UPSC Interview Transcript
Name: Normal Guy🫣
Board: Dinesh Dasa Sir
Date: 07/02/2025
Related Keywords: Mathematics, Mechanical, NSS, AINA society
Chairperson
1). How are you feeling today
2). M1: aapko drr nhi lagta ki agar selection nhi hua to kya hoga?
Then chairperson again
3). He said you are working in CBIC and in Ahmedabad..I am also from Ahmedabad, have you heard about me while working in Ahmedabad
..maahol thoda hasi majak ka ho gya tha then
4). Then he said that there is an article published in The Nature Magzine on applied mathematics and students are more towards problem solving and not towards learning
.. question was of around 150- 170 words and I was patiently listening
5). Why southern states students are more good in Mathematics while there is priority of Engineering in North
6). Historically there are multiple old universities like Nalanda, Taxila in North.. question related to this
..and some more counter questions
..after this chairperson started walking in the room behind my chair, I started focussing on other members
M1)
1. Tell me what do you mean by communication
2. Then she asked about verbal and non verbal communication
3. Why your hands on your legs, is this you learnt from coaching?
4. Use of hands in non-verbal communication
5. Most important parts of verbal and formal communication
6. How you communicate to elder specially parents?
.. and some more counter questions
M2:
1. You are from IIT Delhi, mechanical engineering and must have done coaching because it is almost impossible to select without coaching. So, Have you taken any coaching for IIT preparation?
2. You have good command over engineering, then why you are coming towards civil services
3. Reason to join civil services
4. What social activities you did in college
5. What is AINA society
6. Initiatives taken under AINA society and some counter questions on this
M3).
1. Tell me about Hybrid car
2. Tell me on different driving cycle
3. India's future in hybrid and electric vehicle
4. Asked about Regenerative braking system
5. What project you have done as B.Tech Project
6. You have done such a good project, if you tried you would definitely collaborate with any big companies and got fame on large scale, then why didn't you?
7. So, as you chose career towards civil services, your project must be wasted.. then I explained why it was not wasted
8. Asked more on AINA society of IIT Delhi, are you still part of this, how they got funding
9. Then he asked some questions on compound interest
10. How to calculate compound interest on 8 Months period basis, rather than yearly
11. Then he asked a question to calculate compound interest
12. Then he started asking a mathematical question related to chess, but in between he just asked how many squares are there in chess?
13. I told 204, then everyone was surprised that how? I explained that.
M4)
1. Tell me what you have done in NSS
2. Asked about Blood Donation
3. Why certain people shouldn't allow to donate blood
4. Types of blood
Then at that time chairperson came back to his chair and said your interview is over. If you want to asked anything, you can ask
I said No
Then He said Thankyou very much
I have given 11 panel mocks, most favourite ones were of Samkalp, Chanakya and Vajirao & Reddy.
Apart from this, gave 12-15 one to one mocks & discussions, favorites are of Career Quest & IASBaba.
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