Date : 12/12/25, Forenoon

Key DAF details : Ghaziabad, Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Kathak, Devotional Singing, Paper on Tradition Healing.

Board : Sujata Chaturvedi Ma’am

Questions Asked :

Chairperson -
1) Why did you take anthropology as a subject ?
2) Does it place you in a better position to understand people ?
3) An instance for the above.
4) Does Empathy Facilitate Administration ?
5) What if you are an empathetic person but your decision is not popular ?

Member 1 -
1) What is Gender Bias ?
2) What if your decisions are seen to be harsh (being a woman) and that of your male counterpart dynamic ?
3) What is the difference between sustainable agriculture and regenarative agriculture?
4) Which Gharana of Kathak do you belong to (LKO gharana), How is it different from Jaipur Gharana ?
5) What does India stands for peace and is against war means ?
6) In what context was it used ?

Member 2 -
1) What is Lasya ?
2) What was your presentation about traditional tribal healing about?
3) Why such fascination with tribes ?
4) What is white metal, why has it’s price been soaring ?
5) What is the nudge theory?
6) Has the nudge theory been used in Policy?

Member 3 -
1) Were you happy that you chair is a woman ? (I said yes, he asked isn’t that gender bias?)
2) If you are posted at the Ministry of Women and Child, what are some areas you will like to work on?
3) What will you do for vulnerable women ?

Member 4 -
1) What do you know about the Manipur Conflict ?
2) What is the current status of the conflict ? How will you resolve the same ?
3) Why have the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar been isolated ?
4) What is PVTG ? (asked by chairperson)
4) What is the genetic basis of the same ?
5) What is Emotional Intelligence ?

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By what I understood the most controllable thing is to the keep smiling.

All the Best!

Date - 12/12/2025 AN
Board - Mr. Ajay Kumar
DAF - Chemical Engineering, PSIR, Cat nutrition (rest nothing asked)
Duration - 24 min

Chairperson
1. You are a chemical engineer and there's a lot of discussion about critical minerals today. What are critical minerals? Why are they called so?
2. India's efforts at critical minerals
3. Name some critical minerals
4. Challenges in critical minerals wrt India
5. Recent amendments to a legislation regarding the same
6. Which minerals are still not open to pvt sector?
7. Link geopolitics with critical minerals suppy chains
8. What is BRI? What is China's intent?
9. Link BRI with critical minerals

M1
1. Nuclear deterrence and its effectiveness at present
2. From post-War era we are moving to a pre-War era at present. Examine this statement.
3. Can USA's strategy on restricting technology to competitors like China work?
4. Any recent development wrt this?

M2
1. Relevance of sports in life
2. some question on sportsmanship
3. Architectural heritage, some questions and follow ups I can't recall
4. If not civil services, what will you do?

M3
1. Collegium system, what it is?
2. Tussles between executive and judiciary?
3. Recent controversy regarding appointment of judges?

M4
1. GLOFs? Recent incident in Sikkim, how it happened, govt steps
2. What is your one weakness which might hinder in your work as an administrator
3. Have you thought about personal growth if you get selected in services?
4. What about professional growth? Any area where you would like to see yourself?
5. Significance of ISA?
6. How did you develop interest in cat nutrition?
7. Food toxic for cats?
8. Plants toxic for cats?

Some questions I can't recall.

Mocks - Vajirao, Vajiram, NextIAS, O2O with Ayush sir of Forum

रश्मिरथी

Dasa sir board
Keywords-Harayana,chemical engineer,long distance running,marathon,anthro ,ghazal and qawwali,PSU ,Agriculture

Namaste bol kar greet kiya tha board ko

Dasa sir
Some personal questions
Introducé yourself
Question on agriculture (agriculture secretary and using technology and how ai can help )

Member 1-
Hindi me conversation huva related to ghazals and qawwali (3-4 questions the)
Should we emancipate women or empower them ?
Whats Divya kala mela ?
Ek question yaad nhi aa rha ?

