continuing with Chairman sir's questions, Why India's r&d is insufficient?
Why private sector not making enough contribution?

M3
Where are you staying currently for your preparation?
Tell me three main issues in Chennai?
How should we tackle floods in Chennai?

M4
You are from Coimbatore. Tell me about ISHA foundation? What they do there?
Have you visited it?
Since You were part of Electoral literacy club (DAF), began telling the Electoral funding issues and electoral bonds verdict by SC.
What's your take on it? Told state funding an option.
What are the challenges to implement it? Told resource constraints.
Is resource constraints the only issue?
Told also how much to be given, whom to be given, formulae for it etc.
Now, tell me how much money was in circulation during demonetisation?
Do you know how much prevails right now?

Chairman interrupted and signalled time up.
Your interview is over. All the best.

Time-30 mins