Interview Transcripts (CSPT-2025)

Board - Sheel vardhan sir - last to go DAF- Sikku kolam, cooking - Chettinad cuisine, Award on drone technology in agriculture, TamilNadu- Vellore district, PG( Agriculture), NCC Mostly Daf based + IR Chairman Let's start a conversation told my name 1) What is it means sikku kolam? Counter qn - what is the powder used to draw it 2) What is the difficulty in achieving our act easy policy - Physical/others Member 1 1) You won article on drone ? Tell me how can drone be used and what is drone didi scheme..is it feasible ? 2) Do you saw any beneficiaries form drone didi scheme From TamilNadu aswell as vellore? 3) What do you think about farmers suicide? What can we do for it? 4) What do you think about MSP legalization? 5) If you have posted to reform or make a change ..what do you do to make agriculture efficient? Member 3: Continued with drone 1) Tell me what would you advice private fertilizer companies regarding fertilizer and pesticides manufacture? 2) Counter questions on that? 3) How would it specifically helps? 4) What do you done in RAWE( my ug internship) 5) What do you learn from it? Member 4 Continued with agriculture 1)Monolgue on srilankan economic crisis and it is related with Agriculture? are you aware of it? 2) I said yes...and continued with organic agriculture? 3) Why sudden shift from that? 4) You are from vellore. Tell me more about it? I talked about cooking here? 5)Look you are interested in cooking. Tell me about cooking..what do you cook in Chettinad cuisine? I said a dish name? And member 3 interrupted and asked to recite the receipe ? And was keenly observing and asking doubts on recipes name? Member 4 You are Ncc B and C certificate holder. Why didn't had idea of going to combined define service? 2) What do you spend most of the time in ncc? I said parade and marchfasting? 3) What is the most important part in parade? 4) what is the quality you take for civil administration? 5) What do you think which is important..discipline or self discipline? 6) I said self discipline? counter qn why? 7) how will you ensure it? chairman Again 1) If there is war between india and Pakistan..tell me 5 countries where india can ask help and why? 3) what are the countries leading on drone technology? 3) Tell me about integrated border checkpost? 4) Tell me a indian city which has high class infrastructure compared to other cities of the world? Thank you ..it was nice talking to you..you may leave now...

20th March Forenoon session  Sheel wardhan Sir 5th to go All DAF based Keywords: Taylor Swift, AI, Deep learning, IITD and Alumni, Goldman Sachs, Innovating healthier dishes, Diabetic Retinopathy, River Interlinking, UP, Children Home Chairman Sir You are a technology person you have worked in health sector you also listen to Taylor Swift and she is a great vocalist and a songwriter  What are her sole written album (I said speak now but he said no it is red and fearless but it is true speak now but I said okay sir i will recheck) He asked about what was the controversy about Taylor Swift with respect to record label (i told him about the big red machine labels controversy)  Then he said you have worked in deep learning are you aware of the antibiotic named after a movie character (not able to recall).   M1 (lady)  First asked me about recent news Taylor Swift was for Then about my summer undergraduate project (further sub questions)  You seem to have worked in health but then also working in Goldman Sachs She asked about is India becoming the diabetes capital and then about recent pm speech on obesity  She then asked to give examples of my innovating healthier version (continuation of above)  You also got Rani Jhansi award what is inspiring in her? M2 (sir) Asked why IIT is so low in QS ranking  3 main alumni of IIT Delhi Have you read any book of Chetan Bhagat  Any contribution of non popular IITians  River interlinking which you feel should be done  Any examples from the world (I said no successful yet)  Name of 2 rivers of china  Application of AI in rural area as secretary if education / DM  Best 2 public speakers currently  M3 (Ma’am)  About major conflicts in the world and then elaborate on any one (i elaborated on Ukraine Russia partial ceasefire)  Then about tourism economy of UP  Some more questions on tourism  M4 (Sir) Difference between common retinopathy and Diabetic retinopathy What children want  What nutritions are they lacking in  Further on my sura project (about issues, nanotech) Then further monologue on how Nanotech can be dangerous  Then further details of my project Chairman Sir:  It was nice talking to you, you may leave now  Mocks: 20+ O2O:5+ Best mocks: Vajiram, Next IAS, Unacademy, Nirnay IAS (Quantel ) these mocks were close to my interview All the best to everyone

