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Board:Sheel vardhan sir
Name: SS
Date : 07/04/2025
Daf- income tax, geography, uttar pradesh, mechanical engineer, old Hindi songs, critically acclaimed movies
You like listening to old Hindi songs on life which one ur fav because I like to listen to it too
I gave my answer he suggested one other song
You like watching critically acclaimed movies , have you watched lapata ladies
Your view on the character of police officer, some more discussion on it
2nd member
I see your daf great things you have done very good daf
You have made a short film what was it on and what was it shot on
Let us move to something different “deterrence” what do you think about it
What do you think it commonly used for
What do you think about nuclear deterrence
Is it only to provide deterrence from nuclear war or any war because we have fought Kargil war post having nuclear deterrence
3rd person
AI like ChatGPT etc how have you used it
How to then tackle use of ai by students
How to change our assessment because he can plagiarise things
Why so fear of deepseek
What one question would you ask deepseek that it would not give a satisfactory answer to ( I said if china is an autocracy)
4th person
Where you are posted in income tax
What is your work profile
More discussion on ai, it can use so much of our data, what should we do- I said no overregulation as it is still a new emerging tech of so many beneficial use cases, focus upon awareness generation, training people on its mindful use
5th person
U are an income tax inspector which tax is more rational, useful, better etc.
Min govt max governance what do u think
Cross questioning on my answer of tech integration to simplify and improve governance? Don’t you think using tech only increases no of cases which again have to be dealt by humans only, I said improve the quality of investigation as we can analyse thru tech those data which we would have missed
U are a geography student tell me the link between climate change and sea/oceans
Any positive impact- I said only negative comes to mind sir
Chairman- last question which place you would not like to be in from a physical geography pov
Thankyou
Name: SS
Date : 07/04/2025
Daf- income tax, geography, uttar pradesh, mechanical engineer, old Hindi songs, critically acclaimed movies
You like listening to old Hindi songs on life which one ur fav because I like to listen to it too
I gave my answer he suggested one other song
You like watching critically acclaimed movies , have you watched lapata ladies
Your view on the character of police officer, some more discussion on it
2nd member
I see your daf great things you have done very good daf
You have made a short film what was it on and what was it shot on
Let us move to something different “deterrence” what do you think about it
What do you think it commonly used for
What do you think about nuclear deterrence
Is it only to provide deterrence from nuclear war or any war because we have fought Kargil war post having nuclear deterrence
3rd person
AI like ChatGPT etc how have you used it
How to then tackle use of ai by students
How to change our assessment because he can plagiarise things
Why so fear of deepseek
What one question would you ask deepseek that it would not give a satisfactory answer to ( I said if china is an autocracy)
4th person
Where you are posted in income tax
What is your work profile
More discussion on ai, it can use so much of our data, what should we do- I said no overregulation as it is still a new emerging tech of so many beneficial use cases, focus upon awareness generation, training people on its mindful use
5th person
U are an income tax inspector which tax is more rational, useful, better etc.
Min govt max governance what do u think
Cross questioning on my answer of tech integration to simplify and improve governance? Don’t you think using tech only increases no of cases which again have to be dealt by humans only, I said improve the quality of investigation as we can analyse thru tech those data which we would have missed
U are a geography student tell me the link between climate change and sea/oceans
Any positive impact- I said only negative comes to mind sir
Chairman- last question which place you would not like to be in from a physical geography pov
Thankyou
Board - Suman Sharma
Date -07-04-25 AN session
DAF - Railways , Law, Commerce
Chairperson
1. What is your opinion on recent merger and demerger of Railways services?
2. What are the initiatives being taken by Railways to achieve Carbon neutrality by 2030?
3. If you have funds, how much percentage would you allot to different activities of Railways?
4. How much Railways spend on Staff?
5. What is your opinion about decriminalisation of Attempt to suicide?
6. But Then how would we track those people who are attempting suicides? What steps need to be taken for this?
Member 1 -
1. Why are you losing your 4 years seniority in Railways for IAS?
2. But even in IAS, difference is for initial years then you are posted in Central government?
3. Is PPP model successful in Station Redevelopment?
4. Are they taking Viability Gap funding?
5. What about New Delhi Station?
6. What would you do to bring a change in cross subsidisation policy of Railways?
7. Don’t you think that High Speed Railways are just vanity projects?
Member 2-
1. How much renewable energy do you think Railways can generate?
2. What innovative ideas you would bring to reduce accidents in Railways?
3. What about other technologies?
4. There is so much of brain drain and private sector not spending much on R&D? Suggest one idea to increase spending on R&D by Private sector?
5. What leadership traits or styles you would adopt?
Member 3-
1. what are different stock exchanges in India?
2. What is NIFTY?
3. What are the criteria for companies to include them in benchmark indices?
4. What are listed and non listed companies?
5. What are the consideration companies make whether to get listed or not?
6. What are the compliances to be done on getting listed?
7. What are the different technologies for toilets being used by Railways?
8. What is the issue regarding one bacteria?
Member 4-
1. What is your opinion about social media?
2. What do you think about AI?
3. What is your opinion about GROK?
4. Don’t you think these wars are going on to serve egos?
5. What can be the solution for ongoing wars?
Date -07-04-25 AN session
DAF - Railways , Law, Commerce
Chairperson
1. What is your opinion on recent merger and demerger of Railways services?
2. What are the initiatives being taken by Railways to achieve Carbon neutrality by 2030?
3. If you have funds, how much percentage would you allot to different activities of Railways?
4. How much Railways spend on Staff?
5. What is your opinion about decriminalisation of Attempt to suicide?
6. But Then how would we track those people who are attempting suicides? What steps need to be taken for this?
Member 1 -
1. Why are you losing your 4 years seniority in Railways for IAS?
2. But even in IAS, difference is for initial years then you are posted in Central government?
3. Is PPP model successful in Station Redevelopment?
4. Are they taking Viability Gap funding?
5. What about New Delhi Station?
6. What would you do to bring a change in cross subsidisation policy of Railways?
7. Don’t you think that High Speed Railways are just vanity projects?
Member 2-
1. How much renewable energy do you think Railways can generate?
2. What innovative ideas you would bring to reduce accidents in Railways?
3. What about other technologies?
4. There is so much of brain drain and private sector not spending much on R&D? Suggest one idea to increase spending on R&D by Private sector?
5. What leadership traits or styles you would adopt?
Member 3-
1. what are different stock exchanges in India?
2. What is NIFTY?
3. What are the criteria for companies to include them in benchmark indices?
4. What are listed and non listed companies?
5. What are the consideration companies make whether to get listed or not?
6. What are the compliances to be done on getting listed?
7. What are the different technologies for toilets being used by Railways?
8. What is the issue regarding one bacteria?
Member 4-
1. What is your opinion about social media?
2. What do you think about AI?
3. What is your opinion about GROK?
4. Don’t you think these wars are going on to serve egos?
5. What can be the solution for ongoing wars?
*Interview Transcript*
Name: Amoghavarsha Nrupatunga
Board: Sri Sheel Vardan Singh
Date: 07/04/2025
Afternoon Session, Time:2:10 to2:40 PM
DAF keywords: Books, movies, cricket, seismic base isolation, AE PWD, Constitution,
Chairman: Very Good Afternoon. Welcome. Take your seat.
Q. You have mentioned your hobby as Reading and Collecting books. It's fascinating. Given that the attention span is decreasing in today's time.
It is said "Either sit with a man of books or a man of experience" So very good.
Q. Why attention span decreasing? Doomscrolling? What is Digital fasting?
Q. Do you follow any social media policy as an individual to tackle this?
Q. Should then we impose it on all? (I said no sir, its an individual choice)
Q. How many books do you have in your collection?
Q. What's the difference between bibliophile, bookworm and wordsmith?
Q. What does language mean to you? What is script? Can language exist without script and vice versa?
Q. Script of hindi language is Devanagari. Whats the script of Kashmir language called?
Q. What is the old name of Jhelum?
Member 1.
Q. What fiction books have you read? (I mentioned agatha christie and Jeffrey archer)
Q. Favorite agatha christie book?
Q. Your favourite agatha christie detective? Hercule Poirot or Mary Marple?
Q. What's the speciality of Poirot? What do you like his character more?
Q. Have you read Sherlock Holmes? (Mentioned that i just watched the tv series)
Q. How is his way of deduction different from Sherlock Holmes?
Member 2.
Q. Do you read non-fiction books? What genre? (Constitution and law)
Q. Constitution genre is very large. Any specific books you've read? (Mentioned Gautam Bhatia's Constitution of India: Conversation with Power)
Q. What do you think about the language of India's Constitution? Don't you think its difficult for common man to understand the text of it?
Q. Any other books apart from Constitution in non fiction? (I mentioned Courtroom Genius - biography of Nani Palkhivala)
Q. Nani Palkhivala used to give speech about something and somewhere. Do you know it?
(Post budget discussions in Brabourne Stadium Mumbai)
Q. You mentioned you follow cricket. Make a playing XI of indian team including players from 70s to present. (I mentioned Anil Kumble in the XI, so he asked "karnataka quota"?)
Member 3.
