Interview Transcripts (CSPT-2025)

Name: NyayaVardhan Sanjay Verma IFS Board Date: 12.02.26 — 1st to Go (Forenoon) Chairperson: 1. So NyayaVardhan, You are in interested in constitution and also collect books. Have you had the opportunity to collect any unique edition of the constitution? 2. Which are some books adapted into movies? Can you give an example? (Mentioned Fault in the Stars and Julian Barnes’ Sense of an Ending) 3. Can you think of a book that still not made into movie, which you think can be turned into a movie? 4. Who wrote Fault in the Stars book that you mentioned earlier? (Replied John Green) 5. There’s a new movie called Haq. (I mentioned i watched it on NF). Sir, got excited and asked you watched it? Very good. So in the end credits there’s a mentioned of a person who was important in the research of the movie, whats the name? (Sorry sir, i have not paid attention) he said you should. Its important (I acknowledged the fact that end credits have some interesting trivia/facts etc) 6. How was the movie depicted according to you wrt the actual caselaw? 7. How did the Shah Bano case influence the society? (I mentioned women rights, maintenance and later influenced other judgements like Shayara Bano too) 8. Is our constitution Male or Female Centric. (I mentioned Female oriented) 9. Why female centric? (Special provisions under Art 15(3)/16(3). Sir added art 326 voting rights for women since inception of constitution unlike other democracies M1: 10. Arbitration is one ADR. What are some other modes of ADR? (Mentioned Negotiation, Mediation and Conciliation) 11. What is mediation. How is it different from Arbitration 12. If courts were to intervene on the arbitral awards, then whats the use of ADR? (So, i mentioned recent case Gayatri Balasamy where SC reduced the scope for intervention in arbitral awards and section 34 of A&C Act which also bars courts intervention) 13. What if Britishers had not colonised India? First tell me good things that they have brought? 14. If they hadn’t colonised, would still india develop like it has today? (I said yes it would still develop. Gave a comparison on GDP held by India before and After British colonisation) 15. Minister of education yesterday said he will deploy AI in school education. How will you as DM implement it? (Mentioned Personalised learning, visual tools created by AI to make learning more fun. Ultimately use it for improving Learning Outcomes) 16. Do you used AI ? I mentioned ChatGPT and Gemini. 17. Chairperson intervened and asked for what purpose do you employ AI. (Mentioned summarising Long YT videos and reading summaries of books) M3: 17. Your surname is familiar in both Karnataka and Maharashtra right? You are kannadiga or Maratha? 18. What is the Belagavi Dispute about? Explain to me. (Mentioned Mahajan Committee 1962) 19. What is the status today? (Petition before SC by MH govt under art 131) 20. Has the mahajan committee not settled it? What did it recommend ? Only on the basis of Language? (Not just language but other criteria as well) 21. What other criteria ? (Administrative convenience, History and manuscripts, British documents, economic connectivity) 22. What is happening in the world today? One important event? (Mentioned Bangladesh Election) 23. In india? Any major event happening? He was hinting at ICC T20 WC but i was talking about AI summit in the coming week, Indo-US trade deal etc 24. Its related to your DAF. Make a guess now. Finally i said T20 WC. (All members had a good laugh at this moment) 25. What the difference between t20 and 50 over cricket? (Mentioned 2 differences, he also added the slow overrate penalty rule as well) 26. What is unique about this year T20 WC (mentioned that 20 teams including good number Associate Nations also playing) 27. What is one pattern you see among the matches played till now? Do you see any pattern? (mentioned that associate nations are playing competitive cricket against Major Teams, like Canada, USA etc) M3: 28. What is one rule you find funny in cricket? (Mentioned Obstructing the field) 29.

Name-mahadev jane Sujata Chaturvedi maam 2nd one to go,forenoon session, time around 25 mins Keywords=Madhubani painting, Electrical engineering, Bihar state, machine learning(only these asked) 1. Chair introduced to board , last word she read from daf is Madhubani painting and started asking about it. 2. Asked can u draw? Pl describe some features , how is this diff 3. Can u remember any other paintings 4. Ok , pichwadi painting if u had to make guess which state it is?[ I guessed wrong, she said ok] 5. Do u know some news from north east? What is tha? 6. Elaborate it's history 7. Do u think it will solve issue? 8. Any other happening from north east?[I said no maam I don't know] M1 1. Do u think 100% renewable grid would solve problems or be problematic 2. Ok so what is ur opinion? 3. What is solar pumped hydro ? Give 2 benefits 4. Why u said it is technology? Really it is? 5. Ok so is this larger or nascent? 6. Any project u name ? 7. What is grid stability? How to achieve it? 8. How does solar hydro power useful here? Ok so u say opinion M3 1. U said on grid stability, then tell me any outside India grid connect? 2. Don't u think India should support usa in us Iran nuclear issue as we support the cause of peace? [No cross q] 3. What is utility of solar? We can do by thermal? No Why? 4. since u worked on machine learning, describe me any project u would like to work in health sector 5. what is drug resistance tb, how ml worl here[mentioned above so cross q] M3 [I will ask only relevant stuff] 1. Ok tell me about discom? 2. Why r they in losses, interrupted in between said Ok ok 3. Ok social issue of urbanization is there so much crowd how would u solve Name 2 solution, didn't let me finish second asked cross q 4. Ok so about discom tell me also how as admn u would solve fiscal issues, from where u would fund it. 5. Ok lastly tell me why there is inequality? [ after 2 reasons said Ok ok ] [ member was very much hurried but smiling] M4 1. Name social issues of bihar u would have wished not there 2. Why isn't there caste also? 3. Ok how will u solve then? 4. Ok any administration issue u faced 5. Now as u come from Bihar and Nepal is there n our neighbourhood is not happy with us. How should India bridge gap of trust with Nepal. 6. Ok really does it got Allocation this budget?[ was in my answer before] Chair Ok thankyou u can go now. Maam was very strict, serious, not just poker but very serious look, but cordial board overall rest members were smiling looking Nodding sometimes and maam too was Willing to listen unlike mocks. Mocks given = 10(online), only 1 offline ( samkalp- highly over rated, but team is helpful) One to one Mahesh Sir IPS 🙏 ( detailed analysis n even daf filling, so helpful n highly inspirational ) Shubham Aggarwal sir Vidyapeeth ias ( Supportive, helpful , overall one man army) Special thanks to all respected mentors and faculty who helped- team of Next ias, Sleepy classes, Upscprep, Samkalp, vision ias, ias gurukul🙏🏻 Thankyou Har har mahadev 🙏🏻🙏🏻

