Interview Transcripts (CSPT-2025)

Name: Luttappi Date: 3rd Feb 2026, Afternoon DAF: Kozhikode, Kerala, Work Experience, Fantasy Football, Cricket Fast Bowler Board: B B Swain Sir Entered the hall wished everyone good afternoon with a smile. Initially they were curious about my name and they were discussing within themselves and M2 asked me the meaning? Chairman What were the socio-economic conditions while Vasco da Gama landed in Kozhikode? I fumbled a bit here, chairman told the point he wanted was mentioned last. Chairman asked no further questions. M1 What skills from private sector can you bring into administration? How would you use data in administration? Sir told my answer to this question was what he expected in previous question. Who had the most impact on Indian cricket - Kapil Dev, Dhoni or Rohit Sharma. (I answered even though I haven't watched Kapil Dev he laid the foundations and turned a team of nonbelievers to believers.) Sir told I have a fast bowler bias. But seemed to be happy I mentioned Kapil Dev. M2 What is Fantasy Football? Why no Messi from Indian football? Is it because youth are lazy nowadays due to smartphones. Maybe that is also why you are also playing fantasy football and not real football? Why are you preparing along with work? Everyone takes a sabbatical, isnt it hectic? Why Kerala lags behind economic development despite good literacy? M3 What is Orange Economy? What was added in the budget for Orange economy? Do you think its a good thing for youth to get this earning opportunity? What are the copyright infringements that happens due to AI? What about AI? Will AI lead to job loss from your experience? What is AI washing? M4 So Mammootty recently got Padma Bhushan? What was his collaboration with Adoor Gopalakrishnan? (I told sorry sir I have not watched Adoor movies. Chairman commented that youth these days are not interested in Vidheyan and Elipathayam. Was surprised 2 members and Chairman himself knows Malayalam literature and movies in depth.) Why youth these days are not interested in such movies? What was the movie where Mammotty acted a work of Vaikom Mohammed Basheer? What was the movie where Mammooty worked as a hangman? What is your opinion about capital punishment? (I told sir I think it needs to be abolished as it is not an effective deterrent) Sir asked, “If my daughter is gangraped, won’t I feel satisfied if the culprit is given justice?) (I agreed with his statement from victims point of view, but I stressed to stop it from happening in the future we have to ensure surety of conviction rather than severity of punishment. We need to move towards reformative justice over retributive justice.) Chairman asked me if I have anything to ask. I told no sir, I am good sir, thank you. He mentioned ok so you are good. Interview is over you can leave now. Mocks: Amrita IAS, Kerala Civil Service Academy, Absolute IAS, Next IAS, Samkalp, Vajiram (was the most uncomfortable and most crucial-shot my confidence which taught me how to recover from it) O2O: Anuroop Sir, Ajay R Raj IRMS and Jithin Sir(Lead IAS), Shinas Sir(iLearn IAS), Nitin Sir(Fortune IAS) PT Marks: 182

I feel post introspection, would have said- Good sir, at least we can expect two gold medals in single edition of olympics (Never happen before) and made everyone laugh ( Mental alertness ) Takeaways- 1. Board was really cordial, which I heard from so many, it is absolutely true. They rarely cut us short, will listen us carefully until we complete our answer. 2. We don't realise the time inside, it seems like abhi to gaya tha andar. It was my personal experience. 3. It's doesn't match to Mocks but Mocks are equally important. Give sus fodder of questions. 4. Seating arrangement is round table with six chairs, five esteemed people waiting for us to have cordial conversations, again personal take. Seating arrangement of Mocks is content making driven. 5. They are looking for depth and variety for sure, I can take guarantee of it. If you could able to mention at least three reasons in your answer by saying firstly, secondly and thirdly even if they are not asking explicitly, will get good Mark's( See the mocks for this ) 6. Finally, it's all about mains Mark's, rather than PT. If your Mains went well, PT most probably going to go well. Congratulations to all those who are selected and going to become active participant of India's journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047. God bless you. All the best to those who could not made it including me for future endeavours😊 Believe and Stay Strong PT Marks- 162 Not Selected (4th Attempt, 1st Mains, 1st Interview, Self study except CSAT, from quality free resources)