20th March Forenoon session  Sheel wardhan Sir 5th to go All DAF based Keywords: Taylor Swift, AI, Deep learning, IITD and Alumni, Goldman Sachs, Innovating healthier dishes, Diabetic Retinopathy, River Interlinking, UP, Children Home Chairman Sir You are a technology person you have worked in health sector you also listen to Taylor Swift and she is a great vocalist and a songwriter  What are her sole written album (I said speak now but he said no it is red and fearless but it is true speak now but I said okay sir i will recheck) He asked about what was the controversy about Taylor Swift with respect to record label (i told him about the big red machine labels controversy)  Then he said you have worked in deep learning are you aware of the antibiotic named after a movie character (not able to recall).   M1 (lady)  First asked me about recent news Taylor Swift was for Then about my summer undergraduate project (further sub questions)  You seem to have worked in health but then also working in Goldman Sachs She asked about is India becoming the diabetes capital and then about recent pm speech on obesity  She then asked to give examples of my innovating healthier version (continuation of above)  You also got Rani Jhansi award what is inspiring in her? M2 (sir) Asked why IIT is so low in QS ranking  3 main alumni of IIT Delhi Have you read any book of Chetan Bhagat  Any contribution of non popular IITians  River interlinking which you feel should be done  Any examples from the world (I said no successful yet)  Name of 2 rivers of china  Application of AI in rural area as secretary if education / DM  Best 2 public speakers currently  M3 (Ma’am)  About major conflicts in the world and then elaborate on any one (i elaborated on Ukraine Russia partial ceasefire)  Then about tourism economy of UP  Some more questions on tourism  M4 (Sir) Difference between common retinopathy and Diabetic retinopathy What children want  What nutritions are they lacking in  Further on my sura project (about issues, nanotech) Then further monologue on how Nanotech can be dangerous  Then further details of my project Chairman Sir:  It was nice talking to you, you may leave now  Mocks: 20+ O2O:5+ Best mocks: Vajiram, Next IAS, Unacademy, Nirnay IAS (Quantel ) these mocks were close to my interview All the best to everyone

Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir Date 20.03.2025 Last to go in Forenoon session All questions were from DAF DAF Keywords: Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering, Football Club Barcelona, IES in Central water commission, Reading about reuse of waste in Civil Engineering, Watching TV series Chairman 1. What is waste 2. ⁠Which TV series you have watched ? Have you watched Rocket Boyz 3. ⁠Which is your favorite 4. As a DM what are the 5 skills you will teach girl child in class 6-10 to make them resilient and future ready (he was looking for self defense) M1 (Mam) 1. Why Football Club Barcelona 2. ⁠What are 2 news related to water sector (Talked about Indus and Brahmaputra) 3. ⁠How to resolve Brahmaputra dispute with China 4. ⁠What are issues in south india 5. ⁠Why Kaveri water dispute 6. ⁠Why we are not able to resolve this 7. ⁠Caste discrimination in IIT Bombay 8. ⁠How to resolve this dispute M2 1. Why literacy rate of Haryana is low in comparison to Kerala 2. ⁠How to do water conservation M3 1. Status of mass rapid transport system? What are the current data of electrification ? What are the future technologies 2. ⁠Issues in Green Hydrogen based Vehicles M4 1. What to do if you want to scale Waste to wealth near a school 2. ⁠What to do if you want to scale that at college level 3. ⁠Have you read about Avionics and space 4. ⁠If you were NASA secretary, how would you handled Sunita Williams issue Thank you Coaching Special Thanks to Shubham sir (Vidhyapeeth IAS), Utkarsh Shukla sir (Sriram IAS), Mahesh Bhagwat sir Mock: NextIAS, Sriram IAS, Unacademy, Vision IAS, Vajirao and reddy, Satyam Jain sir one on one

Date : 18/03/2025 Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir's Time: 25 minutes Afternoon Slot, 5th to go. Keywords: Latur, Maharashtra, Ferguson, PSIR Optional, Indian Comedy Shows, Reflective Writing. Chairman Sir: Good Evening, be comfortable we are a very cordial board. 1. What Do your friends call you ? (Listening to it, he cited a similar word they used in their college days.)    2.Do you think te world has become a global village ? 3. Don't you think there are so many restrictions, we are only virtually connected not a global village in reality? 4. What is the difference between Immigrant and Refugee? 5. What are benefits of Immigration? (Followed by he explaining it more after my answer) 6. Do you know Monalisa? What is it ?     7.When it was created? 8. What are its peculiar features ? M1.: 1. Seeked more explanation on my earlier point on immigration. 2. Don't you think authoritarian regimes also make people migrate? 3. What is famous from Latur ? 4. What is Latur globally known for ? 5. What is Reflective Writing? 6. How often do you write? 7. Do you re-read what you have written? 8. How has it helped you? (Meanwhile Sheel vardhan Sir standing Up From his chair) 9. Are you employed ? M2: 1. You have lived in Pimpari Chinchwad area and Pune also. Which is more polluted? 2. What are the reasons for the Latur Crop pattern? 3. What are the causes of the Latur Earthquake? 4. Which important industries are there in Pune? M3. 1. Have you read the 73rd CAA,? What is your opinion on that? 2. If you are made the DM for one day, what will you do for women empowerment? 3. What did you do in NSS camps? M5: 1. You have lived in Pune. Why do you think so many foreign Students live in Pune? None of the institutions are in the top 300 if we talk about world level . 2. I cited along with culture also Pune is high in Ease of Living....then he talked about how a most traffic congested city like benglore is called as easy to live.      3. so your hobby is watching Indian Comedy Shows.. . chairman Sir again intervened and asked which one show will you suggest to watch? (I said TMKOC) 4. Who is the director on TMKOC ?     5. I am not really happy with the show. They have shown the characters of Babita and Daya in a particular shadow. What do you think about it ? The way they have portrayed different women? 6. Given you have Pune in your DAF...What is Puna Pact?     7.Who won in Pune Pact ?           Gandhi or Ambedkar ? Membe looked at the chairman sir. Chairman Sir again: 1. If you are forced to migrate to one country(except INDIA) where will you go? 2. What do you think visa policy are getting tightened or liberalised? 3. Why would you go to that country you mentioned ? Ok. Your Interview is Over. You can go. Thank You. Mocks Given: DnyanPrabodhini, Chankya Mandal, DeepStambh, Sankalp, Vajirao Reddy, Next IAS, Quantel, O2O: IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Sri Ram Sir.,Khan Sir KSG.

