Interview Transcripts (CSPT-2026)

Name- Abhi Board- Dasa sir Date- 17th dec Keywords- Bareilly, UP, Public Administration, Electronics(H), Shayaris, Podcasts. Greeted the board Chairman Sir- How are you? I said good. I asked how are you sir? He replied good, aapko dekhkar aur bhi acche ho gaya. He said Yeh Suit kahan se silwaya bahut accha lag raha? Pasand kisne kiye color- I said room partner. He said Yaa gf ne pasand kiya. I said no sir, agar aisa hota toh main khud hi bata deta Chairman- Say thanks to him from our side Chairman- Bataiye apne baare me kuch 1. What is the difference between Public Administration and New public administration? 2.What theme you would suggest for Minnowbrook conference 4th? 3. There is perception about civil servants that neither they are civil nor servant. What is your take on it? And what should be done to improve this image? 4. There is trend that now people are putting IRS(Customs) above IRS(IT). This was not the case few years back. What we should think about their ethics? 5. PM is talking about Minimum govt and Max governance but what is the reality? Member 2- 1. Which famous song about Bareilly? 2. Why Jhumka gira in Bareilly only, not in any other city? 3. Tell about IVRI and its contributions. 4. What is traditional knowledge? 5. Can we promote education in Indian languages rather than English? Member3- 1. Encounter killings in UP. Any such provision in law for encounter killings? 2. Rule of law? 3. Is law being implemented uniformly in UP? 4. Developing military infra in Andaman. What is its significance? Member4- 1. Why Air India doing bad (for long)? 2. Why Railways in loss? 3. Overall why there is problem with PSUs? Member5- 1. Tell where electronics can be used in defence? 2. Thermal imaging and where we can use it in defence? 3.Where is India in electronics manufacturing? 4. Where Rare earth Minerals used in India? Chairman Sir- Your interview is over. And again complimented ki Genuinely your suit is looking good. It is different from others. Give our compliments to your friend. Then asked what is his name. Then I said Thankyou to all and that's it.

interview transcripts of CSPT 2025 Name: Socrates Date: 06-01-2026 Key DAF Details: Mechanical Engineering, Vipassana, GST, Gujarat Board: Hon. Sheel Vardhan Singh Sir Questions asked: (Not asked to introduce youself) 1. How many courses of Vipassana you have attended ? 2. who introduced Vipassana in India ? 3. what is the born place of S.N. Goenkaji ? 4. who was the first home minister of India ? 5. why Sardar Patel is known as iron man ? 6. what is the contribution of sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ? 7. What was Kashmir dispute at time of Independence? 8. why Rajkot is famous for ? 9. where Mahatma Gandhi taken his education ? 10. what is Mahatma museum ? 11. why manufacturing sector was not developed in india? 12. what is steam engine ? 13. what is robotics ? 14. what is 1st industrial revolution ? 15. what is 2, 3, 4th industrial revolution ? 16. when 5th revolution will happen ? 17. when name of country Burma change into Myanmar ? 18. Status. of India's relation with Myanmar ? 19. what are effect of Myanmar's relation on India ? 20. give me three friend and enemy of India except those which are sharing  boundary with India ? 21. who was the father of Indian space program ? 22. what was the business of Ambalal Sarabhai ? 23. is there any business institute regarding textile in Ahmedabad ? 24. what is textile museum in Ahmedabad ? 25. how you create awareness among people regarding GST ? 26. what you have done to create awareness? 27. what is rate rationalization ? 28. how rate rationalization increase consumption of India ? 29. what was tax system before GST ? Mocks : Sankalp, Anantam IAS, Study IQ, The study, Vajiram and Reddy, Unacademy, Drishti IAS, Shri Ram IAS, Quentel, KSG, Next IAS, Physics wallah. Overall interview was good. Interview board was very cordial.

