UPSC Interview transcripts

Name - MNOP
Board- Dasa sir
Date 31/1/2025
Keywords- mbbs,nagpur,Indian trade service,Ghazals, videogaming,spy documentaries,pathology,health camp

Chairman - who is your favourite ghazal singer?
Who made ghazal famous ?
Should we shift capital from new delhi to nagpur?
What is your work/responsibilities as an its officer ? How trade is important in current times?

M1 issues with medical education neet ug issue ?
Opinion on computer based test?
There was an era of ftas but then the ftas failed as they were against our interest why so? What are solutions to it?

M2 opinion on aser report why public schools performed well reasons for it?
Opinion on the low rankings of indian higher education institutions in global indices ?

M3 are ftas against the principles of wto ?
How can we reduce trade deficit with china and russia?

M4 what is more advanced traditional/ancient medicine or modern medicine ?
Ganesha head replaced by elephant head what is your view on this isnt that more advanced science?
Define epigenetics and eugenetics

Remarks- the interview was more of a discussion and opinion based highly tilted towards my current service and medical background. Board was very cordial,tried to be honest and said sorry if I was unaware of things.
Mocks -0 coaching mocks just 1 mock at MH sadan

Date 08-02-2025
Board: Dinesh dasa sir
Keywords: Jammu and Kashmir, electrical and renewable energy engineering,partition stories and 1965 migration, decluttering.
Chairman:
Who was Baba Ghulam shah badshah?
Why sufism is more prevalent in j and k then the rest of india?
What is the difference in developments occured in pok and j and k?
It is heard that prices of land have increased a lot in jammu post abrogation of 370?
Member1
Differences between jammu region and kashmir region?
Differences in cuisines?
Tell about women of jammu and women of Kashmir?
Tell in economic social and political dimensions?
Differences between university of Kashmir and university of jammu?
Member2
What is the reason for communal harmony in j and k ?
What u got to know from partition stories?
Are u doing any documentation?
What challenges did u face as a youth before abrogation of article 370?
Member 3
How would u increase tourism in j and k?
How to increase adventure tourism and hotel facilities?
Tell about AFSPA?
people say it shud be withdrawn in phases .what is ur opinion on this ?
Rice cultivation in jammu?
Why willow bat is famous?
What should be the characteristics of cricket bat?
What is magnetic levitation?
Is this train operational in Japan?
What's the maximum speed they have achieved?
Member 4
Who has written something famous about partition?
What's the name of afsana written by saadat hassan manto?
Name something more famous written by him?
If he was against partition then why did he migrated to Pakistan then?
What we r doing in renewable energy?
What are India's targets in RE?
What is decluttering?
Who is known as mother goddess of decluttering?
What is their ideology ?

Interview went for 30 minutes.
Most questions repeated from mocks of jamia,pw ,chahal ,samkalp.

Name - DJ

Interview Date - 10/02/2025, Afternoon

Board - Sanjay Verma Sir

Optional subject - Geography Hindi medium

Mains & Interview medium - Hindi

DAF- YouTube Educator, Cricket, Inspirational Movies, Geography, Political Science, Rajasthan


Chairman -
Q1- आपका Name किसने रखा?
2. आपने क्रिकेट कप्तानी से क्या सीखा, आपकी strategy क्या होती थी।
3. आपके नाम पर based एक्टर की सबसे अच्छी मूवी
4. आपको अपनी ड्रीम लाइफपार्टनर मिली या नहीं Discussion Movies related tha us context me hi pucha tha... मैंने कहा मिल गई सभी मेंबर खुश थे और मैं भी cool हुआ और यहां मन में ये feel हुआ कि इस बार मुझे कॉन्फिडेंस से जवाब देने है।

M1 - Lady मेंबर
Q1 ये आने वाला वक्त भारत का है/ 21 सेंचुरी भारत की हैं, क्या इसमें हमारी ज्योग्राफी रणनीतिक रूप से भूमिका निभा सकती हैं
Q2 रिलेटेड to first Question.... discussion mode...

3. आपने 2020 में Youtube क्यों स्टार्ट किया -Covid टाइम आपदा में अवसर
4. Online Education Vs. Offline Coaching.... which one better in your opinion

M2 Lady member

Q1 Ethics case study related to Manage district fund.....this is very good Question क्यों कि मैं Youtube पर ethics पढ़ाता हूं, और उनका कहना था कि आप स्टूडेंट को केस स्टडी कैसे समझाते है।

Q2 आप free में कहां पढ़ाते है Youtube आपको अच्छा ₹ देता हैं।....
3.सीकर क्यों famous है।

M3
1. Geography....Name of South India Rivers
2. Slope of South Indian river system
3. Western flowing rivers
4. Climate change Negative
5. Iceberg related
6. Political science (MA)- India and ब्रिटेन constitution
7. भारत में भाषाओं को लेकर क्या चल रहा हैं।

M4
Q1. Geography role as DM
2.आप आप यूट्यूब पर क्या क्या पढ़ाते है।
3.खाटू श्याम जी क्यों famous है।
4.Story of खाटू श्याम जी

Over all Experience बहुत अच्छा रहा सारे मेंबर बहुत ज्यादा Support कर रहे थे। this is my 4th CSE Interview ये पिछले 3 इंटरव्यू से best था क्यों कि इस बार मेरा कॉन्फिडेंस बहुत सही था, इंटरव्यू लगभग discussion mode में ही चला है, मुझे उन्होंने पूरा टाइम दिया 25-30 minutes।

इस बार 10+ मॉक दिए हैं उनका भी लाभ मिला और सबसे ज्यादा लाभ informal group discussion का मिला हमने 10 लोगो के साथ एक ग्रुप बनाया और अच्छा डिस्कस किया इंटरव्यू में लगभग सारे Questions उनके आसपास ही थे।

My Suggestion - Mock में ज्यादातर कोचिंग Knowledge and information पर judge करते हैं उसको ज्यादा दिमाग में नहीं लेना है, real interview mock से 100 गुना better होता हैं और वो knowledge से ज्यादा over all आपकी personlity ही टेस्ट कर रहे है।

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INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
Name: Dr Sisyphus
Interview date: 08/02/25
Board: Shri BB Swain Sir
Forenoon session, First to go, Nearly 40 min.

