Learn how to crack SSB Interview in 1 hour 30 minutes.

This entire section brief on Stage 1 SSB Test, the complete strategy, How to cross the first hurdle of the SSB in which 95% aspirants fail.

This lecture is on the Reasoning Test i.e. Verbal or Non-Verbal Test.  This test will include two types of tests containing 60 questions on each respective subjects. The lecture will help to clear your doubts about the topic.

Value Addition

1.  Attempt all questions within the time frame (approx 45 sec for each). Skip the difficult question, don't waste your time to solve it. Also, write the answers on answer sheets side by side.

2.  Don't use hit and miss methods while answering questions.

3.  Don't try to copy from others, just give your best and be honest in the entire SSB Interview process. Remember you are under CCTV or Instructor surveillance and overall recommendation depend on it.

This lecture is on PP & DT, it will help to you to attempt the same in a time frame manner. This test is just as a pre-sample test of TAT, in addition, it is more descriptive or observative on the part of a story writer. Therefore, I have given the same practice ppt of TAT to help you to think more constructive and imaginative.

Thumb Rule in Writing, narration or discussion in PP & DT:-

Starting is

Gentleman, I have perceived ______ Characters : 3, ______ female and _____males, Age: Female - ____ years and both males about _____ years, Mood: positive/negative. Theme of my story is ___________                      My story goes like this____________

"Navraj, 20 yrs old college going student hero of my story is in a positive mood, observed that residents of his society are not following instructions of government during the lockdown period due to pandemic COVID-19. He met President of RWA, instantly organized the meeting of all members, discussed the issue. He took initiative, arranged pamphlets on his personal computer and issue guidelines of precautions, social distancing, improved living style, hand washing techniques and use of sanitizers. With the help of a Resident doctor and a team of govt dispensary arranged family checkup of resident with proper social distancing and also keep a record of it for further comparison. He with the help of other residents ensured the timely proper supply of eatables & groceries to doorsteps of the residents. He also motivated children to lean online courses about any interesting subjects or personality development during such a lockdown period. He also suggested and maintained a record of new entries of the residents of the society to keep watch and monitor their health records. He is very happy and satisfied with his efforts as there is zero infected case in his society. 

Now, this is explanation & Key of the PP & DT:-

Gentleman, I have perceived ______ Characters : 3, ______ female and _____males, Age: Female - ____ years and both males about _____ years, Mood: positive/negative. Theme of my story is ___________                      My story goes like this____________

"Navraj, 20 yrs old college going student hero of my story is in a positive mood, (complete explanation of hero) observed that residents of his society are not following instructions of government during the lockdown period due to pandemic COVID-19. (Identified problem & issue to spread awareness). (Effort No 1) He met President of RWA, instantly organized the meeting of all members, discussed the issue. (Effort No 2) He took initiative, arranged pamphlets on his personal computer and issue guidelines of precautions, social distancing, improved living style, hand washing techniques and use of sanitizers. (Effort No 3) With the help of a Resident doctor and a team of govt dispensary arranged family checkup of resident with proper social distancing and also keep a record of it for further comparison. (Effort No 4) He with the help of other residents and shopkeepers ensured the timely proper supply of eatables & groceries to doorsteps of the residents. (Effort No 5) He also motivated children to lean online courses about any interesting subjects or personality development during such a lockdown period. (Effort No 6) He also suggested and maintained a record of new entries of the residents of the society to keep watch and monitor their health records. (last conclusion with seeking any reward or recognition) He is very happy and satisfied with his efforts as there is zero infected case in his society. 

  During a discussion portion of any discussion form either it is PP & DT or Group Discussion of GTO test. There is some Thumb Rule are as under:-

1.   First of all, try to start the discussion as the first candidate, (this action will also reflect the OLQ: Initiative) don't worry if you missed the chance, listen to the first one and keep ready with your 2-3 lines of value addition, jumped in whenever you observed that pitch of voice of the first candidate is lowering down. Keep in mind, everyone is normal beings with having limited data.