Date : 18/03/2025 Board: Sheel Vardhan Sir's Time: 25 minutes Afternoon Slot, 5th to go. Keywords: Latur, Maharashtra, Ferguson, PSIR Optional, Indian Comedy Shows, Reflective Writing. Chairman Sir: Good Evening, be comfortable we are a very cordial board. 1. What Do your friends call you ? (Listening to it, he cited a similar word they used in their college days.)    2.Do you think te world has become a global village ? 3. Don't you think there are so many restrictions, we are only virtually connected not a global village in reality? 4. What is the difference between Immigrant and Refugee? 5. What are benefits of Immigration? (Followed by he explaining it more after my answer) 6. Do you know Monalisa? What is it ?     7.When it was created? 8. What are its peculiar features ? M1.: 1. Seeked more explanation on my earlier point on immigration. 2. Don't you think authoritarian regimes also make people migrate? 3. What is famous from Latur ? 4. What is Latur globally known for ? 5. What is Reflective Writing? 6. How often do you write? 7. Do you re-read what you have written? 8. How has it helped you? (Meanwhile Sheel vardhan Sir standing Up From his chair) 9. Are you employed ? M2: 1. You have lived in Pimpari Chinchwad area and Pune also. Which is more polluted? 2. What are the reasons for the Latur Crop pattern? 3. What are the causes of the Latur Earthquake? 4. Which important industries are there in Pune? M3. 1. Have you read the 73rd CAA,? What is your opinion on that? 2. If you are made the DM for one day, what will you do for women empowerment? 3. What did you do in NSS camps? M5: 1. You have lived in Pune. Why do you think so many foreign Students live in Pune? None of the institutions are in the top 300 if we talk about world level . 2. I cited along with culture also Pune is high in Ease of Living....then he talked about how a most traffic congested city like benglore is called as easy to live.      3. so your hobby is watching Indian Comedy Shows.. . chairman Sir again intervened and asked which one show will you suggest to watch? (I said TMKOC) 4. Who is the director on TMKOC ?     5. I am not really happy with the show. They have shown the characters of Babita and Daya in a particular shadow. What do you think about it ? The way they have portrayed different women? 6. Given you have Pune in your DAF...What is Puna Pact?     7.Who won in Pune Pact ?           Gandhi or Ambedkar ? Membe looked at the chairman sir. Chairman Sir again: 1. If you are forced to migrate to one country(except INDIA) where will you go? 2. What do you think visa policy are getting tightened or liberalised? 3. Why would you go to that country you mentioned ? Ok. Your Interview is Over. You can go. Thank You. Mocks Given: DnyanPrabodhini, Chankya Mandal, DeepStambh, Sankalp, Vajirao Reddy, Next IAS, Quantel, O2O: IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Sri Ram Sir.,Khan Sir KSG.

Name - Sentilese Board - Shri Sheelvardhan Sir Date 5 March 3 to go in evening Pointers asked - Tribal Documentaries, Moradabad, Physics ,NSS Chairman 1 how many Tribal Documentaries have you watched? 2 Tell me the different tribes of Andaman, NE and mainland India? 3 tell me one unique problem of all these regions? 4 are u aware of Verrier Elwin? 5 tell me about his work? 6 I will name the border of india one by one you tell me the challenges and nature of border? Pakistan China Nepal Bangladesh Myanmar 7 now tell me which you think is the most important border for india in future? M1 1 so u were in nss- tell me what did you do and what u learn? 2 you are from Moradabad Division Tell me where is Raza Library? 3 wht is Moradabad famous for? 4 how can we increase export from Moradabad ? 5 what happened in Sambhal recently? 6 if u were DM tell me what you would do to prevent it or to save lifes? M2 1 tell me the difference between Loc and LAC? 2 Tell me things where tribes have contributed the most? 3 what are the reasons for such high contribution? I said - handicrafts, national struggle and culture 4 tell me what has been the recent developments along the india china border? 5 tell me same with Myanmar and Pakistan? M3 ( only factual) 1 he first said how will u feel if I tell you that I will not ask u any questions? Than asked only factual ones 2 u said china is building dam near our border Tell me everything you know about it 3 name of the Dam 4 tell me name of brahmaputra in china, Bangladesh 5 how many tributaries Brahmaputra have Which is the largest ones What is the length of brahmaputra Name all dams on brahmaputra M4 ( only phys) 1 which books you have read for physics in graduation and for optional? 2 why not have you read Feyman Lecture? 3 tell me the what is nature of light? 4 tell me the recent developments in physics - Majorna, ITER 5 Tell me the concept of physics which has gone drastic change since  the birth of subject? 6 tell me the principal of physics we can use in administration? Total time - 30 minutes Physics graduation and optional 4 attempt, 1 introduction Mocks many - Vajiram, Next ias , vision, Drishti, Sankalp etc One to one help - shubham sir at Vidyapeeth helped me a lot to control anxiety of last minute, Vajiram helped me to balance opinion, sri ram helped me to structure answers