Name : farhana bhatts doppelganger Board : dasa sir Daf :crochet , following saree cultures , created an app Opt : economics Grad : hons in eco Cman : welcome ,this is a conversation. You are wearing red saree , why so ? Told it was my decision and my heart said it . Got asked why are people of hp so fair He smiled ,I smiled 1. US tariff impact 2. India's failure in neighbourhood 3. Sudan issue explain . 4. States fiscal stress M1 1. 3 criminal laws provisions 2. Governors exact status of bill 3. World getting divided into sphere 4. Project cheetah , tigers status M2 1. French Revolution, Arab spring , Color Revolution and discussions 2. History of himachal pradesh , why are people so fair there 3. What my app does for promoting textile industry M3 mam . I see you have very long hair 1. Indias trade deficit with major Countries 2. Low HDI status and nutritional issue . What would you do as DM 3. OECDs minimum tax rate bill , 4. dtaa 5.Harrod domar model M4 1. How many sarees do you have (replied 40+) 2. Then asked me how many FTAs India have 3. Indian vs Chinese model of growth 4. You are 23 ,are u mature for services 5. Asked me gen z terms (I replied labubuster , loco , Gas) 6. Missile tech ,asked about bhargavastra . Ship samudrapratap in news Mocks : smkalp, CMP , next ,Vision

6th January, afternoon session Name: Butcher of Blaviken Board: Raj Shukla Sir board Time: 25-30mins DAF Keywords: IIT Kanpur, Aerospace, Missiles, Aircraft engines, Airports, cooking Chairperson 1. Why did you decide so late to join civil services? 2. What are Indias status in terms of aerospace in capacity? I talked about missiles. India is one of the leading in development of missiles. Sir interrupted and started a long monologue that yes it is developing but India is not able to build a deterrence like China has. Next I talked about Tejas aircrafts which is still not to our desired production capacity. Sir again started a long monologue on how HAL is paying very less amount to engineers to build AMCA program, brain drain. 3. He was asking what should we do about it? I was saying we need to bring private sectors and we are already doing it. Sir then again gave a monologue on how we have bureaucratic inefficiencies that is creating problem. I agreed with him. 4. How is IIT Kanpur faring in aerospace? I said its one of the leading institutes and have unique facilities like wind tunnel facility. 5. How are the professors? I told that they are very renowned professors, when I was there. 6. Do you have any idea like Elon Musk? I told, I have not thought about it yet. I have decided to be in the civil services. (Everyone was smiling and sir remarked it’s a good thing) M1 (a lady) 1. What kind of civil servant will you be? I tried answering relating to my technical, managerial and work ex background. 2. Which dish you like? I answered Biriyani 3. As Sir (Chairperson) was mentioning we are unable to transform research to technology. What do you think reforms needed in the education sector? I talked about industry academia partnership and that Indian govt is focusing on R&D more. 4. What qualities do you think is most important in civil services? I told about Emotional intelligence and integrity. 5. How is emotional intelligence related to civil services? M2 1. You worked on aircraft engines. Tell me about your project. A long discussion there about how is it relevant. 2. You worked on air to air missiles. Tell me about it. 3. Ballistic missiles vs cruise missiles 4. Hypersonic missiles 5. Indian missile arsenals 6. What range do you think we need to have a missile so that we can hit Beijing? I told that we have Agni as the highest range of 5000kms but Russia is building missile which it claims has unlimited range. We are nowhere close to it. We have to develop technologies. 7. Do we import tracking technologies used in missiles? (I am not aware of) M3 1. Tell me about your project about airports. A discussion on that and how Indian airports revenue differs from global airports. 2. How is communication and marketing strategy important? I started talking about how positioning matters and sir interrupted. He asked me ki how will you use communication strategy in administration? I talked about various channels like social media, print media, media and Word of mouth especially in rural areas. Sir added a few more points on that and I agreed with him. 3. What are your weakness? Any other weakness. 4. 2 qualities in a leader. I replied emotional intelligence and integrity. 5. Do you stay true to your principle? Can you say No when its against the principle? Give me an example from your life. 6. What about communication, dedication, discipline? I told that being emotionally intelligent will also lead to effective communication and integrity leads to dedication, discipline, perseverance. M4 1. Difference between micro and macroeconomics. 2. What is oligopoly? 3. What change would you bring in civil administration? I talked about increased adoption of technology which will improve transparency and accountability and improve bureaucratic efficiency. O2O: Shubham Sir (Vidyapeeth IAS), Saloni Ma’am (Sarrthi IAS), Quantel (Shikara IAS) Mocks: NEXT IAS (highly recommended), Vision IAS, PW, Vajirao, Unacademy, CMP (highly recommended), Samkalp (worst experience). All were helpful in some way.

