Interview Transcripts (CSPT-2026)

Sanjay Verma board, 2nd to go afternoon slot. 27/2/25 Daf- West Bengal, Presidency College, Political Science Hons, books , movies , human trafficking. Chairman - How many political categories can you think of to divide the countries? Contribution of india in political science? What is the transformative idea of 21st century? M1 Hotspots of human trafficking (HT) in india? Causes of HT ? Its effect in national security? Dunki route's impact for india ? How can india prevent it? M2 Qualities of a leader? Does these qualities change with time? Adolf hitler gandhi both leaders what's the difference? What kind of leader are you? Chairman - any other word for follower? M3 Why bengal is rich in arts literature music? Women's role in bengal Renaissance and today? What is a good story? Is plot important for story? Satyajit ray role in storytelling? M4 Difference between indian museum and Victoria memorial? Maa bridge issues? Bengal odisha rasgulla debate? College Street glory still present or not? WB CM creating another replica from Odisha? As a student did you buy pirated books from college Street? (I said yes)- why? Chairman and M4 jokes- On college piracy. WB CM eco park world wonders replicas.

Name: commander of the northern legions Board: lt gen raj shukla 5th to go in afternoon session Daf: Lucknow, Ghazals, photography, physics, Sukhoi academy, Mentor at only ias. Chaiman: 1.Nice suit, from where you bought it? 2.Why hazratganj is not lucrative places for shopping? 3.Long monologue on artificial intelligence and deepseek and chat gpt? 4.Have you used used deepseek? 5.Have you installed it in your phone? 6.Why not? 7.Which AI you use? 8.Have you prepared your interview from chatgpt? 9.How chatgpt makes it easier? 10.Dont you think earlier concept of going to 100 different sites was better? 11.Why is there so much fuzz about deepseek? 12.What about India and its own model?(told about recent development? 13.I will give you 10 million dollars right away, go develop it within 10 month, I think it can't be developed in such a shot time 14.Again a long monologue on privacy and security related issues of chatgpt and deepseek, which one we should use ? 15.Where is this sukhoi academy situated ? 16.What it does? Members: 1.Continuing on chatgpt, don't you think it is harming us? People becoming more dependent on it? 2.What makes ghazal a ghazal 3.What is the difference between radeef and kafiya ? 4.Are you sure? 5.What about bahar? 6.okay tell me the size of coaching industry in India? 7.Long monologue on Chinese coaching industry and its ban on them, don't you think we should also use such steps? 8.Why we need coaching ? 9.Are we unable to provide the required education in schools and colleges? there is coaching everywhere for every exam 10.We already lost critical thinking? 11.What is natural and organic farming? 12.How is capital expenditure related to gdp growth?counter questions 13.You like clicking candid pictures, don't you think it is a violation of right to privacy? 14.Which judgement is related to right to privacy 15.What supreme court ruled in that? 16.What is right to be forgotten? 17.Can we really forget something in this era? 18.What is socio economic caste census? 19.Why do we need it? 20.What are the challenges ? 21.Asked my opinion should we do it? 22.Asked about what is 90 hours long working hours? 23.Does working hours enhance our productivity? 24.Why, if work for more hours then we will have lot of production and gdp will grow? 25.What is intellectual property right? Is it in sync with competition? Counter questions from here. 26.You did your graduation in physics and further pursuing masters in economics why you chosen sociology as an optional ? 27.What is uniform civil code? Apart from this constitutional mandate, tell me something more about it 28.Why we are not able to implement it? 29.But uttarakhand has done this? Why not uttar pradesh? ( counter questioning on this) Lady member: 30.Long monologue on women and thier unpaid work, given some data related to it, given a monologue of atleast little more than 1 minute 31.Why are we facing this issue of women not contributing much to economy (counter question) 32.What can be done to improve ? 33.How can thier condition be improved ? 34.Lets say you are district magistrate of a district what steps will you take? 35.Difference between the governance model of USA and India? 36.Again monologue on this 37.What is the issue with our governance model? 38.I hope you change things when you come in services Chairman said ok, your interview is over. 39.One member intervene and asked who is your favorite ghazal singer and which is your favorite ghazal? Some questions i might have missed. Will update later. Interview was very cordial and it is actually a conversation. Go with an open mind and remember if you have a clean conscience only good things will come out and keep smiling. All the best.

