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Board- M. Sathiyavathy Date - 22 april Last candidate of the day Optional - PSIR Hobbies- spending time with family and friends Jogging Reviewing recreational pursuit Background - B.A.  and M.A. in PSIR State - Uttar Pradesh Sabmast baith ke roasted chane kha rahe the  Chairman - what is reviewing recreational pursuit  Is spending time with family and friends hobby  What is hobby  (Seems disatified) India pak chances of dailogue Imapact of Sri Lanka Crisis Member 1 : What is middle east What is debt trap (  want to know how it works exactly) Israll palestine  Jogging pace  Member 2 : Israel some tribe have vanished Some tribes in India in northeast is becoming Jews One nation one election  Member 3 :  Event management what i did ( other i am not able to recall) Member 4 : Suppose dm organise a event in hardoi Why hardoi famous( i said handloom) What is loom  Difference between khadi and nylon Many Pms from up then why backward...

Board : TCA Anant  Background : IRTS, IPS, B.TECh IT, Mumbai , Economics Optional Chairperson Asked to remove mask and be comfortable.  Where you are posted now? How many months you have done training? Do assessment of IRMS There are multiple institute of Railways what to do with multiple training institute of Railways? How should be training of IRMS? Member 1 : Madam  Are you comfortable talking about China? What is happening in xinjiang province? Why China is doing so?  Asked some theory from IR I said I don't know. If I say corruption is good for the economy what you will say?  How?  Have you heard Jugad? What is your opinion? Why India is lagging in innovation?  Member 2 : What is happening between Pakistan and Taliban ? Is there any other reason? Because of which group it is happening? What is difference between TTP and Taliban? Deflation is not good for economy why? (My optional is economics) And Why small inflation is good? What should be ideal ...

Date and session of interview-6th April, Afternoon Board-TCA Anant Sir Optional-Psychology College-IIT Roorkee Profession (if any)- Nope Hobbies- didnt write any. Chairman : (very friendly and smiling) Q1) What have you been doing since graduation? Q2) What was your project that won competition? (DAF) Q3) What is CERN? What work do they do there? (DAF) Q4) What did you observe at CERN? (DAF) Q5) Compare research at CERN with that at IIT Roorkee. (DAF) Member Questions: (all were smiling, patient listeners) Q) What FTA India has signed this year? Q) Why bilateral FTA instead of WTO agreements? Q) What is benefit of FTA? How it will benefit service sector? Q) What motivated you to civil services instead of research? Q) How Technology is leading to unemployment? Q) Historical significance of Meerut. Lady member totally focussed on Meerut and asked many follow ups. (DAF) Q) Benefits of PPP model? Q) And cons of PPP? Q) If there is a tract of forest land and a road has to be built cutting ...

DOs and Don't for Prelims 2022 DOs   1)  1 source min for each subject 2)  1 source max for each ( unless absolutely necessary to refer something for some topics) 3) maximum revisions 4) analyse pyqs ( 2013-2020 mandatory)..Analysing doesn't mean merely knowing answers, its much more than that. 5) Stronghold over static+ Decent preparation of current affairs. Always remember- mostly till be easier questions attempted wrong which will throw you out of the game DONTs 1) Blindly Chasing UPSC - Following Trend is important and necessary, but dont get fixated with absurd and weird topics asked in just preceding year. Ex - Agriculture in 2020, Sports in 2021; Preparing agri as much as possible is imp, but that doesnt mean doing PHD in it. And preparing Sports isn't imp at all. 2) Not having plans in this stage.  3) Misplaced priorities. Eg - Art and Culture current over static polity. 4) Over Thinking ; Just try to control the controllable 5) Overemphasis on mock tests..ov...