udent from Gujarat National Law University. Why do you want to join civil services when you can earn lakhs in corporate law or litigation? 5. Why do people from your state mostly migrate to the United States, while people from Kerala migrate to West Asia? --- Board Member 5 1. What reforms would you suggest for the present education system? 2. Explain the integrated education system approach. --- Chairman (Final Questions) 1. Lenin and Siddhartha represent two ends of a spectrum. Which one would you choose? My Answer: I chose the balanced middle path. 2. Will you drop “Lenin” from your name? My Response: Sir, it is part of my official certificates. 3. Why are there so many Lenins in India, but not in Russia? --- Overall Interview Duration Approximately 32 minutes --- Mocks / O2O Mahesh Bhagwat sir: thankful for his contribution towards my prep. Gave very insightful guidance. he talked to me for 40 minutes to help me prepare questions based on my DAF. Nikhil sir from insights: spent a lot of time over the call in guiding about PSIR optional. Attended 11 mock interviews, mainly for practice and confidence-building. ---

Name: Lenin Siddartha Reddy Date: 02.02.2026 Session: Morning Session, Second to Go --- Key DAF Details Writing fictional stories Watching travel vlogs BA LL.B., Gujarat National Law University PSIR Person with Disability Warangal, Telangana (Rest of the keywords were not asked) --- Board: Sanjay Verma Sir --- Questions Asked Chairman / Board Member 1 1. What do your friends call you? 2. Do your friends know who Lenin is? 3. What is the full name of Lenin? 4. You have studied Political Science. Tell me, are institutions becoming more powerful than states in the 21st century? My Answer: a. I answered, No, Sir. I do not think institutions are becoming more powerful than states. States continue to retain their sovereignty even in the 21st century due to power politics. b. Multilateral institutions have limited relevance and do not possess more power than sovereign states. Follow-up: You are right regarding multilateral institutions, but institutions that hold power influence countries like Mauritius, the Somali Islands, etc. My Response: Yes, Sir. Multinational corporations (MNCs) are becoming more powerful than states. --- 5. You mentioned that you write short fictional stories. Why have you specifically mentioned “fictional”? Stories are generally fictional. My Answer: a. I write using my imagination based on observations from newspapers and my surroundings. b. I also write courtroom dramas. --- 6. Which fictional story has moved you recently? My Answer: a. The Last Girl by Nadia Murad, Sir. 7. Where did it take place? My Answer: Sir, in Syria. Chairman: It is not a short story; it is a very long narrative. My Response: a. Sir, recently I also read 3000 Stitches by Sudha Murthy. b. I mentioned how ma’am contributed to the welfare of sex workers. --- 8. Should prostitution be legalized in India? My Answer: a. Sir, I believe it should be based on consent and aligned with the recent Supreme Court judgment. 9. Which country has legalized it? My Answer: c. Sir, most European countries, for example, Germany. --- 10. Name other short story writers from India. My Response: I paused for a few seconds and said that I was unable to recall at the moment. 11. Which award is given for short stories? My Answer: Sir, the Booker Prize. Chairman: Specifically for short stories. My Response: Sorry, Sir. I am not aware. --- Second Member 1. What problems are faced by persons with disabilities in education? My Answer: Denial of admission, inaccessibility in educational institutions, lack of assistive technologies, etc. 2. What is the government doing recently for the welfare of persons with disabilities? My Answer: I mentioned multiple government schemes and initiatives announced in the Union Budget 2026. 3. You watch travel vlogs. Should we bring a law to curtail misinformation and wrong portrayal of places in such videos? My Answer: Sir, introducing a law may curtail freedom of speech and expression. Instead, we should focus on the personal responsibility of travel bloggers. However, if content is against the state or public policy, action should be taken as per existing laws. 4. How do the Metaverse and latest AI technologies help improve the travel vlogging experience? My Answer: a. Sir, they significantly enhance user experience. Through augmented reality, people can virtually access places across the world. (Board moved to Member 3) --- Board Member 3 (Lady Member) 1. How can we encourage reading habits among children, as very few focus on reading today? My Answer: a. We should encourage creativity by motivating children to write stories using their imagination and innovative ideas. 2. Follow-up questions. 3. Who is your role model and why? 4. How is AI hindering the creative abilities of children? --- Board Member 4 1. What are the twin cities of Warangal? 2. Post-bifurcation, which state benefited more? 3. Development in your state is centralized in Hyderabad. How will Telangana solve this problem? 4. You are a BA LL.B. st

