Name : No-One
10/1/25 , Afternoon
Board : Shri BB Swain

Keywords : Uttarakhand , Sci Fi , Chemistry, Anthropology

Chairman :

1) Tell me the region where most of the tribes are situated
2) major tribes of India according to their numbers : counter question: added more tribes to the list

M1 :

1) an anthropologist’s look at Andaman and Nicobar Islands (AnC)
2) major tribes of AnC
3) why anthropologists interested in AnC
4) how do AnC tribes differ from others and their main characteristics
5) heard of NRC? What are recent developments? Why is need?
6) NRC beginning? NPR? Under which law?
7) delimitation ? Constitutional provision? Why frozen? Till when it’s frozen?

M2 :

1) What are organometallic compounds
2) Who won chemistry Nobel in 2024 and why
4) Alcohol ban in which states
5) Pros and Cons of Alcohol ban
6) chemical formula of alcohol

M3 :
1) explain marriage as a social institution
2) Migration from hills to plains and from plains to hills. Reasons and solutions
3) what qualities of a successful civil servant?

M4)
1) favourite sci-fi?
2) what have you learnt from sci-fi
3) as a civil servant, what learnings will you implement from sci fi to curb student suicide
4) Manipur crisis? Stakeholders ? Which community tribe which is plains? What should be done?
5) heard of digital arrests? What is it? From where it emanates? Solutions?

Overall experience: the board was cordial. Encouraged me to answer even orthodox questions.

1. Name- naam me kya rakha hai😂
2. Date and Session of Interview - 7th January, 2025, afternoon
3. Board's Chairman - Sheelvardhan sir
4. DAF Keywords - Hansraj and Hindu college, Vipassana meditation, Historical tourism, cricket, history (optional)

5. Your interview transcript -
* Chairman-
a) consider me as tourist and yourself as a guide, know we are standing in front of Taj Mahal, guide me.
b) script used in calligraphy?
c) what is under the Taj mahal?
d) why the garden was much lowered?
e) why it is compared to like lifting curtain from a structure?
(Sir was speaking very fast with a somewhat low voice)

*Member 1-
a) what is pro-active and  reactive in history? (No idea kya hai ye)
Yha tak mostly i said- sorry sir i don't know
b) why archaeologists need historians help?

*Member 2-
a) where is Dholavira and why is it famous?
b) what is the difference between Harappan and indus valley civilisation?
c) what happened to people after Harappan decline?
d) why indian civilization declined and faced invasions (upto modern times) ?

*Member 3-
a) what is the use of reading history in administration?

*Member 4 (lady member)-
a) name some technologies to reduce leakage and corruption?
b) consider yourself as DM, what type of data will you collect from your district?

*Chairman again-
a) tell me something about sub-altern school of historiography?
b) what was girbatiya movement? ( Said sorry again)
Chairman replied - thankyou your interview is over😊

Time-25-28 minutes

Date- 10th jan
Board - Dinesh Dasa Sir
DAF - Badminton, Mathematics, IIT BHU, Reading Editorials, Collecting Stamps

Chairman
1. Badminton medal tally in olympic?
2. role of a shuttlecock in badminton? How air is responsible for movement.
3. difference between pure mathematics and applied mathematics?
4. which mathematical model you will use to understand climate change?
5. Asked me some mental problem to solve by giving 2 situations.

Member1
1. You did your grad from iit bhu? How many mahavidyalaya in varanasi?
2. How is the alumni network of your college? Any famous alumni?
3. Question on subclassification within reserved category?
4. Do you think Global Responses to Gaza Crisis was accurate ? India Stand?

Member2
1. Your fav editor? What you like in his writing?
2. layoffs in tech sector ? very big concern? What role can govt play?
3. Problem of skilling or low job opportunity?
4. do you think promotion of entrepreneurship is failing?
5. You talk about shark tank but reports says that only 10-15% investors getting real deal after show? So is this show only for entertainment purpose?

Member3
1. Question on Places of Worship Act.
2. stamps often revels political priorities of a country?
3. Many fake stamps are also floating? How you identify real and fake stamps?
4. If i ask you to create a stamp for Viksit BHARAT. How it should look like?

Member4
1. government facing tough time in meeting budget estimates. What are the reasons.
2. Difference between 2 phase and 3 phase motors.
3. 2 more questions on sex ratio.

Approx time - 25min.

Overall all the members were very cordial and supportive. They will listen you patiently and if they want to talk more about some particular topic they will ask you 1 - 2 counter questions.

One 2 one with Rahul bhaiya -IAS PCS pathshala, was extremely helpful in structuring the answer. Infact in question of places of Worship Act, I concluded verbatim what I had discussed with rahul bhaiya. Thank you

And in Mock Interview, Vajiram and Samkalp was good. Their board was also very cordial.

