Interview Transcripts (CSPT-2026)

Name : Veerapandiya Kattabomman Date : 19/03/2025 Afternoon, last to go DAF keywords : Madurai, HAM radio, heritage walk,mechanical engg, tamil literature Chairperson : Hon'ble Sheel Vardhan Sir 1. Very interesting hobby......Have you operated ham radio during disaster? 2. When, where, how, what help? 3. I'm a foreigner to madurai- take me to places. 4. Why temples are so big? Whats the use other than spirituality? 5. Which one govt department or function you would want to privatise and why? M1 1.sites of heritage walk? Have you contributed to their conservation? 2. 3 works of tamil literature you like, why? 3.WAVES M2 1. How strength of material is determined? 2. What areas you'll focus for tribal development? 3. How is Indian Railways performing? M3 1.why literature? 2. How will you use it in admin? 3.thirukural on corruption M4 1. Gandhi and madurai incident 2. 5 types of land in tamil Nadu 3. 3 places you want to visit and why? 4. Say about keeladi . Chairperson : your interview is over you may leave Overall experience : Board was very cordial and totally daf based. No CA, no IR, no grilling. Advice : show your 3I ( intent, interest and innocence) All the best

Date : 21/03/2025 Board : Sanjay Varma Sir DAF Keywords : Football, RHA NGO, Gym,Mathematics,Pune(Rest not asked). Chairman: (reciprocating smile throughout the interview) 1. first time Delhi? How different do you find Delhi from Pune?Any Cultural difference? 2.Regarding Trumps statements on Canada, What do you think will happen if India declares the same with regards to Bangladesh? 3. What will happen if we do the same with Nepal,hypothetically? M1: 1.You play football, What position you play in, significance of my position? 2. Do you do Gym? What do you do exactly in it? 3. Have you tried Cardio?Did you feel Dizzy first time you did treadmill? 4. Whats the fastest you have run on treadmill, speed? Inclination? 5. Graduation in Maths? Two areas where you would directly apply Maths in Civil Services? 6. What did you learn in Optimisation? M2: 1. You had Physical Education in 12th, As all schools and University are shutting down PE courses, Do you think that it is still relevant? 2. Further discussion on importance of physical health. M3:(Lady) 1. You have worked for Robin Hood Army NGO,What it is exactly? 2. What is the relay time between food collection and distribution? How do you ensure that it is fresh? 3. How would you connect Robin Hood redistribution model with what government is doing? 4. Tell me the system of redistribution? 5. Tell the 5 E's involved in redistribution economy? 5. What are different taxes of government of India? M4:( Lady) 1. What do you know about JJ Act,what is it situation in India, Current status? 2. What is the age bar under JJ Act, how is treatment different? 3. What do you know about Lokpal and Lokayukta, Current Status? 4. Difference between Lokpal and Lokayukta? 5. Does Lokpal have jurisdiction over PM?( She explained then how it os excercised in certain cases) 6. Recent Case of Delhi HC judge, cash found at house, Does Lokpal have jurisdiction over judiciary? 7. Then what are our checks and balances against judcial Corruption? Chairman: Thank You. Your Interview is over Comment : Interview was more like discussion. Questions asked were basic and no grilling. Board was Cordial, Everyone was smiling throughout the Interview. Mocks: Jnan Prabodhini, PwOnlyias, Samkalp,Vajirao, Vajiram and Chanakya. O2O : Special Thanks to Mahesh Bhagwat Sir IPS for wholesome support during Interview process, Vajiram- Ravindran Sir, Dharmadikari Sir- Chanakya.

