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10 Activities You Must Start After Getting SSB Call Letter

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One obvious question in every aspirant’s mind is how to prepare for SSB? As soon as one gets a call letter for SSB, the happiness with numerous Ideas on how to prepare to blow the mind. Candidates purchase books, join coaching, borrow notes from friends and learn the information from these sources. They learn Psychological tests and answers to expected interview questions but in the end, the result contrasts with Expectations. The reason is that SSB is a personality assessment test and not a college exam, where you learn patterns and questions, write answers and you pass! You have to bring that change in personality and elevate it up to a standard as you see in today’s officers!

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Here are some activities that you must practice, and which contribute to the recommendation in SSB at large:  

  1. TIME TABLE: – Make a time-table, where you bring in next mentioned qualities in daily schedule. This way you will make sure that you are giving time to each activity daily, will help in building a habit in 3-4 weeks, and will bring discipline in life. Don’t panic if it doesn’t work out for first week. Just keep practicing.
  2. NEWSPAPER READING :- If you are not in the habit, start with a Hindi newspaper for 10 days. Then switch to an easy English newspaper like “Hindustan times” or “The times of India”, whichever you like for next 20 days and finally “The Hindu.” Lay emphasize on national and international news. Read Editor’s page carefully. Note down the English words in a separate note book and once you are done, write synonyms-antonyms.
  3. PHYSICAL FITNESS: – Take out one hour daily to keep your body fit. Remember, the rate of medical rejection in SSB is 30%. And if you want those training days to go with ease, do half hour yogasan in morning and half hour exercise in evening.
  4. KNOWLEDGE :- You might have never seen this in OLQs but those who have been there know well that no Interview, and sometimes conference too goes without GK questions. There have been cases when GTO too asked GK questions. So, don’t ignore it. Manorama year book will do good. You can choose one random topic for daily. Questions are from current affairs, Geography (position of an ocean or a mountain),your subject questions, Who’s who, currency or capital of countries etc.
  5. WATCH TV:- News watched on TV lasts in mind more than newspaper. Watch news, debate and talk shows, Loksabha and some entertainment shows of knowledge like on Discovery or Nat Geo.
  6. SPORTS:- After you are merit in, you are going to have bad time in academy evenings if you are not good at sports. Sports leave a good impression on assessors in SSB. Prepare at least 3 Sports. It will boost your stamina as well.
  7. REASONING :- OLQs of mind are most important at SSB. Different kind of logical reasoning questions like verbal, non verbal, Sudoku, and reasoning games will make brain work in multiple direction. It will get you screen in for sure. It Will help you in GTO tests as well and you will have an active and alert mind in overall SSB.
  8. ACT OLQs :- If you think you will be courageous, honest, expressive, and intelligent in SSB and you will be recommended, you are wrong!! Better bring all these qualities in daily life.. Think and act like an officer in daily routine activities and you don’t have to be fake there!!
  9. PRACTICE TESTS:– Now you are up for practicing all the tests. But remember, be honest. Understand the purpose of each test,Make your mind up for these qualities and then practice.
  10. BE POSITIVE:- Most important thing, while doing this all, and in all your efforts, be optimistic! Feel positive and keep practicing. You will feel confident and they will notice it there!
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So instead of working on WATs, TATs etc, start working on your personality because once you are commissioned, you don’t have to teach men their word sentencing and story writing, but you have to certainly work and command them with personality and qualities that you are building today in yourself!!

All the best to all the aspirants for their upcoming SSBs.

Why National Defence Academy Is The Best Thing That Could Happen To You!!

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National Defence Academy is the Best
Hello warriors! I know that you are an NDA aspirant or were an NDA aspirant, or want somebody you know to get into NDA that is why you have started reading this. So NDA as the title says could be the best thing that can happen to a 17-18 year old boy. Of course I don’t mean to criticize or comment on any other career aspiration or profession, but NDA is special in its own way. As they say, it makes men out of boys! I am not going to compare NDA to any other career aspiration but only strike on the good things you get if you are lucky enough to join the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla.

