ssb procedure

8/3/2019 SSB Procedure

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REPORTING DAY ------------DAY 1

--Checking of documents and Call-Up letter and Candidates are assigned their Boards.

--Filling up of the FIRST Personal Information Questionnaire (PIQ) form.

--Assigning of Chest Nos.

SCREENING TESTS: ------------DAY 2

Filling up of the OIR(Officer Intelligence Rating) card.

1. Intelligence Quotients Tests (Written) (IQ):

-- Verbal Test (Basic Knowledge of English)

-- Non- Verbal Test (Basic Knowledge of Logical Maths and Numbers)

2. Picture Perception and Description Test:

--Write a story on a given picture:- describe the situation ,

characters,

what led to the situation,

a problem with a possible solution with no fantasies

3 major things,

---marking of a person/s in the picture with age(nearly as

that of yours),sex(same as yours),mood(+/-).


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--- write the action he is performing in the picture(what

you can see).

--- write a story on this action with a positive note,

easy/difficult problem where the main character is not

a cause but a remedy for the problem.

-- Narration of the story in front of the group one by one and the assessing officers viz.,one

interviewer, one psychologist, one GTO.

[Put your story forward with the best of your knowledge, fluency and command over

voice and

while narration or discussion never look at any of the assessing members, look at yourgroup].

--Discussion and drawing of a common story from the group.

Put your story forward with the best of your knowledge, fluency and command overvoice.

Never oppose anybody instead appreciate and give chances with a JOVIAL face.

In the whole span of time of about 15 mins. Even if you speak for 20-25 secs.continuously

and everyone listens to you quietly, YOU ARE IN. It is not necessary that you take astarting

gallop in the discussion, wait for the chance but not too long and when you take yourchance

make sure that everyone listens.

It is possible that your story may not be the group story but you should be with thegroup and

never make any amendments in the final story.

Wait for results after these tasks.


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SCREENING RESULTS:

--Interviews Starts in the Afternoon.

--Filling up of the SECOND Personal Information Questionnaire (PIQ) form.

--Assigning Of NEW Chest Nos.

ACTUAL SELECTION PROCESS STARTS:

3. Psychological Tests (Only Written Tests)(Why not Tasks?) -----------DAY 3

HAVE A GOOD HAND-WRITING AND PRESENTATION.

1. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)(Basic Confirmatory Test)

This test consists of writing story on pictures shown for a span of 30 sec. and write thestory in 4

mins. In a similar fashion 12 clips are shown out of which 11 have picture and 12 th oneis

blank(the story for this can be already made in advance).

Always make margins for the story on the psyche booklet test and keep it in presentableform.

The story should be POSITIVE, NOT Fantasy, Central character of a similar age andsex as that


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of the candidate. Central character should be a solution and not a cause for theproblem.

When no one in the picture seems to be the central character generate one and assumehis

presence. When view is clear and there is no blur in the picture write the story rightaway and

write some of the stories and blank story on your principle hobby.

The assessing officer should see some resemblance in your picture perception attitude

and your

PIQ (hobbies ,activities, NCC) and a spark of you bearing the Officer Like Qualities(OLQs). Never

imagine yourself as some women or an old person or anything else other than youyourself .Do

not describe the picture and story length must be 110-120 words. When all stories areseen at a

glance the whole artwork should be JAM-PACK. Do not give awards to the centralcharacter,

and give him an uncommon name. Never praise the character with direct adjectives likehe was a

leader and a courageous man, the quality should be seen from his action and deedsperformed

in the story.

Do not please anyone in the story and it should be socially and morally acceptable.

Divide the story in introduction, a mature situation/problem, multiple solutions,conclusion.


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The full duration of this task is 54mins.

2. Word Association Test (WAT)(Confirmatory Test)

In this test 60 words are flashed one by one at a time interval of 15 secs. In respect tothe 15

(OLQs)*4=60. And the candidate has to write an OBSERVATIONAL sentence on theword

and the thought that instantly comes to his mind on seeing the word in the 15 secs.itself.

NEVER WRITE: Proverbs, Negations, Advice, Wrong facts, Egoistic & Absurdsentences

ALWAYS WRITE: Observational sentences (try not to leave a blank).

A good piece of work should contain:

Advice 10-15

Egoistic 5-10

Proverbs 5-10

Wrong facts and absurd NIL

Negations NIL

Observational 40-25 (Best is to have 50 observational and balance rest)

Make sentences which have a high level of mature thought, grammatically andsemantically

correct and may or may not form a part in the sentence.