Name : Heimerdinger  Date : 21/03/25 Board : Shri Sheel Vardhan Singh Sir Time : 30-35 min Forenoon Session, 2nd to go DAF Keywords : Mechanical Engineering, Maharashtra, Robotics, Vipassana, K-Dramas, Painting, Story writing Chairman sir 1.  So you're an Engineer. Tell me what is robotics? When do they  become autonomous? 2. What is a humanoid robot? 3. Examples of such robots? 4. The possibility of humans marrying a Robot in the future? (Mentioned the movie "Her", Sir smiled and told other members in brief about this movie) 5. Like artificial intelligence is there a possibility of extra-terrestrial Intelligence? Do aliens exist? 6. Why do we need scientific evidence? Area 51? Member 1 (Sir) 7. You practice Vipassana meditation. What is it? 8. How is it different from other forms of meditation? 9. Can you really control your emotions & thoughts? 10. Few questions on my school (related to K.M. Munshi) 11. Use of nanotechnology in painting? Hint: Ajanta caves (I said idk) 12. You are into story writing. Do stories contribute in forming social bonds? 13. Does the story telling tradition continue in the present generation? (Quoted Sudha Murthy's book for reference) Member 2 (Ma'am) 14. How did you develop interest in watching Korean dramas? 15. What aspect of k-dramas appeal to you? 16. Which is your favourite k-drama? Why? 17. Do you also read any Korean literature? 18. Who got the Nobel Price for Peace last year? (Korean Author - Han Kang) 19. Recent events in South Korea? 20. Why Martial law was imposed? And some follow up on it Chairman sir intervened {based on the above conversation} 21. The common trope in k-dramas is of a struggling youth. Is that why civil services aspirants resonate with it? 22. Are we not creative enough? Why such web series are not made in India? (I said there are many) 23. Suggest me few Indian web series that youth like you relate to. Member 4 (Ma'am) 24. What is the World Record for solving a 3x3 Rubik's cube? Can robots also solve it? 25 What is Katha in Indian context? (religious storytelling format) 26. What kind of art do you like? 27. Which type of painting do you do? 28. Who are your favourite artists? One national & One international 29. What is unique about Pablo Picasso? (Talked about cubism & collage style. Confessed that Painting was only an interest in school days; avoided anymore questions) 30. Many art forms are dying in India. As the DM of a district having such an artform how will you revive it? Member 5 (Sir) 31. What are the 3 pillars of Industry 4.0? (AI, Robotics, Cloud computing) 32. Did India miss the bus when it comes to Industry 1.0  2.0 & 3.0? 33. How are we catching up to it? 34. Why is South Korea so far ahead wrt technology? 35. Why does India lag in Innovation? (Told about lack of incentives & enabling ecosystem) 36. Wright brother had no ecosystem, there were no incentives even when man invented the wheel. Now convince me. 37. Coming back to Korean society, what is "Nunchi"? (I said idk) 38. It means "reading the room". What do you understand by it? (part of Emotional Intelligence) 39. Should people have the ability to read the room? Why? Chairman Sir 40. What problems do youth in rural parts of Maharashtra face? 41. Initiatives like SSA focus on education in rural areas. What is your assessment of their success/failure? 42. Why did it not achieve its goals? 43. India produces many engineers, then why R&D is not up to the mark? Chairman sir said Thank you your interview is over. All the board members were very cordial. No grilling at all. The actual interview was very different and comfortable compared to the mocks. Completely DAF based. No IR or current affairs. No factual questions asked. Mocks given - Next IAS, Chahal, Sriram, Maharashtra Sadan, Tathastu, Samkalp, UPSC Prep, JICE IAS O2O - B.S. Bassi sir, Satyam Jain sir, Abhijeet Yadav Sir, IPS Mahesh Bhagwat sir, Tanu Jain ma'am, Pranay Aggarwal sir (for Sociology)

Name: X Date of Interview: 20th March Board: Suman Sharma Ma’am Board 3- 5th to go DAF Keywords: IITx, Bihar, rest not relevant Chairperson: 1. Cost of Logistic in India? 2. What can be done to improve it? 3. What are issues in developing inland waterway? 4. IITs are producing good employee not employer? Do you agree? 5. What are expansionist ideas of Trump? 5. Do you think that he want to capture power plants of Ukraine? M1: 1. What is endangered species? 2. What is criteria for a species to be considered endangered? 3. Do you know of an endangered species in Ganges?(gangetic dolphin) 4. Why they have become endangered? 5. What can be done for their preservation? 5. Why are they important? 6. What is special category status? 7. Why is Bihar demanding SCS? M2: 1. What is OECD? 2. Is India a part of it? 3. What is discussed in OECD other than economics? 4. Should India be a part of it? What benefits it can derive from it? M3. 1. Why is Andhra Pradesh demanding SCS? 2. Won't it be good that every state is given SCS? 3. Should not an engineer go to tech field rather than coming here? 4. Who is a leader? M4: 1. Can IAS be an entrepreneur? 2. Who is an entrepreneur? 3. Give some works where IAS have found innovative solutions. 4. What is your view on glass ceiling? 5. How we can remove it? 6. What is your view on capital punishment? Overall experience: Relaxed atmosphere, patiently listened to every answer even though when some of my answers got quite lengthy. Mocks: 10+ O2O: 4 (Special thanks to Shubham Aggarwal Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS) for boosting confidence) All the best and thanks to the community for support! 🫶🏼