National Defence Academy is the Best First of all let us know what NDA is National Defence Academy or NDA is tri service academy of India, located in Khadakwasla, pune. It is a feeder institution for the Indian Military Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy. It trains the boys to before they go for their pre-commissioning training in the respective academies of Army, Navy and Air Force. It is the first tri-service academy of the world and as they say they train ‘India’s Pride’, the future officers of the Armed Forces. Only the boys can join NDA, after they complete 10+2, for more details you can refer to the eligibility criteria of NDA exam, which is a written exam conducted by UPSC and followed by Service Selection Board Interview for the written qualified candidates.
So coming back to the core.

It is a dream for many to be a part of the armed forces and live a life of adventure, excitement and serve the motherland. For some it is a job, but trust me if you get into NDA or any academy for that matter of fact, it’ll not remain a job and turn into passion and your way of life. When a candidate joins NDA, he is placed in one of the 18 squadrons which become his home for the next three years. The Squadrons are named as Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hunter, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Panther, Quebec and Romeo. There are five battalions, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 Battalions have four squadrons each while No. 5 has 2 squadrons. Each squadron has approximately 100 to 120 cadets drawn from senior as well as junior courses under training in the Academy. And then begins a life which changes and transforms the personality of the boys. After three years of training you get into the academy of your choice, i.e. either IMA, NA or AFA. There you get specialized training in the service of your choice.

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While your classmates from school are busy having a fun life of college, friends, outings, dating etc., you are busy with ragda, endurance and learning to fight with sleep and then sleep with open eyes. Your friends outside study hard at the time of exams, you are working hard practically every day! You learn to become tough, you learn to survive in the harshest of conditions. You are taught everything, not only related to the degree you’ll get in BA/B.Sc. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, but also related to how you dress up, how you eat. You are trained in different outdoor skills like games, PT and Drills. You get to play games so extensively that only others can think of. There are number of indoor and outdoor clubs, offering numerous activities. Your personality is evolved thoroughly and wonderfully! Of course the training is not a cakewalk but it is more about mind than body.
Hard Work pays! So before your friends outside can get a decent placement, you are already commissioned and are working with government of India in the most prestigious institution. The best part of being in NDA is that you get a chance to play, study, develop your personality together. The bond you make with your course mates, the friendship you share is a lifetime affair. So indeed NDA is the best thing that could happen to you, isn’t it?

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Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag appointed as India’s next Army Chief

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Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag appointed as India's next Army Chief

The government appointed Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag as India’s next army chief, following the well-established seniority principle and upholding the order of succession in the force. The Chief of the Army Staff is the commander and usually the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Army. The position is abbreviated as COAS in Indian Army cables and communication, and usually held by a 4-star officer in the rank of General.

The current COAS is General Bikram Singh, who took office on 31 May 2012. A third-generation soldier, Dalbir Singh will succeed Army Chief General Bikram Singh who is retiring on July 31. 59-year-old Lt Gen Suhag, a Gurkha officer, is the senior-most among top generals of the Indian Army. He will take over as 26th chief of Indian Army on August 1, 2014 and will have tenure of 30 months.
He  is  highly  decorated  and  is  the  proud  recipient  of  the Param  Vishisht  Seva  Medal (PVSM), Uttam  Yudh  Seva  Medal (UYSM),  Ati  Vishisht  Seva Medal (AVSM) and Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM).
Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag appointed as India's next Army Chief

