Hello Friends, I am Arpitkumar H. Yadav from Nashik, Maharashtra. I am currently pursuing my BE in Mechanical Engineering from KK Wagh College, Nashik.
I got recommended in SSB Interview in First attempt from Selection Centre, Allahabad in 2nd week of Jan 2016. I have got temporary rejection due to being dental unfit because of insufficient anterior dental points, but then also getting recommended through SSB is a big achievement for me.
Friends, I had first referred to ssbcrack.com book site where I got lot of information and success stories of candidates. This helped me in concentrating on various aspects of preparation. This site gives very good details and tips from the experiences of the ‘Recommended’ candidates, which are immensely beneficial. The ssbcrack.com site is an extremely valuable site in getting your bearing right. It also improves your inspiration and the ‘Resolve’ to do well at the SSB.
My Board was 14 SSB, batch No- CUES-71735 from 07 to 11 Jan, and roll No 657493. I had taken SSB Interview training from Brigadier (retd) Harish Chande Sir at Nashik. Whatever I have achieved was all because of his scientific and focused coaching, and the overall PD he did for me; without which it was just a dream. He developed my total aptitude for the SSB interview, level of intelligence & reasoning, personality skills, GK & General Awareness including technology and equipment knowledge and also sharpened my ability to take on various tests at the SSB. He built up my attitude and values which are vital to do well in a competitive group. Brigadier Chande sir was Ex-President of SSB, Director Recruiting, Sr Interviewing Officer and Sr GTO. His contact No is 09272225698 and email is [email protected].
I have attached few photos which will help to motivate. You are also welcome to interact with me on my email ID [email protected]. My contact No is 8055368230 Friends, I wish you great luck in your attempt.
For the first time since 1950, a foreign army contingent will march down the Rajpath during the Republic Day parade. The 35th Infantry Regiment of 7th Armoured Brigade has been practicing for the parade after it participated in an eight-day joint exercise of Indian and French troops from 8 January.
Army dogs to march after 26 years:
One of the major attractions this year which has already grabbed a lot of attention and raised the enthusiasm of people is that Indian Army dogs will march down the Rajpath on Tuesday after 26 long years.
The Army has selected 36 dogs out of total 1,200 Labradors and German Shepherds for the event. These canines are trained in jobs like detection of explosives, guarding, assaulting, etc., and play a vital role in saving lives of the soldiers at various occasions.
Shorter and crispier this time:
The celebration this year will be 25 minute shorter than usual. The duration has been brought down to 90 minutes from 115 minutes, but the format will remain the same.
First time an All-women stunt contingent:
The army jawans performing stunts on bikes are a major attraction during the parade and this year for the first time, an all-women stunt contingent will also be performing during the event. Reportedly, the contingent named ‘Women Daredevils CRPF’ comprising of 120 soldiers will showcase their skill this year.
The last year’s parade saw Chief Guest Barack Obama and Michelle Obama holding umbrellas to protect them from the drizzle at the Republic Day parade event. This year, the VVIP enclosure will have a motorized glass roof so as to protect them from rain and cold weather.
The Delhi Police has also made strict arrangement to ensure security of people in various parts of the city on Tuesday. A specialized Wireless Integrated Public Address (WIPA) system has been set up at 31 crowded places and 13 metro stations. Through this system, the announcements made centrally from a police station will be heard at all desired locations.
