Very warm and sincere greetings to all the defence aspirant here. I am HARSH SHEORAN and I got recommended for NDA-142 and TES-42. Well before starting the story let me tell you about myself, I Belong to Bhiwani, Haryana and presently pursuing BA from Kirorimal college, DU. So for me to join armed forces was very natural as my family legacy. My father isย retired as a ย JCO from Corps of engineer and myย brotherย is going to pass out from NDA this December Soย whatever I am writing isย ย based on the experience of two recommendations I haveย got,ย my brother and friends who got recommended with me and the success stories that I have read on SSBCRACK andย most important ,that I have learned in GEORGIANSย ACADEMY DELHI
Now until I got recommended, I used to read a lot of stories on SSBCrack, now I got recommended, I felt this it as a responsibility to write a story to continue the cycle.
Now the ssb procedure is divided into 5 days and 4 techniques
Screening
Psychology
Interview
GTO
Nowย inย screening, there are 4 parts
- A simple test of verbal and non-verbal questions
- Practice some question
- Usually not very tough, oneย with normalย IQ can easily do
STORY COMPREHEND
A picture is shown to us and we have to write a story around it, after that it is followed by narration and discussion. In my opinion, there are only 2 ways to write a story. The same approach will be there for writing TAT stories in PSYCHOLOGY.
- Try toย relate with you, your hobbies, yourย PIQโฆ.. for e.g
โif studying scene โฆ can relate with a quiz if u have done
โif outdoor hikingโฆtheย tripโ tour you have made in school or college
- Go with authority
It is not possibleย to write every story around u, so theย remaining stories can be handled by introducing authority and solving a problem ..for e.g
โ IAS officer onย solving agriculture crisis โฆ. If field scene.. farmers, solving theft and robbery cases, promoting clean India programme etc
โ ARMY officer, Medical officer etc as per the picture
The best part about authority stories is you can prepare them beforehand .
The main concept behind writing stories is that after reading 12 stories of TAT the psychologist must know everything about you ( when u relate stories with PIQ) and how better you can plan and organise.
Now someย points
- Do not write character name as Ram/Shyam instead of it write the name of your friends.
- Observe theย picture fully โฆโฆ.if it is KUTUB MINAR do not write EIFFEL TOWER i.e no preoccupied thoughts
- Show the working part more i.e planning and organization.
- Have some stories prepared beforehand โฆauthorities and related to your PIQ.
NARRATION
- Revise it again and again .. u will get enough time before the narration
- Speak confidentially, loud and slow
- Have a smile
- Neatly dressed
GROUP DISCUSSION
- If it is going to be fish market then you have two choices
โraise a voice, shout to control and direct the group, appreciate the stories of others by calling the chest number,
ย As you do this you will automatically get the support of them
โput your points calmly try your best and if still there is no coordination then itโs better to sit calm and composed
Its all about screening
INTERVIEW
The interview is one of the easiest technique of SSB. Itโs one to one conversation with officer usually with a rank of Colonel. If you prepare it well you can tackle it easily.