Lt Gen Suhag joined the National Defense Academy in 1970 and was commissioned into the 4/5 GR (FF) in June 1974. He is an alumnus of Sainik School Chittorgarh. He has attended  various career  courses  in  India  and  abroad  which include  ‘Long  Defense  Management  Course’ (LDMC) at  CDM, Secunderabad  in 1997-98, NDC Course at New Delhi in 2006, Executive Course in USA in 2005 and Senior  Mission  Leaders Course (UN) in Kenya in 2007. He has served as a company commander in “Op Pawan” in Sri Lanka, commanded the 53 Infantry Brigade, which was involved in counter insurgency operations in the Kashmir Valley and holds the distinction of commanding 8 Mountain Division in Kargil from October 2007 to December 2008. In 2012, he was put under Discipline and Vigilance ban by then outgoing Army Chief Gen. V K Singh for a failed intelligence operation in Jorhat in Assam. However, subsequently the DV ban was released and he was promoted to Eastern Army commander and then to vice-chief.
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Indian Army Recruitment 2020

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Are you looking for the latest Indian army recruitment notification? Aspirants who are looking forward to join Indian army as an officer and waiting for the Indian army notification this year, below is a consolidated list of Indian army notifications which are going to be publish soon this year.

Indian Army Recruitment 2020

  • TGC 132 Men Tech Entry
  • TGC 133 Men Tech Entry
  • SSC Tech 55 Men
  • SSC Tech 25 Women
  • SSC Tech 26 Women
  • SSC Non Tech  Women
  • SSC Non Tech  Women
  • CDS 2 2020 (IMA, OTA, AFA, NA) UPSC
  • CDS 1 2020 (IMA, OTA, AFA, NA) UPSC
  • NDA 2 2020 Men UPSC
  • NDA 1 2020 Men UPSC
  • 10+2 TES 44Men
  • 10+2 TES 45 Men Tech Entry
  • JAG 24 Law Graduates Men and Women
  • JAG 25 Law Graduates Men and Women

There are truck load of entries for all defence aspirants who want to join Indian army as soon as possible. If you are planning to join Indian army, first try to collect information about all type of entries you are eligible for. Indian army has four training academies namely IMA, NDA, OTA Chennai and OTA Gaya. Aspirants who want to join NDA and OTA Gaya, can do so after 12th by applying for NDA and TES entry. Other entries are for IMA and OTA Chennai.

Buddy, Just one more time! (Repeater Exclusive)

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Hello! I am penning down this article for all our super courageous to-be soldiers! What is the limit of trying for the forces, for the SSB? Two, three, ten, twenty actually it is the age which decides the limit. Many of us have tried for twice, thrice and some even for 15-18 times yet not succeeded. Then comes a time when everybody around you starts telling that you need to focus on other things hence you should stop trying in the forces and concentrate on other things, you are also tired of trying again and again, not getting recommended and meeting the same fate every time, so you decide to stop going for the SSB Interviews. This happens to many of us, we decide that okay I am done with it, now let go of the piled up SSB’s, I’m not going to go for them. So far so good, but have you thought and pondered upon how will you feel ten years down the line?

You’ll feel like an opportunity was there, knocking on your door, but all you did was walked past it. This one piled up SSB which you decided not to give will come haunting back and make you feel that may be, may be if I had tried once more I might have succeeded. So the mantra I want to tell you is that never stop trying, never stop going for the SSB’s until your age constraints you to. You might have failed ‘n’ number of times but not going for the (n+1) th number of time will always make you feel bad, give a feeling of dissatisfaction which you won’t be able to overcome. It is indeed difficult to handle rejection so many times, par ‘girte hain shehsawar he maidaane jung mein’.

Buddy, Just one more time! (Repeater Exclusive)
SSB is not about being somebody and adapting to become someone. It’s about showing the qualities. Each one of us has those qualities, some are able to show it and some are not. Now many a times we think that they are looking for the OLQ’s which can’t be developed, it is wither there or not, then how can we go again and again with the same personality and expect to get selected when we were rejected earlier. The reason is simple sometimes you are able to project the OLQ’s and sometimes you are not. The time when you can project it consistently is the time you get selected.
A friend of mine once said that try as much as you can so that you don’t have any regrets later because regret is a very bad feeling. Hence put in all your efforts and rise once again to try again. Somebody said to me once that ‘if one rejection can affect you so much then maybe they are right when they are not selecting you’. So don’t prove them right. This is the time opportunity is knocking at your gateway don’t let it go. Collect yourself, go again, improve, introspect and succeed and even if you don’t make it you’ll always have the contentment that you tried to your best. Don’t let negative thoughts surround you, don’t let negative people affect your mind, build a semi-permeable wall around you which will allow only those things to reach you and affect you which you want. An officer is all about determination and by trying definitely you are proving your blood!
‘Standing at the foot boys, gazing at the sky.
How will you reach up boys, if you’ll never try’