Date: 08/01/2024
Board: Dinesh Dasa Sir
DAF - Maths optional, IITD, HIIT Training, learning about nutrition for healthy lifestyle, project titli for menstrual awareness

Chairperson
1. Ex CM has commented that fashion leads to malnutrition amongst females. What are your views
2. In the wake of recent elections there is term 'urban apathy', elaborate
3. Why urban voters of well to do families don't want to vote, if you were made a DM how will you ensure participation
4. But don't you think a major issue is that people do not vote because they find candidates to be less competent. Is it the fault of political parties?
5. Why do we find many people in south India have greater mathematical computational capacity than north and also there examples like chess players, satya nadella etc?
6. What is data colonalisation and don't you think it has become a major threat
7. DPDP act and it's provision and committee Chairperson?

Member 1 (discussion on waste management)
1. Waste Management project and it's details and implementation
2. Major waste management projects
3. Statutory provisions

Member 2
1. Manuscript evidence of zero
2. There is provision in DPDP draft rules whereby it superseds RTI what is that
3. But RTI has non obstante clause
4. Shouldn't personal Data of govt officials be not exempted under draft rules

Member 3
1. Detailed discussion on 5 major nutritional issues and how will you solve each one

Member 4
1. Look at the biscuit packet what is the one thing that you will look for before eating it
2. Fssai and it's mandate
3. What are the other things on the packet you will look for
4. Titli project what did you do? isnt the word Titli sexist and explain

Interview was over.

Name: Cheppol
Key DAF Details: PSIR, B A Economics, Short story writing, Bahrain
1.What is your technique in Short story writing?
2. What is your opinion on Online Gaming? Should we be regulating it?
3. Should we ban game of chance as SC as noted?
4. Tax rate on Online Gaming
5. Why can't we bring a unified legislation? Why do states have different laws?

6. Compare education system in India and Bahrain
7. 5 zones of conflict and its impact on India?
8. Why is India not able to get UNSC permanent membership?
9. Game theory and its proponent
10. Steps to become Viksut Bharat
11. How to tap into demographic dividend?
12. Analyse the development of infrastructure. Have you done any comparison
13. Opinion on trickle down theory
14. How to attain broadbased growth?
15. How can Kerala's achievement in literacy be emulated in other states like Bihar?
16. Situation in Myanmar and concerns for India
17. Renewable energy and what to do to further its uptake?

Mentorship- Fortune IAS, Trivandrum was extremely beneficial

Name- VIJIGISHU of Kautilya.

Board- B.B. Swain Sir
Date- 7th January(1st day of PT) afternoon shift, 2nd to go.

Key DAF Words-
watching movies on social issues, Following geopolitical developments ( there were other things like initiatives I have taken for swacch bharat abhiyan, about increasing girls enrollment in schools etc BUT NO QUESTION FROM THESE AREAS so skipping them).
Home state - Rajasthan.
Graduation - Rajasthan University.
Optional - PSIR

Questions asked-

Chairman-
Good afternoon, please sit down.
So you are(name) and watching movies on social issues is your hobby. ( He directly went on to ask the questions, there was no rapport building exercise as such).

Q. Why do u watch movies on social issues ?
Q. What is the latest movie that u watched recently- I answered with Lapata laddies.
Counter question-
Q. What are the social issues highlighted in the movie ?
I enumerated around 4 social issues in a pointer format.

At this point, the chairman asked other board member to ask further questions.

Board member 2- The most energetic man inside the board.

All of a sudden he started asking questions that were not specially prepared by me for the PT (though they were prepared during Mains)

Q. Have u heard about the Panchayats working as a government at the local level ?
Q. What were the amendments that brought them in ?
Q. Did panchayats existed even before the introduction of the 73rd and 74th Amendment ?

Then why were the Amendments brought in ?

Q. Aren't the panchayats a burden on the nation/people?
Then he went on to justify this notion and spoke for 1-2 minutes on this justification that they are not fiscally sustainable, dependent on state and union etc etc...

Q. What about the subjects that have been devolved to them and how much success in that endeavour ?
Ans- 11th and 12th Schedule and related issues.

Board member 3-
Ma'am - most lively and sweet. She was one who was constantly nodding her head when I was answering questions in those 25 minutes.

Q. Have u heard about Artificial intelligence.
I answered but still I think if I had read about it in those 15 days before the interview I could have answered well.

Q. What about social media...is it a tool of empowerment or something else ?

Q. Have u heard about Cyberbullying , what is it ?
Q. Can u give me an example of Cyberbullying ?
Q. What about regulation of coaching institutes ?
Q. Can u tell me about that law related to Ragging ?
Could not answer and said NO.

