8th April
Afternoon session, 3rd to go
Board: BB Vyas sir
Optional: PSIR
Home state: Delhi, permanent address in Kerala
Graduation: English Literature
Hobbies: sudoku, food history
Overall time: around 35-40 minutes.

Chair: please pull down your mask and be comfortable (was asked to keep on face shield and gloves)
1. Is the novel a moral fable?
2. Can you tell us how the form of novel changed?
3. What is innovation?
4. What is India’s rank in Global Innovation Index?
5. What is blue economy?
6. What are blue flag beaches?
8. Have you heard of Passage to India? How does Forster describe India?
7. What are biosphere reserves? Can you name some?

M1: if we compare women of Kerala, women of Sri Lanka, women of Pakistan and women of R K Lakshman’s novel, can you draw some similarities and differences? (Wasn’t able to answer well and got a bit flustered so I said “sorry sir I don’t think I have been able to do justice to your question at the moment. Chairman sir very cordially replied that don’t give up try and say whatever you know we are just trying to have a conversation. So I answered somewhat, was even prompted to think along certain lines in this question)
2. Should stray cows be allowed to roam around freely on roads?
3. Think of the counter view to this argument.
4. Is every woman in Kerala empowered?
5. Can you say why despite education all women in Kerala are not empowered?

M2: why is LSR such a good institution?
2. What can we do to improve tourism in India?
3. Is social media the best way to improve tourism in India?
4. Why is sustainable development so important these days? What is being done? What is India’s stand?
5. Why do you say India is at the forefront of climate change?

M3: tell us a little about why panchayati raj is effective in Kerala?
2. What is the exact model of panchayat in Kerala called?
3. When is the next presidential election in India?
4. What kind of person would you like to see elected as a president?
5. What are your views on disinvestment?
6. What are the features of pm awas Yojana?
Added that women are main beneficiaries.
7. Have you heard about recent UNHRC news. When it was formed and why?

M4: can you tell about India France relations?
2. Asked about exact statement issued by India Pak in Sharm-al-Sheik in 2007.
3. Have you heard of NCLT, NCLAT, and some other organisation can’t remember the name of it. What is their function?
4. Explain dark web.
5. What is tor?
6. Have you heard about dabbawalas? What do they do?
7. Have you heard about padmanabhaswamy temple. Why an IAS is in charge of the temple?

Overall experience: extremely cordial board. But very factual based questions. Barely any DAF coverage. Nothing about hobbies, achievements etc

Utility of mocks: learnt how to handle unexpected questions, etiquette of facing a board.
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BB Vyas sir
7th April
Sociology
Madhya Pradesh
Commerce background
3 yrs Job experience in IT
Hobby: Mandala Art and Upcycling waste

Chairman
I was the very last one for the day, he asked so you are the last one today, u must be tired.. and smiled. said to pull mask to the chin, and therefore I gave Interview with face shield on.

Repeated all details of my background from my DAF and asked why i left my job.?

1. Why has india shifted from look east policy to act east policy.
2. What did we do in act east policy.
3. Shud social media be regulated? If yes. How?
4. What is India's foreign policy.
5. Diff between fiscal federalism and fiscal consolidation.

Member1.

1. What is upcycling waste? Give an example how u did it?
2. Clean city? Why can't Delhi be made that clean?
3. Tax terrorism? Govt steps for the same.
4. Govt Economic growth policies...what are you suggestion for improving it.
5. Some factual ques.. i said sorry.

Member 2. (Ma'am)

1. What is mandala art?
2. How to manage Menstrual waste ?
3. Voters turnout in last LS election? And what is ECI doing to increase it?
4. What is govt doing for our farmers?
5. What is e-nam?
I m unable to recall a few more ques

Member 3.

1. Sociology diff from anthropology?
2. What more do you upcycle? Explain more.
3. Brief about Wipro technologies, it's activities, and leadership
4. What was ur job profile?
There were some more ques..

Member 4.
1. Explain with examples ..waste to wealth?
(Multiple cross ques came here, including agriculture, sugar industry, thermal industry, )
2. MP: Medieval history.
3. Tendu leaves and tribals loosing livelihood? Explain? What can be done?
(Multiple cross ques)
4. Bhimbetka
5. Some more facts.

Chairman.
Ok we are done, have a good day. thank you😊
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Prakhar Ranjan
Anthropology, Civil Engineering
Hobbies: Quizzing, Reading Books (did not ask)
President of Quizzing and Debating Society (Mentioned as there was a question by the chairman)


Board : Smita Nagraj Ma’am

Chairperson:
You have a background in Debating and Quizzing. Do you think India is a Debating Society or a compliant society?

Member 2:
What is your take on EV? Are they free of pollution?
I said something about coal.
Coal washing and coal pollution leads to hazards in these areas? Don’t you think we should compensate these people?
Counter questions and helped me achieve the correct answer.

Member 3
What is your idea about Criminal Tribes? Certain neighbourhoods in USA are considered extremely dangerous from policing perspective? What can be done?

Member 4
What is longitudinal studies?
What is an ethnography? Can it be used to study people over long term?
Has India Nepal relations become hijacked by China’s Influence?

Member 5
What can centre do to stop freebies by state?
All these scams, ILFS? What has RBI done for this? What about PMC bank?

No question on Civil or States, probably because my first preference was IFS. Mainly Current affairs. Lasted 25-30 minutes. Thanked them and exited.
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Name: KARTHIKEY AGNIHOTRI

Date and session of interview- 5/04/22 9:am forenoon session

Board- Smitha Nagaraj maam

Optional- history

College- civil engineering from DTU, MA in modern history from JNU

Hobbies- reading travelling numismatics

Your experience in interview-
No hi hello or questions on personal info,

#1
Nagaraj ma'am
- why do you think about freebies
-Should they be discontinued, or modified in any manner
-Farmers and electricity
- do freebies encourage individuals to not work, remain dependent on govt


#2
- how can civil engineering (graduation subject) help in civil services.
- issues behind time and cost overruns
- insisted on giving practical and on ground problems faced(follow up) rather than theoretical/bookish issues in civil engineering
- difference and similarities in crisis going on in Pakistan and Sri Lanka


#3
- how can we keep the bureaucracy motivated?
(A number of follow up questions on similar lines)
Issues about bureaucracy, I
Why the image is bad ?etc


#4
Don't remember specifically but questions related to application of civil engineering on problems in infrastructure
Why India's infra growth is shabby when compared to that of china.


#5
Just asked about comparison between the response of indian and Canadian govt to protests in respective countries
Reasons behind why Canada is considered liberal and India is considered authoritarian
Were the measures used by Canada authoritarian or democratic ( follow up )


Experience- no hi hello no chit chat no questions related to daf( apart from grad subj- civil Engineering)
I felt the questions were really good, especially the ones related to infra and civil engineering. I wasn't able to satisfy the demands with respect to practical issues, a point that was raised twice during the interview. Not unnecessary grilling if a person could answer these questions he/she would definitely make a really good addition to services.


Mocks- focussed majorly on daf, and I felt the interview was of a whole another level- they knew what they knew what they were looking for.
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