Name: H Date: 6 jan forenoon Key DAF Details: terrace gardening,datasecurity,cse,suryanamaskars,school name,go green campaign,ap Board: Sheelvardhan sir Questions asked M1 chaiperson 1. Why terrace gardening? 2. Suryanamaskars mantras and poses 3. Ai vs ml 4. Grok model-regulation M2 : discussion 1. Go green campaign-what did you do,what is it? 2. do you think delhi is a green city? 3. then why so much pollution 4. steps to reduce plastic pollution 5. why is not reducing as expected M3 : 1. Research papers-what,on what tech 2. Data security -how to ensure? 3. Suggest some ways to protect upsc from cyberattacks 4. Fire walls- verification,authentication M4 1. Concept of persistent threat and zero trust architecture 2. Why need them? 3. Again conversation on firewalls and network security layer of osi 4. School name(atkinson)-who is he? 5. should we change its name(colonial legacy)? M5 1. Venuezuela issue-india stand? 2. President's name? 3. maduro's link with andhra pradesh? 4.meaning of name,city's name origin Chairman sir: The interview is over do you want to tell us anything? Mocks/O20 Quantel,samkalp,vajirao&reddy,NEXT IAS One on one Shubham sir ( vidyapeeth IAS) : best balanced answers . Mahesh bhagwat sir ( DAF discussion very helpful) ,dr vivekanand sir( very helpful personality analysis) Understand upsc and sarrthi ias

Name: hehehe Date: 6 jan Key DAF Details: Nagpur , civil engineering, PSIR , autobiography. Board: Sujata mam Questions asked M1 chaiperson 1. ARE YOU NERVOUS ? What were you thinking outside What have you read in the recent days ? 2. Why PSIR 3. Some infrastructural and social problems of nagpur 4. Do you think infrastructural and social problems are interlinked M2 :  discussion 1. So you read , What is ISBN number for ? 2. Technological advancements especially for women M3 : a lot of questions , technical questions , not satisfied in the beginning , happy later . 1. Why gold and silver prices are rising 2. Why copper prices are rising 3. What is narco terrorism 4. What legislations we have for narco terrorism 5. Were you able to ride the silver wave ? 6. Difference in silver paper prices and physical silver , explain  ( I won here ) M4 1. Why India is eyeing the UN security council ( followed by long discussion on UNSC ) 2. Other countries for security council 3. Why is it unfair 4. Are we ideologically unique 5. Discussion on Non aligned and multi aligned 6. Were we not following our interest before ? M5 1. Student of PSIR , tell me about democracy 2. Pillars of democracy 3. Media as 4th pillar 4. Is media free ? Is Indian media good enough ? 5. Is US a true democracy 6. Is the real will of the people reflected, since we have a fixed voting share ? Mocks/O20 (If any): a lot ! None was close , got grilled for factual information in  Chanakya mandal mock  ,  Quantel gave the best boards : sriram , nirnay . NEXT IAS  , Forum IAS ( good ones ) . One on one Shubham sir ( vidyapeeth IAS) : best balanced answers . Khan sir ( OG wale ) : best articulation practice and confidence boost . Mahesh bhagwat sir ( DAF discussion) No mock was close to the real one. The real one was like a conversation.

Name- Abhi Board- Dasa sir Date- 17th dec Keywords- Bareilly, UP, Public Administration, Electronics(H), Shayaris, Podcasts. Greeted the board Chairman Sir- How are you? I said good. I asked how are you sir? He replied good, aapko dekhkar aur bhi acche ho gaya. He said Yeh Suit kahan se silwaya bahut accha lag raha? Pasand kisne kiye color- I said room partner. He said Yaa gf ne pasand kiya. I said no sir, agar aisa hota toh main khud hi bata deta Chairman- Say thanks to him from our side Chairman- Bataiye apne baare me kuch 1. What is the difference between Public Administration and New public administration? 2.What theme you would suggest for Minnowbrook conference 4th? 3. There is perception about civil servants that neither they are civil nor servant. What is your take on it? And what should be done to improve this image? 4. There is trend that now people are putting IRS(Customs) above IRS(IT). This was not the case few years back. What we should think about their ethics? 5. PM is talking about Minimum govt and Max governance but what is the reality? Member 2- 1. Which famous song about Bareilly? 2. Why Jhumka gira in Bareilly only, not in any other city? 3. Tell about IVRI and its contributions. 4. What is traditional knowledge? 5. Can we promote education in Indian languages rather than English? Member3- 1. Encounter killings in UP. Any such provision in law for encounter killings? 2. Rule of law? 3. Is law being implemented uniformly in UP? 4. Developing military infra in Andaman. What is its significance? Member4- 1. Why Air India doing bad (for long)? 2. Why Railways in loss? 3. Overall why there is problem with PSUs? Member5- 1. Tell where electronics can be used in defence? 2. Thermal imaging and where we can use it in defence? 3.Where is India in electronics manufacturing? 4. Where Rare earth Minerals used in India? Chairman Sir- Your interview is over. And again complimented ki Genuinely your suit is looking good. It is different from others. Give our compliments to your friend. Then asked what is his name. Then I said Thankyou to all and that's it.