Board member 4.
Sir- Least lively.
Q. Have u heard about ERCP project?
Q. What is the old name of the University of Rajasthan?
I just skipped because I didn't know about the history of My university - epic blunder in my opinion.

Board member 5.
Sir-
Picked up counter questions on what ever asked untill now in the interview...
Q. What about the use of social media by the civil servants ?
Q. Should we curb the use of social media by bureacrats ?
Q. Do u know some civil servant who is using social media ?
Q. Should the words of civil servant speak or his actions ?

Board member 2- The energetic man
Q. Bangladesh crisis and it's implications on India?
Q. Do u think that Bangladesh is becoming "East Pakistan" ?
I replied with No and gave some justification.
But he insisted that so and so things are happening, army is in power etc. so looking at these developments we see East Pakistan emerging.

I again said that yes sir these things are happening but I gave some viewpoints and said that it is not correct to call it as East Pakistan.
"This was the question where they put pressure on me to accept that Yes Bangladesh is becoming East Pakistan"
Concluded.

Roadside wisdom-
Some of the mocks were good like Sanklap, Chanakayamandal, StudyIQ , NextIAS, Visionias.
Rest were just below notch. Go for around 5-6 good mocks atleast.
Mocks are essential to improve communication skills, face a board of 5 intelligent people.

Thanks

Good morning everyone
BB Swain
10th january afternoon
Chairman
1. Bdo work
2. Promotion avenues
Member 1
1. 1857 importance
2. battle of Panipat 2
3. Favorite architecture
3. favorite period
4. Coin favorite in history
5. Yadgir site

Member 2
1. Hmpv virus
2. India and hmpv virus
2. lA fire and causes
3. SyL canal issue
Member 3
1. Favorite period
2. World history question
3. Napoleon pe question
4. Tourism in delhi
Member 4
1. Sdg and rural
2. Water Sufficient and bdo
3. ASPIRATIONAL block is it really successful

Name - Dr Kar
Interview date -14.1.25 (3rd to go)
Board - Suman Maam
Optional- Medical Science
DAF- Kota-  Rajasthan, Doctor, AIIMS UG, Working in UPSC CMS, Badminton and Animal shelter volunteering , PWBD-1 candidate

Questions-
I don’t remember them as per the members, so I’ll just list them down


1) features in NEP to prevent suicides in students and decrease coaching( as kota is my hometown )

2) Generic vs branded drugs

3) hippocratic oath or should we choose any other oath

4) explain sudan crisis in depth

5) Is UN anymore significant? Should we ban it?

6) Ways to reduce Veto power in UNSC

7) Badminton- ways to promote it and why is it not at the same level as that of cricket?

8) should we ban Afg team in cricket as they dont have a female team

9) why so many AIIMS and IIT? Is it useful?

10) What is soft power diplomacy? Give examples

11) Gender Neutral or Gender Equality? Which is right?

12) Why are we low in Research? Even when funding in 1960s was lower but more research findings like ones done by MS Swaminathan, Homi Baba


I had attended 4 mocks - Study IQ, SriRam IAS, Vaijiram and Unacademy
They were quite useful because certain areas of questions were repeated.
(P.S - Being a doctor less questions were there from Medical field and cricket was out of box for me)

Date- 14th january
Board - Lt general Raj shukla
DAF - MBBS , Gujarat ( mostly nothing from daf)

Chairman
1. from where are you coming ?
2. currently doing any job?
3. how is the state of democracy in india?
4. long monologue on media, in past many good editors are there. Media was strong pillar.
Currently media is free ?
5. how media can be strengthened? Means how can be editors stood against the government?
6. do you think , judiciary is independent?
7. is judiciary appointing itself in collegium fine?
8. in past even when executive appointing judges like Indira time , they even disqualified the Indira Gandhi,Then what is more important?
11. what can we do for judges like them?
12. many millioners are coming in trump administration? Is it good ?
13. our system is good compared to them?

Member1
1. why you are coming to civil services?
2. Many peoples are going abroad is it good or bad?
3. What are the reasons apart from for education?
4. What we can do to decrease this?
5. Can we restrict from going abroad?

Member2 ( lady member)
1. I have been abroad and seen two types of student there, one due to scam and other due to less seats available here?
2. Why people go abroad for study, they don’t require more qualification?
3. Are you sure less qualification like exam not required for mbbs abroad?
4. Do you have any problem in hindi ? we are asking you question in hindi you are answering in English. (my medium of interview was English)

Member3
1. question regarding why civil service?
2. Why less Gujarati in civil services?
3. Do we have any law to facilitate or restrict outmigration ?
4. Can I be restricted from going abroad?
5. Is there any other thing which give right
6. What are current challenges for india?
7. Give some more
8. What are indicators for developed india?