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Only write the first observational mature thought that comes to your mind when you sawtheword.

This task is completed in 15 mins.

A break of 10 mins. is given after this.

3. Situation Reaction Test (SRT)(Confirmatory Test)

This test contains 60 situations given in a booklet where 4 situations correspond to 1

OLQ.

Make it appear in a presentable form and never skip any situation as if you were notable to

respond to it.

Explain your reaction in 2-3 sentences precisely and to the satisfaction of assessingofficer.

On an average 45-55 situations can be attempted giving an appropriate response toyour

situation reaction.

About 30-45 mins. are assigned to this test.

4. Self-Description Test (SD)(Final Confirmatory Test) Interviews Starts in theAfternoon.


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The Self-Description test is a test which resembles the character of the candidate by theway he

puts himself in the format as provided by the assessor.

The format contain a descriptive passage by the candidate covering the points on howhis

1. parents

2. teachers

3. friends

4. and he himself think about him as a person.

Listen to the briefing by the psyche officer carefully as to what he wants in the content.

Go according to his instructions.

Write about yourself in 5 paras consisting of parents, teachers, friends, yourself andyour future

plans and strategies to overcome your shortcomings in the near future.

Include 2 positive and 2 negative points about yourself in each para except the last one.

Give solutions and remedies which you can attain and not anything that is permanentand not

correctable.


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This test is assigned 15-20 mins.

Interviews are held in the afternoon.

4. GROUP TESTING OFFICER

1: (Confirmatory Tests) -----------DAY 4

(Basically group activity testing day)

1. Group Discussion (GD)

It is an indoor group activity and assessed by a Group Testing Officer (GTO).

The GTO gives two topics out of which the first one has options and the second one iscompulsory.

In the first one, two current subjects are given to the candidates by the GTO from whichone is to be

chosen and that topic has to be discussed by the group for a span of 10-15 mins.

The second topic is compulsory and same time is allotted for this one also.

Speak on the subject on which you are quite confident and sure about it. Nevermisguide the group

with any fake statistics and absurd knowledge about the topic. Keep a brief idea of thecurrent events


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and the root cause of such problems, this will help in establishing a good base in thediscussion and

also help in enhancing your performance. Always start late in the discussion afterlistening to

some of the candidates and then put forward your own ORIGINAL point in the way thateveryone

revolves around your point and discuss it. If this is not possible then put up newcontributions to the

group .

Speak to the point which you yourself feel justified for and can explain it completely toothers

even if you are the only one to be at that point. If the group does not take you inparticipation even

then do not leave your point and never take another candidates point to elaborate andleave your own

point. In the whole affair keep yourself cool and have a jolly face, do not abuse othersand deny

anyones thoughts. If you like someones thought acclaim his thought and connect yourpoints to his

by some means. Keep giving new ideas after a proper thought over it andsimultaneously listening to.

the group also

Assigned time duration; 20-30 mins. Be JOLLY and PLEASANT overall.

2. Group Planning Exercise (GPE)


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This is also an indoor task where the group is given a situation which contains a set ofproblems and

the candidates are required to solve the problems one by one by using the givenresources and in a

fashion to solve the most problematic condition first or the one to which they are nearand then

approaching the other concerned problems.

On the briefing given by the GTO the candidate has to write his solutions on a sheet ofpaper.

As this is the only part of written task for the GTO keep it very organized, clean, curiosand

interesting for the GTO to read.

After this a discussion follows to chalk-out the most appropriate way to solve allproblems in

stipulated time.

Always keep the time and distance factor in mind and solve the problem to which youare near and the

one which are at a distance divide your group and use communication media asphones, lift on

highway etc., to reach the destination.

Do not make any amendments in the final group plan and be the one to give the groupplan to the

GTO.


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While writing your plan put them in points and a possible solution to each problem instipulated time

and not forgetting the distance factor.

Be the centre of discussion and be fluent and dominating in this activity as it gives ALLOLQs.

Allotted time 25-30 mins. Be JOLLY and PLEASANT overall and dont get angry atanyone.

3. Progressive Group Tasks (PGT)

This is the first ones of the various outdoor tasks.

