Believe In Yourself and Get Success In SSB

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October 17, 2014

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Dear candidates, as Indian air force has declared the AFCAT 2 2014 result recently, many candidates are not able to login and check their marks they have scored in AFCAT and EKT exam. In this post we will be discussion about how to check your marks at careerairforce.nic.in. Candidate must have their login details of careerairforce.nic.in portal.

How to check AFCAT 2 2014 marks

1. Visit www.careerairforce.nic.in
2. Click on the candidates login button at the bottom right corner.

3. Enter your login details and valid captcha

4. Click on the “View Marks” on the right hand side bar.

5 Check your EKT and AFCAT 2014 marks.

There are many candidates who are not able to check their marks after login. We are suggesting them to check their result here, and also check their name in this list ( pending AFCAT 2 2014 EKT result ).
You can also write back to AFCAT cell here: [email protected]

UPDATE: Candidates can select AFSB centre and download their call letters now. Issues have been resolved in the portal.
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AFCAT 2 2014 Exam Results Released by www.careerairforce.nic.in

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October 16, 2014

AFCAT 2 2014 Exam Results released by www.careerairforce.nic.in: Closing date for the selection will be 25th October 2014/ AFCAT 2 2014 Cut-off marks released by www.careerairforce.nic.in AFCAT 2 2014 Exam Results released at www.careerairforce.nic.in. Closing date for the selection is 25th October 2014. Cut-off marks released. AFCAT 2 2014 examination was conducted by Indian Air Force successfully on 31st August 2014. This examination conducted in 4 sets of papers namely Set A, Set B, Set C and Set D. Now it is the time to check the ACAT 2 2014 results.

How to Check AFCAT 2 2014 Results:

Go to careerairforce.nic.in
Click on the option AFCAT 02/2014 Results on the right hand side.
Download AFCAT 2 2014 Result PDF

List of Candidates shortlisted, from AFCAT 2/ 2014 held on 31 Aug 14, for next phase of testing at Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs) is annexed. Based on the induction requirements of the IAF, performance of candidates in AFCAT as well as statistics of Reporting and Success rates at AFSBs, the cut off marks for short listing candidates for AFCAT 2/ 2014 held on 31 Aug 14 is 123/ 300 and for EKT 45/ 150 Only candidates who have cleared AFCAT and EKT both will be considered for Technical Branch. Candidates may login to their account to view their individual AFCAT/ EKT Marks.

Candidates whose AFCAT Numbers figure in the list are required to login to their account and select the venue and date for further testing at one of the Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs). The last date for selection of AFSB venue and date is 25 Oct 14. Candidates are required to print the Call up Letter from the website and report to their selected venue along with Call Up letter, AFCAT Admit Card and other documents as listed in the Call Up letter.

Shortlisted candidates who fail to select their AFSB schedules on or before 25 Oct 2014 would be allotted their AFSB batches by the IAF and so intimated through their registered email ID. On receipt of email, candidates are required to print a Call Up letter from the website and report to their allotted venue along with Call Up letter, AFCAT Admit Card and other documents as listed in the Call Up letter.

Check AFCAT 2 2014 Results

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The Secret of Officer Like Qualities (OLQ) Revealed

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Jayendra Singh

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October 16, 2014

SSB has several tests that spread over a period of 5 days. All tests are psychologically designed and they are meant to look for the qualities that an officer should possess to sustain the work conditions that the defence sector would give to individuals. Hence officers are tested on such grounds and these tests have the capability to extract the hidden motives and choose the best among the crowd. It is said that the candidate is judged over fifteen OLQ’s or the officer like qualities and if he or she possess them then only he could be recommended. The qualities are widely spread in different domains of human personality and cover various aspects like Social adaptability, effectiveness, how one does planning and how he is at organising things.