Member4
1. Why Gujarat is industrialized state?
2. Why no riots nowdays in Gujarat? What changed?
3. Is there any things like extra judicial suppression of people, fake encounter ?
4. You are accepting it ?

Chairman : thank you , your interview is over.
Approx time – 25-30 min
After completing asking question chairman was busy in another work. Even gone outside for some time.

Date: 10-01-2025 AN
Board : BB Swain Sir
Duration: 30-35 minutes
Daf: Civil engineering optional, BITS Pilani, WFH, NCC, Meditation, Football,
Project on seismic design, Uttarakhand

Chairman
Work From Home? Hybrid? Views on it

M1
SWOT analysis of India
Democracy and judiciary in India strength or weakness?
Demographic dividend opportunity?
Big reservoir dams or run-of-river project ? Environmental impact?
What will be your considerations while building a dam?
Dams in High seismicity regions? Will you take the risk relying on science/engineering?

M2
Why non core job after clg and not core?
Sagar mala project?
Defence expenditure priortization?
What was agniveer for?
Two front war? Indian context

M3
Bridge collapse in bihar, morbi? Is Corruption the real reason?
Article 370 has changed anything?
Views on Bangladesh situation?
Younis got noble prize for?
What is Bonded labour? Is it legal?
Why discrimination is still there even after affirmative action?

M4(lady member)
AI and impact on jobs?
Kandla port? Threats from Karachi to this port?
How to protect it? Give Engineering + security point of view? (Question wasn't very clear by the way she framed it)
India-china clash? Is BRI a reason? What will you do if you're in the border regions?
Border villages migration? What will you do to stop it?

Mocks:
Offline mocks(only IAS, Next IAS), one-to-one with Rahul sir(IAS PCS pathshala)- recommended, one-to-one with Satyam sir.

Samar shesh hai
Date - 10th Jan
Board - B.B Swain Sir
Duration - 35-40 minutes.
DAF - Gwalior , IIT(BHU) , Varanasi, Civil Engineering.
(Nothing asked from Hobbies, achievements)

Optional - Anthropology.

Forenoon session, first to be interviewed.

Chairman-
Greeted , Told it's a cold morning, I agreed. Then He didn't ask any questions, was using phone throughout the interview. Occasionally looking up.

M1
1. Tell me about Gwalior in few lines.
2. Why is it called the city of music.
3. What are your views on expansion of social media and with it the instances of online frauds like digital arrest.
4. Have you heard about Jamtara and Nuh.
5. What are the specific problems in these areas.
6. What is Anthropology, it's subfields.

M2
1. What you liked about Varanasi.
2. What is the historical significance of Varanasi, how did it originate.
3. Name 3 Big infrastructure projects recently in Varanasi.
4. Why civil services despite being an engineer from IIT.
5. In the region around gwalior, there has been a lot of dacoity, tell us about Pan Singh Tomar.
6. Other reasons for the prevalence of Dacoity.

M3
1. Domestic violence against women, reasons , acts for their protection.
2. Can we use skills of Jamtara fraudsters in Ethical hacking.
3. How erosion takes place in rivers and oceans. (Asked exact name of the process of coastline erosion).
4. Ken-Betwa link project. What , How , Pros ,Cons.
5. Can Dams be the cause for earthquakes.
6. What seismic zone is Delhi in.
7. How to make buildings and Dams earthquake resistant.

M4
1. In which cities, metro projects are ongoing.
2. Which method is used to plan metro projects.
3. Monologue about why these projects are running in loss.
4. What is linguistic anthropology.
5. Which organisation in India working on it.
6. Is people's linguistic survey of India conducted by Anthropological Survey of India.
7. Name three of your most favourite big infrastructure projects from around the world.
8. What is NPA.
9. How are they classified.
10. What can be done to resolve this issue.

Interview was over , thanked everyone.

Interview Experience was very different from Mocks , very little from section 7 was asked.

Mocks -
Few mocks (3-4) essential for confidence and improvements in communication both verbal and non-verbal.

Offline mocks - NextIAS , Drishti , Samkalp, Onlyias, Tathastu , CivilsDaily.

Date of interview: 14/01/2024
Interview board: Sanjay Verma Sir
Duration: 30 minutes
DAF keywords: Odisha, NGO, Culinary Tourism, Geography, Business Plan, Mechanical Engineering, IRS

Sanjay Verma Sir:

1) Three Geographical locations in India you find most fascinating and why?
2) What is Culinary Tourism?
3) Places you visited recently and mention what dishes you liked there?
4) What is the main difference between Bengali Cuisine and Kerala Cuisine?

