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Anonymous Board: PK Joshi Optional and graduation: Law No questions about home state or Covid. Chair: 1. Is this your first time in Delhi? How do you find it different from your city? 2. What is a contingent contract? How is it different from a wager? 3. Who is a finder of lost goods? Who is a bailee? 4. Holder vs holder in due course? M1: 1. Which position do you play in football? 2. Pele or Maradona? Why? 3. Thoughts on Jose Mourinho as a coach? 4. As a lawyer, what can you bring to the civil service? M2: 1. Natural gas pricing model in India? 2. Other petroleum products' pricing? Why aren't oil prices falling these days? 3. Private players in the downstream sector in India? 4. FCPA vs Indian bribery laws? Are you familiar with the concept of "greasing"? M3: 1. What's the point of the ICJ? Binding vs enforceable rulings? 2. Which judge was a minister before? Name a famous judgement by him. 3. PILs are out of control. Thoughts? M4: 1. Difference between film criticism and a review? Watershed Indian filmmakers through history? 2. "All history is gunk." Can you frame an argument against this claim? 3. What is the point of history? If it's open to reinterpretation, why even study it? 4. How should we look at Aurangzeb as a historical figure? M3 wanted to ask another question, but the Chair looked at his watch and cut them off. He said "thank you, your interview is over." Overall, it was an extremely polite interaction. Panel's demeanour was reassuring in the room, but unable to know for certain how they reacted/felt about one's performance. 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

Tandoor Board- RN Chaube Sir Background- Mechanical engineering IIT MADRAS Optional- Mechanical engineering Hobbies- Playing and following cricket, watching Bollywood movies, teaching Overall- Board was very cordial, especially CM gave warm welcome and said that it will be like discussion than interview and if u don't know answer you can just say no and interview was mostly on technical lines Covid safety- allowed to lower the mask as it got foggy CM 1) meaning of the name and what should we call you 2) How was food different in Chennai compared to North India and how did I adjust 3) Opinion about Live in relationship - counter questions like Would you go for it? Is it weakening institution of marriage? What about when a kid is born how to deal with that? 3) How do u describe yourself? Tell 2 strength and weaknesses (mostly rest of interview went on the basis of strength I told them- planning and implementation and the work I had done in the past on race cars) Passed on to M1.... M1 (soft voice very tough to hear) 1) what parameters to take into account while designing electric vehicle? Suitable for India? 2) how to improve the aerodynamics of a car 3) Do u accept that there is problem of unemployability among engineers ( I said yes- no counter questions on why, how to reduce etc) 4) Should India go for 3 party system 5) Which khan you like most out of three khan's ? Why Salman khan last? Why amir khan at top? Passes to M2 M2 1) What kind of fuels in the car can be used in future and issues in them? Which one will u chose in coming future eg biofuels, hydrogen etc 2) Do u know about Periyar ? (I got confused between prriyar and NTR 😆 but then I said yes after some pause) Are u sure? (Said yes) Do u consider him as a modern reformer ? What was his idea about God ? M3 1) So you from UP.... Would u play T20 or Test match in relationship with Nepal ? What are the issues in relationship? China factor? ( I talked about soft power here) 2) In coming future cars will be sent to scrap in 15 years when people want to use it for longer period lik 25-30 years how would you deal with such situation? How should automobile Industry handle the changing situations eg BS norms, e vehicles, new fuels etc M4 1) What do u understand by soft power ? Who gave this term? (Told about culture, people to people connection, Project Mausam, aid without expectation eg Africa support, support during covid) then he said...there is something beyond this? (I didn't know ) 2) Election commission allowing postal voting above 65 years. Why? Issues? How to solve this problem of ensuring fairness while deepening democratic participation at the same time Passed to chair Would u like to share or ask something that we might have missed I shared Thank you.. your interview is over and all the best for results 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

