Indian army is going to conduct the recruitment rally at Hamirpur, Bilaspur and Una soon. Interested candidates can find more details related to Indian army recruitment rally below. An Army recruitment rally is being organized at Indira Gandhi Sports Stadium, Una (HP), by Army Recruiting Office, Hamirpur from 10 Nov to 16 Nov 2017. Candidates from the Districts Hamirpur, Bilaspur and Una would be screened for the post of Soldier General Duty & Soldier Clerk/SKT.
Only candidates who have done online registration on web site “join indiaarmy.nic.in” will be permitted to enter the rally ground with admit card. The educational, age and physical criteria for the candidates for recruitment in the Army is as under
Essential Documents Required During Rally (Original with minimum three photocopies). (a) Educational Certificate.
(i) Soldier General Duty & Soldier Clerk/SKT. Original Mark sheet of Class 10th / 12th or higher education. Candidates studied from NIOS, required to produce transfer cert (TC) of class 8th duly countersigned by the respective District Education Officer to authenticate its correctness, Mark Sheet downloaded from computer must be signed by concerned school principal. All mark sheets produced will also be verified by the Education Board for which the selected candidates are requested to deposit requisite fees with the education board.
(b) Permanent Residence / Nativity / Domicile Certificate. Permanent Residence / Nativity / Domicile certificate duly signed and issued by Naib Tehsildar / Tehsildar / SDM (C).
(c) Dogra Class Certificate. Dogra class certificate duly signed and issued by Naib Tehsildar / Tehsildar / SDM (C).
(d) Caste Certificate. All candidates will produce caste certificate duly signed by Tehsildar / SDM / DM. SIKH & SIKH (M&R) candidates will also produce caste certificate of their father duly signed and issued by Tehsildar / SDM/DM alongwith their caste certificate.
(e) Character Certificate. Character Certificate duly signed by the Village Sarpanch & should be within 06 Months from date of rally.
(f) Aadhar Card, PAN Card & Savings Bank Acct. All candidates are must in possession of Original and 03 x Photocopies of Aadhar Card, PAN Card and Pass Book of Savings Bank Acct or at least should have applied for the same (Copy of receipt should be produced).
Photographs. 12 recent coloured passport size photographs showing both the ears of the candidate with name and date of birth printed on the photographs and attested by village sarpanch on reverse of the photographs. Different size of photographs/ scanned photographs / attested in front of photos, will not be accepted. SIKH and SIKH (M&R) candidates photographs should be with turban /Putka and he should also carry two joint photographs in turban with his parents.
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It is a dream of every defence aspirants to work hard and join the Indian army as soon as possible. Joining defence forces as an officer or a jawan is not an easy job, there is a huge competition like any other field, but defence forces are a class apart, the interview conducted there like the SSB interview is different from what we face in private sector. There is something which motivates defence aspirants, especially those who are trying hard since long to clear the defence exams and interview and earn the uniform.
Anything military would be enough to motivate the aspirants, but here are the pictures of the cars used by the Indian army, air force and navy chiefs, this would be enough to give goosebumps to defence aspirants.
The nation paid respects to the sole Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 98. IAF veterans remembered him as “a man of integrity, a kind-hearted leader and an Air Warrior who leaves behind an incomparable legacy.”
His last rites were performed with a 17-gun salute and fly past by IAF fighter jets in the ‘missing man’ formation, at the Brar Square, New Delhi.
Marshal Arjan Singh served as Chief of the Air Staff from 1964 to 1969. For his distinguished service in commanding the IAF during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan and in 1966 became the first IAF officer to be promoted to Air Chief Marshal. After retiring from the IAF, he served as a diplomat, politician, and advisor to the Indian government. He was Lieutenant Governor of Delhi from 1989 to 1990. In 2002, on the occasion of Republic Day he became the first and only officer of the Indian Air Force to be promoted to five-star rank as Marshal (Highest Military Rank attainable) of the Indian Air Force, equal to the Army rank of Field Marshal (only Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw and Field Marshal K.M Cariappa have been conferred this highest rank in the Indian Army). He was made India’s Ambassador to Switzerland and in 1974, the High Commissioner to Kenya and also served as a member of the Minorities Commission.