Dr bot ( 2nd interview) Board : suman sharma mam Keyword : medical science , delhi , medical officer , hiit Entry : Normal ritual of wishing Chairman 1. Ohh you are a doctor from Mamc. Are you working somewhere 2. ⁠Tell 2-3 prison reform not yet implemented 3. ⁠Why api production fell in india post 90 4. ⁠usa pulling out of WHO positives and negatives . 5. ⁠lgbtq issue and gender issue? Cross questions 6. ⁠why are you calling it gender disorder , shouldn’t terminology change ( i agreed) 7. ⁠homosexulity and sc judgement 8. ⁠should we allow same sex marriage 9. ⁠why parliament should decide and not sc . Member 1 : 1. Yamuna cleaning and what would you do 2. ⁠You will keep check or strict measure 3. ⁠Tell me about jamuna river 4. ⁠Who is better economically pak or bangladesh and why 5. ⁠Why bangladesh textile so competitive 6. ⁠strongest growing economy in se asia 7. ⁠are you not in mood of doing pg ? 7 .rest cant remember M2 ( lady) 1. Tell me about your hobby hiit what is it 2. ⁠What so good about it 3. ⁠Will you promote it is a collector 4. ⁠Tell us about alternative medicine should it be integrated. 5. ⁠Does astrology affect health 6. ⁠Your take on domestic violence 7. ⁠How to reduce oope in india Only this much i remember M3 (male): 1. Potential of e commerce 2. ⁠what about kiryana walas then 3. ⁠Who will oversee this predatory pricing . 4. ⁠what about ugc guidlines you know about them , what is your take on 5. Will there be increased central control , states are worried 6. ⁠Now education minister will be vice chancellor 7. Should diplomas degree be brought back in field of medicine. Member4 (Male) 1. Who is a bigger threat china or pak 2. ⁠Why gwadar port for china 3. Why china is a bigger threat 4. Are we ready for two front war 5. ⁠Will china win or india win ? 6. ⁠Issue of HAL and what should we do Maybe one or two questions missing . Tried my best to recall Utility of mocks : Samkalp ias 2 mocks ( the closest experience out of all ) , vajirao & reddy , sriram , and 1 or 2 others. O2O : I feel were the real game changer for me ; especially the intricate focus on you is more . Multiple and rigorous O2O with “utkarsh shukla” sir. Thats the only mentor i had 020 with and Atleast 3-4 questions were repeated. My advice : You will get plenty of advice in market at this juncture , stick to one and have trust. Your evolution of personality matters the most and you will need a trusted guide to monitor that .

Name : ST Board : Sheel Vardhan Sir Date : 21.02.2025, Forenoon, 1st to go. Keyword : IRMS, RBI, Textile, Sociology, Music, Reading Fiction. Chairman : 1. So you do singing, are you classically trained. Some conversation on that. 2. ⁠Conversation on use of social media for posting music and following. 3. ⁠Which is the last fiction book you read, is there a movie on it? 4. ⁠Which are your favourite books from your library. (said Harry Potter and Pride and Prejudice) 5. ⁠From Victorian era to Fantasy, do you believe in Magic? 6. ⁠What are Maglev trains. Can they also run zig zag apart from a straight line. 7. ⁠With the current scenario in Bangladesh can India compete with them now in terms of exports (specially garmenting) M1 : 1. The RTI act has been there for a long time now, what are some of its challenges and what can be the solutions. 2. ⁠What is UCC, why is it being brought and which foreign country has it? M2 : 1. Issues faced by women in the armed forces specially the combat forces. 2. ⁠Can women be at the forefront during a battle. 3. ⁠How would you deal with this situation if you were an officer in the armed forces. 4. ⁠Questions on Israel and Palestine conflict. What do you think about the situation. What is India’s stand. Some people call it a genocide, do you agree. 5. You are an administrator, there is a person under you (not officer cadre) who is very efficient but not very disciplined and the team has issues with them. How will you deal with such a situation. M3 : 1. Recent changes in NEP, specifically in the primary school education. 2. ⁠What is Repo rate. 3. ⁠What is CRR, recent steps taken by RBI in this regards. Why was it reduced. 5. ⁠What are Mudra Loans. What is the status now, have they been a success. M4 : 1. Can you define Financial Inclusion. 2. ⁠What is UPI. 3. ⁠How can we reach underserved areas and bring people there in formal financial system without banks. Chairman : Your interview is over. I thanked them and left. All the best to everyone.

Date of interview: 28-02-2025, afternoon session, 1st to go Panel: Honorable Sanjay Verma sir Approx: 20-25 mins DAF: Mumbai, Vipassana, NITK, Mangalore, Computer science engineering, Anthropology Chairman: 1) Headlines of today's Business newspaper regarding India's corporate sector. 2) Which private sectors are on the rise? 3) Mumbai- Financial capital, state capital, Films capital, Advertisement capital 4) Anthropology of Mumbai M1: 1) Have you watched 3 idiots? 2) Which real life character is potrayed? 3) His famous project? M2: 1) Banking sector status 2) Causes of NPA 3) Why high NPA pre-covid? M3: 1) Why UPSC after engineering? 2) Vitamins essential for brain development? 3) How will you handle night-shift job? 4) Mangalore- lifestyle, culture, tourism. 5) Nature vs Nurture debate 6) What is AGI? M4: 1) How many Vipassana courses you have completed? 2) Your learnings after the course? 3) What if AI will replace the teachers of Vipassana? Is it possible? 4) When are you planning your next course? 5) Which foreigner visits India annually for Vipassana course? 5) Difference you observed in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh education system? 6) What punishment should be given to Puja Khedkar? Chairman: Thankyou, Your interview is over.