Name: Saul Goodman Date: 03/02/2026 (Forenoon, First to go) Duration: Around 30 minutes Key DAF Details: NAME, BELAGAVI,JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA, KARNATKA, CRICKET, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ANTHROPOLOGY (nothing was asked from other keywords) Board: Shri B B SWAIN sir Questions asked: Entered room and greeted everyone. Chairperson: 1) How are you? Is it very cold outside? ( It was very much cold outside that morning) 2) (while looking at my DAF) So you're from NAVODAYA school? 3) How are these schools? Have they benefitted rural areas? 4) What are the things you like in NAVODAYA schools? (While I was answering, he too added points about Migration policy of these schools) 5) Have you been part of migration policy of Navodaya schools? 6) Do they give coaching for exams like NEET or competitive exams? M1: 1) You're Mechanical Engineer by background, why you chose Anthropology? 2) you chose it because it's scoring(Though I didn't mention anything about scores in previous question)? How much is average score? 3) How will anthropology help you in civil services? 4) Tell me few drawbacks or areas of improvement Navodaya schools? 5) what are the extra curricular activities they teach you in NAVODAYA? M2: 1) What is the meaning of your name? ( When I began answering, he too added about NANDI, GOD SHIVA relating to my name) 2) You watch cricket then tell me, between watching cricket and playing cricket, which one is better? 3) How many teams are playing in this T20 worldcup? 4) How has this preparation journey shaped your personality? 5)What keeps you engaged apart from this preparation? M3: ( It was lengthy conversation) 1) Read my name and asked what your friends call you? 2) what reforms do you suggest for UPSC? (Interrupted my answer when I said about attempts) 3) Don't you think Indian Youths are wasting their prime time in these exams? Over 10lakh sit for this exam.. what about them? They could have contributed elsewhere. He also mentioned about Pratibha Setu. 4) What should we do to engage youth apart from preparation? 4) should we limit number of attempts and reduce age? 5)How about conducting one single exam for all the the posts and selecting people from that pool? 6) You're from Belagavi, tell me what's the status of Belagavi Dispute with Maharashtra? I told about Mahajan commission..he then asked about what are the names of villages that commission told to swap with Maharashtra. 7) Tell me why your Talluk is famous for? 8) Since you are Mechanical Engineer, tell me the difference between Clearance and Tolerance? 9) How these both are important in public service? It was very long conversation, sir was still asking then chairman sir interrupted and told other member to continue. M4: ( Female member) 1)( asked question about my answer to member1) are Navodaya in rural areas a blessing or negative thing? 2) How do they help rural areass? 3) Have you read today's newspaper? What was most important headline? ( US india deal was announced last night) 4) I told about the deal...she asked is it a deal or declaration? 5) Tell me about Board of Peace. 6) Is UN Dead? Should we scrap it? 7)UN Reforms After this, Chairman sir told your interview is over and anything you would ask? .. Then he said, All The Best. Board was cordial. It was very much different from what I experienced in mocks. Overall a good experience. Daily discussion with peers helped a lot. Mocks/O20 (If any): La Excellence (special thanks to them for helping in early stages of interview prep), Sankalp,Vajiram, Vajirao,NEXT IAS, SRIRAM IAS, QUANTEL. O2O- Ram Babu SIR, Venkat mohan sir, kalyan sir and Vinayak sir (La excellence), SRIRAM SIR (SRIRAM IAS) , Mahesh Bhagwat Sir (Detailed DAF Discussion), Shubham Sir -Vidyapeeth IAS ( for Structuring answers) .

Name: NM Date: 05.02.2026 Forenoon session. Last to go. ~27 minutes. Key DAF Details: MUN, non state actors , Cooperatives, CSIR, IFS(2nd pref), pub ad optional. Board: Sujata Chaturvedi ma'am. Language - English. Questions asked: Chair---Why not science related field?(Masters degree in chemistry) U know fomo? Do you get fomo? Tell personal experience.. What if poor people get fomo and create social unrest? Solutions? What are genz, millenials, gen alpha? Use of this classification for government? M1- Nepal genz protests.. Internal security threats due to Bangladesh issue, Greenwashing? Examples and ways of greenwashing? Carbon credits and its use? M2- chief secretary vs principal secretary? Why PS getting more powers.. reasons for ind bangladesh relationship sour... lessons for india... relevance of United Nations... reasons for un loosing relevance... M3- why cooperatives successful in Maharashtra and Gujarat...what to do to make it successful in other states.. why people are inherently political in nature(from my answer) ... Role of CSIR in nation building any success story? M4- iran nuclear disarmament issue? What should india do? Non state actors? Should they have voice and vote in United Nations.. Mocks/O20 (If any): Samkalp( 2 mocks), vajirao, vajiram, next ( not good), upscprep, studyiq. O2O- sarrthi(saloni ma'am), Satyam Jain. Daily peer mocks with friends is more helpful than mocks.. special thanks to my friends for guiding me through..

Name: Date : 2/2 /26 Board: Anuradha Prasad mam DAF key words: AIR-7 in ICAR PG exam, Belagavi, Apiary, volunteer in Tiger census-22 and Elephant census - 23, Forestry, Geology optional, Certified NSS Volunteer Chairperson: 1.Asked about ICAR pg exam and why didn't join MSc and asked whether I can join now 2.Appreciated unique interests specially in wildlife. Asked about Apiary (Bee keeping) , whether India is the largest exporter of honey, challenges in apiary, and what measures can be taken to boost production. 3.Scientific lab method to check quality of honey and adulteration. 4.Border Belagavi dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra. Was is it wrong decision to reorganize states on linguistic basis? Any other factor that can be used instead of language Member 1( looks very knowledgeable about wildlife) 1. Asked about Certified NSS volunteer, was it voluntary? I said it was satisfactory course in graduation. 2. Asked who was the man behind project tiger - I said Indira Gandhi, he not PM but who designed it, I said M K Ranjithsinha 3. How much food (gazelle sized /deer sized animals does a tiger consume in 365 days? I said a tiger requires 52-55 deer sized animals. 4. In order to produce that much surplus prey what should be the prey base 5. Methodology of tiger estimation? 3 stage: 1. Herbivore- carnivore sign survey. 2. Line transact survey. 3. Camera traps 4. How will you differentiate individual tiger? I said based on stripe patterns as they are unique like our fingerprints 5.Elephant corridors : Bandipura TR, trijunction of protected areas in karnataka Kerala and TN? Member 3 While granting blocks for mining government itself decides to grant mining lease. After that Environmental Cleareance is sought from MoEFCC. Isn't EC just a namesake requirement.? I said for any non forestry activities Central government permission is required under FCA -1980 . A thoroughly done Environmental Impact Assessment under EPA- 1986 to come up with a "management plan " 2.What activities need to be done to mitigate damage from surface and underground mining 3.What is Human wildlife conflict? How can we solve this? Member 3 :(female) 1.Asked about Data centres and AI and tax holiday upto 2047. India's investment in health, education is very low . We have high poverty . Do we need to invest in such technology? 2.What are environmental impacts of such data centres? I said water requirement, Power requirement. Mam said infrastructure and construction materials 3.Mentioned one geological report that was related to Seismicity in Himalayas. Asked whether I read it or not.,? I said No".she said read about it. Member:4 1.Asked about hybrid engines, electrical vehicles. Aren't we slow? How long will it take? Some discussion on it 2.What are Bitcoins? In what form they exist? 3.What are paramilitary forces in India? I asked may I take a guess as I was unsure. Two members wholeheartedly said yes yes you can! I said CISF, ITBP and BSF. (I said BISF by mistake and 3rd member corrected me) Chairperson mam said your interview is over. You can leave. Overall the board was cordial, encouraging

