Interview Transcripts (CSPT-2026)

Date: 19/02/25 Name : Hritik Board: Sheelvardhan sir Afternoon , last person to go. Time: 25 min Background: IIT Kanpur (EE) Optional : Maths DAF keywords asked : Waterfall trekking, Chess Chairperson 1. Do u have any connection with Hrithik roshan ? 2. R u following him ? 3. Do u watch his movies? 4. He is a good dancer , isn't he ? 5. What is this waterfall trekking? 6. Have u gone to Dhudhsagar waterfall? 7. How many treks u have done ? 8. So for how much distance u go by vehicle and how much u walk ? 9. Which is the longest trek u have done ? 9. So u have not spent night while trekking? 10. How is this trekking then. It is more of hikking. Isn't it ? 11. Tell me which is your favourite electrical appliance? 12. Can you open it ? 13. Why do u think when I ask to students whether they can open say a ceiling fan. They are not able to do it. What are the reason behind it. * Looking at fan * 14. Don't u think it is because of society not valuing profession like electrician? 15. Have u watched Searching for bobby fischer? 16. What have u learned from chess in life? ( Me : one point - strategic thinking) 17. How have u strategize for interview prep ? 18. How many moves u can make mentally ? 19. What is AI ? 20. Have u used chatgpt for interview prep ? M1 1. What is your opinion on ONOE ? 2. But what will happen if suppose a govt fall in one of state? ( Me: 2.5 yr - kovind comm) 3. But then it will not remain ONOE , right ? 4. So u r pro ONOE ? 5. Why stock market of India is going down? Is it just temporary? M2 1. Which is your favourite president? 2. Why Dr Kalam ? 3. What is his contribution to country ? 4. Did he strengthen india 5. What will change in 2047 when we will become viksit bharat ? M3 ( Lady) 1. Issues in agriculture? 2. Why r farmers protesting? 3. Should we legalise MSP ? 4. So what should govt do ? 5. What is drip irrigation? In which crops it is applied for ? 6. Tell me name of 3 criminal laws ? 7. Can u tell few provisions? M4 1. What are the pros and cons of deepfake? 2. Can AI have intuition? Chairman 1. U see there is this song which was made using AI . Who should be given the IPR of it? 2. Neuralink chip. What is the progress ? What is the benefit of it ? 3. What is the ethical issue in it ? Chairman : This is end of our conversation Mocks: Vajirao, Vision bureacratic, Next, Sankalp ( online+ offline), Chanakya , upscprep(online) Experience : Royal entry gate. Tired members. Vardhan sir serious and fully involved in conversation. Listening very carefully. Overall nice conversation.

Name- Saleem Sinai 19 feb 2025 afternoon session Second last to go Board-Sanjay Verma sir Important keywords-Sociology, Himachal, cooking, Skit competition, Reading Magical Realism Chairman sir- 1)Consider a scenario of 25 years from now what would your day look like from morning to evening what would be magical about it? 2) tell me 10 cuisines of the world 3)tell me top 3 dishes of india- and 3 sweet dishes as well 2nd member- 1) what is right to life 2) is it only negative or there are positive aspects to it as well 3) how will sociology help you in civil services 3rd member-(lady member) 1)tell me who said this ki shiksha sherni ka doodh haijo piyega vo dahadega 2)Tell me the article of child labour 3) is child labour prevelent in Himachal 4) what should we give concessions or freebies like free bus rides to women? 4th member 1) why do you think that there was more open society in ancient times, it was easy to talk about sex now it is a taboo and a long lecture on this 2) women wearing ghunghat, parda system and north and south indian divide on it 3)What is a Skit 4)What's your preference let me ask you on police then- it is very difficult to bring out truth out of witness some says ram kiiled him some says he did not then what will you do in that scenario - I said I will use persuasion here then he said you mean danda everyone laughed then I said no sir positive perusatuon 5th member-was it ram the killer or Mr . Saleem (My name)then there was some laugh 1)Tell me about smart cities mission in Himachal and its status 2)do you think that there should be a limit on number of tourists 3)can we balance between development and environmental 4) what will you choose but this is not what the government follows? 5)what is the water problem in shimla they have managed it very well tell us about that 6)what is entropy? What is the general trend of entropy Chairman again- Tell me three Indian authors of Magical realism except salman rushdie Okay your interview is over you can go now Overall it was a good experience.What worked or what did not can't tell right now may be after the marks are revealed then will be in a better postion to comment. One to one -Satyam Jain sir(US upsc) Sajal Sir(Sarthi) Mocks (good ones)- Unacademy, Tathastu and Vajirao and reddy

