Indian Army soldiers are bringing glory to the organisation not with their duty but also in National sports. One of the Indian Army Bodybuilders Sep Anish Kumar PS of AMC Centre And College Centre Sports Team won the Silver Medal (70Kg Weight Category) in 13th Mr India Senior Body Building & Physique Championship at Khammam, Telangana. We are proud of our warriors.
Sep Anish Kumar PS of AMC Centre And College Centre Sports Team won the Silver Medal (70Kg Weight Category) in 13th Mr India Senior Body Building & Physique Championship at Khammam, Telangana. We are proud of our warrior. pic.twitter.com/w0UZsLA4yM
The above lines were a prudent source of motivation for me throughout my journey,
Anyways, hello chasers, this is Divyansh Chaudhary from Meerut, U.P and I have recently got recommended for TES-46 from 31 SSB KAPURTHALA in my 3rd attempt.
Lemme start this from the very beginning.
FIRST ATTEMPT:-
It was 600hrs in the morning of 8 FEB 2021 at 1 AFSB DEHRADUN for NDA-146 , me along with a crowd of 190+ guys reported at the main gate. I will keep it short and directly skip to the testing part. I did well in OIR but I literally screwed in discussion or in some ways the whole ppdt. Probably due to futile tips to outperform my groupmates , hence result was as expected , I was SCREENED OUT and about 69 got screened in .
SECOND ATTEMPT:-
Again the same board 1 AFSB on 9 SEPT 2021 (exactly 6 months and 1 day later) for NDA-147 I reported there and since this time I was a lot more maverick and free from fallacious tricks from soo called “coaching valas” I somehow managed to get SCREENED IN . Out of 186 , 74 were screened in.
My phych went well (very well as per my prerogative) and the interview was the best part But being over-expressive in GD and MPE was something that I realized later on through introspection that contributed towards my rejection ultimately. Infact I exerted so much that I had sore throat on the conference day and inspite of being given enough time I stuck a lot in between due to my throat and was conference out and a total 13 guys got recommended along with some of my dearest friends (siddhart , aditya , anurag and aryan) . Off –course I was a borderline case , I even checked my marks in the marksheet released by UPSC recently that I scored 327 marks in the SSB
(360 being the marks needed for the recommendation).
THIRD ATTEMPT:-
Till this attempt I had taken admission in a govt engineering college in Punjab. Moreover, I was enjoying my college life there as the campus was beautiful (just like the gals there). But my love for the uniform and successive failures were like a festering wound where the college life was an effective ointment, but even that couldn’t help me for so long as I knew that the cure only lied in that “+” sign.
I applied for 10+2 TES this time just like my several friends. Being the direct entry I wasn’t having high hopes as its quite evident that the rejection rate is massive. The only objective of mine was to perform with the best of my abilities and leave the rest on the almighty.
About 312 reported on 28 DEC 2021 at SCN KAPURTHALA , the crowd made me a little nervous but I managed to perform my best . only 23 WERE SCREENED IN and my chest no. (60) was called second last. I was myself awestruck at the result , I called my home and proceeded to the documentation , PIQ filling and other banal stuffs . Next day was for phych which I did just like the last time and chilled that day with my like-minded groupies . Before the GTO next day, me and my groupies had a chat regarding how to do things there and we were cooperative enough to make things work , it may be hard to believe but there was hardly any glimpse of fish market scenario in my group (best groupmates one could have ever had) and everyone got to speak 10-12 points in both GDs and GPE and we were undoubtedly happy with my performance.
In PGT , HGT , FGT I participated fairly enough and kept my mates motivated and as my friends told me, I got the hardest command task in my group and was given longest time to do as well.
In individual obstacles I did 11 and even the guy assisting the GTO asked me from where I was and knowing that I was from Meerut he said “ye sala chatak hai”
And when I shouted the name of my girlfriend then he again said “saab mai khrha tha sala bhot chatak hai” and even the GTO was grinning towards me.
This time the interview went quiet smooth . Infact , while waiting outside the IO room , he suddenly came from behind and tapped my shoulder and said “chal aaja” , and that was clearly strange for me as he was the deputy president of the board.
Next day in the conference I was asked that who performed the best from my group , and I shouted out my own chest No. confidently (chest no. 22) . The conference lasted for about
10-15 mins and then an officer came with the results and delivered the results after the routine motivational speech. Only 2 of us made it through , me and chest no. 14 . That time I was totally numb and for next several hours I kept contemplating whether it was really happening or I was just dreaming about it happening as always.