Q. Cybercrimes are increasing in india. What is the current cybercrime framework.
Q. Changing nature of cybercrime?
Q. Any measures you'd want to suggest?
Q. Do you know any plays by Girish Karnad?
Q. Your favorite part in Constitution?
Member 4.
Q. PWD and corruption go hand in hand, this is a wide spread public perception. Do you agree with it?
Q. Reasons for such perception?
Q. Measures taken. What steps do you think are needed to reduce it on ground level.
Q. There's a increasing trend of Freebies including your state. How do you view them? Whats the difference with welfare measures? Do you support them? (I said they are needed, but targeting has to be better)
Q. So free electricity shouldn't be given to farmers? (I said depleting GW levels in Punjab haryana)
Q. Issues with giving free electricity to everyone?
Q. What changes will you make with existing freebies. (Linking with Renewable energy instead of free electricity, skilling instead of unemployment allowance)
Chairman:
Thank you _. Your interview is over.
I said thank you sir and said Namaskara (folded hands) to chairman and everyone. He reverted back with Namaskara (and a gentle smile)
Mocks: 10+ One to one: 5. Helped very much for confidence building and some questions repeated.
Notable ones: SriramIAS, Samkalp, Unacademy, VisionIAS.
Board was very very cordial according to me. No grilling whatsoever. Totally DAF based. Enjoyed the process.
Good luck to everyone.
Thank you to Transcripts Community.
Name: Amoghavarsha Nrupatunga
Board: Sri Sheel Vardan Singh
Date: 07/04/2025
Afternoon Session, Time:2:10 to2:40 PM
DAF keywords: Books, movies, cricket, seismic base isolation, AE PWD, Constitution,
Chairman: Very Good Afternoon. Welcome. Take your seat.
Q. You have mentioned your hobby as Reading and Collecting books. It's fascinating. Given that the attention span is decreasing in today's time.
It is said "Either sit with a man of books or a man of experience" So very good.
Q. Why attention span decreasing? Doomscrolling? What is Digital fasting?
Q. Do you follow any social media policy as an individual to tackle this?
Q. Should then we impose it on all? (I said no sir, its an individual choice)
Q. How many books do you have in your collection?
Q. What's the difference between bibliophile, bookworm and wordsmith?
Q. What does language mean to you? What is script? Can language exist without script and vice versa?
Q. Script of hindi language is Devanagari. Whats the script of Kashmir language called?
Q. What is the old name of Jhelum?
Member 1.
Q. What fiction books have you read? (I mentioned agatha christie and Jeffrey archer)
Q. Favorite agatha christie book?
Q. Your favourite agatha christie detective? Hercule Poirot or Mary Marple?
Q. What's the speciality of Poirot? What do you like his character more?
Q. Have you read Sherlock Holmes? (Mentioned that i just watched the tv series)
Q. How is his way of deduction different from Sherlock Holmes?
Member 2.
Q. Do you read non-fiction books? What genre? (Constitution and law)
Q. Constitution genre is very large. Any specific books you've read? (Mentioned Gautam Bhatia's Constitution of India: Conversation with Power)
Q. What do you think about the language of India's Constitution? Don't you think its difficult for common man to understand the text of it?
Q. Any other books apart from Constitution in non fiction? (I mentioned Courtroom Genius - biography of Nani Palkhivala)
Q. Nani Palkhivala used to give speech about something and somewhere. Do you know it?
(Post budget discussions in Brabourne Stadium Mumbai)
Q. You mentioned you follow cricket. Make a playing XI of indian team including players from 70s to present. (I mentioned Anil Kumble in the XI, so he asked "karnataka quota"?)
Member 3.
Q. Cybercrimes are increasing in india. What is the current cybercrime framework.
Q. Changing nature of cybercrime?
Q. Any measures you'd want to suggest?
Q. Do you know any plays by Girish Karnad?
Q. Your favorite part in Constitution?
Member 4.
Q. PWD and corruption go hand in hand, this is a wide spread public perception. Do you agree with it?
Q. Reasons for such perception?
Q. Measures taken. What steps do you think are needed to reduce it on ground level.
Q. There's a increasing trend of Freebies including your state. How do you view them? Whats the difference with welfare measures? Do you support them? (I said they are needed, but targeting has to be better)
Q. So free electricity shouldn't be given to farmers? (I said depleting GW levels in Punjab haryana)
Q. Issues with giving free electricity to everyone?
Q. What changes will you make with existing freebies. (Linking with Renewable energy instead of free electricity, skilling instead of unemployment allowance)
Chairman:
Thank you _. Your interview is over.
I said thank you sir and said Namaskara (folded hands) to chairman and everyone. He reverted back with Namaskara (and a gentle smile)
Mocks: 10+ One to one: 5. Helped very much for confidence building and some questions repeated.
Notable ones: SriramIAS, Samkalp, Unacademy, VisionIAS.
Board was very very cordial according to me. No grilling whatsoever. Totally DAF based. Enjoyed the process.
Good luck to everyone.
Thank you to Transcripts Community.
ate - 03 april
Last to go in afternoon
Time around 30min
Board - raj shukla sir
Keywords - ujjain ,child labour,psir,hobby cooking
Chairman - very long monologue on russia Ukraine war and cease fire possibility
Then asked whether ceasefire is going to be taken place or not ?
Then 5 min discussion went on this
He take position that ceasefire is never going to take place but I choose it's going to be happen
Later on sir told okk so you are very optimistic about it
M1- He asked on ujjain and tourism and issue of shipra river,causes of pollution,about kumbh ,
He also told if you become DC of ujjain how will you promote tourism in ujjain
He also asked about kalidash and sandipani asharam
Also asked about shakti peeth
And also asked connection of kalidash with which one shaktipeeth
M2- asked about urban challenges fund
Situation based how will you tackle child labour in your district as collector
Industries prone to child labour
Asked why malwa is famous
Rest questions not able to recall
M3- female member
Long monologue on russia Ukraine war and how China is going to be benefited
And then grilling
Then question on places of worship monologue and issues and then asked in my view all temples be taken under government control- what do u think - so I don't agree with mam
Then again question on same
Then question on temple administration structure should be changed ?
M4- asked on cuisine of malwa and what is daal bafla etc
Asked how u want to see yourself after 20 years not as administrator or business but as life
Then chairman said your interview is over thank you
My take - sometime mocks questions do repeat so preparing those questions can be helpful.
Seating arrangement was good very big table and comfortable chair
Everybody was smiling in room
Last to go in afternoon
Time around 30min
Board - raj shukla sir
Keywords - ujjain ,child labour,psir,hobby cooking
Chairman - very long monologue on russia Ukraine war and cease fire possibility
Then asked whether ceasefire is going to be taken place or not ?
Then 5 min discussion went on this
He take position that ceasefire is never going to take place but I choose it's going to be happen
Later on sir told okk so you are very optimistic about it
M1- He asked on ujjain and tourism and issue of shipra river,causes of pollution,about kumbh ,
He also told if you become DC of ujjain how will you promote tourism in ujjain
He also asked about kalidash and sandipani asharam
Also asked about shakti peeth
And also asked connection of kalidash with which one shaktipeeth
M2- asked about urban challenges fund
Situation based how will you tackle child labour in your district as collector
Industries prone to child labour
Asked why malwa is famous
Rest questions not able to recall
M3- female member
Long monologue on russia Ukraine war and how China is going to be benefited
And then grilling
Then question on places of worship monologue and issues and then asked in my view all temples be taken under government control- what do u think - so I don't agree with mam
Then again question on same
Then question on temple administration structure should be changed ?
M4- asked on cuisine of malwa and what is daal bafla etc
Asked how u want to see yourself after 20 years not as administrator or business but as life
Then chairman said your interview is over thank you
My take - sometime mocks questions do repeat so preparing those questions can be helpful.
Seating arrangement was good very big table and comfortable chair
Everybody was smiling in room
Interview date - 08/04/25
Board - Suman Sharma Maam
DAF - Power sector, Chartered Accountancy, Cleanliness, Commerce optional, Meerut
Chair - Term of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)
- Short term vs long term PPA (Interest rates, utility etc.)
- Why civil services
- Are we overprotecting the underprivileged
M1
- Difference between presidential and parliamentary form of govt
- Why India chosen Parliamentary; challenges; how to overcome
- Poverty line (Tendulkar, World Bank, MPI)
M2
- Responsibility of civil servant
- How to build trust among public
- Why Trump is levying tariffs
- What should India do
- How to manage global uncertainty
M3
- Cleanliness drives
- North pacific garbage
- What should be done to increase awareness
- Cleanest city
M4
- Difference between Sales tax, VAT, GST
- Difference between GVA and GST
- Major initiatives in Meerut
- GST challenges
Overall- Time was around 30 minutes; Absolutely a discussion- no grilling - supportive panel.
Thank you to the transcript group
Board - Suman Sharma Maam
DAF - Power sector, Chartered Accountancy, Cleanliness, Commerce optional, Meerut
Chair - Term of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)
- Short term vs long term PPA (Interest rates, utility etc.)