Name - Sentilese Board - Shri Sheelvardhan Sir Date 5 March 3 to go in evening Pointers asked - Tribal Documentaries, Moradabad, Physics ,NSS Chairman 1 how many Tribal Documentaries have you watched? 2 Tell me the different tribes of Andaman, NE and mainland India? 3 tell me one unique problem of all these regions? 4 are u aware of Verrier Elwin? 5 tell me about his work? 6 I will name the border of india one by one you tell me the challenges and nature of border? Pakistan China Nepal Bangladesh Myanmar 7 now tell me which you think is the most important border for india in future? M1 1 so u were in nss- tell me what did you do and what u learn? 2 you are from Moradabad Division Tell me where is Raza Library? 3 wht is Moradabad famous for? 4 how can we increase export from Moradabad ? 5 what happened in Sambhal recently? 6 if u were DM tell me what you would do to prevent it or to save lifes? M2 1 tell me the difference between Loc and LAC? 2 Tell me things where tribes have contributed the most? 3 what are the reasons for such high contribution? I said - handicrafts, national struggle and culture 4 tell me what has been the recent developments along the india china border? 5 tell me same with Myanmar and Pakistan? M3 ( only factual) 1 he first said how will u feel if I tell you that I will not ask u any questions? Than asked only factual ones 2 u said china is building dam near our border Tell me everything you know about it 3 name of the Dam 4 tell me name of brahmaputra in china, Bangladesh 5 how many tributaries Brahmaputra have Which is the largest ones What is the length of brahmaputra Name all dams on brahmaputra M4 ( only phys) 1 which books you have read for physics in graduation and for optional? 2 why not have you read Feyman Lecture? 3 tell me the what is nature of light? 4 tell me the recent developments in physics - Majorna, ITER 5 Tell me the concept of physics which has gone drastic change since  the birth of subject? 6 tell me the principal of physics we can use in administration? Total time - 30 minutes Physics graduation and optional 4 attempt, 1 introduction Mocks many - Vajiram, Next ias , vision, Drishti, Sankalp etc One to one help - shubham sir at Vidyapeeth helped me a lot to control anxiety of last minute, Vajiram helped me to balance opinion, sri ram helped me to structure answers

Name- Water Date- 18th March Last to go Board- Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir Timing- 25 min DAF Keywords asked- Maharashtra, Civil Engineering, Educational freelancing, Academic Counsellor, PSIR, Water Conservation and Watershed Management Read my DAF and info. Chairperson: 1. You have been preparing since long. Didn't you appear in state PCS 2. What's the result in state PCS? 3. So, your focus is UPSC? 4. What you have prepared for the interview? 5. What are civil engineering marvels which led to change in socio-economic status in the world? 6. What about Panama canal? 7. What's happening in the marine drive? 8. What's the importance of Atal Setu in Mumbai? 9. What's the major agricultural products of Solapur? Dasa Sir left for washroom after his turn. M1: (Cool and calm lady. She was listening to me carefully) 1. What's the percentage of thermal energy and hydroelectricity in India? 2. So, which one should we promote? 3. Can you tell me the current status of hydroelectricity in India, whether decreasing or increasing? 4. Why are we not enhancing hydroelectricity? 5. In country there is debate between caste and religion. Which one is important? 6. How religion is uniting force? 7. If focus on one religion, how others will unite? 8. What's the major dam is being built in China? 9. How will it affect India? M2: (He was sleeping after his turn) 1. What's the role of Pakistan in destabilized Bangladesh? 2. How will it affect India? 3. You are from water stressed region. How will you address water challenge? 4. Recently train hijack in Pakistan. Who did this and why? 5. Dasa Sir intervened- which project is being built by China in Baluchistan? 6. 2-3 que unable to recall M3: (He was nice guy, even supporting me while I was answering to other members as well) 1. About whip? Is it good or bad? 2. Baki 2-3 questions, unable to recall M4: (aged lady) 1. What's the difference and similarities between Kautilya Arthashastra and Machiavelli ideas? 2. Do you know about Kautilya's Lokayat philosophy? You can say no if you don't know. 3. Why should we select you? Which abilities you have? 4. What you have done in water conservation? 5. What you have done as an educational freelancing? Dasa Sir - your interview is over. Board was cordial. Mostly from my DAF. Noone was in grilling mode. Mocks appeared- Vajirao Reddy, Deepstambh Foundation (Amol Lanke sir), Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Shubham Aggarwal Sir Vidyapeeth IAS, Vision IAS, Samkalp