Date- 6th January Board- Sujata Chaturvedi mam chairperson ( gave details about me to other members) * You may respond in the language of your choice. * Why do you want to join the Civil Services? * Have you been preparing exclusively for the UPSC, or have you also appeared for State Services examinations? * Where is your farm located? * Please tell us about your village. * What crops are cultivated in your village? * What kind of work do you personally do on the farm? * What major problems do farmers face in your village? * Have there been any cases of farmer suicides in your area? * What are the major issues related to maize at the global level? * Who is the most educated woman in your village, and are they playing any leadership role? Member 1 * Opinion on unemployment in India? * What measures can be taken to address unemployment? ( speaks about skilling) * Counter questions on skilling (Chairperson (intervenes):** ask counter questions   * What are agricultural allied activities?) * How can agricultural problems be resolved? *Qualities of leader?   * What visionary steps would you take for your district if given an opportunity?   * What do you understand by motivation?   * Do you consider yourself a source of motivation for others? Member 3 * How is climate change contributing to water scarcity in india? Are there any other countries facing it? * What specific problems do island nations face due to climate change? * Which international forums exist to discuss climate change issues? * Does India participate in these forums? * What role does India play in the Conference of Parties (COP)? * What is meant by climate change adaptation? *What are sdg, which sdg india has achieved, sdg related to agril * Do you know about CBD ? Member 4 * What are plant-based biopesticides? * What is jeevamruta, its ingredients, which bacteria grows on it? neem based pesticide * Please explain covered farming, open farming, and hydroponics. * What is polyhouse farming? What parameters does it control, and what are its benefits? * What is cluster-based farming? * How does cluster-based farming benefit farmers? * What is Cordyceps fungus? Member 5 * The year 2026 has been declared the International Year of what? * What is encryption? * What do you think we should increase the number Of PHC in rural areas or focus on tertiary care? * What are the major challenges in establishing data centres in India? * What is the PM SHRI Vidyalaya scheme? Which schools are selected under it? * As an IPS officer, how would you address the problem of traffic congestion?

Interview Transcript - 05/01/2026 Afternoon Session Name - B Chairperson - Suman Verma Sir Key DAF Details - Geography optional, Watching and playing Football, Mechanical Engineering, Tamilnadu. Chairperson - 1) How do your friends and relatives call you? Then throughout the interview he addressed me like my friends used to call me. 2) What are all the Hindi movies were Illayaraja had worked on? (DAF) 3) what's your favourite songs of 2025? Chairperson himself mentioned about Dhurandhar music. (Had no idea) 4)You play football, so with whom do you play? Answered with young people. Follow-up question - don't they feel that you're bullying them? 5) If you have absolute power to change the climate of India, what would be your actions? (Geography optional) 6) According to you which state in India has the perfect weather? Member 1- 7) so you have done mechanical Engineering, What are critical minerals? 8) Currently which country holds the monopoly in critical minerals? 9) Don't you think they are weaponising the monopoly? 10) What would be the implications on India due to supply chain constraint? Member 2- 11) Asked Questions regarding Job details which was not mentioned in the DAF. 12) eV sector is extremely dependent on Batteries and it is quite expensive, so apart from Govt subsidies how does the price of battery would be reduced in the long run? 13) what is circular economy? 14) Questions regarding Biofuels? 15) what are all the initiatives of government in using Stubbles burnt in Punjab and Haryana for circular economy? Member 3- 16) What according to you are leadership qualities? Are leaders born or made? 17) Questions regarding recent Indian Football issue related to AIFF and it's implication on Indian football? Member 4- 18) Situation based question where a subordinate of you (me) who is close with your boss is corrupt. How would you handle this? 19) Is corruption can only be handled with actions and complaints? 20) what is that one quality that you would need to develop to become the best officer? 21) Which service would you like to join and Why? Chairperson - 22) Evaluate India as a whole - Is India a introvert or Extrovert nation? (Follow-up) 23) When India has never tried to occupy other countries how can India be an Extrovert nation? 24) What is that one historical fact that only you or only few people knows about it? 25) what is the famous dish in Madurai? And some follow up questions regarding that. That's all. All the best for you all.