Lady member
Conversation on music and ghazal and qawwali again
Then conversation on crowd management (why crowd gathering happens,sampede kyun ho rhe ,tum kse handle karte ,prepare a plan ,how to ensure zero casualties)

Lady memeber 2

Conversation on privatisation and disinvestment -should be done or not ,benefits and issues,sectors jo reserved hai

Conversation on iit and aiims -what do you think should we open them or is it only a branding exercise,how they are helping india

Member 4
Which event according to you is hardest in running
Who is doing very well at world level in 3000m steeplechase from india


Discussion on Farming
Which crops you grow ,which all varieties you use (indigenous or HYV)can you name variety of HYV variety of Mustard you grow on your fields
Benefit of HVY seeds and concerns


Dasa sir -your interview is over


Mocks -Panel mocks -Samkalp ,Vajirao and reddy ,Next ias (bureaucratic),Vajiram ,Vision faculty (very good for daf ) saare mock ache the 🙌
One to one -Nangia sir (level up ias ,Vaibhav sir (Anantam Ias -he helped a lot in filling daf ,refining my answers and interview
preparation )

Also daily peer discussions helped a lot 🙏🏻

Thank you all 😊🙌
यह पहाड़ी पाँव क्या चढ़ते, इरादों ने चढ़ी है

Name : kakolukia
Date : 12/12/2025
Dasa sir board

Keywords : google kickstart, digital literacy, education, competitive programming, women empowerment, army

Chairperson:
• How to pronounce Rewari (district name)
• Role of women on the global stage
• What have you done in your village or local area for women empowerment (daf entry)
• Why civil services
• Father’s background in the Army
• Government schemes for Army martyrs
• Where the government is lacking for Army martyrs
• If made Defence Secretary, what will you do and how

Member 1:
• Digital divide and steps in rural areas to bridge it, and how things have changed over time
• Initiatives for the digital divide and the concerned ministry
• Difference between digital governance and e-governance
• What did you do on the ground for digital literacy
• Maths: How to explain zero to a 5-year-old child
• How to use mathematics in crowd management along with the application of artificial intelligence ( mathematical models asked )

Member 2:
• Reservation for students from Army backgrounds in institutions and category names
• It is said that AI is good for mathematicians and bad for programmers. Do you agree?
• What do we need to do in the AI race
• What is most important for India for the AI revolution

Member 3:
• Indore is famous for
• Which city in Haryana is doing well in cleanliness
• Why Rohtak is doing well, how do you know, what are the challenges, and what steps are needed
• Issues of Gurugram
• If we are aware of all urban flooding lacunae in Gurugram, why does it still happen?

Member 4:
• Three generations of the family: grandmother, mother, sister — what do you learn from them?
• Lessons learned from your mother, especially from the experiences she has gone through
• One sentence you would like to use to sum up this learning


Dasa sir said your interview is over

Transcript
Name: Adi
12/12/25
Board: Dinesh Dasa Sir
4th to go
Daf keywords: Anthro, MBBS, Music
Chair:
- Introduce
- What is SPICMACAY
- Origin of SPICMACAY
- Full form of SPICMACAY
- 2019 judgement of SC which displaced 2 million tribals. What place was it?
- Effectiveness of FRA
- Use of sociocultural anthropology in admin

M1
- Meaning of name
- Weight loss drugs and impact
- How to increase awareness of women health

M2
- Violence against doctors
- Should we have mediators to break the bad news

M3
- Reaearch deficit in cancer related advancements. What are the problems
- Why shouldn’t private sector come up in research


One on one: shubham sir vidyapeeth ias (the best to boost your confidence), Vaibhav sir Anantam IAS (again the best to deep dive in your daf and learn how to use SC judgements in controversial answers)

Special thanx to Sudhir Chandra sir, Mahesh bhagwat sir, Sriram sir, Sunil Oberoi sir for their guidance.