2.   Situation No 1: Whenever you observe any extra energetic or angry young man in the group during the discussion, then the strategy is to show him inclusiveness. You jumped in with I agree with chest No ____ and also added with my approach that  ____________________ (You will see he will automatically be in your favor and the entire group will concentrate on your wording, you play your role with confidence). This action will also reflect the OLQ: Ability to Influence the Group (AIG)

3.  Situation No 2: Now if you observe that two candidates are arguing for a few seconds continuously. Then you jumped in with a little louder voice that Gentleman, we are not going towards the healthy discussion or you can conclusion, I think we should project our healthy and value points one by one. I want to add my point to chest No______ that_________ (add your point).

This lecture is the brief on Psychological Test, here I tried to clear basic concept of the test and further series included in it.

This lecture will help you to attempt the Thematic Apperception Test in the time frame manner. It is a way to break the challenge of writing a story in 4-5 minutes and also help in making the pace and improving the efficiency of handling with pen & paper for continuously writing twelve stories without even a break for a minute. The following are the ideas/ issues which you can imagine while the first sight of the slide, so now do the homework to identify 06 to 07 solutions/approaches around the each and every issue/ problem/ idea as per your education, knowledge, and level of execution, remember you are not a superman. However, I have att a doc file on the solution/ approaches to the different problems/ issues in download material.

IDEAS FOR DIFFERENT SCENES AND THEME BASED SLIDES

1. Factor/Industry

(a) Modification

(b) Fulfill Order

(c) New invention

(d) New design

2. Telephone Off/Office Meeting

(a) New education system

(b) Presenting a new idea

(c) Inventions

(d) New techniques

3. Fight/Running/Knife in hand/ Pistol in hand/Catching the Throat
(a) Yoga

(b) Karate

(c) Commando attack

(d) Learning martial arts

4. Army Soldiers Movement

(a) Patrolling

(b) Planning

(c) Getting information about the enemy

(d) Destroying enemy target

(e) Destroying Amn dump

5. Car/Vehicle

(a) Car rally

(b) Pollution-free vehicles

6. Group of girls/ women/ People

(a) Vocational training center

(b) Cottage industries

(c) Handicraft industry.

(d) Health/hygiene training

(e) SSB selection training

(f) Modeling

(g) Dramatics

(h) Folk dancing

(i) Family Planning

7. Boat in river/lake

(a) Boating competition

(b) The new design of the boat

(c) Racing

(d) Rafting

8. Bridge

(a) Repair of bridge

(b) New design

(c) Widening of bridge

9. Mountains

(a) Mineral/Oil discovery

(b) Plantation/forestation

(c) Tourism/archeological

(d) Hiking, skiing, the study of the historical structure

10. Water/river

(a) Pollution (b) Creating a lake

(c) Reservoirs (d) Tourist resort

(e) Boating (f) Flood control

(g) Digging

(h) Navigation/waterway

11. Land

(a) The new technology of agriculture

(b) Drip irrigation

(c) Digging canal

(d) Creation Reservoir for water

(e) Plantation

(f) Windmill

12. Road/traffic/accident

(a) Widen road

(b) One- way traffic

(c) Bus facilities

(d) Street- lights

(e) Encroachment removal

(f) Zebra crossing

(g) Traffic lights

(h) Evacuation of hospital

14. Boys scouts/cycle/car

(a) NSS Camp (b) Flood relief

(c) Cycle rally (d) Car rally

(e) Picnic (f) Jogging

(g) Peace march

(h) Blood donation

(i) Rescue operation.

15. Sitting in Office

(a) Planning

(b) Research

(c) Relief operations i.e. flood, earthquake, etc.

You will get an Idea, How to attempt the Word Association Test? The secrets to cover the timings and the best possible method of completing the test.

SITUATION REACTION TEST

In this test, the number of situations is given to check your responses/ reaction/ action as compare to various OLQs.

Only a few factors are being judged such as reasoning ability, common sense, and maturity to handle real situations of life.   