SSB Board Conference

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SSB Board Conference

Board conference is the last part of testing at SSB. It happens on the last day of your stay there, i.e. the sixth day. Let us see in detail what the conference is. What is Board Conference: In a room all the members of that SSB board are seated in a U shape format; the members include psychologists, GTOs, interviewers and the board president. The candidates are called in one by one inside the room, asked few general questions and then asked to leave.


Purpose: The purposes of the board conference are many. Since there are many members in the board and you get to meet only three of them mainly, i.e. psychologist, GTO, and the interviewer, so in the board conference you get a chance to meet all the members of the board, you get a chance to see all of them in the uniform. The three assessors who access you in different techniques of testing discuss their result in the board conference, as they can’t discuss their result before that. In case of any doubtful case few additional questions might be asked to clarify the doubts. One more purpose of the conference is to present you in front of the board.

SSB Board Conference
Importance: This is the last task of the SSB process. It is important because you are appearing in front of the whole board so you have to be cautious and careful of your dress and conduct. In some doubtful cases the recommendation depends on the conference, so they are asked more number of questions, hence conference becomes important.
Your Conduct: Wear formal clothes in the conference just like the interview. Walk smartly and confidently. Answer everything you are asked you in simple way. Sit straight and when you enter wish the board. While leaving say Thank You and leave. Maintain the smile on your face. Look for who is asking the question and answer looking to that person. Generally a small Indian Flag crossed with the flag of the service you have gone for is kept infront of the person who asks you the question.

Sample Questions:
  • How was your stay?
  • How were the facilities of food, lodging etc?
  • Any suggestions you want to give to the board?
  • In which of the testing you think you performed best?
  • Rank your performance in the three testing’s.
  • Rank your performance in your group.
  • Who do you think performed the best in your group apart from you?
  • Tell any two people who can be recommended from your group.
  • What did you learn in the past few days at SSB?
  • What qualities of yourself did you discover in SSB?
*Any other question which was asked in the interview and you couldn’t answer.

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NCC 36 SSB Interview Dates Men and Women

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NCC 36 SSB Interview Dates Men and Women

Indian army has started publishing the NCC 36 SSB interview dates for men and women entries. Candidates who have applied for NCC 36th course can find their allotment centre and SSB interview dates for NCC 36 course. NCC 36th is a special entry for men and women done NCC ‘C’ certificate with minimum ‘B’ grade.

NCC 36 Men Centre Allotment Details

  • Allahabad: 2235
  • Bhopal: 1331
  • Bangalore: 892

NCC 36 Men SSB Interview Dates

NCC 36 Women Centre Allotment Details

  • Allahabad: 608
  • Bhopal: 1331
  • Bangalore: 892

NCC 36 Women SSB Interview Dates (Grade A)

NCC 36 Eligibility Criteria

  • Age: For NCC candidates (including wards of Battle Casualities) 19 to 25 years (born not earlier than 02 Jul 89 and not later than 01 Jul 95).
  • Educational Qualification: Degree of a recognised university or equivalent with aggregate of minimum 50% marks taking into account marks of all the years. Those studying in third year are also allowed to apply provided they have secured minimum 50% aggregate marks in the first two years.
  • Service in NCC : Should have served for minimum two academic years in the senior Division/Wing of N.C.C.
  • Grading: Should have obtained minimum of ‘B’ Grade in ‘C’ Cer tificate Exam of NCC.