Date - 6 march Board- Raj Shukla Sir DAF Keywords- Delhi, computer science, football, agriculture, blockchain and machine learning Chairman - - I see you're from Delhi and a football enthusiast. Football isn't as popular as cricket in India. Why do you think so? - recently many video are floating on social media about the poor image of india? reason behind that? - rise of Artificial Intelligence globally, what role do you see India playing in AI governance? - Why is agriculture called the backbone of the Indian economy even when its GDP share is decreasing? - What is digital agriculture ? Do you think there is a need to integrate computer science and agriculture? How? Here sir wants to hear about Open Source Digital Public Infrastructure for Agriculture. Member 1 - Question related to sunita williams and his ancestral home in india? - Blockchain in simple terms? - Can you provide one real life use case in Indian governance? - What is Green AI and India AI Mission ? - Should India ban deepfakes or regulate them? Member 2 - What urban agriculture (in relation to delhi)? - Can it be implemented effectively in Delhi? - Freebies in Delhi politics. - Delhi Master Plan 2041? - potential of Hyperloop technology in india Member 3 - difference between natural farming and organic farming ? - core leadership traits you admire in a civil servant? - Why do suicide rates higher among men despite their perceived societal privileges? Member 4 - why air pollution in delhi during winters. How blockchain or machine learning be used to solve this ? - what is learning poverty ? - about NEP 5+3+3+4 design. and 3 language formula. Overall the interview experience was very delightful and board was extremely cordial. questions were largely based on my DAF and current affairs.. In a few opinion based questions, the board focused more on the reasoning I provided rather than the stand I took. Mock - Vajiram, OnlyIAS, Chahal, Samkalp (All mocks were helpful in getting a good understanding of the interview process.) One2one - Ravindran Sir (Vajiram), Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, Rahul Sir (ias pcs pathshala). O2O session with Mahesh Sir and Rahul Sir were helpful as they covered my daf very holistically. Although Rahul sir took one to one at very last momet but the session was very insightful. Jai Hind

19/03/25 Name : RaziaSultan Board : Sanjay Verma Sir Third to go, Forenoon session DAF : PCOS, Singing bollywood songs, Roller skating, Pune, Anthropology Chairman Welcome, have a seat 1. Tell me the news in last 48 hours Two good ones on sociology/society and 2 that upset you. Similarly for Economics 2. Tell me 3 great mass movements 3. Feminist movement, which phase did you like the most and why? 4. Name a feminist 5. A feminist from present 6. Bollywood song where the characters are roller skating. M1 1. NEP issue, views 2. Follow up : Why don't we keep only 2 langauges what's the point of 3? 3. What can be a link language that would bridge the language barrier between North and South? 4. India has been very slow when it comes to sending spacecrafts. Then he said the spacecrafts of India are very slow compared to others. What do you think? Some follow ups can't recall. M2 1. Surrogacy in India. Ethical issues, what to do about it? 2. Link Anthropology with Criminal investigation. A few follow ups. 3. Forgetting one more question M3 1. Who is Gayatri Chakravarty. She received an award recently. What is the name of the award? 2. What is Performance budget? 3. If a certain sector is allocated a budget and if the budget is completely utilised. Can we say that the project was successful? 4. What are the problems with expecting mothers in India. Is there any scheme for it? Follow up : How do we treat Post partum depression? Be specific and tell me about the steps that you would take. 5. You have lived in Pune and Delhi both, what difference did you feel? Some follow ups. Not relevant M4 1. 'Jugaad'. You must have heard this word. What does it mean? 2. Jugaad runs in the blood of all Indians. Yet why are we not performing well on Innovation index? 3. You have done some research on PCOS. What was the outcome? What is the reason behind this issue? Why is it so prevalent? How do we solve it? 4. Your native place is Ghaziabad. Do you know the concept of NCR? Is the concept failing? Follow ups Chairman You have lived a decent life till now, you must have learnt a lot. Tell me one life lesson that you feel is closest to you. Mocks taken -> ~10 O2O with Abhinandan sir, Ravindran sir, Utkarsh Sir, Satyam Jain sir

Name - KL Date - 19th March Afternoon session 3rd to go Board Name - Sheel Vardhan Sir Round table arrangement 2 Females DAF Keywords - Geography optional and graduation, Water conservation essay, Disaster management club in college, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule University, Podcasts, Cricket, Uttar Pradesh Chairperson - Very Good Afternoon and take your seat Mr. Which is your favourite part from geography - physical, political, economic and then I said physical geography. If god is about to destroy the whole earth and he chooses you to select one thing which you can save for this humanity then what will you choose from physical geography Then he asked why uttrakhand is prone to disasters. M1 (F) - Asked something about my district and famous poet from it Asked his famous work. Asked about water conservation how we can do it Asked about why we are facing this issue Asked about Jyotiba Phule and relevance of his work M2(M) - Asked about rock cycle Asked about environmental stress Asked about threats to coastal areaz from disasters Asked what are the recent disasters that have occurred Rest not able to recall M3(M)- Asked about resilience and who has most resilience Asked about me are you a resilient person and asked an example where I had shown resilience Asked about why India lost the test series against New Zealand by 3-0 Then Asked which is the most beautiful country in this world Then again asked which is the 2nd most beautiful country in this world Then again give me one more chance to change my answer on the 2nd most beautiful country question and then some lighter moments M4( F) - Asked about podcast why do you listen and what podcasts you have listened to. Then Asked if I had seen the recent podcast of PM or not Then Asked about Arctic Ocean - threats, opportunities Connected the previous question to Greenland and Trump's idea of acquiring it. After this Chairperson said Thank you And your interview is over. Overall Board was very cordial and they listened to my answers patiently Atmosphere was very relaxed and no one was poker faced and everyone was passing smiles Let's hope for the best.