Name - Chester Bennington Board - Sheel Vardhan sir Duration - 21-22 minutes DAF Keywords asked - Karnataka, Yelahanka, EEE, Sociology, Work based (AI powered Dashcamera), Nu-metal Music (Linkin Park), Kho-Kho. 80% of the conversation was DAF based. Chairperson - Good Afternoon, welcome to the conversation. You have mentioned follower of Nu-metal music of Linkin Park - Do you know Mike Shinoda? What does he do? Does he rap/sing/ compose? Linkin park is coming to Bangalore in January, are you going? What was the ticket price? What is the highest ticket price? Nu-metal includes lot of shouting and screaming, do you think it’s good? So you are working, (gave few seconds of monologue) - who are gig workers? What do we have to do which they are lacking? ( I answered social security need - he mentioned it’s a wide topic, what inside that? I mentioned PF, contracts etc - he added what about working condition, wage- I agreed to all) Coming from Yelahanka - he asked about air show (asked if I’ve seen rafale in action (said no, missed this year)) What is the last activity that is performed in air show (couldn’t recollect) - then he said about surya Kiran. Member 1 (female) Do you think DBT for women is good? Don’t you think it has to be conditional? What needs to be done for women empowerment? (Mentioned POSH in my last point) What is the main feature of POSH? Member 2 What does your company do and what is your role? What are the main features of AI dashcam? How does the camera alert the driver? (Mentioned edge and cloud here) What is cloud computing? Where does the data get stored? Recently, there was an issue regarding morphing of videos/images from a social media, what is that? (Mentioned grok from twitter) Do you think AI regulation needs to be there? Member 3 Where are we in semiconductor? Do you think India started late in semiconductor? (He said, you can be honest here - I agreed to him and added but we are doing good by keeping up the pace through various initiatives) What are the initiatives for Semiconductor? There are 3 places we are setting up fabs where are they? ( mentioned Assam by Tata, couldn’t recollect others, he said no worries and said about Gujarat) Why does games like Kho Kho is lagging behind? Member 4 From sociology, who said “man is a social animal?” Is man really a social animal? Do you think animals can survive in isolation. (Asked 1 more, not able to recollect) Chair person again - “Chester, do you want to ask us anything? You can ask anything” ( emphasised more on word “anything” here with bit of head movement -encouraging to ask) “Sir, we can have conversation on international relations” Sir - there are so many disruptions in the world today, when you wake up from bed, thinking keeping this in mind, what makes you feel anxious about? Thank you, your interview is over you may leave. Mocks given - Shankar, La-excellence, Rajkumar and JICE, Grace IAS, Samutkarsh(samkalp)(closest to real interview).

Name: JOHN CENA (Last Time is Now) Board: Lt. General Shukla Keywords: Venezuela crisis, Adapted cricket, Cooperative society, India-Russia-China triangle, English literature. Chairman: Have you read the National Security Strategy of the United States? The Monroe Doctrine? I think the United States had some merit considering China and Russia's influence in Venezuela? (Further follow-up questions on Taiwan issues. Further monologues and discussion on this issue.) M1: What is adapted cricket and what are the rules? Tell me about any famous cricketer who played adapted cricket. What are the initiatives taken by the Government of India with respect to the promotion of cooperative societies? M2: Who is your favorite author? Why Shakespeare? Which is the greatest tragedy: King Lear or Hamlet? You received a scholarship from the Ministry of Social Justice; what is it about? What is the status of social justice in India? M3: What is the complexity of the relationship between India, China, and Russia? What is the role of India as a rising power? How would you promote the habit of reading books among youth? M4: How does cooperative farming help farmers? What measures would you take to promote cooperative farming? Chairman: That’s it; it’s over. Thank you, young man. Overall: Good experience, let’s hope for the best... Mocks given: Naan Mudhalvan, Shankar IAS, Unacademy, Sankalp, Vajiram & Ravi, DAF analysis with Aram IAS. IKLAS IAS. Varanda IAS and BS Abdur Rahaman {cresent University) Mentored by FSCOP. All were helpful with respect to boosting my confidence and articulation. Note: Expect the unexpected