05/02/26 3rd to go FN Keywords :Agri,  Sociology, Kerala, Badminton, Painting, Progressive curriculum, SHG ,Missionary School Board :Suman Sharma maam Chairwoman Read my Daf 1.Can u think any correlation  between Population and Economy Some discussion on that 2.U play badminton,  recently a player stated that sports is an arena where rich dominate, while it's unaffordable to poor .What's ur take I gave an example, ma'am asked further about it 3.Can u describe in brief about India's neighbourhood, it's political structure 4.How could India sustain its democracy successfully even though our neighbours were not She smiled and added role of Indian Army M1 1.Indian agriculture has poor productivity,  how to increase it 2.Do U know about hydroponics, what's it 3.Do u think these technologies are widespread in agriculture , what to do to ensure it M2 1.Role of missionary in Education system 2.Why missionary run institutions are better 3.Should we ban Social media Like X, Is it polarising 4.How we will be able to regulate Social media 5.Compare Kerala and Bihar He said some parameters 6.Keralas youth migration Why contradictions in Kerala that youth are migrating outside but kerala too witness migration from state like Bihar M3 1.Asked in Hindi but question was not clear,  Suman ma'am intervened and clarified me what the member actually asked Then shifted to English 2.Role of monsoon in Indian agriculture 3.How to ensure water use efficiency in Indian agriculture M4 1.Why Kerala tourism not developing at par with Countries like Thailand, Indonesia 2.What initiatives undertaken by govt of Kerala in tourism 2.Why poor industrialization In Kerala 3.Is trade unionism bad 4.Do u know about recent labour codes Cannot recall some questions 1:1 sessions with Anuroop Sir, Ajay sir (Lead IAS), Shahad Sir, Muni sir (Fortune IAS), Shinas sir (Ilearn ias) that really helped me . Special thanks to LEAD IAS academy Trivandrum  for a structured interview guidance program . Around 14mocks (offline +online)

Name- Arthur morgan Date- 10 feb Board- BB Swain sir DAF Keywords- Delhi, DU, Commerce, Crypto, Stock mkt, Student Union, Badminton, Western classical music Chairman 1. Tell me about the article you wrote about crypto 2. What were the negatives you talked about in it Member 1 1. What musical pieces do you listen to 2. What are the composers you listen to 3. Tell me a fact about Beethoven 4. Do you know about Fur Elise 5. Can you read musical notes 6. Which violinist is he who tours the world for concerts? What is your fav composition of him 7. What's the growth in tax collections and tax-gdp ratio? 8. If I give you powers to decide Union Budget, how will you use them? 9. If there's a pre-existing cooperatives and it doesn't have books of accounts, and i Am made head of it, how can I present financial statements to shareholders? 10. How are financial accounts managed? 11. Why do you want to join Civil services given you could have MBA as your options? Member 2 1. Who's at fault in Indigo crisis? 2. What was the trigger in Indigo crisis? 3. What steps should be taken to prevent such crises? 4. You talked about PNB Fraud. Tell me what steps are taken after the fraud to prevent such cases 5. You have done graduation in commerce. Tell what jobs it has prepared you for, and what it hasn't prepared you for Member 3 1. Should finance commission's 41% recommendation be increased? 2. Currently, more is the population, more is the representation of states in Parliament. Should this model be changed because some backward states like North eastern ones have less MPs in Parliament 3. Which badminton player is also an actress 4. How much do you play badminton 5. Who's your fav player in badminton? She could be female too 6. What's the biggest strength of yours which could be hurdle for you as a Civil Servant? What are you doing to counter it 7. What's your Plan B? 8. Should there be law for migrant labourers 9. What will you do for migrant labourers 10. Do you know about ilayraja's symphony? Member 4 1. What are AIFs? 2. What are REITs and InvITs? 3. Some few ques I am not Able to remember Chairman at last- do you want to ask something Member 1 - do you wish to learn piano in future? I am also learning it Mocks given (offline)- vajirao, onlyias (2), vajiram, vision faculty mock, nextias, samkalp (2), chanakya mandal O2O- saloni mam, vishwajit sir (Sarrthi), rahul sharma sir (Sarrthi), suyash sir (Sarrthi), onlyias, OSN Academy (spl thanks), vikas Ahlawat sir (onlyias), diademy ias, rankers ias

Name : Aim to succeed _ _ Date- 02/02/2026 (Forenoon) Board: Sujata Chaturvedi Ma'am (22 minutes, 4th to go) DAF details relevant to interview : GITAM – Visakhapatnam , MA in Environmental sciences , Andhra Pradesh ( rest not asked) Chair Person : 1. 2. 3. 4. What are the services in your daf ? What is the difference between All India vs group A & B services ? Who appoints the candidate for All India, central group A & B service ? Situational based : consider me (chairperson) as your friend's father. Your friend's father is very rich (having enough bank balance), but not educated. Your friend is well educated and wants to work as a teacher. How can you convince me ?( Follow up questions on it) M1 5. 6. 7. 8. What is the current status of India-us freetrade agreement? Do you think India is doing anything wrong with the US-India trade deal ? Why did the US suddenly drop the thought of purchasing Greenland ? Why do you think India should stay away from joining the Gaza peace deal ? M2 9. You're working as the DM, your senior asked you to do that work which is under your jurisdiction, but you are not willing to do that work, what would be your approach towards this ? 10. Unable to recollect another question asked by M2 ? M3 : 11. AP post bifurcation got huge revenue loss, then how AP is getting the funds for reconstruction of state ? 12. Why did google choose Vishakhapatnam rather than the nearby IT hub-banglore ? 13. Unable to recollect another question asked by M3 ? M4: 14. AP was facing the LWE very high. What are the initiatives taken by the AP govt. to mitigate the LWE ? 15. What are the ideals of Gandhiji that are relevant in the present context ? ( I have studied at GITAM university. So asked this question ) 16. How do you promote Khadi usage in the domestic market ? 17. What is meant by NGT ? 18. On what principle, NGT works ? 19. What is meant by the Polluter pace principle ? Give an example ? (DAF based from MA in Environmental sciences)Sujata Ma'am stopped him here and said thank you, you can go now. Mocks given - ARK reflections, RCReddy, MACS society, UPwise, Quantle, PW, Samkalp etc. Special thanks to Madhusudhan Reddy sir (ARK reflections – Hyd), who supported me on my DAF and geography very regularly. The overall board was very cordial and very attentively listening to my words. All the best