- Why civil services
- Are we overprotecting the underprivileged
M1
- Difference between presidential and parliamentary form of govt
- Why India chosen Parliamentary; challenges; how to overcome
- Poverty line (Tendulkar, World Bank, MPI)
M2
- Responsibility of civil servant
- How to build trust among public
- Why Trump is levying tariffs
- What should India do
- How to manage global uncertainty
M3
- Cleanliness drives
- North pacific garbage
- What should be done to increase awareness
- Cleanest city
M4
- Difference between Sales tax, VAT, GST
- Difference between GVA and GST
- Major initiatives in Meerut
- GST challenges
Overall- Time was around 30 minutes; Absolutely a discussion- no grilling - supportive panel.
Thank you to the transcript group
Date: 17-03-2025
• Afternoon session 3rd to go
• Board: Sanjay Verma sir
• DAF keywords: Voice over, multimedia editing, Civil Engineering, Sociology, Flood plain mapping, Audiobooks
Sanjay verma sir:
1. What kind of voice over have you done?
2. Are you a reader or listener?
3. What application are you using to listen to audiobooks?
4. What is the subscription rate?
5. Who is the best elocutionist according to you.?
6. What is the most acute intersection present in the society?
7. Can AI replace voice artistry because currently so many songs and Youtube videos are being done using
Member 1:
8. What are the river linkage prjects going on?
9. What do you think about such projects
10. What is India's status in Rare earth minerals?
11. Should we diversify our imports of RER and where are we currently importing from
12. We are allowing too much water from Indus to Pakistan. Shouldn't we stop that?
13. Chinese infrastructure and US infrastructure
Member 2
14. About flood plain mapping
15. We are downloading too much nowadays and leads to wastage of resources like print-outs. What alternatives do we have?
1. I said Cloud computing and SaaS
16. So doesn’t that cause Privacy issues?
17. Some discussion on Dpdp act
18. What steps are done while designing a earthquake resistant building and post construction techniques to monitor and retrofitting ?
Member 3:
19. Issue of polygamy
20. Any laws to prevent it?
21. Triple talaq being criminalized- some discussion
22. Some discussion on UCC. How should it be implemented?
23. Which state implemented it recently?
Member 4:
24. What was the reason for the recent railway stampede in Delhi?
25. How could such incidents be reduced?
26. If you are a person who manages a railway station what will be your immediate actions for such stampede
27. OTT is filled with harmful content nowadays. How would you stop such things ?
28. Education system is deteriorating as per NGO reports? What could have been the reasons. I said three reasons
Then chairman sir continued this discussion
29. Don’t you think assessments in education is also a factor... I said yes and explained how NEP could solve it.
30. Are you a risk taker or a risk averse person. Some discussion in this...
Board was cordial. They were listening very calmly...
Mocks: Onlyias, Chahal, Samkalp(relatable), Vision ias, Forum ias
• Afternoon session 3rd to go
• Board: Sanjay Verma sir
• DAF keywords: Voice over, multimedia editing, Civil Engineering, Sociology, Flood plain mapping, Audiobooks
Sanjay verma sir:
1. What kind of voice over have you done?
2. Are you a reader or listener?
3. What application are you using to listen to audiobooks?
4. What is the subscription rate?
5. Who is the best elocutionist according to you.?
6. What is the most acute intersection present in the society?
7. Can AI replace voice artistry because currently so many songs and Youtube videos are being done using
Member 1:
8. What are the river linkage prjects going on?
9. What do you think about such projects
10. What is India's status in Rare earth minerals?
11. Should we diversify our imports of RER and where are we currently importing from
12. We are allowing too much water from Indus to Pakistan. Shouldn't we stop that?
13. Chinese infrastructure and US infrastructure
Member 2
14. About flood plain mapping
15. We are downloading too much nowadays and leads to wastage of resources like print-outs. What alternatives do we have?
1. I said Cloud computing and SaaS
16. So doesn’t that cause Privacy issues?
17. Some discussion on Dpdp act
18. What steps are done while designing a earthquake resistant building and post construction techniques to monitor and retrofitting ?
Member 3:
19. Issue of polygamy
20. Any laws to prevent it?
21. Triple talaq being criminalized- some discussion
22. Some discussion on UCC. How should it be implemented?
23. Which state implemented it recently?
Member 4:
24. What was the reason for the recent railway stampede in Delhi?
25. How could such incidents be reduced?
26. If you are a person who manages a railway station what will be your immediate actions for such stampede
27. OTT is filled with harmful content nowadays. How would you stop such things ?
28. Education system is deteriorating as per NGO reports? What could have been the reasons. I said three reasons
Then chairman sir continued this discussion
29. Don’t you think assessments in education is also a factor... I said yes and explained how NEP could solve it.
30. Are you a risk taker or a risk averse person. Some discussion in this...
Board was cordial. They were listening very calmly...
Mocks: Onlyias, Chahal, Samkalp(relatable), Vision ias, Forum ias
Date : 07/04/2025
A GIRL HAS NO NAME
Board: Sheelvardhan Sir.
Keywords: Rajeevika, Dholpur, Healthseeking behavior, IR, Bhaktigeet and Raag, Police mitra
Chairman Sir: Your friends call you xyz? We will also call you that okay? Welcome to this discussion.
1. What work did you perform as YP in Rajeevika?
2. You worked in Dholpur, this is also dholpur house, who were kings of dholpur?
3. What is healthseeking behavior?
4. Do you know Varier elvin's study about gonds? ( I didn't knew)
5. Why kiev and Kyiv two different spellings?
6.who was president of ussr at the time of dissolution? What is glasnost and perestroika?
Member 1.
1. If you were given sole power how will you solve Israel hamas issue? What will you do about jerusalem?
2. What's happening in middle East? Explain like you wrote in you articles.
3. What did you write in magazine? Any favorite memorable piece? ( told about Berlin Wall etc.)
4. Asked about Berlin Wall.
M2
1. Do you sing bhaktisangeet on classical basics? Do you know pandit jitendra abhisheki
2. which raga do you know? What's speciality of raag yaman?
( other questions don't remember)
M3.
Marathi names are very difficult, yours is a tongue twister ( remark on my name:p)
1. What was role in rajeevika ( repeat)
2. What work did you do as police mitra?
3. Now a days such police volunteers are also employed to help senior citizens, what sensitivities should be kept in mind? Is it right to use them?
4. Senior citizens should also be trained to not give sensitive information right?
5. Do we need more focus on job creation or kn R&D?
M4
1. What is scenario in investment, import export, employment, mfg and service sector
2. Impact of tariffs on which sector. ? What is impact on software sector?
3. Why India has more workforce in IT than China?
4.why more floods, landslides etc. Happening ?
5. What measures acc to you should be taken to stop this.?
Very positive experience, cordial and welcoming board. No grilling, gave ample time to express my thoughts. Shared one laugh too.
Mocks helped in reducing nervousness and getting used to situations.
Gave 10+ mocks and one to one.
One to one daf discussion with IPS Mahesh Bhagwat sir, O2O mock with Avinash Dharmadhikari sir, Shubham Agarwal sir (Vidyapeeth ias).
Vision group discussions, JP group discussions, ytf forum and Ketan Patil sir guidence.
mocks: Chahal, Sankalp, Hamdard, Chanakya Mandal Pariwar, vision, vajirao and ravi, sriram ias, forum ias etc...
A GIRL HAS NO NAME
Board: Sheelvardhan Sir.
Keywords: Rajeevika, Dholpur, Healthseeking behavior, IR, Bhaktigeet and Raag, Police mitra
Chairman Sir: Your friends call you xyz? We will also call you that okay? Welcome to this discussion.
1. What work did you perform as YP in Rajeevika?
2. You worked in Dholpur, this is also dholpur house, who were kings of dholpur?
3. What is healthseeking behavior?
4. Do you know Varier elvin's study about gonds? ( I didn't knew)
5. Why kiev and Kyiv two different spellings?
6.who was president of ussr at the time of dissolution? What is glasnost and perestroika?
Member 1.
1. If you were given sole power how will you solve Israel hamas issue? What will you do about jerusalem?
2. What's happening in middle East? Explain like you wrote in you articles.
3. What did you write in magazine? Any favorite memorable piece? ( told about Berlin Wall etc.)
4. Asked about Berlin Wall.
M2
1. Do you sing bhaktisangeet on classical basics? Do you know pandit jitendra abhisheki
2. which raga do you know? What's speciality of raag yaman?
( other questions don't remember)
M3.
Marathi names are very difficult, yours is a tongue twister ( remark on my name:p)
1. What was role in rajeevika ( repeat)
2. What work did you do as police mitra?
3. Now a days such police volunteers are also employed to help senior citizens, what sensitivities should be kept in mind? Is it right to use them?
4. Senior citizens should also be trained to not give sensitive information right?
5. Do we need more focus on job creation or kn R&D?
M4
1. What is scenario in investment, import export, employment, mfg and service sector
2. Impact of tariffs on which sector. ? What is impact on software sector?
3. Why India has more workforce in IT than China?
4.why more floods, landslides etc. Happening ?
5. What measures acc to you should be taken to stop this.?
Very positive experience, cordial and welcoming board. No grilling, gave ample time to express my thoughts. Shared one laugh too.
Mocks helped in reducing nervousness and getting used to situations.