Retired Air Marshal Arjan Singh, 96 during the wreath laying ceremony and memorial of Former President APJ Abdul Kalam.
Fly Past by Sukhoi Jets over the funeral ceremony of Marshal Arjan Singh
Defence Minister AK Antony with Arjan Singh DFC, Genral Bikram Singh, pays tribute to martyrs of 1962 Indo-China War, marking its 50th anniversary at Amar Jawan Jyoti on 20th Oct, 2012.
Last rites of Marshal Arjan Singh at Brar square in New Delhi on Monday.
IAF Marshal Arjan Singh
Arjan Singh as a flight lieutenant with a group Indian pilots from No.1 Squadron standing by a Hawker Hurricane IIc. L to R : Ibrahim, Homi Ratnagar, Arjan Singh, Henry and Murcot. World War II.
Marshal Arjan Singh was an officer who shaped the IAF in its early years as well as during some of its most difficult junctures and had the honour of leading the fly-past of more than a hundred IAF aircraft over the Red Fort on India’s first Independence Day, August 15, 1947.
Born on April 16, 1919, in Lyallpur, Punjab (now in Faisalabad, Pakistan) to a family of soldiers, Arjan Singh joined the nascent IAF in 1938 after completing his education from the Government College at Lahore. He was commissioned from the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell in the UK in December 1939. As a Pilot Officer posted in Karachi, he participated in operations against the tribals in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).
The highlights of his early career were the two operational tenures on the Burma Front during the Second World War, first as a Pilot Officer with Tigers Squadron and subsequently as the Commander of the same Squadron. As a perfect Squadron Commander, flying Hurricane fighters in defence of Imphal in 1944, besieged by the Japanese, he had displayed masterly leadership. In an unprecedented step, the then Supreme Allied Commander of the South East Asian Command, Lord Mountbatten, had personally awarded him the Distinguished Flying Cross on the battlefield for his leadership and performance in defeating the Japanese.
Arjan Singh held many important posts in the IAF before taking over as Air Marshal in August 1964. The Pakistan Air Force was led by his batchmate from the Royal Air Force College, Air Marshal Asghar Khan, at the time. During the conflict at Kutch in early 1965, the two chiefs had established contact and agreed on keeping the two air forces out, to prevent any inadvertent escalation. But once Pakistan had launched Operation Grandslam to cut off Jammu and Kashmir from the rest of India by launching a military attack in Akhnoor in September 1965, the then army chief, General J N Chaudhuri, had met him at Vayu Bhawan and suggested that the Pakistani assault would best be stopped by the IAF.
Arjan Singh and Chaudhuri had then gone to meet the defence minister, Y B Chavan, who famously gave them the go ahead. As Arjan Singh later recounted, “Pakistan had a qualitatively superior force that included modern fighters such as F-86 Sabres and F-104 Starfighters. The Indian Air Force had Mysteres, Vampires, Ouragans, Hunters, and Gnats in its inventory. We were fighting against all odds as they had air-to-air missiles and we just had a few Russian MiGs that were not used much in the war.”
In the subsequent weeks though, the IAF had established its air superiority, with deep-penetration attacks against enemy targets, including the farthest Pakistani airfields like Peshawar and Mauripur.
Arjan Singh continued to believe that the 1965 War ended in a stalemate despite India being in an advantageous position. “When the talk about ceasefire started, I had advised Shastriji (Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri), who was under enormous international pressure, against accepting it,” he later recounted. “On the other hand, Pakistan was losing its aircraft at a fast rate and was keen on accepting the ceasefire. However, because of international pressure and other considerations, India agreed to the ceasefire.”
