Slot 1

1) why is he your best friend? 2) give me an instance where he was helpful to you? 3) whom do you approach in your family when you face any problem? 4) tell me about your hometown? 5) why do you want to join the forces? ) what if u get recommended? !) what if you dont get recommended? "##and the supporting reason for all# $) all about your hobby and what ever you write in your pi%# 1&) why couldnt you ma'e it in your last attempts? 11) what did you do to rectify it? and how is your performance this time so far? 12) rest he will as' about your school day() your *) achievements etc# +in the first rapid fire) 13) in the ne,t rapid fire he will as' all about your family and friends#

Slot 2
1) tell me abt ur school life from 1&th onwards) 2) wt responsibilities do u carry out at home? 3) %uestion about hobbies ##-./0 10 23 0421560 78 9:0 :7;;< = have written 4) reason u wanna join navy 5) few %ues on physics > 1# how does a boat floats in water? 2# tell me the archimedies principle ) how much do you spend in a month? and whr do u spend it on? !) how much do u go outside for trips ?? how many times have u gone out with friends to a trip# ") how many friends u made in school ) college and now in mtech? what 'ind of friends u li'e ? wt 'ind of friends u disli'e? $) how often u visit home ? how many friends u have thr near your home ? how do u pass your time when u go thr at home ? 1&) what did u learned from your previous attempt ? whr do u thin' u lac'ed in last attempt ? 11) tell me about your family ?

Slot 3
i went from 12 SS; ;engalore for ?ul &$ batch# the %uestions as'ed to me are 1) :ow are =? 2)9ell me about Satara? 3)2re reading 3ewspaper? 4)@hat type of reading do u read? 5)@hich boo' = recently read? )@ho is author? !)@hat type of writting he has? ")@hat is the summary of boo'? $)@hat type of job your father is doing? 1&):ow you are helping to your sister and father? 11)@hy she is performing career in 2rts stream? 12)9ell me some news?? 13)@hich newspaper you read daily?

Day 1 Screening Tests

Screening Test in SSB:-

The screening test (ST) is at first day of the process. The ST comprises of Intelligence questions or Officer Intelligence (O.I.R) and P.P.D.T. Picture Perception and Description Test. These are aimed to find out the analyzing a ility of the candidate and to gauge their inner mind potential. !et "e see in detail a out these t"o steps. What is Intelligence? Intelligence is defined as the inner a ility of the candidate to sol#e particular pro lem i.e. aptitude$ reasoning etc. Officer Intelligence Rating refers to sol#e set of pro lems "hich consists of oth #er al and non#er al reasoning in a short duration of time. So here the time is less and the candidate has to sol#e more num er of questions correctly. !i%e this putting the candidate under pressure to sol#e the intelligence questions is called as Officer Intelligence Rating. Importance of Intelligence Test (IT) :The mar%s o tained the IT is important since$ after getting recommended and clearing the medicals the o#erall merit or the national le#el is ased on this mar%s only. Types of Questions as e! in IT :There are t"o types of pattern are conducted$ to measure the candidate innate a ility$ They are &. (. 'er al Reasoning and )on 'er al Reasoning. Sylla us co#ered under 'er al Reasoning *+ ,nalogy and -lassification. -oding + Decoding. )um er Series. .lood Relations. Direction . Seating ,rrangement. Puzzles. .asic mathematical aptitude. Sylla us co#ered under )on+'er al Reasoning*+ ,nalogy and -lassification of figures.