Member 1:

1) Are you aware of river interlinking project of Odisha?
2) Tell me about Malkangiri district
3) What steps have been taken by Odisha Government to tackle naxalism?
4) Do you think Climate change is real?
5) Is sea surface temperature increasing?
6) What are the major consequences of SST rise?

Member 2:

1) What is entropy?
2) How does hydroelectric power plant works?
3) What are the benefits of HEP?
4) Why North East India has huge potential for HEP?
5) Name 2 big HEP projects in North East
6) What are the major challenges for solar energy development?
7) What is the difference between major and minor ports?
8) Name major and minor ports in Odisha
9) Who owns Dhamra Port

Member 3:

1) What is the difference between Petrol engine and Diesel engine?
2) Can we use petrol in diesel engine and vice versa?
3) Do you know the mechanism of nuclear energy generation?
4) Consider that you are appointed as CEO of ship building company which is currently struggling but in recent times it has been observed that the overall market situation of ship industry is improving then what steps would you take to revive your company?
5) What about the existing employees? How would you ensure that their job is not under threat due to changes you would bring?

Member 4:
1) What was project Ehsas? (DAF)
2) You worked in NGO and worked as resource mobilization lead so how did it change you as a person?
3) What did you learn about yourself when you worked against issue of child labour?
4) Tell us few things which you realized while negotiating with head of companies for funds

Chairperson:

Tell me three countries which you admire the most and why?

Mock utility: Vajirao, Samkalp, Chahal, Chankaya Mandal

Special thanks to Utkarsh Sir (Sriram IAS) for all the support & guidance and Rahul Sir (IAS Pathshala) for insightful one to one discussion on DAF

Date: 8th January 2025 (afternoon, last to go)
Board: Sheel Vardhan Singh sir
Relevant keywords: Caring for community cats, Quantitative Economics, Grameen Foundation, Table tennis, Test cricket

Chairperson sir:

Read out my educational qualifications, internship experience and hobbies out loud. Mistakenly thought that I was still working at Grameen Foundation, at which I only interned.

1. How did you develop a liking towards caring for community cats?
2. Cats are disloyal but dogs are loyal. Cats often run away leaving behind their caretakers. What do you have to say on this?

Joked about how his neighbour’s cat always ran away and returned fatter than before.

3. Do you think a country can run without a budget?
4. Do you think Emperor Akbar had a budget? What about Guptas?
5. Give me a history of development of budget from the vedic times to the modern era.

Member 1

1. What is quantitative economics?
2. What is Purchasing Power Parity? How do we compare with the USA?
3. How long will India take to catch up with per capita income of USA?
4. Do you think that wealth at top leads to more wealth creation or should it be more widely distributed?

Member 2

Sought some clarifications regarding my post-graduation degree and internship experience

1. What was your role at Grameen Foundation?
2. India is planning to bid for 2036 Olympics. How can economics help us in hosting it successfully?


Member 3

1. What is the share of GST collections in the total tax revenue?
2. What is the trend of GST collections in the last two months?
3. How many layers of government does India have? Which is the weakest layer of government?
4. Should we have elected mayors? Which other countries have it?
5. Who heads the third tier of government in urban areas?

Member 4

1. You could have chosen a career in data science. Why did you not?
2. What are the assumptions of logistic regression model?
3. What is R-squared and adjusted R-squared?

Chairperson sir: It was nice to have a conversation with you.


Mocks: Offline at Samkalp and Chahal.
Utility: Allows one to get used to the formal setting. Quantitative economics was discussed both in Samkalp’s mock and actual personality test.

Name - Static
Interview- 08/01/2025
Board - Sanjay verma
DAF - Haryana , IIT BHU Varanasi, IOCL , Chemical Engg., Bhagwad Geeta , Naib Tehsildar
Opt - math
Duration - 32-35 min

Chairman

Read my job profile and ask why RIL then IOCL and then NT , and very short stints
Gives a monologue why engineers are coming to services , but they should be working in engg .

How many web series have u watched?
Best and worst u watched?and why ?
Why you read gita and when u started it ?
Gita says nishkama karma , selfless action, so it means that u can work in civil services - service for people but without salary because u have to focus on work and not expect rewards ?
What would u love to do for next 30 minutes now ?

M1
What is ur understanding by dharma?
Constitution deals with rights whereas gita deal with duties, how will u say modern society is right based or duty based?
Is ancient society dharma based?
How has Gita impacted ur life and since when r u reading?
Once u have read it , why to read over and again, do u chant or listen chanting or just read again and again?
Where is Vanprastha and sanyasa in modern age since it seems grihastha till death (attachment to family)?
Gita deal with varna and women in discriminatory way ? Does not align with constitution, why to read such scripture?