Marshal Arjan Singh was a fatherly figure for all the men in uniform and an inspiration for generations to come. He was a fair, benign and charismatic man who led by example.
As we have posted the SSC Tech 50 men SSB dates and SSC Tech 50 cut off marks on ssbcrack, these were published by the Indian army, many women candidates are worried and asking us about the SSCW 21 tech SSB dates and cut off. The list of shortlisted candidates are yet to be published by the official website and then cut off marks will be published for SSC Tech 21 women.
We request women candidates to have some patience and wait for the official announcement. One the list of shortlisted candidates for SSCW 21 is published, candidates can check their name, shortlisted candidates are required to login and select the SSB date. In case you delay the date selection, you might not get the convenient date.
SSC Tech 21 Women
Age Limit: – (i) SSC(T)-50 Men and SSC(T)-21 Women:- 20 to 27 years as on 01 April 2018 (Candidates born between 02 April 91 and 01 April 98) (both dates inclusive).(ii) SSCW(Non Tech)(Non UPSC)- For Widows of Defence Personnel only (with four years age relaxation). 19 to 29 years (Candidates born between 02 Jan 89 and 01 Jan 99) (both dates inclusive).
Educational Qualification: Candidates who have passed Engineering Degree course or are in the final year of Engineering course are eligible to apply. The candidates studying in the final year examination of Degree Course should be able to produce the Engineering Degree within 12 weeks from the date of commencement of training at OTA. Such candidates will be inducted on Additional Bond Basis for recovery of the cost of training at OTA as notified from time to time as well as stipend and pay & allowances paid, in case they fail to produce the requisite Degree Certificate within the specified time.
SSCW 21 Important Note: – Candidates must note that the minimum educational qualification for induction into SSC(T)-50 Men and SSC(T)-21 Women is BE/B.Tech degree in the Engineering stream notified below. Therefore, to become eligible for induction into SSC(T)-50 Men and SSC(T)-21 Women course, candidates studying in final year of engineering must complete all the formalities including written, practicals, projects, backlogs, viva voce, etc, for the award of qualifying BE/B.Tech degree before 01 Oct 2017 failing which their candidature is liable to be canceled.
Indian army has published the list of shortlisted candidates who are eligible for the SSC 50 and SSCW 21 tech entry. This is a direct entry for engineering graduates who can apply for the technical entries like SSC tech and TGC. Candidates who have applied are shortlisted based on their percentage in engineering. We have posted about SSC 50 and SSC 21 Tech SSB Dates here.
SSC Tech 50 Cut Off Marks
There is a slight decrease in the cut off marks which is a good news for aspirants. Update cut off marks for SSC Tech 50 is as mentioned below.
All the branches except Mechanical have 50% cut off.
Mechanical branch has 69% cut off.
Civil branch as the maximum vacancies.
SSCW 21 tech cut off marks
High cut-off for women candidates.
Computer Science and similar branches have the highest cut-off ever i.e. 82%
Hello friends, I am Kunal Yadav. I got recommended for Indian Navy – (10+2) B.Tech. Entry from Naval Selection Board Visakhapatnam in my second attempt. My first attempt was for NDA entry at SSB Bhopal (conference out).
MY INTRO: I belong to a village called Sahad in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. Currently, I am pursuing my bachelor’s in civil engineering from IIT GANDHINAGAR.
In my village there is tradition of serving in the armed forces. So I have been there among the defence personnel since my childhood and decided that I have to join the defence. But my parents want me to pursue engineering so I started preparing for IIT-JEE.
As I was conference out from my first attempt so I didn’t want to leave any stone unturned this time. I was continuously visiting SSBCrack after my JEE exam (as defence is still my first preference). There I came to know about Dr. (Cdr.) N.K. Natrajan sir’s videos. I wasted no time and ordered the video package from Amazon.in. These videos were of great help to me. As Natrajan sir explained each task very nicely and told us how to perform. After watching the videos and preparing according to the directions given by Natrajan sir I was very much satisfied by my preparation.
