I would like to answer the first question which is what motivated me to appear for UPSC CSE.

First of all from my childhood my family told me that I had the dream of becoming an IAS officer,at that time I would only know about becoming a DM and not know anything about UPSC or the exam growing up I did develop interest in other career options the dream of becoming a civil servant stood up amongst all and that how I started to know about the exam and the more I read I realise that the value and ethics which this act of service demands I have those in me such as honesty, integrity, work ethics, transparency, accountability etc and I found myself more closer to this exam and I truly believe that this service has so much power to impact the society and my vision for life and country aligns with what is demanded from the civil servants and to understand the ground realities even more I completed my masters from Delhi school of social work in social work where I worked very closely with vulnerable communities, understood their real life issues tried to provide them as a social worker and this is how passionate I m to become a civil servant.