Mocks: Humdard, Sriram Ias, NEXT IAS, Quantel for organising few mocks.

Big thanx to everyone else who contributed to my prep.

Name: ~

Date: 12/12/2025

Key DAF Details: Delhi, Teacher, Govt school, English Literature, Surya Namaskar, Writing, Publishing, Poetry, ICC, Student Council

Board: Sanjay Verma Sir

Questions asked:
Chairperson
What have you learnt about India in the last year? (More pointed questions from here)
One local phrase you’ve picked up from students.
One writer you think talks about issues at the district level (follow ups)
Describe the room
What about the gentry here?
Now that we’re all flattered, let’s begin.

Panelist 1
One character which you would pick for a friend?
Why?
Spices and their production in India

Panelist 2
4 most important laws recently brought in
What do you mean by change management?
How will you ensure it happens smoothly?
(Forgot the rest)

Panelist 3
Discussion on live ins
Delailed questions on Invest India
Why is Cinderella in news?
What can you learn from Cinderalla?

Panelist 4
Changes in social structure- nuclear families and joint families
Pros cons
Social safety more in which
DINKs
Rs 500 shirt and Rs 5000 shirt. I want to buy Rs 5000 shirt. Justify.

1:1 sessions- Anantham faculty (Vaibhav sir, Ashish sir, Gaurav sir)
Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS), Pankaj sir (NextIAS), Ianugarh
Panel mocks- NextIAS and Samkalp

Name - Grace
Date - 11/12/2025
Board - Dinesh Dasa Sir
Key DAF Details- PSIR, Economics

Chairperson:
Q1. Tell me meaning of your name?
Q2. Has upsc offered you anything today- like tea or coffee?
Q3. Why did you study political science?
Q4. Was civil services your childhood dream?
Q5. Why female LFPR is low in india? Reasons?

M1
Q1. Would you choose Neighborhood first policy or having good relations with great powers?
Q2. Is economics more important in geopolitics nowadays? Why?

M2.
Q1. Some shayari of Former PM ManMohan Singh. Do you know that?
Q2. Reply was given by NDA MP at that time? Tell her name...she was from Haryana? I took a guess and it turned out to be correct.
Q3. Who was longest serving Foreign Minister?
Q4. Who signs ₹1 rupee note in india?
Q5. Why the colour and size of currency notes vary in india?

M3
Q1. What is your opinion on trolling? Ways to curb it?
Q2. What is your philosophy in life? Long term aspirations and goals?
Q3. Areas you'd want to work in future? And how?

M4.
Q1. Tell me any 3 features of NEP 2020?

Chairperson sir
Q. Who's your role model in life?
Q. Plans after interview.

Okay Grace your interview is over. Thank you
I said thank you to all members.

Overall amazing experience. Board was very cordial. Best of luck to all my fellow aspirants. Actual upsc interview is very different and unique experience. So enjoy unpredictability of process.

Mocks: Next IAS, Samkalp, O2O with Mahesh Bhagwat Sir and Shubham Sir Vidyapeeth IAS were extremely helpful in curating questions related to DAF and otherwise as boosting confidence.

All the best!

Name - Monkey D Luffy
Date - 15/04/2025
Session - Forenoon
Board - Sanjay Verma Sir, 1st to go
DAF - New Delhi, Patna, Nalanda, Bihar, ECE Engineer, Software Developer, Art in Oil, watercolor and acrylic medium, Geography Optional.

Chairman:
How are you?
Are you working somewhere?
So art is fairly analog, what do you think about the onset of digital media and technology and its impact on art?
Can you name some of the highest selling Artists from India?
Geography optional, do you think in this century Geography’s relevance has increased? Compared to 20th Century

Member 1:
So you have worked in Bangalore? (No, permanent WFH)
Anyway, what are the present urbanisation challenges you can think of?
How can the administration solve it in your opinion?

