Conference in SSB interview happens on the 5th day of SSB testing, in the conference, all the assessors of a particular board including the president and deputy president, meet each other to discuss and prepare the results of candidates on 5 days testing. There are few rumors and doubts among candidates regarding the conference, lets discuss them one by one. Candidates will be called one by one according to increasing or decreasing order of their Chest No. there will be a bell and a display board indicating a chest number just to inform the candidates about their turn to go inside the conference hall.
Generally, Conference lasts for 30 Seconds to 60 Seconds for most of the candidates, few candidates may take more time up to 5 -10 mins or 30 mins sometimes, such cases are rare and they are generally a doubt case. There are few questions that are generally asked:
How are you? How were your stay, food and accommodation here in last 5 days?
Rate your performance out of 10?
How do you rate your performance of three tests?
How many friends you made in these last five days?
Any changes which you felt in yourself in these 5 days.
Why you were not selected in your previous attempts? (For Repeaters).
What you will do if you are not selected this time?
Rate yourself in you group?
What is your next plan?
Which test you enjoyed most in SSB?
In which test you think you could have done better?
Have you been out with friends? What all places you visited of the city in which you Board is Located.
Compare your performance with previous ssb attempt?
Some SRTs if you are boarder line case?
Any suggestion for improvement of SSB?
What kind of questions you have during your conference, do write it in the comment section below.
Hello friends this article is about various lecturette topics. As each test in SSB is equally important same thing applies here. Generally, topics for Lecturette of Service Selection Boards are simple in nature and a person who is a little bit aware of all the latest happening in world can easily pass this task. Lecturette is a task from the Group Testing/GTO series.
In this a candidate is asked to deliver a short talk on any one of the topic given to him/her out of the four topics like extempore. As in this test no one is going to interrupt you while speaking, so your performance depends totally upon you.
Your self confidence, stamina level, expression without hesitation and not to forget your knowledge about the topic will be tested in this test. Here I am listing few topics for lecturrete to help aspirants to prepare for them:
After clearing the written test in CDSE, the candidates have to go through a series of personality tests, which is called the Service Selection Board. Irrespective of the force you have applied for, all have to face this interview, it means that all candidates who have cleared the written exam have to face this interview. It is just the second stage of any normal job exam selection process, where the second stage is the interview stage. However this interview i.e. the CDS interview is entirely different from a normal job interview. The process is the same for all the wings, i.e. IMA, OTA, NA, and AFA. The only difference is that the candidates are called for SSB as per their marks, i.e. the cutoff marks for these vary, the cutoff for OTA is lower than AFA, AFA has mostly the highest cutoff.
So coming to the Interview procedure of CDS. The interview is a five-day process for all OTA, IMA and NA and AFA. This interview commonly known as SSB has different types of tests to judge a person’s personality. In the end, the selection is made by the board on the basis of deductions drawn by different people who took the interview. SSB consists of three types of tests.
The first day in SSB is the Screening day. On this day two tests take place. This testing is commonly known as the Stage-I testing, those candidates who qualify for this stage are retained for the rest remaining days the others are routed back to the station. Generally, the number of reporting is high and some of the people who report are totally undesirable for the forces so this is a broad filter that takes in such people who the Board feels are desirable and can be tested for the OLQ’s. Firstly you are allotted a chest number after the crowd has been divided on the basis of Freshers, Conference outs, and Screened Outs. Then groups of 16-18 candidates are made. This test consists of two tests Officer’s Intelligence and Rating-test which consists of simple reasoning questions and Picture Perception and Description Test(PPDT) which asks you to write a story along with age, sex and mood of the character which you see in the shown hazy picture (picture is shown for 30 seconds, you have to write age, etc. in 1 minute and story in 4 minutes). Thereafter you are required to narrate your story in front of three members of the board and then discuss and arrive at a common story there only. Then nominate a person who will tell your group story to the members of the board present there. After these results are announced and around 50% of the people are selected for further testing rest are routed back to the railway station. Then you are allotted fresh chest numbers and new groups are made consisting of about 8-9 candidates.