Key words:
Odisha, MBBS, Bhagavad Gita, Football, Badminton, sociology, Spic macay, Public relation, hospital administration, community health centre, Odia poetry (TEDx & Med-Tech internship not asked)

Chairman Sir
1. Jnanpith puraskar for poetry from Odisha
2. ⁠FUQ about Sachidananda Routray and his themes

M1 ma'am
1. Your DAF looks quite arts based, though you are from science background. How will you utilise these assets as an IPS, not IAS
2. ⁠What's Spic macay (3-4 Qs)
3. ⁠How will you integrate spic macay with healthcare in rural area
4. ⁠How to improve maternal and child health as a DM
5. Anything for adolescent girls ?
6. ⁠TN government is giving footwear and some medicine twice a year, what's that
7. Anything like that in Odisha ? discussion on helminthic diseases

M2 Sir
1. What's the DOC for helminthic diseases, what for neurocysticercosis
2. ⁠Brand name ? I told I write in generic
3. ⁠Discussion on learnings from Gita (3-4 Qs)- utility, what if you don't get promotion as per knowledge & skill, sanchita karma.
4. ⁠Discussion on AB-PMJAY (3-4 Qs)
5. Asked about financial regulators (IRDAI, SEBI)
6. ⁠ESIC schemes
7. ⁠Experience from Hospital Administration (covid experience)
8. ⁠Skills to be utilised from medical science background
9. Arts & literature utility in IAS

M3 Sir
1. Uniqueness of handloom in Bargarh, FUQs on Sambalpuri saree and the methods related to it (looked impressed with the details)
2. Last Football WC winner, host country, next one in which country
3. What's Pattachitra, where, awardees
4. ⁠Public relations experience and utility (3-4 Qs)
5. ⁠ Paralympic winner in badminton who is an IAS
6. ⁠Use of AI in health education / healthcare in rural area
7. ⁠Discussion on Aspirational and KBK districts (4-5 Qs)
8. ⁠Few questions on hockey promotion by Odisha, FUQ on next world cup.

M4 Sir
1. Continued on badminton, reasons for lack of performance of Indian players
2. ⁠Role of mental coach , any prominent ones you know.
3. Offside rule (couldn't explain well in English, so Swain Sir told to draw and explain, which I did)
4. ⁠Picked up from mam's discussion on IPS, continued with crowd control and lathi charge
5. ⁠Discussion on GBS cases in Pune
6. ⁠Bouncer Q- Mohini Mohan Dutt

Interview ended. But M2 Sir asked about CPD and its management, saying it won't be counted towards interview.
Chairman Sir asked me if I wanted to ask anything. I said No sir, thank you.

Overall: Cordial board. Interaction based on DAF mostly.
Mocks 10+, One-to-one 10+, ChatGPT plus.

NAME - DJOKER
BOARD: SHEELVARDHAN BOSS
ENGLISH
DAF: IITD, CHEMICAL, CHEMISTRY, TENNIS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP CELL, ALUMNI CELL, HIKING, STRENGTH TRAINING, WESTERN DANCE

CHAIRPERSON:
1. WHICH WESTERN DANCE YOU DO?
2. WHAT IS WALTZ DANCE?
3. NAME FEW DANCES EACH N AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA, and EUROPE.
4. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIKING, TREKKING AND MOUNTAINEERING
5. LAND WHERE TREKKING STOPS AND MOUNTAINEERING STARTS?

M1:
1. WHY ENGG?
2. WHY CS?
3. WHAT’D YOU TELL TO STUDENTS OF YOUR COLLEGE WHEN YOU GO BACK : CS VS ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
4. ASSUME I AM THE STUDENT CLEAR MY FOG OF DOUBT.
5. BUT RATE IS 10%. WHAT’D YOU SAY NOW?
6. USE OF CHEM ENGG IN SEMICONDUCTORS

M2:
1. SCOPE OF A CHEM ENGG?
2. SATYAMEV JAYATE FROM WHICH TEXT? WHO TOOK IT AS THE MOTTO
3. WHO WROTE NATIONAL ANTHEM? ORIGINALLY IN WHICH LANGUAGE WAS IT WRITTEN? WHO TRANSLATED IT INTO HINDI?
4. WHY 26th JAN AS REPUBLIC DAY?


M3:
1. SCOPE A CHEM ENGG?
2. SWOT OF INDIAN CHEM INDUSTRIES
3. WHAT TO BE DONE?
4. WHICH MOST PREVALENT HEALTH PROBLEM IN ALWAR? (bluff got right)
5. WHAT IS GOVERNMENT DOING?
6. HOW’D YOU ENSURE THINGS GET BETTER?

M4:
1. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT QATAR? Recent NEWS?
2. ⁠TELL ME ABOUT AFGHAN and INDIAN RELATIONS
3. ⁠WHICH IS THAT ONE RELIGION THAT IS TOO MUCH INTO Seva?

SHEEL SIR AGAIN:
What is DURAND LINE?