M2 ( female member )


Difference between karma , bhakti and sankhya yoga
Favourite shlok, context and why ?
3 types of guna , 3 types of miseries/sufferings

With economic growth, inequalities is increasing, do u agree?
Why it is so ?
How can it be rectified?

Do u think social media is polarising?
How can it be prevented to become so ?
Are there any government guidelines?

M3
Dark oxygen?
Deep sea mining?
Issues related with it?
Energy mix of India, target for 2030 , how can we achieve it?
Do u believe we will have 500GW of renewables by 2030?
Who safeguard refineries - CISF and its mandate?
Intermittency issue with renewables like we have capacity of 190GW , but still 70% coming from coal ?
Which mode of energy can plug in gap at that time like coal hydro and gas (in order)?

M4
Do u know about recent tred in Haryana whether students are opting for science or humanities after 10th?
Why more people in humanities ( he told around 70% opt for non science in 11th) ?
How can we promote more people in scientific side ?
Is there any DPSP relating to it or fundamental duty ?
Are Fundamental duties enforceable?
Duties of NT ?
Which 3 core functions an IAS as DC/DM perform and terminology of designation in these capacities?
What is procedure to handle law and order situation?
What is A CLASS in Nain Tehsildar?
Is Girdawar different from Kanungo ?

Chairman -
U read gita and talk about spirituality and asked if given a choice where would u love to live - ancient or modern age ?
Again gave monologue why we should celebrate modern age and how it promotes prosperity, women equality etc.
And thanks ur interview is over .

Overall nice experience, mostly on DAF . Chairman showing expression like not interested, was writing something and talking with other member.
Mocks - 2 , Sankalp ( nice one ), Sriram ( almost zero utility) .

Name - Rohit sharma
Date - 13 january evening 3rd to go
Chair - Raj shukla aaj hi bana tha board
Key words - district shahjahanpur, chess , science fiction

Chair - aapko hindi to aati hogi to batiye ... asahmati ka samrthya aur sahmati ka vivek isse aap kya samjhte hain ....coninued with ...Basically ye kah rahe the ki govt ka kaphi criticism ho raha ,log karte hai to fir itta haiya tauba kyo macha hai ki godi media ho gya hai sab ....wo iska karan jaanna chah rahe the aisa kyo ho raha hai ..

M1 - north south divide ke karan aur repurcussion
I told reasons such as population language and historical
But historical wala achha nhi laga une ...maine bascically kaha ki south indian states to beginners advantage mila tha ...aur north me deindustrialisation ho gaya british time pe....he was like nhi up me kanpur textile hub tha ...60s ke kisi tv brand ka naam bataya ...aur bhi kuch bataya

Then he told me the repurcussion ki delimitation me seats jyada ho ajyegi north ki kya ye sahi hai

To maine kaha sir north me population jyada hai to unka share jyada rahega because Constitutional inclusivity ka idea hai aur sabka development then he be like to jiski population jyada hai usko jyada milega ...mtlb kamaye hum aur kharch kare north wale

Then member 2 ... madam asked why do you play chess

What movies you watch

Member 3 - repo
Reverse repo , rbi kyo use karta hai ....aur tools kya hai

Memeber 4 shahjahanpur me aap ky karoge ....i told eduaction -specially women literacy problem and issue of institutional delivery the he took me ki achha article batao inse related ....maine bola sayad 45 bole galat hai then asked
43 kya hai i dont know then 33 i forgot ...he be like tumhra to psir hai yaad hoga

Is was conversation jisme mujhe kuch khas aata to nhi tha jyada memeber 1 ne puch aur 4th wala sir in negatiove ki nahi mai jo bata raha hu wo galat hai ...baki apas me bhi baat kar rahe the ..ki sir aisa tha vaisa th

Name: Ashtray
Date: Afternoon, 14.01.2025
Board: Lt. Gen Shukla Sir
Duration: 28 Mins
Keywords: IRS (IT), SRCC, DSE, Economics, Cooking, Women rights, Hyderabad.

Chairman:

What is the most attractive thing about Hyderabad?
Have you tried Lucknow's Biryani, Which one is better, Hydi or Lucknavi?
What else is attractive in Hyderabad?
There is neither ganga nor yamuna in Hyderabad, why do you say that there is ganga-jamuna tehzeeb?
Is Hyderabad cosmopolitan or it has a hybrid culture?
Why Dosa has become famous as a breakfast Item Internationally, and not paratha?
What is so special of south Indian breakfast, is it just because its healthy or is there something else?
Are you familiar with Delhi, been to CP? Madras coffee house? Any resturants you know near MCH?
Why do you think there are so many south Indian restaurants in CP, and whenever I visit, they are always packed. What could be the reason?
How many varieties of Dosa are there?
In Madras - chennai, People are not having dosa but paneer and soya chap, Why is south Indian food not so desired in south India?
Enough of Cuisine, lets move to Geopolitics. According to you, India should be a continental power or maritime power?
Do you think India is a maritime super power? Why not?
In Ancient India we had good navy, why doesn't modern India wants to improve its naval power and ship building?
Is China continental or Maritime power? Why there is huge ship building in China?
Is US continental or Maritime power?
Why are china and US investing a lot in its navy, unlike India?
Do you think India shall prioritize navy over land based defence??