Aniket Sachan 24 July Board- T.C.A anant sir Last to go. Chairman read my DAF aloud. CM- tell me which book you last read. CM - what was it about? What were your key takaways? CM- Do you agree with his conclusions. What you feel is different about India? ( Book was the billionaire raj by James Crabtree) M1- ok, so you are from jalgaon, what are strengths of jalgaon? M1- and what are the weaknesses? M1- don't you feel the situation is peculiar. On one hand there is water scarcity in district. On other hand there is banana cultivation and microirrigation. Connect the dots. M1- you also did industry defined problem. What was the problem( problem was regarding design of an EV charging infrastructure) M1- tell me the algorithm for it. M1- did you had fast charging accomodated in your solution. M2 - who coined the term gilded age( from previous book) M2- which other book you have read ( here I mentioned "the four" by Scott Galloway) M2- what was it about? What you agree and what you disagree with M2- why there's a problem. US has anti trust laws right? M2- what India must do to safeguard itself against monopolies. M2- does India has lobbying? No I am not asking if it's legal or not ? Is it there? M3- which hindi poet lost his entire family in Spanish flu?(DAF)what's his most famous poem? M3- what you know about chhayawad? M3- here's a line tell me which alankar is used in it? (Couldn't answer) have you heard about anuprass alankar? M3- you debate as well. Here is a topic, give arguments for and against the motion for 1 min each. Topic was - last 5 yr of the govt. has been a success. M4- tell me evolution of political science over history and contributions country wise. M4- which Indian political scientist you believe has given the most original contribution to the field. Why? M4- differentiate between thoughts of Machiavelli and gandhiji CM- thank you, your interview is over. Note: I don't remember many questions. Overall ample time for speaking was given, wasn't interrupted even once. Entire interview was DAF based with few questions from contemporary thought currents due to hobby. Questions were pretty easy. Anant sir began operating mobile in between with short bursts of intent listening whenever an important point was being raised. Overall a decent experience. 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

Smilna Board - Smita Nagaraj . Afternoon, First to go Date- 23/07/20 Kerala State- History optional, From Kerala. Chairman: Tell me what are you doing currently? From your personal experience compare private and public sector, sub questions on corruption M1 What is the status of industries in Kerala..? Why there is no industrial development in kerala ..? What are the positives and negatives of Ezhimala naval academy in kannur (Home District) M2: Why so many gold smuggling cases in Kerala..? What is the solution for it..? Is gold coming to our economy good for it..? Tell me about India Sri Lanka relation.. What is your favourite area in history..? Why.? (Optional) M3: If I gave you an option for time travel which period in ancient india will you choose..? Why..? How will you use the principles of Ashoka's Dhamma in administration.? If you are appointed as an administrative officer in a district in Bihar, how will you promote local self government there..? What will you do if the Sarpanch wont allow your reforms..? M4: Questions on the correlation between wealth and happiness and sub questions based on that Smita ma'am again. Are you a doer or thinker..? Okay that's it. Thank you. Your interview is over. 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

Pawanjot Kaur; Date of Interview: 24th July 2020 PK Joshi Board 6th one to go- called at around 12:30pm (Lots of patience and energy needed) Duration-30-40 minutes Optional: Commerce and Accountancy Hobbies: Ashtanga Yoga, Contributing to Google Maps The main challenge in post COVID Interviews lies in your handling of the mask-gloves-shield trio. They are all equally annoying. People with glasses face more problems as the moisture from breathing settles on your glasses and face-shield. If you are comfortable with contact lenses, kindly choose them over glasses. Also, be hydrated properly as you will sweat profusely throughout the process- thanks to this trio I mentioned. Please meditate in the days to come and focus on retaining your composure. It is the single most important thing in this round of the interview. Chairman: 1. You are Pawanjot Kaur, right? 2. You did your graduation from SRCC, M.com from DSE, then taught in DU for around six months, why didn’t you continue in Academics and rather chose Civil Services? 3. Which subjects did you teach? 4. For how many years have you been preparing for Civil Services? 5. What is a balance sheet? I gave meaning/significance, Components- Assets, Liabilities and also talked about old and new format. 6. Does a balance sheet depict the true picture of the financial position of the firm, like you mentioned? To a large extent yes but accounting policies can cause some discrepancy 7. You offered Income Tax, right? What are the 5 heads under which income is taxed? 8. Under which head is the salary of MP and MLA charged? Beckoned to ask M1 to take over M1 1. You must be comfortable with trade and business, right? So tell me why are FTAs (Free Trade Agreements) not very beneficial for India? 2. What is our most important mercantile export? 3. Which countries/continent is India comfortable with, with regards to trade? 4. Major Export items? 5. Why refinery products? 6. Major import items? 7. Which of these is not a good deal for India? 8. Why is price of gold rising? He mentioned it has risen to Rs. 52,000. Is WTO system working well, as USA is warning that it will pull out of WTO? 9. He said perceptions apart, is the system totally broken etc? Somewhere in the middle of this section, M1 noticed how foggy my specs and face shield were and asked me to remove it. Chairman intervened and asked me to clean my specs also. Was so relieved! Instantly thanked them both. M2 (Lady member- with mask on it looked like she was frowning while I was giving answers to others, but when she started conversing, it looked like she was nice only) Tip- Don’t be bothered about Panel Members’ expressions. They are all nice people. 1. You said in a previous answer that education sector needs reforms, what reforms would you bring? 2. Business Studies is a subject taught by CBSE in XI-XII, do you think it is a good idea? 3. There have been protests and unrest in various universities of Delhi, what are reasons? 4. What is the pain-point- I talked about college leadership not supporting demands 5. What have been the responses of college leadership? 6. Students are protesting and rioting, why shouldn’t they be stopped? M3 (Mostly standalone questions asked in a mechanical manner, looked like he had a list of such questions already framed) 1. You have studied in SRCC, why does your institution have sky-rocketing Cut-offs? 2. Yoga is your Hobby, how many types of Yoga are there? 3. You contribute to Google Maps, how do you do that? 4. What is Urban Naxal? 5. Are we Non-aligned? 6. JNU students keep creating headlines every 15 days. We should shut the institution, there is no need for it. What do you think? 7. Who are the first women Fighter pilots of India? 8. Last and final question: Now we have GST, tell me the difference between Pre GST and Post GST scenario While I was still expecting a volley of questions, M4 signalled Chairman that he was done and the Chairman signaled to me that my interview was over. 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

