How to Crack the SSB (Services Selection Board), Third Revised Edition

Contents:

Part A

Chapter 1: Services Selection Board • What is SSB? • Service Selection Boards • Composition of SSB • Need for SSB • Procedure • Screening Test • Psychology • Interview • GTO (Group Testing Officer) • Facilities for Candidates at SSB • Prerequisites for the SSB • Summary • MCQs

Chapter 2: Officer Like Qualities (OLQs) • What are OLQs? • Need for Studying the OLQs • Types of OLQs • Planning and Organising • Effective Intelligence • How to Enhance Effective Intelligence within You • Reasoning Ability • How to Enhance Reasoning Ability within You • Organising Ability • How to Enhance Organising Ability within You • Power of Expression • How to Enhance Power of Expression within You • Social Adjustment • Social Adaptability • How to Enhance Social Adaptability within You • Cooperation • How to Enhance Cooperation within You • Sense of Responsibility • How to Enhance Sense of Responsibility within You • Social Effectiveness • Initiative • How to Enhance Initiative within You • Self-confidence • How to Enhance Self-confidence within You • Speed of Decision • How to Enhance Speed of Decision within You • Ability to Influence a Group • How to Enhance ?Ability to Influence a Group? within You • Liveliness • How to Enhance Liveliness within You • Dynamism • Determination • How to Enhance Determination within You • Courage • How to Enhance Courage within You • Stamina • How to Enhance Stamina within You • Various Human Body Organs that Reflect OLQs • Summary • MCQs

Phase-I

Chapter 3: Screening Tests • What is Screening Test? • Need for Screening Test • Types of Screening Test • Verbal Test • Model Questions • Non-verbal Test • Model Questions • Picture Perception and Discussion Test • Need for Conducting Picture Perception and Discussion Test • Picture Perception • How to Write a Story in PPDT • Sample Question • Discussion on the Picture • Individual Narration • Group Discussion • Screening Result • Do's and Don'ts for Screening Tests • Mistakes Often Committed by Candidates in Screening Tests • Summary • MCQs • Appendix • Solution to the Verbal and Non Verbal Test • Verbal Test • Non-verbal Test • Model Set for Screening Tests

Phase-II

Chapter 4: Psychology • What is Psychology? • Need for Conducting Psychology Test • Call for Right Ideology • Psychology Tests • Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) • What is TAT? • What to do in TAT • Rules for TAT • Action Plan • Winning Strategy for TAT • Picture Analysis • Do's and Don?ts for TAT • Piece of Advice • Word Association Test (WAT) • What is WAT? • What to do in WAT • Rules for WAT • Action Plan for Positive Words • Action Plan for Negative Words • Do's and Don?ts for WAT • Piece of Advice • Situation Reaction Test (SRT) • What is SRT? • What to do in SRT • Rules for SRT • Action Plan • Winning Strategy for SRT • Guidelines for SRT • Piece of Advice • Self-description Test (SDT) • What is SDT? • What to do in SDT • Rules for SDT • Action Plan • Winning Strategy for SDT • Piece of Advice • Sample of SDT • Summary • MCQs • Model Set for Psychology Tests

Chapter 5: Group Testing Officer • What are GTO tasks? • Need for GTO tasks • Types of GTO Tasks • Indoor Tasks • Group Discussion • What is GD? • What to do in GD • Golden Tips • Piece of Advice for GD • Sample of Real Time GD • Group Planning Exercise • What is GPE? • What to do in GPE • Action Plan • The Winning Strategy • Golden Tips • Piece of Advice for GPE • Sample Problem • Outdoor Tasks • Progressive Group Task • What is PGT? • What to do in PGT • Rules for PGT • Action Plan • The Winning Strategy • Golden Tips • Piece of Advice for PGT • Sample Problem • Half Group Task • What is HGT? • What to do in HGT • Rules for HGT • Action Plan • The Winning Strategy • Golden Tips • Piece of Advice for HGT • Sample Problem • Command Task • What is CT? • What to do in CT • Rules for CT • Action Plan • The Winning Strategy • Golden Tips • Piece of Advice for CT • Sample Problem • Lecturette • What is Lecturette? • What to do in Lecturette • Golden Tips • Piece of Advice for Lecturette • Sample of Lecturette • Individual Obstacles • What is IO? • What to do in IO • Rules for IO • Types of IO • Golden Tips • Piece of Advice for IO • Group Obstacle Race/Snake Race • Introduction of GOR • Rules for GOR • Golden Tips • Piece of Advice for GOR • Sample Problem • Final Group Task • What is FGT? • What to do in FGT • Rules for FGT • Action Plan • The Winning Strategy • Golden Tips • Piece of Advice for FGT • Sample Problem • Summary • MCQs