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Different Categories of Candidates in SSB Interview

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It is seen that many candidates are confused about the category in which they fall while they go for SSB. Although many do have idea that what their category is yet they are confused on some or the other aspect of their category. Hence, this article aims at clearing all your doubts regarding the same.

Fresher Candidate at SSB

When you say that you are a fresher it means you have never been through the process of SSB. Here one thing to note is that when you are a fresher then it means that you have never visited any board ever. That means you never been to any of the SSB of Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. When you are a fresher you are asked and grouped separately in a different group which generally consists of all fresher candidates, however at times you might be grouped with repeaters also but this is very rare and happens only when there are not enough fresher candidates to make a group.

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Screen Out Candidate at SSB

This category is for those candidates who have been to the SSB previously for any of the four services and were eliminated after Stage One testing itself. Only those candidates who were eliminated in the first stage and have never been through the stage two testing are called the screen out candidates. These candidates are grouped in a different group at the time of stage one testing in which only screened out candidates are placed. However once the screened out candidate clears the stage one testing he/she might be placed with the freshers only for stage two testing as they are also new to the stage two testing just like freshers.

Not Recommended Candidates at SSB

Here one thing to note is that in SSB they prefer calling not recommended instead of conference out. This is the category of those candidates who cleared Stage one and have been through stage two testing but couldn’t make it to the final recommendation. Thus they have been through the six day procedure and were not selected in the end. These candidates are generally placed in a separate group. You will be called a not recommended candidate even if you are going for a service for the first time but have been to other service’s SSB before and have been through stage two.

Different Categories of Candidates in SSB

Recommended Candidate at SSB

These candidates are those who have been through stage one, stage two testing and were recommended by the board. You will be grouped with the not recommended candidates only.

Merit out Candidate at SSB

These are the candidates who were recommended but couldn’t make it in the final all India merit and thus couldn’t join the course for which they were recommended.  They are also placed with the not recommended candidates.

Few more points:

  1. Once you have been through stage two testing you are called a repeater. Thus irrespective of the fact that you are not recommended, recommended, or merit out you’ll be termed as a repeater only.
  2. If you have been through stage two testing but in your previous attempt you were screened out then too you will be placed with repeaters and NOT with the screened-out candidates.

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TGC 120 Eligible Branches and Cut Off Marks

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TGC 120 Eligible Branches and Cut Off Marks

Indian army has published the notification of TGC 120 recently. TGC is also know as technical graduate course which is a technical entry for an engineering graduate. Aspirants who are studying in final year of engineering including passed out candidates, can apply for this entry. There is no written test for TGC entry and one will face direct SSB intertview at one of the SSB i.e. Allahabad, Bhopal and Bangalore if shortlisted. To apply for this entry you must fulfill following eligibility criteria.

TGC 120 Eligible Engineering Branches

Engineering Streams
Equivalent Stream (AICTE Appd)
Vacancies
Civil
Civil Engg, Civil Engg(Structural Engg), Structural Engg
15
Mechanical
Mechanical Engg, Mechanical (Mechatronics) Engg, Mechanical & Automation Engg
10
Electrical/Electrical & Electronics
Electrical Engg, Electrical Engg (Electronics & Power), Power System Engg, Electrical & Electronics Engg
05
Automobile /Workshop Technology
Automobile Engg
01
Aeronautical/Aviation/Aerospace/Ballistics/ Avionics
Aeronautical Engg
01
Computer Sc & Engg/Computer Technology/InfoTech/M.Sc (Computer Sc)
Computer Engg, Computer Science, ComputerScience Engg, Computer Science & Engg, Information Science & Engg
05
Electronics &Telecommunication/Telecommunication/Electronics & Communication/ Satellite Communication
Electronics & Telecommunication Engg, Telecommunication Engg, Electronics & Communication Engg, Electronics & ElectricalCommunication Engg
08
Electronics /OptoElectronics/Fibre Optics/Micro Electronics &Microwave
Power Electronics & Drives
05
Electronics &Instrumentation/Instrumentation
Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engg, Electronics & Instrumentation Engg, Electronics& Instrumentation Control Engg, InstrumentationTechnology
02
Architecture/Building construction Technology
Architecture Engg
02
Food Tech/Bio Tech/Bio Medical Engg
Bio Technology, Medical Electronics
02
Chemical Engg
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01
Metallurgy & Explosives/Metallurgical Engg
Metallurgical Engg, Metallurgy & MaterialTechnology, Metallurgy & Material Engg,
Metallurgy & Engg & Material Science,
Metallurgy and Explosives
01
Industrial/ManufacturingEngg/Industrial Engg &Mgt/Production
Industrial Engg, Industrial Engg & Management, Industrial & Production Engg, Industrial Engg& Mgt, Industrial/Manufacturing
02
Total
60