Hi guys I am Vijayshan Singh, final year student of NIT Bhopal, unsatisfied with the current uninteresting work culture I decided to resume my old dream of joining forces, applied for UES Navy pilot, cleared first round, call letter received on 7th December, left GATE preparation in the midst, left for Bangalore to report on 11th Jan and bang thought I made a big mistake seeing the number of candidates who reported it was 219! Keeping some confidence in myself continued my journey. Next day 12th Jan screening started, we were shown a picture in which a woman was looking out of a balcony to a car. I made a story that she is a mechanical engineer and she is doing a project on movement of cars, many guys wrote very negative and strange stories which I should not discuss because it may affect your decision making while attempting the same. Then the result was announced after 3 hours of senseless waiting at around 3 pm. One by one chest numbers were announced, 11, 104 ….. random sequence after 50 candidates got their chest numbers I thought I did something wrong and not going to make it, but wait the story does not end there they went to 56 then the commander shouted 114 yes it was me 1st person to get screened in , it was the weirdest feeling ever, what to do be sad, be happy, l cherished the moment and got my chest number. The accommodation had 8 beds per room so I was given a separate room of my own with 7 empty beds, but mingled with guys really fast the same night I got 5 guys in room playing carom ! I don’t know what guys loved my humor or liveliness but the number grew and caretaker scolded me for causing too much chaos and noise. Next day was psychology tests, I practiced few things at home when I reached there I started writing stories on my friends which were close to every detail. I attempted 43 SRTs because I was trying to be precise and thoughtful and 60 WATS because I made factual sentences and didn’t left any word. We were free in the noon, had average mess food, went to room and discovered we can play volleyball too and joined the group had fun. Many people were in the room trying to cook their responses and fool assessors not having fun but in the end the guys who got recommended were genuine.
Next day I had my interview wore my lucky black tie given by my dad who he use to wear in kumaon regiment wore a shabby old coat, guys made fun of me but it was okay I made fun of them already. The interviewer started with normal question told me to describe your journey in 5 sentences from Bhopal to Bangalore. Then my name etc and after he started interview I was at ease and was responding everything point to point and truth, he asked tremendous details like what my grandfather did in BHEL etc. He mainly concentrated on my family and ability to plan. I forgot many questions in rapid fire I humbly asked him to repeat and sometimes asked him to give me 1 minute to think for the answers because replying before thinking can backfire. He was very supportive and I aced my interview.
Next my GTO started had good GDs then average GPE, in PGT in suggested ideas and helped everyone, similar in HGT and FGT, in snake race we decided that I’ll be the first to lead and climb obstacles and everyone would support me, everyone agreed had best race, I made our war cry the funniest even GTO laughed I proposed “BAHUBALI” as our war cry and it was really fun shouting bahubali in 12 ssb Bangalore. In Individual obstacles I was sure I can do more that 7 easily but made a big blunder as GTO sounded whistle I stood in front of him not in front of the obstacle because I didn’t listen to his briefing carefully, then I improvised started jumping in front of him he was like what is he trying to do, I jumped and jumped and jumped as he whistled again I ran and jumped over the screen jump obstacle to negate previous blunder, as I attempted tiger jump I injured myself and after obstacles I started walking since the time was over, but GTO called me and said attempt the 2 ditch jump that is obstacle number 8, he saw the blood but still, I went and again did a blunder held rope from red area he shouted again I made a blunder holding it from front then he shouted “bloody run and hold” I ran held rope crossed in one attempt. In command task I pitched in ideas before the actual task so that everyone would can complete it because I did coaching for 8 days. Everyone was influenced and I was called 4 times in a group of 7. One guy who called me didn’t ordered anything and ordered me to jump and sit on the next pole like stand, I followed orders and fell 2 times GTO was laughing I was like see the blood in my hand doing IO ! Well in the end, I whispered him the idea he completed his task.
I am chest No. 5
In my lecturette as I was last 57, I forgot to pick up the card for topics, but my good friend poked me to pick the card. I got less time to prepare, I chose “smart cities can support modern growth or not” I mentioned about modi’s smart city campaign and the GTO was flattered.
GTO ended happily.
Next day was conference I knew everything is sealed and I have been myself past these 4 days and had lot of fun with my friends. I was confident but still the butterfly in the stomach was not calm. I wore my black tie and same coat went to conference, they asked about stay, rate yourself etc, and thank you seeing everyone in their uniform was the best experience.
After an hour the results were announced again this time, my chest number was called around 3rd last, my friend 56 also got recommended so does 51 and so does 13 and all….:P. Eleven of us got recommended which is a record this year at 12 SSB.