Name : People star R Narayana Murthy  Board : Sanjay verma  DAF keywords : Historical places, Social themes in telugu movies, Short Movie, Library, Bobbili, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, Electronics and Communication  Optional : History  Over experience: dissatisfied with last member questions and his running commentary to my answers.  Questions: 1. Lets start with history, take 50years of Indian history, tell about that, give rationale for selecting that Which countries got inspired from our freedom movement.  Some vague counter questions  2. You have mentioned analysing social themes. Many put this hobby due to coaching institutes guidance. Ok lets tell from which period you analyse the movies Tell about women in that  3. What are the social themes analysed? Mentioned language among other things, then asked about is it social or cultural theme?  4. How Religion is depicted in  telugu movies ? M1 : 1. As history student , pick any ruler and his idea of governance to implement now Answer chola local body, kakatiya ayagra system.  I mentioned VSWS of AP with 12 functionaries. Are they permanent or temporary? Said about: Difference between volunteer system and VSWS Is it good system?  Good system with some implementations challenges like sarpanches have less control on them.  Are they not politically motivated ? 2. Bhogapuram air port, is it due to civil aviation minister from ur region? Why is it needed? M2:  why did establish library? What type of Library? How is it working? How is it getting maintained ? Digital learning after Covid? About short film ? Andhra aqua culture? Andhra finances?  M3 : Asked about my village name? Who is famous from Bobbili (Thandra papa raya : about him) Who is harikatha pitamaha Who is famous maharaja college principal (I could not recollect his name) PVG raju? (I got confused with his some name, he corrected ) M4: half hindi + fully technical + intimidating - ruined interview  1. Star link : technical feasibility of storing data in india? Said Exact technical details not aware.  2. Some technical term on communication technology (Never heared) ( memeber you don't know this also in sarcastic manner) 3. Tell 5 places you want to visit  4. Why didn't you mention north east mention (I wanted to go, but I had to chose 5 , I could not include) 5. Ok tell which one you would like to visit( Recent UNEsco site: Moidam) 6. Any other place : my reply meghalaya 7. Tell about unique features of meghalaya society (Said some features) 8. He said some feature, and asked me to guess why that existed ? I said somethin.  Arrey bhai, ---(some hindi - I could not understand)  -- logic is simple(for me that logic is beyond my comprehension skills) 9 how are we communicating with Andaman? said something, then he asked  10. When we started that ? Take guess? I couldn't take guess as already he is sarcastic about my answers  11. Statue of unity, some technical details about materials,  I used the term "may be" twice Arrey bhai , ---- some hindi --- why may be? (in serious tone)  Abruptly ended Chairman : interview over. Mocks : MACS society, Hyderabad (The best society to help students) , Venkat Mohan Sir, Rambabu Sir(Laex academy).

Name : Heimerdinger Date : 21/03/25 Board : Shri Sheel Vardhan Singh Sir Time : 30-35 min Forenoon Session, 2nd to go DAF Keywords : Mechanical Engineering, Maharashtra, Robotics, Vipassana, K-Dramas, Painting, Story writing Chairman sir 1. So you're an Engineer. Tell me what is robotics? When do they become autonomous? 2. What is a humanoid robot? 3. Examples of such robots? 4. The possibility of humans marrying a Robot in the future? (Mentioned the movie "Her", Sir smiled and told other members in brief about this movie) 5. Like artificial intelligence is there a possibility of extra-terrestrial Intelligence? Do aliens exist? 6. Why do we need scientific evidence? Area 51? Member 1 (Sir) 7. You practice Vipassana meditation. What is it? 8. How is it different from other forms of meditation? 9. Can you really control your emotions & thoughts? 10. Few questions on my school (related to K.M. Munshi) 11. Use of nanotechnology in painting? Hint: Ajanta caves (I said idk) 12. You are into story writing. Do stories contribute in forming social bonds? 13. Does the story telling tradition continue in the present generation? (Quoted Sudha Murthy's book for reference) Member 2 (Ma'am) 14. How did you develop interest in watching Korean dramas? 15. What aspect of k-dramas appeal to you? 16. Which is your favourite k-drama? Why? 17. Do you also read any Korean literature? 18. Who got the Nobel Price for Peace last year? (Korean Author - Han Kang) 19. Recent events in South Korea? 20. Why Martial law was imposed? And some follow up on it Chairman sir intervened {based on the above conversation} 21. The common trope in k-dramas is of a struggling youth. Is that why civil services aspirants resonate with it? 22. Are we not creative enough? Why such web series are not made in India? (I said there are many) 23. Suggest me few Indian web series that youth like you relate to. Member 4 (Ma'am) 24. What is the World Record for solving a 3x3 Rubik's cube? Can robots also solve it? 25 What is Katha in Indian context? (religious storytelling format) 26. What kind of art do you like? 27. Which type of painting do you do? 28. Who are your favourite artists? One national & One international 29. What is unique about Pablo Picasso? (Talked about cubism & collage style. Confessed that Painting was only an interest in school days; avoided anymore questions) 30. Many art forms are dying in India. As the DM of a district having such an artform how will you revive it? Member 5 (Sir) 31. What are the 3 pillars of Industry 4.0? (AI, Robotics, Cloud computing) 32. Did India miss the bus when it comes to Industry 1.0 2.0 & 3.0? 33. How are we catching up to it? 34. Why is South Korea so far ahead wrt technology? 35. Why does India lag in Innovation? (Told about lack of incentives & enabling ecosystem) 36. Wright brother had no ecosystem, there were no incentives even when man invented the wheel. Now convince me. 37. Coming back to Korean society, what is "Nunchi"? (I said idk) 38. It means "reading the room". What do you understand by it? (part of Emotional Intelligence) 39. Should people have the ability to read the room? Why? Chairman Sir 40. What problems do youth in rural parts of Maharashtra face? 41. Initiatives like SSA focus on education in rural areas. What is your assessment of their success/failure? 42. Why did it not achieve its goals? 43. India produces many engineers, then why R&D is not up to the mark? Chairman sir said Thank you your interview is over. All the board members were very cordial. No grilling at all. The actual interview was very different and comfortable compared to the mocks. Completely DAF based. No IR or current affairs. No factual questions asked. Mocks given - Next IAS, Chahal, Sriram, Maharashtra Sadan, Tathastu, Samkalp, UPSC Prep, JICE IAS O2O - B.S. Bassi sir, Satyam Jain sir, Abhijeet Yadav Sir, IPS Mahesh Bhagwat sir, Tanu Jain ma'am, Pranay Aggarwal sir (for Sociology)

