OUR FRIEND MONU SINGH HAS SHARED WITH US HIS EXPERIENCES AT THE SSB. THANK YOU MONU SINGH FOR TAKING THE PAIN TO MAIL US YOUR EXPERIENCE. I AM SURE YOUR EXPERIENCE WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. WISHING YOU GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR TRAINING AND A GREAT CAREER AHEAD.
RAGARDS
DEAR FRIENDS,THIS IS MONU SINGH SHEKHAWAT……I GOT RECOMMENDED FROM 20 SSB BHOPAL RECENTLY FOR 10+2 TES ENTRY-ARMY-27. . . .THANKS TO NAVAL JOURNEY. . . .FOR THEIR IMMENSE SUPPORT AND GUIDING YOUNGSTERS LIKE US TO THEIR LIFE TIME DREAM. . ..I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY SSB EXPERIENCE WITH ALL OF U. . . .
DAY 1: (SCREENING TEST)
ON THE FIRST DAY,WAS OUR SCREENING TEST. . . .FIRST WAS THE INTELLIGENCE TEST WHICH CONSISTS OF BOTH VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL QUESTIONS EACH CONSISTING OF 50-50 QUESTIONS. . . ..MY PERFORMANCE IN THIS TEST WAS AVERAGE. . .THEN WE WERE SHOWN A HAZY PICTURE FOR 30 SEC OR SO. . .THE PICTURE SHOWN 2 US WAS A LADY STANDING IN FRONT OF 2 PERSONS OUT OF WHICH ONE WAS DOCTOR WITH A RURAL BACKGROUND. . . .THEN WE ALL WROTE OUR RESPECTIVE STORIES. . .THE STORY WRITTEN BY ME WAS. . . .JOHN WAS A MBBS GRADUATE AND AFTER COMPLETING HIS STUDIES HE CAME 2 HIS VILLAGE . . .ONE FINE DAY A LADY APPROACHED HIM FOR HELP AS THE CONDITION OF HER PARENTS WAS ILL. . . .HE QUICKLY ACTED UPON IT AND TRIED HIS BEST 2 SAVE THEM BUT HE COULD NOT BCOZ OF THE IN ADEQUATE FACILITIES IN VILLAGE. . .SO HE THOUGHT OF GETTING A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. . . .HE APPROCHED THE AUTHORITIES AND BUILD A HEALTH CARE CENTRE IN THE VILLAGE. . .LATER HE
SAW THE RESULTS STARTING POURING OUT. . . .HE WAS VERY HAPPY AND SATISFIED. . .AFTER THAT WAS THE GROUP DISCUSSION MY CHEST NO: WAS 90 AND WE WERE A GROUP OF 18 STUDENTS. . .IN G.D I NARRATED MY STORY WELL WITH COMMAND. . .AND IN G.D. SPOKE FOR ABOUT 2-3 TIMES. . . .THEN THERE AFTER AFTER HAVING OUR LUNCH THE RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED . . . .I WAS SCREENED IN AND OUT OF 125 CANDIDATES 30 OF US WERE SCREENED IN. . ..THEN WE WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS AND NEW CHEST NO’S .MY CHEST NO: WAS 16. . . .