The examination is strict and no exception is there for missing qualities. The presence of such qualities is noted through three types of exams which aim at judging the coordination between heart, mind and body. Three different rounds are made to check all possible ways for presence of these qualities. The aspirant would face PI, Psychology and GTO roundswhere different assessors would assess the candidate for appropriateness and fit in service. Different assessors are kept so that the element of favouring or luck factor is minimised as those who judge are also humans but trained specially to assess. The list of fifteen expected qualities is as follows:

Effective intelligence
Sense of responsibility
Organising ability
Self- confidence
Liveliness
Power of expression
Social adaptability
Courage
Speed of decision
Cooperation
Initiative
Reasoning ability
Ability to influence the group
Determination
Stamina

The essence of each quality should be there and it would be tested by officers, so it is suggested to the aspirants that they should go well prepared knowing what they have and what they can inculcate through changes in their personality. Missing elements can surely be build up in some time if during the preparation the aspirants come to know what is really missing from their personality. Since we know what is being looked at we should be smart enough to get our personalities tested by experts who can guide individually and help reach a level where development could be made.

You are the best person to analyse what you actually are and what qualities you possess, you should know what the technicalities that are being looked are and how your responses should fulfil them. If you feel the need of individualised assessment and mocks which can be taken from your home itself through my mentoring program or you have a query bothering your mind which hinders your preparation drop me a mail at [email protected] or add me on Fb and drop in a message. It would be a pleasure to help and resolve queries.

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50 PPDT and TAT Original Pictures 2024

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October 16, 2014

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PPDT and TAT are two different tests where candidates need to write a story based on the picture shown. PPDT pictures are sometimes hazy and it has only one picture, PPDT picture stories need action and identification of number of characters, their mood and age.

In case of TAT, which has around 11 pictures including blank pictures, candidates are required to write the story only. Many candidates are asking for sample PPDT and TAT pictures, so here we are posting some TAT and PPDT pictures which you might face in SSB during TAT and PPDT tests. Although most of the pictures are not exactly the same but with matching themes.

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What is PPDT?

PPDT stands for picture perception and discussion test, as the name suggests, you need to write a story on the picture shown, narrate it and then discuss it among group members to make a common story.

What is TAT?

Thematic Apperception Test or TAT is the first test in SSB Psychological test series. It is the most effective way of getting the personality of a person. The pictures shown to candidates stimulate their thought process and he may reveal many of his hidden qualities. The real intention of this test is to give an appreciation of you without being conscious of it.

PPDT and TAT Original Pictures

If you are going for SSB interview, you will find most of the pictures during TAT and PPDT are with the similar theme as above pictures. Keep practicing by writing PPDT and TAT stories on these picture. You could also write your story below in the comment box.

If you have any TAT or PPDT picture you would like to share with us, you can directly post it in the comment box below. Wish you more success !!

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Board Exams and SSB Preparation

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Tashi Mishra

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October 15, 2014

One golden opportunity to join the forces is after class 12th. You can join through NDA, Army Tech Entry or Navy Tech Entry. The first one is a written test based entry while the former two are direct entries. For NDA you need to give a written exam and if you qualify that then you’ll get a call for SSB. For the direct entries you will be called for SSB based on your 10+2 marks. So you need to score well in your board exams as well.

The problem here is that most of you appear for SSB while still in 12th, and some appear just after it. That leaves you with a very little time for your preparation for SSB. Many of you also appear for various competitive exams, the preparation of which too takes time, again that leaves you with even lesser time for your SSB preparation. This phase of your life is very crucial and you need to be very sincere at this time. Given below are few tips to help you out at this time, when you need to prepare for your board exams and SSB both.