Thanks a lot Khyati Malik for always being there..
Finally , just like the happy endings in the TAT stories my story concluded , the only difference was that it wasn’t really the end as it was the beginning of several lives have to live…! !
“The setting up of 100 new Sainik schools will provide an opportunity to girls to join the Armed Forces and contribute to national security,” said Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh while chairing a webinar on Sainik Schools on January 08, 2022. Shri Rajnath Singh said, the Government believes inincreasing the role of women in the Armed Forces and a series of steps have been taken in that direction, including clearing the way for admission of girls in Sainik Schools and providing Permanent Commission to women officers. He exuded confidence the decision to establish new Sainik schools will encourage girls to realise their dreams of serving the country.
The Raksha Mantri described the announcement of expansion of Sainik Schools as one of the many important decisions taken by the government in the last six-seven years to improve the quality of basic education of children and ensure holistic development of the country. He hoped that the amalgamation of Raksha and Shikshain Sainik schools will play an important role in nation-building in the times to come. He stated that while ‘Sainik’ signifies unity, discipline & devotion, ‘School’ is the centre of education, therefore, Sainik schools are playing a pivotal role in making children capable citizens.
Shri Rajnath Singh added that the Government is focussing on providing quality education to the youth of the country as it lays a solid foundation for the all-round development of society. “Quality education is the fourth of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations. There are several other goals under ‘quality education’. It has been our strong political commitment to achieve these goals. Several schemes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan are being run. Setting up of 100 new Sainik Schools is another important step in that direction,” he said.
The Raksha Mantri lauded the Sainik School Society for implementing the ideals of visionaries such as Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr BR Ambedkar and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who had emphasised on physical, mental, moral and spiritual development of children along with academic education. He appreciated the fact that Sainik schools have contributed to the recruitment of more than 7,000 officers in the Armed Forces so far and have given the country officers like former Chiefs of the Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor (Retd) & General Dalbir Singh Suhag (Retd), besides Nagaland Chief Minister Shri Neiphiu Rio; former RBI Governor D Subbarao and Film Director Rakesh Roshan.
Shri Rajnath Singh termed education as a key sector which plays a part in the development of all other areas, exhorting the private sector to join hands with the Government to achieve ‘Aatmanirbharta’ in the field and ensure holistic development of children. “Today, our country is moving fast in the path of self-reliance in every field. It is touching newer heights in fields like defence, health, communication, industry and transport due to the synergy between public and private sectors. There is a need for a revolution in the education sector and holistic development of children. This is only possible if there is a strong collaboration of defence, education and private sector. This webinar is a foundation stone of this partnership,” he said, urging the private sector to join the Government’s initiative of expansion of Sainik schools.
The Raksha Mantri reiterated that Government’s resolve to provide opportunities to the youth of the country. National Education Policy-2020; increase in the vacancies in National Cadet Corps; Khelo India, Start-up India and Fit India campaigns are some of the initiatives of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through which the young & ignited minds of the country can realise their dreams; ensure overall development and take the country to newer heights, he said, adding that the setting up of new Sainik Schools will prove to be an important milestone in this direction.
Shri Rajnath Singh suggested Department of Defence and Sainik School Society to devise a mechanism for ranking all Sainik schools on the basis of their performance and audit. This, he said, will lead to a healthy competition among the schools, besides providing encouragement to try different innovations. He said, along with the curriculum, children should be exposed to patriotism and loyalty towards the Nation as it will help in building their character and benefit the country.
It may be recalled that the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in its meeting on October 12, 2021, had approved the proposal for launching of Sainik Schools in partnership with NGOs/Private Schools/State-owned schools on affiliation basis with Sainik Schools Society. These schools would function as an exclusive vertical, which will be distinct and different from existing Sainik Schools. In the first phase, 100 affiliate partners were proposed to be drawn from States/NGOs/Private partners.
The webinar was organised to have stakeholder consultations to evolve a sound Qualifying Requirement (QR), Affiliation bye-laws, Memorandum of Association (MoA) and Additional Curriculum to ensure smooth implementation of the initiative.
A website https://sainikschool.ncog.gov.in in collaboration with Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) was launched and the registration opened for affiliation on October 12, 2021. Till date, 137 applicants have registered on the web portal.
Chief of the Army Staff General MM Naravane, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar and Secretary Department of School Education and Literacy Smt Anita Karwal were among those who attended the seminar virtually.