Here a maximum of 3-4 continuous tasks are laid out which are to be crossed by the

whole group

with the assistance of helping material such as planks, ropes, some bamboos, a load formaking the job

tough and to generate the feeling of responsibility amongst the candidates.

Every task has to be completed and the other one to be started only when the wholegroup along with

the helping material have reached the end point of the previous task.

Always carry the helping material except the load and be the one to make and executeplans and


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solutions. Never dominate others ideas and if you feel that someone has a good planand not getting

executed then make it sure that it is done and do not sit idle without any remedies. Dontshout or

abuse others and do not let anyone do it to you even.

Listen to the GTOs instructions carefully and do not violate any rules. Use colloquia lterms instead

of the actual terms for the helping materials like plank= phalli,balli=bamboo/danda,rope=rassi,

load=dabba.

Keep the rules in your mind and keep reminding it to your friends by using the colloquialterms and

not the actual rule statement. Assigned time 20-30 mins.

Color Rule

Group Rule

Distance Rule

Rule of Rigidity Dont panic and keep SMILING.

4. Group Obstacle Race (Snake Race)

This is another outdoor task where the whole group has to compete against othergroups for reaching

the finish line in first position over a number of obstacles and an additional rope orsnake which has to


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be held by each member while traveling from one obstacle to another and held by aminimum number

on the obstacle as provided by the GTO.

Always try to have an initiative and hold the snake in front or last to guide the group. Tryand give

demo of whichever obstacle the GTO asks. Be the first one to cross any obstacle incase of violation

as guided by the GTO.

Give your full JOSH and listen to the briefing by GTO carefully. Never abuse anyoneand boost the

morale of your group by saying all sorts of JOSHFUL things.

In any way dont act dumb to any of the proceedings in any of the group tasks.

This activity is to test the ability of candidate in times of immense stress and his workingcapacity in

timebound situations. Keep your mind cool, body in full JOSH and go with the flowand with the

group.

Duration is about 30 mins. Keep SMILING as this will be a bit de-stressing for yourteam-mates.

5. Half Group Task (HGT)


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Another outdoor task similar to the Progressive Group Task but the group is divided into2 halves and

hence called so. Here also dont loose ground and give chances to someone who wasvery inert in the

above tasks to show your generosity.

Be in full command and have knowledge of your task to a very

fine perspective. The number of tasks maybe 1or 2-3. Make proper use of givenresources and your

knowledge and take concern of your team-mates. Ask them for suggestions but in a

way to approve

your own idea.

Be creative and look for a venture where nobody is looking. Take care of speaking as

this task is followed after Snake Race and your voice will be fully gone out of order.

Duration 10-15 mins. Remain JOLLY.

6. Lecturette

This is the last task of GTO 1 day and this is the most exhausting day.

This task can be considered outdoor but is actually a sitting indoor task..

The task means to delivering a small lecture on a topic to be selected from a chit onwhich 4 topics

are written (topmost= most difficult, next two= difficult and easy, last= easiest), for aspan of 3 mins.


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continuously and fluently only in ENGLISH.

Choose any of the topics but advised to select 2 or 3 for convenience.

Give a brief introduction , actual cause and nature of topic selected, deep maturethought over its

ascent over mankind, its +ve and -ve effects , a small example if possible to explainclearly yourperceived thought.

While giving your lecture, report your topic to the GTO and then proceed. Look into theeyes of

group members and not the GTO while giving lecturette

While preparing make sure you have taken the above points in consideration.

Make a prior preparation of one topic which you like in case that you cannot speak onany of the

topics given then ask for permission from GTO to talk on your topic.

Just before the actual task starts the GTO asks for a brief introduction of all candidatesone by one in

the following format,

NAME

FATHERS NAME

FATHERS OCCUPATION


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FAMILY BACKGROUND

SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION

CURRENTLY WHAT ARE YOU DOING

WHERE ARE YOU FROM and

HOBBIES

Cover all these points in 45 secs. and do not stumble anywhere, have a good profoundfluent voice,

Look at your friends and do not make any hand gestures. Limited hand gestures can bemade at the

time of lecture but not many.

Dont get tense and panic while delivering lecture instead keep a SMILING face..

Duration is per candidate = 3 mins, total about 30 -35 mins.

Interviews in the Afternoon.

5. GROUP TESTING OFFICER

2: (Individual performance day) -----------DAY 5

(Final Confirmatory Tests)

1. Individual Obstacles Tasks (IOT)

These outdoor tasks are carried out on the second day of GTO. Overall this is theindividual

performance assessing day for each candidate except the Final Group Task which is agroup task..