Decide your priorities: Of course Boards are the first priority, but here I am talking about deciding the priority between the forces and other competitive exams. Other exams hardly have any age limit, but in forces you have a strict age limit. So if you really want to get into it it’s now or never for you. This is so because as and when you pass your 12th, you are almost near the upper age limit and that leaves you with hardly 2 or three chances. If you are very much into joining the forces then you must put in all your focus into it. You always take a year break and prepare for all other exams. You can give them along with your boards also but you must focus more on the SSB.
Do one thing every day: What creates more problems is procrastination. If you do small portion of something every day it’ll definitely take lesser time than piling up everything together and doing all at the same time. Keep in mind that you SSB might fall very near to your board exams also, in which case you’ll be confused and might panic on how and what to prepare. Thus it is better to do your studies in a timely manner and also prepare for SSB along side.
Make correct use of breaks: You do get holidays, after exams, during festivals etc. Make judicious use of it. Nobody is asking you to sit whole day with books, it’s just a matter of few hours. Study every day in holiday. Just sit for few hours. Focus more on your SSB preparation during holiday.
The ‘Will’ factor: If you really want to do something, nobody can stop you. Of course you can manage both, your boards and your SSB together and get through with flying colors in both. All you need is the will to do it.

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I am Tashi, basically from Varanasi, currently pursuing my Masters in Computer Science from Christ University, Bangalore. I am interested in reading and football. It has always been my dream to join the forces,so here I am to share my experience with all the aspiring faujis. Remember with determination you’ll be triumphant!

How Difficult Is SSB Interview?

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Tashi Mishra

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October 15, 2014

Service Selection Board interviews are a six day process, in which your personality is monitored and matched with the suitability of joining the forces. If you are suitable you are recommended otherwise not. We tend to hear different theories about this interview from different sources. People getting recommended have different opinions, and those not getting recommended have yet another opinion. I am sure that before going for SSB you try to collect as much of information regarding it as possible. And thus you hear different versions of SSB stories from different sources. Here we will focus on understanding how difficult SSB interview is? To begin with, SSB is not a normal job interview where you have to study your head off in order to crack it. SSB is different.

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It hardly checks your knowledge; it just checks your suitability for the forces. This suitability is not entirely based on your knowledge. You can thus say that SSB is a multidimensional interview. It checks your entire personality. Secondly SSB is not the basis of judging you, whether you are good for doing something in your life or not, it just checks your suitability for the forces. Even if you don’t crack SSB, you can still do very well in other fields. The entire selection procedure of SSB is based on the 15 Officer Like Qualities, which a candidate must possess in order to be suitable for the forces. You can check these qualities in articles present on our website.

In SSB interview your personality is under continuous supervision. Each aspect is observed minutely and closely. You can take an idea from the fact that you are checked in every aspect. You are checked for the basic aptitude of an officer in the screening tests, you are checked for your thoughts in the psychological testing. You are checked for your physical fitness and group behavior in the Ground Tests. You are checked individually in the interview with the Interviewing Officer. The people in the board are very experienced and efficient bunch of people. They can easily catch you if you are lying.

All the tests in SSB are meant to test you under pressure. This is because in real life situation, an officer has to perform judiciously and efficiently under pressure, so a candidate must give positive response under pressure. The constraint of time is applied in the testing and most of the tests are designed in such a way that they get difficult with time. The level of difficulty is not much. If you look closely you will realize that SSB is more about logic and positive attitude than intelligence. Of course the basic intelligence needs to be there. The reason why you are told to be honest all the time in SSB is because if you lie and get selected somehow, then you might suffer a lot in training and in service because your personality is not meant for it. To conclude I would like to say that SSB is not difficult, it is rather tricky. You are expected to be genuine all the time. Being logical and practical is more important in SSB than being intelligent. You can check the articles on OLQ’s to understand what they are. SSB is six days of learning; you get to learn a lot about yourself and your strengths. It is not difficult, it is just about doing the right thing at the right time.

Best Flying Games for Indian Air Force Aspirants

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October 13, 2014

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Few months back Indian Air Force has launched his own Andriod flying game “Guardians for the Sky” which went viral and has around 3-4 Lakh downloads from Google play store. Here we are talking about more best flying games aspirants can play on PC. The aim of sharing these games is not just for fun, but there is so much you can learn from these games as they simulate real life fighter planes, aircraft etc. Not only this, you can almost feel the real cockpit with all types of meters which you might face during PABT.