Name: Yash Dodani Interview Date: 03/02/2026 – 3rd to go. Board: Shri Sanjay Verma Sir Key DAF Details: B.A.LL.B (Hons.), Law Optional, Refugees, Climate Change Refugees, Disability Law, Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, Bollywood Songs Interview Duration: 32 Minutes Chair: 1. Which is the oldest Bollywood song that you know and can sing and which one is the latest? 2. Who apart from the singer is involved in a Bollywood song? 3. Do you think that the actors have a role to play in a Bollywood song? 4. You have done law, tell me which personality you have gained after becoming an advocate which was not present when you joined the law school and which part of personality you have lost because of you becoming an advocate? There was a long discussion on this around my answer. This lasted for around 5-6 minutes overall. Member 1 (Female): 1. Who are refugees? 2. What are the objectives that you will keep in mind while framing a policy around refugees and what will be your approach as a civil servant in such situation? 3. Who are climate change refugees? 4. are they given international recognition through any convention? 5. Should India have a national policy for climate change refugees? 6. What is your opinion on the morality of death sentence? Member 2 (Male): 1. You are a lawyer, tell me how to become a judge? 2. What is your opinion on the three year practice norm that the Supreme Court has given for anyone who wants to be a judge? 3. How much minimum experience will I need to climb up from district judiciary to the High Court? You may take a guess. 4. Is there any role of the collegium system in appointments? 5. What is your opinion on the collegium system? 6. Do you use JAWS while reading or using computer? 7. What is the basic difference between JAWS and NVDA? Member 3 (Male): 1. Why do other countries especially the western ones have compliance of disability law but in India we have seen a different story. What could be the reasons? 2. What are the major legislations that deal with disability in India? 3. Do you think that the public places are accessible for persons with disabilities? 4. What was the Rajive Raturi ruling? 5. What would be your approach to make places accessible as a civil servant? Member 4 (male): 1. Who were the farmers who protested the most against the farm laws? 2. What were the names of three farm laws and what were they trying to do? 3. Punjab farmers grow a lot of paddy, why? 4. For irrigation, do they use ground water or river water? 5. What is your opinion on the Supreme Court orders on the stray dogs? Do you think that the state will be able to spend money on making shelters for the dogs? Overall, the board was good. I gave around 10 mocks to practice. Samkalp was the best among all of them in terms of experience with the actual interview.

Hello here is my transcript. Thank you very much Board : Sujata Chaturvedi Ma’am Date : 21 January - last one to go in afternoon session Daf keywords : Surat, Gujarat, geography optional, stock market, diamonds, tourism, rest not asked. Chairperson: Ma’am greeted me and read my DAF aloud. 1. What is the meaning of your name? 2. Why UPSC? what motivates you to pursue a career in civil services 3. Tell me which are the regulatory bodies of India ? 4. Why they are needed? 5. Should Capitalist policies after 1991 reforms requires regulation ? 6. What is the full form of SEBI ? Where it is located in India? 7. Tell me about various reforms sebi has undertaken 8. Have you read today’s newspaper? tell me three news which are pressing domestic issues ? Member 1 1. Tell me how to analyse a diamond? 2. How clarity is determined in a diamond? What are different types of it? 3. Factors affecting diamond industry in surat? 4. What type of diamond will you suggest me to buy? 5. Tell me how can I allocate my portfolio to different asset classes in terms of equity, debt, mutual funds, gold etc Member 2 (lady member) 1. What is technical and fundamental analysis? 2. Which is better investment between gold and diamonds? 3. What do you mean by letter z in Gen z? 4. Tell me about the issue of diego garcia ? 5. History of diego garcia? 6. Why Trump wants it? 7. What is the stand of India? Member 3 1. Which tourist places will you suggest me to visit in Gujarat? 2. Which is the oldest mosque in India? 3. What challenges does Gujarat faces in social sectors ? How to improve them 4. What is the cause of terrorism in India ? 5. What is the progress in red fort blast case? Which organisations were involved in it? 6. Tell me about kashmir issue? 7. History of POK and treat of accession? Present status. Member 4 1. What is the role of RBI? 2. Tell me about the competition commission of India? Why it is needed in free market economy? 3. Progress of Insolvency and Bankruptcy code of India? 4. What is the working of it ? 5. Appellate courts related to it? 6. Compare with SARFAESI act. 7. What are tribunals? Any Law related to it? 8. How many tribunals are there in India? 9. Benefits of Tribunals. Mocks given : AlS Ias, Samkalp, Chanakya mandal, Quantel, Sriram IAS, Career will, Samarthya Ias, one to one with Mahesh bhagwat sir