Member 2:
So you are a software engineer, what is big data?
If you are a DM of a district, what 3 areas will you incorporate the use of big data extensively?
What about health sector?
Now the UPSC recruitment exam, is a long drawn process, you are before the board, suggest three reforms that you would like to be implemented.

Member 3 (lady)
So have you done your schooling from patna? (No, parents belong to Bihar, I have done my schooling from New Delhi and higher education from Rajasthan)
Okay, have you visited Patna? (Occasionally)
What are the three things you would say has changed with time in Patna? And as an administrator, what steps would you do in this regard?
Follow up on one of the things I pointed out in the previous answer- how would you tackle the inequality that persists as a DM?
With the onset of GPT, we can see alot of impact on youth is taking place, can you point some of the concerns?
Do you think open use of AI should be allowed in educational institutions? Won’t it impact the learning capabilities of our youth? What other impacts on youth?

Member 4:
You have done B.tech in ECE, so tell me, due to the adoption of 5G, do you think optical fibre is taking a back seat?
Can you tell me some of the industries where optical fibres are more relevant than the use of 5G?
Now coming to another subject, paytm and phonePe, command 80% of the market share. Do you think it should be allowed or we should support new players to enter as it must be unfair for them?

Chairman finally:
monologue on how to solve inequality, you just mentioned the policies that need to be implemented, but don’t you think state’s revenue should be kept in mind? Where will you get the money from? (i agreed and said employment and skilling in all sectors need to go hand in hand)
Okay what are the three things you live about Delhi?
Doesn’t the rich history of Delhi Amuse you as well? (i said yes sir it is quite fascinating as well)
Can you name a few prominent writers or poet who wrote about Delhi?

Your Interview is over, you can go now, thankyou.

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Name : kakolukia
Date : 12/12/2025
Dasa sir board

Keywords : google kickstart, digital literacy, education, competitive programming, women empowerment, army

Chairperson:
• How to pronounce Rewari (district name)
• Role of women on the global stage
• What have you done in your village or local area for women empowerment (daf entry)
• Why civil services
• Father’s background in the Army
• Government schemes for Army martyrs
• Where the government is lacking for Army martyrs
• If made Defence Secretary, what will you do and how

Member 1:
• Digital divide and steps in rural areas to bridge it, and how things have changed over time
• Initiatives for the digital divide and the concerned ministry
• Difference between digital governance and e-governance
• What did you do on the ground for digital literacy
• Maths: How to explain zero to a 5-year-old child
• How to use mathematics in crowd management along with the application of artificial intelligence ( mathematical models asked )

Member 2:
• Reservation for students from Army backgrounds in institutions and category names
• It is said that AI is good for mathematicians and bad for programmers. Do you agree?
• What do we need to do in the AI race
• What is most important for India for the AI revolution

Member 3:
• Indore is famous for
• Which city in Haryana is doing well in cleanliness
• Why Rohtak is doing well, how do you know, what are the challenges, and what steps are needed
• Issues of Gurugram
• If we are aware of all urban flooding lacunae in Gurugram, why does it still happen?

Member 4:
• Three generations of the family: grandmother, mother, sister — what do you learn from them?
• Lessons learned from your mother, especially from the experiences she has gone through
• One sentence you would like to use to sum up this learning


Dasa sir said your interview is over

Name: xoxo

Date:15-12-25

Key DAF Details:Psychology, mental health, IT, UP,education

Board:dinesh dasa sir

Questions asked:
Dasa sir-
1.How will you convince people about stand of 70 hour work week of narayan murthi.
2Should India support imran khan and his party in pakistan?

M1-
1.will AI replace jobs?
2.What should be done for above.

M2.
1.Budaun’s sufi culture?
2.Why private colleges are not making people skilled?

M3.
1.importance of public colleges?
2.impact of foreign universities on public institutions.
3.Mental health- issues and prevention

M4.
1.Why japan isnt letting immigrants in despite elderly demography?

That’s all.