Name - sambhaji Date- 28/02/2025, forenoon session, first to go Board- Sanjay Verma Sir DAF keywords: gujarat, Civil E, gujarati literature, treasure hunt competition, tabla, community service childred (Rest not relevant) Time: Around 23 minutes CHAIRPERSON a) Treasures in india hidden which can be excavated? b) tabla player contemporary? Fusion band fusion song members of fusion band? Mata taal? M1 a) statue of unity engg marvel features? b) gandhiji in literature hind swaraj? c) celibacy and gandhian views..bible vs gita M2 : Lady a) alang shipyard b) community service value system of provileged children vs unprivileged children M3 a) Road construction technologies modern and older b) pre engg buildings c) budget highlights d) Direct tax reduce good or bad how? M4 a) treasure and dwarka city b) silk route Then Chairperson sir said: Thank you, your interview is over, all the best. Overall,questions asked from daf hobby interest prize section and counter from what I said during answers. I was smiling in entire interview

Date: 28/02/2025 (AN) Duration: 20-22 minutes Keywords: Gender Sensitisation, Movies, RBI, Social Enterprise in Education Sector Chairperson 1. Analyse the role of police man in Laapata Ladies 2. What is your opinion about Trump saying ki 'we'll buy Greenland'? 3. Imagine in the coming few years, any country can buy any part of land. Which 2 parts of the World would you buy from India's perspective? --- followed by some counter questions 4. How should India improve the Act East Policy? Member 1 1. What is this gender sensitisation program? Do you think men need to be gender sensitised? 2. What was your role in the Adult Education program? 3. Some more questions, I'm unable to recall Member 2 1. Do you think we need this colonial legacy type Bureaucracy? 2. What changes are needed? 3. Argentina has made some changes and improved its GDP, shouldn't India be doing the same as money is wasted in Bureaucracy? --- Some counter questions 4. From 1942-1945, Half a million Rajasthanis died in Germany? Do you know anything about it?? Member 3 1. In which department are you working in RBI? 2. Why do we waste so much money in compliance? 3. What is Repo Rate and why did RBI reduce it in recent times? 4. You are earning well, why do you want to come to Bureaucracy? 4. A few more questions, I'm unable to recall Member 4 1. State some impediment and solutions for rehabilitation 2. Do you think displacement is necessary? 3. Why remuneration is needed? -- some counter questions as to will remuneration be paid to each and every person working on the land etc 4. Will you displace people if needed? The chairperson said Thank you. 1 mock with Vajirao and Reddy and DAF discussions with Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, PWOnly IAS, Level Up

DAF keywords: Japan, IIT KGP, Nagpur, IPS, sociology, Yoga Chair: So you went to Japan.. Did you do any village visit there? How is their way of life different from India? Member 1: * Excellent academic background. Your college is in news for quite some time. Are you aware of the reasons. * So many alumni of your college in leadership positions. How do you feel about it? * Technology in Policing * Are you not satisfied with IPS? * What if you would have got IFS? Member 2: * Technology/electronics in administration * What is yoga * Soul can't be seen, so do you believe in it? * Why is suryanamaskar called as sampoorna yoga? * Are you aware of satchidanand? Member 3: * Difference in state board and cbse? * 2 language formula vs 3 language formula * IIT kgp has airbase, railway, you went from your city to kgp, how was the experience? * Kgp has many tribals, did you interact? What did you find out? Member 4: * Migration is good or bad * Why do people migrate? * Urban areas facing crimes due to migration? * Are there any advantages of migration? * Should there be 1 big city or multiple small cities? Chair: your interview is over Mock interview: PWOnlyIAS panel and one to one, Vajiram panel and one to one, Samkalp, NextIAS, Chanakya Mandal, Maharashtra Sadan, Vajirao Reddy, Adhikari group

Name : phunsuk wangdu Date : 27-02-2025 Board : Raj shukla sir Time : 30 minutes DAF keyword : Geography, IT, Artificial Intelligence, Smart city mission, MRI Machines, Traditional water Harvesting, Cooking, HIIT CHAIRMAN - Shukla sir (two minutes monologue and then question......I was not able to get the crux of the question) You are wearing grey, do you also see things in grey as well or 0/1? Middle East conflict - why it is so complex? Iran nuclear program and US sanctions? Why trump is getting close with China and Russia? Trump is inviting media for even cabinet meetings. Is it good or just a show off? Is Trump insane or really smart businessman ?? Why European nations are working on their defence now? Why zelenskey is ready to make a deal with USA even though USA is not providing the security? Member -1 How to achieve inclusive growth? follow up questions on inclusive growth Are freebies good? How to rationalize freebies? Member-2 What is singularity in AI? Have you read Yuval Noah harari's Book? What is SCADA and where we are using it? What are the concern that are mentioned by yuval Noah Harari in his book? Member-3 Components of smart cities(said smart water metering) What is smart water meters ? How many smart cities in Rajasthan? Where Rajasthan govt have applied smart water meters? How many smart cities are planned? Impact of climate change on water bodies of rajasthan specially udaipur? Member -4 How did you get into cooking? Regional dishes of Rajasthan Why SC intervened in NJAC? Why state's organ interfere with each other in India? Chairman sir Your interview is over. Best of luck. It was a more of a  conversation than interview and the interview panel was very cordial. Mocks: Unacademy, vajirao and reddy, pw only IAS, Sankalp, one on one Satyam sir and Shubham Agarwal sir(in depth DAF analysis and confidence booster) Mocks helped in communication skills.

Shukla sir BOARD KEY WORDS -IRMS, RAJASTHAN QUESTIONS - 1.AI tech summit... India's interest 2.AI regulation modal proposed by india france 3.data, right to privacy..related questions 4.climate change and climate summit 5.climate finance 6.CBDR 7. Globalization 8.rajasthan child marriage 9.your role in IRMS 10.agneepath, madhushala writer???