Hello here is my transcript. Thank you very much Board : Sujata Chaturvedi Ma’am Date : 21 January - last one to go in afternoon session Daf keywords : Surat, Gujarat, geography optional, stock market, diamonds, tourism, rest not asked. Chairperson: Ma’am greeted me and read my DAF aloud. 1. What is the meaning of your name? 2. Why UPSC? what motivates you to pursue a career in civil services 3. Tell me which are the regulatory bodies of India ? 4. Why they are needed? 5. Should Capitalist policies after 1991 reforms requires regulation ? 6. What is the full form of SEBI ? Where it is located in India? 7. Tell me about various reforms sebi has undertaken 8. Have you read today’s newspaper? tell me three news which are pressing domestic issues ? Member 1 1. Tell me how to analyse a diamond? 2. How clarity is determined in a diamond? What are different types of it? 3. Factors affecting diamond industry in surat? 4. What type of diamond will you suggest me to buy? 5. Tell me how can I allocate my portfolio to different asset classes in terms of equity, debt, mutual funds, gold etc Member 2 (lady member) 1. What is technical and fundamental analysis? 2. Which is better investment between gold and diamonds? 3. What do you mean by letter z in Gen z? 4. Tell me about the issue of diego garcia ? 5. History of diego garcia? 6. Why Trump wants it? 7. What is the stand of India? Member 3 1. Which tourist places will you suggest me to visit in Gujarat? 2. Which is the oldest mosque in India? 3. What challenges does Gujarat faces in social sectors ? How to improve them 4. What is the cause of terrorism in India ? 5. What is the progress in red fort blast case? Which organisations were involved in it? 6. Tell me about kashmir issue? 7. History of POK and treat of accession? Present status. Member 4 1. What is the role of RBI? 2. Tell me about the competition commission of India? Why it is needed in free market economy? 3. Progress of Insolvency and Bankruptcy code of India? 4. What is the working of it ? 5. Appellate courts related to it? 6. Compare with SARFAESI act. 7. What are tribunals? Any Law related to it? 8. How many tribunals are there in India? 9. Benefits of Tribunals. Mocks given : AlS Ias, Samkalp, Chanakya mandal, Quantel, Sriram IAS, Career will, Samarthya Ias, one to one with Mahesh bhagwat sir

Name : . Date : 22nd January , forenoon Board : Anuradha Prasad Ma'am DAF Keywords - BDS, Falaknuma, Hyderabad, Telangana, Tobacco de- addiction and oral awareness campaign, Vijayawada , Andhra Pradesh, cricket Chairperson - 1. After BDS, were you not interested in Masters.Why Civil Services 2. How do you conduct oral health awareness campaigns 3. Did you ever work with traditional healers ( follow up question, used this word in earlier answer. 4. Do you still conduct oral health campaigns 5. What is Sin tax 6. Why Beedi is not included under sin goods 7. Which products are included under sin tax. Member 1 1. What is Davos summit 2. Did your C.M attended the summit 3. What did Telangana present at Davos 4. What is Lift irrigation 5. How did water supplied to Golconda fort 6. Did you ever visit Golconda fort 7. What did Andhra Pradesh C.M and his son planned about Quantum technology 8. What is Quantum technology 9. What are freebies, Are they good or bad 10. If you are made Health secretary, how will you address freebies issue Member 2 1. Since when you are staying in Hyderabad 2. Tell unique things about Falaknuma palace 3. Did you ever visited Falaknuma palace 4. If 1 year rural posting is made compulsory for medical education, what is your opinion, would you like to work in rural areas. 5. Why Myanmar is important for India 6. What is Siliguri corridor ( follow up question, I used the word in earlier answer) 7. Whom to contact in Myanmar at present 8. What is Kaladhan multimodal project 9. Is China's influence seen in Myanmar, what India can do about it. 10. What is juvenile justice Act and the ongoing debate related to it Member 3 1. What is 50-40-30 rule in Dentistry 2. What is smile design formula 3. What is IDA 4. Oral health Program by IDA 5. Target of National oral health Program 6. Did you take up any formal or informal employment after Dentistry * What do you want me to ask, which topic, I said ' I would like to discuss on Practical Vedanta, Sir ', Sir said, ' Everyone has their own opinion on Practical Vedanta 'everyone smiled, I too joined them and didn't ask any question on it. 7. Do you watch cricket 8. Who won recent women's World Cup 9. On which team, India won finals 10. Who was the player of the match 11. How will women's cricket help in women empowerment 12. What other employment opportunities can cricket provide to women, other than playing cricket 13. Are you aware of the word Aggregator 14. Recently, which ceo resigned and who took up the position.( Morning news was Zomato ceo resignation) In answering this question, I mentioned ' Eternal company ', Sir, said, 'What Eternal company', then Chairperson Ma'am, said, ' Yes, the company name is Eternal' Member 4 1. If you are given a chance, would you separate Telangana from erstwhile Andhra Pradesh 2. Why everyone speaks about Gentlemen Agreement, what is there in that (follow up question,I used Gentlemen agreement in earlier answer) 3. What if Hyderabad made Union territory 4. Can we utilise Anganwadi workers for oral health campaigning 5. Neem twigs also have there own utility in oral health ( follow up question, I used neem twig in earlier answer) 6. What is your opinion on transfer of Nobel Prize 7. What is Nobel Prize 8. Name 3 Indians who won Nobel Prize 9. What is H1 B visa, and the issue regarding the same. Chairperson Ma'am - Your interview is over, you may leave. ( With a smile) Very cordial board, all through out, Chairperson Ma'am was listening very attentively, sometimes smiling to my answers, noded sometimes for my answers to the board. I'm very grateful to all the teachers, mentors, friends and family who supported me in this journey. Daf discussion - With Mahesh Bhagwat Sir, One on one sessions - Krishna Pradeep Sir, Bhavani Shankar Sir, SatyamJain Sir, Shubham Aggarwal Sir, Venkat Mohan Sir, Tanu Jain Ma'am