Name : Harvey Spector Date : 18 / 02 / 2025 FORENOON Board : Hon'ble Sheelvardhan sir DAF keywords: Sate : Rajasthan , Cricket , Basketball, NGO ( To Educate poor children ) , NCC , Optional : Geography , Engineering , ( From which questions asked in interview) CHAIRPERSON Welcoming Statement by Sir : Name , State , College and City 1. You like to watch cricket , you plays also ? 2. You have Good height , Are you able to Dunk ? ( Basketball ) 3. Do you think IPL is Commercial Business and virat kohli is best employee ? Discussion and counter questions on it . 4. Name a Geographical phenomenon that mesmerises you ( Northern lights) 5. Why northern lights ? 6. Which is farthest imaging satellite in space and what name it gives to earth. 7. Do you think world is a global village? ( Discussion and counter questions ) MEMBER 2 1. What is contribution of MSME ? 2. What Problems they face ? 3. What you do as a DM to promote their condition by applying your graduation knowledge? 4. Counter question : MSME don't have much credit how to implement measures at low cost ? 5. Did Demonetisation impacted MSMEs MEMBER 3 1. Ethics and values important in NCC and what you have learned from NCC ? 2. Anything you found wrong in NCC? 3. Who is Lt Colonel Bhavani Singh ? ( One more person i forgot his name ) 4. Why people from Rajasthan, Places like jhunjhunu, sikar prefers to go for Army or defence services ? MEMBER 4 ( LADY ) 1. Tell me about Anganwadis ( "Educate poor children " keyword in daf ) 2. How they different from primary schools ? 3. What is your work in NGO ? 4. Which classes you taught ? 5. You heard about PLI scheme ? Is it successful ? What more can be done to improve it ? MEMBER 5 1. Do you think india's Manufacturing sector is lagging behind bangladesh, vietnam and China ? 2. Why China's is ahead of india in Manufacturing ? 3. Do you think AI will take over jobs ? 4. At what stage and how AI will take over jobs in Manufacturing sector Sheelvardhan sir again - 1. Is Migration required? 2. Impact of migration on host country ? 3. Difference between Refugee and migrants And further discussion on migration Sir said migration is restricted and travel also restricted then WHY YOU THINK THAT WORLD IS A GLOBAL VILLAGE ? Last sir said thank you, your interview is over everyone said Thanks , said thank you to each member . Encouraging Board , they explained which I don't know , More in conversation building , positive experience overall. SPECIAL THANKS to ANKIT SIR ( Smartwork Lab ) Sir is gem , sir helped in structuring of answers , content building , continuous confidence development ( sir already covered questions on Manufacturing, AI , MSME , NCC , Cricket , refugee and Migration in Our Discussion Which got repeated Exactly ) One to one : Anupam sir ( Smartwork Lab ) ( sir helped me in content building on daf ) , Ravindran sir Next ias telegram channel ( Ruchika mam and vibhas sir ) Mocks : All helped to experience interview like environment ( Only ias , Unacademy, Next ias , Vision , Vajiram , Vajirao , Samkalp , KGS , Sleepy classes, Study IQ , Tathastu, Dristi ) All THE BEST !!

UPSC CSE Interview Transcript Board: Dinesh Dasa sir Optional Subject: Political Science and International Relations (PSIR) Date - 18/2/2025 Hobbies: Audiobooks, Basketball, Debating Mostly from state and psir Nothing from hobbies Chairperson Chief Election Commissioner – Appointment process, opposition concerns, and debates over autonomy Geography of my village – Key geographical features and significance Rajya Sabha – How it has evolved into an "approbative" body, its proactive role in legislative scrutiny, and influence ove policymaking As a Chief Secretary – Three key changes I would bring to the state for better governance and development Member 1 (Female Member) Himalayan Ecosystem – Most pressing environmental challenges NATO – Its origins and the most critical issues it faces today Balancing Ecology & Economy – Three industries I would promote and why Biggest threat from China acoording to me ? Member 2 Land Ownership in Himachal – Why can Himachal residents buy land elsewhere, but outsiders face restrictions in Himachal? Apple Import Restrictions – How discouraging imports affects consumer prices Hydropower Projects on the Satluj – Major projects from North to South Member 3 India’s Political System – Why India has not adopted a two-party system like the UK & USA, and would it be better? US Congress – Names of both houses and why the Upper House is considered more powerful Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya – Its origin, performance, and notable alumni Member 4 International Relations Library – in Himachal made by britishers ? Final Remarks by Chairperson that the interview had concluded Mock Interviews Given At Samkalp IAS Hamdard Study Circle Wajiram & Reddy Next IAS Only IAS Helped me with soft skills but actual interview was very conventional for me. ( Quite opposite to mocks ) One to one Sessions Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS) – Helped refine my articulation, provided nuanced guidance on optional subject, and provided me last minute confidence boost Bhavani Sir (Next IAS) – Designed potential question banks and helped anticipate board expectations