Forgetting around 8-10 questions
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8/02/2025
Board - B B Swain
Forenoon session 3rd to go
Keywords - Kerala, Agarbathi , Cooking, Physics , Acrylic painting, Science fest

Chairman
1.Why there is an import ban on agrabathi?
2.Which rawmaterial was restricted from importing?
3. Difference between restrictions and ban
4. Steps taken by govt to promote agarbathi industry

M1 ( Lady member)
1.How kerala cuisines differ from other cuisines?
2. Different types of tamarind used ?
3. Can you make Kerala style fish curry?
4. Name two places in kerala where the tourism potential is not yet fully explored
5.If you are the tourism secretary the how you develop tourism in these two places?
6. Where is spice board situated?
7. Have you watched the movie Chemeen?
8. Who was awarded Padma Vibushan posthumously ? Tell me about that person
9. What is hema commitee? What is AMMA? Who is current president
10. Asked about coconut oil. What is the disease affecting coconut . Steps taken by kerala govt


M2
1. Meaning of my name
2. Question associated with my name from mahabharata
3. Ngo with my name , it's significance
4. What is malnutrition?
5. Importance of protein


M3
1. Do you know about agarbathi made from flower?
2. How you do acrylic painting?
3. Asked about science fest coordinated by me
4. E elephant used in kerala temple recently. Why it is so?
5. Who is the goal keeper of Indian hockey team

M4
1. Do you know about Amicus curie ? Why they are appointed?
2. State newtons laws of motion
3. Why kerala is called God's own country
4. One question about chess
5. Don't you play any sports? Why don't you join any academy to learn it's professional sides?

Last the Chairman said your interview is over. Do you want me to ask you something. I said no sir.
Then lady member asked two more questions
1. Case about Padmanabha swami temple
2. Whether to use the treasure or not?

M3
1. Significance of idol of padmanabha swami

Interview was very cordial.

One on one - Fortune ias academy

Mocks taken - Kerala civil service academy, Amrita ias , vajiram and ravi, sankar ias

DAF Key Words: Generative AI, Poem, Memes, Uttar Pradesh, GC-Gymkhana, Computer Science 

Board: Raj Shukla Sir
Chairperson:
1. आप कहां से हैं ?
2. आपने क्या किया है ( अंडरग्रैजुएशन) ?
3. आजकल इतिहास बदलने की एक राजनीति चल रही है। एक quote है Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter also Yuval Noah Harari, यह बोलते हैं की आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस एक नया narrative लिख रहा है, इस पर आप क्या सोचते हैं 
4. फिर तो इतिहास factual नहीं रहेगा, जिसकी जो ideology होगी वह वैसा ही इतिहास लिखेगा, आपका इस पर क्या कहना है?
5. फिर इस समस्या का Way Forward क्या है जिससे एक समावेशी इतिहास बने? 
6. इसमें आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस का क्या role होगा?
7. चीन को एक ऑथोरियरिव पावर कहा जाता है, अगर implementation की बात हटा दें तब भी चाइनीस ideation phase में हमसे आगे हैं, भारत में नए ideas क्यों नहीं आ रहे हैं, क्या आप मानते हैं कि लोकतंत्र ideas को भी रोकता है या delay करता है , आपका इस पर क्या विचार है ?

Member 2:
1. आपका Section 14 देखकर यह मालूम होता है कि आपका झुकाव टेक्नोलॉजी की तरफ ज्यादा रहा है। अगर मान ले कि आपको इस या आईपीएस छोड़कर कोई ऐसी सर्विस मिलती है जैसे आईएफएससी, तो क्या आप अपने इस zone से बाहर आ पाएंगे? 
2. प्रेसिडेंट Trump, की कुछ पॉलिसीज महिलाओं के लिए काफी Regressive दिखाई देती हैं, अगर यही पॉलिसी चलती रही तो अमेरिका तो महिलाओं के अधिकार के संदर्भ में पीछे जा सकता है। इस पर आप क्या सोचते हैं?

Member 3:
1. आपके उत्तरों को सुनकर ऐसा मालूम होता है कि आप Karl Marx से ज्यादा प्रभावित हैं। आप यह बताएं की कार्ल मार्क्स ने किन-किन समाज को अपने theories में दर्शाया है ?
2. ऐसी कौन से और thinkers रहे हैं जो state और civil society के बीच की जो संबंध है उसको दर्शाते हैं।
3. सबसे पहले राज्य भाषा के आधार पर बनने वाला कौन था भारत में?
4. कौन सा देश धर्म के आधार पर बना ?
5. कौन सा भारत का राज्य Region के आधार पर बना ?
6. अपने Institute innovation council में क्या काम किया था?

Member 4:
1. आप केंद्रीय विद्यालय से पढ़े हुए हैं, मैं यह समझती हूं कि केंद्रीय विद्यालय एक इंग्लिश मीडियम विद्यालय है, फिर भी अपने इंटरव्यू का माध्यम हिंदी चुना, क्या मैं यह कह सकती हूं कि आप अपने कंफर्ट जोन में रहना चाहते हैं और उसे बाहर नहीं जाना चाहते ? 
2. अगर भारत में DOGE, आए तो आप किस डिपार्टमेंट को क्लीनअप करना चाहेंगे ? 
3. क्यों ?
4. कुछ साल पहले कश्मीर में एक घटना हुई थी जहां पर एक सेना के मेजर ने एक व्यक्ति को human shield बनाकर, भीड़ से सामना किया था। क्या आपको नहीं लगता कि वह human rights का violation था। आप उस स्थिति में क्या करते ? 