Name- VSR Board President- BB Swain Sir(All Male Board, which I never wanted) Date- 26 Feb 2026, last to go(6th)/Morning Shift. Medium- English. DAF Keywords- Stock Market, Olympics, Memeber of Executive Council at college, Mechanical Engineering. Asked for permission, entered without fastening my Blazer button intentionally. Greeted all with smile by proper eye contact. They were all smiling and welcoming. President- BB Swain Sir 1. You take interest in stock market, so tell me some major stock market scams. 2. Wait ye 1992 Harshad mehata scam ke phale kuch scam hue ya nahi ? I said I don't know sir, Sir said even we don't know, and all of them started laughing. 3. Asked to list down post 1992. Swain sir said, VSR, the sir right to you is expert in Stock market, sir please you carry on now. Swain sir went to washroom for 5-6 min, andar hi hota hai wo. Advisor 1 1. Tell me more About satyam scam 2007...?( I mentioned 3 scams earlier) 2. What is offer for sale? - He said it seems like you are guessing, I said partially yess, sir said no issues. 3. What is insider trading? 4. What sebi is doing so to curb it. 5. Sebi come up with report saying 90% people loose money in trading, why is it so? 6. You did mechanical engineering, tell me about EV adoption in India? 7. Which State is leading in EV adoption? 8. Tell me about ethanol Blending in India? 9. Does ethanol Blending reduce the efficiency of Engine? Advisor 2 1. Do know about Green Hydrogen, tell me something about it. 2. Why Green Hydrogen called in first place as green. 3. Making Green hydrogen by Renewable sources like Wind et al but for that also, raw material needed which again use fossil fuel to Extract, so don't you think it is zero sum game? 3. What are major defence Initiatives taken by India? 4. Do you know more about iDEX 5. Tell me the issues facing by MSMEs in India? Advisor 3 1. Tell me, why in Maharashtra in recent years, Panchayats not working efficiently? 2. What steps can be taken to make them more efficient? 3. You served as member of Executive Council in college, tell me why in India students are not Protesting? ( Not satisfied with answer, went on to give monologue) 4.In our neighborhood, students protest led various changes, why not in India? 5. Should we straight away ban students protest instead of allowing them to protest at so and so places on so and so Time? Advisor 4 1. What is the debate around Bharat vs India. You heard about S Jaishankar book why bharat matter. Your take on it. 2. In foreign affairs, it is said that we are on one side and sometimes we are neutral, sometimes on other side, so where does India really stand? 3. Can LNG used as fuel in Automobile? 4. Why Stock Market is rising in India? 5. Does stock market replicating the macro trend of our economy or is it just boom? 6. Why so many IPOs are coming, what are the rationale behind going for ipo? 7. Why FPI going out from Indian Stock market? President Swain Sir- Do yo want us to ask something more from your DAF? Me- No sir, Thank you! President- No No, I am asking you because you have some time left, tell us? Me- You can ask me about Olympics? Advisor 4- Winter olympics? President Swain sir, no he specifically mentioned summer Olympics. Advisor 1- 1. Tell me is why India should host Olympics and are we ready infrastructure wise for it? (Criticised Cricket here) 2. RCB-Benguluru stampede led 13 people death, we can't manage this much crowd how could we able to manage Big event like olympics? (Here I critised Admintration for not anticipating the crowd and the felicitation ceremony was not on the card) Advisor 3- last question of PT As I criticised Cricket....! 1. Do you know in upcoming Olympics cricket is included, as you said we are cricket centric, now what will you say? Here I given average answer, said at least people get to know more about Olympics because of Cricket.

ford: Name: ZOSO Date: 16/12/2025 FORENOON, 4th to go Panel:Dinesh Dasa Sir Daf: Electrical Eng., Kota, Railways, Mathematics  Chairperson:  What were the major power reforms in country post independence  Do you believe Electricity Act 2003 was a watershed moment in Power sector? Free farm electricity and how do you see it? Privatisation of Indian Trains on Tracks and what is your opinion Voltage levels of Locomotives  M1 Criticisms of Coaching and should they be banned  Necessity of Coaching  But if they have both what should we do M2 How to eliminate corruption levels in India(the most important step according to you) Electoral debates in parliament  Electoral reforms needed M3 Design me a matrix to solve governance problems in India  Do not focus on specifics but talk about broad governance parameters  Do you know that deterrence has been decreased in PCA 1988, tell me provisions (Dasa Sir at this point told him to move on) M4 How to increase electrification of mobility in India(Asked him politely to repeat the question)? Tell me apart from EVs Experience: Poker face overall, Dasa sir went out for 5 mins in between Prep: Saket Sir Civilsdaily(Excellent grasp on your faults, practical inputs, excellent state sessions classes), Utkarsh Shukla Sir MentorAID(a big confidence booster, blunt facts that you need to face) Mocks: Civilsdaily, Forum, NextIAS,PW, Vision(Faculty and Panel both are good), Samkalp(Last one) 1-1: Saket sir, Utkarsh Sir, Ayush Sir Forum IAS, Bassi Sir (NEXT IAS) PT MARKS -185