1st Batch of Girl Cadets inducted into Sainik School Amaravathi nagar, under the aegis of HQSNC inducted in Class VI as ‘Boarders’ for the academic year 2021-22. The girl cadets visited the School along with their parents, underwent orientation & mandatory document verification. pic.twitter.com/NxqPxLwyOp
After two successive high profile visits – the President and Vice President of India – within a span of less than two weeks, IAC Vikrant is heading out for the next set of sea trials. Both dignitaries, having reviewed the progress had conveyed their satisfaction and expressed their best wishes to all the stakeholders involved in project. While the maiden sea trials in August last year were to establish propulsion, navigational suite and basic operations, the second sea trial later in October-November witnessed the ship being put through its paces in terms of various machinery trials and flight trials. The ship in fact was out for 10 days proving its sustenance in the very second sortie. Various seamanship evolutions were also successfully cleared during the second sortie. Having gained adequate confidence in the ship’s abilities, the IAC now sails to undertake complex manoeuvres to establish specific readings of how the ship performs in various conditions. In addition, various sensor suites of the ship would also be tested.
The IAC has been a success story on numerous counts. Be it the case of Atmanirbharta wherein 76% of the equipment is indigenously sourced or the close engagement between the Design teams of the Indian Navy and M/s Cochin Shipyard Limited – a high-point in the largest and most complex warship ever to be built in the country. That the ship has been able to carry out basic flying operations from its very first sortie itself is a landmark in Indian warship construction history. Despite surging COVID cases in the country and the resultant challenges, the combined teams from multiple organisations associated with the project, are upbeat and committed to meet the timeliness. On successful completion of a series of progressive sea trials, the ship is scheduled to be commissioned as INS Vikrant later this year, as the nation commemorates ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) ‘Vikrant’ heads out for the fresh sea sortie. The IAC is India’s largest warship and it is set to enter into service this year. 🇮🇳❤️⚔️ pic.twitter.com/XYxPbPuxvJ
Hi, Warriors. As it is known that the SSB procedure is held in two stages- Stage I and Stage II, the first stage needs to be cleared for further advancing to the second stage of SSB.
Stage I is the screening test which is held on the very first day of the selection procedure. If this stage is cleared, candidates are retained for the next stage otherwise they’re sent back the same day. So, for an aspirant to clear the SSB, they have to clear both stages.
Stage I further consists of Intelligence Test (Verbal and Non-Verbal) and Picture Perception and Description Test (PPDT).
Screening is the stage where the bogus and unfit candidates are sorted out from further selection. Here, we bring you the 6 secrets for clearing the Stage I in the 1st go:
The first and foremost point to remember is that YOU ARE NOT COMPETING WITH ANYONE DURING THE SELECTION PROCEDURE. It is equally possible for all the candidates to get recommended and at the same time none to be recommended during the selection. So, relax and just focus on yourself – give the best you can.
Intelligence Test or the Officer’s Intelligence Rating (OIR) test mainly focuses on logical reasoning and vocabulary. So, GETTING A GOOD GRIP ON VOCABULARY AND IMPROVING YOUR LOGICAL REASONING will help a lot in this.
For improving your vocabulary, try learning 5 new words daily such that you are good to go with its meaning and perfect for using it in a sentence.
Try this – 1st Word as soon as you get up, 2nd Word somewhere near brunch time, 3rd Word after lunch, 4th Word in the evening and 5th Word after Dinner, each with at least three hours of gap in between. And do revise all the five words before you go to sleep. Viola! You’ve learned 150 words in a month with perfection in meaning and use in sentences.
For improving logical reasoning, try playing games that challenge your mind. Like Duet for Android. Also, meditate for at least 10 minutes daily to improve you cognitive abilities.
The next test is PPDT. Here, a picture is shown and you’re required to extract a story out of it. The tips to approach the PPDT are:
Observe the Picture carefully for the whole 30 seconds. In those 30 seconds, try to figure out these from the picture: number of characters, their age and sex, their mood/mood of the picture. Now try to conclude what has happened/what is happening in the plot, what will be the future action to perform and the final outcome after the future action.
Keep the story short and meaningful and use good convincing and communicating skills.
Finally, practise a lot. Try to the point and easy-to-understand tips from ‘Let’s Crack SSB Interview’.
The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. It is one of the largest and most powerful navies in the world.