Member 5:
1. आपने बहुत सारी बातें आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस के बारे में की, आप मुझे बताएं कि अगर मैं संस्कृत में कोई श्लोक chatgpt में डालता हूं, तो वह मुझे उसका अर्थ तुरंत कैसे बता देता है? 
2. अगर मैं कोई बड़ा text डालता हूं, तब भी वह सोचने में समय नहीं लगता और तुरंत उत्तर बताता है, इसके पीछे की technology क्या है?
3. मुझे practical application बताएं जहां पर आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस का उपयोग हो सकता है शासन प्रशासन में? 
4. भारत में ऐसे सिस्टम क्यों नहीं बन रहे हैं, क्या हमारे स्टार्टअप्स में कुछ कमी है? 
5. स्टार्टअप्स की इस कमी को दूर करने के लिए क्या किया जा सकता है? 

Chairperson:
1. अगर आपको चुनाव करना हो आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस में और क्वांटम इंटेलिजेंस में, तो आप किसे चुनेंगे
2. आपने कहा कि tier 2 सिटीज में भी स्टार्टअप्स का विकास होना चाहिए? स्टार्टअप्स को tier 2  cities में कैसे विकसित किया जा सकता है?
3. OpenAI का o3 मॉडल क्या है, या कैसे कम कर रहा है? यह reasoning कैसे करता है ?
4. भविष्य में क्या होने वाला है? क्या आपको लगता है कि आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस एक destructive technology है ? 

Mocks: Samkalp, Vision IAS, Unacademy, PW-OnlyIAS, Vajirao, Vajiram

One to One: Utkarsh Sir and His regular sessions on Zoom (Very Helpful to Structure my thoughts and boosted my confidence in final days) , Dharmadhikari Sir (Very Helpful and confidence Booster), Ravindran Sir, Khan Sir (Pointed my weakness)

(2/2)
9. Hurricanes vs Typhoons vs cyclones- difference between their geographies.
10. Do you know the science behind Hawa mahal?
11. What is venturi effect?
12. Can you list some other architectures where this concept was applied?
13. Hampi's architecture - unique features?
14. Look east and Act east policies- in which periods these were launched and differences between them?
15. Why Act east policy? Your views on its effectiveness till now on relations with ASEAN and development of North east?
16. Do ASEAN or China also have such policies of looking somewhere or acting somewhere?

M3: ( lady)

1. You are in IDAS . Your service deals with so many informal workers and parties at lower levels like thekedaars, etc. What are the rights available to these informal workers and parties?
2. Specific rights your department has given to these people?
3. Expenditure management at lower levels in your service? How is it done?
4. Tell me the provisions of Atal pension Yojana?
5. Now-a-days a new kind of epidemic is emerging - Loneliness. Tell me two age groups where you can find this problem at maximum level. ( I mentioned 50+ age group and the adolescent age group)
6. What steps will you take to improve this situation? Tell them separately for both the demographic groups you mentioned apart from banning social media.
7. How funds will be arranged for India AI Mission?

M4:

1. You are from Commerce, tell me why accountancy is even needed for government and Administration?
2. How states are doing in Public finance management? Which states are doing good and which are lagging behind?
3. TEPA vs CEPA vs FTA ? What's the difference?
4. What is the rationale behind economic partnerships?
5. USA vs India , in terms of trade what is happening? Surplus or deficit?
6. With China- trade is tilted or balanced?
7. What should India do to reduce this deficit with China?
8. Is defence indigesniation really happening or a buzzword?
9. Is Make in India a failed program because most of the time we are importing the parts and assembling here and putting the Made in India label?
10. Europe vs China - what are the issues of trade and technology?

Chairman sir - Nice talking to you. Your interview is over.

(1/2)
Date of Interview - 11/02/2025
Board- Sheelvardhan sir, Afternoon session, 4th to go
DAF keywords- Commerce and Accountancy, IDAS, Cooking desserts,Taekwondo, Science fiction, Animal welfare, Jaipur
Time- 35-40 minutes

Chairman:

1. How are you feeling? We both share somewhat similar names!
2. Which school of taekwondo do you follow?
3. Can you name some indian martial arts and compare them?
4. Why did you go for learning taekwondo only and not for Kalaripattu?
5. Difference between Jujutsu, Karate, Judo, Taekwondo?
6. USA is talking about imposing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports. What should be the way forward for India, Europe and China? Tell them separately.
7. Trump saying that we will generate employment by imposing tariffs . Do you really think this is going to happen?
8. Last time when trump imposed tariffs he said 70k jobs will be created..but data showed that only 2k jobs were created in reality. What do you think about the exact relationship between tariffs , economy and employment .
9. A long monologue on Animal feeding, Human- Animal conflict. Asked about the exact solution to the problem of Human- animal conflict.
10. If someone asks me to donate for feeding animals should i do? Even when there are so many incidents coming up of animals attacking humans?
11. Is sterilisation a way forward? Isn't it ethically wrong ..how one species ( humans) can decide about sterilization of other species. What about consent?
12. What is the real model on which NGOs are working? Are they working for revenues? Say some NGO ask me to donate money to them and threatens of consequences if I don't.. what should i do in this case? The cause which they are asking money is good and ethical.
13. It is generally said that Cats Bewafa hoti hai and Dogs Bedil hote hai. What's the science behind this behavioural difference? Sir narrated a story about his neighbour that he always complains that his cat roams around here and there and never listens to him, she goes and comes back by her own. Sir asked about the behavioral reasons behind this.