Medical process for CSE PT candidates: On the interview day, you will receive the medical examination letter from UPSC. The next day, report to the designated hospital with: Medical examination letter At least 10 passport-size photographs At the hospital, you will first be given several forms, including a declaration form (Don't worry about point no.-10, Notice for Medical examination- it has said that "The candidates are required to fill up the declaration form by logging in cseplus website....." Declaration form will be provided by designated hospital) Fill them carefully. Then the basic check-up will start: Weight Height Chest expansion After that, you will be sent to different departments: Surgery (hernia or any past surgery check) Orthopaedics Eye ENT Medicine (BP and pulse rate) In the morning itself, the following tests will be done: Blood sample Urine sample Chest X-ray Once the blood and urine samples are given, you can eat and drink. After all department-wise examinations are completed, you will receive two attendance slips: One for your personal record One to be submitted at the UPSC office You can submit the attendance slip at UPSC the same day or later. Also, email a copy of the attendance slip to DoPT. The email ID is : doais1@nic.in That’s it. The medical process is complete. Important points: Eye test includes vision and colour blindness (prescription is fine if you have one) Maintain at least 10 hours of fasting Note: Medical reports are usually uploaded 25–30 days after the medical examination. Thank you 🙏

Name - Mapam Yumtso Date - 5th January 2026 AN Session Board - Suman Sharma ma'am DAF Keywords - Bengaluru, Mysuru, Karnataka, predictive analytics, pollution awareness, Assistant Professor, Research fellow. Nothing else was asked. 1st to go. Chairperson: 1. What is the status of ongoing israel hamas conflict 2. Should India support Gaza peace plan? 3. Is it possible along with 2 state solution stance? 4. Should elections in India be funded by government? 5. Suggest me any mechanism Member 1 1. You come from IT city of India. Why India is lacking product design, we are just focused on application? 2. Bengaluru faces the problem of traffic, water scarcity and urban floods? If you're an incharge of Bengaluru, how would you tackle this Member 2 1. Should higher education be subsidized? 2. How HECI proves to be better than UGC, AICTE, NAAC etc. 3. Should GST be imposed on petrol? Member 3 1. There is pollution in New Delhi and Bengaluru, you're a researcher in predictive analytics. Suggest me a predictive analytical model to combat this problem. 2. What is blue economy 3. Does ocean contain any metal essential for EV vehicles. 4. How about exploring space for mining? Member 4: 1. In Europe, there is a trend of removing dams across rivers for ecological concerns. Should India can follow the same 2. What is the impact of princely state on administration of karnataka? 3. Who's that statesman from princely state of karnataka on which a station of delhi metro is named? 4. What are his major contribution? 5. Tell me one quality of his which you admire as a prospective bureaucrat. Chairman: your interview is over Duration - 35 - 40 mins Board was cordial. Mocks - at Bengaluru - one on one with Basavaraj sir, Mohan sir, Venkata Mohan sir, Vinayak sir. Panel mocks - India4ias, LA excellence. Delhi - Vajirao and reddy, Samkalp.

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Name: JOHN CENA (Last Time is Now) Board: Lt. General Shukla Keywords: Venezuela crisis, Adapted cricket, Cooperative society, India-Russia-China triangle, English literature. Chairman: Have you read the National Security Strategy of the United States? The Monroe Doctrine? I think the United States had some merit considering China and Russia's influence in Venezuela? (Further follow-up questions on Taiwan issues. Further monologues and discussion on this issue.) M1: What is adapted cricket and what are the rules? Tell me about any famous cricketer who played adapted cricket. What are the initiatives taken by the Government of India with respect to the promotion of cooperative societies? M2: Who is your favorite author? Why Shakespeare? Which is the greatest tragedy: King Lear or Hamlet? You received a scholarship from the Ministry of Social Justice; what is it about? What is the status of social justice in India? M3: What is the complexity of the relationship between India, China, and Russia? What is the role of India as a rising power? How would you promote the habit of reading books among youth? M4: How does cooperative farming help farmers? What measures would you take to promote cooperative farming? Chairman: That’s it; it’s over. Thank you, young man. Overall: Good experience, let’s hope for the best... Mocks given: Naan Mudhalvan, Shankar IAS, Unacademy, Sankalp, Vajiram & Ravi, DAF analysis with Aram IAS. All were helpful with respect to boosting my confidence and articulation. Note: Expect the unexpected