Interview date : 09/12/25 Key daf details:  journalling, emotional intelligence, teaching in Delhi slums , English literature , cooking . Board : Anuradha Prasad ma'am Questions : Chairman Ma'am 1. What is emotional intelligence, how do you develop it through journalling. 2. What is the difference between diary and journalling 3. Don't you think meditation also helps in emotional regulation, then why only journalling. 4. why English literature from science ( school) 5.  What did you observe while teaching in slums 6. What difference do you see in slums and villages, what will be your different approaches to solve the problem of lack of education. 7. What  different measures will you take in villages and slums to pursue parents to send their children to school. 8. You like cooking , what is the price of potatoes these days , potato kharif / rabi  Member 1 : 1. You have done graduation in english literature, what have you read . 2. Which novels , which poems 3. Favorite book 4. What European poem  you've read ? Name and who wrote 5. Suppose you're posted in an alienated place , you and your staff suffer from homesickness, how would address this , without sending them to homes 5. What according to you is a good day , bad day , why ? Member 2 1. What is the diff between EQ and EI 2. Sovereignty disturbed by Russia , how do you explain 3. Weaponisation of dollar ? Member 3 1. You are very calm and composed , it doesn't look like that you get nervous anytime . I said sir I do get nervous sometime , asked what do you do to deal with that . 2. Give 2 -2 positives of City Life and village life . Member 4 : 1. Can you explain the evolution of English literature 2. Something related to EI Chairperson : why Russia does not want Ukraine to join NATO , what threats ? Your interview is over . Thankyou. *PT marks : 157*

Interview transcript- Board - Anuradha Prasad My Background- Hometown- barmer Btech mechanical Msc offer from university of Birmingham and university of leeds Hobbies- naam jap and spiritual chanting, squash, kho kho, karate. Chairman- Which will lead to more job loss - AI or automation? But AI can code what 20 people can together? Religion is opium of masses. Who said this and meaning? So is it for weak people? Member 1- Where kishor kumar born? Is this his original name? What was his original name? India EU FTA - 3 advantage and 3 disadvantage? What is one word for sanitary and phytosanitary restrictions? This is our problem if we have trade deficit in FTA. Member 2 Did you go to MSc? What is BADP - full form, purpose, how different from other state and central schemes? What is vibrant village program? What is inter linking of rivers? Name few. Reasons. Advantage and disadvantage. Cost benefit analysis is done. Member 3 What is naam japa? Is that we can japa any name? Significance of name? Why we do it? 2 issues of Assam apart from politics and border. 2 issue of west bengal apart from politics and border. Water issue in bengal. Issue with china apart from border. Neighbouring countries political turmoil so opposition must be engaged. For critical minerals should govt go or private sector? Who is stopping private sector to go? Member 4 Full form of SAU? Why central Asia relation are so weak? Trade weak, connectivity weak? Why so? States taking sub national issues to foreign. Isn’t it wrong ? Why they do this? What is sub national issues? PT marks - 154

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Q. Tell me about the website you have created related to active ageing. What is the primary law related to elderly people? Maintenance of Parents and Senior Citizens Welfare Act 2007. Firstly, maintenance money has to be provided to the elderly people. Secondly, not only the son and daughter but also the son-in-law and daughter-in-law are responsible for providing the maintenance and taking care of the elderly. Thirdly, the provisions related to enforcement are the six months fine as well as ten thousand rupees fine. The maintenance tribunal can also order eviction. If the elderly people’s properties were transferred and after the property transfer they are not taken care of properly, then the property transfer stands null and void.

