Have these things in You?

i) Self Confidence ii) Interest iii) Motivation iv) Awareness v) Understanding vi) Good Health. These are the vital factors an SSB candidate should have. Belief in your own abilities. Performing a given task, under any given situation and in an unfamiliar situation is roughly called as having self-confidence. Your positive thoughts go a long way in developing your self-confidence. Positive thoughts, needless to say, help the individual to progress in life, negative thoughts lead one to destruction. Department of Psychological Research Institute Dimalpur at Delhi specially trains the Board of officers. Due to a large number of candidates applying for commission in the armed forces each year, to make way for deeper selection a new method of Pre-screening and Screening tests have been evolved in the recent times.

PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST QUESTIONNAIRE Dos and Donts @ SSB

SELF APPRAISAL WHAT TO FOLLOW Group Planning

INDIVIDUAL & GROUP TASKS Story Writing Tips SSB Interview

The Nature of Selection Tests: Under the present assessment techniques adopted by the S.S.B, the candidates are put thorough a series of tests such as IQ tests, Perception test, EKT (Engineering Knowledge Test), Group discussion. These form the part of Pre Screening and Screening tests. Only those candidates who qualify in the preliminary rounds are allowed to take the full SSB tests.

a) Psychological Tests b) Group Testing Officers tests c) Interview by Interviewing Officer.

What are the Candidates Tested For ? The candidates are examined and tested theoretically and practically for the assessment of Officers Like qualities.

Services Selection Centres Army: a) Bangalore, b) Bhopal, c) Allahabad Navy: Besides the above centers, Coimbatore is also one of the centers for selecting candidates for the NAVY. Air Force: a) Mysore, b) Varanasi, c) Dehradun Three Pronged Testing Three different officers subject each candidate to certain type of tests, which put together beings out the OLQ (officer Like Qualities), which the services are looking for.There are certain qualities which can be developed /strengthened by training and some of the qualities cannot be developed by training. Psychological Tests a) Intelligence tests consists of Verbal and Non-verbal tests b) Psychological tests to assess the personality of the candidates,these include:i) Word Association Test (WAT) ii) Thematic Appreciation Test (TAT) iii) Situation Reaction Test (SRT) iv) Self Description test Group Testing Officers Tests a) Indoor Tests i) Group Discussion ii) Group Planning

iii) Lecturing- Extempore speech b) Outdoor Tests. i) Group Tasks ii) Command Tasks iii) Individual Endurance Tasks Interviewing officers Test Personal interview by President/Deputy President. Stage - I 2. Pre Screening Tests a) OIRT (Officers Intelligence rating test) b) Perception tests ( A model) c) Group Discussion, which is followed by above, tests a few tips. Stage - II 3. Psychological tests i) Word Association Test ii) Situation Reaction Test iii) Thematic Appreciation Test iv) IQ Verbal Test v) IQ - Non Verbal test vi) PIQ Form Filling vii) Pen Picture writing a few tips viii) Practice tests 1 - 5 4. Group Testing Officers tests i) Tips to Tackle Group Discussion ii) Tips to Extempore Speech Making iii) Military planning Explanation and Sample iv) Tips to tackle Individual Obstacles v) Tips to tackle Group tasks and Command Tasks 5. Interview Dos and Don'ts