Name:
Board: Suman Sharma Mam

DAF keywords: IIT, CRICKET, PAINTING, GOA, UP, MUZAFFARNAGAR, MEERUT, JOURNALING, DRDO, NPCIL, WORK FROM HOME, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

OPTIONAL: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DURATION: 20-22 mins

Mam: What are the challenges of WFH?
Green H2 production challenges
Types of Hydrogen
Downstream issues
Why them promoting
M1: Moonlight how to regulate
WHAT IS NFRA
2-4 more not able to recall
M2: Goa Portugese influence, and process of integration
Shipping industry challenge why we don't have
Operation sindoor my views
Discussion on information warfare
M3: Deepfake regulation
Psu policy, why disinvestment targets not met
Australia social media law
2-3 more
M4: Which Mughal emperor banned cow slaughter
Entropy
3rd law
Newton and Einstein whose version of Gravity is right

BOARD WAS CALM AND CORDIAL

ALL THE BEST TO EVERYONE

Name - XYZ
Chairman:- OG of UPSC( you will know by questions)
1st to go.
DAF :- Indian Engineering Services, Navy, Defence, Logistics, Cricket, Electrical, sitcom

Chairman :- Oh Good, you are from Engineering Services. How is your job. What is your role .Do your remember Electrical Engineering ?. Shall we go there
2. RE potential of Rajasthan
3.  RE potential of India.
4. Issue with solar Energy
5. Which Energy should India Focus upon.
6. Do you know about hydro energy.
7. Trump has put tariff for India. What is solution. How as a IFS you will resolve the issues
8. What suggestions you will give to Mr Modi and Mr Trump. ( Represent both sides) seperately.
9. You mentioned about trade deficiet. What is current trade deficiet of US with India.

M1 - 1. Indigo crisis - issues/ causes, solution. You being in place of DGCA director. What you have done.( 2-3 cross question)
2. Why india import oil and what is solution.
3. What is logistics and how to ensure last mile delivery.
4. Can you narrate the Edison- Tesla story.
1-2 question aur the yaad nhi aa rhe .
M2:- 1. what was your role in ILMS( my job) . How you ensured timely completion.( Long discussion on this issue).
2. What is JLN( job).
3. Why Airfocre, amry, navy use different logistics.
4. How to ensure coordination between them
5. How will you handle  the allegation of corruption in procurement against you.
(Isi pe 1-2 question)

M3- 1.what is meaning of you name.
2.Is there any other meaning to your name. Can you elaborate this with one of your life experience.
3. Advancements in solar technology in last 10 years. ( I told 2, he told me 01 more.)
4. What are Green products.
5. Can you name one green product.
M4:- Bahut question puche( situation based).
1. What is PFMS.
2. You being DM in area where any weather disaster related issue has happend. How will you handle this. Can AI be used?. How?.
3. You DM of area. How will you hadle communal crisis wrt fake video. ( 2-3 cross questions).
4. Recently Russia has been sidelined by the world. How it is managing it's logistics. ( Mentioned NK here)
5. How North korea is involved. Can you elaborate.
6. You like to watch sitcom. Can you narrate a joke and make us laugh..
7. Suppose you are sent to any other room. How many questions will you be able to reproduce exactly. ( I said 70-80 percent)
Chairman:- Thank you XYZ. Your interview is over.

Mock - Next IAS, Study IQ, vision Faculty, vajirao( best according to me).


I hope you must have guessed the chairman name  by questions.
If not it was Suman Ma'am.

Name: Darwin 5.0
Date: 9/12/2025
Key DAF details: zoology, pcod, fabric painting
Board: Anuradha Prasad ma’am 

Questions: 

Chairman :
How can you promote adoption of fabric painting : traditional arts like madhubani, kalamkari among children?
How did you start fabric painting? Did you learn it at school or in later phase of life. 
How can you promote such art overall?
Opinion about genome editing being used for designer babies or for revival of extinct species?
What are the regulations possible for it?
Usa trade talks wit india regarding genetically modified soyabean?