A Doctor's Transcript 2.0 Dr. Mad 24.02.2025 Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla sir board Afternoon session Last person in the waiting hall ! 80% DAF based. Relevant DAF keywords: Tamil Nadu, Doctor, Govt. Medical Officer for 4 years, RASHTRIYA BAL SWASTHYA KARYAKRAM, ICMR SCIENTIST-B at Centre for Ageing & Mental Health, Master of Public Health, Emotionally supporting children-in-care, Anthropology Chairman: 1. Said something in hindi which i didnt understand. I asked sorry sir?! 2. Where are you from? 3. Is “Varma” a Tamil name? 4. Are you following events in the middle east? In Israel Palestine conflict, India favors 2 state solution but Trump says real estate solution. How is it going to pan out? 5. 2 state solution has failed to materialise even after decades. Should we shun the idea and go a different path? 6. The ceasefire itself is falling apart with the Hamas doing XXXX. How to identify the Hamas from the ordinary Palestinians? 7. Yesterday Israeli tanks moved into West bank. What is going to be the fate of the Palestinians there? [MOST of his questions were long Statements of facts. Difficult to identify what He's actually asking as final question] MEMBER 1: 1. What is BOD? 2. Why was it in news recently? 3. Is Ganga water safe for human use? 4. No one is driking it. They are only bathing. What is the problm in it? 5. What is the importance of Mahakumbh? 6. Why is it “Maha” kumbh? How is it different from other kumbhs like ardh kumbh? 7. Planetary alignment associated with Maha kumbh ? 8. Medical Negligence - how should we deal with it in your opinion? MEMBER 2: 1. You were selected for Master of Public Health in ICMR NIE. Did you join the course? 2. Recent CIA report proves COVID virus was leaked from a lab in China. What should we do about it? 3. CIA an intelligence agency will not give evidences but only information. What should we do? 4. You were selected as SCIENTIST-B In ICMR Centre for Ageing and Mental Health? Did you join? 5. Have you read the book XXXXXX by Dr.ZZZZZZ ? 6. Are you aware of the institute YYYYY? 7. These are leading Institutes in Mental health. You name some institutes working in this area? 8. Why you did not join the research position in ICMR? (Fallen in love with working in grassroots as RBSK MO) 9. (Smiling) If you had fallen in love with your current job why are you trying for Civil services now? MEMBER 3: 1. What is this interest of “Emotionally supporting children-in-care “? 2. How do you exactly do that? (I said “We do this and that and this”) 3. Who is “We”? 4. What is it that you do in your job as RBSK Medical Officer? MEMBER 4: 1. Healthcare has become highly commercialized. Many unnecessary tests are done and the cost is very high. What do we make out of this? 2. Drug addiction and substance abuse has become so Prevalent and is destroying the lives of youth. What is to be done? (I answered from my work experience With School children and substance abuse) Over To Chairman. Chairman: Your interview is over. You can leave. I found the room very warm without air flow and prone to sweating. Useful Mocks: Offline: Vision (bureaucratic and faculty), Nirnay Via Quantel, Vajiram & Ravi, Samkalp, Tamil Nadu State Training Institute Online: Fortune IAS, Unacademy, Sosin IAS Bad experience: Vajirao & Reddy panel was unnecessarily hostile to me IMO and did not even give any feedback. Utility of mocks: Overcome anxiety, handle cultural shock for those from south India, figure out expected lines of questioning from DAF keywords O2O: Did not help me much. Brainstorming almost daily with a fellow aspirant friend helped more than mocks or O2O. Every interview is unique. Consider all comments and criticisms. Take only those that will sit in with your perception of your own personality. You do you ! Your field experience,if any, is your biggest asset. Plan how to highlight them. All the very best. 🤗

Name : ST Board : Sheel Vardhan Sir Date : 21.02.2025, Forenoon, 1st to go. Keyword : IRMS, RBI, Textile, Sociology, Music, Reading Fiction. Chairman : 1. So you do singing, are you classically trained. Some conversation on that. 2. ⁠Conversation on use of social media for posting music and following. 3. ⁠Which is the last fiction book you read, is there a movie on it? 4. ⁠Which are your favourite books from your library. (said Harry Potter and Pride and Prejudice) 5. ⁠From Victorian era to Fantasy, do you believe in Magic? 6. ⁠What are Maglev trains. Can they also run zig zag apart from a straight line. 7. ⁠With the current scenario in Bangladesh can India compete with them now in terms of exports (specially garmenting) M1 : 1. The RTI act has been there for a long time now, what are some of its challenges and what can be the solutions. 2. ⁠What is UCC, why is it being brought and which foreign country has it? M2 : 1. Issues faced by women in the armed forces specially the combat forces. 2. ⁠Can women be at the forefront during a battle. 3. ⁠How would you deal with this situation if you were an officer in the armed forces. 4. ⁠Questions on Israel and Palestine conflict. What do you think about the situation. What is India’s stand. Some people call it a genocide, do you agree. 5. You are an administrator, there is a person under you (not officer cadre) who is very efficient but not very disciplined and the team has issues with them. How will you deal with such a situation. M3 : 1. Recent changes in NEP, specifically in the primary school education. 2. ⁠What is Repo rate. 3. ⁠What is CRR, recent steps taken by RBI in this regards. Why was it reduced. 5. ⁠What are Mudra Loans. What is the status now, have they been a success. M4 : 1. Can you define Financial Inclusion. 2. ⁠What is UPI. 3. ⁠How can we reach underserved areas and bring people there in formal financial system without banks. Chairman : Your interview is over. I thanked them and left. All the best to everyone.