Name : Magnus Carlsen Date : 08/02/2024 Board - Suman Sharma ma'am DAF words : Cricket Coach, BSc Chemistry, Jain, IFS   1) Suman Ma'am • What is critical minerals? How we are sourcing them? • What is strategic minerals, difference between critical and strategic minerals • EV are not carbon positive, shall we still promote them and overlook hybrid and other tech? • 2-3 counter questions, I held my stance of promoting all the techniques. • Lastly ma'am said : "Okay so you don’t want to give up your options." 2 Sir • What is difference between Jain diet and Vegetarian diet • Will you be happy if you find Jain cuisine option in some traditional nonveg society? • What is SEZ Policy • Give few example of SEZ (I told Mundra and Kandla) - Sir said "No no they are ports and not SEZ…. Suman ma'am corrected him "They both are SEZ too sir" • Suman ma'am explained more about SEZ and importance apart from export and investments 3 Ma'am • Earlier whenever riots happened, we put 144 at effect. But what do we do in recent times? (I coudnt recall) • She said that Internet shutdown • Free speech and AI • When to limit AI and Deepseek like apps   4 Sir • What is your opinion on One nation One election? • Will it lead to more horse trading? • Land Acquisition Act • Consumer Protection Act • What are major challenges you faced while coaching students? • Talent honing is difficult or talent finding?   5) Sir • Have you tasted hottest chilli of India? • Have you heard the names Guntur chilli, also mentioned some other names. • Why do you want to become an IAS Officer or  1 2 3 preferences? (I humbly said sir my preference is IFS then IAS then IPS) • Oh! Why do you want to become IFS? It is too boring job, desk job. • Since it is your last attempt, what is your plan B. --------------------------------- > One to One with Mayur Dubedi sir (Manas Academy, Ahmedabad) > Doubt solving with Vivek Thakar Sir (Symbiosis IAS, Ahmedabad) > DAF analysis : Bhavani sir (Next ias) > Mock interview consultant Quantel arranged Daily Mocks Opinion : Bureaucrats Mocks/Panel Mocks are very useful to get used to the atmosphere. Ex SPIPA, Next IAS, Sriram, Nirnay, Ensure, Vision, Analog, Shankar, Testbook, Momentum. - In panel/bureaucratic mocks I never got any contradictory suggestions. P.S : Faculty mocks are waste of time. Better to meet Ex bureaucrats daily and just have a conversation.

Name - Tapu ke papa DAF Keywords - Vivekananda, Economics, Doklam, China, Monetary Economics, Behavioral Economics, Stray Dogs Board - Dinesh Dasa Questions: What's your name and what your friends call you. Introduce yourself. Discussion on how to solve stray dog problem. How many dogs. How many bites. What can be done. How can we grow manufacturing. Constitution is a living document and suitable for progressive society. Comment. M1 Stray dog regulation - what can be done. TN and Vivekananda relation Uneployment in urban areas M2 Reciprocal tariff and how will it affect our economy. Issues with China. China credibility low but why Europe has more distrust towards Russia than China. M3 What is sheesh mahal since you are from Delhi. What is Halo effect What is anchoring bias. Who got Nobel prize for behavioral Economics....and before that who. Rupee depreciation - is it appreciated. Should we depreciate it. ECB and how will it be affected by rupee depreciation. What will happen to forex then. M4 You cleared IES but didnt join? Judicial activism. It usurps whose power. Give examples too.

name : ransomware board - sheelvardhan singh sir date - 18-2-25 1st to go. forenoon. started at ~10:00 AM keys - gujarat, football, graphic design, life sciences, drug discovery hackathon. (rest not asked) chairperson - when did you came to delhi. so you have been here long enough. did you came here (delhi) for the first time (said no, I've lived here). -you play football, there was a player who had head injury in-game, do you know about it. (no) (he also told me that he is not able to recall name) (member 1 told the name). Then he linked injury with violence and then about violent sports like boxing, MMA. continued to asked about this area and told me that sports like this are violent and we still brag about gold medals. stressing that violence is there in sports and we shouldn't encourage such sports. +why india not progressing in football. -what is graphic design (DAF). explain if you are explaining to a layman. +are emojis graphic design. +(he asked something for which i said indus valley civilization, etc). how AI will decipher IVC scripts. (i explained the process of AI's functioning, i believe sir accepted the answer and he seemed happy). +can we have a common language (for world) based on graphic design. (told yes, but should be inclusive, etc) M1 -he asked about tourism. I asked 2nd time and still heard something else. (his entire question felt like murmuring, didn't understood anything). i then started with tourism. M2 -why Gujarati are less in army. (asked in a way that it's shameful for Gujarat to give less army officers) -asked about param vir chakra. how many awarded and why its given. -asked about a museum which is nearby, have you been there? -long discussion on physical and moral courage. asked me to give examples. gave a monologue about police and crime scene and asked me to identify physical/moral courage. M3 (lady member)(she had written plethora of questions in her notes (मेरे से ज्यादा तो उन्होंने नोट्स बनाएं थे)) -sickle cell anemia. India's mission of SCA elimination, steps taken. asked me to link with sociology ? -what is drug discovery hackathon. (DAF). which drug did you proposed. -famous tourist temple in Gujarat. have you been there. history and significance of it (something related to what part of it is submerged, and what part of it is above ground and something related to it) ps-it was somnath. M4 -types of vaccines. +why mRNA vaccine difficult to manage. chairperson -what is life sciences. how will you use this knowledge in civil services. -(based on previous discussion) are humans also animals? which animals have moral courage. (i said dog, dolphin, elephant, chimpanzee) -thank you. it was nice talking to you. (thanked everyone and left) exp.-Mostly DAF based. maybe few more questions...