Board - suman sharma maam Date - 21 march forenoon Keywords - ece , bhopal , psir , ngo , rest irrelevant Chairperson - no job after graduation? - starlink? Issue ? Whats the deal? - x , what is the issue? - sections of the IT act involved? - what is sahyog portal? - contract farming - adv and disadv - if u want to implement in your city how u wud do - is onoe undemocratic? - if i say it is , why wud i say that? Member 1 (lady) - mahatma gandhi statue here says - my life is a lesson. Justify - is he relevant today at all? - why marxism failed? - how did capitalism humanise itself? - history of jehan numa ki palace (dont know) Member 2(male) - women educaion shd be coed or all girls? - then why govt promotes scls like kgbv - lake getting polluted why? - how will u stop - immediate measure - A un body where consensus is the way to make decisions (bouncer for me) Member 3 (male) - millet benefits - cop 28 and 29 - common outcome - what is ppp - is it a better measure? - which is a better way to calculate gdp Member 4 (very unwelcoming lady) - what is the ngo that u worked in? Are they doing any groundbreaking work? - what is social enginneeing - is it bad also? Give examples Fumbled here and couldnt ans properly Overall- No monologues, direct qna session.. except suman mam all others had poker faces. However , she was a bit cordial.

Dr. Jackal Date-21/03/2025 Board- Sanjay Varma sir DAF key words- IRS CIT, MBBS (Rest other not asked) I forgot to greet while entering, chairman greeted first then I reciprocated. Chairman 1. Long monologue on why in certain reports like happiness index India is behind Pak or Palestine. (I talked about subjectivity and bias) Then he talked in certain reports India is doing good, and we celebrate. And most of the discussion went that way. 2. Top 3 states receiving remitternces(I said MH is first, rest two not sure.) Told me top 3 asked reason why from this 3 states? M1 1. Long discussion on food adulteration and what we can do about it. 2. Why couples don't want to make babies or marry. 3. Discussion on the why advertisement for infertility clinic 4. What campaign on health you will run if you will be in the ministry. M3. 1. Questions on ficsal federalism(long discussion) 2. How medical knowledge will help in Civil Services. One question I am forgetting. M3(sleepy member) 1. Taxes which are collected by IRS CIT officers 2. Excise still there after GST 3. Is there law for excise? M4 1. Long monologue on Rat race, what is my opinion.(open ended question) 2. Long discussion on Big fat indian wedding and personal finance 3. Railway to Leh(first I took this from the POV of finance) Then he said to talk from the govt side. Again Long discussion. Chair You took the sharp u turn in the issue of big fat indian weddings.(I cleared my position it should be not an issue untill it does not put you in deep debt or harms personal finance) Good mock- Vajirao and Reddy, Samkalp, NextIAS, Hamdard Study Circle, O2O- Ravindran Sir, Mahesh Bhagwat sir Avoid- Vajiram &Ravi, OnlyIAS My interview was like Long discussion on the above issues. Nothing much was asked from the DAF.

