Date of Interview: 10th May forenoon, 6th to go ( 8 candidates in first shift  )
Board: TCA Anant
Optional:  Civil engineering
Background: IIT Bombay
profession: (if any)- Ola Cabs
Hobbies:  Nature photography, Cooking

your experience in interview-  Opinion based, more like a conversation, Many counter questions, almost no question from Civil engineering, 28-30 mins
Utility of mocks:

Chairman

1. – How cooking is your hobby?
2. – explain nature photography?
3. – Which camera and lens do you have?
4. – Which lens is preferred for bird photography?

Member 1

1. ( Lambi mucho wale sir, bit aggressive )
2. – Don’t you think you have denied budding civil engineer a chance?
3. – but you don’t have practical experience?
4. – Don’t you think US hegemonic liberal order is root cause behind the chaos and disorder we see in the world today?
5. – What lesson should India learn from the ukraine crisis? How should India engage with the USA?

Member 2

1. – Women safety issues in rajasthan?
2. – How will you ensure safety of women tourist?
3. – How to Elevate the status of women in rajasthan?
4. – Name any two bird century in India?

Member 3

1. – Suppose your friend comes to you for advice on crypto? Is it legal in India ?
2. – What are the reason for share market crash? Reason ? Implications on India?
3. – Monologue on tension with chinna, huge trade and FDI restrictions and put three questions altogether?  1. Should we stop trading with china?  2. Should we ban Chinese investment? 3. How shall we deal with china when there is tension on the border?
4. – Then why did we ban Chinese app?
5. – Can we trust china? Then how should we engage? How to resolve border issue ?

Member 4

1. – Water has been listed on the future market ? What are its implications?
2. – What two things you do for water security?
3. – What should india and you as a civil servant must do for water security?
4. – Barmer ? What is the relation of vedanta to the barmer ? Changes brought by vedanta in Barmer ?
5. – Some time back there was flood in barmer, what are the causes? How is it different from flood in other parts of the country ( flood came in 2006, barmer has desert topography)
6. – Problem of crude found in the barmer? What is the solution ?
7. – What are famous vegetable dish in barmer region?  What is so special about ker and sangri?
8. – What is the problem in the infrastructure sector? Why are we lagging behind?
9. – Suppose we have all timely clerance, money and no protest, why we are still lagging behind? ( He wanted me to say better project management)
10. Had many followup questions by all members
    

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Date of Interview: 5th April 2022
Board: TCA Anant
Hobbies: Theatre, Urdu Poetry, OTT
Home State: Uttar Pradesh
Optional: Statistics
Background: Graduate in Statistics from DU, PG in Statistics from IITB
Ex Associate Consultant KPMG

Members

1. You have been into corporate why do you wish to join civil services?
2. Serving public is only possible for the first few jobs , not all services will be so close to public. How would you do it in those services?
3. What kept you busy since 2018 apart from preparation?
4. Tell us your preference of services in the DAF?
5. You chose IFS as second preference. How would you apply statistics in IFS?
6. What is Indias stance on Ukraine crisis?
7. Why would the two parties accept India as a mediator?
8. Which are the countries mediating in the crisis presently?
9. Did you act or direct in theatre?
10. What are the two branches of culture?
11. What is the connection between tangible and intangible culture?
12. Your salary, academic record is excellent, you are over qualified for IAS. Why do you wish to join this? Is it for the glamour?
13. Everyone says we want to do public service. Why should we hire you? What is special in you?
14. Statistics can lead as well as mislead. What do you think about it? NCRB data is being misused any idea?
15. What is Moradabad famous for? Is the industry losing its strength? Is it causing some pollution?
16. Recite your favourite shayri couplet?
17. How will you use statistics in adminstration?
18. How will you ensure that data remains intact?
19. What is your opinion on the criminal procedure bill?
20. What do you think about Big Techs misusing the data?
21. How to protect the data from such Big Techs?
22. How did Cambridge Analytica “manipulate” elections in US? ( i used the word manipulation in this context)
23. Tell how will you ensure the well being of a backward place as a DM there?
24. Is there any scheme for housing in rural areas?
25. What is SECC? What is it used for?
26. What are the issues of women security? How will you prioritise these issues in order?
27. Do you know what is Panchayati raj? What do you think about it?

Overall okay experience. Questions were clear.

Advice: Read your DAF thoroughly and read only one Newspaper ( preferably IE) and revise the syllabus of polity, economy, environment on the topics you find floating in the daily news. For example, emergency in SL so read emergency provisions of India. IPCC report, so read Indias climate goals, difference between Adaptation Mitigation, Paris deal etc. RBI takes a stance, read the monetory policy tools. Connect the newspaper with Mains syllabus and brush up your knowledge with small bites of information. Also use data to substantiate your point .

Best of luck!

Source: Forum IAS

Date of Interview: 29/04/2022
Board: TCA Anant
Optional: Agriculture
Home State: Maharashtra

Chairman

1. meaning of ….
2. where ….flower is grown?
3. tell me about flower in detail
4. How many agroclimatic zones in Maharashtra?
5. tell me names
6. reasons for scarcity zone?
7. which crops grown under scarcity zone?
8. Which crops are grown in …. district?
9. Why sugarcane monocropping is predominant?

Member 1

1. Why floriculture is famous in Maharashtra?
2. why Europeans are sending back Indian flowers?
3. difference between petty corruption and political corruption?
4. Women empowerment ?  What are economic, social, political impacts?
5. in which state more women are breadwinners? Impacts?
6. meaning of Life

Member 2

1. famous book related to agriculture
2. which crop you can suggest for rabbi season?
3. Imadicloprid?
4. selective pesticide means ?
5. Humic acid chelation process?
6. purpose of neem coated urea?

Member 3

1. Green revolution starting year?
2. tell me about AGMARK
3. what do you understand about WTO – TRIPS and TRIMS
4. Critically evaluate MGNREGA?
5. tell me about corporate social responsibility?
6. what is the turnover limits for CSR?
7. What do you mean by technology transfer?

Member 4

1. Gulf cooperation council members?
2. what is purpose of GCC establishment and importance for India?
3. how much oil imported from gulf countries?
4. Yemen location?
5. UNCLOS means?
6. details about UNCLOS

Chairman – thank you,

Most of the questions were from areas discussed by Mahesh bhagvat sir. Thank you so much sir for your guidance

SOURCE: –  Forum IAS