Name: Hara Hara Mahadev🙏 Date:09/02/2026; FN; 1st to go Board: Hon’ble Dinesh Dasa Sir Duration: Approx 30mins DAF pointers: Irrigation, Telangana, Observing Maths in nature, AI Chairman: 1. Who is the vice chancellor of BRAOU? 2. Where did he work before assuming the charge of VC? 3. Tell me about Your hobby of observing maths in nature, what did you observe so far? 4. There is a journal Mr Abhinandan Banarjee wrote, are you aware? He says application-oriented maths teaching is missing, do you agree with his view? 5. What is the issue with Kaleshwaram? Is it viable? 6. If You are a CS of TG, how do you appraise State performance post bifurcation? 7. If you are a CM of combined AP in 2004, what measures will you take to address the discontentment of TG people in next 10 years? 8. Development in TG is concentrated in and around Hyderabad, If you are a CS, how do you develop Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in Telangana? 9. What AP is doing to promote IT growth? 10. What Mr Naidu has done in Davos to attract IT investments? Members: 1. Being a CSE student why did you take maths optional? 2. Why Civil services? 3. What are your preferences in Civil services? 4. If you get Railways, what will you do in Railways? 5. What is PURA 6. What will you do to develop rural areas, tell me some innovative solutions? 7. As a DM what measures will you take for elderly, particularly in rural areas? 8. Telangana is growing so much paddy, Is it sustainable? 9. What is your opinion on Budget, Pros and Cons both? 10. What are dried distilleries mentioned in Ind-USA trade deal? There were many questions I’m not able to recall. Chairman: We asked whatever we want to ask is there anything that you prepared extensively that we missed? We do not want you to go and tell your friends that this board has not asked this. (I told AI) 1. What IIT Gandhi Nagar is doing in AI Member: 1. What AGI hospital has done in AI Chairman: Thank you DAF discussion: Narasimha Reddy Sir, Mahesh Bhagawat Sir O2O: Narasimha Reddy Sir, G Anjaneyulu ICAS Mocks: Telangana SC Study Circle(2) ,Samkalp(2), Next IAS, Vajirao and Reddy, Chanakya Mandal, MIP, MACS Peer Discussion with my friends and dear ones have helped alot

Name : Dattatreya Chairperson: BB Swain Date : 09 feb 2025 AN, last one to go Keywords : Chartered Accountant, Power Sector, Handloom Chairman :  1.How do your friends call you? 2.Shall we also call you by this name? 3.We are also like your friends. Are you comfortable if we call you like that  4.What are all the other handloom products you know. 5.What is the difference between Khadi and Handloom Chairperson went out for few minutes and came back. Other members: 1.what are stranded assets 2.what are regulatory assets 3.what is plant load factor 4.what is the grid composition of tamilnadu in terms of Renewable and other sources 5.what is green hydrogen  7.why government is promoting it 8.Is there any hydrogen and ammonium factory in Tamil Nadu 9.if free power is supplied in rural areas it is called public Good and if it is supplied in urban area it is called merit good. Why so? 10.Does tamil nadu provide free power 11.Delhi also provides free power. What is your view on that 12.why State Electricity regulatory comissions are not functioning effectively  11.Which is the modern nuclear power plant in India 13.which country technologically supported it 14.what is the technology used in Kudankulam plant 15.What are all the other countries assisting india in nuclear power plant 16.features of SHANTI bill 17. What is privatisation and disinvestment  18. Which sectors would you like to suggest for privatisation and which should not be privatised 19.Precautions needed in privatisation  20.Could you suggest some metrics to select a stock ( related to share market) 21.Why Tamil Nadu is doing well in manufacturing  22. Do you know a book recently written that compares tamilnadu's growth with China 23. Suggest some models from Tamil Nadu that could be replicated in other parts of the country  24. What are all the powers of governor wrt grant of assent to a bill 25. Do you know about recent case wrt governor assent 26. What about presidential reference made in this regard 27. How Eri and muga silk is produced 28. What is the IQ and EQ 29. Which is more important  30. How do you train administrators on EQ Chairman said Thank you, your interview is over and you may leave. Thanks to peer support : Vignesh (AC, CAPF), Anu (IRMS), Dhanush, Arun Krishnan, Dinesh and Sabari.

Transcript Name: SSss Board: Hon’ble Suman Sharma ma’am Date: 2nd February forenoon, 2nd to go Time: 27-30mins Daf keywords: Mechanical engineering, NIT warangal, hydrogen fuel cell powered drone, CAPF(father) nothing else asked. Questions: Chairman: Read my name(had a small discussion on it), degree, work experience(3months) out loud. Is the 3 month an internship? (I said full time) so you resigned and started preparing from then…(yes ma’am) 1. Are you aware of tesla? Which is the other company thats dominating EV market now 2. How is BYD doing so well, what factors supported it 3. What recent advancements in EV tech were made by BYD 4. Why tesla did not enter India? 5. Does tesla make only EV’s? (Said yes) Are you sure. (Yes ma’am no ICE cars) 6. How is India’s Ev ecosystem, what are the gaps. 7. Between Trump and Biden who would you choose? (said biden) Why? trump can be appeased so why not? ( said qatar’s appeasement did not work) 1. Any policies in India aiding hydrogen fuel cell tech (not sure who exactly asked ma’am or m1 sir) Member 1: 1. What is a hydrogen fuel cell, how it works 2. So you conceptualised a hydrogen fuel cell drone.(as part of a Hackathon). what factors stopped you from crossing the ideation stage. 3. What is problem with hydrogen, green hydrogen 4. Recently few Indian companies have been working on hydrogen, what are they and which kind of projects 5. Did any country deploy hydrogen trains? 6. Is there any mechanical equipment or product that India is renown for exporting? ( I said some components of solar cells) no product exists… why is it happening? Are our mechanical engineers not talented enough? Member 2 : ( In Hindi) 1. Do you know Simpsons theory of climate change? (Sir went on to explain) he says that climate change is a natural process. But then why are worried about climate change 2. Our agriculture sector has largest number of workers, but we are trying to focus on industrial sector. How to increase employment of youth in agri sector. 3. Lakhs of engineers graduating every year. How to make them employable? ( as part of answer, at end I mentioned drones) 4. Economics of drones…aren’t they too expensive? Member 3: 1. India has cut its aid to bangladesh by 50%. Do you think it was a right move? And should we reduce it 0? 2. What is your opinion on agnipath scheme? Why is it helpful 3. If somebody asks you for suggestion if they want to join CAPF or ARMY post agnipath, what would be your suggestion 4. Pak and saudi had a defence deal. Whats the effect on India. And a follow up on it Member 4: 1. Tell me about hydrogen trains.. is it a good initiative to push for them, as our govt has been doing in recent times when we already have good infra in electrification and diesel trains. (I mentioned hydrogen for heritage, what it solves, benefits etc) 2. Tell me the economies of hydrogen train. Why is it better than conventional locomotives 3. If you are CEO, and you have option to choose between hydrogen train vs conventional diesel/electric, what would you choose. Thanks S, your interview is over, you may leave now. Experience: Very cordial board, ma’am was actively engaging, observing intently throughout the interview.. ~70% questions were related to EV( although no mention of it in the Daf) and hydrogen. Overall, a great experience. Mocks: Vajirao reddy- close to real, sriram, samkalp (2) . Online: Quantel 2, MACS. Guidance: Shri Mahesh bhagwat sir for DAF discussion, CA updates, clearing doubts and Akhil Buddhi sir. O2O with friends and seniors was of great help.