As the Honorable CDS Anil Chauhan has also said recently that Panchsheel agreement for China was just a commercial agreement, but India thought that it sealed the boundaries as well. So there was difference in the understanding. So the onus lies on China and not on India as such. Also, the Air Force preparation was not up to the mark during that time. Member 2 (M2) Q. In the Third Battle of Panipat, was the Marathas’ fall related to leadership position or military position? There were several factors. The first factor is that there was the military factor. There was lack of technical upgrade or the guns or artillerys which the other parties possessed such as Ahmad Shah Abdali. Secondly, the diplomatic factor was there as well. For example, the Marathas were not able to forge alliances with the Rajputs or other communities. Moreover, the lack of second-rung leadership during the battlefield. During that time when the leadership of Peshwa fell, there was no second-rung of leadership, leading to chaos in the battlefield, which ultimately led to the decline of Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat. Q. If you are posted as District Collector of Indore or as a general administrator, what would you do to promote tourism? Safety and cleanliness would be the first perspective because tourism would thrive only if people are not mere spectators but are gracious hosts. Secondly, the end-to-end connectivity needs to be there. We have airports and bus depots, but the end-to-end connectivity with hinterlands remains an issue. Thirdly, the homestays or local businesses need to be promoted. I gave example of Mangal Jodi of Odisha and Gujarat. Finally, I mentioned leveraging the Incredible India campaign to promote places in Indore. During this question there was constant grilling and counter-questioning because earlier I had worked as a Travel Concierge Officer in the tourism sector. Member 3 (M3) Q. (Asked a term which I had not heard of.) I am not able to recall. Q. How are 12 months, 24 hours and 365 days decided? From cultural perspective and geographical perspective. I told him about agricultural seasons, flora and fauna and people’s observation related to the moon cycle, lunar cycle. The discussion shifted slightly to Islamic calendar. I said yes sir, it is related to Prophet Muhammad’s movement from Mecca to Medina and etc. After this, he kept discussing and discussing. The discussion became vague and there was no clear question, yet he was still continuing the discussion. Q. Should civil services draw talent from all over the world and make them directly district collectors? Sir, it won’t be good for our country because the administrative power should rely in the citizens of India only. Secondly, internal security threats could emerge due to conflict of interest if foreign nationals are posted as administrative rulers. However, they could be posted in advisory roles and their recommendations could be strengthened so that their world best practices are reflected, as it happens in Singapore. Member 4 (Lady Member) Q. Why were you not able to get the NSS C certificate? The final step which is the NSSC certificate was happening during my college years and since during COVID certain restrictions were there, I was not able to comply with all the directions. The activities were limited and hence I was not able to get the C certificate. However, in future if I pursue my masters, then I would surely look up for it and would try to get the NSSC certificate. Q. Tell me about the book you have written — The Council of the Beast. The book is about animals who try to displace the zookeeper because the zookeeper was trying to replace them through metaverse, AI and synthetic animals. Thus the animals form a council and displace the zookeeper. However, as soon as they emerge winner, the internal differences soon start apart, leading to conflicts and disruptions. My book mirrors the real-life scenario in the United Nations and WTO, which start on a good premise but struggle from certain deficiencies.

Q. Was the failure of 1962 related to misunderstanding by Nehru or some other factors? Sir, I believe that his motives and methods were good. However, the fact that the onus lies on China, that they detracted from the agreement.