Name - Kuch dino ke baad batate hai. Date- 18/3/2025 Board - Shri Dinesh Dasa Sir, Forenoon, 3rd to go.. Entered around 11:30 AM Keywords- Sociology(Masters and Optional), Defense, IRMS,UP, Stephens. Disclaimer - Questions were not as they are written. They were usually long sentences, framed in form of discussion. Chair- (Read out my DAF) 1. You are IRMS. Are you in traffic? 2. If everyone is given Traffic..wont there be issue in Promotion hierarchy? (I explained abt no recruitment for 3 years and he understood) 3. Your opinion on Merger-Demerger. 4. Why UPSC was against merger? (Cannt answer this) He moved to Socio. 5. Globalisation leads to Urbanization that affects life of skilled worker and unmarried women specially their personal life. Comment on it. (Very vague question, do not know what he wanted to ask..but gave a answer) He moved to Defense. 6. I have read that in Defense it is said the more relaxed you are in Peace..more wonders you do in war. What do you understand by this? (Again a vague question.) M1 (Lady) 1. Louis Dumont Homo-Hierarchucus...is it valid even today? 2. Difference btw Varna and Caste. 3. How British understood caste? What were there sources of knowledge? 4. Few steps for women empowerment. 5. What about Sex Ratio? 6. Different age groups have different sex ratios. Explain. M2(Male) 1. You are from Stephens. There exists a rivalry btw Stephens, Hansraj, Hindu..how do you see it? 2. Revolutions in Defense? (Was not very satisfied as I said CDS appointment and moved to next Question without giving me a chance to ractify) 3. Should India withdrew from Siachen? M4(Lady, asking some tricky stuff) 1. Is the era of glorifying war back? 2. Do India glorify war? 3. But we have movies, documemtaries highlighting war heroes..isnt that glorification? 4. Where is India's cleanest river? (I said Meghalaya) She said but why it is not highlighted in News, is our human mind more tilted towards negavtive news? 5. What the important event happening today? (I mentioned few..but she wanted to hear abt Sunita Williams) 6. Why so much anxiety abt her coming back? M5 (Male) 1. We have many schemes and legislations abt child marriage, fetecide etc...but what is role of society? 2. Does it means we dont need laws? 3. Ratio of the role of law and society needed for reforms? 4. How to deal with infodemic? Chair- Want to say anything? Your interview is over. Went only for 20-22 mins. Have Mixed feelings..not sure how it went. Cannt guess from their faces. Mocks - Only 2..Next and Samkalp. One-2-One - at Ekam and CMS. It was discussion and One to One with my Friend that was more Useful. Ab sab Mahadev ke Hathoo mee 🙏 Jai Mahakal 🙏 All The Best Everyone ❤️

UPSC Mock Interview Transcript Name :- *SHADOW MONARCH* Date: [19/03/2025] 🔑 Keywords: maharashtra, Sangli, Solapur,civil engineering, chemistry,police, kabbadi, cricket, tug of war , travelling and hiking, diary writing, 🏢 Board: 1st board 1st to go in afternoon session 👤 Chairman: DGP SHEELWARDHAN SINGH SIR --- Chairman(let's have discussion) 1. Hiking- Longest hike done 2. What is cyber.if any allians comes to earth How do you tell what is cyber to him. 3. What is cyber warfare 4. Name 3 cyber wars 5. You mentioned about cyber warfare on electricity grid. Name international attack 6. What is Cambridge Analytica 7. Give me 3 precautions while using social media account --- Member 2 lady 1. Life learning from tug of war 2. Tell us about Solapur and Sangli city(told about bailgada sharyat and millets of mangalvedha) 3. Do you saw bullock cart race 4. Has millet production increased in Solapur --- Member 3 1. Why millet is important for nutrition security 2. What is difference between cultivation sorghum and millet 3. Where do you have travelled 4. Difference between travelling and tourism --- Member 4 1. You like to play sports and you have played Holi, tell me how do I know that 2. Why Kabaddi is not become the cricket 3. Who is the VK of Kabaddi(chairman sir ) 4. How did diary writing helped you 5. Did it helped in your discipline in your life 6. Diary is private but still few people published it. Did you read any such book. 7.Didn't you read my experiment wirh truth 8. What is the rank of India in Olympics. 9. Why countries like Belgium and NZ above India, where do we lack 10. . Do you consider Olympic as business (Mentioned about infrastructure built up in previous answer) --- Member 5 lady 1. In 12th you studied environmental studies, what you learned in that subject 2. Tell us about India's climate change efforts 3. Solar energy contribution in renewable sector 4. Wind energy viability in renewable energy 6. How will civil engineering help in administration Experience of interview:- mostly DAF based, totally different vibe from mocks Utility of mocks:- gave around 10 . Helped in area on which i should focus, confidence built up . TRANSCRIPT UTILITY: 1.help to touch every area which board ask 2.two question directly repeated (# virat kohli of kabbadi #three cyber wars) # *Discussion with friends and chat gpt use and watching sushasan video helped immensely* SPECIAL THANKS to all mentors (Sumit sir , swapnil sir ,sandesh sir and vivek sir),transcript community, previous toppers for notes