Note: In case the engineering stream of the candidate is not listed above and candidates desire to claim equivalence, they may produce equivalence certificate of the concerned universities for the purpose. Recruiting Directorate will examine the case for acceptance based on the certificate issued by the concerned university for equivalence.

TGC 120 Eligible Branches and Cut Off Marks

TGC 120 Cut Off Marks 

Though cut off marks for TGC 120 is not announced till now and will be declared by the Indian army later, if we go by previous TGC cut off marks, TGC 119 had 64% till 6th semester and SSC- 43 tech entry has 66% till 6th semester. So we assume that TGC 120 cut off marks can go up to 66% till 6th semester.

TGC 120 Selection Procedure

  1. Short listing of Applications. Integrated HQ of MoD(Army) reserves the right to shortlist applications and to fix cutoff percentage of marks without assigning any reason.
  2. Only shortlisted eligible candidates depending on the cutoff percentage will be interviewed at Selection Centres, Allahabad (UP), Bhopal (MP) and Bangalore (Karnataka) by Psychologist, Group Testing Officer and Interviewing Officer. Call Up letter for SSB interview will be issued through candidate’s registered e-mail id and through SMS. Candidates will not be interviewed locally. Allotment of Selection Centre is at the discretion of DG Rtg, IHQ MoD (Army) and no request for changes are entertained in this regard.
  3. Interviews will be held in Sep/Oct 2014 onwards. 
  4. Candidates will put through two stage selection procedure. Those who clear Stage I will go to Stage II. Those who fail in Stage I will be returned on the same date. 
  5. Candidates will face 5 days SSB interview.

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Recommended for Indian Navy in 9th Attempt

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“Just keep on chasing your Dreams, Dreams do come true”  Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. Hello to all defense aspirants. I am Arpit Shukla, Recommended for the Indian Navy in 9th attempt. Thanks to the almighty God, my parents and my friends. The above mentioned quote by the legendary Cricketer always keeps pushing me towards my goal. My Journey towards joining Indian Armed Forces was a bumpy ride. I always wanted to join the forces through NDA but my parents didn’t allow me. I joined SRM University after 12th and pursued my graduation in Computer Science and Engineering branch. Very Soon I realized that this is not my thing .I am not made for this. I tried for Army through UES entry but couldn’t attend SSB because of the semesters.

In few months, Placements started and I got placed in TCS. I gave the CDSE examination and was called for the SSB. To my Bad Luck, SSB date and TCS joining date clashed and I joined TCS. Finally I got my first chance to attend SSB for NAVY in Bangalore for SSC (PILOT). I did my preparations but those were not enough and I got conference out. Then it was SSC (LOG) entry for Navy in BHOPAL, to my surprise I got screened out. Frustration started building up. I went to Bangalore for SSC (GS{X}). I was fully prepared and did lot of practice. My conference went well and I was very sure that I will be recommended. Again, results were shocking. Only 1 candidate was selected. The results shattered me completely. Only good thing about that SSB was I made some good friends (Sheel, Vikrant, Amarendra, Karthik,). I was disappointed, but gathered all my courage and went to Allahabad for SSC T -41. Result was again conferenced out. I came back to Pune and concentrated on my job. Within few months I got call from Air force to attend AFSB at Mysore. Results were the same, I was Conferenced Out.