No special practice, knowledge, or you can say intellect is required for the test, you can attempt the same with your past experiences, positive and optimistic approach.

VALUE ADDITION

1. Attempt all the situation serially, Don't skip any situation, it reflects the nature of escape.

2. Take calculative risk while attempting/ solving any situation.

3. Try to solve all the problems in the situation as per their level of urgency/ seriousness of the problem.

4. At last but not least, curtail the sentences with (,) and solve the next problem.

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SELF DESCRIPTION

Self-description means what a person thinks about him and what he realizes about him through others behaviour, in other words, what persons think about him.

PARTS OF SELF DESCRIPTION

1. The opinion of your parents

2. The opinion of Teachers/Employers

3. The opinion of Friends/Colleagues

4. Your own opinion.

5. Qualities you want to have.

WHAT THEY WANT

1. PARENTS

Academically Good, Career wise OK, Good Relations with a family member, Respect from you, Success they expect from you, household responsibilities, nicely look after to parents, a person of quite independent views.

2. TEACHERS

Good Academically, Good in Sports, Take part in activities of Institute, Disciplined, Obedient, Co-operative, Gave Respect.

3. EMPLOYERS

Disciplined, Regular, Express you well, Responsible and Dependable.

4. FRIENDS

Helping nature, Share, Enjoy, Cooperative, Trustful, Jolly nature, Make no distinction, Dependable.

5. SELF

Good Average knowledge, Confident, took decision quickly, Pursue activity till I got a favorable result, Cheerful and good caliber, Adventure loving person, etc.

The brief lecture is on the GTO test series to make you aware and confident about its attempt in a better manner. In this test series, I have given more emphasis on written material rather than video to brief you because I want to clarify and cover every topic and point of the subject.

Group Discussion is the test of the GTO series. It is the test to evaluate the Knowledge, Awareness, Power of expression and way of interaction with the Group. In this lecture, You will come to know about the GD test of the GTO Test, its way to attempt and general topics.

I recommend the book  "Group Discussion on Current Topics Upkar Prakashan" for the practice/ more clarity of the topic. You just read the topics of the book, don't try to learn the points. You may buy a kindle or paper book from the market/ amazon, I have given the link in External Resouces.

Lecturette is the test of the GTO series. It is the test to evaluate the Knowledge, Awareness, Power of expression, confidence to face and influence the Group. In this lecture, it will help you to clear the doubts about the topic. It will clear the picture that How to face the test in the real interview?

Group Planning Exercise consists of situational problems given to candidates on a model. The problems afford a selection of possible solutions and different ways of approach. This task is carried out in two phases:-

a.     The individual planning phases, when each candidate is required to write down his own solution to the problem.

b.     The group planning phase when the candidates mutually discuss the problem and to work out agreed group solution.

In this task the GTO observes the following in the candidates:-

(a)      Ability to think constructively and imaginatively.

(b)      Ability to deal with the situation both individually or as a whole.

(c)      Planning and organizing ability.

(d)     Open-mindedness towards the problem and its solution.

(e)     Contribution towards the collective solution.

(f)      Ability to convince, cooperate, and coordinate the group.

BRIEFING OF PROGRESSIVE GROUP TASK

1. The Progressive Group Task consists of a set of 4 obstacles which are progressive in nature.

2. The first obstacle of this task is very, very, very simple.

3. The second obstacle is very, very simple.

4. The third obstacle is very simple.

5. The fourth and last obstacle is absolutely simple.

6. In the absence of natural obstacles like rivers and nalas in the SSB, they draw a start line and finish line of white bricks.

7. In the area between the start line and the finish line is placed out of bounds for the candidate.

8. In this, out of the bound area, some structures are placed.

9. To help you in crossing the distance from the start line to the finish line. You are then provided with helping material in the form of a ballis, planks, ropes and small pieces of wood.

10. To add to you difficulties a Black Box called the load is also provided to you.

11. Every game has its rules hence this tasks also have some rules, listen to these rules carefully as the GTO will speak out these rules only once before these rules will be used in all the outdoor tasks.