Name : Magnus Carlsen Date : 08/02/2024 Board - Suman Sharma ma'am DAF words : Cricket Coach, BSc Chemistry, Jain, IFS   1) Suman Ma'am • What is critical minerals? How we are sourcing them? • What is strategic minerals, difference between critical and strategic minerals • EV are not carbon positive, shall we still promote them and overlook hybrid and other tech? • 2-3 counter questions, I held my stance of promoting all the techniques. • Lastly ma'am said : "Okay so you don’t want to give up your options." 2 Sir • What is difference between Jain diet and Vegetarian diet • Will you be happy if you find Jain cuisine option in some traditional nonveg society? • What is SEZ Policy • Give few example of SEZ (I told Mundra and Kandla) - Sir said "No no they are ports and not SEZ…. Suman ma'am corrected him "They both are SEZ too sir" • Suman ma'am explained more about SEZ and importance apart from export and investments 3 Ma'am • Earlier whenever riots happened, we put 144 at effect. But what do we do in recent times? (I coudnt recall) • She said that Internet shutdown • Free speech and AI • When to limit AI and Deepseek like apps   4 Sir • What is your opinion on One nation One election? • Will it lead to more horse trading? • Land Acquisition Act • Consumer Protection Act • What are major challenges you faced while coaching students? • Talent honing is difficult or talent finding?   5) Sir • Have you tasted hottest chilli of India? • Have you heard the names Guntur chilli, also mentioned some other names. • Why do you want to become an IAS Officer or  1 2 3 preferences? (I humbly said sir my preference is IFS then IAS then IPS) • Oh! Why do you want to become IFS? It is too boring job, desk job. • Since it is your last attempt, what is your plan B. --------------------------------- > One to One with Mayur Dubedi sir (Manas Academy, Ahmedabad) > Doubt solving with Vivek Thakar Sir (Symbiosis IAS, Ahmedabad) > DAF analysis : Bhavani sir (Next ias) > Mock interview consultant Quantel arranged Daily Mocks Opinion : Bureaucrats Mocks/Panel Mocks are very useful to get used to the atmosphere. Ex SPIPA, Next IAS, Sriram, Nirnay, Ensure, Vision, Analog, Shankar, Testbook, Momentum. - In panel/bureaucratic mocks I never got any contradictory suggestions. P.S : Faculty mocks are waste of time. Better to meet Ex bureaucrats daily and just have a conversation.

Name : Magnus Carlsen Date : 08/02/2024 Board - Suman Sharma ma'am DAF words : Cricket Coach, BSc Chemistry, Jain, IFS   1) Suman Ma'am • What is critical minerals? How we are sourcing them? • What is strategic minerals, difference between critical and strategic minerals • EV are not carbon positive, shall we still promote them and overlook hybrid and other tech? • 2-3 counter questions, I held my stance of promoting all the techniques. • Lastly ma'am said : "Okay so you don’t want to give up your options." 2 Sir • What is difference between Jain diet and Vegetarian diet • Will you be happy if you find Jain cuisine option in some traditional nonveg society? • What is SEZ Policy • Give few example of SEZ (I told Mundra and Kandla) - Sir said "No no they are ports and not SEZ…. Suman ma'am corrected him "They both are SEZ too sir" • Suman ma'am explained more about SEZ and importance apart from export and investments 3 Ma'am • Earlier whenever riots happened, we put 144 at effect. But what do we do in recent times? (I coudnt recall) • She said that Internet shutdown • Free speech and AI • When to limit AI and Deepseek like apps     4 Sir • What is your opinion on One nation One election? • Will it lead to more horse trading? • Land Acquisition Act • Consumer Protection Act • What are major challenges you faced while coaching students? • Talent honing is difficult or talent finding?     5) Sir • Have you tasted hottest chilli of India? • Have you heard the names Guntur chilli, also mentioned some other names. • Why do you want to become an IAS Officer or  1 2 3 preferences? (I humbly said sir my preference is IFS then IAS then IPS) • Oh! Why do you want to become IFS? It is too boring job, desk job. • Since it is your last attempt, what is your plan B. --------------------------------- > One to One with Mayur Dubedi sir (Manas Academy, Ahmedabad) > Doubt solving with Vivek Thakar Sir (Symbiosis IAS, Ahmedabad) > DAF analysis : Bhavani sir (Next ias) > Mock interview consultant Quantel arranged Daily Mocks Opinion : Bureaucrats Mocks/Panel Mocks are very useful to get used to the atmosphere. Ex SPIPA, Next IAS, Sriram, Nirnay, Ensure, Vision, Analog, Shankar, Testbook, Momentum. - In panel/bureaucratic mocks I never got any contradictory suggestions. P.S : Faculty mocks are waste of time. Better to meet Ex bureaucrats daily and just have a conversation.

UPSC CSE Interview Transcript Board: Dinesh Dasa sir Optional Subject: Political Science and International Relations (PSIR) Date - 18/2/2025 Hobbies: Audiobooks, Basketball, Debating Mostly from state and psir Nothing from hobbies Chairperson Chief Election Commissioner – Appointment process, opposition concerns, and debates over autonomy Geography of my village – Key geographical features and significance Rajya Sabha – How it has evolved into an "approbative" body, its proactive role in legislative scrutiny, and influence ove policymaking As a Chief Secretary – Three key changes I would bring to the state for better governance and development Member 1 (Female Member) Himalayan Ecosystem – Most pressing environmental challenges NATO – Its origins and the most critical issues it faces today Balancing Ecology & Economy – Three industries I would promote and why Biggest threat from China acoording to me ? Member 2 Land Ownership in Himachal – Why can Himachal residents buy land elsewhere, but outsiders face restrictions in Himachal? Apple Import Restrictions – How discouraging imports affects consumer prices Hydropower Projects on the Satluj – Major projects from North to South Member 3 India’s Political System – Why India has not adopted a two-party system like the UK & USA, and would it be better? US Congress – Names of both houses and why the Upper House is considered more powerful Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya – Its origin, performance, and notable alumni Member 4 International Relations Library – in Himachal made by britishers ? Final Remarks by Chairperson that the interview had concluded Mock Interviews Given At Samkalp IAS Hamdard Study Circle Wajiram & Reddy Next IAS Only IAS Helped me with soft skills but actual interview was very conventional for me. ( Quite opposite to mocks ) One to one Sessions Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS) – Helped refine my articulation, provided nuanced guidance on optional subject, and provided me last minute confidence boost Bhavani Sir (Next IAS) – Designed potential question banks and helped anticipate board expectations

