[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #92: Sanjay Verma Board, Sociology Optional

Date of Interview: 6 Jan 2026 afternoon
Board: Sanjay Verma sir
Optional: Sociology
Daf details – B tech mechanical engineering, wildlife crime documentary, sociology, civil aviation, manufacturing, ngo work

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Chairman

– how many languages you speak?
– started with wildlife crime documentary(poacher), they giggled about very specific hobby/interest
– status of social crime( picked crime from wildlife crime and social from sociology)
– crime against women
– marital rape
– about godrej and boyce, it’s invovement in opium trade, history of company

Member 1

– atmanirbharta in defence sector
– mfg and defence
– can India be able to be Atmanirbhar in defence sector?
– what you did in Industrial training?

Member 2

– why gold prices are surging?
– latest technological advancement
– what technology will prevail after 10 years

Member 3

– overall idea about aviation sector
– reasons for duopoly
– what should be done to reduce wildlife crime
– demand side interventions for wildlife crime reduction
– why UPSC after mechanical
– why no employment after graduation, what you did?

Member 4

– de dollarisation. What is it? When did it started?
– what is dollarisation?
– how will mfg grow if mechanical engineers are coming to UPSC

Chairman:
– what is the most efficient machine according to you?
– in between Chairman was asking cross questions.
– Then thank you. Your interview is over.

( didn’t ask for intro or anything. Started directly with hobbies and interests. No questions on NGO, no questions on sports and achievements. No questions on personal background, city or state)

It was good experience.

(Prepare your daf well, get the general status about the issues related with your daf like social justice, crime, polices etc. Go early, enter the building as early as possible. It takes time for verification and they might ask some queries. Take at least 2 different id, adhaar and pan, if you have specs then take photo with specs otherwise they will ask to remove specs, so keep both photos)