RULES OF PROGRESSIVE GROUP TASK

GROUP RULE

Group Rule means all the candidates with the helping material and the load must cross the first obstacle before you go to the second obstacle.

DISTANCE RULE

Any distance which is vertically, horizontally or diagonally four feet or more you cannot jump that distance.

NOTE:

1. The word “Jump” is banned for you, only monkeys are jumping, nobody should say that “I will Jump the distance”.

2. Each one of you must have a very good idea of four feet’s and three feet’s.

3. Give Idea, project Idea, accept the idea and implement the idea.

   
   

   
   

RULE FOR INFINITY

The Start Line and the Finish Line those mark by ten to twelve feet extends up to infinity.

RULE FOR HELPING MATERIAL

1. Two solid helping material (i.e. planks, ballis etc) cannot be tied together – Not allowed.

2. However, one solid helping material can be placed on another solid helping material.

3. A solid helping material can be placed or tied to any structure which is white in colour.

4. Rope can be tied to a Single, solid helping material.

5. A rope can be tied to any structure which is white in colour.

7. A rope can be coiled into a bundle and placed on any structure which is white in colour.

RULE FOR COLOUR

These are four colours in the SSB, these colours are White, Red, Green/Yellow/Blue and Black.

WHITE: This colour signifies peace in life hence it is totally inbounds for the candidate, the helping material and the load.

RED: This colour signifies danger in life hence it is totally out-of-bounds for the candidate, the helping material and the load.

GREED/YELLOW/BLUE:

(a) You will find one of these three colours in the SSB.

(b) In Air Force, Bhopal and Bangalore you will find Blue colour.

(c) In Allahabad, you will get Green and Yellow.

The rule for all three colours is the same. The rule says that these colours are in bounds for the candidate only. These are out of bound for the helping material and the load.

BLACK: This colour will always be found at the ground level, it has no significance of its own and it will assume the colour immediate above it.

RULE FOR LOAD

The load whenever provided will be treated like a baby/TV/Computer or you can say a very sensitive thing.

NOTE: Do not get involved with the load as it is provided to satisfy the physical need of the candidates like “Pahelwans” who are physically strong but mentally week.

RULE FOR ONE TIME MOBILE DRUM

The one-time mobile drum may or may not be provided to you.

1. It can be placed anywhere at the Start Line, Middle or Finish Line of any of these obstacles.

2. Whenever it is placed the GTO will clearly explain its location and use to you.

3. The rule says that it can be picked and placed in the out of bound area only once.

4. Whenever it is placed it will be considered as fixed and it cannot be moved thereafter.

5. Once the task is over. You must leave as it is unless the GTO asks you to keep it back in its original position.

6. However, to pick it up and place it in the out-of-bounds area, you have to use the above rules.

   
   

RULE FOR BREAKING RULE

While you working if you happened to break the rule there is no need to worry the rule says you must get back to the point from where you started before you broke the rule.

DEMONSTRATION

1. The GTO will then take you around and show you all the obstacles.

2. He will explain every structure to you.

3. He will then ask you as to how much time you need to do these four obstacles.

4. He will then ask you to run to the Start Line, pickup the helping material and start the task.

5. He will then gently seat down on his chair and observe you in doing the tasks.

6. He will not speak to you unless you do something stupid or non-sense.

7. The progressive group task is leaderless, nobody is detailed as a leader. The leader will automatically emerge by his intelligence, behaviour or performance.

8. As far as possible you must come forward and demonstrate your Ideas.

9. However, do not fight with others.

10. If you are unable to come forward then you can GIVE your Idea from wherever you standing.

11. Each obstacle will have three approaches, one from the centre (middle), one from the right and one from the left.

12. Always attack from the centre approach.

The following are the briefings of the GTO in Real GTO test Series:-

HALF GROUP TASK

BRIEFING

1. Working in the group, some of you may feel that you had the ideas but could not do the tasks in the manner you wanted to do.

