Congratulations to all those who have cleared CDS exam, and to those who couldn’t make it, there is always a next time. Now a question must be popping up in your mind that what next after clearing the written exam, this article is for those of you. If you know the CDS exam pattern then you must be aware that this is a two stage exam, hence the bigger part of testing is yet to begin. So in short after clearing the CDS exam written it’s time now to preparefor the SSB. SSB is a procedure to test not only a person’s knowledge but also the whole personality.
Hence here are a few things that you can do after you have cleared the CDS exam:
- Complete all the documents required: Look up for the documents required in general and try to gather them all, even the Xeroxes and attested copies pile them up and keep them together so that when you are packing up finally for the SSB then you have everything with you. This will save you from last moment tensions.
- Open a book or two: You can start reading about the general things and different varieties of topics for your lecturette and Group Discussion. The topics for the same you can get from our website. You can read from a good essay book or other types of magazines. You can also practice for OIR test by doing some reasoning questions from competitive books.
- Time your writing: Start timing your writing by practicing for Psychological tests, because writing speed is very important for this test.
- Work on your speaking skills: You can do so by practicing a lecturette every day. This will give you an idea about your voice tone and speed of speaking, as well as give you an awareness of the 3 minutes time. Doing this will also increase your confidence level and increase your knowledge.
- Start doing some jogging/running: Overall physical fitness is also necessary for SSB as you are required to do some physical tasks. Hence start maintain a good and healthy lifestyle by doing some light exercise and/or some running or jogging to keep up your stamina. Doing so will also improve your posture and way of walking a lot and fill you up with confidence.
- Gather awareness: This will include awareness about self and also about current affairs happening in national and international sphere. You are required to know about strength weakness of yourself, family, friends and also details about work of your closed ones. In the Current affairs section you are required to be updated about the recent happening and how they are affecting India, if they are affecting at all.
- Gather Service awareness: Read about the recent procurements, plans of advancements in the service you have applied for, i.e. Army, Navy and Airforce.
- Join a Coaching class: Of course this is not a must but for those of you are looking forward to join a coaching the right time to do so is now. Hence find a coaching which caters your requirements and suitability and join it now.
- Regularly visit SSBCrack: Well in order to stay updated about the SSB dates and other things this is a must isn’t it?
- Prepare for the upcoming CDS: One more important thing to do is to prepare for the upcoming CDS exam. Of-course it applies to those you were eligible to fill the form (Age wise).
Also Read
- Tips for CDS 2014 Written Exam
- Best CDS Exam Books for Preparation
- CDS 1 2014 Exam Pattern
- CDS 1 2014 Syllabus
Tashi Mishra, Editorial Team
She is a defense aspirant from Varanasi completed her BCA. She has attended SSB Interview at 1 AFSB Dehradoon and has more SSB coming up. She is confident about joining Defence Forces one day. Here, she is sharing her views and experience. Mail us to join our editorial team now.