Board : shukla sir Marks :195 Keywords: Indore, published a book , website ,French, indo france , travel Concierge work Chairman Q. You belong to Atal Bihari Vajpayee College. Tell me about the qualities of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Firstly, his consensual role where he was able to build consensus with the opposition themselves and was able to hold a coalition government. Secondly, his infrastructural work such as Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and his measures related to the National Highway Development Corporation showed his leadership. Q. Don’t you think the current right-wing politicians are going rabid and they are not able to hold consensus? Sir, I believe that politics is no linear trajectory and we might see that another set of right-wing politicians might hold certain values which Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was familiar with. So politics changes. It is not consistent. Q. Is there any right-wing politician who is able to hold consensus? Mr. Nitin Gadkari is one such. He holds great consensus with the opposition candidates as well. Further, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits to churches in Christmas and the mosque in Ramzan is also reflective of those values. (He cut me and moved to the next question.) Q. But Nitin Gadkari is not a successor. Talk about Yogi Adityanath or other leaders who might be in the succession line. Don’t you think they are going rabid? Sir, I believe that politics is no linear trajectory and we might see that another set of right-wing politicians might hold certain values which Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was familiar with. So politics changes. It is not consistent. Q. New York is one of the most capitalist cities of the world. Don’t you feel that Zohran Mamdani winning there is a contradiction? There are several reasons. Firstly, New York is a multi-ethnic state and Indians or South Asians hold greater relevance there as well. Secondly, the welfare stance of Mr. Zohran Mamdani also holds relevance with a lot of people. (He cut me and started asking the next question.) Q. Why are you learning French? I wanted to learn about the movies such as La Haine and The Untouchables in their own language rather than going through translations. I was more inquisitive and thus I studied French so that I am able to understand those movies in a specific manner. Q. You are a sociologist. Why are right-wing politicians rising globally? Firstly, the clash of civilization and migration, which sociologist Samuel Huntington says causes clash of civilizations, is happening, leading to intermingling of cultures and tensions between different sets of peoples. Secondly, the emotional contact and the core is struck much more by the right-wing politicians in an emotive manner. (He cut me.) Q. Are opposition leaders in India going rabid? Sir, I believe that politics is no linear trajectory and we might see that another set of politicians might hold certain values which Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was familiar with. So politics changes. It is not consistent. Member 1 (M1) Q. Your Indian Foreign Service is your preference? Yes sir. Q. Have you read The India Way? What are its contents? Firstly, his book is about how India is shifting from non-alignment to multi-alignment in the future. Secondly, how India can navigate in a turbulent world where wars might be happening and that those lessons are still relevant after the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine war. Secondly, he mirrors the importance of Arthashastra in the current international relations. Q. Do you think PM Nehru applied Arthashastra? Sir, Mr. Nehru did apply Arthashastra indirectly. There is one component of Arthashastra called Yan, and other components such as the confidence-building measures are there. So he tried to do that with China in the Panchsheel agreement in the 1950s.

Interview Transcript Name:AJ Date: 23/02/2026 DAF keywords:Horticulture,Natural Farming,Pola Utsav,Akola,Kerala,Trivandrum Board:Sanjay Verma(1st to go-forenoon) Chairman: Good morning,How are you?Tell me how do we pronounce your name in Spanish(Totally Random one) 2.You have geography optional Tell me one country that is having geographical advantage over others and a country facing disadvantage(I said India for advantage and Israel as disadvantaged) 3.Yes..India is advantaged but I think US is having most advantage..They're isolated too(I agreed) 4.Tell me the most expensive flower in the world 5.Tell me the most expensive fruit in the world. 6.Compare the per capita income of Trivandrum and Kerala 7.So TVM is having a high GSDP per capita income..How..What factors contributed to that M1 1.Whats the difference between natural farming and organic farming 2.So why do people prefer organic products 3.Is there any side effects for chemical agriculture products. 4.Your state is performing well in tourism..What kind of tourism is there 5.IMR of Kerala was stagnant for sometime then reduced considerably,what contributed to that reduction. 6.Your state is doing so much community level programs..I see you are also interested in it.Tell me how can it help in governance 7.If given an opportunity to bring in a community level change among women,what would you do(I said I'll form SHGs,He asked me which sector will u focus-I said agri as there is a feminisation of agriculture issue that India face with 75% women in agri) Chair intervened and asked-Which place did you had in mind when you said that answer(I answered Akola,Maharashtra the place where I studied) M2: 1.Since you mentioned Akola in which part of Maharashtra is Akola located 2.The major agriculture products of Vidarbha 3.Any fruits or vegetables 4.How can they cultivate these many varieties of fruits 5.Gave me some specific places in Maharashtra like Solapur and Nashik and x,asked me which horti produce are they famous for(never heard of x-I said I dont know) 6.Ok!.Tell me about horticulture in Kerala 7.Whats the government doing to promote it M3 1.What is Pola Utsav(DAF keyword) 2.You mentioned Kerala has migrants(a long monologue on issues they face).Many of them marry women from Kerala(monologue on how they face abuse).If appointed as Chief Secretary of Kerala ,how will you solve it. 3.What is the most important provision in the latest income tax rules,2026 M4 1.What are the 3 major macro nutrients 2.Tell me their ratio 3.Is natural farming scalable 4.If you are made as DM,what will you do to ensure that organic farming is promoted considering food security challenges. 5.How is nano urea and such fertilizers helping in agri production. 6.Have you heard of PM Pranam scheme.What is it Chairman: Oh we have time,lets talk 1.Whats your opinion on Indias sovereign credit rating over the last 15 years(I said sir I just know that this years economic survey mentions that there is improvement) Does it take us anywhere!..Thats not even an outline 2.Ok tell me..Who brings out this credit rating(A tongue slip happened and I said international organisations like Moodys🤦‍♀️) 3.Is it an international organisation(I said sorry sir). 4.Whats the difference between a private firm and an international organisation 5.Have you read Kaplan's Revenge of geography..what does it say(I just had a vague idea) 6.In your opinion does people of Kerala or Delhi walk more(I said I think its Delhi-the footpaths and beautiful sidelines that I observed in Delhi and many people walking on Kartavya Path as reasoning) 7.So when did you come to Delhi(I said 2 days before).In two days have you studied the walking habits of people!?(I said sir this was based on my limited observations) 8.But the people you saw outside could also be tourists(I said yes sir..That is also a possibility) Your interview is over..Thank you PT MARKS -171