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT Name: Mr. Inventor Interview date: 14/02/2025 Board: Shri Dinesh Dasa sir Forenoon session, last to go, Nearly 35 mins. Key words: Economics Optional, IIT Kanpur, USA, Mechanical Engineering, R&D job, Patent, Powerlifting, IRS (C&IT), Nutrition & Diary Writing. Chairman Sir, started with reading out my work experience from Private sector (core job). Then, said you have not wasted Human capital and contributed towards nation. 1. Discussion on Human Capital. 2. ⁠Asked about the names of Custom Union. 3. What is creative economy. What is the share of it. 4. Changing role of emerging technology in shaping Global order. 5. Its linkages with deep state? How it could affect Indian democracy? M1 Sir (Old Person), 1. Tell me about the problems of people living in LAC area (especially Ladakh). 2. Is government doing something about it. 3. What type of power they use. (long discussion) 4. Asked about Kohima's capital (wrong question- later apologised). Then, asked about the capital of Mizoram. M2 Ma'am, 1. Discussion on Udan scheme. Is it still needed even after so much loss? 2. Asked about what to privatise in Railway. why it failed? (long discussion) 3. Should we go for rate rationalisation in GST. If yes, then how? 4. With the adoption of renewal energy by India share of tax revenues on Petroleum items will fall. Then, should we include petrol & diesel into GST? M3 Ma'am, 1. Asked about FRBM Act & It's target. further tell me about current updated facts on Fiscal deficit. **2. Chairman sir interrupted in between and asked about Kerala's case on Fiscal deficit in Supreme court? Asked about the provisions of case. 3. Ma'am, asked about All India Service. Why we call it All India even if they don't work in all the states. Should we call your service all India? M4 Sir, 1. Asked about my USA's experience with people. 2. Discussion on their perception about India. 3. Why even after 250 years, USA did not get any female president? (long discussion) **4. Again chairman sir interrupted, what about India? India's next female prime minister prospects. 5. Tell me the potential name of female prime minister in India using practical understanding. ( Ended on Positive note with everyone laughing ) Your interview is over. Have a great day. All the very best. You may leave now. Overall: Cordial board, some random questions with analytical type, humorous environment and overall positive experience. Mocks: several 1 on 1 session with Shubham Agarwal sir (very productive & useful- highly recommended), Vision IAS faculty mock, Next IAS panel mock and Grace IAS mock (offline).

17/02/2025, President of the board:- Hon'ble Sanjay Verma Sir Optional:- Sociology DAF Keywords:- Banswara (Rajasthan), IITK (Mechanical), Nautanki artists, NSS, Certificate course in classical Sociological Theory, Bhagat Singh (drama performance), ek bharat shreshtha bharat, Ananpana meditation President of the Board:- 1) Are you shy of sports? 2) which sport? 3) if you play sometimes, you will get out in a little time, will your friends not laugh at you? 4) which topics nautanki in UP portrays? 5) is this art form dying? Why? 6) who is taking its place? Give sociological lens on change in nautanki- caste groups of performers, what are they doing now? 7) Have you read any book of Shaheed Bhagat Singh? 8) Explain why he was an atheist? 9) How he has large following, he was an athiest our country is largely religious, he was ultra-left, our country is not same so? Reason behind his popularity despite so much of contradictions? 10) don't we think of Savarkar now when we think of Gandhi? Earlier it was Bhagat singh, is it still so? 11) Don't you think pre-independence, only elites were affected by British state? M1:- 1) Who was Motilal Tejawat? 2) What is this course "Classical sociological theory"? From where you did this? 3) explain Durkheim's theory of suicide? 4) draw a relation between Durkheim's theories to that of Marx Member 2 [lady] 1) tell me about your district? 2) who gave you your name? 3) ye rajasthan me Bindori kya h? 4) lower caste ke bindori nikalne pr kya dikkat ho jati h, kyu h aisa? 5) Contribution of rajasthan to India, both social and econonic Member 3 1) You are good in Hindi or english? 2) what are 3Rs of primary education? 3) one of the leading artist of nautanki is in a famous movie of 1950s- btao (He himself told) 4) Impacts of Sawchh bharat abhiyan 5) which personality of rajasthan you idealize? 5) what happens in EK bharat shreshtha Bharat? 6) how states are linked? 7) explain anapana meditation? 8) is it related to vipasana? 9) how it is different from pranayam? What are end purpose of all of these? Member 4 1) should we have *compulsory job for 2 years like provision* for IIT Graduates? Give reasons if you agree/disagree? 2) calculate loss to the GDP of country by graduates like you remaining unemployed? 3) have you contributed socially in last 4 years? 4) is the attention given to Ranveer Allahabadia case isn't disproportionate, we do not have same outrage for incidents like Delhi Railway Stampede? Why? 5) mechanism of take-off of aeroplane Chairperson- Thank You, your interview is over ! Said thank you to each member.