Date - 22nd April Background - Chartered Accountant Hobby - Playing cricket and watching football State - Maharashtra Board - TCA Anant Chairman - asked me to remove mask and be comfortable  1.  Your hobby is watching football? Do you play football? Why not? 2. You play cricket? Batsman or bowler? Which position you bat? Spinner or pacer? 3. Why cricket is more commercialised than football? Even before IPL cricket was more commercialised? Reasons? Member 1: 1. War on terrorism? 2. Uyighur muslims? China's policy? Why? 3. Heard of Xinjiang? What imp. does Xingiang hold to China? 4. Sri lankan protest...Political crisis because of economic crisis or economic crisis bcoz of political crisis? 5. Why Sri Lanka has presidential system as compared to Indias parliamentary system? 6. Whther India can adopt Presidential system? 7. Maldives 'India Out' campaign? Why? Current govt's policy towards India? 8. China out policy in which country? Member 2 :  1. Since you are from comme...

Date - 20/4/22 Optional - law Work experience - with an MP for a year Hobbies - running, Hindi poetry writing, light music, mooting Afternoon session Board - TCA Anant Sir Chairman : 1. Had experience of working with Parliament, asked about my experience. 2. My learnings from above. 3. Asked if private member bills can be named after people just as in US. 4. Utility of the above move. Member 1: 1. Let's talk about interface of law and technology, elaborated a bit of this and then asked about what would be issues in automated vehicles vis a vis law. 2. Stated some private member bill from the US and asked if I knew about it. 3. Asked about NEP. 4. NEP in higher education. 5. Why legal education not in NEP. Member 2: 1. AI and legal issues in it in future. 2. What are issues in AI and judiciary (didn't let me answer it by referring to previous question) 3. Define what is a war criminal and if Mr. Putin would qualify as a war criminal 4. What are important things for writing a poe...

Board: Sathiyavathy Ma’am Interview Duration: 25-30 min Optional: Economics  Hobbies: Football, Running, Data analytics  Last to go  Chair Person:     1) Tell me what are you doing after graduation. Where are you working. 2) what’s the selection process  3) why did you leave your job  4) why are you suitable for CS 5) whats the administrative approach when you get posted to other states. Will your approach change? Member 1:  1) Why India despite having 1.3 billion population is not a sporting nation ?(daf) 2) What can you do as an administrator to give sports an edge ? 3) How can electronics and Information & communication technology can help in administration  4) Other Work ex related questions  Member 2 :  1) What’s the latest inflation rate (optional) 2) What can govt do  3) What is data protection act  Member 3 :  1) What are the sports attributes that can help in pub administration? 2) Why India has performed...

 T C A Anant sir (19/04, afternoon) Working in state pcs, state with bangladesh border, job in water sector, M Tech in energy Chairman : what u do in job? U do so much. Tell me something about ur district? Border as an administrator ur work? Drug issues? Social media creates problem in administration , how you will manage? Heroin that comes from Bangladesh processed where?  Member 1 : Economic reforms happened in India? Land acquisition act, is it anti private sector? Need of such land law which isn’t investor friendly ? What more reforms required in economy? Present Insurgency issue in my state? Naga insurgent groups name?  Afspa enforced in which state? Member 2 : BIMSTEC new connectivity project? Tell something about Kaladan? Chicken neck corridor? Problems associated? Bangladesh ruling party name?  Relation with Awami league? Member 3 : Higher education reforms Steps taken recently  Opinion on dual degree announced recently  Green metal and green energy...

Date 12th April, 2022 Afternoon Session Board - TCA Anant Sir Public Administration  Sports - Badminton Hobbies - Learning about Smartphones, Journaling Graduation - Civil Engineering Time 25-30 Minutes Experience - Board was Cordial, Lively and Members seem genuinely interested. No Face Shield. Entered the Cabin.  Chairman - Greeted, Asked to Sit. Asked to remove the Mask to get comfortable. Started Reading the DAF, Hometown, Graduation, College etc,  1. Asked about What is “Learning About Smartphones”? 2. We all use smartphones, What is that you do differently? 3. Analyze the Current Smartphone Market in India? 4. Suggest me a Phone. 5. If Not Apple, What Options do we have? 6. If Not Samsung, What else? 7. For Google Phones, There was some issue with a recent model, can you Highlight that?  8. Should I still buy the older model of Google Or Import New? 9. What is the review of Chinese Companies like One Plus, Xiaomi ? Member 1 : 1. You seem Technologist, What are...