-omplete and Incomplete Pattern of figures -u es and Dice 'enn Diagram (simple one). !et "e see in detail a out each topic *+ "nalogy an! #lassification:In this part$ a "ord and its related "ord is gi#en$ then another "ord "ith four options are gi#en. Such that "e ha#e to find out the related "ord from the option. /.g.*+ Phone* -ellphone ** -omputer **00010000 a) Spea%er )2ey oard c) Theatre d) !aptop In this d)!aptop is the ans"er. Since -ellphone is the deri#ati#e of Phone li%e this !aptop is the deri#ati#e of -omputer. #o!ing - Deco!ing :In this part$ certain "ord is coded to some num er3alpha et in re#ersal manner$ then "e ha#e to encode it accordingly. The asic technique to follo" is "rite num ers for the alpha ets quic%ly in the rough space pro#ided in the hall. $%g%:- "-1& B-'& #-(& D-)& $-*& +-,& --.& /-0& I-1& 2-13& 4-11& 5-1'& 6-1(& 7-1)& 8-1*& 9-1,& Q-1.& :-10& S-11& T-'3& ;-'1& <-''& W-'(& =-')& >-'*& ?-',% !i%e this "rite in the rough sheet as soon as you got the rough sheet. If you got the question li%e this means i.e. 4RO5 + 6 &7 &8 9$ the "ord is decoded as li%e this. Then they gi#e another "ord such as DO-TOR and "e ha#e to decode it. DO-TOR + : &8 ; (< &8 &7 7um@er Series:In this a series of num er is gi#en and "e ha#e to find out the ne=t num er. The series gi#en may e of in squares$ cu es #alues or simple odd or e#en num ers also. $%g%:888$666$999$666$999$777$00100$777$>>>. 4or this$ the ans"er is 999. Since ta%e the first three and compare "ith the ne=t three$ &&& is added to e#ery num er. !i%e this "e ha#e to analyse at that time constraint. Bloo! :elations:The .lood relation questions are easy one. If "e are thorough "ith the relation then it is easy to sol#e. /.g.*+ The hus and of your rothers mother is "hose hus and. ,ns"er*+ The ?us and of your rothers mother is your father. So he is your mothers hus and only. !i%e this they "ill t"ist the question little it$ ut its easy if "e practice "ell.

Direction pro@lems(D9) :In D9 $ the candidates are ad#ise to find the direction. /.g.*+ @ou are facing to"ards east and if you mo#e left for &< meters then turn left for &8 meters and then ta%e right cut for (8 metres then "hich direction you "ill face$ the ans"er is north. Dra" the direction on the paper then sol#e it. / A A ) 00000 00000 S A A B Seating "rrangement:In the seating arrangement $ the questions are such as group of fi#e people are sitting in a round ta le such as , is left to D$ - is right to /. Then "rite the sequence from , to"ards left. The ans"er is ,./D-. These type of questions are as%ed rarely$ ut if as%ed it is time consuming$ so practice it "ell efore. 9uAAle an! Basic 6athematical "ptitu!e:In puzzle you "ill get simple puzzles and in mathematical aptitude$ you "ill get time and distance$ "or%$ asic numerical pro lems etc. 7on-<er@al :easoning:"nalogy an! #lassification of +igures:-

,nalogy refers to find the same type of figure. /.g.*+ There "ill e t"o figures gi#e "hich is related to circle and another t"o figures gi#en "hich is related to squares. Be ha#e to find "hich figure is related to square. Question Type :- (a) C4igure "ith circleD*( )Cfigure "ith circleD ** (c) Cfigure "ith squareD(d)C+++1+++D In this "e ha#e find the figure from the gi#en options that is "hich is relate to square. This one is easy one and "ith little practice "e can sol#e it #ery easily. #omplete an! Incomplete 9attern of +igures :This type of question is also easy$ that some part of the figure is missing. Be ha#e to find out from the gi#en option that "hich part is missing. #u@es an! Dice:-

This is little it tough$ ut it need a lot of practice and it is time consuming. So practice this "ell. Esually they are not as%ing the cu e pro lem. .ut Dice pro lems are frequent one. <enn Diagram:This type of question is #ery easy and t"o types of questions are coming from #enn diagram part. One is "ith numerical data and another one is in pictorial representation. /.g*+

,fter the end of the OIR$ there is some time rea% for the ne=t le#el of the process. The ne=t is P.P.D.T . 78T$:- Fy ad#ice is to follo" the R.S. ,ggar"al #er al and )on#er al oo%s to practice these type of questions "ell. Since it is easy to "rite the OIR$ ut good score in that is necessary for all India Ferit after getting recommended. 9%9%D%T% - 9icture 9erception an! Description Test:-