Psychological Tests: This is a battery of four continuous tests which continue for about 2 hours without any break. First, there is TAT or Thematic Apperception Test in which 11+1 picture slides are shown and you have to write a story on the picture. Each picture is shown for 30 seconds and you have to write the story in 4 minutes, the last one is a blank picture. Then you have WAT or Word Association Test where a word is shown for 15 seconds and you have to see and write your response on that word in 15 seconds, total 60 words are shown. Then comes SRT or Situation Reaction Test where you have to give your reaction 60 day to day situations in 30 minutes. Lastly, you have SD or Self-Description Test where you have to write a paragraph each on what your family, teachers, classmates (friends) and you think about yourself. GT Series: Group Task Series is again a battery of tests which consists of 9 different types of tests which you have to perform in group and is conducted by a Group Testing Officer. They are conducted in a span of two days. They are:
Group Discussion
Group Planning Exercise (Military Planning Exercise)
Progressive Group task
Group Obstacle Race (Snake race)
Half Group Task
Lecturette
Individual Obstacles
Command Task
Final Group Task
Interview: A personal Interview is conducted which is taken by a senior officer or the president of the board. In this exercise, the candidate is in direct conversation with the Interviewing Officer and the Interview is conducted for 35-40 minutes. The Interview is conducted on the basis of the Personnel Information Questionnaire Form (PIQ) which is filled by the candidate on their arrival to the SSB Board.
Conference: This is like the conclusion of the SSB Stay of a candidate. This is the Final day generally (Except for AFA Candidates). On this final day, the fate of the candidate is decided and thus it is an important day. The candidates are required to appear one by one in front of the complete Board of Officers comprising of the President of the board, Deputy President, Group Testing Officers, Psychologists. Then in the end PABT/CPSS is conducted for the flying branch candidates (AFA Candidates) who are recommended. This brings an end to the Interview procedure. The decision is made by matching your actions with your thought process and words, i.e. what you write in the psych tests must match with your conduct in the GT series and with your personality which you reflect while talking to the Interviewing Officer. The recommended candidates are sent for medicals and then all wait for the merit list, since NA, AFA has fewer vacancies their merit lists are very tough. The merit list is prepared by counting the marks of both written and SSB. Being true and reflect your true personality is the mantra of cracking SSB.
Dear aspirants, often historic sayings by great personalities make us feel inspired and often bring about a great change in our life. As you know, an army officer is essential to know some ways and tactics to lead men under your command. Such tactics can often be found among the quotes of Sun Tzu. Anyway, I have collected some nice quotes for dear aspirants.
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle- Sun Tzu ( Art of War)
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.- Alexander the Great
.“Quartered in snow, silent to remain. When the bugle calls, they shall rise and march again.” – The scroll of honour at the Siachen base camp
.There will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.”-Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw as Core Commander in 1962
I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from a motor; a gun from a howitzer; a guerrilla from a gorilla, although a great many resemble the latter.”-Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
You have never lived until, You have almost died, And for those who choose to fight, Life has a special flavor, The protected will never know!! -Capt R Subramanium Kirti Chakra (Posthumous)
If death strikes before I prove my blood, I swear I’ll kill Death” – Capt Manoj Kumar Pandey PVC 1/11 Gorkha Rifles
No Sir, I will not abandon my tank. My gun is still working and I will get these bastards.-2nd Lt. Arun Kehtarpal PVC, 1971
The enemy are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to our last man and our last round.”-Major Somnath Sharma
10.Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even until death- Sun Tzu
The quotes signify how an army officer is expected to behave even under the most difficult situations. The courage and presence of mind of Army officers are meant to be implemented by every defense aspirants.
Let’s Crack CDS Exam – Combined Defence Services Examination [Free eBooks Inside]. Once in a life, we all aspire to join Indian Defence forces and to serve the country in the best way possible. Since childhood, we have all been fascinated by the uniforms, discipline and quality of their commendable honesty and work. To belong to this honourable organisation would add value and purpose to life.
Here we present our sincere effort to help you reach your goal with purpose and dedication. Getting through the degree course of 3/4 years in itself is a task worthy of appreciation. On completion or in the final year of the course one may apply for the CDS examination and since you already hold this book in your hand, you are most likely an aspirant.