Revealed: Siachen tells the story of the Siachen Glacier and the challenges faced by the Indian soldier while on duty there. The main focus is the Indian Army operations on land and in air under the still continuing Operation Meghdoot.
The story unfolds through the eyes of Major Amit Aukta – a new inductee, Capt Deepshikha Pandey from the Army Medical Corps, Major Vikalp Sharma from the Army Aviation Corps and Col Hariharan, Base Commander at the Siachen Base Camp.
Military training at the Transit Camp in Leh is followed by the rigours of acclimatization and high altitude warfare at the Siachen Battle School near the base of the Siachen glacier. Soldiers then trek to the glacier, where army posts exist at altitudes of over 21,000 feet. The Army Aviation Corps and the Army Medical Corps are key elements in supporting day to day operations at the glacier.
The show travels with Indian officers and soldiers, to understand the logistics and intricacies they face during the course of serving at the Siachen glacier.
Revealed Siachen, coming soon on Discovery Channel.
CDS examination is approaching day by day and aspirants are dissolving their mind in practicing and fighting the competition. The exam is scheduled on 14th February and a few weeks are left now. Admit cards are about to get uploaded. Now, aspirants need to work hard smartly to clear the examination. So here we are having some point or tips to perform well in upcoming CDS examination.
Read newspaper – Newspaper is the most valuable source of knowledge that hardly affects monthly expenses. CDS aspirants, who have problem in attempting English paper in CDS, should read newspaper to make hold over English, vocabulary and general awareness. Mostly preferred newspaper is The Times of India or Hindustan times can be opted as an alternate. It is not necessary to read the entire newspaper as it will take more time. The correct way to read the newspaper is to firstly go through the newspaper and check the important news that are of your use. Then read them and reading the editorial page of newspaper will luster your knowledge because each article gives a summary of specific news with previous happenings garnished with good vocabulary.
Maths is all about practice – Syllabus of maths is not so wide and an aspirant having optimum expertise in maths of 6th to 10th standard can give good results in maths. Air force aspirants are advised to give best in maths as well as in English to get score beyond the cut-off. These two papers are scoring and aspirants can reach high cut-off of the air force. Navy and army aspirants should perform well in maths also due to sectional passing criteria in this examination.
Go through current affairs of previous months – Current affairs knowledge is the most crucial part of the examination. The 2nd paper of CDS that constitutes general knowledge and current affairs. The questions asked in CDS are of two types. Some are directly asked questions which have a question with four options and another type is the statement type question where some statements are given and the options will have the statement numbers which are either correct or incorrect. Out of these, the latter need deep knowledge due to the high probability of answering wrong. Mostly asked questions are from current affairs of last 4-5 month. SSBCrack has special e-books of current affairs for CDS aspirants.
Brush up knowledge of your subjects –GK section of CDS examination has a combination of current affairs and subjective knowledge of science, commerce and arts. Having sufficient knowledge of your stream and subjects can increase your GK marks. G.K. Is the most feared section of CDS due to wide syllabus and mind wrecking question pattern. So pay attention to it.
Practice papers and previous papers – To get the final performance status, aspirants must go through the previous examination papers or sample papers which will give you the idea of how to attempt the paper and the strategy to solve it considering the time limit.
Avoid gambling on questions – Some aspirants tick answers randomly when they face the hard pattern of questions. The negative marking scheme takes them down. It is advised to all aspirants to avoid answering questions that are out of your mind. It slides down your chances of clearing examination as well as golden chance to join Indian Armed Forces.
SSB interview, it is the simplest but confusing part of SSB where candidates find it hard to answer the basic simple questions in a right and required way. From the beginning to the ending, it’s the suspense that exists in the interview and after it. Some questions are always encountered in the interview which makes mind confused and candidates answer them in an unexpected way. Below are some questions which usually get in front of candidates.
Do you have any Girlfriend/ Boyfriend?