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT Name: Mr. Inventor Interview date: 14/02/2025 Board: Shri Dinesh Dasa sir Forenoon session, last to go, Nearly 35 mins. Key words: Economics Optional, IIT Kanpur, USA, Mechanical Engineering, R&D job, Patent, Powerlifting, IRS (C&IT), Nutrition & Diary Writing. Chairman Sir, started with reading out my work experience from Private sector (core job). Then, said you have not wasted Human capital and contributed towards nation. 1. Discussion on Human Capital. 2. ⁠Asked about the names of Custom Union. 3. What is creative economy. What is the share of it. 4. Changing role of emerging technology in shaping Global order. 5. Its linkages with deep state? How it could affect Indian democracy? M1 Sir (Old Person), 1. Tell me about the problems of people living in LAC area (especially Ladakh). 2. Is government doing something about it. 3. What type of power they use. (long discussion) 4. Asked about Kohima's capital (wrong question- later apologised). Then, asked about the capital of Mizoram. M2 Ma'am, 1. Discussion on Udan scheme. Is it still needed even after so much loss? 2. Asked about what to privatise in Railway. why it failed? (long discussion) 3. Should we go for rate rationalisation in GST. If yes, then how? 4. With the adoption of renewal energy by India share of tax revenues on Petroleum items will fall. Then, should we include petrol & diesel into GST? M3 Ma'am, 1. Asked about FRBM Act & It's target. further tell me about current updated facts on Fiscal deficit. **2. Chairman sir interrupted in between and asked about Kerala's case on Fiscal deficit in Supreme court? Asked about the provisions of case. 3. Ma'am, asked about All India Service. Why we call it All India even if they don't work in all the states. Should we call your service all India? M4 Sir, 1. Asked about my USA's experience with people. 2. Discussion on their perception about India. 3. Why even after 250 years, USA did not get any female president? (long discussion) **4. Again chairman sir interrupted, what about India? India's next female prime minister prospects. 5. Tell me the potential name of female prime minister in India using practical understanding. ( Ended on Positive note with everyone laughing ) Your interview is over. Have a great day. All the very best. You may leave now. Overall: Cordial board, some random questions with analytical type, humorous environment and overall positive experience. Mocks: several 1 on 1 session with Shubham Agarwal sir (very productive & useful- highly recommended), Vision IAS faculty mock, Next IAS panel mock and Grace IAS mock (offline).

Name: Balbasaur Keywords :Haryana,Old aged persons study,Socio Date :17 feb Sanjay verma sir board Chairman 1.What you learn from old aged persons studies 2.Legal provisions of old aged persons 3.Schemes for old aged M1 5.Why loneliness in old aged 6.Use of sociology in adm 7.demographic dividend M2 8.Miga campaign 9.Status of women 10.Human capital M3 11.Stampede 12.Why civil services 13.Corruption how to resolve M4 14Tourism potential haryana 15.Care economy 16.geriartics Some other question forget M5 How to become happy? Means vs enda Mocks:One on one session session with Shubham sir (Vidyapeeth ias) were extremely helpful All questions were discussed in one way or other by Sir

Name : Virat Kohli Date of Interview : 17/02/2025 and Afternoon session. Board : Suman ma'am (4th to go) Keywords: Power engineering, worked in ed tech, Maharashtra (Others including hobbies not asked) Chairperson ma'am  1. Your name reminds me of one famous personality? 2. What are the two technical problems in the power sector of India? 3. What are the technical challenges of integrating solar energy in the grid? 4. What is the time of day tariff? Is it good or bad for India? 5. What is China+1 and one China policy? 6. Has the China+1 policy benefited India? 7. Can India really compete with China in Manufacturing? 8. Why did Byju's fail? 9. Recently there are regulations for emission control for thermal power plants so why are power plants not able to follow regulations? Member 1 1.What are the reasons for increasing coaching institutes in India? 2. What are the regulations for the coaching industry in India? 3. Should we increase seats for IIT and NITs in India? 4 Recently PM Manmohan singh passed away so what are his major contributions to the Indian economy? 5. What is license raj? What did it lead to? Member 2 1.What is the string of pearls theory? 2.Is string of pearls theory and Act policy in coherence to each other? 3. Recently the ordnance factory was in the news. Why? 4. The Ordnance factory was a brain child of one of the famous personalities, did you remember his name? 5. Baba Amte was from which place and what is his organization name? Member 3 1.What is waste to wealth energy? 2. What did India do in Solar energy? 3. What are we doing with Green hydrogen? Is it really successful? 4. What are the challenges in its adoption? 5. What is ESG? Member 4 1.Which companies came to India for semiconductor manufacturing? 2. Can you name an American company that came to India for semiconductor manufacturing? 3. Name members of G7? What did Trump talk about Russia's inclusion back into G7? 4. What is the demography and population of Pakistan occupied Kashmir? 5. What is happening in Balochistan? Is India involved in its incidence? 6 India has potential to achieve 500 GW of solar energy but has only 100 GW, why? 7. What is China's solar installed capacity? Board was very cordial. Very different experience than mocks. In my opinion mocks should be used for speaking before bureaucrats only!! Mocks given at studyIQ, Unacademy, vajirao and reddy, Next IAS and others also. One on One with Dharmadhikari sir  (Chankya Mandal) was very helpful. All the best to future aspirants!!