Name - KL Date - 19th March Afternoon session 3rd to go Board Name - Sheel Vardhan Sir Round table arrangement 2 Females DAF Keywords - Geography optional and graduation, Water conservation essay, Disaster management club in college, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule University, Podcasts, Cricket, Uttar Pradesh Chairperson - Very Good Afternoon and take your seat Mr. Which is your favourite part from geography - physical, political, economic and then I said physical geography. If god is about to destroy the whole earth and he chooses you to select one thing which you can save for this humanity then what will you choose from physical geography Then he asked why uttrakhand is prone to disasters. M1 (F) - Asked something about my district and famous poet from it Asked his famous work. Asked about water conservation how we can do it Asked about why we are facing this issue Asked about Jyotiba Phule and relevance of his work M2(M) - Asked about rock cycle Asked about environmental stress Asked about threats to coastal areaz from disasters Asked what are the recent disasters that have occurred Rest not able to recall M3(M)- Asked about resilience and who has most resilience Asked about me are you a resilient person and asked an example where I had shown resilience Asked about why India lost the test series against New Zealand by 3-0 Then Asked which is the most beautiful country in this world Then again asked which is the 2nd most beautiful country in this world Then again give me one more chance to change my answer on the 2nd most beautiful country question and then some lighter moments M4( F) - Asked about podcast why do you listen and what podcasts you have listened to. Then Asked if I had seen the recent podcast of PM or not Then Asked about Arctic Ocean - threats, opportunities Connected the previous question to Greenland and Trump's idea of acquiring it. After this Chairperson said Thank you And your interview is over. Overall Board was very cordial and they listened to my answers patiently Atmosphere was very relaxed and no one was poker faced and everyone was passing smiles Let's hope for the best.

19/03/2025 Name :- गरुड़ Board - Sheel Vardhan sir 2nd to go afternoon shift Daf- hindi and urdu poetry, quizzing, Delhi, voting system, corporate, blood donation. Chairman sir (excited) 1. You read poetry. Tell me about what bahadur shah Zafar wrote about his situation in Rangoon. 2. Your favourite poet? Where was he born? 3. Tell me why is Ramdhari Singh Dinkar called Rashtrakavi 4. About other contemporary poets? 5. About social media as a platform? Do you know about the origin of instagram? 6. Is social media fake? Your opinion. 7. A law which you would like to remove Thank you Member 1 (Lady - smiling) 1. You made a project regarding the voting system in college. Can it be implemented in India? If not why. 2. You were a part of your placement cell in college. Tell me what your role was. How did you manage it. Member 2 (sir- disinterested) 1. You have studied about imaging. (No sir I have not) Still went on to ask two questions about it lol. 2. Tell me about blood groups. What is the Rh factor? 3. Ok it seems that imaging is not your strong area. You've done quizzing, name a few quizmasters from India. Thank you Member 3 (sir-excited) 1. A quote on poetry by Wordsworth. Do you think it's true? 2. Nowadays poetry is being skewed more towards profit orientation. Your views? Member 4 (lady- blank expression) 1. Tell me about a few events that have happened recently. 2. Should zelensky trust putin? 3. Tell me about 3 books you've read recently. What did you learn from them. Thank you Overall I felt I performed the worst on the questions posed by chairman sir. The rest was decent. I felt it could've gone a lot better and was miserable but then while writing the transcript I realised that it wasn't as bad as I felt. Thanks a lot to everyone in the group. It was my first attempt so I feel I have a lot to learn. I met some great people in the central hall. I hope everyone makes it, even if it's before me. Whatever happens, happens for good. All the best :))

Name: phoenixunleashed1708 Date of Interview: 17-03-2025 Board: Sanjay Verma Sir Optional: Anthropology DAF: Football, Irrigation Department job (civil engineer), IIT, Meditation, Anthropology 1. Analyse the current issue of Tamil Nadu over Three Language formula. What can be the way forward? 2. What is the utility of anthropology for administrators? Job: Irrigation Department 1. Tunnel collapse in Srisailam Left Bank canal. What are the reasons for it? What are the learnings from the issue? Is there any government scheme related to these? 2. Why do you think there is corruption in government departments? Is there corruption in Irrigation Department? 3. Output-Outcome framework. What is it? Can you illustrate in your field? 4. Have you heard about the Namami Gange project? What are its features? 5. Why civil services after having been associated for so many years? IIT 1. Do you think opening so many IITs will dilute the brand of IIT? 2. IITs are offering so many other courses like MBA, etc. Do you think it is right, given IITs specialize in technical education? 3. History of IIT Kharagpur - why Kharagpur was chosen as site of IIT? 4. What is Kharagpur famous for apart from IIT? Football? 1. How many referees in football? 2. How much does a player run in football? How much does a referee run? 3. Who is the most famous Indian footballer? Do you know Chunni Goswami? Can you compare the two? 4. You are cricket team captain, not performing well. Team is going for series. Will you step down as captain/player? Meditation 1. You practice meditation. What type of meditation? How does it help you? Overall, the board was cordial. The questions were mostly DAF based.