As a blue-water navy, it operates significantly in the Persian Gulf Region and the Horn of Africa to the Strait of Malacca and routinely conducts anti-piracy operations and partnership building with other navies in the region. It also conducts routine two to three-month-long deployments in the South and East China seas as well as the western Mediterranean simultaneously. The navy has a listening post in Madagascar.
The primary objective of the navy is to safeguard the nation’s maritime borders, and in conjunction with other Armed Forces of the union, act to deter or defeat any threats or aggression against the territory, people, or maritime interests of India, both in war and peace. Through joint exercises, goodwill visits, and humanitarian missions, including disaster relief, the Indian Navy promotes bilateral relations between nations.
Recruitment into the Navy is carried out on the basis of All India Merit. The number of uniformed personnel recruited/inducted depends on the number of eligible applicants (men and women) who are able to qualify in the written test, Services Selection Board interview and medical examination, and their relative position in the Merit.
Best Ways To Join The Indian Navy
UPSC Entry
UPSC holds examinations twice a year for Permanent Commission entry to the Indian Navy. There are two ways to go about it – The NDA (National Defense Academy)/INA (Indian Naval Academy) entry for 12th standard candidates (or pass-outs) with Physics, Chemistry Maths subjects, and the CDSE (Combined Defense Services Examination) for college graduates.
UPSC shortlists candidates after written examinations. Thereafter, candidates are sent to the Service Selection Boards located at Bengaluru, Bhopal and Coimbatore. Results of qualified candidates are forwarded to UPSC for making the final merit list. UPSE holds CDSE twice a year for Graduates.
Recruitment through NCC
University graduates possessing NCC’C’ certificate with minimum ‘B’ grading and 50% marks in the graduation degree examination are inducted in the Navy as regular commissioned officers. They are directly selected through the SSB interview only. They join the Indian Naval Academy for Naval Orientation Course (NOC) along with the CDSE cadets.
University Entry Scheme (UES)
In the Seventh and Eighth semester Engineering students are eligible for induction into the Executive and Technical Branches of the Indian Navy. After shortlisting of the candidates, they are called for the Interview at the Service Selection Board. The successful candidates are put through medical tests.
Cadet Entry Scheme
This Scheme gives permanent commission in the Executive, Engineering, and Electrical Branches of the Indian Navy. Candidates are selected through the Services Selection Board, are sent to the Indian Naval Academy for the B Tech Course. After completion of the course, they are granted Permanent Commission in the Executive, Electrical, and Engineering branches of the Indian Navy.
Non- UPSC Entry
Here applications are invited and Shortlisted at IHQ of MoD (Navy). The short-listed candidates are then sent for SSB interviews. Following branches are recruited by SSC:
Educational Branch: Permanent and Short Service Commission scheme exist for this branch.
Engineering: Short Service Commission through University Entry Scheme (UES), Special Naval Architects Entry Scheme ( SNAES) and SSC (E) Schemes. Permanent Commission is through 10+2 (Cadet Entry Scheme).
Electric Engineering: SSC entry through UES and SSC (L) Schemes. Permanent Commission is through 10+2 (Cadet Entry Scheme).
Executive: Short Service Commission through University Entry and the other Short Service Commission (SSC) Schemes for Executive (GS)\ Air Traffic Control/ Law/ Logistic/ Naval Armament Inspectorate (NAI)/ Hydro/ Pilot/ Observer and also Permanent Commission for Logistic/ Law/ NAI Cadres.
Special Naval Architecture Entry Scheme
‘Special Naval Architects Entry Scheme’ (SNAES) is a special scheme which is recently approved by the Government with the vacancy of 45 Naval Architect officers into the Naval Architecture Cadre of the Engineering Branch, as Short Service Commission (SSC) Officers.
Indian Navy Entrance Test (INET)
Candidates should have passed B.E./B.Tech in any discipline with minimum 60% marks from AICTE recognized university/institute. Male and Female candidates of age group 19 to 25 are eligible. All the candidates should be unmarried and Indian citizens. Interested and eligible candidates can apply by filling up the online application on the official site of the Indian navy. This is a two-way process that has an online examination and the shortlisted candidates are called for Service Selection Board (SSB) interview. After the medical tests conducted by Indian Navy final merit list is made.
Above are the ways to join the Navy, I hope it was informative and all the best.
You can also access them through the SSBCrackExams App available in the google play store.