REPORTING/SCREENING DAY: 16 AUG. 2017 AT 0600 HRS.
I started my journey from Ahmedabad airport to Vizag on 15 AUG., stayed there at relative’s house and reported at the MCO on the next day. Total 133 candidates reported, only 6 were repeaters. I was allotted chest no. 131.
OIR TEST – We were briefed by the assessors and given practice booklets to make ourselves familiar with the tests.
In verbal test I had done all 50 questions in given 17 minutes. Same with the non-verbal test.
PP&DT TEST – We were shown a hazy picture, I wrote a good story and contributed well in the discussion but our group hadn’t reached on a common story.
RESULT – 28 out of 133 candidates got screened in. I was given new chest no. – 21.
After that we filled our PIQ forms and our cellphones were deposited.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST: 17 AUG AT 0730 HRS.
TAT – I wrote all the 12 stories. Wrote all stories in a very natural way. I had prepared for the 12th story.
WAT – I have done 59 out of 60 words. I wrote the first thought whatever came to my mind.
SRT – I have done only 31 out of 60 SRT’s. But I have written each reaction with enough explanation.
SDT – I had prepared my SDT T so this test is a cakewalk.
At the end of the day I had mixed feelings (due to my SRT’s).
GTO DAY 1: 18 AUG AT 0730 HRS.
GD – In both of my GD’s I spoke on no.3.
But I put on very logical and good points. I actively participated in the discussion and put about 7-8 solid points. My GTO was very much impressed by my GD which I came to know about in the informal interview with him before my command task.
GPE – I wrote a good solution by prioritizing the problems. I gave my ideas and also listened to others during discussion but our group didn’t reach on a common solution.
PGT & HGT – I gave workable ideas and helped my group mates in completing the tasks.
LECTURETTE – My topic was ‘Water Management’. I spoke fluently for 3 minutes.
GOR – Here comes the most exciting part of group tasks. Our war cry was ‘Vande Mataram’. Our whole group is full of josh.
My elbow got injured during the task but the enthusiasm is so high that I came to know about that after completion of the race.
GTO DAY 2: 19 AUG 0700 HRS.
IO – Being a state level volleyball player I am physically fit. So I was able to complete all the individual obstacles in given time.
COMMAND TASK – Our group had 10 members. 6 of my group mates called me as subordinate. I was given relatively tougher task (as my subordinates told me & as I have seen 3 tasks before my task) but I gave workable ideas. My GTO kept on making it more difficult and I had the solution for it. It’s after my command task, I got a strong gut feeling that I will make it this time.
FGT – It’s same as PGT and our group completed it easily.
INTERVIEW: 18 AUG 1500 HRS.
MY interview was completely based on my PIQ form. There were two rapid fire rounds.
My education from class 8 onwards. About my parents, there good qualities etc. My hobbies, how do I spend my time, about my pocket money etc. Thanks to Natrajan sir, as the questions in my interview were almost same to those in his videos. So the interview went very well and lasted for about 25 minutes.
No GK ques. No Technical questions.
CONFERENCE DAY : 20 AUG 0900 HRS.
The Deputy President of the board addressed us after that conference started. I waited for 15 minutes before my turn came, I was feeling very nervous during this time. But as I entered in the conference hall everyone was smiling so I got some relief. President Sir asked me some general questions like how’s your stay, any suggestions, which places I went to in my spare time etc. and I was asked to leave.
After the conference, results were announced and 4 of us got recommended. Then we were congratulated by the Board President. After that we met our friends.
Unfortunately, in our medicals only two of us got medically fit. Now I’m waiting for my joining letter in Dec.