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The individual task consists of 10 obstacles laid in a typical fashion.

The 10 obstacles are numbered and the same marks are assigned to the respectivetask.

A minimum of all tasks should be performed in a span of 3 mins. and if time is left anyother task

can be gone over again.

It is not necessary to start the tasks from 1

st

, but it is left to the wish of the candidatewhere does he

want to start from.

Try to obtain 74 points ,that is, one round = 55 +9+10 = 74

The obstacles are

1. Difficult jump. (Jump over a small slide from the opposite side.)

2. Long jump. (jump across a 6 ft.* 3ft. drum.)


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3. Zig - Zag Balance (walk over a zig-zag balance and complete I and land properly.)

4. High Screen jump ( jump over a slide and over a screen placed on it and landproperly.)


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5. Burma bridge (walk across a structure of rope tied between two ends of postcarefully. Climb form

any side and climb down from other side.)

6.Tarzan swing ( While taking the leap fold your body and legs and leave the rope at theinstant where

you feel it would be accurate for you to jump and cross the line.)


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7. Monkey Jump (Climb on a big staircase structure and jump on the land safely.)

8. Double Ditch 8ft.*3ft. and 4ft.*3ft..(cross the 1st

ditch with the help of a rope and thesecond one

with ease ,just by proper leg work..)

9. Commando walk (walk from any side up and down from another, maintain balance..)


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10. Tiger leap (walk up a podium, leap and catch hold of a rope, count 1001,1002 andstart coming down, dont come rushing down , but do it step by step.).

The best way of doing this is to follow this sequence:

10, 9, 8, 4, 6, 7, 1, 2, 5, 3.

Or if not possible make circular arrangement on seeing the placement of obstacles atthe same day itself, but do it fast.

A prior practice of climbing and running is necessary to enhance your performance.

Duration 3 mins. per candidate, 35-40 mins. overall.

2. Command Task (CT)


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The command task is a task where every candidate is assigned a typical task accordingto his performance level and the degree of toughness depends on his prior performanceand ability to communicate with the group.

Every candidate is called one by one and the GTO has a pep-talk with him about hisongoing current activities and future plans etc. This task is alike the PGT but only onetask is given here and the candidate has to guide his way out of the task to reach theother end.

The candidate is allowed to call 2 of his colleagues as his helpers in the task .

The task is explained by the GTO and asked to proceed.

The first thing is to see what all is your helping material and where it can be placed.First see only for one solution and when sorted out GO for it. Meanwhile keep talkingabout your plan to your helpers and assign them some work, dont keep them idle.

When the GTO allows you to move ahead, you and one helper be the people to movekeeping forward.

Always make it sure that you, your helpers and helping material will get out the way youare about to follow.

Do not violate any rules which have been listed above in the PGT.

Single task, Duration: 10-15 mins.


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3. Final Group Task (FGT)

This also a PGT like task where the group again comes together to finish 1-2 tasks laiddown serially and all the rules are applied here. Generally the GTO does not assess anyperformance here but he may do it for some special cases.

Rest the rules are same and the amount of efforts to be given should not be less since itis the last task for the day and for the SSB, just in case some candidates may have theirinterviews in the afternoon.

NEVER VIOLATE ANY RULES, REMIND IT TO FELLOWCANDIDATES, KEEP YOURSELF COOL, JOLLY ANDSMILING.

WHILE GIVING ANY IDEAS LET THE PERSON FINISHWHO IS TALKING AND INTERRUPT ONLY WHEN THE

DISCUSSION IS GETTING MISGUIDED.

Last Spell of Interviews in the Afternoon.

INTERVIEWS:

Get to know the name and rank(if he is deputy prez or prez of the board) ofyour interviewer.


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Q. What is your name, meaning of your name, meaning of other membersnames in your family, compare yourself with them, name of place you comefrom, currently what are you doing?

Q. Family: How many members, since when living at the same place,description and sort of relationship with each member, closer to whom, whycloser, whom you admire. Compare yourself with any of your brother/s orsister/s. If alone what would you prefer to have an elder/youngerbrother/sister? Occupation of working members in the family, if you areworking what is your job profile, salary etc.