Board : R.N. Choubey sir Graduation: B.Tech (M.E) IIT Bombay  Optional: Mathematics  Hobbies: Playing cricket Home State : Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh  Chairman 1. Amit..Tell me about theoretical mathematics? And what are its real life applications? 2.What ethics you learnt in mechanical engineering that can help you in civil services  3.what are the challenges to India from its neighbouring country? 4.Do you think UN is becoming irrelevant because it is not able to stop any wars? 5.Why IITian don’t join DRDO? 6.Why there is regional inequality in Uttar Pradesh? Member 1 1. Have you heard of intelligent design theory ? What’s it? 2. What are the problems faced by surgarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh? 3.what are the challenges to India from its neighbouring country? 4.How do you analyse India’s position in Ukraine? 5. What is reverse swing in cricket? Member 2 1.Do you know about game theory? 2. How can game theory be applied to look at Russia Ukraine crisis? 3. Tell me som...

Name: A boy has no name 12/4/22, AN IITB: Aerospace engg with minor in Humanities and social sciences  (HSS); PSIR; 5th attempt, 3rd mains, 1st PT Barely any focus on my daf like hobbies internship etc. Most questions on Aerospace and PSIR overlap areas, IR with focus on Trade. Mocks: very very useful (atleast for me) I gave 6 mocks and 6-8 one to one sessions in 15 days. All helped me. The mock which i thought was bad helped me most. So give any mock. Dont judge the panel (just choose panels with bureaucrats thats all). I asked a frnd who scored great last yr in PT to take my mock in the mng of my PT day also. I wanted to be in the zone. In final PT I felt i was giving just another mock in terms of confidence and composure Mocks help to pool questions also and makes ur communication presentation better My PT was 80% knowledge oriented (heard that Vyas sir is usually more knowledge oriented than other members ) ................... Last but one to go to BB Vyas sir board.  it w...

12th April, Forenoon M Sathiyavathy Mam Commerce & Accountancy CA Work-ex: Punjab PCS, Oyo, P w C Asked to remove the face shield and to lower the mask for verification, and then mask remained on throughout the interview. Chairperson read aloud my academic details, work-ex, hobbies etc. Chairperson : 1. So aren't you practising CA now? 2. Oh so you are in state services, which service?  3. Why did you receive this certificate of appreciation?  (Awards: Certificate of Appreciation for my election work) 4. Since now you have ground experience of elections, tell me 3 major challenges in our elections? Some follow-up questions on each challenge 5. Monologue on low voter participation. How to increase voter participation? 6. Isn't it true that every person needs some incentive to perform their duty? Follow-ups on my answer Member 1: 1. We spend 2-3% of GDP on defence. Is it justified? 2. Since you have been through process if both state public service commission and upsc. What...

 11/04/22 forenoon session last to go BB vyas board education - computer engineering optional - history hobbies - tabla, chess, block chain technology duration - 30 35 mins chairperson :  Read the daf, asked why history after  computer engineering then himself answered it is not present as a subject (that was my answer in cse 2019 interview which was taken by vyas sir so don't know whether it was a general remark or he recognised me) 1. Tell me 3 peasant and 3 tribal movements in modern indian history and what were their impacts? 2. What is Aukus and its impact on indo-pacific? 3. has ias failed the nation and discussion around it Member 1: (lady )  1. Does police have a negative perception? 2. Are women able to approach police easily? why not? 3. What has government done about it? what will you do about it? 4. Do you use social media? how do they earn even if they don't charge you anything? 5. Any other source of income apart from advertisement?(wanted to hear use o...

Date and session of interview- 6 apr, 9AM session Board- TCA Anant sir Optional-Anthropology College- HBTU, Kanpur (Edible Oil Technology) Profession (if any)- 1 year edible oil industry, data analytics freelance Hobbies- singing, watching football and tennis, meditation Your experience in interview- Last in the board and shift to be interviewed Time 27-28 min Entry: Cordial exchange of greetings, told to remove shield and mask Given wheel wali chair so it was not a good start as the chair moved as I was sitting Chairman :  Reading my DAF, no introduction asked Directly jumping to my graduation  Q1- What exactly was your engineering branch? Q2- What does an edible oil engineer do? Q3- Which oil is a good oil? Q4- What are types of refining? Q5- Is kacchi ghani a physically refined oil or just marketing? Q6- What is famous about Varanasi (hometown)? Name some of them. Q7- Is Olive oil the best edible oil? Member 1:  Mam was extremely cordial and always maintained eye -cont...