Name: Leo Messi Board - B B Swain Sir 1st Interview, 3rd Attempt Chair: 1. Asked me regarding GD topic mentioned in DAF. So which side will you choose? M1 1. Can you tell me about 2008 subprime crisis? 2. What were the reasons of this crisis? 3. About efficacy of Indian regulatory bodies? 4. Why do frauds happen and why regulatory bodies are unable to prevent frauds? 5. Which countries border Arunanchal Pradesh? 6. What is China doing in that region? 7. Asked something about Tibet? 8. Asked me to classify regions of Maharashtra in order of development and reasons for the same. M2 1. Asked about my MBA programme, whether new and how it was? 2. Is it as good as IIMs? 3. Why did I not take a private job and instead chose civil services? 4. Which service would you want to serve in? 5. FDI in India in current financial year? 6. What is the difference between Gross FDI and Net FDI? 7. Why Net FDI is currently decreasing in India? M3 1. Do you think Steve Jobs and Elon Musk are philosophers of today? 2. Can you configure what is the philosophy of Elon Musk? 3. Mentioned a book "No rules rules" written by Netflix co-founder and asked whether I had read it or not? (I hadn't) 4. What is the alternative for Google maps in China? 5. How India is taking efforts to create an alternative to Google maps and why Google maps has virtual monopoly? M4 1. Netflix CEO once said that their biggest competition is? (I answered sleep) 2. Similarly Coca Cola CEO once said it's biggest competition is? (I guessed water but the member corrected that it was chai) 3. Asked questions around climate finance from developed world and their reluctance (gave very vague answers around it) 3. Tell me something that you are interested in, from which I can ask questions? I said Football - but insisted on something related to my background (commerce, economy, management) 4. Asked something which I can't remember nor answer. Swain sir asked member to ask one more question. 5. Now switch to football. Do you think Coach is more important than players in a football team? 6. M3 and M4 discussed something about football and sports in general where I was not involved. Do you know the quote that PM Modi said about football? (Had no clue) 7. Asked why India in football is such a laggard and how I would improve it? 8. Asked about the most prominent research institution of India (himself answered CSIR) - asked about it's laboratory in Pune. (I answered NCL) While leaving had a small conversation with M1 regarding Pune - how green and beautiful it is. Few more questions were asked which I can't recall. Gave just 4 mocks including 2 in Samkalp. Board had poker face throughout and last member was quite grilling. My interview experience was bad and felt my marks would hover around ~160 but surprisingly PT scored 201.

Name:The girl who lived Daf keywords:Entc engineering,pune,kabaddi,smart india hackathon, anthropology (nothing else asked) Suman ma'am (Last to go) Chairperson: You did entc and no work experience -how spectrum is allocated -any new provisions in telecom act -should we allow starlink in india -Weaponisation of space happening -so should we allow starlink to India considering sovereignty risk -PIL-is it now publicity stunt,give example where it is beneficial and where it is for publicity Member 1: -how to promote kabaddi internationally -What is ethical hacking(I had smart india hackathon) -what are choke points and how it impact indian oil sector M2: -some random anthro stuff-post humanism,every roots go through routes -Indias idea of vasudhaiva kutmbakam in india foreign policy -what is africa pan network -what is ITEC -disruptive vs general purpose tech -where will india be in science fiction M3: -B.E vs Btech -why in maharashtra every district has different product-climate or policy intervention (I answered vaguely and said sir I am guessing) -warli print vs madhubani art(I wore warli print saree) M4: -how we can ensure that we get benefits of these FTAs that we have signed -why chakan is so prosperous -Why women despite having high representation in STEM but not working -one thing that will let women work -what should be delhi declaration for AI impact summit Few other qn I don't remember Board was cordial Mocks given O2O:2 by upwise,unique academy Praveen Chavan sir,Mentor aid Utkarsh Mishra sir(good),edukemy shabbir sir(very insightful),Mahesh bhagwat sir(extremely insightful analysis of daf) Panel:samkal(grilling),onlyias(not good),visionias faculty(pathetic),next ias (Good), maharashtra sadan(extremely good-closest to actual interview and even 2 qn were repeated in actual interview), chanakya mandal pariwar(O2O and panel-both were good),SIAC Special thanks: -Farees rehman sir who helped me fill daf and was constant support since mains,also gave many O2O -Bestest is the peer discussion,they helped me since December and covered my daf extensively and few qn was repeated in actual interview. Overall interview experience:felt like interview tbh not conversation.I have no idea how it went. All the best to all other candidates ❤️ PT marks-157 Not made it to final list