Name: X Suman Sharma Board Date: 5th Jan DAF: Tamilnadu, PSIR( others are not relevant) Chairperson Trump peace plan in Gaza Internal vs external security. Which is more important Member 1 Interbasin river water Tamilnadu student going abroad Tamilnadu people are craze about movie Which movie you like. Why and how it helps in administration Member 2 Demographic dividend North East security. If your PM how will you address Member 3 Indus water treaty in abeyance Remittance is losing due to usa policies and how can we compensate. Member 4 Failure of neighbourhood policy Favourite movie. Why and how it helps in administration

Mr X Date: 05.01.2026 (Forenoon) Board: Bibi Swain Optional/Interests: History,Anthropology, World cinema, Chess, Content development Chairperson 1. What do you know about *Ramapithecus* and *Sivapithecus*? 2. Does India have any dinosaur fossils? 3. Are you aware of the Narmada human fossil? Member 1 1. How has Indian cinema changed from the 1980s to 2026? 2. How would you compare North Indian cinema with South Indian cinema? Member 2 1. Have you heard of the concept of “digital arrest”? 2. How should cybercrimes be tackled? 3. Do you think marriage as an institution is declining? 4. In what ways has AI changed the nature of content development? Member 3 1. Have you come across the idea of the “revenge of geography”? 2. Is India experiencing a “revenge of geography”? 3. Given the never‑ending stalemates on land borders, should India shift greater focus to its maritime frontiers? 4. Beyond the EEZ, if a conflict occurs, do you think India’s so‑called allies will actually help? 5. In your view, should India prioritise land borders or maritime borders? Member 4 1. What qualities does playing chess help you develop? 2. Case study: Mr X takes a week’s leave without informing the administration and is dismissed from service. Analyse the issues involved in this decision. Member 2 (follow‑up) 1. Why does Tamil Nadu produce a relatively higher number of chess Grandmasters?

19 dec 2025 morning session. Name. Aspirant Chair- Sujatha Chaturvedi maam. Daf - not considered as such (a conversation was initiated and discussion followed over it.) Chair -Name spoken -Why mbbs to civil service ( answer had mention of drug issues here) -Why drug issue too much in Punjab (Discussion on it both contributing ) -Unemployment in Punjab:“at least they can try some new and emerging jobs eg YouTube “( good discussion) -Industrial issues in Punjab Member 1 -Health impacts of alcohol & smoking each system wise factual questions wanted specific disorders -Bergers disease -Mechanism of action of alcohol -Smoking how it impacts -Mechanism of action of nicotine -Differences between hemomptisis and hemetamesis. Member 2 -Cultural differences between Kerala and Punjab -Alcoholism also there in Kerala discussion -Scheme for old age citizens ( discussion on pmvayu vandana yojana) -What more is needed for old aged? Member 3 -South china sea dispute…( discussion) -Why Ukraine for mbbs ( discussion follows) -Is it good for India ? -Should govt increase medical college -Reasons for slow progress in increasing medical seats. Member 4 -Impact of songs on drugs culture -Situational questions on drug addiction as a Superintendent of police ( based on sidhu moosewala assasination) -What Punjab govt had been doing for drug issues -Punjab Cancer Belt- cancer belt -As Chief Secretary steps you would want to take to control the this proven Overall cordial board. Pleasant experience Around 30 minutes . *Mocks* Special thanks to Nitin menon sir (fortune ias)for taking n number of one on one sessions.literally he dedicated 1 hour everyday for almost 1 month continuously. Anuroop sir (leas ias) took one on one sessions arranged special bureaucratic sessions based on daf, Amrita ias, Quantel , next ias, sankalp, vajiram and ravi, vajirao and reddy,civilsdaily