Gave 10+ mocks and one to one.
One to one daf discussion with IPS Mahesh Bhagwat sir, O2O mock with Avinash Dharmadhikari sir, Shubham Agarwal sir (Vidyapeeth ias).
Vision group discussions, JP group discussions, ytf forum and Ketan Patil sir guidence.
mocks: Chahal, Sankalp, Hamdard, Chanakya Mandal Pariwar, vision, vajirao and ravi, sriram ias, forum ias etc...
Interview date - 08/04/25
Board - Suman Sharma Maam
DAF - Power sector, Chartered Accountancy, Cleanliness, Commerce optional, Meerut
Chair - Term of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)
- Short term vs long term PPA (Interest rates, utility etc.)
- Why civil services
- Are we overprotecting the underprivileged
M1
- Difference between presidential and parliamentary form of govt
- Why India chosen Parliamentary; challenges; how to overcome
- Poverty line (Tendulkar, World Bank, MPI)
M2
- Responsibility of civil servant
- How to build trust among public
- Why Trump is levying tariffs
- What should India do
- How to manage global uncertainty
M3
- Cleanliness drives
- North pacific garbage
- What should be done to increase awareness
- Cleanest city
M4
- Difference between Sales tax, VAT, GST
- Difference between GVA and GST
- Major initiatives in Meerut
- GST challenges
Overall- Time was around 30 minutes; Absolutely a discussion- no grilling - supportive panel.
Thank you to the transcript group
Board - Suman Sharma Maam
DAF - Power sector, Chartered Accountancy, Cleanliness, Commerce optional, Meerut
Chair - Term of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)
- Short term vs long term PPA (Interest rates, utility etc.)
- Why civil services
- Are we overprotecting the underprivileged
M1
- Difference between presidential and parliamentary form of govt
- Why India chosen Parliamentary; challenges; how to overcome
- Poverty line (Tendulkar, World Bank, MPI)
M2
- Responsibility of civil servant
- How to build trust among public
- Why Trump is levying tariffs
- What should India do
- How to manage global uncertainty
M3
- Cleanliness drives
- North pacific garbage
- What should be done to increase awareness
- Cleanest city
M4
- Difference between Sales tax, VAT, GST
- Difference between GVA and GST
- Major initiatives in Meerut
- GST challenges
Overall- Time was around 30 minutes; Absolutely a discussion- no grilling - supportive panel.
Thank you to the transcript group
Date: 7/4/2025
Dr Dinesh Dasa board.
Relevant DAF keywords: English literature, Anthropology, Gorakhpur, Book club
Chairman Sir
How are you?
Congratulations for earning a seat here!
How long have you been waiting to be here?
What is romantic revival in English literary history?
You must have read Untouchable by Mulkraj Anand... how will you use the learnings of the text as an administrator?
Do you know what is parallel cinema? (I did not... so he explained... then asked about it in indian context... i tried to opinionate based on his explanation but admitted that i would need time to consolidate my thoughts on it.. he said it's fine we will leave it there... then next question)
What is Nath Sampraday associated with gorakhpur?
Suppose you are in Vande Bharat train and indira nooyi, priyanka chopra, nirmala sitaraman, p v sindhu are your fellow passengers.. you have to choose only one of them as someone you will sit next to. (I chose nirmala sitaraman)
Which 3 questions you would ask her? (My first question was how different it is to handle a household's budget and a country’s budget.. at which everyone chuckled)
Now answer those three questions?
Member 1:
What can we learn from ancient civilization about urban planning in india?
Have you faced any bad experience with any govt dept in your district?
If you are district administrator, how will you resolve it?
Member 2:
International relations related questions and counters
Mainly tariffs and indo pacific region
He was asking many questions at once... it needed some effort to remember all that he was clubbing into one question to answer every part of it.
Member 3:
Why certain problem i had mentioned before continues to persist despite bureaucracy being permanent executive unlike political representation which changes every election cycle.
As an administrator, tell us a plan and its challenges related to solving that problem.
Member 4:
What is Project Varsha ? (I did not know.. he says its okay we will talk about something else)
You have mentioned organizing book club meets for children. Which book you have last read?
Tell me 2 things you liked in it?
Tell me 2 things you disliked?
Then a long question on Rohingya issue and security threat for india.
Chairman was constantly looking at the clock... every member had to be interrupted for exceeding time limit.
Okay, thank you. Your interview is over.
Overall experience: Very cordial board. Administrative solution oriented questions. Normal friendly conversation. Members were responsive, everyone listening very carefully. It was an experience to cherish but passed by very swiftly! One or two answers could have been better... but i guess that is a perpetual regret.
Time: 35-40 minutes
Mocks: 8-10 mocks.. utility: to refine speaking skills.
Special thanks to Shubham Agrawal sir (Vidyapeeth ias)... his inputs on framing answers helped me in areas i was finding difficult. His advise for the interview hall: "Be like Zelensky in the Oval House debacle... when it comes to national interest- na sammaan ka moh ho... na apmaan ka bhay" helped me keep my confidence intact throughout!
Thank you to the transcript sharing community!
Dr Dinesh Dasa board.
Relevant DAF keywords: English literature, Anthropology, Gorakhpur, Book club
Chairman Sir
How are you?
Congratulations for earning a seat here!
How long have you been waiting to be here?
What is romantic revival in English literary history?
You must have read Untouchable by Mulkraj Anand... how will you use the learnings of the text as an administrator?
Do you know what is parallel cinema? (I did not... so he explained... then asked about it in indian context... i tried to opinionate based on his explanation but admitted that i would need time to consolidate my thoughts on it.. he said it's fine we will leave it there... then next question)
What is Nath Sampraday associated with gorakhpur?
Suppose you are in Vande Bharat train and indira nooyi, priyanka chopra, nirmala sitaraman, p v sindhu are your fellow passengers.. you have to choose only one of them as someone you will sit next to. (I chose nirmala sitaraman)
Which 3 questions you would ask her? (My first question was how different it is to handle a household's budget and a country’s budget.. at which everyone chuckled)
Now answer those three questions?
Member 1:
What can we learn from ancient civilization about urban planning in india?
Have you faced any bad experience with any govt dept in your district?
If you are district administrator, how will you resolve it?
Member 2:
International relations related questions and counters
Mainly tariffs and indo pacific region
He was asking many questions at once... it needed some effort to remember all that he was clubbing into one question to answer every part of it.
Member 3:
Why certain problem i had mentioned before continues to persist despite bureaucracy being permanent executive unlike political representation which changes every election cycle.
As an administrator, tell us a plan and its challenges related to solving that problem.
Member 4:
What is Project Varsha ? (I did not know.. he says its okay we will talk about something else)
You have mentioned organizing book club meets for children. Which book you have last read?
Tell me 2 things you liked in it?
Tell me 2 things you disliked?
Then a long question on Rohingya issue and security threat for india.
Chairman was constantly looking at the clock... every member had to be interrupted for exceeding time limit.
Okay, thank you. Your interview is over.
Overall experience: Very cordial board. Administrative solution oriented questions. Normal friendly conversation. Members were responsive, everyone listening very carefully. It was an experience to cherish but passed by very swiftly! One or two answers could have been better... but i guess that is a perpetual regret.
Time: 35-40 minutes
Mocks: 8-10 mocks.. utility: to refine speaking skills.
Special thanks to Shubham Agrawal sir (Vidyapeeth ias)... his inputs on framing answers helped me in areas i was finding difficult. His advise for the interview hall: "Be like Zelensky in the Oval House debacle... when it comes to national interest- na sammaan ka moh ho... na apmaan ka bhay" helped me keep my confidence intact throughout!
Thank you to the transcript sharing community!
Date of interview- 8th April.
Key DAF details: EVS, MOSJE, water purification, standup comedy, IFS
Questions asked:
Chair (Dasa sir):
How can we balance FOSE and people's sentiments wrt standup comedy?
Gandhiji comes to Ahmedabad after a long time and sees that a huge flyover has been built. What would be his reaction/thoughts?
Should the government subsidize ACs, given they are a necessity now?
Who is your favorite philosopher? (Optional)
M1:
Which state were you assigned at MOSJE? (Worked as a state coordinator)
What was your work?
What did you learn?
How did you identify fake beneficiaries?
Give 3 examples of how cognitive science can be used in administration. (DAF)
How can we improve water security? (DAF)
M2:
Why has india not signed the refugee convention?
Tell me 3 points to improve our relationship with Thailand.
What is the meaning of strategic relationship in the context of Thailand?
M3:
What military reforms have been taken in the last decade?
What's the problem with Agnipath?
M4:
What is traditional knowledge? How can india protect it? What's the international convention in this regard?
Will China be on our side in negotiating for traditional knowledge protection?
How should we go about such a negotiation?
Interview duration- 20 mins (weirdly short idk why)
Experience- cordial board
Mocks- gave 10+, Samkalp is the closest to the real experience.
One-on-one- Gave several.
Best- Shubham Aggarwal sir (Vidyapeeth IAS)- Helped immensely in confidence building.
Special thanks to Neil sir (Unlock IAS), Mahesh Sir (Enlite IAS) and Vishwajeet sir (Levelup IAS)
To be avoided- Utkarsh sir. Unabashedly homophobic.