Name: White Tiger Date: 19/02/2025 FN Board: H'ble Suman Sharma ma'am DAF: MP, IR(MA from JNU), BE(Mechanical), Present Job(Asst. Director, Education Dept), Podcast, Chief Strategist, NCC Under Officer, rest not asked. Last to go, again! (like the previous attempt 😂) Chairwoman 1. Telling about the DAF details loudly and then said you have done mechanical engineering, have you heard of High Altitude Long Duration Drones. Long discussuon on this. 2. What it is useful of? 3. How do you compare Them with Geo-stationary satellites? 4. You're from MP, and have a background of Excise, so what's the income sources of MP? 5. You're currently posted where? Doing what work in govt? (Wasn't able to answer her first 3 questions appropriately, so said sorry) M1 1. You have experience with robotics, so tell me that can Robots replace us? 2. Are robots boon or bane? Long discussion on AI then. 3. Can robots replace us? 4. Long Monologue on impact of Robotics on society/ economy and then asked me to tell in terms of India' s context? 5. What is the govt doing to address that? 6. You are presently in Education Dept, what are the challenges? 7. What new the govt is doing? 8. Consider yourself as the Education Minister of India, so what one thing you will focus on? Bit Discussion in this. 8. What have you done in your present work profile to remove student's stress during exam? M2 ( talked very softly so had to hear his questions properly) 1. India China relations? 2. Present deficit? 3. What India imports and exports? 4. What india is doing to reduce deficit? Long discussion on this 5. What is India doing at the domestic level to compete with China? 6. What is Aksai Chin? What's India's view? 7. What is the present status of Arunachal Pradesh? Why India China issue on that? 8. What is the policy of China? What should India do? M3 1. You have watching podcasts as your hobby, do you know about Gaur Gopal Das? 2. What does he talk about? 3. Why his thinking is important today? 4. Which sect he belongs? What is ISKON? It's HQ? 5. You have NCC background and you were an Officer as well, what you know about Kargil war? 6. Who captured the Tiger Hill? How ? 7. Do you know about Yogendra Singh? How many bullets he took? 8. Gave a long monologue on Elon Musk and his role in DOGE, then asked to compare it with NITI Aayog's efforts? Are both relatable and in what ways? 9. Is DOGE needed for India? Long discussion on this 10. What is Trump doing with Taiwan? What policy changes he has brought? 11. What was the issue of LTTE? Who was its leader? M4 (Military Chap) 1. You have been a Strategic Expect, what do you mean by Strategy? 2. What makes up a strategy? How you prepare a strategy? 3. What is govt's thinking of startegy in education? 4. How can startegy be used for civil servants? (Brought my personal examples here) 5. What is strategic autonomy? 6. How Strategic Autonomy is different from Non-Alignment? Long discussion. 7. Tell how India exercises it's strategic autonomy? Explain India's strategic Autonomy by 3 examples 8. How you see India's strategic autonomy wrt Ongoing Russia-Ukraine war? 9. What are the happenings that tell India's siding with Russia in Ukraine war? Long discussion then he himself corrected after discussion that it's India's tilt not siding. 10. Tell more specific examples? 11. In Taiwan case, do you think India should give weapons to Taiwan? Long discussion. 12. You have NCC background and should be aligned with a war mindset, dont you think not giving weapons is a wise option? Related Discussion on this. 13. You come from MP, what is MP doing in the last 10 years to boost it's economic development? Long discussion on this. Overall decent interaction. Approx 22-25 minutes. Mocks : 8 - PW OnlyIAS, Samkalp (highly recommend), Study IQ, Quantel (recommended for One-on-One), Chahal, etc. One-On-One: 5+ esp IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir Utility of Mocks : Some questions were repeated and the mocks did help me to deal with the interview pressure.

Board- Sheel Vardhan Sir Date - 18/Feb/2025 Duration - 20-25mins, forenoon session Keywords- civil engineering, R&D,  dietetics, public administration, IPS( Probationer) (other entries from daf were not asked)  Chairperson 1. What do you mean by dietetics how do you practice it ? 2. what is okinawa diet, mediterranean diet? 3. Stampede in Delhi , what steps as a police officer will you take to manage crowd ? 4. How can AI be used in crowd management M1 . 1. What is your take on R&D ecosystem in India , is it sufficient? 2. What steps are being taken 3. Opinion on brain drain ? M2. 1. (Situation based)  you are heading a police team, one of your subordinates, a great person at heart, excellent with his technical skills is developing an app for police use ..but his only problem is that he is addicted to alcohol even during the duty hours ...when confronted, he has accepted his addiction - is he, honest person ? A person with integrity? A person who is loyal ? - what will you do as a leader of the team ? M3 1. Problems in agriculture 2. What can be the solutions 3. Why are farmers protesting is it feasible to legalise msp 4. Why is ethics needed in public administration? M4. 1. What can we do to tackle cybersecurity threats 2. How to prevent ? 3. How a balance can be created between surveillance and right to privacy ? Chair again 1) bridges collapsed in bihar .. what are the faults from-  technical aspect as well as social aspect ? 2) as DC what steps will you take to address the distrust in the minds of people? Thank You. All the best