Member 1:

Asked in Hindi- What do you mean by Urban Under employment, and why is it happening in cities? (Asked me to answer in any language in which I'm comfortable)
An engineer appearing for Police constable exam, is it under Employement?
A doctor appearing for CSE, is it under Employement?
Why do we lack entrepreneurship Spirit in India?
Is family the starting point to inculcate entrepreneurship Spirit?
What can we do to encourage it?


Member 2:

How did you get the internship (Media and PR) at AP government?
Why did they gave you the excellence award?
What was your role? How did you get the contacts? Explain the mechanism through which you did your work?
What is AP janmabhoomi initiative?
Why do you write on Women rights?
Do you say that Hindu women enjoy more safeguards, opportunities and rights on a legal basis in India?
Aren't you restricting yourself by just writing about muslim women?
On what topics have you written blogs on women? (Marital rape, Menstrual leave, Monetization of care economy)
Do you think there is more gender equity among hindus than muslims?

Member 3:

I think you are lost. You should have continued a career in Economics. I discourage you because you are over qualified for IAS. What is your opinion?
An economist is more worthy, and can have a larger impact than a civil servant who has very less autonomy and discretion. Isn't?
Why don't you inspire to be Dr. Manmohan singh? Or follow the path of your alumnus from DSE?
I believe you are looking for power and prestige here. Isn't?
You are either confused, or have made an irrational decision. You are an example of under employment!!

Member 4:

What is the controversy around Places of worship act?
Do you think the Act should be repealed?
Can we have social harmony at the cost of people's faith?
Do you think courts shall be encouraged in deciding the religious character of a place?
Tell me the Constitutional background of women rights - articles?
What is the Article that talks about Maternity Leave?
How can you use your economics in service?
As an IAS? Not as an IRS.
What Practical knowledge of economics can you apply on farmers?
Tell me how you will use the Equi marginal utility principal of micro economics on a farmer?
Any other theory which you can directly apply from economics in practical world?

Chairman Again:

You were talking about gender equity. Do you really think hindu society is more egalitarian than muslim society in India?
Tell me the practices/laws regarding hindus, which you think are egalitarian?
Do you think laws are being enforced as practices in hindu society?
What do you know about sthridhan?
Practices or laws which are more powerful?
Where does the problem lie in Muslim society?
Is this the condition of muslim society everywhere or just in India?
We need to change the practices, what could be the starting point?
Finally, I want your opinion again. Do you still think Muslim society is less egalitarian than hindu society?

Thank you!

Mocks: Gave only two mocks. Final Interview was more like an Interaction. Nothing asked from current affairs!

1. Name () - Zander
2. Date and Session of Interview - AN, 7 Jan..second to go
3. Board's Chairman - Dr. DINESH DASA sir
4. DAF Keywords - kushinagar, uttar Pradesh, NIT Warangal, Mechanical, optional- Mathematics,  fuel efficiency,  cricket,  Leadership, TMKOC (nothing asked on above)
Assistant Section Officer,  Education Ministry

5. Your interview transcript -
Chairman: Greeted and asked How are you feeling
Why Now ASO through Cgl whereas earlier directly SO through UPSC...reason
As Dopt secretary,  which two service will you include in UPSC....said AIJS and AIHS
NEP based on which two committee...
Subramaniam Committee asked for All India Education Service, whats your take on it
What do you believe should we have stable or unstable Pakistan and why

Member 1:
Bangladesh happening....dont you think india failed at intelligence to predict it.....whats the way forward....long discussion on it...

Chairman: Dont you think we can't hold election.....long monologue and then discussion on it....even sir putting lot of pressure in that discussion

Member 1:
India and Pakistan continued further....few more aspects

Member 2:
India Bangladesh lit bit discussed again
As a ASO working, what weaknesses do you see in the administration there
Discussion bit on my answer....good member to talk

Member 3: (lady)
Bits and few question regarding ASO as first point of entry....LDC and UDC whether now selected...is there still prevalent in any Ministry
Then What do you think whether we should be ready for war....answered it...maam told to elaborate......was giving answer....in between chairman sir told that ok....move to next member

Member 4
Do you know about renewable energy
Which RE contributing most in India energy mix
What are the challenges of Solar energy
What technology is there to store the solar energy ( said not able to recall)....sir asked because you are mechanical engineering

Chairman was eager to end the discussion...stopped the member...and suddenly said you interview is over

I greeted once again by saying thank you and left.