NAME- May Hay Date of Interview- 5th Feb 2026 Board- Anuradha Prasad Ma'am DAF Keywords- Heartfulness, LLB, LAW Optional (so many other keywords but nothing else was asked) Chairperson- 1. You got first prize in UP in Heartfulness Essay Event, who organized it and what was the process? 2. What is Heartfulness? 3 .Difference between Heartfulness and Mindfulness? 4. Which one is better (I said-from administrative perspective mindfulness, all of them laughed and then she said tell me in general parlance) Member 1- 1. Why such a large pendency in court? 3. What are we doing for it, how BNSS is helpful ( I mentioned BNSS in my last answer) 2. Some says that's judges are less in number, is this true or just a excuse? 3. Three problems in judiciary and how will you solve them? Member 2- 1. Two principles of Natural Justice 2. Difference between economic rate of interest and accounting rate of interest? Member 3- 1. She asked me legal advice as to her long pending civil land suit (long discussion) 2. Why do we need advocates? 3. Why don't people plead their own cases? 4. Income tax act is made people friendly, any such change if you can suggest for the regular judiciary? 5. What is higher judiciary 6. Any law that regulates anti obesity drugs.? Member-4 1.Maritime Zones of India Rest I don't remember, 2-3 more questions he asked.! Apologies some questions I may have missed.! MOCK- NEXT IAS, vision IAS, Only IAS, Sankalp, Vajirao and Reddy. 1 to 1 with Bassi Sir and RC Sinha sir.! Special thanks to my mentor and biggest support- Varun Rai sir (next ias)

Name - Gladiator Date - 10/02 [ Forenoon, Second to go] Board - Dasa Sir Daf Keywords - PSIR, GAYA, BIHAR, SAINIK SCHOOL Duration - around 30 mins Chairman 1. Tell me something about yourself 2. Amidst decline of parliament, where are we heading and have we evolved as democracy ? 3. ECI talked about Urban apathy in voting behaviour. What is your opinion and what is way forward ? 4. Why is liberal international world order declining ? 5. Is India right in buying oil from Russia and world is agaisnt Russia? 6. How are we steering decline of liberal world order ? 7. Since you are gaya which is land of Buddhism, how our society would have been different if Buddhism would have been the dominant faith ? Member 1 1. Analyse from all perspective the issue of 10 min delivery. 2. What is the nature of start up in India ? 3. What is deep tech start up [Since i had mentioned in my previous response ? Member 2 1. How is Trump impacting India US relation ? 2. Three girls committed suicide in Noida. What went wrong and what is the way ahead ? Member 3 1. How are we going to achieve 100 Giga Watt Nuclear Energy ? 2. What is the difference between WHO guidelines and India's guidelines with respect to Pollution ? How are we going to tackle issue of Increased AQI ? 3. why out migration is happening in Bihar ? What steps have been taken set up industries in Bihar ? Member 4 1. What is your first preference in services ? 2. Why not IFS since IR is your optional ? 3. If not home cadre, what is your next preference ? [ it is MP ] 4. Why not Uttar Pradesh or Jharkhand ? 5. Since Sainik School is subsidized, should we promote it ? 6. Even in PPP model, state will have to give subsidy 7. As a policy maker, what will you do to improve tourism in Bodh Gaya ? Chairman Hope you liked the conversation Anything to add Thank you It was conversational and the board was very cordial. Mock- Vajiram, Vajirao, Next IAS, Samkalp, a few through Quantel One to One - Virendra Ojha sir and his team [Very dedicated, everyday discussion and multiple one to one helped a lot to improve articulation]

Date: 05-02-2026 Key DAF Details: Public Administration - rest nothing from daf. Board: Suman Sharma. Questions asked: Chairperson: What is the difference between Human Capital and Human Resource? In brief, tell me the advantages and disadvantages of the India USA Trade deal. Tell me sector wise tariff reductions. Then discussion on China +1, Last time we missed China+1 opportunity, do you think this time we will be able to catch it? What are we doing to catch it? Some more counter questions. M1: Discussion on CNG and EV. What have we done till now for the CNG transition? Electric Vehicles and infra related ? What is the difference? Rare Earth Magnet Corridors? How much time will it take to actually give us benefits? Public Policy and Private Sector related questions. M2: When was the Constitution of India made? How many years have passed? Long monologue on constitution, then asked “Don’t you think we need a major overhaul in our constitution as the constituent assembly members were all around 60+ people, don’t you think we need a constitution which is aligned with the present generation”? Youth Politics- Good or Bad. Student Unions and Politics? Guidelines for politics? India is a peace loving country then why do we spot weapons, why do we highlight our arms? China exporting weapons to Pakistan? M3: What is the difference between Cgpa and SGPA? Gave 3 different City development models and then asked about them. Then asked for my own specific vision and plan for city development. Difference between regular college education and Open flexible education. M4: Who is more powerful between the Indian PM, USA President or Chinese Premier. China's fast and rapid growth, India's democracy lagging us behind? Difference between India’s Mayor and the USA’s Mayor? Local self government till now ? Pat panchayat syndrome - why still exists?