M1:

1. Long monologue on Companies Act 2013 and how CSR was made a part of it. Asked how CSR has revolutionized the finance system of our country?
2. Tell me any 2 technology related schemes in which you can use something like CSR to arrange funds .
3. As a finance expert, how will you make sure the prudent use of these funds?
4. What are the provisions of CSR in companies act?
5. What is the exact amount of CSR generated in India by the companies?
6. Is it enough? As Secretary, Corporate Affairs what changes you would like to bring in the Companies act?
7. Tell me the detailed procedure Defence accounts service follow for procurement?
8. What are the provisions regarding capital vs revenue acquisitions?
9. Any changes you wish to suggest in this process?
10. Mention 3 big steps by the government for promoting Research and Development in the country?
11. National Research Foundation - its corpus?
12. Can you think of any method of raising finance for R&D just like CSR?
13. What changes in research arena you suggest?
14. Level of Research and development or innovation in Defence accounts ? Anything new happening?

M2( lady)

1. If you are in a cooking competition and you are asked to make a dessert which dessert will you cook?
2. Difference between Indian and western desserts? Also tell the difference between cooking methods used?
3. Calories in a gulabjamun
4. Transfat - what are these? Science behind these and tell me the name of one transfat in Hindi which is most commonly used in India?
5. Vanaspati Ghee- long discussion on this - uses, issues.
6. What is the methodology behind naming of tropical cyclones?
7. List the nodal agencies for naming and how India choses its names?
8. Chairman sir asked- Are these names gender based or gender neutral? Is there any methodology to decide names according to gender also?

Name - Being an Nothingness
Date - 12 February 2025
Sheel Vardhan Singh sir forenoon session
First to go ( early morning sunlight was coming in room, very pleasant environment inside room)

DAF KEYWORDS: PSIR , Maharashtra, Gender and Development, Meditation, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Savitri bai Phule , Fegusson college.

Chairman :

1. What is you call name ? What your friends call you ?

2. You like maharashtrian cuisine , what else you like ?

3. Almost all South Indian states claims Idali as theirs , where is its real origin ?

4.In Africa where wars are going on and what are its reasons ?

5. When did USSR fall happened ? Who was president of USSR at that time ?

6. What is Perestroika and Glasnost?


M1

7. You are student of political science explains what is current international political order ?

8. What are the post 2000 events which shaped present world order ?

9. What is BRICS ?

10. What we call it if 3 or 4 counties come together to form groupings ?

11. What is QUAD , AUKUS ?

12. If Russia , India , China comes together what impact it will create in defence market ( my answer had it will lead to polarisation and will upset west and USA )

13. Do you like USA hegemony ?


M3

14. Who is Savitribai Phule what is her contribution?

15. Is Savitribai the first female teacher of india?

16.. What are pillars of productivity ?

17. What is the importance of languages ? How many languages one should study ? ( my answer was mother tongue , English , Hindi )

18. You did not study Hindi do you lag something in you ?


M4.

19. Maharashtra is very big state , 40% of GDP comes alone from Mumbai , there is regional disparity, as a secretary of Maharashtra what would be your approach to solve this ?

20. Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat is prosperous but just below that In Maharashtra picture is not so good in Jalgaon , Nandurbar region what are the reasons ?

21. There are many areas which are backward but problem of Naxalism is there in Gadchiroli district only why so ?

22. What is preamble ? Why we need it ?

23. Can we amend preamble ? Will it tamper our philosophy of constitution?



M5

24. Which book you recently read? ( my answer was Being and nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre)

25. What attracted you to this book ?

26. What is there in this book ?

27. Did you read the book Second Sex by Simon de Bouvier?

28. How do u think that technological advancements in next 10 years will impact the women ?

Experience:

-Board was patiently listening to everything without interfering,
-Encouraging to answer the questions .

Mock guidance :

Shubham sir ( Vidyapeeth IAS) was very useful for DAF related questions and specifically areas he covered for IR was relevant .

Xyz
12/2/25, Afternoon
5th to Go .

B B SWEN
Rajasthan , Cricket , Hindi movies, IDES .

Chairperson:
1)What is the work of your service ?
2)Any building restrictions in vicinity of defence area ?
And discussion on them .

M1 (Lady member)

3)How much defence land is there ?
4)Raw and IB difference ?
5)If someone from Pakistan got caught in India spying
Who will arrest them ?( police or IB or ….)
6)INSPIRE scholarship?
7)Which ministry and department dealing with this scheme ?
8)Do you feel budget for such S&T program is less in India and why ?
9)What kind of movies you watch ?
10)How do you see ANIMAL movie and objectification of women in such movies ?

M3 :
11)Which dialect is there in Jaipur area ?
12)What is dialect of your area ?
Goan cuisine ?
13)Have you tried sea food ?

M4: ( questions were in English, I answered them in Hindi , Chairman sir translated my answers in English )

14)Digital India mission purpose ?
15)Issues in digital India ?
16)Urbanisation related issues in India ?
17) How do you see status of casteism in India today ? ( Long discussion)

M5:

18)What do you do in your leisure time ?
19)Who is your favourite director ?
( I told Rajkumar Hirani )
20) Any movies latest you have watched of him ?
21)What is special in Rajkumar Hirani’s movie ?

22)Any incident that you want to forget but memory comes again and again ?
23)Any incident that you joyfully remember?
( I told final result of upsc 2018 exam )
24)Any other incident in past 10-15 years
Which you remember ? ( I told some personal and turning moment of my life )
25)Why do have a mixed feeling for that ?

Then he told me a same story like mine of two person and asked about invention of some medicine by one of them .
( I said sir I haven’t heard such story but I will search /read about it definitely . )
Then he told the story of Alexander FLEMING and Winston Churchill and Invention of PENICILLIN
; I thanked sir
Even chairman sir and other member amazed and praised M5 for such great interlinking of questions .)

Chairperson ;
Anything that you want to tell or that needed to be discussed ?
I said NO SIR
THANK YOU .

Your interview is over
Chairperson and other Member wished me best of luck .
I thanked to chairperson sir and to all member .