4th March 2nd person to go Board: Lt.Shukla Sir DAF: Graduation in commerce, changed boards in school, singing Chairman 1)Do you think Cold war 2.0 is happening 2)How is it different from cold war 1.0 3)If the cold war is not happening then should we not do anything? 4)Other countries are doing their part to handle issue, their media talking about the issue but India is being seen as more passive. 5)Will China takeover Taiwan 6)Why would USA come to its rescue when it’s seeing its own interests 7)Think about an idea where USA, China, Russia get into an agreement where USA takes control over America, Russia Europe and China over Asia. Member 1: 1)Why do you think govt is appointing bureaucrats as heads of RBI and SEBI 2)Shouldn’t govt appoint technocrats 3)Mid-cap and small cap stocks are being overvalued but SEBI has done nothing to address the issue 3)Indian market has gone into long bearish state while other economies are performing well.What do you think 4)Why not CA after graduation Member 2: 1)You have good knowledge of commerce and accountancy seeing your academic records, how would you feel if you get IRS 2)Asked about some committee which i was not aware of. Ma’am explained about its recommendati for merger of direct and indirect taxes departments and asked my view point. Some counter questions on this. Member 3: 1)Which board do you think is better CBSE or ICSE? 2)Tell me from your personal experience 3)What are the recent changes introduced by CBSE 4)Earlier arrangement of having 1 board exam was working fine, what is the need of having 2 boards in a year. 5)Don’t you think introducing levels in subjects is making life unnecessarily easy for students. 6)Changes in education system is against the motive of teaching life skills to students. Member 4: 1)Which type of songs do you sing light classical or classical 2)Are you classically trained. Tell me some raags which are sung at this time of the day. 3)Singing a song in teen taal is quite difficult and there are only few such songs. Tell me such songs 4)Since you have done commerce and accountancy tell me how will you value this building(UPSC BHAWAN) 5)What about the depreciation, shouldn’t doors and wall be depreciated 6) what are the types of depreciation 7)Which type of depreciation should be applicable to this building The board was quite patient and cordial. Few questions i might have missed.

Arrower Date -20 march Board- Sheelvardhan sir Morning session first to go Chairman sir(with smile welcomed and say let’s start have conversation) Read my daf and say you have botany as one of subject in graduation 1. Tell me what is Bionomial nomenclature ( little bit explained) 2. ⁠scientific name of Neem , banyana tree( help me in second species) 3. ⁠my work related to NGO what kind of work 4. ⁠why people not crowdfund these NGO 5. ⁠what are the specific provision in FCRA( i just said generic points but he help me with two provision) 6. ⁠monologue on US-Russia— who won diplomatically 7. ⁠then some discussion over peace deal 8. ⁠do you believe russia lost anything in this war M.1 lady member 1. Three positive thing happening in bengal 2. ⁠RG Kar do you believe justice is served? 3. ⁠why child marriage is highest in bengal and kolkata 4. ⁠human trafficking 5. ⁠what steps government of bengal has taken to promote women development ( 5 things about women issues) 6. ⁠why there is dichotomy of child marriage and highest literacy rate of women in bengal? 7. ⁠2-3 more question on women Member.2 1. Rajasthan to bengal - importance of marwadi belt in west bengal 2. ⁠who you think more pious raja rammohan roy or ishwar chandra Vidyasagar and why 3. ⁠why so many people are attracted towards UPSC? 4. ⁠human trafficking one of important international threat why? 5. ⁠one more question can’t recall 6. ⁠IF you setup an NGO how you aware people about it 7. ⁠How jai jawan and jai kisna NGO can work for Child marriage when there is no relationship with women? Member -3 lady ma’am 1. History - some study i said sorry ma’am not aware 2. ⁠subaltarn school ? And one case study 3. ⁠India bangladesh issue 4. ⁠legal and illegal immigration 5. ⁠what is government doing? Member-4 (the Botanist 🥲) 1. What is the process of water flowing in plants? 2. ⁠explain little bit but could not get the exact answer 3. ⁠do you think plant’s can be given Unique ID any example? 4. ⁠how plants are named like taxonomical study? 5. What is SMILE 6. ⁠what kind of change happen when we smile 7. ⁠if someone in deep grief what one thing should do( I say Smile sir😅 if we smile immediate relief of grief for aome time)Then everyone smile😃😄 8. ⁠last question from plant physiology The board is very cordial It was one the best experience i have. Mocks- chahal, samkalp, PW, Quantel(special thanks) and Vision IAS (Ankit sir) One to one with Choudhary sir, Bassi sir.