Interview: 22nd January 2025; Last one to go Board: Lt General Raj Shukla Sir DAF Keywords: Maharashtra; PSIR; Civil Engineering; Hand written Letters; Reading Biographies; Kho-Kho; Cricket- [1 question asked[ Chairman: 1. Where are you from? 2. So much talk about Atmanirbharta in Defense. What is your take? 3. Monologue keywords- Drones, Innovation, GFR, IFS (technical defense and administrative terms) 4. What is Drone Didi ( imentioned in earlier comment) 4. You are Secretary to Raksha Mantri, what 3 advices you will give to achieve Atmanirbharta- Said 1 but was interrupted 5. Prepare a GFR in 3 months for Defense Ministry Lady Member: 1. Do you really think women are empowered? Do they have the right to choice? 2. As a DM, what will you do to enhance their Rights [beti padhao mentioned] 3. Is Beti Bachao Beti Padhao a government scheme? 4. How will you empower SHGs? Member 3: 1. India Neighbouhood relations so bad, how will we get UNSC permanent seat? 2. What should we do to get that? 3. UN not able to prevent wars, should it be empowered or abolished 4. UCC, is it good step? Member 4: 1. What were you thinking as you were last one to arrive? 2. What made you think that UPSC is an inclusive institution? 3. What was your lifes lowest moment and what had been your strategy to cope up? 4. Which Biography did you read last? 5. Volume 1 or 2? Member 5: 1. Name 2 women entrepreneurs 2. What is Google Tax 3. What can be done to increase tax collection? Chairman: Thank you!

Name - Eternal Date- 18/02/2025, Afternoon session, 2nd to go. Board- Sanjay Verma Sir DAF keywords: Civil E, Sociology, Hip-hop music, European club football, Maharishi Vidya mandir. (Rest not relevant) Time: Around 30 minutes CHAIRPERSON a) So you have graduated in 2019, what have you been doing since then? b) Have you heard of the term opportunity cost? In your case, what would it mean? c) How are you managing your finances? , I said my family is financing me. d) Then he said so they are investing in you to which I said, Yes sir, then he asked how are you gonna repay them? I said I'm and will always be available for them whenever they need me. e) then he said: Accha select hone ke baad help karoge? f) You have done graduation in Civil E but took Sociology as an optional toh Aapki Sociology acchi hogi? g) Tell me few places, organization, or instances where you can observe the pluralism of India. h) Any book that you have read other than academics which was related to Sociology. I) Aap European football dekhte hain, woh toh late night aata hai aapki neend nahi kharab hoti? J) Aap log white football, white sports dekhte hai toh Indian hockey, football kaun dekhega? K) Aap log dekhoge nahi toh Indian football develop kaise hoga? M1 a) Aap ISL dekhte ho? b) Theories of origin of caste bataiye? c) Some context that I could not understand but in the end yahi samajh aaya Caste changing ya Same puch rahe hai d) Difference between state and non state actors e) How can Indian improve its relation in the neighborhood? M2 : Lady a) Accha aap ka naam X Verma hai? Aap bhagwati Verma ki koi kavita sunaiye. b) Koi book ya paat ka naam? c) Maharishi Valmiki Ji kaun the? d) Law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh? e) Dalit women ke against itne torture kyun hote hai UP mein and as a SDM aap kya steps lenge? M3 a) Difference between Sanskritisation and upward mobility? Sanskritisation ka koi example? b) Heard about TERI? c) GRIHA? d) Green buildings? e) Green building kaise banate hai? M4 a) GRIHA ratings lena mandatory hai ya Voluntary? b) Tunneling ek side se karte hai ya dono side se? c) Dono side se tunneling karege toh common point pe kaise milenge? d) Skyscrapers mei major load kaun sa consider karte hai? e) Aap Orai se ho? Introduce Orai to me in 30 seconds f) Aap kabhi foreign gaye ho? Agar jaana chahoge to kaha jaoge? I said, Sir, japan Cause I was quite fascinated by the cartoons in my childhood. g) Kaunse cartoons pasand the aap ko, I said Shinchan and Doremon. h) 3rd member interrupted and asked ki running cartoons ko kya kehte hain? I) 4th member again, accha aap Japan jaoge toh kitne paise leke jaoge and wahan ki currency kya hai? J) Lady member asked Shinchan ki behen ka kya naam tha? Then again Chairperson sir a) Aap Hip Hop follow karte ho. Have you watched Gully boy? As a bureaucrat aap kya observe karoge movie mein? Dharavi mei kya chal raha hai? b) Gully boy mein tourism kaise dekhoge? Then he explained ki, though negative connotation hai but slum tourism bhi tourism hai Lastly, 4 member again: Aap ne bulldozer ka naam suna hai? Bulldozer toh construction activities mei use hota hai but uttar pradesh kee context mei aap kaise dekhoge ( All panel members started to laugh at this point). Then Chairperson sir said: Thank you, your interview is over, all the best. Overall, a great experience, was a little nervous initially but phir time kaise nikal gaya pata hi nahi laga.