25min around
I may not be able to recall some questions .
Very cordial board
No grilling
Relaxed mode with lighter mahol .
Mostly DAF based .

Name- Modi Ji
Date- 13/02/25
Board- B. B. Swain sir
Daf - civil engineering philosophy Rajasthan shayari

Chairman
1. How are you… comfortable or not?
2. Why civil engineering is called civil engineering..
3. Why civil services are called civil services..

M1(lady)
1. Why philosophy after civil engineering
2. Kota sucide — reason, solution… as a dm your steps
3. Relevance of philosophy in the world pf ai



M2
1. Why philosophy is mother of all subjects
2. Philosophy of history
3. Pile foundation
3. Saarc vs brics vs asean
4. Study of rocks

M3(south indian)- accent was making it hard to understand… chairman sir translated both questions and my answers also
1. Blockchain and use in Governance
2. Cyber security threats on India
3. Digital arrest
4. Why pile foundation

M4.
1. Ph.D. (Philosophy)- topic- philosophy of mind
2. What does it means
3. Name prominent philosophers
4. Favourite shayar
5. Contemporary shayar
6. Rahat indori(kisi ke bap ka hindustan thodi he- he said it)
Asked - kiske bap ka he hindustan? Do you agree ki kisi ke bap ka nahi he
7. Building construction at river side ? What are the concerns and what will be the steps
.
Chairman sir stopped and said your interview is over- all the best for your future
.
Very very cordial board
.
Mocks- vajiram and o2o khan sir helped

Name - Being an Nothingness
Date - 12 February 2025
Sheel Vardhan Singh sir forenoon session
First to go ( early morning sunlight was coming in room, very pleasant environment inside room)

DAF KEYWORDS: PSIR , Maharashtra, Gender and Development, Meditation, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Savitri bai Phule , Fegusson college.

Chairman :

1. What is you call name ? What your friends call you ?

2. You like maharashtrian cuisine , what else you like ?

3. Almost all South Indian states claims Idali as theirs , where is its real origin ?

4.In Africa where wars are going on and what are its reasons ?

5. When did USSR fall happened ? Who was president of USSR at that time ?

6. What is Perestroika and Glasnost?


M1

7. You are student of political science explains what is current international political order ?

8. What are the post 2000 events which shaped present world order ?

9. What is BRICS ?

10. What we call it if 3 or 4 counties come together to form groupings ?

11. What is QUAD , AUKUS ?

12. If Russia , India , China comes together what impact it will create in defence market ( my answer had it will lead to polarisation and will upset west and USA )

13. Do you like USA hegemony ?


M3

14. Who is Savitribai Phule what is her contribution?

15. Is Savitribai the first female teacher of india?

16.. What are pillars of productivity ?

17. What is the importance of languages ? How many languages one should study ? ( my answer was mother tongue , English , Hindi )

18. You did not study Hindi do you lag something in you ?


M4.

19. Maharashtra is very big state , 40% of GDP comes alone from Mumbai , there is regional disparity, as a secretary of Maharashtra what would be your approach to solve this ?

20. Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat is prosperous but just below that In Maharashtra picture is not so good in Jalgaon , Nandurbar region what are the reasons ?

21. There are many areas which are backward but problem of Naxalism is there in Gadchiroli district only why so ?

22. What is preamble ? Why we need it ?

23. Can we amend preamble ? Will it tamper our philosophy of constitution?



M5

24. Which book you recently read? ( my answer was Being and nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre)

25. What attracted you to this book ?

26. What is there in this book ?

27. Did you read the book Second Sex by Simon de Bouvier?

28. How do u think that technological advancements in next 10 years will impact the women ?

Experience:

-Board was patiently listening to everything without interfering,
-Encouraging to answer the questions .

Mock guidance :

Shubham sir ( Vidyapeeth IAS) was very useful for DAF related questions and specifically areas he covered for IR was relevant .

Name: X
Date: 13 Feb / FN session, last to go
Board: B B swain sir
4 M, 1 F member
DAF words: Ex-IOCL, Chemical Engg, Jogging, Podcast, College tech fest, Hindi Literature, GM award other nothing asked. Interview Medium : Hindi

Chairperson:
1. You listen podcasts of policy makers ( Mam corrected him that not policy makers but of change makers)
2. Whom do you consider change makers?
3. Tell me names of such five persons and in which field they are doing any changes

M1:
1. You said one platform as neelesh mishra’s slow interview……what good you find in his stories?
2. Why u took hindi literature?
3. Which novels you have read….your favourite?
4. Other novels of premchand
5. Other novels……. I told abt Divya by Yashpal
6. Who was Yashpal ?
7. What is the main theme of his novels?
8. How he was linked to Gandhi ji (I said sorry)
9. Why you do jogging ? When started ?

M2:
1. What types of nutrients a runner should take?
2. What is ultra processed food? ( follow up from my answer)
3. Why they aren’t good?
4. What is Expiry date?
5. What happens to the food item after expiry date…….Can we consume them? If consume what happens?
6. Food items have many emulsifiers and artificial colors ……. Are the allowed kya ?
7. What is alcohol ? What are its ingredients?Why it’s harmful?
8. What are meth, ethane, propane etc ? Do you know this sequence? ……. Which of these are present in cosmetic products?
I could not understand what he wanted to ask ? He himself was answering and acknowledging my response……. Though i answered these basic questions but could have been more clarity from his side and my side.
9. What are N series hydrocarbons which are used in dresses etc …… dont know what he wanted to ask ? Then i explained him the basics of hydrocarbon from refineries and how synthetic fabrics can be made. And how plastics are made….. looks satisfied.