The exam requires you to be knowledgeable of the 3/4 years of degree curriculum along with keen general knowledge. Understanding the needs of the student our experts have compiled this comprehensive book to give you a holistic approach specifically designed to help crack the CDS exam. Our experts are well experienced with the preparation of material for various national level competitive exams. Our aim through the publishing of this book is to present you a single source– a one-stop solution to help you with revision and to crack the CDS exam.
This book is written in simple language and focuses on laying the ground for fundamentals, providing shortcuts and easy to remember methods. The material is divided topic wise and each topic is followed by a set of practice questions to assess what you have learnt. Answer keys to all practice questions are given. We have covered all topics including Elementary Mathematics, English, General Knowledge, Biology, Physics and extra information relevant from exam point of view. We hope that you will find this book most helpful and satisfying in your pursuit of success and be victorious.
NDA Exam Latest Eligibility Criteria 2015 -2016. NDA-NA Exam is conducted twice a year. Through this exam 12th pass male candidates can apply for being officers in the Armed Forces of India, i.e. Army, Navy and Airforce. The eligibility criteria of NDA-NA exam says that a 12th pass male can apply in this exam. There are certain an age criterion’s associated with this exam as well.
Age Limit: Earlier the eligibility criteria said that a candidate must lie between the age of 16 ½ years and 19 years at the time of commencement of course (i.e. on the first day of the month in which course is to commission).
However now the latest notification of the NDA NA exam says that the course commencing from Jan 2015 i.e. NDA 133 course onwards will have a revised age eligibility. Thus this revised age limit with be effective from the NDA-NA (I) Written Exam of 2014, of whose course will commence from January 2015. This revised age limit says that the candidates age must lie between 16 ½ year and 19 ½ year on the first day of the month in which the course is commencing.
Revised Age Limit: A candidate must lie between 16 ½-19 ½ Years of age. (On the first day of the month in which course is due to commence).
This news comes as a happiness booster for those who will be able to apply due to the increased age limit.
Other Information related to NDA-NA Exam
Appearing candidates can apply as well.
Only unmarried male candidates are eligible for NDA exam.
No relaxation of age for reserved category.
NDA exam consist of written exam, SSB interview and Medical test followed by All India Merit List.
You’ll be allotted the service according to the choice preference mentioned by you on the Application Form.
The written test consists of two papers each of 300 marks, Paper I consists of Mathematics of plus 2 level and Paper II is of General Awareness.
For Army wing of NDA Physics and Math’s are not a must in Plus 2 level however for Navy and Airforce they are a must.
Allotment centre and SSB interview dates of SSC 42 technical course for men is published by the official website of Indian army. Candidates who are eligible and applied successful for SSC 42 tech can check their allotted centre and SSB dates. SSC 42th tech SSB interviews are being conducted at Allahabad, Bhopal and Bangalore.
SSC 42 Tech Allotment Centre Details
Allahabad: 15636
Bhopal: 9100
Bangalore: 6874
Cut off marks for SSC 42th Tech Cut Off % 1st To 6th Semester 64% & Above
Permanent Body Tattoos Rules Permanent body tattoos are only permitted on inner face of forearm i.e. from inside of elbow to the wrist and on the reverse side of palm/ back (dorsal) side of hand. Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the body are not acceptable and candidates will be barred from further selection. Tribes with tattoos marks on the face or body as per their existing custom and traditions will be permitted on a case to case basis.
Eligibility of SSC 42 Tech Candidates as per notified streams in the notification for STL-42 will only be eligible / accepted. Candidates claiming equivalency of streams with the notified streams will be permitted to attend SSB only on production of equivalency certificate from the AICTE. Candidates with Graduation Degree of a foreign university are also eligible provided they should submit an Equivalency Certificate from Association of Indian Universities (AIU) stating that his qualification is equated with the Degree in corresponding field of an Indian University.
The Editorial Team of SSBCrack consists of a group of Professional writers and aspirants. Their main aim is to provide up to date information regarding SSB Interviews and sharing quality information about Indian Defence to help aspirants. Mail us to join our editorial team now.
