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.
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
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