Generally, candidates find themselves in a trap when they are asked about their girlfriend or any best female friend. It is just an informative question and Interviewing Officers want to analyse your concentration and dedication toward aim or future plans. Whenever you are asked about these kinds of questions, who need to stay firm on your ground by saying that you have many female friends and don’t have any girlfriend. Your future plans are more important at this time. Avoid revealing about yourself to stay away from extra questions
Your marks/ percentage have an irregular pattern. Why?
Ups and downs in marks in 10th, 10+2 and graduation is the most asked question and generally makes candidates a bit answerless to some extent. If you have a progressive pattern then you will be asked about the efforts you have made to increase the percentage, if your marks are digressive then you will be probed for the reason behind it. And a candidate with consistent performance is rarely questioned about it.
What if you not get selected this time?
Candidates who show their extreme inclination toward armed forces are asked what they will do in cases they get conference out this time. Now some candidates still show their sticky nature and replies to attempt SSB again and again till he got recommended. This shows your time wastage and passive aim. You have to show your alternate plan for future as nobody can depend on SSB for a long time following the eligibility pattern of entries. So explain your alternate aim along with your interest in the armed forces.
Why you selected outdoor games rather than indoor games?
Candidates always mention outdoor games in PIQ form. Few candidates mention some indoor games. When asked about choosing outdoor games rather than indoor games, candidates may answer about the qualities they learn from outdoor games like cooperation, a group working, stamina improvement and others as per your sports.
This question takes down many candidates. While answering this question, some candidates prefer father and some prefer mother. Complete biasing toward anyone is not right. The candidate should answer preferring both equally by depicting their qualities. Children of military personnel may show their slight inclination toward mother due to father’s tough duty schedule.
Why got rejected last time?
This question can spoil your game and is specially framed for repeaters. Candidates need to avoid bushing around and bluffing. Give a reason that is acceptable like weak communication skill, slow or bad writing or any other genuine reason.
A situation to check qualities.
To check one’s capability or decision making, the Interviewing Officer sometimes asked situation that occurs rarely. One- to- many situations, situations with no resources nearby, multiple tasks at any instance etc. Candidates must answer them as per their qualities (stamina, decision making). Mostly one to one situation is can be tackled using physical stamina. But one- to- many has to be used using resources. Similarly, in a resources situation, the candidate must think practically rather than responding irrelevantly.
Everyone knows that the military life is quite different than the normal, civil life. The work profile is different, the working conditions are different and pretty much everything is completely distinct to the civil life. So it’s pretty obvious that the fauji kids must also be different to the civil kids. They have a different personality altogether. You can easily identify a fauji kid when you see one. The reasons maybe many but the one which is most influential is that they are brought up in a completely different style and way. So, they might have certain things which are common among them.
Uniforms!
This is THE most common thing for fauji kids. Since the time we are born, we’ve seen our fathers/ mothers in uniforms. We see our parents’ seniors and juniors in uniforms from time to time and it’s all very natural for us. We don’t just see the uniform, we can instantly tell the Arms/Services and the Rank of the Armed Forces Personnel.
Changing schools.
This is the inevitable part of being a fauji kid. Every 2-3 years we have to change our schools, as our parents get posted elsewhere. I know a lot of people who crib about this aspect but I (being a fauji kid myself) love it! You get to see new places, (some of which sound alien to the civil children!), make new friends and gain more exposure.
We go on for days, maybe weeks without talking to ours fathers.
Every fauji kid must have at least once found themselves in this situation. We don’t get the chance to talk to our fathers or mothers for days, which might turn into weeks simply because our fathers are posted in a place where network is a big issue or when they have to go on Temporary Duties (TDs) on a short notice or maybe because they are in the middle of an ambush somewhere.
The Cantt Life.
As fauji kids, we really become so comfortable with our lives in the army cantonments. Not to brag but, the cantonment is the most scenic and beautiful place of any station! (Seriously it is.)
The ‘where are you from’ question.
This is a tough one. Every time someone asks a fauji kid this question, I’m sure they can’t quite figure out what to say. I remember that someone had asked the same question to a friend of mine and this is what she answered- ‘well you know, I’ve been living in Delhi for the past 6 years, though I was in Meerut earlier. My father is posted in Agra currently, my hometown is in Bangalore.’ So really, there isn’t a fixed answer.