AFCAT 2 2017 was conducted by Indian Air Force on 27 Aug 2017, Sunday. The AFCAT supplementary exam for the candidates who were not able to attend the AFCAT exam on 27th Aug 2017 was conducted again on 16th Sep 2017. With the completion of Indian Air Force AFCAT 2 2017 exam and EKT 3 2017 exam, candidates are surely now waiting for the results and hoping to get it cleared this time.
If we look at the past, AFCAT result 2017 would not take more time unlike other exams, this is the best part of AFCAT exam, unlike CDSE and NDA, AFCAT results come just after a month. Though the exact date is hard to anticipate and there was supplementary exam conducted later, we might get a delay of few weeks, you may expect the result any time in Oct 2017 2nd week.
Visit www.careerairforce.nic.in and click on “candidates login” button at the top right.
Enter your username and password.
Now you can check the AFCAT 2 2017 cut off marks [official] and marks secured by you.
Candidates who have secured more marks than cut off can click on ‘Generate Admit Card’.
Then the candidate is required to select a convenient AFSB centre and interview date out of the given dates.
Select your AFSB centre and interview date because every centre has some limited number of seats on a particular date which will be assigned on first come first serve basis.
Expected AFCAT 2 2017 SSB Dates:
The candidates who get shortlisted from AFCAT 2 2017 stand a chance to attend SSB interview at any of the AFSBs according to the choice. After the results after March, SSBs will soon start by the end of March itself. So, you better start preparing now itself.
Based on the induction requirements of the IAF, the performance of candidates in AFCAT, as well as statistics of reporting and success rates at AFSBs, the cutoff marks for AFCAT 2 2017, is expected to be around 150. Only those candidates who have cleared both AFCAT and EKT will be considered for Technical Branch. Once the results are announced, all candidates may log in to their account to view their individual AFCAT/ EKT Marks.
Candidates who are shortlisted need to login to their account and select the venue and date for further testing at one of the Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs). Candidates are also 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. Candidates are advised to take a printout of call up letter immediately after selecting date and venue of AFSB.
Shortlisted candidates who fail to select their AFSB interview centre and date before the last day would be allotted their AFSB batches by the IAF.
AFCAT 2 2017 Important Dates
Release of Notification – 3rd June 2017
Starting of Registration for the Exam – 3rd June 2017
End of the Registration Process – 29th June 2017
Exam Date – 27 August 2017
Result Announcement – 13 Oct 2017
Age – The age range for flying is different than the age range for Technical ground duty.
Flying – The age range for flying branch is 20-24 years.
Technical – The age of candidate must fall between 20-26 years for this post
Ground duty – The candidates must have his age in between 20-26 years for this post.
Educational Qualification – The educational qualification is different for the different posts.
Flying – The candidates must have degree in any discipline with minimum 60% marks having Maths and Physics in 10+2 or have completed B.tech/B.E. from any recognised university with minimum 60% marks.
Technical – The candidates must have Four year degree qualification and have cleared Sections A and B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India with minimum 60% marks.
Ground Duty – the education qualification for different posts of ground duty are as follows.
For Accounts branch, the candidates must have passed B.Com with minimum 60% marks
For Education posts, the candidates must have passed MBA / MCA or MA / M Sc degree in English / Physics / Mathematics / Chemistry / Statistics / International relations / International studies / Defence studies / Psychology / Computer Science / IT / Management / Mass Communication / Journalism / Public Relation with minimum of 50% marks and have scored minimum 60% marks in graduation.
For Administration and Logistics, the candidates must have passed any degree with minimum 60% marks or have cleared section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India with a min of 60% marks.
Final year student can also apply for the exam given that they must have scored minimum 60% marks in previous years and should not have any backlogs. Recommended candidates are required to produce their provisional or degree certificate to the authorities before commencement of the training.
The personality of an aspirant in the SSB is analyzed using 3 techniques and these are matched to get the actual and genuine qualities of that candidate. The techniques are Psychology, GTO, and Interview, which aims at bringing the personality traits out by pen and paper methods, actions method and what candidate speaks. All are equally crucial and matter a lot at their place.