Chapter 6: Interview • What is Interview? • Need for Interview • Aim of Interview • The Types of Questions Asked in an Interview • Leading Questions • Open-Ended Questions • Probing Questions • Close-Ended Questions • Action Plan • The Winning Strategy • Personal Information Questionnaire • What is PIQ form? • Template PIQ form • Why to fill the PIQ form • Guidelines for filling the PIQ form • Interview Environment • Making a Splendid Impression • Hand gripping the Interview Questions • Mistakes Often Committed by the Candidates in Interview • Sample Interview • Summary • MCQs

Chapter 7: Conference Day • Meaning of Conference • Objective of Conducting Conference • Procedure of Conference • Announcement of Results • Golden Tips

Chapter 8: Pilot Aptitude Battery Test • What is PABT? • Need for Conducting PABT • PABT Tests • Written Test • Magnetic Compass • How to Read a Magnetic Compass • Airspeed Indicator • How to Read an Airspeed Indicator • Altimeter • How to Read an Altimeter • Turn or Back Indicator • How to Read Turn or Back Indicator • Artificial Horizon • How to Read Artificial Horizon • Climbing and Descent Indicator • How to Read Climbing and Descent Indicator • Machine Test • The Light Control Test • Drum Test • Summary • MCQs

Part B

1. Sample Sets for Verbal Reasoning • Sample Sets 1-20 • Answer Key

2. Sample Sets for Non-verbal Reasoning • Sample Sets 1-30 • Answer Key

3. Sample Sets for Picture Perception and Discussion Test (PPDT) • Sample Pictures 1?6

4. Sample Sets for WAT and SRT • Word Association Test • Sample Sets 1-5 • Situation Reaction Test • Sample Set 1

5. Interactive Video Lectures

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About the Author:

Ujjwal Chugh, the author of this book, is a young and dynamic entrepreneur and visionary with a versatile personality, always willing to demonstrate his great potential for innovation. He strongly believes that “Success comes with a vision and an intuitive mind”, and to him, success means acquiring infinite knowledge. A leading digital visionary and strategic marketer at the peak of an unparalleled career, he is the founder and CEO of Innovative Solutions (ISOLS GROUP), a firm dealing in end to end software & web solutions to numerous enterprises in India. His firm has earned a pride of place as a leading provider of smart strategic digital marketing solutions to various brands and enterprises. He has been highly extolled by all the management and technical institutes across the country, for conducting various training programmes and workshops related to digital marketing and entrepreneurship. He is widely recognised as a mentor to upcoming pool of talent, with the distinction of being an excellent motivational speaker. He has also conducted seminars in different schools on “How to crack the competitive exam for the Indian Armed Forces”. Mr Chugh is an Engineer in Information & Technology (IP University), and his keen interest in exploring prospects and opportunities of success and growth through innovative ideas and insights has taken a deep seat in the emerging markets. Prior to going for an entrepreneurial career, the author had a special craving to be a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force. He cracked NDA and SSB twice with high aplomb but didn”t get joining instructions for the Indian Air Force, as he was detected 0.25 myopic. Thereafter, he took a call to be an entrepreneur as he was medically unfit to pursue a career in the Indian Air Force. At the outset of his entrepreneurial career, he contented his passion by joining Indian Air Wing for two years, where he flew the Microlite “ZEN Stol 701” at No.1 Delhi Air Squad (Flying Branch), representing Delhi at Vayu Sena Camp, Bengaluru. Mr Chugh strongly believes in, and operates with the laws of karma. In keeping with his conviction, he flows with the nature's cause and effect relationship, the quintessence of which can be expressed by the time-tested assumption that everything in this Universe is governed by the higher sciences and every cause has an effect. With his intense diligence and demeanor, he is striving hard to channelise the youth and is working round the clock to measure his ascent to the peaks of future with the fulfillment of his ultimate vision.