Q. Education: Institution where you had your education, since when, anyachievements, any responsible post held during your education at theinstitution, represented institution at what levels, subjects you liked most andthose you did not like at all, why, teachers you liked most and those which youdid not like at all, why (here include the teacher and subject till all these yearsof education and not only school), name and specialty of institution wherestudied and a brief description about it namely its location, crowd, cultural andother heritages it carries. What are you currently doing ,what are further

options (if not army),why,

Why ARMY, since when liked army?

Q. Friends: What type of friends you like, what type you do not like, wherehave you gone and where would you like to go with your friends, why arethese people your friends, describe your best friend, compare him with you(appearance ,height, texture, thinking, something common in both of you),their hobbies and interests, their way of living life and what do they want toachieve in life.


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Q. Why do you want to join the defense forces, if not defense other options,how did you come to the conclusion that you want to join the forces. Did youtry for NDA, why not succeeded? Why not proper efforts were given?

Q. Your hobbies and interests, how do you pass your time, which task did youfind most interesting in psyche and GTO series, which books have you read,why did you not score well enough in 12

thas you scored in 10

th, NCC

knowledge, Scouts, RSP, MCC, etc., knowledge.

Q. Your life in college, any memories, what is the difference between yourfriends at Pune and SSB center .If given chance what would you like to

change in Pune ( Geographical, economical, agricultural, tourism, traffic etc.)Compare your hometown and hometown friends with friends in Pune andPune as a place itself. Have you ever come before to the SSB centrepreviously. Which places did you visit at the SSB place

Q. Give 5 current national and international political news.

Q. Give 5 current national and international sports news.

Q. Some international matters, international organizations, their workingprocedure and a

good knowledge of your specialized subject.

Q. How would you organize a football match /hike/cycle race/ local festival/trek/swimming competition.

Q. Why were you weak in some specified sphere, how did you cope up with it.


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Q. Have you taken coaching, why, what sort of?

Give examples for any incidences that you are going to explain.

Speak in relevance to your Self-Description test and PIQ and do not givefakes.

Speaking is an art, whatever you speak give proper punctuations, gesturesand emotions as necessary in your speech

SPEAK CLEARLY AND MAINTAIN EYE CONTACT.

Hesitation at the time of answering will cause a bad impression, nevertell lies and give a full explanation of your family, friends, education,current life, future scope, and with an example for each.

OFFICER LIKE QUALITIES which they are looking for:

1. * Effective intelligence - head

2. REASONING ABILITY - head

3. ORGANISING ABILITY - HEAD


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4. POWER OF EXPRESSION - HEAD

5. * SOCIAL ADAPTIBILITY - HEART

6. *CO-OPERATION - HEART

7. *SENSE OF RESPOSIBILITY - HEART

8. INITIATIVE - GUT

9. SELF CONFIDENCE - GUT

10.SPEED OF DECISION - GUT

11. ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE GROUP - HEART

12. LIVELINESS - HEART

13. DETERMINATION - LEGS

14.*COURAGE - LEGS

15.*STAMINA - LEGS


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Note: * resembles that these qualities are inevitable and much more important than

the others.

6. CONFERENCE DAY: ------------DAY 6

---Deputy Presidents Talk and Brief description about the whole selectionprocedure and the listing of qualities they seek.

--- Individual Conference of each Candidate.(Here is the only place where thecandidate can see all the assessing officers, deputy president and thepresident of the respective SSB.)

7. RESULT(By any of the Psyche Officers.)

8. MEDICAL BOARD-------------DAY 7-14

--Candidates are recommended for the Medical Examinations at the MilitaryHospital (MH) for a period of about 6-7 days.)

--Assigning of Medical Board Chest Nos.

-- Medical Examinations


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9. MEDICAL CONFERENCE

--Candidates who are found fit by the Medical Board are SELECTED and restare given Temporary Rejections (TR) over some medical problems by theSpecial Medical Board, (SMB)

-- Those Candidates who are given TR are asked to appear for a AppealMedical Board (AMB) conducted by a nearby Command Hospital or BaseHospital and under the supervision of its Officials.

--If candidate is still found unfit after the findings of the SMB and AMB he canopt to appear for Review or Re-appeal Medical Board (RMB). Hence after thecandidate is not told about the result but it is conveyed to DGAFMS whoconveys it to ARMY HQ for further formalities. In case the candidate has beencleared from RMB he is been given the Joining Instructions otherwise he isdisqualified for that attempt.

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