Date 19-02-2026 Name : Linpaws Board : Dinesh Dasa (All male panel) 5th to go Key word:CCUS technology, Mining engineering, Sustainable urbanisation, Non mainstream Indian cinema, Cleanliness awareness drive, Sociology Chairman: 1. Give introduction 2. Asked about previous interview chairman 3. Started a long monologue in Hindi (My interview medium was although English) - when there are too many problems in society & for that the available solutions are very less - then commercial cinema is more favoured & successfully as compared to cinema portraying social realism. What's your view? Is it happening in the first place? 4. The significance of 15th Aug & 26 January are decreasing vis a vis Diwali & Christmas. What do you think about this? Give- philosophical, psychological & sociological reason for this. M1 1. How much is the civil adminstration responsible for the illegal mining 2. What is illegal mining? 3. Did you felt safe when you visited mines for your training? 4. What is the role of carbon credit in CCUS technology M2: 1. What is Radcliffe line? 2. Name of border between india & Bangladesh 3. What is difference between nation & state.  4. Is India nation or state? 5. What 4 factors contribute to national unity when there are so much diversity in India 6. Examine the role of - External state Actors, Interim government & Common people in the current crisis in Bangladesh 7. Now prioritise these in order & explain M3: 1. What is unsustainable urbanisation. 2. What are the problems caused by it, How to improve it. 3. Despite doing all the efforts can slums still be present? 4. Why Newyork has issue of gheetoisation M5:  1. Is swachh Bharat happening on ground 2. What is your reaction when you saw garbage piled up in cities? 3. Have you written letter to Municipal corporator about garbage you saw in Delhi? 4. Have you written letter to PMO for the garbage issue? CHAIRMAN - The moment he heard i didn't wrote letter to PMO about the garbage i saw in Delhi, he told the member okay okay, gestured him by hand to stop & told me that interview is over One to one: MPOA,Shinas Sir (I learn IAS) Mocks- 2 SAMPALK, VISION IAS, Drishti, Apti Plus, SPM IAS,UPSC Prep by Abhijeet Yadav. Watched videos of Utkarsh Sir of Mentor Aid IAS PT MARKS -180

Date of interview - 25 February 2026 Afternoon, last to go Raj Shukla board C- where are you from? Have you heard about Mark Twain? Where have you heard? Quote- I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. What do you understand? To and forth questions on this. I tried to walk out. Said will read more. He told isme read more kya ye to charcha ka vishay hai. M1 1. Tell me one moment where your patience was severely tested. 2. Significance of Maldives 3. Malacca Dilemma 4. Can india reckon china 5. Slow cycling vs fast cycling 6. 1 thing you don't like about JNU M2 2 positive about icse cbse DU JNU Difference between tolerance and fraternal M3 India China same duration of liberalisation, why difference Was liberalisation forced M4 Chickens corridor Discarded historical Sightseeing as hobby Why voter apathy in urban areas? PT marks- 185