Name : ASM Date 25 Feb Time -3:53 to 4:17(25 min ) Suman Sharma Madam Board DAF keyword:Ayurveda graduate 2 questions ,Sports Secretary.Nothing else asked Suman Madam Introduced to Board 1. Why there is Pay Parity between Ayush and Modern practitioners.? Your view 2. Govt sector n Private sector pay difference 3. ⁠Duties by both discussion 4. ⁠India’s Performance at Paris Olympics and Last Asian games Target . Was India able to achieve that ? Shortcomings 5. ⁠Should we privatise Stadiums in India ?? Your view 6. ⁠Give positive and Negative of move 2/3 more questions 7. ⁠India Maldives relations in last 15 yrs 8. ⁠Maldives perspective about India 9. ⁠Is India a Big Brother in neighbouring countries 10 India’s perspective. 11 India Out campaign 12.What you would have done differently than what GOI have done in diplomacy? M1 (was nodding n listening) 1 Haryana has been a Powerful in Sports winning medals .Should India replicate Haryana model in other states your view ? 2 What’s Haryana Model of Sports ? 3 Should Ayush n Homeopth Dr be allowed to do Aloopathic practice? 4 What’s training they are receiving? M2 (sitting immediately rt to me ) 1 Does some States n pockets in India have Lawnessness ? 2 Reasons for same ? 3 You are DC how would you tackle Lawnessness ?? 4 Administrative measures, Dialogues do work ? 5 Some news channels n yt channels create tension n falsehood in country your view ? 6 As a DC how you will you tackle n not as IB secretary? 7 How you will address issues 8 What will you do press ?? Curb ?? M3 (Female , had entire list of questions written) 1 Your view on Euthanasia? 2 Active vs Passive euthanasia? 3 Vegetative state Parameters ? 4 by Euthanasia we are interfering in Gods power that only God has power to give life and death . ( Don’t give medical perspective but Philosophical n Legal debate ) 5 Prior Informed consent in euthanasia? 6 Global practices eg Canada or western countries? (Chairperson indicates to change topic ) 7 Are rivers dying in India ? Your view ? Reasons 8 View on organ donation 9 As a DC what you will do to promote Organ donation in your District? ( 1 question I didn’t remember for which I said I will update myself on that ) M4 ( was nodding n listening) 1 As you have Sanskrit in class 10 recite me anything from Kalidas’s Shakuntala I said I am not able to recall but can recite other Sanskrit verses to which he denied 2 Should India host Olympics your views 3 You said India was not able to win gold medal at Paris why Invest money to event in which we are not successful? (Then he laughed n say hosting Asian and Commonwealth games is different from Hosting Olympics) 4 Tell provisions related to MSME in budget 5 Exports promotion for msme 6 Provisions for procurement for PSU from MSME ? 7 Last question What’s the Difference between VISION and MISSION ? On Philosophical,administrative, practical level. Observation: Questions were random and were coming at very fast pace . Situation based questions were most frequently asked . Most of questions were for analysis and opinion rather than factual . Board was listening to answers and were interrupting during answer and asked new sub part to existing questions. Mocks and O2O Gave 10+ Actual interview was different . Vision bureaucratic mock n Samkalp were closed in terms of randomness n environment. Chanakya Mandal, Srirams ,GS score , Next IAS ,were good in building confidence and have habit of talking to ex bureaucrats. O2O with Mahesh Bhagwat for DAF analysis, also Sameer sir from Vison ias , Vikram Sir for sociology were actually helpful to have confidence. Thanks for community for sharing transcripts which helps to get idea about what we can expect from interview .🙏

Name - Eternal Date- 18/02/2025, Afternoon session, 2nd to go. Board- Sanjay Verma Sir DAF keywords: Civil E, Sociology, Hip-hop music, European club football, Maharishi Vidya mandir. (Rest not relevant) Time: Around 30 minutes CHAIRPERSON a) So you have graduated in 2019, what have you been doing since then? b) Have you heard of the term opportunity cost? In your case, what would it mean? c) How are you managing your finances? , I said my family is financing me. d) Then he said so they are investing in you to which I said, Yes sir, then he asked how are you gonna repay them? I said I'm and will always be available for them whenever they need me. e) then he said: Accha select hone ke baad help karoge? f) You have done graduation in Civil E but took Sociology as an optional toh Aapki Sociology acchi hogi? g) Tell me few places, organization, or instances where you can observe the pluralism of India. h) Any book that you have read other than academics which was related to Sociology. I) Aap European football dekhte hain, woh toh late night aata hai aapki neend nahi kharab hoti? J) Aap log white football, white sports dekhte hai toh Indian hockey, football kaun dekhega? K) Aap log dekhoge nahi toh Indian football develop kaise hoga? M1 a) Aap ISL dekhte ho? b) Theories of origin of caste bataiye? c) Some context that I could not understand but in the end yahi samajh aaya Caste changing ya Same puch rahe hai d) Difference between state and non state actors e) How can Indian improve its relation in the neighborhood? M2 : Lady a) Accha aap ka naam X Verma hai? Aap bhagwati Verma ki koi kavita sunaiye. b) Koi book ya paat ka naam? c) Maharishi Valmiki Ji kaun the? d) Law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh? e) Dalit women ke against itne torture kyun hote hai UP mein and as a SDM aap kya steps lenge? M3 a) Difference between Sanskritisation and upward mobility? Sanskritisation ka koi example? b) Heard about TERI? c) GRIHA? d) Green buildings? e) Green building kaise banate hai? M4 a) GRIHA ratings lena mandatory hai ya Voluntary? b) Tunneling ek side se karte hai ya dono side se? c) Dono side se tunneling karege toh common point pe kaise milenge? d) Skyscrapers mei major load kaun sa consider karte hai? e) Aap Orai se ho? Introduce Orai to me in 30 seconds f) Aap kabhi foreign gaye ho? Agar jaana chahoge to kaha jaoge? I said, Sir, japan Cause I was quite fascinated by the cartoons in my childhood. g) Kaunse cartoons pasand the aap ko, I said Shinchan and Doremon. h) 3rd member interrupted and asked ki running cartoons ko kya kehte hain? I) 4th member again, accha aap Japan jaoge toh kitne paise leke jaoge and wahan ki currency kya hai? J) Lady member asked Shinchan ki behen ka kya naam tha? Then again Chairperson sir a) Aap Hip Hop follow karte ho. Have you watched Gully boy? As a bureaucrat aap kya observe karoge movie mein? Dharavi mei kya chal raha hai? b) Gully boy mein tourism kaise dekhoge? Then he explained ki, though negative connotation hai but slum tourism bhi tourism hai Lastly, 4 member again: Aap ne bulldozer ka naam suna hai? Bulldozer toh construction activities mei use hota hai but uttar pradesh kee context mei aap kaise dekhoge ( All panel members started to laugh at this point). Then Chairperson sir said: Thank you, your interview is over, all the best. Overall, a great experience, was a little nervous initially but phir time kaise nikal gaya pata hi nahi laga.