Surjith Date : 22/7/2020 CSE 2019 Board : PK Joshi Chemical engineer from Kerala Hobbies : Football Chairman : 1. What is your profile? 2. Which all subjects do you teach? 3. Throw some insights on evolution of Himalayas ( Geography Optional) 4. What is GPS. Give its applications 5. What is GIS 6. What is the difference between Chemical engineering and Engineering Chemistry Member 1 1. What was the conditions of Himalayan region before it's origin (asking about thethys origin) 2. What is god particle. 3. Are you aware of Stephen Hawking's views on research on quantum physics 4. What is GIAN network 5. What is SWAYAM program? 6. Which is your favourite football club and coach. ( Football hobby) 7. Give a quality of the coach which impressed you the most. Member 2 1. What is Chemical complexity index 2. What is a Scrubber 3. How does it function in reducing the pollutants 4. What do you mean by SULPHUR 2020 5. What is Ease of Living Index 6. Which organization publish it 7. What is Ease of doing business index 8. How it is measured Member 3 1. You are a Kendriya vidyalaya student, why the government schools infrastructure and performance is poor in India. 2. What suggestions can be given to improve them 3. Does draft National education policy suggestions address the problems you mentioned. 4. What is one nation, one ration 5. What are its benifits 6. How does it help you when you are in Delhi Member 4 1. Explain the Kalaripayatu to me in simple terms 2. What is the difference between EQ and IQ, followed by a case study on the same. 3. What do you mean by Grand Slams. Explain 4. What is your view on NGO. 5. India and China were two equal countries during early 1950s, but China got far ahead of India. What China got right and India got wrong. Chairman : Thankyou 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

Madhusree Board: PK Joshi Civil engineering Interest: Bhagavadgita, Teaching Sports: Kabaddi, Shotput Chair: 1. Civil engineering difference between the upsc building you waited till now and the building you are sitting now 2. Green building 3. Difference between leakage and seepage 4. Weather vs climate M1 1. Difference in qualities of a political leader and bureaucratic leader 2. Name some charismatic leaders 3. Can a leader with no communication skill be charismatic M2 1. Types of cement 2. What is quick setting cement 3. What is M40 4. Unit of 40 5. Amount of Carbon dioxide released in production of one tonne of cement 6. Who wrote Bhagavad Gita 7. How many minutes it took to recite it? 8. Is Kabaddi part of Asian games 9. What is atmanirbhar bharat M3 1. Durkhiem's contribution to sociology 2. Is bhagavadgita a mahakavya or khandakavya 3. China and India why so much difference in development M4 1. Why so much craze for gold in Kerala 2. Why people feel it is a good investment despite the fact that it's returns are lower than other investment options 3. Why kerala's port not so well developed 4. What are the potentials of the long coastline of Kerala 5. Performance of Kerala in ease of living index 6. Who is Jayprakash Narayanan 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