Board: Sathiyavathy Ma’am  11th April, Afternoon session, third to go Optional: PSIR Preference: Indian Foreign Services DAF: Defence upbringing + Petroleum Engineering @ ISM Dhanbad + Work Ex in Schlumberger  Sathiyavathy Ma’am : Read out my DAF, mentioning relevant details.   1. Why did you leave Schlumberger? What is your preference after IFS?  2. What is Green Hydrogen? Explain to us as if we are laymen.  3. Government’s policy on green hydrogen? Is it enough, should we do more?  4. Where have you travelled? Member 1: Very difficult to hear him  1. Is Schlumberger a Norwegian company?  2. Have you been to a Rig?  3. Did you not attend any trainings with ONGC? (No I didn’t)  4. He did not ask many questions, moved to next one quickly  Member 2:  1. What is water injection?  2. Any news related to it? There was a CAG report on water injection losses at ONGC. How can they have avoided it?  3. What is fracking? I...

Date: 12/04/2022 Forenoon. (6th / last to go) Board: M Sathiyavathy Ma’am  Optional: PSIR (not asked)  DAF: MP, B.Tech. IIST Avionics, Work Ex: ISRO, Hobbies: Writing film critiques (+ two hobbies not asked). Utility of Mocks: Gave 2 mocks with ex-bureaucrats on the panel. Felt helpful in expressing views before such people.  Round table - Hexagonal sitting (Chair + 4 male members + Candidate opposite to chair). Asked to remove the face shield and keep it on your lap. I didn’t hear the last part and kept it on the table. Asked to keep ‘on your lap’. Sorry, Ma’am. Had to keep masks and gloves on, even members were wearing masks. (Note: Multiple questions in a point are follow-ups based on my answers to each part.) Chairman :  1. You studied at IIST. Any bond? How many years? How many years have you worked? Have you resigned?  2. Which projects have you worked on? (I started saying 1,2,3… stopped). Where was it launched from? Where were others launched from? What ...

Date and session of interview- 12/04/2022 Board- BB VYAS Optional- PSIR Education- B.E civil engineering Profession (if any)- Previously in a construction firm, Current: IRTS Hobbies-Post Independence Indian Military history, Debating Place: Bhojpur Bihar Your experience in interview- it was better than the last time. Board was cordial Utility of mocks (if any) - yes five benefits for me  Don't go by their negative feedback. Just know the areas that may be asked from. Collect questions from the mock.  Chairman :  1. What is Bhojpatra? 2. How did the name Bhojpur come from? 3. Tell me the benefits and issues of IRMS 4. Three biggest reforms of Indian Railways 5. Your take on India Brazil relations and follow up questions  6. Difference between FTA and PTA 7. What's the National cooling Action plan 8. What is the National cooling Action plan M1 - 1. What is Rashtriya Military school 2. What's your order of service 3. Why didn't you Put IPS as the First preference. 4....

Date and session of interview- 5/04/22 9:am forenoon session Board- Smita Nagaraj maam Optional- history College- civil engineering from DTU, MA in modern history from JNU Hobbies- reading travelling numismatics Your experience in interview- No hi hello or questions on personal info,  Member 1  :  Nagaraj ma'am - What do you think about freebies? -Should they be discontinued, or modified in any manner? -Farmers and electricity? - Do freebies encourage individuals to not work, remain dependent on govt? Member 2 : - How can civil engineering (graduation subject) help in civil services? - issues behind time and cost overruns - insisted on giving practical and on ground problems faced(follow up) rather than theoretical/bookish issues in civil engineering - difference and similarities in crisis going on in Pakistan and Sri Lanka Member 3 :  - how can we keep the bureaucracy motivated? (A number of follow up questions on similar lines) Issues about bureaucracy, I Why the i...