The reaction we get when we say our fathers are in the Armed Forces.
This is again a common one. In a normal conversation whenever someone asks this question to any fauji kid, the answer to it literally amazes people. When I would tell people that my parents are in the Army, they would be like, ‘really?’ ‘Wow’, ‘how cool’.
Most of the cities have a personal significance for us.
Since the Fauji families have to move around a lot, every fauji kid has at least one significant memory of every station that they’ve been to. The cities on the map each have a story to tell.
8. Heroism is a part of our lives. The impressive guests who drop by the house to visit, the amazing people their parents get to tell them about, the larger-than-life people and incredible stories of acts of valour are so common to fauji kids.
Home is where the Armed Forces send you. There is no clear definition of a home. It’s not static. It’s not permanent. Being with your father, mother and siblings is what home is for the fauji kids.
Our mothers play dual roles.
When the fauji fathers aren’t around, the mothers not only have to take care of the children but also compensate for the absence of the fathers. In my opinion, the fauji kids have the strongest mothers in the whole world.
The mess parties!
Every fauji kid has been to at least one of these. The aunties and uncles talking about topics that you wouldn’t get to hear anywhere else. The Army Band playing songs, uncle and aunties singing, children sitting in one room glued to the television!
The Pride.
Yes, we don’t get to see our fathers often. We don’t get to spend time with them. We move from place to place like nomads, but despite of all this, we are proud to be fauji kids. The pride is something that is innately within us. We are proud of our fathers, for what they do. We are proud of our mothers who remain so strong, always. And we are proud of ourselves.
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”- Theodore Roosevelt
The word confidence, in the simplest of words, means having the belief or faith in something. When we talk about self -confidence, we basically are referring to our self- efficacy. It is the belief that an individual has about himself/ herself, that they can perform a certain task efficiently. Come to think of it, being confident and having a high self -efficacy and positive self -esteem is highly important in order to live a fully satisfying life. If you are a confident individual and ooze positive energy about yourself, it makes others to evaluate you in a favourable manner. You are more likely to be judged and evaluated better if you see yourself in a positive manner.
Think about any one episode of your life in which you were highly nervous and anxious. It could be an impromptu speech, a dance performance or an interview. Coming to the interviews, we all know how much anxiety an interview or an interactive session (which pretty much decides your future) can evoke. Imagine yourself sitting outside the IO’s room or the Conference Room. Your feelings are literally at the extremes. You either feel numb, or you go through mixed emotions. You’ll end up feeling nervous, excited, anxious, scared, joyous, all at the same time. Sitting outside the interview room, it’ll probably hit you that this is the moment that you’ve waited for so long. You wouldn’t really want all the anxiety and the apprehension to just ruin it all for you, would you?
A confident candidate is any day likely to do better than a candidate who is unsure of himself/herself. From the moment you walk into the Interview Room, each fibre of your body should scream that you are confident and sure of yourself. Don’t forget that it’s one of the Officer Like Qualities (OLQs). You may be well versed with the current affairs, you might be very knowledgeable and you might handle stress situations very nicely as well, but if you aren’t confident of yourself will you be able to do justice to all the qualities that you have? No.
Therefore, I’m suggesting some tricks that you can use while you wait for your interview to start!
Stop Thinking Too Much.
It’s finally come down to the moment that every Defence Aspirant waits for, your interview, which gives you the chance to express yourself and to convince the authorities that yes “I have it in me”. So just stop over thinking. One of the biggest reasons why people fail to feel and be confident is their fear of thinking of the ‘what ifs’. Don’t make the situation more complicated for yourself by dwelling in such thoughts.
Work on your Non-Verbal Communication. 93% of the communication between humans occurs through means of non -verbal communication. Your words only comprise of 7% of the total communication. So I hope you realise how important it is to focus and to work on your gestures and postures. From the moment you enter the room, till the time you move out of the door, The IO is observing your body language. There should be congruence between what you say and what your body says.