Member 1:
You are from zoology but how did you give a presentation related to pcod?
What did you present?
Difference between pcod and pcos 
How can you ensure better development of  social capital in india?
What role does public institutions play in inculcation of value system in india?
Idea of viksit bharat? How india is planning to develop : especially with regard to adoption of western value system or with our own traditional value system?

Member 2:

To which state does kalamkari belong?
Which region of Andhra is famous for kalamkari? Why?
What is the relation between zoology and pharmaceutical companies?
Issue of children deaths in MP and TN due to some drug ? what component was that ?
How can we regulate such drugs?

Member 3: 
Issue of begging on roads? How can we eradicate that ?
Evolutionary theory of charles darwin? What is the new theory challenging it?
Do you think lamarckism can be back in relevance ?
Lamarckism connection with epigenetics?


Member 4.

If we follow evolutionary tree, do you think there is still a possibility of evolution in future?
Growing nationalism in world? What is the impact of it that nations woud face? Its impact especially on trade?

Don’t remember few questions that were asked. 
Mocks given: 3
One to one session: Ankit sir, Smart work labs,
Khan sir, KSG

Name-TAU
board- suman sharma
date-15.12.2025 forenoon
daf key words- sports,teaching,mechanical,iit bombay
chairperson: so you are mr. tau
1. why iit bombay and not iit mumbai(the same question was asked in pw mock interview-first question)
2. while teaching ,what differences do you observe between gen-z kids and your time
3. lets say i give you 100 rupee,how will you allot these to betterment of children
member-1
1. How has demonetisation affect-pros and cons
2. impacts on MSME due to demonetisation
3. what is UCC
4. which states has implemented
5. why we are not able to do well in sports
member-2
1. why we are not able to build jet engines
2. should india built its own LLM model(any example where any iit is doing it)
member-3
1. why so many suicides in school going children(not coaching,not colleges but school going) -must have picked from recent incident in delhi
2. where did we won world cup recently(squash)-picked from today's newspaper
3. where did the match took place
4. can you name the players
5. which country did we beat
member-4
1. why no noble prices from india
2. have you heard of AI connected to brain(maybe talking about brain chips)
3. UN is dead-counter this statement
4. then why it is news that UN is dead
5. which body of Un is responsible for climate change meeting/cops
6. what is quantum entanglement
7. why does it take place

Name shaktimaan
Board sheel vardhan sir
DAF keyword: teaching, thriller web series education, volleyball, addiction of mobile phones philosophy optional
English literature
History
Chairman
1. Welcome and greeted
2. Asked about what u like in english literature
3. Philosophy of your life
4. Difference between stoic and epicurean philosophy
5. Social media why people use it
For entertainment for education and for news give them percentage wise share
6. What is your social media policy
Member 1
Teaching kids where do u teach
What u learn from children
Gender policies of india does india policies efficient
Places where do u see gender bias
Member 2
U watch thriller web series
Last you seen what u learnt
Should we regulate OTT
Russia ukrain war
Is russia right
Will war stop
Member 4
Which 2 dynsties which rules 400 years in south and north simultaneously
Other i am not remembering
M4 ladies
Hanumangarh related news ethanol
Role of youth is youth free for these kind of things
How will you use demographic dividend of rajasthan
Why kalibanga in Hanumangarh ( due to ghaggar river)
What is used for making ethanol
How ethanol factory will boost Hanumangarh economy
How we can increase income of farmers
Chairman again
Did u used chat gpt for predicting question i said no
He asked why then asked what u predicted kind of questions we will asked
Then i asked him.about ethanol and indian philosophy he asked about favorite philosopher and some philosopher
Then chairman said your interview is over you can go.
I said thank you
Mocks samkalp pw vajirao
Next ias study IQ
One 2 one vidhyapeeth ias, samkalp group mock
Pw ias