P.P.D.T is a proGection test$ "hich is a part of the screening. In this$ the candidates are sho"n a hazy picture for duration of ;< seconds and the candidate has to "rite do"n a story in ; minutes y noting do"n the asic se#en parameters such as ,ge Se= -haracter Food Past ("hat he done) Present ("hat is going on in the story) 4uture ("hat "ill he do) /oB it is con!ucte!:The candidate are ad#ised to sit in a ig auditorium. Then the psychologist gi#es instruction a out the P.P.D.T. , hazy picture is proGected from the proGector for ;< seconds y s"itching off the light. In this hazy picture the candidate has to note do"n the asic se#en parameters as i descri ed a o#e. Then they should thin% a constructi#e3positi#e story in mind to "rite. ,fter "riting the story the candidates are ordered to sit in a semi circle and discuss a out their o"n stories. The President of the oard$ 5.T.O $ the psychologist sit there to select the students for the rest of the four days. .efore "riting$ there is one thing that$ a square o= is printed in the psychological ans"er sheet. In "hich the candidate should mar% as "ho is the central character$ "hats his age$ "hats his mood$ "hat led to the situation (past)$ "hat is going on in the situation (present)$ and "hat "ill happen at the end (future). @our "ill get clear idea a out this after seeing this e=ample.

$Cample 9%9%D%T :!et see the a o#e picture$ a guy is standing in front of the queue "ith a cap in his head. So he may e a ser#ice person. So mar%ed in the psychological paper i.e. in that square o= as a male(F)$ age (($ his mood is H and his character is helping mind. ,lso i mar%ed a point at the left up right corner of the rectangle ecause$ i chosen that person from picture "ho is in that e=act location. So "e should e a le to clear the psychologist that "hich person "e are choosing from the picture. "fter mar ing this & hoB to proDect or Brite the story:The story in "hich "e are going to "rite should e of positi#e one and the result should also positi#e. There should e some hero in the story. The hero should e of same age and same se=. If you find no hero in the story then create a hero of same se= and age. Brite the story "ith little introduction i.e. "hat led to the situation (past)$ then "hat is happening in the situation(present) and "hat is the result (future). The story should e in past tense only.

$Cample:RaG "as a ne"ly posted lieutenant$ in ?imachal Pradesh "hich is prone to land scapes. ?e "as a o#e a#erage student from child hood ut sho"ing lot of interest in e=tra curricular acti#ity such ).S.S. $ ).-.- etc. One day on his house$ he heard a sudden shouting of people and understand the situation quic%ly that the person near y apartment got under the small land scape. So he engaged himself y calling to the fire ser#ice and he rescued most of the people up to an e=tent. ?e sa#ed many people and then Goined hands "ith fire ser#ice people also. !ater he arranged the affected people for food and shelter "ith the help of the local panchayat. In this story$ "e are sho"ing his quality from child hood as a good oy(past)$ land scape and rescue operation scenario (present) and arranging shelter and food (future). !i%e this the story should e of positi#e one "ith positi#e end.

Description 9art or -roup Discussion:-

This is the #ery important point at the screening of Day&. Since the selection for the four days and reGection (screened out) are ased on this performance only. In this$ the candidates are to sit in a semi circle efore the president $ 5.T.O and the psychologist ased on their chest num ers. The candidates are ordered to narrate their indi#idual story efore the group either y standing or y sitting. ,fter the indi#idual narration$ the group starts to discuss a out the picture and a final conclusion is made.

Tips

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)e#er loo% at the officials "hile narration of the story or "hile engaging in the discussion. !isten to the spea%er dont loo% any "ay 2eep proper ody language as per the 5roup Discussion.

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Try to tal% at least three times$ then surely you "ill get in. Its not necessary to tal% all time in

,lso dont argue "ith others$ 5i#e your points clearly and %eep patient listening. 2eep smiling its the %ey of success in P.P.D.T. .e cool and tal% three or four times "ith proper ody language$ then surely you are get in. ?elp the "ea% mem ers to tal%. ,fter dispersing from the P.P.D.T %eep smiling and "al% "ith head held high and upraised chest. This sho"s that you are confident in your participation. To %no" more a out ody language tips clic% here These are a out screening at the Day & of S.S... ,fter this the students "ill go for lunch and come at the auditorium for the results. The results "ill e declared and screened in students "ill e gi#en ne" chest num ers and further procedure for their stay.

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