Key DAF details: EVS, MOSJE, water purification, standup comedy, IFS
Questions asked:
Chair (Dasa sir):
How can we balance FOSE and people's sentiments wrt standup comedy?
Gandhiji comes to Ahmedabad after a long time and sees that a huge flyover has been built. What would be his reaction/thoughts?
Should the government subsidize ACs, given they are a necessity now?
Who is your favorite philosopher? (Optional)
M1:
Which state were you assigned at MOSJE? (Worked as a state coordinator)
What was your work?
What did you learn?
How did you identify fake beneficiaries?
Give 3 examples of how cognitive science can be used in administration. (DAF)
How can we improve water security? (DAF)
M2:
Why has india not signed the refugee convention?
Tell me 3 points to improve our relationship with Thailand.
What is the meaning of strategic relationship in the context of Thailand?
M3:
What military reforms have been taken in the last decade?
What's the problem with Agnipath?
M4:
What is traditional knowledge? How can india protect it? What's the international convention in this regard?
Will China be on our side in negotiating for traditional knowledge protection?
How should we go about such a negotiation?
Interview duration- 20 mins (weirdly short idk why)
Experience- cordial board
Mocks- gave 10+, Samkalp is the closest to the real experience.
One-on-one- Gave several.
Best- Shubham Aggarwal sir (Vidyapeeth IAS)- Helped immensely in confidence building.
Special thanks to Neil sir (Unlock IAS), Mahesh Sir (Enlite IAS) and Vishwajeet sir (Levelup IAS)
To be avoided- Utkarsh sir. Unabashedly homophobic.
Name - ps
Date of interview - 8.4.25
Forenoon session
Board - Sanjay Verma sir
Second to go
DAF - delhi, iocl, mathematics , chess ,kabaddi, reading biographies,history and philosophy
Greeted everyone
Chair -
If you have to devise one IQ ranking tool to judge the intelligence of your age group, would beard be one of the factors( i said no then some counter questions)
So you read biographies and history - dont you read autobiographies, whats the difference
Any three historians that shaped your understanding of Indian history
Member 1
What is financial inclusion
What have we done about it
Dont you think insurance also ensures financial inclusion
What have done in that regard(some counterquestions)
Member 2
Long monologue that canada has stopped oil flow to USA - price increased in USA - but USA has reserves - then why they face shortages (some counter questions)
What comes to your mind when you hear - rambilli and lalmonirhat
Explain their significance
What would be security concerns about chinese base in north bangladesh
What can India do
Member 3 (mam)
so you are from east delhi - name two problems and how to solve
Why ghazipur still so big and all
How kabaddi contributes to character development
Favourite philosopher
Relevance of chanakya theories in current world for India
Some more questions - she was very cooperative
Member 4(mam)
you play chess , have you watched queens gambit
Reasons for landslides
Reasons for fires in iocl
Back to chair
Suppose your pakistani she-friend is visiting delhi - prepare an itinerary dor entire day
It was cordial conversation kind throughout
Mocks - samkalp was close to real one
Special thanks to Shubham sir (vidyapeeth)
He rescued me when I was under so much self doubt after some mocks
He said to me - you are a guest of upsc , enter with smile and even if they treat you like zelensky - stay like ‘budhham sharnam gacchami’ and ‘om shanti shanti’
I kept telling myself that when I was waiting for my turn to come
Very Special thanks to my friends ( KD sir, CT sahab IES and mr AK from dehradun) with whom I used to have discussions daily on various themes - you guys are blessing.
Date of interview - 8.4.25
Forenoon session
Board - Sanjay Verma sir
Second to go
DAF - delhi, iocl, mathematics , chess ,kabaddi, reading biographies,history and philosophy
Greeted everyone
Chair -
If you have to devise one IQ ranking tool to judge the intelligence of your age group, would beard be one of the factors( i said no then some counter questions)
So you read biographies and history - dont you read autobiographies, whats the difference
Any three historians that shaped your understanding of Indian history
Member 1
What is financial inclusion
What have we done about it
Dont you think insurance also ensures financial inclusion
What have done in that regard(some counterquestions)
Member 2
Long monologue that canada has stopped oil flow to USA - price increased in USA - but USA has reserves - then why they face shortages (some counter questions)
What comes to your mind when you hear - rambilli and lalmonirhat
Explain their significance
What would be security concerns about chinese base in north bangladesh
What can India do
Member 3 (mam)
so you are from east delhi - name two problems and how to solve
Why ghazipur still so big and all
How kabaddi contributes to character development
Favourite philosopher
Relevance of chanakya theories in current world for India
Some more questions - she was very cooperative
Member 4(mam)
you play chess , have you watched queens gambit
Reasons for landslides
Reasons for fires in iocl
Back to chair
Suppose your pakistani she-friend is visiting delhi - prepare an itinerary dor entire day
It was cordial conversation kind throughout
Mocks - samkalp was close to real one
Special thanks to Shubham sir (vidyapeeth)
He rescued me when I was under so much self doubt after some mocks
He said to me - you are a guest of upsc , enter with smile and even if they treat you like zelensky - stay like ‘budhham sharnam gacchami’ and ‘om shanti shanti’
I kept telling myself that when I was waiting for my turn to come
Very Special thanks to my friends ( KD sir, CT sahab IES and mr AK from dehradun) with whom I used to have discussions daily on various themes - you guys are blessing.
Name: TeeJay
Date : 7 apr
Ch : Sanjay Verma Sir
Hindi, PSIR, Cricket, Bareilly, women
Chairman:
What is shortest way 1 or 2 years to shine on world stage in cricket.
Ipl scouts ne kya domestic cricket ki importance kam kr di hai
Mem 1:
Agriculture ki problems
Govt kya kya program kar rahi hai
Global warming se ice caps pe effects
Nadi jodo pariyojna ke future prospects
Mem 2:
Ai jobs ko kam kar raha hai?
Rest forget
Mem 3 (female):
Bareilly ko international map pe kaise ka sakte kai
Bareilly me trade ka kya possibility hai
Mem 4 (female):
If you are a DM to Working me women participate kaise increase karoge
Visaka guideline
Dowry kya kam ho rahi hai ya bad rahi hai
Jo bada haisiyat ka ta badi post wo jyada dowry demand karta hai
Chairman:
Tarrif war ke impacts
Kya world cold war 2 me jaa raha hai
Global order kya change ho raha hai
Kab -2 change hua.
Other questions forget.
Transcript groups ko sukriya.
Kafi mocks diye, lekin sabse achha mock mujhe personally Shubham sir(Vidyapeeth) ka laga. Sab areas ko cover kiya, genuine feedback diya, last moment tips and end tak motivate kiya.
Date : 7 apr
Ch : Sanjay Verma Sir
Hindi, PSIR, Cricket, Bareilly, women
Chairman:
What is shortest way 1 or 2 years to shine on world stage in cricket.
Ipl scouts ne kya domestic cricket ki importance kam kr di hai
Mem 1:
Agriculture ki problems
Govt kya kya program kar rahi hai
Global warming se ice caps pe effects
Nadi jodo pariyojna ke future prospects
Mem 2:
Ai jobs ko kam kar raha hai?
Rest forget
Mem 3 (female):
Bareilly ko international map pe kaise ka sakte kai
Bareilly me trade ka kya possibility hai
Mem 4 (female):
If you are a DM to Working me women participate kaise increase karoge
Visaka guideline
Dowry kya kam ho rahi hai ya bad rahi hai
Jo bada haisiyat ka ta badi post wo jyada dowry demand karta hai
Chairman:
Tarrif war ke impacts
Kya world cold war 2 me jaa raha hai
Global order kya change ho raha hai
Kab -2 change hua.
Other questions forget.
Transcript groups ko sukriya.
Kafi mocks diye, lekin sabse achha mock mujhe personally Shubham sir(Vidyapeeth) ka laga. Sab areas ko cover kiya, genuine feedback diya, last moment tips and end tak motivate kiya.
Date - 26/03
Board - Sanjay Verma Sir
Keywords - B.Com , PSIR , Media Channels , Auditing, Documentaries , Mahatma Gandhi , Cricket.
Chairman Sir
1 - Why tournament be named after Mahatma Gandhi.
2 - Documentaries you saw Recently.
3 - Tell few Documentaries having Social Underpinnings.
4 - Anuja was the same nominated for Academy awards ?
M1 -
1 - Enumerate few foreign media channels.
2 - Orientation of Europien media channels
3 - Name few channels from France and Russia.
4 - Which are Indian channels you follow and particular telecast?
5- Who was Mustafa Kamal Ataturk ? His role in modern Turkish Republic.
6- Donald Trump and defunding of VOA
M2-
1 - you know about Sputnic media ventures ?
2 - Is it telecasted in India ?
3 - What is Cozybee ?
4 - Diffrences between Gray zone and assymetric warfare.
M3-
1 - Type of taxation.
2 - which is good ?
3 - Explain how Direct taxation is progressive and good.
4 - Principles of Auditing
5 - Situation based questions regarding 20 people planning and 2 directly murdering a person and severity of punishment to involved ones.