As we all know, a novel virus is affecting the whole world again like fire in the jungle named Omicron that is alleged to be originated in South Africa. Many countries, states, and cities have passed various guidelines due to this newly seen virus all over the world. So in this situation, if you are going to the SSB or any other interview, questions related to this will be asked for sure because it is a burning topic in the whole world right now. There are some questions mentioned below that can be asked during your upcoming SSB’s .
What is Omicron virus ?
How it is different from the other viruses (SAARS , Delta etc) ?
From where it has originated ?
What makes it a variant of concern ?
Can the currently used diagnostics methods, detect Omicron?
Which precautions should we take ?
Will the existing vaccines work against Omicron ?
Do you think next wave will be there , how severely ?
How the whole world including India is responding to the virus ?
What you think we should do as a citizen to save ourselves from this virus apart from all the efforts that government and other organisations are making ?
These were some of the relevant questions that can be asked by the assessors during the interview. Now let’s try and analyse why they ask such things and what their is there relevance. If a candidate is answering questions well, it shows that he is aware of the general issues but if he is answering and creating an impact in front of the assessor it is considered excellent by answering in a sophisticated and logical way with fewer words of most importance. If someone asks all these questions to a common man, he will also tell about the name of the virus and some basic knowledge that almost everyone knows but what is the difference between a common man’s answer and that In yours matters a lot. It doesn’t mean you have to study the whole biology but you must know about some general terms and exact differences between these viruses hence specific precautions that you should take in this particular case. It shows your alert, logical, bold character and helps you to create an impact in every group and place through your confidence and knowledge, hence helping you to crack SSB.
Based on the results of the Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination, 2020 held by UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION on 20th December, 2020 and the interviews for Personality Test held from 6th December to 24th December, 2021, the following is the list, in order of merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to the posts of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in the Central Armed Police Forces viz. Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
The UPSC CAPF exam 2020 was conducted on December 20, 2020 and the interviews for Personality Test was held from December 6 to 24, 2021.
S. No.
Category
Number of selected candidates
1
General
59 (Incl. 01 Ex-Serviceman)
2
EWS
20
3
OBC
55 (Incl. 08 Ex-Servicemen)
4
SC
35 (Incl. 01 Ex-Serviceman)
5
ST
18 (Incl. 02 Ex-Servicemen)
Total
187 (Incl. 12 Ex-Servicemen)
The number of vacancies reported by the Govt. to be filled are as under:
Indian Army has opened the NCC 51 SSB interview date selection link for men and women. Candidates can check their profile and select their NCC 51 SSB dates in time, some candidates who are seeing batch full message after date selection are suggested to keep checking and select once new dates are open. NCC 51 SSB interview will be conducted at SSB Allahabad, Bhopal, Bangalore and Kapurthala.
Official Statement: NCC SPECIAL ENTRY SCHEME 51 COURSE (APR 2022) (MEN): DATE SELECTION LINK FOR NCC SPECIAL ENTRY SCHEME 51 COURSE (APR 2022) (MEN) (INCLUDING WARDS OF BATTLE CASUALTIES OF ARMY PERSONNEL) IS OPEN. THE CANDIDATES ARE REQUESTED TO SELECT SSB DATE FROM DATE SELECTION LINK FROM THEIR PROFILE. DATE SELECTION LINK WILL REMAIN OPEN TILL 1600 HRS ON 06 JAN 2022.
Only shortlisted eligible candidates will undergo SSB at Selection Centres, Allahabad(UP), Bhopal(MP), Bangalore (Karnataka) and Kapurthala (PB). Call up letter for SSB interview will be issued by respective Selection Centre on candidates’ registered e-mail id and SMS only. Allotment of Selection Centre is at the discretion of Directorate General of Recruiting, IHQ of MoD (Army) and No request for changes will be entertained in this regard.
Candidates will be 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 day. Duration of SSB interview is five days and details of the same are available on official website of Directorate General of Recruiting ie www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. This will be followed by a medical examination for the candidates who get recommended after Stage II.
Candidates recommended by the SSB and declared medically fit, will be issued joining letter for training in the order of merit, depending on the number of vacancies available, subject to meeting all eligibility criteria.
A man was arrested for allegedly impersonating an Army officer in the Samba district. A case under relevant sections of the law was registered against the accused and further investigation is underway, police said.
Raman Singh, a resident of RS Pura, was in army fatigue when he was noticed by a police patrolling party moving under suspicious circumstances in the Bari Brahmana area, J&K police added in the official release.