Candidates who have applied for any entry in Army, Navy or Airforce might face some problem and want to contact the main cell seeking solutions for their problems. These problems can be many, like postponing the date of SSB, wanting to change the center for written exam due to unavoidable circumstances or wanting to know the results or wanting to know the details about the particular result etc.
Here are the contacts for the three wings Army, Navy and Airforce:
Army
Additional Directorate General of Recruiting
Address: RTG-6, AG’s Branch, West Block – III, RK Puram
For any queries regarding SSB interview, including change of date (permitted only on extreme grounds) contact Air Force Selection Board for which detailed.
1 AFSB
Clement Town
Dehradun- 248002
Tele: 0135 – 2642269
Fax: 0135 – 2640104
2 AFSB
CV Complex
Sidharth Nagar PO
Mysore – 11
Tele: 0821 – 2526621
Fax: 0821 – 2502836
3 AFSB
HQ SWAC, AF
Sector 9
Gandhinagar
Tele: 079 – 23242600 Extn 5754
4 AFSB
Varanasi Cantt
Varanasi – 221002
Tele: 0542 – 2503853 Extn 213
Fax: 0542 – 2502836
Miscellaneous: For clarification on submission of documents after recommendation/medical, merit list and joining instructions, contact- 011 – 23010231 Extn 7973
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AFCAT 1 2014 is scheduled to be held on 23 Feb 2014. Aspirants have enough time to prepare if they start preparing now for AFCAT. Considering the previous year’s AFCAT papers we can say that there is a gradual rise in the level of difficulty of the paper especially in the GK section. Hence cracking AFCAT is no more an affair of one month study, you need to study well before and know the exact things what may be asked. This article will cover the general information about AFCAT paper.
Important Dates for AFCAT 1 2014
Start of receipt of Online Application form: 10/12/2013 14 Dec 2013
Last date for applying application form online: 8/1/2014 12 Jan 2013
Examination date of AFCAT: 23/2/2014
AFCAT 1 2014 Exam Pattern
The AFCAT paper consists of 100 multiple choice questions. Each question carries 3 marks. The questions are asked from the fields of Current Affairs, General Knowledge, and Mathematics of high school level, reasoning and English. For each correct answer 3 marks are avoided and for every wrong answer 1 mark is deducted. The time duration for the exam is two hours. Hence the Paper is of 300 marks. The cutoff for the previous AFCAT exam was 116 (AFCAT 2-2013) however of earlier AFCAT exams i.e. AFCAT1/2013, AFCAT2/2012 etc ranged around 143-144 marks.
Once the candidate see’s the notification they can register themselves on the Candidate Login Section of the website www.careerairforce.nic.in. After getting registered an email is sent to the email ID through which you got yourself registered, in the email a unique password is given. You can log in again on the websites candidate login section. Now you can fill you form here, submit it, change your password etc. Be very careful while filling the form and before submitting it, since once submitted no information can be altered.
The whole procedure of form filling in AFCAT is online. The admit card is generated online itself. After successfully submitting the application form, the admit card can be generated after some days. You can in the mean time log into your account at the careerairforce website and check your application status. Once the admit card is generated you can download it and get a printout of the admit card.
Important Notes: Make sure that you fulfill the eligibility criteria of the AFCAT. Sit with your mark sheets and fill in the correct percentage. Proper care should be taken by the engineering students since they have to fill in certain subjects in order to qualify for the Technical Branch Entry. Be ready with a photograph which must be following the standard of the Application. Have a scanned or digital size photograph you can edit it as per instructions to reduce/increase its size. Be careful while filling the exam center since the centers for Written exams are never changed (Except for some very very very rare cases).
Previous year papers and Syllabus: Everything such as previous year AFCAT papers and syllabus along with sample papers can be found on the official career website of IAF i.e. www.careerairforce.nic.in.
Note: Online application of AFCAT 01/2014 (Flying, Technical and Ground Duty Branches) is released. For eligibility and selection process check Employment News dated 14 Dec 13. Last date for submission of online application is 12 Jan 14.
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.
Aspirants we are now publishing situation reaction test example series for your practice, below you can find actual situation reaction test (SRT) situations from SRT of psychological test conducted during stage 2 of SSB interview. All the responses are just for sample purpose and may differ from one another. Please do not take these responses for granted.
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