M4- (Female)
1 - Situation in Bangladesh
2 - Shell companies , What they are , How they Function ?
3 - FDI and FPI , diffrences and desirability.
Chairman sir -
1 - Happiness according to you .
2 - Efforts at measurement.
Thanks you , Your Interview is over.
Board - Sanjay Verma Sir
Keywords - B.Com , PSIR , Media Channels , Auditing, Documentaries , Mahatma Gandhi , Cricket.
Chairman Sir
1 - Why tournament be named after Mahatma Gandhi.
2 - Documentaries you saw Recently.
3 - Tell few Documentaries having Social Underpinnings.
4 - Anuja was the same nominated for Academy awards ?
M1 -
1 - Enumerate few foreign media channels.
2 - Orientation of Europien media channels
3 - Name few channels from France and Russia.
4 - Which are Indian channels you follow and particular telecast?
5- Who was Mustafa Kamal Ataturk ? His role in modern Turkish Republic.
6- Donald Trump and defunding of VOA
M2-
1 - you know about Sputnic media ventures ?
2 - Is it telecasted in India ?
3 - What is Cozybee ?
4 - Diffrences between Gray zone and assymetric warfare.
M3-
1 - Type of taxation.
2 - which is good ?
3 - Explain how Direct taxation is progressive and good.
4 - Principles of Auditing
5 - Situation based questions regarding 20 people planning and 2 directly murdering a person and severity of punishment to involved ones.
M4- (Female)
1 - Situation in Bangladesh
2 - Shell companies , What they are , How they Function ?
3 - FDI and FPI , diffrences and desirability.
Chairman sir -
1 - Happiness according to you .
2 - Efforts at measurement.
Thanks you , Your Interview is over.
Date :02 april 2025
Board : Sheel Vardhan sir
DAF keywords:Cooking,political science,cricket, MP, AI
Greeted everyone
Chairperson: welcome to conversation and relax
1.Discussion started with weather of MP and Delhi
2.What is AI
3.why need to be worried
4.when will india get it's deepseek
5.tell me some more technology apart from AI that can have large impact
6.role of AI in battlefield
7.if world war 1 is about trench warfare, world war 2 about artillery . What will be scene of future warfare.
8.what change in USA foreign policy. Why shift in its stance.
9.where europe makes mistake.
10.what india should learn from europe today problem.
M1
1.How to handle trump tariff
2.which sector of India are going to be affected
3.weaponisation of supply chain
4.How will you handle any law and order problem arise in your district.
5.did you went for post graduation.
6.why you want to join civil service.
M2
1.why red ball used in test cricket and white ball in T20.
2.whats your view point on cricketers taking their wife on their cricket tour.
3.tell me about india AI mission.
4.what about GPU.
5.what are key things need to lead in AI.
6.difference between generative AI and Artificial general intelligence.
M3
1.How will you identify key qualities that needed in civil service in your subordinate.
2.are you one thumping one's chest or one who work silently.
3.whats your view point on india being vishwa guru.
M4
1.I find your cooking as hobby interesting. how do you get interested in cooking.
2.why desserts
3.Do you observe there is change where now cooking adopted by man also.
4.about women security like it's status , new challenges
5.India china are moving towards thaw in relationship. 3 roadblocks in this and what is way forward.
Chairperson: thank you. Your interview is over. Nice conversation with you.
Board : Sheel Vardhan sir
DAF keywords:Cooking,political science,cricket, MP, AI
Greeted everyone
Chairperson: welcome to conversation and relax
1.Discussion started with weather of MP and Delhi
2.What is AI
3.why need to be worried
4.when will india get it's deepseek
5.tell me some more technology apart from AI that can have large impact
6.role of AI in battlefield
7.if world war 1 is about trench warfare, world war 2 about artillery . What will be scene of future warfare.
8.what change in USA foreign policy. Why shift in its stance.
9.where europe makes mistake.
10.what india should learn from europe today problem.
M1
1.How to handle trump tariff
2.which sector of India are going to be affected
3.weaponisation of supply chain
4.How will you handle any law and order problem arise in your district.
5.did you went for post graduation.
6.why you want to join civil service.
M2
1.why red ball used in test cricket and white ball in T20.
2.whats your view point on cricketers taking their wife on their cricket tour.
3.tell me about india AI mission.
4.what about GPU.
5.what are key things need to lead in AI.
6.difference between generative AI and Artificial general intelligence.
M3
1.How will you identify key qualities that needed in civil service in your subordinate.
2.are you one thumping one's chest or one who work silently.
3.whats your view point on india being vishwa guru.
M4
1.I find your cooking as hobby interesting. how do you get interested in cooking.
2.why desserts
3.Do you observe there is change where now cooking adopted by man also.
4.about women security like it's status , new challenges
5.India china are moving towards thaw in relationship. 3 roadblocks in this and what is way forward.
Chairperson: thank you. Your interview is over. Nice conversation with you.
Date of Interview: 21st March 2025( Afternoon)
Board: Dinesh Dasa
DAF: West Bengal,Bengali Novels ( Other's not Relevant)
Chairman:
1) Played a song on laptop,and asked to identify the song,and who wrote it. How do you relate the song to the present weather?
2) Present industrial and economic status of Bengal
3) Your favourite Bengali Novel and why?
M1
1)Why Bengal was partitioned in 1947?
2)Singur Land agitation? Why?
3)Why was capital shifted from Kolkata to Delhi?
M2
1)Is present Indian youth moving towards Spirituality? If yes why?
2)
Does spirituality affect scientific temper?
3)
2 women character from Bengali Novels who played an important role in our Freedom struggle
M3
1)What is enclave and exclave?
2)Centrally Sponsered Schemes
M4
1) Distinguish between philosophy and relation of Gandhi -Tagore
Dinesh Dasa interjected: Is nationalism important or patriotism?
2)Effect of Climate Change
In West Bengal
3)Is RTI a fundamental right?
Feedback: Extremely Cordial Board
Approximate Time: 30 min
Mocks: NextIAS, Chahal, PW, Vajirao and Reddy,Unacademy are recommended!
Board: Dinesh Dasa
DAF: West Bengal,Bengali Novels ( Other's not Relevant)
Chairman:
1) Played a song on laptop,and asked to identify the song,and who wrote it. How do you relate the song to the present weather?
2) Present industrial and economic status of Bengal
3) Your favourite Bengali Novel and why?
M1
1)Why Bengal was partitioned in 1947?
2)Singur Land agitation? Why?
3)Why was capital shifted from Kolkata to Delhi?
M2
1)Is present Indian youth moving towards Spirituality? If yes why?
2)
Does spirituality affect scientific temper?
3)
2 women character from Bengali Novels who played an important role in our Freedom struggle
M3
1)What is enclave and exclave?
2)Centrally Sponsered Schemes
M4
1) Distinguish between philosophy and relation of Gandhi -Tagore
Dinesh Dasa interjected: Is nationalism important or patriotism?
2)Effect of Climate Change
In West Bengal
3)Is RTI a fundamental right?
Feedback: Extremely Cordial Board
Approximate Time: 30 min
Mocks: NextIAS, Chahal, PW, Vajirao and Reddy,Unacademy are recommended!
Date of interview: 9 Apr, 2025
Forenoon session
Daf: jharkhand, anthropology, physics (H) from DU, spirituality, meditation, journaling
Chairperson:
1. Suppose you're a DM posted in areas around jamtara, what steps would you take to ensure that jamtara-like crimes don't happen in your area?
2. 3 quick measures that should be taken to develop jharkhand( quick, not long term measures )
3. Swamitva scheme
M1:
1. Why is anthropology not so popular discipline?
2. Should people of your age be pursuing spirituality?
3. Recite gayatri mantra
4. Tell its meaning
M2:
1. How to improve traffic in delhi. 3 quick measures( quick, not long term again)
2. Food adulteration: laws and punishment. She also asked specific IPC section dealing with it.
M3:
1. You wrote in your college magazine. What was this magazine about? What role did you play? What did you write?
2. Is chatgpt curbing the protection measures for plagiarism?
3. Floods in Guwahati : how to handle as a DM, before flood , during flood and after flood.
Communication channels would be disrupted , how will you remain in touch with people.
4. Why did india got irritated during COP29 at Baku?
M4:
1. Comparative advantage of textile industry in jharkhand. Do u agree? Justify.
2. Correlation between climate change and dietary preference. How do each one impact other? Causation versus correlation in this case.
3. Depreciating currency is a discriminatory bias against poor people. Agree or disagree? Justify?
Does it benefit rich ones?
Chairperson: Ok, Thank you.
Date - 09/04/25
Board - Suman Verma Ma'am
Keywords - Anthropology, Indore (nothing else relevant)
Time around 20 min
(Last to go in afternoon session)
Chairperson -
1. monologue on PDS scheme.. Should we replace it with
vouchers any disadvantages.
2. Osho 's statement - should children be raised in commune
any advantage or disadvantages
3. Give any post independence event that should've been done
differently.
4.ARC companies good or bad idea ,banks give loans w/o due
diligence, what could be alternatives.