M3: ( asked questions in english)
0. How India can go ahead in renewable energy? I asked him to repeat the question as i could not hear properly……. Chairperson translated in hindi……he said that you reply in one line and i will translate ……then i took permission that can i reply in english ? He said yes sure go ahead ……
1. What is air pollution?
2. Its main constituent?
3. How can we resolve this problem?
4. How catalytic converters added in BS-VI vehicles work ? Can you name few vehicles where they are fixed ? I think he wasn’t clear abt his question.
i told abt BS VI vehicles and its benefit
5. Explain how india can go ahead in managing “ Environment, Energy and Sustainability “
6. You have worked in your college tech fest…. What were your responsibilities?

M4:
1. What is the heart rate (HR) of normal human being?
2. Whats is the HR of marathon runner and fast runners?
3. Why african people tops in sprint running? Could not answer properly:(
4. You are SP and went to handle a very violent crowd ……. You are only 10 people but have pistals ….. how you would handle the crowd …… i gave ethics based answers but he was pressurising me ki you have weapons …… i tried to gave a middle path answer but he said ki bheed tumko maarne aa rhi h bikul , you have no time ……
5. You are a SP and met a daanku/ criminal in forest …… what would you do ? He is said to be committed very heinous crimes….. do you think he should have basic human rights ? Dont you think such people shouldn’t be given basic human rights ?
6. Cant you shoot him then & there itself ….. sab khatm turant
because no one is ready to say anything against him and no proof is available…….. answered properly
7. Do you think aise logo ko human rights hone bhi chaiye kya ? Kya jarurat h in logo ko

M5: Lady member
1. Difference between POSCO act and POSH act
2. How you will implement POSH guidelines?
3. How you will create awareness in your office ?
4. Explain how you handled leakage emergency in IOCL ( from DAF) …… asked me to elaborate further……. She was satisfied and said very good you saved big emergency

Chairmen sir said ok….. your interview is over ….. aap ja sakte hai.

Name: Taliban 2.0
Board- Sheelvardhan Sir
Date- 11.02.2025
DAF keywords- Lecturer (Geography), Hindi Literature Optional , Trekking,Hindi Comedy Movies, Scouts & Guides, JNV Shool, Delhi Education Department.
Medium of Interview : Hindi

Chairman Sir

1. Are teachers of today's India well trained and equipped ?
2. Then, Why poor learning outcomes?
3.how to improve poor learning outcomes?
4. How many trekks you have done and names ?
5. Why trekking?
6. Digital Fasting- how do you balance teaching and digital fasting?
7. How do you teach your students about digital fasting?
8. How to motivate students so that they follow their hobbies like trekking?
9. Are their any HEIs where reaserch is done genuinely ?
10.Famous allumnees of these HEIs?

M1( Sir)
1. How to enhance employability ?
2. How to create jobs?

M2 ( Ma'am)

1. The lecture method used by teachers makes the learning process very monotonous. How to make the learning process interesting ?
2. Digital education - online mode or offline mode, which one is better and why?
3. What is NIRF? And parameters of ranking?
4. What is your opinion about the recent case of NAAC ?
5. Digital Universities ?
6. Relation between Teaching and administration ?
7. What is 'Gender  Inclusivity' ?

M3 ( Ma'am)

1. Favourite Movie and director ?
2. Why Golmaal ( Hrishikesh Mukhergee) ?
3. Difference between comedy movies of that era and today's comedy Movies?
4. Don't you think characters like  Sonam Wangchuk are ideal w.r.t. teaching?
5. Suggest One interesting  Hindi book to us ?
6. Explain 'Asadhya Veena ' ( असाध्य वीणा) in one sentence.
7.  favourite part in Economics? (12th subject)
8. Will AI create Inequality ?


M4 ( Sir)

1. Is SCOUTS & GUIDES a global organisation ?
2. Is there any relevance of Scouts & Guides ?
3. What Scouts & Guides is doing on the ground ?
4. Between JNVs and School of Excellence (Delhi)  , which one is better and why ?

Mock:
O2O-
KSG, Ias baba,Baliyan sir, Utkarsh sir, Vinay Sir

Panel & faculty mocks:
Vision ias(both), samkalp, Next ias, Vajirao & Reddy

Video Analysis by Kalam Ias( Rajendra Chaudhary sir)

Name: Leo
Keywords: Jalgaon, production engineering, podcast, cars , event management, sociology
Panel: Sheel Vardhan Singh sir
Q1: suggest me any 3good podcast and where it is available? ( He has his own podcast channel 😄)
Q2 what do you learn from them ? Long discussion on this
Q3 Does artist have discipline or just creativity?
M1
Q1 3todays headlines
Q2 is it right time to visit USA by our PM
Q3 what is IR 4.0
Q4 what is difference between industrial automation and industrial autonomy
Q5 which country or company adopted industrial autonomy
M2 lady member
Q1 what is name of Anna Hazare s gaon and why it is famous
Q2 why hivre bazar is famous and what are the things they banned
Q3 is it possible to have event management as career
Rest not able to remember
M3 lady member
Q1 tell 3 social indicators of Jalgaon
Q2 what is role of Aasha workers
Extended it for her whole time
M4
Q1 Which new model of that got launched recently
Q2 difference between innova Crysta and hycross
Q3 how environment friendly EVs are? And long discussion on that
Board was very chill and in fact Sheel Vardhan sir was in tshirt 😄