DAY 2:(PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST)
DAY 2 WAS OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST. . . .FIRST OF THEM WAS THE TAT . . .AND WE WERE SHOWN 11 PICTURES ONE AFTER THE OTHER AND THE LAST ONE WAS A BLANK SLIDE. . . .IN WHICH U NEED 2 WRITE UR OWN STORY OF UR CHOICE. . . .AFTER THAT WAS THE WAT. . .IN THIS WE WERE SHOWN 60 WORDS ONE AFTER THE OTHER. . . .AND FOR ME 5 OF THE WORDS WERE LEFT OUT. . . .THEN WAS THE SRT . . .WE WERE GIVEN 60 SRT’S AND I COULD COMPLETE ONLY 50 OF THEM. . . .AT LAST WAS THE SELF DESCRIPTION TEST WHERE U NEED 2 WRITE PARAGRAPHS ABT URSELF. . . .OVER ALL MY PERFORMANCE WAS GOOD AND MY AVICE IS PRACTICE AS MANY PICTURES AND WORDS POSSIBLE . . . .AND ALSO PRACTICE WRITING FAST. . .OUR TESTING WAS COMPLETED AND WERE LEFT FREE . . . ENJOYED A LOT WITH OUR GROUP AND WENT 2 VISIT THE CITY……………
DAY 3(GTO-1)
OUR GROUP WAS DIVIDED INTO 3 GROUPS EACH GROUP CONSISTING OF 10 MEMBERS. . . .LET ME TELL YOU OUT OF ALL THE TESTS MY GTO WAS AWESOME AND THE BEST OF ALL……..OUR GTO WAS ALSO VERY CO-OPERATIVE AND FRIENDLY WITH ALL OF US. . . .THE FIRST OF THE GTO WAS THE GROUP DISCUSSION . . ..IN THIS WE WRE GIVEN 2 TOPICS IN WHICH U NEED 2 DISCUSS AMONG URSELF AND SELECT ONE TOPIC AND DISCUSS ON THAT. . . .OUR TOPIC WAS . . . .BIGGEST THREAT 2 MAN KIND. . .IN G.D. DO NOT GET AGGRESSIVE AND DOMINATE ON OTHERS. . .GIVE OTHERS ALSO A CHANCE 2 SPEAK. . .I GAVE MY BEST POINTS AT REGULAR INTERVALS AND SPOKE FOR ABOUT 5-6 TIMES IN THE G.D.. . . .SPEAK FOR ABOUT 15-20 SEC WHEN THAT THE WHOLE GROUP IS QUIET. . . .THEN AFTER THE G.D WAS THE MILITARY PLANNING EXCERCISE . . . .GTO EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO US AND GAVE ALL OF US 10 MIN 2 WRITE DOWN INDIVIDUAL STORIES. . . .AFTER THAT DISCUSS AMONG URSELVES THE COMMON STORY AND GET
TO A CONCLUSION ON IT. . . .AFTER THAT A PERSON IS NOMINATED AND EXPLAINS THE STORY TO THE GTO. . . .IN OUR GROUP I EXPLAINED IT TO THE GTO. . . .AND HE AGREED WITH IT. . .THEN AFTER THAT WAS THE PGT . . . .GTO EXPLAINED US THE RULES AND REGULATIONS. BE ACTIVE IN THE GROUP GIVE OUT YOUR BEST IDEAS. . . .WE GOT STUCK IN THE 3RD OBSTACLE AND AT LAST GTO CALLED IT OUT. . ..AS THE TIME WAS UP. . . .THERE AFTER WAS THE SNAKE OBSTACLE RACE. . .IN THIS BE WITH YOUR GROUP AND BE HELPFUL AND CO-OPERATED AND ALWAYS BE CHARGED UP AND MOTIVATED. . . .HELP UR PARTNERS 2 GO THROUGH. . . .THEN WAS OUR HALF GROUP TASK AND OUR 10 MEMBERS GROUPS WAS DIVIDED INTO 5-5 MEMBERS AND WE WERE GIVEN ONE OBSTACLE TO CROSS AND I GAVE MY IDEAS AND GAVE OUT MY BEST IN IT. . . .REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGH THE TASKS . . . .OUR GTO WAS ALSO VERY HELPFULL AND FRIENDLY WITH US WHICH HELPED US A LOT. . . . .THEN AFTER THAT WAS OUR LECTURRETE WHERE U NEED 2 SPEAK ON A TOPIC FOR 3
MIN. . . .MY TOPIC WAS ENVIRONMENTAL CLIMATIC CHANGES. . . .AND SPOKE FOR WHOLE 3 MIN AND GAVE OUT THE BEST POSSIBLE POINTS . . . .MY ADVICE IS . . .GIVE UR BEST FORGET EVERYTHING . . .JUST FOCUS AND CONCENTRATE AND BE CONSISTENT. . .AS THE FINAL RESULT IS BASED ON UR OVER ALL PERFORMANCE. . .SO DONT GET TIRED AND BE ACTIVE. . .
INTERVIEW:
MY INTERVIEW WAS HELD AT LATE NIGHT 10 AND WENT FOR ABOUT 1 HR. . . .AS I ENTERED.. THE INTERVIEWING OFFICER OFFERED SHAKE HAND AND I WISHED HIM AND TOOK MY SEAT. . .SIT ONLY WHEN U R ASKED TO DO SO. . JUST STAND BESIDE THE CHAIR AND SIT WHEN U R ASKED TO DO SO. . . .HE ASKED ME A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING MY PIQ.. . . DO NOT SHOW ANY BAD QUALITIES IN UR SENIORS,PARENTS,TEACHERS,AND UR FRIENDS. . DO NOT DISLIKE ANY OF UR TEACHERS . . . .THE QUESTIONS ASKED WERE . . . .