M1
1. Freebies - is it a politically motivated scheme.
2. Should farmers be given free cash PMKISAN.
3. Recieving food without working is not a good sanskar. Sir
insisted that - "I think it's a political move" .
4. Is indore a better city or Delhi
M2( lady member)
1. Music - art or spiritual
2. Differences between Hindustani and carnatic, Indian and
western.
3. What kind of music do you listen to
4. Stray dog menace how to solve? Are there agencies that
take away these dogs? Does the problem warrant legal action.
M3
1. Kashmir militancy what could have been different.
2. Historic blunders - monologue on UN and LAC issue
3. State reorganization advantages & disadvantages.
4. "Visionary leadership" quote asked me to
explain and elaborate
5. Transformational leadership is as powerful as team
building explain.
6. Make in India, make in America - impact on economy?
Monologue on that
M4
1. Origin of the term Banana republic (Tried to nudge me
into the direction - I didn't know the origin)
2. Educational system fees structure to be replaced by
vouchers/coupons. Your opinion.
3. Aspirational district program. ODOP what approach is
being taken and what should be the future.
Ma'am said okay your interview is over.
My take - Very Cordial environment, they were laughing and
encouraging.
Date :07/04/2025( forenoon)
Board : Suman Sharma
Keywords : Kerala, BTech Computer Science, Infosys, Government PSU in Finance sector( rest of the keywords are noy relevant)
Suman Ma'am
1. Discussions related to 70 hour -90 hour work week is going on, right? What is your opinion ( I spoke for work - life balance)
2. But India is a developing country. Shouldn't we put more effort to reach our goals?
3. So India had a very high tariff on other countries, especially USA. Did it benefitted India? ( ma'am was not satisfied by my answer and repeated the qn in some other way, but I'm not sure whether she got satisfied by my second answer)
Member -1 ( Male )
1. What is the meaning of your name? ( when I told the meaning, he said whether I'm a Brahmin - I said no)
2.Tell me about western ghats. Why they're called western ghats and in which part of kerala they are.
3.What about Himalaya. Why in Kashmir it is northern Himalaya and in uttarakhand it is western Himalaya.
4. What is the difference between constitutional and statutory bodies
( I gave traditional answer, sir gave a different answer, i said thank you)
Member -2(Lady)
1. (I mentioned CAG in last question ) what is the role of CAG
2. You've lived most of the time in God's own country, right? ( I said I've lived in different parts of India but mostly in Kerala, then she did not ask anything)
3. Was there any incident of any issue in your work? ( i shared an incident with a customer)
4. Was there any issue with colleagues? ( I said no since I worked at junior levels, there was no memorable incidents)
Member -3 ( Male)
1. About gulf migration from Kerala and it's social impacts
2. Is there any negative impacts
3. Impact of tariffs on Marine products from Kerala
I don't remember rest of the questions .
Member -4 ( Male)
1. What is delimitation. What is the controversy going on about it.
2. Why Kerala approached Supreme Court against center?
3. Why center is interfereing in state's finances.
4. What did finance commission do to incorporate the demands of states which do population control.which census is used by finance commission. How much percentage for demographic efforts
5. When is the last time we did delimitation.
6. Tell me about RCEP. Why India is not part of it.
There are few more questions, which I'm not able to recall correctly.For most of the questions, they asked stats and facts as counter questions. I answered I'm not sure in them. The board was very cordial and pleasant.They encouraged me to answer when I took some time in some questions.
Mocks - Kerala State Civil Service Academy, Amrita IAS, Fortune IAS, Shankar IAS, Lead IAS ( all in trivandrum), Online mocks - Absolute IAS, Unacademy, PwOnly IAS
One on one's - Jithin Sir from Lead IAS( helped a lot in improving communication, gaining confidence and preparing facts in last few days ), Achuth Sir( improving current affairs), Shinas Sir ( helped in DAF preparation and DAF analysis a lot ), Remya Roshni Ma'am ( helped in boosting confidence a lot).
Mocks hepled for simulating interview experience. One on one's and interactions with civil servants helped in improving content and gaining confidence.
Board : Suman Sharma
Keywords : Kerala, BTech Computer Science, Infosys, Government PSU in Finance sector( rest of the keywords are noy relevant)
Suman Ma'am
1. Discussions related to 70 hour -90 hour work week is going on, right? What is your opinion ( I spoke for work - life balance)
2. But India is a developing country. Shouldn't we put more effort to reach our goals?
3. So India had a very high tariff on other countries, especially USA. Did it benefitted India? ( ma'am was not satisfied by my answer and repeated the qn in some other way, but I'm not sure whether she got satisfied by my second answer)
Member -1 ( Male )
1. What is the meaning of your name? ( when I told the meaning, he said whether I'm a Brahmin - I said no)
2.Tell me about western ghats. Why they're called western ghats and in which part of kerala they are.
3.What about Himalaya. Why in Kashmir it is northern Himalaya and in uttarakhand it is western Himalaya.
4. What is the difference between constitutional and statutory bodies
( I gave traditional answer, sir gave a different answer, i said thank you)
Member -2(Lady)
1. (I mentioned CAG in last question ) what is the role of CAG
2. You've lived most of the time in God's own country, right? ( I said I've lived in different parts of India but mostly in Kerala, then she did not ask anything)
3. Was there any incident of any issue in your work? ( i shared an incident with a customer)
4. Was there any issue with colleagues? ( I said no since I worked at junior levels, there was no memorable incidents)
Member -3 ( Male)
1. About gulf migration from Kerala and it's social impacts
2. Is there any negative impacts
3. Impact of tariffs on Marine products from Kerala
I don't remember rest of the questions .
Member -4 ( Male)
1. What is delimitation. What is the controversy going on about it.
2. Why Kerala approached Supreme Court against center?
3. Why center is interfereing in state's finances.
4. What did finance commission do to incorporate the demands of states which do population control.which census is used by finance commission. How much percentage for demographic efforts
5. When is the last time we did delimitation.
6. Tell me about RCEP. Why India is not part of it.
There are few more questions, which I'm not able to recall correctly.For most of the questions, they asked stats and facts as counter questions. I answered I'm not sure in them. The board was very cordial and pleasant.They encouraged me to answer when I took some time in some questions.
Mocks - Kerala State Civil Service Academy, Amrita IAS, Fortune IAS, Shankar IAS, Lead IAS ( all in trivandrum), Online mocks - Absolute IAS, Unacademy, PwOnly IAS
One on one's - Jithin Sir from Lead IAS( helped a lot in improving communication, gaining confidence and preparing facts in last few days ), Achuth Sir( improving current affairs), Shinas Sir ( helped in DAF preparation and DAF analysis a lot ), Remya Roshni Ma'am ( helped in boosting confidence a lot).
Mocks hepled for simulating interview experience. One on one's and interactions with civil servants helped in improving content and gaining confidence.
Name : REWA MAI KE DEEWANE JABALPUR WALE
Date : 09 april,2025
DAF keyword : Mining, secretary fine arts,IIT KGP,mimicry,jabalpur,narmada (rest not asked)
Last to go,afternoon session
B.B.Swain sir
Chairman
1. How long have you been waiting (I said I came around 12:55 and its been around 4 hours - I was the lastest person in the whole central room )
2. You do mimicry, I will not ask to do but tell me its history(I said sorry sir don’t know much about it)
3. How do you get into it
4. Famous artist
Member 1
1. Which person you mimic?
2. Can you do (Sunny deol Ofc - gadar dialogue haha - they enjoyed it and me too)
3. So you are from mining engineering ,tell me about geology of narmada?
4. How it formed?
5. Fold and fault difference?
6. Does folding occur within plate(I said sorry I am not sure)
7. Asked about have you heard fracking?
8. What are environmental issue?
9. Which country have shale gas deposits?
10. What about oil?
11. How much we import?
12. Top 3 countries?
13. Why import from saudi decreased ,as earlier we used to import from them?
14. Tell me a country who was in huge chinese debt and we helped?why china does so?
15. Some more question I don’t remember
Member 2 (sweet lady - sitting just close to me on my right side)
1. Asked you were fine arts sect?what fine arts you do (I said I was just sect and don’t do fine arts)
2. Then how do you have the motivation?
3. How you persuaded people?
4. Why suicide in IIT?
5. Is society responsible?
6. What can be solution?
7. What is the biggest thing in mind of IIT student when to come to college from coaching that lead to such issues? (I said department change and placement)
8. What were your role as mentor?
9. How you handled your first year mentee?
10. Some more questions?
Member 3 (IR specialist 01)
1. Tell me about tariff?why not in africa ( I gave three reason ,actual was the last one ki they don’t have significant trade with USA?
2. What about a particular community in china province?name the province?(Xinjiand and uighurs)
3. Reason pak didn’t react ?(I said Paisa mil rha infra aur sunni hai pak so shiate uighur not into much consideration)
4. Then asked about malacca dilemma?what it is(I was not very sure asked can I guess and it was right so ok only)
5. Why china is aggressive in south china sea?what is nine dash line?aritfical islands?
6. Some more complex terms (I said sorry - mai PSIR ka nhi hu bhai ;lol)
7. How individual like you think about national issues like security?what areas you would want back(I said POK and aksai china?