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Date 16-02-2026 Name : Harry Board : Sheelvardhan sir Key word: Haryana, Chandigarh, Painting, Feeding community dogs, providing medical aid to stray animals, Economics Optional. I greet all the members ( round table) The chairman asked me to sit. C: 1. Harry, you belong to chandigarh. What's that hand sign signify. 2. What is the history of rock garden. 3. Can we say that Nek chand is father of waste material ( followup Questions) 4. You feed stray dogs. Don't you think it is creating a public safety issue. 5. Do dogs belong to wolves or jackals ? 6. We as a monkey species believe that dogs are selfish. Because we give them food, love and shelter but what they give us back? Bite us , attack us. Etc.. 7. What is K shaped economy 8. Who is richer or who is poorer. 9. Don't you think that when you will get into the service you will be in poor category. Then why do you want to join service. 10. What is different in foreign countries is that there we do not see any stray animals like in India. What they do different. 11. Do you think that we have so much of poor population struggling to get a 3 meals a day can make shelters for all the stray animals. M1 ( Lady member). 1. What is Sc order related to Stray dogs. 2. Do you think it is only solution. ( I answered about ABC rules ) 3. Follow up Question- ABC is already there then why we are lagging behind. ( I said implementation issue and regulation and monitoring) 4. What is India Usa Trade deal. What they both are offering 5. What was the tariff before that. 6. Has the Agriculture sector opened in a trade deal. M2: 1. how will you manage the Boarder management issue with Pakistan from Punjab. ( I asked him to repeat. As it was a monologue. He asked me thrice the same question) 2. How does the drone operate. ( From previous answer) 3. Does anyone sit in Drone. M3: 1. What kind of Painting do you do. 2. What's your view on high price paintings like MF Husain. Do you think they are worth that much price 3. How can we reduce income inequality in India. ( I said wealth inheritance tax, progressive taxation system) 4. So you think cross subsidisation is the solution. ( I said simultaneously we need to enhance the capability and human capital) 5. You know amartya sen. What he gave to economics. 6. Did amartya sen get any nobel prize. In which field. M5: what does women empowerment according to you. 2. What are the important things you believe that are important for women empowerment 3. What do you think about north eastern women and mainland india who are more empowered. 4. Which state has a matrilineal society ( follow up Question) I said Meghalaya. He was from Manipur. He said. And told about a story to all members. And they all laughed. More questions. But not able to recall. Sheelvardhan sir said thank you your interview is over. It was nice talking to you Harry. One to one: Vision IAS, Anatam IAS Mocks- vajirao and reddy, study IQ, Tathasatu, Vision faculty mock, ALS ( Quantal), Shankar IAS, Vision Bureaucratic, Vajiram and Ravi. Samkalp 2 mocks Part of a daily discussion of Umesh Reddy sir. That helps a lot to gather confidence in speaking. My Interview was very close to Samkalp mocks. Most of the questions were repeated from Samkalp. PT MARKS -146

AIR 86 209 MARKS date : 19 feb, afternoon, 3rd to go Honourable sheelvardhan sir asanga Cordial board. Listening attentively DAF keywords - meditation, podcasts, IIT BHU, Civil engg, sociology Sheelvardhan sir 1. Why is smita prakash podcast so popular among aspirants? 2. Which podcasts do you hear? 3. Suggest me a podcast to hear which I can enjoy? 4. If you had to host a podcast, what would you choose? Topic, guests 5. Stoicism vs epicurianism 6. What is joy? 7. What is your philosophy of life? That you actually live, not what you want to? M2 lady 1. Do you know about holocaust? 2. Who did it? 3. What about the conflicts that happened since the world war? 4. The question of Jewish statehood 3. Discussion on the palestinian issue..she tilted towards palestinian side M3 1. Suppose you are made an advisor to the BRO, what would you do for border construction? 2. Projects in border areas in The recent years. 2. How do they construct tunnels in Mts. 3. How does TBM (tunnel boring machine ) work? M4 1. Why btech in civil engineering? 2. Joy vs pleasure vs happiness - not satisfied with my answer 3. In the past few decades, the level of happiness declined ..do you agree? 4. Children - do they experience joy or happiness or pleasure? 5. Marvels of civil engineering in india and in the world M5 Time was already short.. Long discussion on delimitation. Two schools of thought..what is your opinion on the solution? Chairman sir - gave me his understanding of happiness, joy and pleasure I said thank you sirs and thank you mam..left.. Overall good experience. No grilling 25-30 minutes Thank you note. My friends, family and teachers Special thanks to Dr Bidhan  from Vajiram Anil Swarup sir for his discussions - because of him, i was able to bring some light moments during the actual PT Peer group arranged by Study IQ was -  thanks to Neha, Mukesh, Varsith - peers i discussed with Mahesh Bhagwat sir for discussion and content on his WhatsApp channel Quantal for arranging so many mocks Took mocks from almost 10 institutes - samkalp - 2 mocks, vajirao, ensure ias, pw ias, unacademy, next ias, discussed with sjal sir - sarrthi ias,  testbook, spm ias, dronacharya ias All helped in some way or another Some questions - I can't remember

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