Name: HawkeyedHuman404 Date of Interview: 19th March Board: Suman Sharma Ma’am Board 3- 3rd to go 2nd attempt, 1st interview DAF Keywords: Electrical Engineering, trekking, President- Drama & Film Society, Assam, North East Big room and half the space occupies the roundtable. Asked for permission to enter. Greeted everyone (Chair + 2 lady + 2 gentleman) Chairperson: Might have noticed me in a nervous state. Read my name, district, state and degree subject to make me calm down. 1. So many discoms facing losses? Why can’t we have private discoms? 2. Benefits of having multiple discoms? Impact on consumers? 3. Power exchanges in India? 4. How power exchanges can improve functions of discom? 5. What is your opinion on surrogacy in India? 6. There is so much poverty in India, huge no of women would be in que? 7. How you want to regulate surrogacy? M1: (very soft spoken lady and frequent cross questioning) 1. Long monologue on child adoption. Why so much delay in India? What are provisions? (mentioned CARA & DM’s told) 2. But why DM has to look into these matters? Don’t you think it’s an unnecessary burden of DM? 3. How can we reduce the delay in adoption process? 4. Difference between roles of DM & DC? 5. Are they same everywhere? 6. Some of security issues are civic in nature. Don’t you think granting L&O powers entirely in police may affect governance? ( earlier mentioned role of human trafficking networks in misusing adoption practices) 7. Training of IAS & IPS are also different. Isn’t it? ( told her about sensitive & empathetic policing practices) 8. Why all prefer IAS over IPS? What is your choice? 9. What are the things you look into before planning a trek? 10. How do you prepare yourself? M2 (Had already written questions of paper. Strict gentleman) 1. Relations between fiscal deficit and trade deficit? 3-4 minutes discussion and bit grilling. 2. Does PoSH apply to unorganised sector? M3. ( had already written questions) 1. Insurgency in North East? Reasons? ( stopped me midway after he heard “alienation” - I replied with humility- “perception of alienation”) 2. Significant steps to curb insurgency? 3. How is Bodoland now? 4. Jurisdiction of BTC (Bodoland Territorial Council) 5. Does it come under constitutional framework? 6.How 5th schedule and 6th schedule provisions are different? 7. How can you bring investment to north east? Steps taken? 8. All investments by private sector mostly remain on paper. Anything on ground? 9. NE is filled with forest and biodiversity. What’s weightage for criteria of forest in Finance commissions devolution? 10. Demand of states for more funds? Reasons? 11. Your recommendation? 12. Are you aware about present Terms of References? ( told him that though it’s already there, weightage of demographic performance can be enhanced) M4: (Soft spoken lady- started with “We’re going to a completely different direction now!”) 1. Have you heard about widows of Vrindavan? 2. What these issues signify? 3. How can we improve their conditions? 4. Why there is so much of Singham1-2-3, why people want to watch these movies so much? 5. That means our criminal justice system is corrupt? Overall experience: very relaxed atmosphere and I felt they tried to bring the best in me. Patiently listened to every answer even though I took brief pauses in some answers. Mocks: 8 O2O: 2 My 2 cents: Keep an open mind and be grateful. It’ll boost your performance. Never in last 3 months I thought about answering questions on adoption, surrogacy, widowhood. Luckily I could remember some points. Be happy, be good. All the best and thanks to the community for support! 🫶🏼