Board - Sheel Vardhan Sir DAF Keywords - Computer Engineering, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Surat, Fitness enthusiast, Sports, Cricket Chairman - You are fitness enthusiast... What would you suggest 62 year old like me to do? What is the way to measure fitness parameters without using device? What is isometric ..? You might have heard about DOGE.. Which Indian department or ministry should be slashed? Sports Ministry? Climate? Coaching system? Member 2 Difference between DOGE and Minimum Government Maximum Governance? Specific? What is Surat most famous for? Member 3 (Lady) You are Computer Engineer...Cyber fraud, financial fraud are on rise... What strategy will you apply to fight this? Specific? Member 4 You are from Jharkhand? I am born in Jharkhand but native of Uttarakhand... Why was Jharkhand separated? Have they achieved their demand? When Uttarakhand was separated, some other place than Dehradun was thought to be the capital... What was that? Member 5 Why have you written following Indian Men's cricket specifically? Men specifically? India specifically ( you're like us as we follow only India - laughter among all) Is underarm bowling allowed in cricket? Where is best sports facility in India?

4 march Daf : medical officer, chess, myhtology (only the questions related to these were asked) Board : Raj shukla sir Chairman: Started with a monolgue on situation in Gaza. 1. What is the situation in Gaza? 2. Why are the talks disrupted? 3. Phase 2 of deal. 4. Why does Trump want real estate development in Gaza. Is he a fool? Now Ukraine 1. What is happening? 2. What is the solution? Not much discussion. Long monolgues after almost every question. M1: Discussion on targets given to doctors for conducting tests of patients. Chess engines and what technological development (he called it revolution) made them better than humans. M2 (lady member) : Why civil services? Mahabharata - why did Pandavas win. Long monolgue on the suffering and learning of Pandavas in 12+1 years. Are we giving too much to youth that they are lacking ambition? How to develop value education? What should be done to promote fundamental duties in schools? M3 : Use of ai in diagnosis. It should replace doctors completely. Gender equality. Use of medical knowledge in iaas. (Does not seem to agree with any argument given for ai question) M4 : Why doctors are not counseling on diet? Corporatisation of healthcare. Should we promote it or not? Some other questions which I'm not able to recall. Remarks : The experience was totally different from mock interviews. It was full of big monologues and members having their own strong views on most of the themes. M4 & M3 did not seem to agree with most of the arguments I gave. Expectations are low. But I've learnt a lot in this process. Thanks to the members of this group who shared their experiences. Mocks : Samkalp, NextIAS, Sriram, Unacademy. Special thanks to MPOA for their support and guidance.

Raj Shukla sir board( last to go ) Date: 3 rd march DAF keywords- red dot campaign, chemistry, cat companionship and care, Olympiad - superlative english, Fergusson college Chairman Long monologue on three language policy, sharing his experiences and opinions.Asked for my opinion Questions and counterquestions for the same topic M1 1.You come from a good college,you are a good student.Why did you do chemistry and not engineering or medical? 2. What better could have been done wrt kumbh? 3.Why it's called mahakumbh? 4.Even if we restricted no of train tickets, people would have travelled without tickets.how to handle such crowd? 5. What more arrangements needed at prayagraj? 6.sangam ghat is considered more auspicious,people prefer to go there only.whats the solution? ( Questions were based on my answers and were in a good flow, conversational) 7.women live more than men.why? M2 1.if I am a poor and there is a person who is super poor. Who will you allot house? 2. No matter how much you convince people ,they prefer sangam ghat only.Its widely known fact. How to avoid mishap then? M3(mam) 1.your CV is really good.What is red dot campaign? 2.good that you are already doing service in society.whats cat companionship and care? 3.what will you do as an administrator to tackle street dogs and cats issues? M4 1.superlative english.whats that? 2.whats the writing style of Shashi tharoor.is it superlative? 3.what we are speaking, is it superlative? Chairman Thank you.your interview is over. Board is very cordial and interested in knowing your personality and opinions. They might dig deeper in the topic,just to check your capacity to think deeply,and conviction for own opinions. It's more like a conversation than question answer round.

Name - MB 231 Board- Honourable Sheel Vardhan sir Date of Interview - 18/03/2025 Mostly DAF related questions (no current qns asked), B.Sc (Chemistry), DU, Sudoku, Meditation & Yogasanas, Psychology (Optional) Chairman 1.You are a student of psychology, what psychological observations did you make during Covid? 2.positives of covid. 3. Moonlighting (said work from home in previous ans) 4. Should bureaucrats be involved in moonlighting? M1( lady member) 1. Why psychology over chemistry 2. Difference between psychologist, Psychiatrist and counsellors. M2 1. How many types of yogasanas? 2. What is the difference between normal breathing and breathing in yogasana 3. How does oxygen reach the brain?( you are a student of chemistry) M3(lady member) 1. What things to be kept in mind ,Common rules for making Powerpoint(daf) (didn't know about rules but explained essentials) 2. Rising mental health issues in youth students, what steps? 3. Suicides rising reasons? M4 1. What learnings u got as an Event organiser? 2. The importance of team building then he interrupted how would you build a good team. 3. 3 psychologists who contributed greatly to psychology. 4. William James ? Do you know about him ? 5. Western psychology focuses on the structure of the mind while yoga focuses on calming it.which approach is better? 6. Westerners taking sleeping pills , is it good? Now tell me which is better approach? Samkalp, Vision ( kind of similar), Vajirao, PWonly ias(similar), Vajiram IAS, one2one- Satyam Jain sir, Sajal Sir, Ravindran Sir, Utkarsh Sir.