Talking about the Personal interview, it is a mutual conversation between a candidate and the interviewing officer to draw maximum qualitative matter from the candidate. There are certain ways used by the interviewing officer to bring the truth from the candidate and segregating the liars. So, here are 10 ways in which the IO checks for the lies in the conversation/ Interview.
10 SSB Interview Questions Asked To Catch A Liar
Rapid fire – Rapid fire is the most common and the most targeted practice used by the Interviewing officer to bring out the truth. In this, the IO asks certain questions related to a specific topic. The candidate has to memorize the questions with its sequence and answer them, which makes them to speak out the truth and catching the lair.
I am not interested in this, tell me something interesting thing about it – This is usually asked to bring more transparency in the statement of the candidates and make him to explain the statement in a more justified and clear way. When the candidate loses his moral from this response of the IO, he either gets puzzled or speaks out the truth.
Probing/cross Questioning – The best way to bring out the truth behind any statement is to probe by a cross-questioning method, where the IO puts more question on the specific issue related to the candidate and checks whether the candidate is genuinely speaking the truth or just beating the bushes.
Oh that’s common. How did you do that? – The IO supports the candidate that whatever he has done is right, which make the candidate frank and normal. These tactics make the candidates speak out each and everything in a truthful manner and helps in distinguishing the liars.
Oh Really? That was appreciable. How did you do that? – The appreciation always gives confidence to the candidate, and when it is from the side of an officer, especially IO, the candidates take it as a reward and explains truthfully whatever he has done.
Speak about it for 5 minutes – The IO sometimes asks the candidate to speak out in on a specific thing for 5-10 minutes. Like speak about your friends for 5 minutes or speak about your family and teacher (school/ College) for 5 minutes. The candidate has to explain the thing in much elaborate form which makes him speak truth.
Don’t hesitate. I am like your Father/ consider me a good friend of yours – To make the candidate comfortable in sharing the truth with anything, the IO motivates him by making this statement. This brings the candidate more open and makes him share the actual scenario in front of the IO.
Explain this thing with 5 Examples – Whenever a candidate says anything about himself, specifically, things related to the qualities, the IO asks for the Examples of it, which is very hard to commemorate and represent in front for him. And the most difficult thing is to relate and justify it, which brings out the truth in front of the IO.
Asking the solution of any situation – When a candidate explain his qualities, the IO asks certain situation from the candidate and asks for the possible solution from candidate’s point of view or his way of dealing with the situation. This easily brings out whether the candidates has been speaking the truth or was lying.
Everybody does that. it is not a big thing – Usually, when it comes to the negative qualities, like smoking, drinking etc, the IO asks such questions to bring out whether the candidate is an addict or not. This question helps in getting the candidate busted.
Conclusion – It is always advised to handle the interview in a smart manner and stay truthful because truthful statements always come with fluency and bring confidence. But don’t speak out unnecessary things, which you know are going to harm your performance in Interview. The above questions are for those, who try to bluff the selection penal. But remember, the officers in the panel are trained to test about 10-20 candidates daily. So be truthful and speak relevant things and stay to the point.
I am Amartya Deshmukh, 4th Attempt for NDA- IAF. Previous 3 attempts- Not recommended (136, 137 & 138 NDA ) (All the interviews were held at Mysore for NDA Air Force). 139th NDA Course, 2AFSB Mysore, 14-18 Aug 2017. Chest no. 66
Day 1: Fore Noon Session Morning. Basic documents check & form filling. OIR- I had solved the sets in my previous attempts, so it was easy. After Noon Session (Post lunch) PP&DT- I was used to the hazy pictures, so wrote my story in less than 4 minutes. Story had a good plot. On the way to discussion room, tried to get an idea of my group mates story. My group had 11 members. Narrated my story to the point, in less than 45 seconds. Discussion was fish market (as expected in repeater’s group). My contribution was combining the various small points in different stories, also I forced the group to conclude & to decide what to include & what not to. One guy volunteered to narrate the story but he screwed up the story badly (he didn’t get through screening). We agreed to his narrated story as group had nominated him.