Board : Sheelvardhan sir Date : 13feb Keywords : Sawai Madhopur, cricket, Rajasthani cuisine, Debating, IITx , civil Engineering (optional) etc. Other : 5th to go Chairman sir • So, you play cricket, what's ur role ○ I said - bowling All rounder ... • Which is the greatest allrounder of all time ○ Kapildev ji.... • Asked any other allrounder? Someone from SA ? His daughter name of Indiana ? ○ I wasn't sure, so he told about Jonty Rhodes • Sir asked, you do Debating, will give you topic MIGA ( Make India Great Again ) ○ as I started giving argument, he stopped me. Said you are like Trump and we are people, now give us 2 min speech on MIGA ,so we can vote for you....I tried .... in end chairman sir cheered me up , that we will vote for you. • On Indian citizenship being less attractive, people leaving India. How can we make Indian citizen attractive , so people come here and take it? • Do you know about GCC, some global models related to citizenship. Member1 (on civil engineering) • What are the current changes coming in civil engineering • What is GIS... Global information system • It's relation to civil engineering techs ○ 3d printing • Asked some other things related... Member 2 • Your hobby is cooking rajasthani cuisine, so do you cook. She enquired about it. • Then what's the difference between rajasthani and South Indian cuisine • Benefits of fermentation Member 3 • Why your village name is this? • So, if you have to increase farmers income of your village what will you do? • Then she said, you have 10 cr. Tell me how will you spend them • Then on hobby, why women Cook at home, why not in businesses? • What should be done • How will you make sure that men also cooks at home ○ I gave some point.... Then she asked me as administrator what will you do, so men cooks at home Member 4 • In civil engineering what are big companies - Indian and world? • What should be done so more Indian companies grow big . Related to this.... • On kota suicides... So many cases still. Reason behind it. What should be done Some more questions.... In the end chairman sir said, Thank you aapse milke accha laga. time - 25- 30 min. Environment was cordial, members were encouraging. So, a Nice experience!

Chairperson: Sheel vardhan sir 18/02/2025,FN session Optional: Agriculture Key daf: PG, NGO, gardening, TN Chairman: -About PG degree -why PG to upsc -Public gardens -Binomial nomenculature -Scientific name of banyan tree -compare garden with life and nature -worked in ngo and role Member 1 -waqf bill -reforms in pension scheme Member2 -India-Sri lanka issues -Refugee crisis -India-US deportation and discussion (chairman interupted and counter questioned) -North and South GDP difference Member3 (lady) -Photoperiodism & photosynthesis -Organic agriculture issue & way ahead -Doubling farmers income steps --situation as agri secretary Chairman interupted and asked abt -MSP legalisation -Agri income taxation Member4 -vaccine hesitancy & discussion Some questions i forgot Time-25 mins

Date-18/02/2025 Name- Mountain Man Board- Sanjay Verma Keywords- Gaya, Bihar, Maths, MA Adult Education, Mphil, PhD, Erasmus Mundus Grad- Maths, Optional- Sociology Hobbies- Community Teaching, Cooking. Chairman: Phd,-topic? Rationale Data- world population Why TFR declining a global phenomenon, in India too, what can be reason DAF seems very serious -anything you do to enjoy? Told watching movies, and spending time with friends, now everything shifted to movie zone Any movie related to cooking? Indian cooking take a lot of time in comparison to western, dont you think it has harmed women? - I tried to defending Indian cooking style but he told me to not the saviour or defender Then I agreed with him- now counter question- so you think Indian culture has degraded women position? I tried to be on safer zone by giving other factors. Member1 What was topic of Mphil? What was the result and conclusion? What is community teaching?( hobbies) Ageing population and it’s impact on society? What policy to be there if you are in government related to elderly? Any caste discrimination issue that you have come across into notice.? Or this thing is just on paper. ( member of anti caste discrimination cell- DAF) Member 2 (mam) MPhil - how much time it require? Are we still going with it? NEP and education reform? You seems to have a good academic background, why not teacher? Why Civil service. Anyone dignitaries arrived today?( qatar amir) Import and exports from qatar? What is his name? One actor resembles my name- asked about movie, (actress name I couldn’t recall at that moment when I left I remembered.) Member 3 Gaya, Bihar. - a long discussion on mythological stories. Badrinath temple and Vishnupad temple comparison: similarities and differences. Maths questions. ( I forgot) Any actor who flopped who is son of big successful actor? One or two questions related to movie? Why do we use Jayfal and JAvitri fool in cooking? Mamber4 What is China +1 ? A discussion on that Why still India not getting 100 % shift from china? What could be the reason? Where to work for more investment? Very cordial board. Mostly DAF based. Mocks- 8-9, KGS, Chahal, Ekam, NextIAS, vajiram, Samkalp IAS, Samkalp was very near to real. ( totally different experience in real) though helped in framing answers. One to one- Shubham Sir ( Vidyapeeth IAS) , Sejal Sir ( edsaarthi- taking middle path and bureaucratic approach ), pranay aggrawal ( IAS gurukul- social issues and sociology) Shubham Sir is a gem, he helped in preparing DAF, situation based and IR part, apart from that he was also moral booster specially in last two days of interviews.