Board: Manoj Soni Sir Date : 24th July , morning session , 5th to go. hobby : running, travelling and food tasting. education: B.sc , LL.b, LL.m ( constitutional law) Chairman: there are too many address in your DAF. so where are you currently- Sir, surat since i have recently joined services there. 2. famous line on surat food and since you are also a foodie - me: surat nu jaman ane banaras nu maran . i.e. for food go to surat and for moksh goto banaras. 3. do you think we should make DPSP justiciable by 2047 ( this he framed in almost 2 mins creating a good background on it). 4. tell me two points in favour and two against. 5. will you do it ? 6. how many Dpsp in constitution. and tell me 5 very important. M1 1. a big epidemic in surat in the 1980s? 2. difference between solicitor general and advicate general. 3. how many wars india has fought. and in one line explain all of them. i mentioned 1962, 1965, 1971 . he asked about 1949. so i mentioned that as well. 4. 1999 kargil ? not a war ? i said sir since you asked wars with nation and this is was not a full fledged open war. so i did not mention. 5. what about galwan? we lost 20 lives ? not a war ? 1 or 2 more questions I cannot remember regarding the same. M2 1. comment on lies, dammed lies and statistics 2. how can we improve it ? 3. how to implement it in larger scale 4. SDGs (since i Mentioned in one of my answers .) does it has any special provision for disabled ? 5. is the govt doing enough ? if not where do we lack ? 6. how do we improve this ? 7. as an admisitrator how will you bring changes 8. any provision in the National building code regarding the same ? i said no, so she asked me to take a good read at it. 🙈 M3. 1. why do you like experimenting with food ? 2. explain with one recent experience and explain the dish with your logic. 3. which is the famous food of bihar ?( Litti chokha ) 4. process in making it. 5. why don't you join judiciary - i told him i was already working as civil servant to which he followed up by asking me why not judiciary. . (eventually i had to say sir i would definitely give it a thought.) 6. major amendment in cr.pc by which executiveagistrate power was transferred to judicial magistrate ? i made a wrong attempt here by talking about 176A . 6. to which he said the provision is in regards to cr. pc to remove Nuisance . i said sorry to which he told me its sec 133. M4 ( by now the chairman had already started giving the member warning to look at the watch before even starting. ) 1. is civil services still the same effective today ? 2. what all things can be done in regards to the same ? he still managed to ask a couple of questions which i am unable to recall. Chairman wished me luck . thanks ! 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript

Ss Sujata madam board Ch: 1. Introduce yourself 2. Tell about your work experience and what you did 3. Vizag gas leak and the reasons 4. Was chemical safety taught in your college (DAF) 5. Is it sufficient or anything more you will like to add 6. What are the last two food items you wrote about( DAF) 7. There is one class that can eat food and other are finding it hard ...Do u feel there is disparity in India with respect to food 8. What do u think we have done or have we done enough to address the food issue from march to June that is during corona times M1 1. So u play badminton at what level 2. Can u tell any success stories if badminton 3. Who are main competitors of India in badminton 4. What can India do to achieve higher success in badminton 5. Is badminton an expensive or cheap sport 6. Do u see badminton stature has improved? 7. What did u do as participation of cultural events M2. 1. What is Vedic maths 2. Tell Exactly 4 parameters to see if river is polluted for eg in namami change what are the 4 parameters or metrics used to see if ganga is clean or polluted 3. How can technology make chemical industries safer 4. How can technology make people working in plants safer 5. How can technology be used to make address pre covid issue as in if somebody has to communicate that they have corona or how can we avoid the spread using technology M3. 1. Have you heard of crowd funding,where can it be used successfully 2. What are payment banks and evaluate them 3. Why is it that in agriculture we have 5 percent population but only 17 percent gdp can it be made better M4. 1. 4 distinct stages of badminton 2 differences in various folk dances as explained to a lay man mentioned in the daf 3. What is csr and is it useful? 4. Have you heard of cicada we vishawas scheme -what is it and it's success or failure Ch: Would you like us to ask on anything that you have prepared but we didn't ask Interview is over Thank you 👇For interview transcript @upscinterviewscript