Screening results- Announced, 5/11 in my group made it through Phase 1. After that we filled our PIQ forms.
Psychology tests
TAT- Stories were good. 12th story was prescripted. Average word count was 100+/-10.
WAT- Wrote whatever came to my mind. For some words, I couldn’t think of a sentence, for those, I wrote words related to that word that came to my mind. Completed all words.
SRT- Wrote actions in small phrases. Completed all well within time.
SDT- Normal. Wrote everybody’s opinion.
Day 2
Group Tasks (GTO Officer- Wg Cdr)
Group discussion
India has poor water distribution throughout the country. We have floods & at the same time also draughts. Which of the following is the best option to tackle this problem?
Large reservoirs
River interlinking
Better rainwater harvesting (I took this point- highlighted why this one is better than other two)
Weapon & equipment induction takes a long time in Indian Armed forces. Amongst the following what do you think is the reason for this?
Slow technological advancement of our country
Red Tapeism (I spoke from this point)
Low morale of researchers & developers in our laboratories.
Group planning exercise
This part was good. The format was standard so this was easy.
Progressive group task
Completed all obstacles. Gave many ideas. Many of them worked, few didn’t.
Half group task
GTO asked how should the group be split. I quickly said odd-even. He subsequently did so & asked who wanted to go first. I quickly raised my hand & said that I wanted my group to go first.
Task was simple. Had a solution in the first couple of minutes. Implemented solution & completed it in 5 minutes.
Lecturette
I spoke on the third topic “Odd-even no. scheme for vehicles on road”. Spoke for completely 3 minutes. The first topic was “Censorship in Military Affairs”.(I don’t remember other two)
Day 3
Command task
I was called third last (7th/9). GTO asked from where I had come. What happened in my previous three attempts?
What new preparation I had done for this particular attempt? (As a part of preparation I had visited AFS Bidar) I told the GTO that I had went to AFS Bidar to prepare for this attempt, cleared my doubts & analysed my previous mistakes.
GTO asked me how did I got there?- I had visited NDA for POP, the Suryakiran Formation team had performed there. I had met some officers there. In my holidays, I called AFS Bidar & asked for that particular officer. He then invited me to Bidar to discuss.
GTO- Okay Amartya that was good. I then called two helpers & started my CT. I hadn’t completed my first leg of solution GTO made one of the WHITE part to RED. I found out next solution he made WHITE part to YELLOW.
I was now thinking for the next solution, GTO said “commander you’re running out of time” (Even 5 minutes hadn’t elapsed). Finally I found third solution, GTO agreed & asked me to return.
Individual obstacle: I attempted 7, but could clear only 5. 5/10 cleared.
Final Group task: This task was also good. Equal to that of PGT. Group obstacle race wasn’t conducted.
Day 4
Personal interview (IO- Wg Cdr, also was our batch’s DSO)
General questions about myself. About my family, friends. Most question were from my PIQ. Questions about my school, sports I played, hobbies, positions of responsibility I held in school & college & extracurricular activities. & some National & International news.
In the interview, I forgot to mention DOKLAM region stand-off when IO specifically asked me about defence related national new.
IO did not ask me single IAF related question.
Current Affairs questions will be from last 5-7 months (for AFCAT, NDA, CDS, TA)
I was the second last person in batch. Discussion before I was called in lasted for about 12-15 minutes.
I went in. I was asked which is this attempt of yours? Where were previous SSB held? What happened in those Interviews? (All answered)
What inspires you to join the defence forces?- I said that the discipline & calmness of officers motivates me to join the Air Force.
I was asked if any suggestions. I didn’t have. Left the conference hall.