Name - Eternal Date- 18/02/2025, Afternoon session, 2nd to go. Board- Sanjay Verma Sir DAF keywords: Civil E, Sociology, Hip-hop music, European club football, Maharishi Vidya mandir. (Rest not relevant) Time: Around 30 minutes CHAIRPERSON a) So you have graduated in 2019, what have you been doing since then? b) Have you heard of the term opportunity cost? In your case, what would it mean? c) How are you managing your finances? , I said my family is financing me. d) Then he said so they are investing in you to which I said, Yes sir, then he asked how are you gonna repay them? I said I'm and will always be available for them whenever they need me. e) then he said: Accha select hone ke baad help karoge? f) You have done graduation in Civil E but took Sociology as an optional toh Aapki Sociology acchi hogi? g) Tell me few places, organization, or instances where you can observe the pluralism of India. h) Any book that you have read other than academics which was related to Sociology. I) Aap European football dekhte hain, woh toh late night aata hai aapki neend nahi kharab hoti? J) Aap log white football, white sports dekhte hai toh Indian hockey, football kaun dekhega? K) Aap log dekhoge nahi toh Indian football develop kaise hoga? M1 a) Aap ISL dekhte ho? b) Theories of origin of caste bataiye? c) Some context that I could not understand but in the end yahi samajh aaya Caste changing ya Same puch rahe hai d) Difference between state and non state actors e) How can Indian improve its relation in the neighborhood? M2 : Lady a) Accha aap ka naam X Verma hai? Aap bhagwati Verma ki koi kavita sunaiye. b) Koi book ya paat ka naam? c) Maharishi Valmiki Ji kaun the? d) Law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh? e) Dalit women ke against itne torture kyun hote hai UP mein and as a SDM aap kya steps lenge? M3 a) Difference between Sanskritisation and upward mobility? Sanskritisation ka koi example? b) Heard about TERI? c) GRIHA? d) Green buildings? e) Green building kaise banate hai? M4 a) GRIHA ratings lena mandatory hai ya Voluntary? b) Tunneling ek side se karte hai ya dono side se? c) Dono side se tunneling karege toh common point pe kaise milenge? d) Skyscrapers mei major load kaun sa consider karte hai? e) Aap Orai se ho? Introduce Orai to me in 30 seconds f) Aap kabhi foreign gaye ho? Agar jaana chahoge to kaha jaoge? I said, Sir, japan Cause I was quite fascinated by the cartoons in my childhood. g) Kaunse cartoons pasand the aap ko, I said Shinchan and Doremon. h) 3rd member interrupted and asked ki running cartoons ko kya kehte hain? I) 4th member again, accha aap Japan jaoge toh kitne paise leke jaoge and wahan ki currency kya hai? J) Lady member asked Shinchan ki behen ka kya naam tha? Then again Chairperson sir a) Aap Hip Hop follow karte ho. Have you watched Gully boy? As a bureaucrat aap kya observe karoge movie mein? Dharavi mei kya chal raha hai? b) Gully boy mein tourism kaise dekhoge? Then he explained ki, though negative connotation hai but slum tourism bhi tourism hai Lastly, 4 member again: Aap ne bulldozer ka naam suna hai? Bulldozer toh construction activities mei use hota hai but uttar pradesh kee context mei aap kaise dekhoge ( All panel members started to laugh at this point). Then Chairperson sir said: Thank you, your interview is over, all the best. Overall, a great experience, was a little nervous initially but phir time kaise nikal gaya pata hi nahi laga.