Best Flying Games for Indian Air Force Aspirants

HAWX,
IL2 Sturmovik,
Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight,
IL-2 Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles,
Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater,
Crimson Skies,
Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche Versus Ka-52 Hokum ,
Falcon 4.0,
Microsoft Flight Simulator X,
Flanker 2.0,

HAWX: The basic gameplay mechanics of H.A.W.X are similar to those of other console-based flight simulators, such as Ace Combat. Players take on enemies with over fifty aircraft available to them. Each mission is set amidst real world locations in environments created with commercial satellite data. A cockpit, first-person, and third-person view are selectable, with third-person view giving the player an external view of both their plane and the target.

IL2 Sturmovik: The game featured 31 flyable planes and additional 40 non-flyable planes (available as opponents). One could play as Australia, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, the USA, and the USSR. The game included a multi-player feature which supports up to 100 players online over the internet. Free internet services such as Xfire, Hyperlobby, and The All-Seeing Eye, were used for setting up online game sessions.

Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater: The game takes place in the Pacific War and includes campaigns loosely based on historic air battles, from the American and Japanese perspective.

Falcon 4.0: Falcon 4.0’s gameplay parallels actual fighter pilot combat operations. First, over 30 training scenarios acquaint the player with F-16 maneuvering, avionics operation and various USAF protocols. After training, the player may start the primary gameplay mode in the campaign, which simulates participation in a modern war. Alternatively he or she may engage in dogfight mode which provides an individual air engagement without any continuous context, or create what are effectively miniature campaigns, known as “Tactical Engagements”.

You can also check the Indian Air Force official Android game here. What do you think, do share your views. If you know a better game, mention it in the comment box below.

Importance of Board Exams for Defence Entries

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Tashi Mishra

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October 13, 2014

Importance of Board Exams for Defence Entries

Defence forces of India is an attractive career option which you can take after your class 12th. This is however is applicable to only boys and girls can apply only after graduation. There are mainly three entries through which you can join the forces:

NDA: National Defence academy is the dream destination for many 18 year old guys. This academy is located in Khadakwasla, pune and is a tri service academy, where the cadets for army, navy and air force get trained together for a period of three years. On successful completion of which they get trained for their pre commissioning training in the respective academy of the arm of their choice, for a period of one year. NDA exam is conducted twice every year. The successful candidates of written exam are called for SSB. There is no minimum criteria for percentage in this.
10+2 Army Tech Entry: This is a chance for those who want to become both engineer and a Fauji. You can apply for this entry and make your way to Indian Army, getting a chance to do engineering from Officers Training Academy, Gaya. The mode of entry is direct, that means there is no written exam conducted. You have to apply on the basis of your 10+2 percentage. The cutoff is decided by the Army and people having percentage above that cutoff are called for SSB.
10+2 Navy Cadet Entry: This is the same thing as Army 10+2 Tech entry, including the same eligibility criteria and procedure of selection. In this also you are directly called for SSB on the basis of your 10+2 board exam marks.

So now you are familiar with the three types of entries through which you can realize you dream of joining the forces. And after having a look at their eligibility criteria you’ll get to know that two out of these three entries are a direct entry, which means you need to score well in order to get a SSB call. One more thing to note here is that the magnitude of the number matter here and not the board, this means that no matter what board you are from there won’t be any leniency for you because your board is more difficult than some other board.

Board exams are probably the first important exam you give in your life. The marks you score in board exams are important for you to apply for some of the direct entries, like this one. With the increasing competition day by day the cut off is going high for these entries. Also your board marks help you to get in the merit list if you get through SSB. That is suppose you and one more person have the same SSB marks, so how will your position in the merit list be decided? It’ll be decide on the basis of your 12th board marks. And even a few marks can make a difference.

So put in all your efforts to get good marks in your board exams. Still there is time, if done in a planned and systematic way nothing is difficult. Sit down, plan out and work on your plan.

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Tashi Mishra, Editorial Team

I am Tashi, basically from Varanasi, currently pursuing my Masters in Computer Science from Christ University, Bangalore. I am interested in reading and football. It has always been my dream to join the forces,so here I am to share my experience with all the aspiring faujis. Remember with determination you’ll be triumphant!