Think happy thoughts. While you are sitting outside and waiting for your interview to start think about the happy moments and memories that you have about yourself and your loved ones. It could be a day out with your family, a trip with your friends, a conversation with your teacher or time spent with your pet. Anything. Think about whatever makes you happy. In doing so, the level of your stress hormones decreases and you start to better and positive.
Superman Pose.
Research says that standing in a superman pose before doing anything significant and important helps you feel better and confident about yourself. The superman pose causes a decrease in cortisol level of 25%. So 10 minutes before your interview starts, go somewhere private and for 2 minutes stand in the superman pose. Be self-assured.
Go back to the last time you felt confident.
Think of the last event in your life in which you felt really confident about yourself. Mentally go back to that event and try to recall your emotions and feelings at that point of time. Try to remember how much relieved and happy you were after the completion of that particular task. Try to feel the same emotions and feelings and you’ll end up becoming more confident.
Rehearse Mentally.
Just go through major points that you have to remember during your interview and try to just scan through all the pointers that you had prepared for yourself. You should be clear about each word that you had written in your Personal Information Questionnaire (PIQ), so just rehearse whatever you had written and any other major fact and detail that you have to remember.
Think of nice things that people have said about you.
Try to think of all the positive things that your friends, family, colleagues and your teachers have said about you. It’s the best way to remind yourself that you are capable of doing good and great things in life. You will instantly feel positive and confident about yourself.
Enjoy the moment!
You are about to give probably the most important interview of your life. You’ve worked hard, you’ve dreamt about it and you’re so close to living your dream. So just live in the moment. Breathe in and breathe out. Later in life this’ll be one of your fondest memories, provided you believe in yourself and follow the above tricks!
GTO days are the spine wrecking days due to mental as well as physical works. These days have various tasks. The Progressive Group Task is one of them that is meant for analysis the coordination and how a person works in pressure of its group. Diverse responses and ideas are surfaced while attempting this task. And many times candidates find this task as the step of disqualification from SSB as it can’t be practiced earlier. This task is a weak point of most of the repeaters. So we are here with some tricks and tricks to make it easy to handle.
An alternate can be a better option – Once you get stuck on any place and not finding any way out, then use the alternate way to save time and getting the group accelerated. Firstly concentrate on the obstruction of the way. But still nobody gets the idea, then try the next route to approach the finish line. This ultimately means that never stop efforts to reach the finish line.
Help, if not getting the idea – If a candidate is not getting any idea, then he must stay involved in preparing the arrangement or executing the idea, or managing the transport of man and material. Your engagement in working matters a lot and shows your cooperation and group management. But depending only on helping is not a good idea. The Candidate must give ideas also along with helping.
Toughest/complex structures give most ideas – Always remember this truth that the most complex structure has maximum number of solutions. Any structure that appears to be complex or new means you need to widen up your mind to get any idea and when you get any idea, many other ideas stuck your mind
Moral support makes point – One should always keep on motivating the group morally. This shows your motivation, consistency and supportive nature.
Aggression and anger can spoil the game – It happens many times that candidates find their ideas being neglected by the group. In that case, don’t leave patience or show aggression. This will either lead to any chaos or division of the group and simultaneously reduces your chances of selection.
Keep the helping material in mind – The helping material provided to you must always be kept in mind. While progressing in the task, many time structures confuse the mind. In that case, observing the structure and adjusting the helping material gives new ideas.
Transport the burden rather than holding it – Every PGT has a burden or sometimes called as luggage. This has to be taken along with the group. Candidates must actively try hard to grab the ideas rather than holding and securing the burden. It doesn’t mean that it should be neglected. While moving ahead, the candidate must also handle it like a part of the group.
Accept your mistake – It is generally that candidates sometimes make mistakes while attempting the tasks. Nobody is perfect or have practiced these tasks. So it is generally that candidates sometimes make mistakes. Here the point is to accept it and do the penalty. It shows your rule bounded nature as well as self-discipline.
