Detailed Information of SSB procedure

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SSB Procedure

To get selected in to Indian Armed forces one has to undergo a tough selection procedure of SSB(Service Selection Board). There are two phases of SSB i.e. Screening(Phase-1) and Psychological testing, GTO and Interview(Phase-2).

Screening In(Phase-1)

There are two test conducted in this phase OIR (Officer Intelligence Rating) test and Picture Perception and Discussion Test.

OIR Test

Simple aptitude test.

No. of questions- 60 per booklet (candidates are given two booklets to attempts one after another)

Time duration- 20 to 30 min (depending on type of booklet)

* No negative marking. One has to achieve only 50% marks.

PPDT

Again it also has two phases , first is writing a story and then having a group discussion for a common story.

Type of picture- Hazy

Time duration- 30 sec for seeing the picture, 1 min to write details of the picture and 4 min to write the story.

Discussion time - 1 min for individual narration of story and 15 to 20 min for discussion.

Those who clear this phase -1 will make it to next phase. Other tests are conducted on next day. Day-1 gets over by filling up some forms and PIQ(Personal Information Questionnaire).

Phase-2

Day-2

Psychological testing

There are 4 tests conducted on day-2 and they are TAT, WAT, SRT and SD. For writing responses candidates are provided with a booklet of 16 pages.

Thematic Appreciation Test(TAT )

Same as PPDT test again candidates have to write story in this test but this time pictures are clear and number of stories are twelve.

No. of slides- 11 slides with picture + 1 blank slide.

Time duration- 30 sec for seeing and 4 min to write the story.

Writing section on booklet- Page 1 to 6.

Word Association Test (WAT)

In this test candidate has to write his/her response on seeing a particular word.

No of words- 60

Time duration- 15 sec for both seeing and writing response

Writing section on booklet- page 7 to 9

Situation Reaction Test (SRT)

In this test candidates are provided with a booklet in which 60 different situation are written. Candidates have to write their responses after reading the situation in the booklet.

No of situations- 60

Time duration – 30 min for complete test

Writing section on booklet- page 10 to 13

Self Description(SD)

Last test in the series is self description in which candidate has to answer five question about his own personality. These five questions are-

(1) What do your parents think about you?

(2) What do/does your teachers/employer think about you?

(3) What do your friends / colleges think about you?

(4) What kind of person you are?

(5)What kind of person you would like to be?

Interviews

Some of the candidates are interviewed on day 2 by President / vice president of the board or by an additional Interviewing Officer. Interview is very important part of your SSB as it is taken by fairly senior officers of the boards. Candidates should wear neat and clean formals. Work on your PIQ for a good interview.  Interviews are carried out on day-3 and day-4 also for the left out candidates.

Day-3

GT(Group Testing)

Though the name is group testing GT is a collection of various indoor and outdoor activities. There are total nine activities carried out in group testing and they are-

(1) Group Discussion

(2) Group Planning Exercise (GPE)

(3) Progressive Group Task (PGT)

(4) Group Obstacle Race (GOR) or Snake Race

(5) Half group Task (HGT)

(6) Lecturrette

(7) Individual Obstacles (IO)

(8) Command Task (CT)

(9) Final Group Task (FGT)

*Some candidates are interviewed on day-3.

Day-4

GT (Group Testing)

Group testing is continued on day 4 too. Individual Obstacles (IO) , Command Task (CT) & Final Group Task (FGT) are done on this day.

*Some candidates are interviewed on day-4.

Day-5

Conference

Last day of candidates at SSB centre all three assessor meet and share their own assessment of every candidate and come to a common consensus that weather a particular candidate should be recommended or not. If everything goes right and candidate is able to show the OLQs(Officer Like Qualities ) then he/she will be recommended by the board. After recommendation candidate has to stay in the board for 10 to 15 days more for medicals examination.

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