Interview 2024 Transcript. • Date- 27/2/25, AN • Board - Lt General Raj shukla • DAF - IFS, Jaipur, Telangana, IIT , Sociology (No much from DAF) Chairman • Where are you from? • Are you working? • Monologue on AI about the NEXUS' by Yuval Noah Harari. Have you read it? • Do you think AI will control humans? • What are we doing in AI in this regard? • Compared to China? • GPUS from where? How many? • LLMs in India vs China? • AI replacing bureaucracy? • Why this generation not risk taking in contect of Space X by Musk? • Whom to blame, present generation or my generation? • Have you any friend in IIT who is risk taking? • Why we don’t have companies like Tesla, Space X? • What should we do in space sector so that we can match SpaceX? Member 1: • What is Romsar sites? • First Ramsar site in India? • Campa, which body type, serving purpose, various activities? • Difference between Natural and Organic Farming? • What is Green Credit? • Can Organic Farming be included in Green Credit scheme? Member 2: • One American came to IIT during my time and said that Indians are good making 1st generation things secondly, what do you think about it? • Why we are not good in innovation? • Do you think climate change is Hoax? • There are Climate deniers as well, what about them? • Why red sanders is not allowed to be cultivated commercially in AP? • That is recently allowed, why it was not earlier? • Why naxalism was there in northern Telangana more? Member 3: (lady) • What is India’s wage bill? • Why lateral entry was withdrawn? • Do we need DOGE in India? • Do you think bureaucracy is degrading? • What change you will make to improve bureaucracy? • Why not replace bureaucracy with lateral entrants completely? • How is bureaucracy different in UK and India? Member 4: • Why generalist are important? • Why democracies in Indian neighbourhood are crumbling but not India? • Your view on India democracy? • Your view on Indira Shawney case? • Subcategorization? Will it benefit? Chairman: • Thank you. Your interview is over.

DAF Keywords- Telangana, Law, criminal laws, cricket Chairman: Lt gen Raj Shukla Sir Date: 25/02/2025, Forenoon, Third to go Chairman 1. Where do you come from? 2. Did bifurcation of the state do good to Telangana? 3. How much of Telangana’s GDP comes from Hyderabad? 4. Is it a good thing to have so much economic growth concentrated in Hyderabad? This has been a scenario in every state having metropolis- what is your opinion? 5. How can regional imbalances be corrected? 6. What is your view on China? 7. China and India have started their path towards development at the same time, why is China way ahead of us in GDP? 8. What is China’s GDP? 9. Though a communist country, China is competing with USA on capitalism as well- how do you view this? 10. Why is India not able to do the same? 11. How much is India’s contribution to manufacturing sector? 12. Should India follow the current path towards development as it is following now? (In the context of India developing slowly as compared to China) Member 1 1. Following on from Chairman sir’s questions, even when China is so ahead in GDP, why is it that many countries don’t have good relations with China? 2. China vs UK? Why UK favoured over China? 3. What are the key drivers of Indian economy? Have you read about consumption, investments and exports? 4. Are you practicing law or working or just preparing for this exam? 5. Tell me about how the right to privacy is protected in Digital Personal Data Protection Bill? 6. Tell me about IPR laws and how are they related to competition laws. 7. Is there any situation or circumstance when IPR laws can be removed by the government? 8. What is the constitutional basis for Uniform Civil Code? 9. Tell me two case laws where the Supreme Court ruled on Uniform Civil Code. 10. Which beach is in the news recently? and why? Member 2 1. You have KPC Gandhi gold medal in criminal law in your graduation. Who is KPC Gandhi? His contributions? 2. You have written analysing leadership qualities while watching cricket as your hobby- compare Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s captaincy styles. 3. In a democracy like India, do you think we still need laws on sedition and blasphemy? 4. Tell me some case laws on sedition in India. 5. We have borrowed many features of our constitution from UK- they have very few or no amendments. Why so many amendments to Indian Constitution? Are they needed for India? 6. What is the basic structure doctrine? Is it written anywhere in the Constitution? 7. Though we have borrowed our constitution from UK, why is Parliament supreme in UK? Is it the same in India too? Why is it different here? 8. You are using state and government- what is the difference between the two? 9. Do you know about the new parliament, you must have seen it around in Delhi? Tell me about who are the people behind making the Ashoka chakra on it? 10. Which is the largest Loksabha constituency in India- It is in your state? Member 3 (Lady member) 1. GST bill- which constitutional amendment brought this and what amendments were made? 2. There are different lists in the Indian constitution, so what changes were made to this by GST bill? 3. Tell me about the undertrial situation in India. 4. Is pendency of cases leading to undertrials or undertrials leading to pendency? 5. Why are the undertrials in jail, they can stay out like you and me right? Member 4 1. Any case law on undertrials? 2. You come from NALSAR University, so what is your opinion on vice-chancellors being appointed to universities from academic background? 3. If we have state appointed VCs, then can we have open houses like you have in your university? Is that possible- to differentiate between political and academic spheres in such scenarios? 4. What are some of the new changes brought in by the new criminal laws- BNS, BNSS, BSA? 5. Forensic evidence has been highlighted in the new criminal laws- what is your opinion on it? 6. What is the timeframe for admitting forensic evidences?

(2/2) - Kashi has been known by different names such as banaras and varanasi. Why? Kashi is said to be on top lord Shiva's trishul. What do you make of this statement? - who was the founder of BHU? What were his views on education? - What was the relation of MMM with chauri chaura? ( I didn't know the exact relation so apologised) - What is startup india and make in India? - how many universities are there in in gorakhpur? - how is IIT BHU affiliated with BHU? Chairman sir: interrupted and reminded about time. Your interview is over. I thanked all of them and was relieved. Overall experience : Board was highly cordial. It felt more like a discussion than Q&A. Interview was completely DAF based as expected of Dasa sir. Mocks: Gave many (mainly for speaking practise). Samkalp,Vajirao, nextIas, chahl, forum etc. all were good in one way or the other but samkalp , vajirao and chahl stood out. O2O: again many. Mudit jain sir and satyam jain sir (DAF filling), sajal sir, bhawani sir, Ayush sinha sir.