8. How you would go (diplomacy,int channel and deep state agency use bola maine)
9. He said diplomacy se china kaha manega(I said but we have to optimistic ,maybe in long term its possible;sudden confrontation is not in our side at present)
10. Some more IR question I don’t remember
Member 4 (IR specialist 02 )
1. What are the qualities that a nation should have to broker peace between country like ukraine and russia? (not convinced with my answer - he wanted to listen the good relation ; I said power respects power so economic,military power along with soft power?
2. Can we broker ? (I said presently USA is mediating and we don’t have that diplomatic leverage to do so ; may be in future as we progress towards being a vishwaguru)
3. Then comes bombs - he was like aaja bhai dalai lama bna du tujhe ;lol ---->4 question back to back on dalai lama and I didn’t knew about it -- consecutive sorry sir
4. So1-2 more question - I don’t remember
Overall experiencea :
Going around 5:02 and carrying it till 5:32 - I am very much happy with my performance baki Bhole ki meherbani
Board was very cordial ,they were very expressive except last person he was there to kind of proving his mettle.Rest ,it was a good experience.
Date : 09 april,2025
DAF keyword : Mining, secretary fine arts,IIT KGP,mimicry,jabalpur,narmada (rest not asked)
Last to go,afternoon session
B.B.Swain sir
Chairman
1. How long have you been waiting (I said I came around 12:55 and its been around 4 hours - I was the lastest person in the whole central room )
2. You do mimicry, I will not ask to do but tell me its history(I said sorry sir don’t know much about it)
3. How do you get into it
4. Famous artist
Member 1
1. Which person you mimic?
2. Can you do (Sunny deol Ofc - gadar dialogue haha - they enjoyed it and me too)
3. So you are from mining engineering ,tell me about geology of narmada?
4. How it formed?
5. Fold and fault difference?
6. Does folding occur within plate(I said sorry I am not sure)
7. Asked about have you heard fracking?
8. What are environmental issue?
9. Which country have shale gas deposits?
10. What about oil?
11. How much we import?
12. Top 3 countries?
13. Why import from saudi decreased ,as earlier we used to import from them?
14. Tell me a country who was in huge chinese debt and we helped?why china does so?
15. Some more question I don’t remember
Member 2 (sweet lady - sitting just close to me on my right side)
1. Asked you were fine arts sect?what fine arts you do (I said I was just sect and don’t do fine arts)
2. Then how do you have the motivation?
3. How you persuaded people?
4. Why suicide in IIT?
5. Is society responsible?
6. What can be solution?
7. What is the biggest thing in mind of IIT student when to come to college from coaching that lead to such issues? (I said department change and placement)
8. What were your role as mentor?
9. How you handled your first year mentee?
10. Some more questions?
Member 3 (IR specialist 01)
1. Tell me about tariff?why not in africa ( I gave three reason ,actual was the last one ki they don’t have significant trade with USA?
2. What about a particular community in china province?name the province?(Xinjiand and uighurs)
3. Reason pak didn’t react ?(I said Paisa mil rha infra aur sunni hai pak so shiate uighur not into much consideration)
4. Then asked about malacca dilemma?what it is(I was not very sure asked can I guess and it was right so ok only)
5. Why china is aggressive in south china sea?what is nine dash line?aritfical islands?
6. Some more complex terms (I said sorry - mai PSIR ka nhi hu bhai ;lol)
7. How individual like you think about national issues like security?what areas you would want back(I said POK and aksai china?
8. How you would go (diplomacy,int channel and deep state agency use bola maine)
9. He said diplomacy se china kaha manega(I said but we have to optimistic ,maybe in long term its possible;sudden confrontation is not in our side at present)
10. Some more IR question I don’t remember
Member 4 (IR specialist 02 )
1. What are the qualities that a nation should have to broker peace between country like ukraine and russia? (not convinced with my answer - he wanted to listen the good relation ; I said power respects power so economic,military power along with soft power?
2. Can we broker ? (I said presently USA is mediating and we don’t have that diplomatic leverage to do so ; may be in future as we progress towards being a vishwaguru)
3. Then comes bombs - he was like aaja bhai dalai lama bna du tujhe ;lol ---->4 question back to back on dalai lama and I didn’t knew about it -- consecutive sorry sir
4. So1-2 more question - I don’t remember
Overall experiencea :
Going around 5:02 and carrying it till 5:32 - I am very much happy with my performance baki Bhole ki meherbani
Board was very cordial ,they were very expressive except last person he was there to kind of proving his mettle.Rest ,it was a good experience.
Name: John Cena
8/4/25
B.B. Swain sir board
Duration: around 30 mins
Key DAF details: Deoghar, Jharkhand, Bakulia waterfall, street play, mechanical engineering, anthropology.
Questions asked:
Chairman sir:
1. Why should I visit this waterfall.
2. Tell me about the things around it
3. Why should I come to deoghar, give me the places I can visit.
4. What are the tribals living in Deoghar.
5. Other States where Santhals live.
Member 1:
1. You did street play on media trial, how you did it.
2. Which cases you showed.
3. Do you know about badal sircar and Safdar Hashmi.
4. Tell me some of their street plays.
5. How did Safdar Hashmi die.
6. Why has trump imposed huge tariffs and questions followed around it's impact and its relation to China.
Member 2:
1. What do you mean by deterrence.
2. Why should we focus on it
3. We have a huge army then why are you saying we need latest technologies.
4. What is the defence budget of USA, China and India.
5. Discussion on Should we focus on National security or economic growth of our country.
Member 3(Smiling lady):
1. What do your friends call you- John or Cena.
2. What is the meaning of your name.
3. What are you a symbol of.
4. Do you focus on the end result or enjoy the journey.
5.Kapil Dev once said "We just went to hit sixes and we won the world cup". Do youths like you take inspiration from him.
6. You were good in mechanical engineering so why you came in civil services, how do you think it will help you.
7. How should we react to Trump tarrifs.
8. Is our manufacturing only serving domestically or also for exports and discussion followed on improving it.
Member 4:
1. What is Most favoured Natiom status.
2. Are there any exceptions to it.
3. How is delimitation done, what is the basis of it.
4. How many people were taken as base in one constituency as per last delimitation.
5. What is the problem arising now.
6. If I say that bimaru states have done well in population, will it be always false or is there any positive.
7. What is the TFR target of India.
8. What is the TFR of Jharkhand
9. What are the problems faced by tribals in Jharkhand.
Board was cordial. No grilling .They never interrupted and just wanted to listen to my views.
Mocks given: 15+
One to one: Shubham sir(Vidyapeeth IAS) for clarifying doubts and confidence boosting, Mahesh bhagwat sir, Ravindran sir, Utkarsh sir, Chanakya Mandal(Dharmadhikari sir).
Utility of mocks: Mocks helped in confidence building and speaking fluently.Real interview was very different from the mocks.
Thankyou.
8/4/25
B.B. Swain sir board
Duration: around 30 mins
Key DAF details: Deoghar, Jharkhand, Bakulia waterfall, street play, mechanical engineering, anthropology.
Questions asked:
Chairman sir:
1. Why should I visit this waterfall.
2. Tell me about the things around it
3. Why should I come to deoghar, give me the places I can visit.
4. What are the tribals living in Deoghar.
5. Other States where Santhals live.
Member 1:
1. You did street play on media trial, how you did it.
2. Which cases you showed.
3. Do you know about badal sircar and Safdar Hashmi.
4. Tell me some of their street plays.
5. How did Safdar Hashmi die.
6. Why has trump imposed huge tariffs and questions followed around it's impact and its relation to China.
Member 2:
1. What do you mean by deterrence.
2. Why should we focus on it
3. We have a huge army then why are you saying we need latest technologies.
4. What is the defence budget of USA, China and India.
5. Discussion on Should we focus on National security or economic growth of our country.
Member 3(Smiling lady):
1. What do your friends call you- John or Cena.
2. What is the meaning of your name.
3. What are you a symbol of.
4. Do you focus on the end result or enjoy the journey.
5.Kapil Dev once said "We just went to hit sixes and we won the world cup". Do youths like you take inspiration from him.
6. You were good in mechanical engineering so why you came in civil services, how do you think it will help you.
7. How should we react to Trump tarrifs.
8. Is our manufacturing only serving domestically or also for exports and discussion followed on improving it.
Member 4:
1. What is Most favoured Natiom status.
2. Are there any exceptions to it.
3. How is delimitation done, what is the basis of it.
4. How many people were taken as base in one constituency as per last delimitation.
5. What is the problem arising now.
6. If I say that bimaru states have done well in population, will it be always false or is there any positive.
7. What is the TFR target of India.
8. What is the TFR of Jharkhand
9. What are the problems faced by tribals in Jharkhand.
Board was cordial. No grilling .They never interrupted and just wanted to listen to my views.
Mocks given: 15+
One to one: Shubham sir(Vidyapeeth IAS) for clarifying doubts and confidence boosting, Mahesh bhagwat sir, Ravindran sir, Utkarsh sir, Chanakya Mandal(Dharmadhikari sir).
Utility of mocks: Mocks helped in confidence building and speaking fluently.Real interview was very different from the mocks.
Thankyou.
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