PT SCORE-151

Name: Maverick
Date: 15/12/2025
DAF: NIT Agartala, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, PSIR, other things in DAF like hobbies were not asked at all.
Board: Suman Sharma Ma'am

Chairperson Ma'am,
Okay Maverick you are from Lucknow, I said yes ma'am. Then questions started,
1. You have studied Electronics and Instrumentation so I will got to electronics side. Dont you think phones are getting smarter humans are getting dumber.
2. ChatGPT are making human minds shrink, what do you think.
3. Views on private sector in Space, whether it should be there.
4. Tell me about type of governments in our neighborhood.
5. How has India been able to maintain such a robust democracy.
Member 1
1.You have done Btech from Tripura, so what has been happening in Manipur. If you were the CM how would you have handled the issue
2.Don't you think that Europe as continent is being pushed to margins

Member 2
1.One nation one election and what do you think whether it should be implemented.

Member 3
1. Superconductors, what are they
2. You have very good score in your graduation, why didn't you go in R&D sector and don't you think its a loss for the country.
3. Why you want to come in civil services.
4. How as an individual we can contribute in managing climate chnage.
Member 4
1. He said that chairperson ma'am asked about private sector in space, don't you think ISRO is welcoming private sector.
2. US is coming closer to China, Impact on QUAD.
3. One country is facing issue bcoz of it, what do you think...i said Japan then he said I was talking about Taiwan. Then i answered on Taiwan.
The board was very cordial and didn't ask anything about my hobbies and other things.
Wish everyone good luck. GodSpeed!

Name: Maverick
Date: 15/12/2025(AN)
DAF: NIT Agartala, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, PSIR, other things in DAF like hobbies were not asked at all.
Board: Suman Sharma Ma'am

Chairperson Ma'am,
Okay Maverick you are from Lucknow, I said yes ma'am. Then questions started,
1. You have studied Electronics and Instrumentation so I will got to electronics side. Dont you think phones are getting smarter humans are getting dumber.
2. ChatGPT are making human minds shrink, what do you think.
3. Views on private sector in Space, whether it should be there.
4. Tell me about type of governments in our neighborhood.
5. How has India been able to maintain such a robust democracy.
Member 1
1.You have done Btech from Tripura, so what has been happening in Manipur. If you were the CM how would you have handled the issue
2.Don't you think that Europe as continent is being pushed to margins

Member 2
1.One nation one election and what do you think whether it should be implemented.

Member 3
1. Superconductors, what are they?
2. You have very good score in your graduation, why didn't you go in R&D sector and don't you think its a loss for the country.
3. Why you want to come in civil services.
4. How as an individual we can contribute in managing climate chnage.

Member 4
1. He said that chairperson ma'am asked about private sector in space, don't you think ISRO is welcoming private sector.
2. US is coming closer to China, Impact on QUAD.
3. One country is facing issue bcoz of it, what do you think...i said Japan then he said I was talking about Taiwan. Then i answered on Taiwan.
The board was very cordial and didn't ask anything about my hobbies and other things.
Wish everyone good luck. GodSpeed!
Mocks: Samkalp, NextIAS, Vajiorao and Reddy

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- Why join Civil Services?
- How to uplift rural areas?
- Does Civil Servants only do social upliftment? State other major activities as well of governance apart from rural development.
- Major 3 news currently
- What does Civil Servant do on a broader perspective?
- Three things you would do as a DM for farmers
- Things you would do for social upliftment
- Increasing bargaining power of small farmers - Public and Private efforts
- How do cooperatives uplift society?
- How to showcase softpower of your district as a DM?
- Applications of football in Administration
- Why watch football - for interest or something else?
- Difference bw Fiscal and Monetary policy
- Trade vs Commerce
- Cash vs Accrual accounting?
- Why govt follows Cash Accounting?
- Ethical dilemma that you faced in in current job.
- Both RBI and govt print currency. Don't you think this is conflict of interests?
This is what I can remember.

O2O with Kaptaan (GG) among others

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Board - Sujata Chaturvedi