Results were announced. 8/67 made it through. 2 repeaters including me. The other one was from Sainik School. After conference we filled forms till 3 o’ clock next day. We were given goodie bag & then left AFSB. Here’s a selfie taken at the Mysore Railway Station with the goodie Bag.
Dear friends,
This was my 4th time at the same AFSB. Preparation & approach was totally different this time as compared to last 3. I had attended coaching this time also(like previous 3), bought 3 SSB related books, video lectures, but the most important thing I did was to just use the material as help. At the SSB, I did what I felt right.
My session with Dy Cmdt of Indian Coast Guard-
My father, in his office had come across an Asst Cmdt (now a Dy Cmdt) of ICG. Me & my father became close towards him due to my desire of joining Armed Forces. Being conferenced out thrice, he called me over for a session at Mumbai. I had a 5-hour long session wherein he analysed my previous mistakes in Interview, GT & Psych tests. We discussed in detail the shortcomings in y performance and made a solid mold of what to do and what not to do strictly. This helped me a lot in all my 3 assessments
My AFS Bidar visit-
As a motivation for myself, before my third attempt for NDA (for 138th NDA course), I attended Passing Out Parade at NDA. (It is open for general public- Passes are needed). Fortunately, SuryaKiran Formation Acrobatic Team (SKAT) of the IAF had performed that day.
Out of sheer curiosity, after the air show had ended, I spoke to the ground commentator (Wg Cdr) of the team. I spoke to him regarding my previous attempts & my desire to join the NDA. We interacted hardly for 5-6 minutes.
In the Jan ’17 AFSB, I got conferenced out.
Come May ’17, I had holidays. I called AFS Bidar, 52 Sqn, & asked for the same officer. The officer (lets call him N) called me back & instantly asked me to come down to Bidar to stay with him for few days.
The following week I went to Bidar. N made my boarding arrangement in the Officer’s mess (This was itself truly a motivation for me). The same day I arrived in Bidar, N took me for a squadron party. Party was for welcoming new pilots & send off for outgoing pilots of the Squadron. In the party I interacted with a lot many officers from the rank of Gp Cpt to Flt Lt. The next few days’ evenings were spent at N’s home. N’s wife was an ATC officer, her brother is a Col in the Indian Army & her father was a Met Officer in the IAF (In short, the whole house was in Defence forces). N had cleared AFSB in his 2nd attempt, while N’s brother-in-law had cleared SSB in 6th attempt (N’s BIL desperately wanted to join the IAF, but couldn’t get through AFSB 5 times. He cleared SSB for IA in the next attempt).
So based on these stories & their experiences we had a long session for 4-5 days.
On my 3rd day of stay, N took me to the squadron. He handed me over to a young trainee fighter pilot (Fl Off). He took me around the station. I saw different simulators for BAe Hawk MK 132, the aircrafts itself. Also FO being a recent pass out of academy, guided me about my approach at AFSB.
Along with this, I also participated in Inter Squadron cycle race of AFS Bidar, attended Iftar party & met a lot of young officers at the station
Coming to my AFSB interview, due to all of the interaction at AFS Bidar, I was lot of comfortable with my IO & GTO. This helped me a lot while I was put into tricky situations.
So, friends this was my Interview story. I hope everybody desiring of joining the forces make his/her dream come true. We don’t know what lies in future for us, but let me assure you that it is a glorious future just that WE have to walk upto there.
Concluding, Paulo Coelho has rightly said “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping youth achieve it.”
All the best everyone out there. Get in touch if any help/clarification is required.
P.S. These pages also helped & kept me focused and motivated a lot during preparations.
SSB Crack / FB Page (for all preparation related stuff)
Indian Military Humour (for all humour needs, also they have quite good opinion about recent army related happenings)
Tejas-India’s MRCA (best technical page related to Indian Armed forces, these guys have extensive knowledge about equipments in forces)
Fauji Dil ki Baatein (for good motivational poetry about “faujis”)