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I thought that nothing can be worse and frustrating than this. I started feeling that “Do I have it in me”? Let me tell you, till now it was my best part. Worse was yet to come. My three SSB were lined up in Bhopal. PC (LOG) for Navy, SSC NT (99) and SSC T-42 for Army. I got screened out in all three SSB’s. I was deeply disheartened with my performance and I started questioning myself “Will I ever make it into the armed forces”? I started facing problems in my job. My manager’s were very unhappy and they asked me to leave the project.  I was feeling helpless and frustrated.

I got mail from Navy to attend SSB for SSC (GS{X}) on 12th February, 2014. The SSB was again in

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BHOPAL. I said to myself” Fhirse BHOPAL hi kyun Yaar”. May be my destiny was written here only. 182 people came to attend the SSB. Screening test took place and I finally got Screened-In in BHOPAL. I was very happy. Along with me 46 other candidates also made in to the Phase 2 of the testing. My Psychological tests went good. I was scheduled for interview the next day after the GTO tasks. I gave my ideas to the group and most of them worked. GTO performance raised my moral and I went for the Interview. This was the first interview where I faced 8-9 Rapid fire questions. I memorized the sequence and gave correct answers confidently. Interviewer asked me questions on various topics apart from PIQ form, such as questions related to Indian Navy, National and International News, Syria Crisis, Things happening in Egypt, Somalia, Thailand and Ukraine. I gave confident answers in all the topics except for the Ukraine issue. With my experience, I can tell, you should never frame answers there. If you know, speak out; otherwise politely say “Sorry Sir, I don’t know about this. I will definitely search about this topic”. So, the interview was good and I was filled with positive vibes. The GTO Day 2 was full of excitement. I was called second last for the command task and was given a medium level obstacle. Luckily ideas clicked and I did the task within minutes. Finally the Big day came, The Conference Day. We wished each other good luck and went for the conference. I was made to wait outside the conference room at least 10 minutes. Several thoughts came in my mind and I was pretty sure that I will face SRT inside. Same thing happened, apart from the usual questions, 5 SRT’s were asked. I answered them confidently. President of the selection board kept on removing resources and I kept on utilizing the resources which I still have. I was very happy with my performance. My conference was about 25 minutes.

Finally the officer came in with the results and he announced “Chest number 27”. I got up and everyone clapped. This was the happiest moment of my life. I was the only one recommended out of the 182 candidates. Tears rolled down and I felt like, I conquered the world. This is what I dreamt off, had many sleepless nights thinking what I was doing wrong in previous attempts. And today I can proudly say “YES, I have it in me.”
My only suggestion to all defense aspirants is, NEVER EVER GIVE UP. Try to explore yourself, try to find out the shortcomings in you and Practice the TAT’s, WAT’s and SRT’s to match your timings. Frustration comes when expectations doesn’t meet, but don’t let this frustration hamper your performance. Go with the same enthusiasm as you went for the first SSB. For Fresher’s, prepare well and come for the SSB because it’s your golden chance ( Aisa Mauka Fhir Nahi Milega – IPL Tadka). For Repeater’s (my loved brothers), don’t lose hope, keep trying. I have seen many aspirants saying” Ab nahi aaunga SSB dene kabhi”. If you really want to join the forces, introspect yourself, practice the tests at home and come with full confidence to attend the SSB interview and I am sure the results will turn out in your favour.
I wish you all Good Luck and may you all join the Indian Armed Forces and serve the country with Dignity and Honour. You can always reach me on [email protected] for any questions and queries regarding SSB.
DSC 0612 1 About Arpit Shukla: I am Arpit Shukla basically from Lucknow. I got recommended for Indian Navy in 9th attempt from 33 SSB board, Bhopal.
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