In both ย my recommendations my interview was of 15-20 minutes (I donโt know whyโฆbut good for me)
Now must ย things for interview
โBe as neatly dressed ย as you can, your dressing style ย should speak for you
โwhatever be the situation always have a smile on face
Now I am writing the possible question that canย be asked by breaking the PIQ
1.Meaning of your name ,justify it
2. Train details of which youย can coming like ย train number states it passed, what you did during your journey, total distance and avg speed
*if you going by flight be ready for Bernoulli Theorem
3.The good and bad things about three places i.e your permanent address, present address, and the place where you have lived the most and the comparison between them
4. Strength and weakness of each of the family member and incident to prove them
5. if I met with your mother/father/brother/sister/best friend what he will tell about you to me
6. Now some related to your education
<Tell me the percentage from 8th to 12th> < the exams u have appeared> <best and worst subject/teacher with reason > <if you scored less than why ><unit conversions><if u have changed your school/stream than why>
7.bestย and worstย day/friend with reason
8. One thing u want to improve in your best friend and one thing your best friend wants to improve in you
9 Analyze your psychology test โฆ..IO sees that and canย ask question โฆ..sometime you realize that why he asked me that question โฆ.the origin of such question is from your psychology dozier
10 Daily routine on normal days and how it is different from Sunday
11 how u organize your pocket money
12 Information about your fatherโs profession, his earnings
13 Every minute ย detail about ย your sports, hobbies, and CCA activities that u have mentioned in PIQ
14 Why u want to join ARMY/NAVY/AIRFORCE โฆ..Recent deals of armed forces, organization of armed forces, ranks, structure etc
15ย Tell me about 5 internationalย /national/sports news โฆ. Its always good if u remain in touch of newspaper
16 Why u did not get recommended in last attempt, how you prepared this time, what will u do if you did not get recommended this time too
17 Some technical questions โฆ.hydrodynamics and hydrofluidsโฆ. Bernouli theormand its application ,pascals law, archemedies principal , concept of torque , how fan rotates ,how boat and works
18 How will you organize any sport ot CCA event
IF YOU PREPARE ALL THESE questions, CHEERS 95 % OF INTERVIEW IS OUT
The interview is all about how good you know about yourself, how you observe things and how u make an opinion about them.
If u thinks that u have not done so well in academics, sports, CCA, and in responsibilities than best thing one can do is to START WITH TRUTH AND AND UP WITH LIE. Itโs deep trying to understand
The most important thing in SSB ย is psychology. If you get an edge OVER ย it half of the battle is won to improve psych improve urself in daily life. There are four techniques in psych
1 TAT
In this, you have a story on 12 photos โฆand the concept of story writing is explained earlier.
2 WAT
In this test, you have to write a sentence on 60 words.ย Things to keep in mind are โฆ.go with the feelings, you do not need to include the word in a sentence, practice some set before SSB
3 SRT
In this test, one has to write a response to 60 situations โฆ.things to keep in mind
- Quality > quantity. If u have done anything above 30 its fair enough, provided u have written a quality response
- Read the situation calmly and complete โฆdo not try to rush
- For the best solution try to put urself in the same situation in reality and how you would have reacted
- Do not skip and SRT
4 SELF DESCRIPTION
In this test, we have described ourselves as the name suggest. We have to write five paragraphs under headingโฆwhat is the opinion your parents /teachers/friends/yourself about youย and what kind of person you want to be like
GTO
This is the test in which you can do extremely well if uย coordinate well with the group.ย A little knowledge and true gentlemen behaviour will sail you through it.
FOR GD
- Read the newspaper and u will have enough points to speak about
- Be calm, composed and complete relaxโฆ donโt show that you are desperate for speaking
- Listen to others genuinely
- Do not cut others point
- Do not get in one to one argument
- There comes a time for 3to4 seconds when the whole group quite, grab that opportunity and put your point
For GPE
- Understand the structure well
- First discuss the problems according to priority wise, then discuss resources and then solution part
- Listen to point of all
- Raise your voice if u thinks it is going to be a fish market and provide direction to the group.
In this activity, we have to choose a topic over 4 and speak for 3 minutes.ย Itโs good if topics come of your interest otherwise pick a normal topic and organize it well. try to connect it with normal day to day life and connect it with the latest happenings. The main thing they check is your confidence and how well u organize it with limited knowledge. Stand confident, make eye contact, speak loud and slow and have pitch variation.
NOW FOR REMAINING ACTIVITIES OF GTO, ITโS A GAME, the more u enjoy the more you are going to get. One can not do all the things in PGT, HGT, FGT, SNAKE RACE. So understand ur group, appreciate others and coordinate as much as you can.
CONFERENCE
- Analyze your performance genuinely.
- Dress up well and keep a smile.
- Speak confidently
- Relax ..you have done already what could be done.
JAI HIND