Utility of Mocks Interview - Samkalp ( to have a feel of real environment), Next IAS....all for confidence ......


Utility of One to One -one to one with Dharmadhikari sir, Ravindran sir, Rahul (IaSPcS pathshala)-must......regular discussion with Patil sir(digicate ias)....obviously friends discussion and support

Total time: dont know but close to 25 min

Name:-Machiavelli
Date:-10 january 2025 (afternoon session)
Chairman of the board:- BB Swain
Daf keywords:- Psir, Uttarakhand, Uttarpradesh, Aipan art, teach for India, waste material project

Chairman:-
1. Tell me 5 differences between garhwal and kumaon region.
2. Why kumaon region has proximity with Nepal?
3. Was there any Gorkha invasion?

Member 1
1. What is creamy layer?
2. Is there concept of cream layer applicable in SCs or STs?
3. Diff between creamy layer and sub categorisation.
4. Significance of recent judgement on sub categorisation.
5. Tell me 3 internal and external threats.
6. What govt is doing for naxalism?
7. And for cyber security?
8. What will you do apart from government?

Member 2
1. What is learning outcome?
2. How we measure it?
3. How can we improve the learning outcome?
4. Do u know that there was a tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand?
5. Why it was in silkyara?
6. Was it the failure of administration?
7. Tell me the exact number of people who were struck and fir how many number of days?

Member 3
1. Concept of creamy layer is good or bad?
2. How can we ensure inclusive development?
3. Tell me various govt schemes for vulnerable sections of society?
4. War is not a solution. Then why we are spending so much on defence?
5. Tell me about Locke's state.


Lady Member
1. Why suicide rates are increasing?
2. How can we decrease it?
3. Different government schemes to curb suicides?
4. There is a population decline globally. What India should do?
5. Why western countries will accept our population?
6. Should India go for population decrease or increase?

Chairman Sir:- Mvl, you want to say something?
Thank you your interview is over. You may go now.

Mock interview:- Vajirao and Reddy, GS Score, onlyias, prepias(online)
One to one:- Dharmadhikari Sir, Satyam jain, Rahul ias pcs pathshala, prepias
Utility of mocks:- All one to one were really helpful.

Name:- Swami Vivekanand
Date:- 15 jan
Board: Suman Sharma mam
DAF keywords: ba pol sci , Psir , Ahmedabad, tabla , two point perspective drawing, speedcubing ( nothing asked on any hobby)
First to go forenoon

Chairman
No intro direct question
What do you think about commercialisation of space sector?
Pros and cons ?
What comes to your mind when I say space? (ISRO)
What in global space sector? (Said NASA ) wanted to hear elon musk I guess , she told Elon musk also
Again what about pvt in space? Pro cons
What is recent isro project? ( spadex)
Asked why spadex?
What are qualities of leader ? Like ability or fear
Tried to balance , she asked to choose one

Member 1
Asked about global world order
Differentiate early world order vs now
Trump impact
Why country use muscle ? To flex or to hide insecurity
Is military power necessary.? ( said not always , Japan soft power )
Asked how Japan?
Then went on China use of soft power
Went to debt trap diplomacy. Answered pak
Also question on cpec
Then again asked more countries ( srilanka , Maldives )
India policy in neighbourhood ? Reactive or proactive
Asked about elocution ( daf)
What are qualities necessary ?
Whom do you admire? ( Vivekanand)

Member 2
Asked on dpdp rules highlights
Asked on recent objection over data localisation
Is data privacy and data breach threat
Then question on ugc rules
What are apprehensions ?
Should politics in students promoted ?
Choose active or passive student politics
Name leaders who reached top hailing from student politics.

Member 3
Gujarat project on statue of unity and bullet train waste of money?
Mentioned transit oriented development so asked on it
Asked should we ban ngos as they raise issue in Diwali crackers and makarsankranti kite flying?
Death of Gujarat family , illegal immigration , problems causes ,
Is jobless growth one of the reason ?

Member 4

Asked tell me theories if international relations
What do u see world sets in which theory?
Choose from liberal neo liberal realist neorealist
Treaty of Westphalia
What will you change if u r given chance to change in realism and other
Question on China CPEC


Board was very cordial , very different from some of mocks

Mocks given :- a lot … samkalp, vajirao , vajiram , next , Chahal, tathastu, onlyias. . One to one Ravindran sir , khan sir, kaptaan