Candidate Details:
Name: XYZ
Interview Date: 11/02/2025 (Afternoon)
Board: B.B. Swain Sir
DAF Keywords: Geography Optional, Mechanical Engineering, Rajasthani Folk Dance, Fitness Walking, Ga
Duration: 30-35 minutes
Honorable Chairman:
- Q1: Asked a question in English which I couldn't understand, so I requested a Hindi translation.
- Q2: Aap abhi kya kar rhe ho?
- Q3: Aapne engineering ki but aap Elon Musk kyu nahi banna chahte?
- Q4: Bharat me Elon Musk kabhi ho paayenge?
- Q5: Agnikul or Skyroot kya hai?
- Q6: Minimum government and Maximum governance - Kya esa hua hai?
- Q7: North India ke log IAS, IPS kyu bann rhe hain?
- Q8: Aapne pehli preference konsi di thi?
- Q9: Sarkaar adhiktar vibhago par karya aur sansadhan (resources) laga rhi hai. Isse ache log IFS
kyu nahi bann paayenge?
- Q10: Sarkaar ka size kaisa hona chahiye?
- Q11: What is DoGE? Kya India me bhi hona chahiye?
Member 2 (Female):
- Q1: Why did you choose IAS?
- Q2: Rajasthan folk dance ke baare me batao (2-3 names)?
- Q3: Folk dance school pathyakram me hona chahiye ya nahi?
- Q4: Tell me about some civil servants who inspire you and their work.
- Q5: Sarkar pichle 10 years se Bharatiya diaspora ke welfare pe kyu dhyaan de rhi hai?
- Q6: Female ko war me kyu target kiya jaata hai? (e.g., Iran, Afghanistan)
- Q7: Koi international institute hai jo female interest ko protect kare? Agar nahi, toh kya hona
chahiye?
- Q8: Are you aware of Bangladesh's situation?
- Q9: Kya Sheikh Hasina kabhi Bangladesh jaa paayegi ya wapas PM bann paayegi?
Member 3:- Q1: What is Rule by Law and Law by Rule?
- Q2: Ganpati ke bhai, maa aur pita ka kya naam hai?
- Q3: Who is worshipped more in Tamil Nadu?
- Q4: All India Services aur Central Services kya hain?
- Q5: Currently, what is the biggest problem of administration?
- Q6: Government community engagement ke liye kya kar rahi hai? Solutions?
Member 4 (Female):
- Q1: Fitness walking kya hai?
- Q2: Greece ke recent earthquake ke baare me bataayein?
- Q3: Positive and negative impacts of social media on civil servants?
- Q4: Bhangra aur Rajasthan folk dance me difference?
- Q5: Saint Angels me jo fire lagi thi, wo control kyu nahi ho paayi?
Member 5:
- Q1: Social auditing kya hoti hai? Kaise ki jaati hai?
- Q2: Mechanical engineering aur geography ka use administration me kaise karoge?
- Q3: They asked one question about mechanical engineering that I was not aware of, so I admitted
I didn t know.
- Q4: B.Tech me percentage kam kyu hai?
Special Thanks:
- Dharmendra Jakhar Sir (STUDY WITH DJ SIR)
Mock Interviews Given (10+):
- - Vision
- - Next IAS
- - Vajiram Reddy
- - Chahal
- - Unacademy, etc.

Name - MSD (Huge fan)
Date - 10 th February
Session - afternoon 4th to go
Board - Sheelvardhan singh sir
optional - Hindi literature

Keyword - B.Sc. ; C.K. Nayudu (cricket) ; Gambling ; Natural Strength training ; Cricket ; Camel riding (others not important)


Room ke bahar chair ke pas Heater chal rha tha to mere ko pasina pasina ho gya. 🙃

Chairman sir :-
1. Graduation me itna kam kese as 12th me acche the ( 55% in graduation) ?

2. Done PG in 2023 , tab se kya kr rhe ho ?

3. Garib aadmi coarse grain khata hai , ameer hone pr nutritious food khata hai , ultra rich hone pr again coarse grain ki traf shift hota hai ? Kya reasons hai.

4.  3 exercises for complete body workout?

You also do running ? - your personal best in 1600 meter ? World record ?


5. Double humped camel ? Nubra valley gye ho kbhi ? Jana jarur life me ek baar bahut acchi jagah hai.



M 1 - chill aadmi ( samosa aadha khaya hua rkha tha samne)

1. If National Quantum mission ka head bnade aapko , to kese improve kroge Quantum technology in india ? (No correlation with DAF)


2. Semiconductor chips ka production kese increase kroge ?


3.  Three countries which are doing good in this field (khulli chhut hai aapko kisi ka bhi nam lo aap)


M2- lady (thodi sakth aurat)

1. Nutrients role in endurance?

2. Camel milk as superfood? How to improve iska consumption?

Any startup/NGO in this field ?


3. NGOs ki auditing kese hoti ?

4. Protein requirements kese puri krte ho apni ? Kitna protein necessary hai for an athlete?

5.  Garib ke ghar me sb kuch superfood hi hota hai ? 5 superfood ke naam batao ?


M3- lady (chill type - always smiling)



1. Carry on from 2nd member - is green tea a superfood ?

2. How to improve our efficiency after eating heavy food ?

3. Who is CK Nayudu ?
What is the difference between Doosra and googly ?

4. Is Mankading ethical ? (cricket)


M4 - Relax Aadmi

1. Impact of Russia Ukraine war on fertiliser industry ?

Black sea grain deal ?

2. USA green land issue? USA itna chalak kese hai ?

3. India Bangladesh issue ? How to resolve ?


Baki questions Yad nhi hai.

Chairman sir - oky your interview is over. You can go now.

Batcheet hoti hai yha sirf .

As mock me to mere ko bhut bhala bura sunaya tha mock valo ne.

Mock - samkalp, sriram , ensure , vajirao and reddy and some more.

Quantel ke Vikram bhai ne help ki mock schedule krvane me, instant mock schedule krvate hai ye log. Good experience.