The Earth Date: 19 March 2025 Forenoon session 1st to go Board : Honorable Dinesh Dasa Sir DAF: Horticulture, Agriculture, Karnataka,Kolar Chairman: Good morning, How are you ? From which part of India you come from? You are an horticulturist with agriculture optional. That sounds good. Even I'm horticulturist. 1. Okay imagine we are in 2035, What are the three agricultural reforms do you think we should work on ? 2. Do you think budget allocation for agriculture must be improved? 3. Government has come up with establishment of new colleges and universities of agriculture and Horticulture just to bring skilled workforce in agriculture. Then why agriculture graduates are not taking up agri as a profession? 4. When compared to India, China leads in agriculture sector too , why and what we can learn from China ? M1: 1. What is GeM ? 2. Anyway you'll not be in final list, tell me the loopholes in the GeM. 3. What are the proposed features in National Policy on Agriculture? 4. What is the Horticulture potential of your district? M2(Lady) 1. Do you support GM Technology in Cotton ? 2. But it's been said that oil is extracted from the gm cotton is used in packed foods , then too will you support it ? 3. Article 17 ? 4. Do you think still we need laws to protect against untouchability even after 75 years of independence? 5. What is manual scavenging? 6. Did you read yesterday newspaper? What was the issue related to manual scavenging? 7. If you are a DM, how would you eliminate manual scavenging in your district? M3 1. Already goverment is doing many things in agriculture sector, they will bring new schemes in agriculture year by year , but still why agriculture problems are unsolved? 2. Recently Government of Karnataka has brought two acts related to gig economy and domicile employment. What's the status of that? 3. Is regulation needed in gig sector ? 4. What's your stance on domicile employment? 5. What is the order of Supreme Court over it ? M4(lady) 1. Oh you come from Golden City of India, tell me where the deepest gold mine located? 2. Where are the other gold production areas in India apart from your region? 3. What is decentralisation? 4. When we have already state and central government in place, do we need it again ? 5. Any constitutional provisions relating to it ? 6. Why decentralisation is needed ? 7. Hindrances in its implementation? 8. As you said , Karnataka leads in Panchayat Devolution Index, What makes it leading ? Chairman Sir - Your interview is over. Overall experience - amazing and it's too different than other mocks , cordial environment. Panel mocks - Vajiram, Sankalp, OnlyIAS, NextIAS, Grace IAS, Samutkarsh IAS, India4IAS. One to One : Mahesh Bhagwat Sir ( covered DAF holistically), Ravindran Sir , Shubham Sir(Vidyapeeth), Satyam Jain Sir. Fruitful Discussions & doubt clearances with Jorben Sir& Sri Hari Sir. I'm thankful for each and everyone who contributed to my preparation one or the other way.

Date - 19/03/2025 Chairperson - sheelvardhan sir, 3rd to go (forenoon session) DAF - Chartered Accountant, Podcast and books on Ramayana, NGO on food distribution, sprint Chairperson sir Chairman sir said - Let's have some good conversation. 1. Since you watch podcasts, who are influencers? 2. Has it become a separate profession. 3. Who are anti influencers I was not aware so the chairman sir explained it and asked 4. if it is a profession On the basis of the description he gave, I said that it is an unethical profession. 5. He gave one more example and asked don't you think it is bad and is it a profession. 6. He asked what action will you take against such persons? M -1 (lady member) 1. Reasons for fraud happening in the corporate markets and auditor's involvement 2. Steps to curb it 3. Status of India in sprinting 4. What can be done to improve it 5. Asked about India's best time in sprinting M -2 1. What are the pros and cons of e commerce (I mentioned one of the cons as the effects of anti influencers) 2. What is digital arrest and what section of society does it impact 3. What action needs to be taken to curb it M -3 1. Similar score in Bcom and CA - asked to analyze it 2. Name of the books on Ramayana that I have read 3. What should be kept in mind while reading it 4. How does they guide you in your personal life 5. A lot of characters which are negative, how can we learn positive things M -4 (lady member) 1. Asked about the NGO I was involved in 2. What motivated me to join it 3. Status of India in SDGs 4. Pradhan mantri Garib Kalyan Anna yojana Chairman sir said, Thank you, your interview is over

Date of interview- 19 March Board: Dr Dinesh Dasa Sir Daf: philosophy optional, jharkhand state, bharatnatyam Chairman: 1)Please introduce yourself 2) How is philosophy relevant in today's data driven world 3) How philosophical teachings affected national movement and how it has over the time influenced foreign policy Member:1 1) Tell me about RTE 2) Should RTE be extended till the age of 18 3) How indian philosophy promotes equality Member 2 1) Why is Jharkhand suffering inspite of Tata and Bokaro steel 2) Why other states doing better 3) Which state is Bharatnatyam from 4) Difference between kathak and Kathakali 5) Why smart phones are smart? Member 3 1) Naxal areas in Jharkhand (number and particular hotspots. His focus was on particular areas not district) 2) How did you get admission in Du? 3) Was the previous system better or is the current entrance based system is better and why 4) Why difference in boards Member 4 1) Tell me something about Madhubani painting 2) Have you heard about DEI? 3) Which articles of the constitution promotes non discrimination 4) Can you draw parallels between DEI andArticle 15-8. Are they same? How are they different? I apologise I am forgetting 1-2 questions. Overall experience: Mostly Daf and opinion based. Board was very cordial. Made me comfortable in the beginning. The whole interview felt like a discussion. BOARD was very patient and listened to all that i Had to say.

ID :- Namra Board :- Suman Sharma Daf :- irrelevant since it is Suman Sharma Date :- 19th March (morning 1st to go) CP If netaji was pm what would change 2 low hanging fruit from Rajasthan you would target What statements has trump made which are detrimental to environment M2 Do you think defence budget is enough. What would you do? (Full grilling) M3 Rural health care tech based solutions(full grilling) M4 What’s biggest problem in our economy? Do you think skilling is issue? How would you boost rural employment? Why is education sector not producing talented labour M5 What qualities needed in policemen What do you understand by “himalaya no longer defense as rhey used to be” What do you understand by gandhian concept of self sufficient village. Is it working or not working?