2. Keeping this as the background your Group will be divided into 2 half groups.

3. Both the half groups will be given the same task one after the other.

4. This task consists of only one obstacle.

5. All the rules are applicable except Group Rule.

6. The time given to you to do the task is 20 Minutes only.

7. Thereafter the GTO will ask you as to how should he divide the group. You must stay quiet; if he looks at you then you can say “Your choice, Sir”.

8. He will then divide the group into two half group.

9. He will send the one-half group to the Waiting Room and put the other half group through the task.

10. This way the GTO will conduct the Half Group Task.

COMMAND TASK

BRIEFING

1. Working in a Group or in a Half Group some of you may still feel that you had the ideas but could not do the tasks in the manner you wanted to.

2. Keeping this as the background each one of you in-turn will be made Commander of a task

3. This task consists of only one obstacle all rules are applicable except group rule.

4. The time given to you to do the task is 20 minutes only.

5. Thereafter the GTO will call you in a Slip-shot manner and one by one put you through the task.

6. By virtue, of being the Commander you can choose any two friends to help you with the task.

7. Hence in the command task, you have to roles to perform the main role is that if the Commander and the secondary role is that of the Subordinate.

FINAL GROUP TASK

BRIEFING

Gentlemen the task that you are to do now is called the final group task and is the last task. For some time now, you have been working in sub-groups of as individuals. I am going to get the whole group together again in tackling this task which consists of only one obstacle like an obstacle of PGT, again with similar rules. You will get about 30 minutes for doing this task. If anyone of you thinks that you have not shown your best so far, now is the time for you to do so. Any questions?

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SOME TIPS FOR COMMAND TEST

ROLE OF COMMANDER

1. This is the only time when you and the GTO will be all alone on the ground.

2. He may ask you some questions relating to preparation, performance, and PIQ.

3. Answer him intelligently.

4. He will then explain the task to you and put you through the Command Task.

5. Listen to the GTO carefully when he is explaining the task to you.

6. Observe the structure carefully.

7. Watch the helping material carefully.

8. Choose two friends quickly.

9. These should be those candidates who are doing well in the group.

10. Never bother about the caste, creed, and religion.

11. Preferably one of the candidates must be thin and tall and the other slightly heavy.

12. Once your friends come do the small briefing as follows: -

“Friends, this is our task, this is our Start Line (explain the start line) and that is Finish Line (explain finish line) and these are helping materials (explain helping material i.e. plank, balli, fatta, rope etc), rules you all know, let's start”.

13. As Commander give clear orders.

14. As Commander, you must work.

15. As Commander, you must give workable ideas.

16. As Commander always remain in a position from where you can exercise control over your subordinates (means at picket position or in middle of the task).

17. Never ask any suggestion from the subordinates.

18. If any subordinate talks ask him not to speak unless spoken to.

19. Leave an impression of being an effective Commander.

ROLE OF SUBORDINATE

1. As Subordinate you are also under observation.

2. Obey all the orders of the Commander.

3. Do not help the Commander directly or indirectly.

4. If the commander asks for some suggestion and the GTO stays quite then you may give him a suggestion.

5. Do not attempt to further the plan of the Commander.

6. Leave an impression of being a worthy Subordinate.

IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF COMMAND TASK

1. Command Task is one of the tasks of the GTO series, give it its due respect but do not give it to much importance.

2. Every candidate will get a different command task, the command task will be pre-selected based on the performance of the candidate in the first seven tasks i.e. Group Discussion to Lecturatte.

3. A good candidate who is going to pass will be given a difficult command task and the GTO will spend more time with him.

4. A candidate who is Border Line will be given an average command task, the GTO will ask him for more and more ideas. If the candidate does well he has a fair chance of selection.

5. A week candidate will be given a very easy task and the GTO will hardly spend any time with him.

6. Indication of success, if the GTO gives you a difficult task and spends a lot of time with you, it means you are going to make the grade.