1.RAPID FIRE
TELL ME ABOUT UR EDUCATION,FRIENDS,FAMILY BACKGROUND,UR STRONG AND WEAK POINTS,QUALITIES U LIKE AND DISLIKE IN FRIENDS AND Y U WANT 2 JOIN ARMY,UR MARKS FROM 8TH 2 12TH SUBJECT WISE. . . .TELL ME ABOUT UR TEACHERS,UR BEST TEACHER,WORST TEACHER AND Y?
I ANSWERED SOME OF THEM AND WHILE MENTIONING UR WEAK POINTS PLS DONT MENTION SUCH POINTS THAT EFFECT UR PROFESSION. . ..U CAN SAY LIKE IMPROVE UR HEALTH,STAMINA.HAND WRITING. . . ETC
2.TELL ME ABOUT UR HOBBIES?
I PLAY CRICKET AND LISTEN 2 MUSIC. . .WRITE UR HOBBIES IN WHICH U HAVE THE FULFILLED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT IT. . .BCOZ HE POSTS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON IT. . . HE ASKED ME. . .TELL ME ABOUT THE FIELD POSITIONS IN CRICKET. . .I TOLD HIM ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS. . . .
3.TELL ME ABOUT THE WEAPONS OF ARMY?
AS I KNEW ONLY FEW OF THEM I SAID ABT T90 AND ARJUN. . . .IF U DO NOT NO ANY ANSWER PLS SAY U DONT NO. . .BCOZ U R NT EXPECTED 2 BE ENCYCLOPEDIA . . .THEY R LOOKING FOR QUALITIES. . . .
4.HE ALSO ASKED ME ABT THE CURRENT EVENTS…..LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MYNAMAR,SYRIA,TELL ME ABT THE MAJOR DEFENCE DEALS. . .ANY 2 NATIONAL CURRENT EVENTS . . . .PLEASE UPDATE UR GENERAL CURRENT EVENTS. . . AROUND U AND THE WORLD. . .NOT DEEPLY BUT HAVE AN IDEA UPON IT. . .
U NEED NOT WORRY MUCH ABOUT THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS SECTION . . .JUST PREPARE UR PIQ AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. . .
DO NOT GET NERVOUS,A BIT OF NERVOUSNESS IS EXPECTED BUT THE OFFICER WILL TRY TO GET U AT EASE . . .AND THEN BEGIN WITH HIS QUESTONS. . .ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT U R GOING TO GET SELECTED. . .AND MAINTAIN UR EYE CONTACT THROUGH OUT. . .THIS SHOWS THAT U R CONFIDENT ENOUGH.
DAY4:(GTO-2)
ON THIS DAY WAS OUR INDIVIDUAL OBSTACLES. . .I COMPLETED 10 OF THEM. . . AND DO NOT WASTE TOO MUCH OF TIME ON A OBSTACLE AND PROCEED FURTHER . . . .AFTER THIS TASK WAS OUR COMMAND TASK. . . IN THIS U R GIVEN A OBSTACLE AND U R THE COMMANDER . . . U NEED 2 CROSS THROUGH THE OBSTACLES WITH UR PARTNERS. . . .BEFORE BEGINNING THE TASKS. . .GTO WILL ASK U A FEW QUESTIONS ON UR PIQ . . . .IN THIS GIVE UR IDEAS . . . .USE ALL OF UR RESOURCES WELL. . . .I WAS CALLED AT LAST OF THEM AND COMPLTED THE TASK WELL . . . .AFTER COMMAND TASK WAS OUR FINAL GROUP TASK WHERE U R GIVEN ONE OBSTACLE TO CROSS WITH THE GROUP. . . .IN THIS BE ACTIVE DO NOT GIVE AN IMPRESSION THAT U R TIRED. . .AND GIVE UR IDEAS TO THE GROUP
DAY 5(CONFERENCE)
AT LAST WAS OUR CONFERENCE . . .IN CONFERENCE I WAS ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS WHICH I COULD NOT ANSWER IN INTERVIEW. . . .TELL ME ABOUT WEAPONS AND UNITS OF ARMY?AS I PREPARED FOR IT . . .I ANSWERED ALL OF THEM. . . .AND AFTER THAT I WAS ASKED ABOUT MY STAY AT SSB. . .AND FEEDBACK. . . .