19 dec 2025 morning session. Name. Aspirant Chair- Sujatha Chaturvedi maam. Daf - not considered as such (a conversation was initiated and discussion followed over it.) Chair -Name spoken -Why mbbs to civil service ( answer had mention of drug issues here) -Why drug issue too much in Punjab (Discussion on it both contributing ) -Unemployment in Punjab:“at least they can try some new and emerging jobs eg YouTube “( good discussion) -Industrial issues in Punjab Member 1 -Health impacts of alcohol & smoking each system wise factual questions wanted specific disorders -Bergers disease -Mechanism of action of alcohol -Smoking how it impacts -Mechanism of action of nicotine -Differences between hemomptisis and hemetamesis. Member 2 -Cultural differences between Kerala and Punjab -Alcoholism also there in Kerala discussion -Scheme for old age citizens ( discussion on pmvayu vandana yojana) -What more is needed for old aged? Member 3 -South china sea dispute…( discussion) -Why Ukraine for mbbs ( discussion follows) -Is it good for India ? -Should govt increase medical college -Reasons for slow progress in increasing medical seats. Member 4 -Impact of songs on drugs culture -Situational questions on drug addiction as a Superintendent of police ( based on sidhu moosewala assasination) -What Punjab govt had been doing for drug issues -Punjab Cancer Belt- cancer belt -As Chief Secretary steps you would want to take to control the this proven Overall cordial board. Pleasant experience Around 30 minutes . *Mocks* Special thanks to Nitin menon sir (fortune ias)for taking n number of one on one sessions.literally he dedicated 1 hour everyday for almost 1 month continuously. Anuroop sir (leas ias) took one on one sessions arranged special bureaucratic sessions based on daf, Amrita ias, Quantel , next ias, sankalp, vajiram and ravi, vajirao and reddy,civilsdaily

1. asked me about marsiya poetry - (replied in a single line with emphasis on elements and poets - looked like he wasn't much interested) 2. jumped to tourism question - should we build new monuments or conserve existing ones (i was blank for 2 secs and asked him to repeat since his voice was feeble - took a balanced stance - gave example of dubai/uae - glass and steel towers plus old arabian fort heritage 3. moved to challenges in tourism - mentioned about lucknow and its identity of Bada Imambada, but the city has innumerable imambadas, palaces, old gates, havelis etc 4. asked me for solutions - (i mentioned urban tourism - UP policy) 5. follow up on urban tourism - (same dubai example, malls, etc) 6. why will ppl come to see urban tourism - (i mentioned ppl frm rural areas thronging to see lulu mall, palassio, gomtinagar in lucknow) 7. if i come to lucknow, what places will you show me (i was delighted - tried to frame a long itinerary - morning at kudiya ghat, riverfront, breakfast at hazratganj/maulviganj/bilochpura/chowk) - interrupted me there - (i wanted to give him deeper insights and he chickened out lol) 8. again a question on wind power and challenges - (replied technically - lack of sustained wind speeds, limited geographical viability in west and south india, tower erection challenges above certain heights, power evacuation infra needs high capex - forgot to mention basic challenges of land, env issues such as GIB etc) 8. as i was mentioning wind challenges - i said sir i can think of only these points at the moment Ma'am looked at M4 and said - "okay thank you, your interview is over." I responded back with a thank you to ma'am and then the members. felt so much relieved afterwards, stood up, took 2 steps back, again said a thank you, and came outside. my own assessment - very cordial board - ma'am+members kept poker face all the time, I tried to smile everytime and keep cool when they tried to grill me. used hand gestures too while explaining. interestingly, they didnt touch hobbies in detail despite them being very unique, nor did they even mention about history optional lol. Mocks given - Vajirao and reddy (good panel - ashok mangotra sir ias - spoke refined and chaste urdu), Pwonlyias (good panel Rajagopalan sir ias), and 1:1 mock with Dharmadhikari sir @CMP Online mocks - 1:1 with PW (samir goel sir IRS), 1:1 with Lead IAS (KK Sarangal sir IPS) Regular discussion with Umesh Reddy sir helped a lot - articulation and structuring improved, plus sir always encouraged me to speak in the run-up to the interview. Grateful to - Sheikh Samiur Rahman Sir IRTS (grooming and personality improvement), Qasim Abidi Sir IPS, Divyansh sir (all time mentor), Atyab Ali Zaidi sir for detailed DAF Analysis and moral support. Nausheen ma'am IAS also spared time for prep strategy. Grateful to God for having come this far. Fingers crossed for the future.