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

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

Date of Interview: 19 March 2025 Board: Suman Sharma Ma’am Keywords: Vedic Maths, Inspire scholarship, NSS. Home: Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh Hobby: Guitar, Gardening. Delhi University, Hans Raj College. Service: IRMS Chairperson: 1. Do you think India should go for Compulsory Military Service? 2. Suggestions to improve Agniveer Scheme. 3. NATO is weakening or strengthening? How? Member 1: 1. There was stampede in New Delhi Railway Station. Reasons and ways to tackle such situation. 2. Which steps Indian Railways has taken to address it in present times. Discussion continued… Member 2: In your district Bulandshahr, there is atomic power centre in Narora. Should we increase or decrease the capacity of that Atomic Plant? What is the benefit of increasing nuclear capacity? Why would you want to increase the nuclear power in the vicinity of your home? (considering the dangers associated with it) Member 3: What is PLI? What was the objective behind implementing it? Has it been beneficial? Give examples. Why centre runs its own schemes and not give the funds directly to the states? Discussion on the same. You are going to be civil servant. Imagine some politician/your senior asks you to do something which is not palatable to you? What will you do? What if the same person tries to pressurise you to go beyond rules or do work which is not legal? Member 4: Continuing the discussion from previous member she asked, Is the governance without politicians possible? If yes then suggest model for the same. Why railway issued excess tickets beyond train capacity? Is there no provision to limit the tickets per train? Now I’ll ask you something different, what is Holocaust? Why do events like holocaust happen? And the interview ends here. Mocks given: Vajiram And Ravi, Samkalp, Vision, Chanakya Mandal, KGS O2O: Ravindran Sir Online Sessions with Shubham Aggarwal Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS) helped in discussion. All the best!!!

What about the scene, where a Secretary rank officer mistook a young officer for a server? (Yes Sir, it’s an important scene. Then a brief discussion on Manekshaw’s witty articulation in that scene) If you were the director of the movie, what would you change? (At first, I said, it is well made and I don’t think I would change anything.) He insisted and asked me again. ( I said that the movie felt like various anecdotes were stitched together. I would do something to ensure that the continuity is more smooth. I got lucky to be able to recall this observation) Who would you choose to act as Sam Manekshaw? ( I said Vicky Kaushal did a fantastic job. I won’t change him) Sir, said Thank you. Then everyone was silent and looking at me. They nodded slightly and I nodded back. The interview was over but Sir didn’t say that explicitly. Then I waited a second and asked, “Should I leave, Sir?”. Sir said Yes. Then I thanked everyone and left. (I may have forgotten a few questions) Assessment: Some discussion. Some standalone questions, with no counter-question. Balanced between DAF topics and other topics. Nothing asked from that day’s newspaper. Very Cordial. No Grilling. I tried smiling throughout; mostly successful in it. Felt that I could have given much better answers at various places. The interview lasted 35 minutes. Special Thanks to Puneet Sir (SOMP) and Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS), for the One-to-One sessions, and confidence-boosting. SOMP Classes were very helpful. Classes by NextIAS were helpful, especially for Civil Engineering. Thanks to Quantel for organising various sessions, one-to-one and arranging mocks at short notice. Thanks to the Interview Transcripts community for sharing their transcripts. Mocks (gave 10+) : (Mainly for confidence boosting and practice) Gave 2 mocks at Civilsdaily with the same panel; helped me judge my improvement. Thanks to Saket Sir (Civilsdaily) for the guidance and one-to-one session. Chanakya Mandal, Chahal academy, Samkalp, PWOnlyIAS, 3 mocks at NextIAS, Vajirao&Reddy, Vajiram, Sriram IAS, Shankar IAS and some other mocks also. One-to-one: (more beneficial) B. S. Bassi Sir’s session at NextIAS is helpful as it instils confidence; as we can be sure of what he says and not fall for misinformation. IPS Mahesh Bhagwat Sir pointed out some unique points from DAF to prepare. Jalaj Sir, Ravindran sir (Vajiram), Abhinandan Sir (PWOnlyIAS)