AFTER HAVING OUR LUNCH THE RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED . . . . .4 OUT OF 30 GOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE MEDICALS . . . .IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME. . . .THE UNFORGETABLE MOMENT OF MY LIFE. . . . . . .MY ADVICE IS BE CONSISTENT AND CONFIDENT THROUGH OUT. . . .
THANK U FRIENDS AND NAVAL JOURNEY .HOPE MY EXPERIENCE HELPS U……………FORGIVE ME FOR ANY MISTAKES
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All the best for your training . What was your pcm average in 12th .
ITS 86%. . . .
My pcm average is 80 % and my friends is 70 % . Will we be called .
is the rapid fire one continous question or a series of questions?
@ vinay . Rapid fire question are continues .
dear aqthar . . . the pcm percentage cut off will be on or above 80% only. . . .this time it was 80 and before that it was 82%. . .so it varies .it depends upon the number of applications recieved and their average percentage. . . .so hope tor the best dear. . .i wish u best of luck
@vinay the rapid fire round will be continues . . .a series of nearly 10-15 questions will be asked one after the other and u need to answer those questions at once. . .
This is narayana. I have applied for nda, army tes, navy tes. My pcm % is 98.67. Will it be better to take coaching or simply go through ssb materials and books?
Narayana, if you have the time and facility to go for coaching then you can go. But if you are quite confident about yourself,your language and knowledge then coaching is not required. The SSb materials are more than enough!!!
Thanks for your suggestion kumar.
@mr shekhawat congratulations….
would like to ask you what kind of pictures do they show in PPT and what kind of description they might looking for.
@ TANVI……NO MATTER ANY KIND OF PICTURE THEY SHOW 2 U……..REMEMBER ONE THING MAKE A HERO OUT OF THE PICTURE ….GIVE HIM A TASK AND ACCOMPLISH THAT PARTICULAR TASK ……. JUST REMEMBER THIS PARTICULAR LOGIC……THIS WILL HELP U OUT IN ANY KIND OF PICTURE SHOWN 2 U
i have the ssb interview in the next month .i have a doubt about verbal and non verbal reasoning.in verbal reasoning whether they ask quantitative aptitude.is that easy?i didn,t practise any gto test.whether practice is neededor not.is there any study material for ppdt.tat,srt
Dear Vani, our new study material has been prepared and it will cover all the tests with q-papers of most tests. There will be pictorial representations of all GTO tasks so that you get some good ideas on the field when you will be giving your SSB.
Regards.
Sir, can you send me the study material
Dear Vani, yes I can send you the study materials (with in India) .
Regards
Please tell me what is the final rank in merit required to get selected for airforce.
Sir,i have the ssb interview in the next week and i am preparing for that.if i am ordering for study material will it be useful to me for one week
Vani, definitely it will give you some more confidence..
Instead of going blank, you will have an idea how SSB is going to be and you can anticipate the entire process and work smartly.
I will even email you certain materials in soft copy so that you can start the preparation rightaway..
Regards
Thankyou sir for your guidance.Sir,can you mail me soft copies of PPDT and some examples.Can you explain me about the armed forces ,the questions about armed forces in the interview
Sir, i have some doubts regarding dress code.For women can you explain about the dress code.Are we supposed to wear salwars for the interview. I used to wear specs.are we supposed to wear specs for the GTO Tasks.I do wear contact lens also.Sir,if i put specs is there any problem.Sir for the self description when we are asked to write the opinion of teachers can we write as follows:”My teacher says i am good in studies”,the doubt is whether she or i is to be used.Sir kindly reply me.
sir, my pcm percent is 71, can i go through applying ARMY TES?
Sir, I am pursuing B.Tech and have got SSB book & materials from my friend.Will it clear my obstacles of SSB if I apply for Defence after engineering?
Hello sir can u sent me the soft copies of verbal and non verbal test by mail in my email? Sir please
congratulations on your sucess
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hello sir i have a ssb date ,pls send me study materials.