Personal Information Questionnaire is a form which is made to be filled by the candidates when they get screened in after the first round. It is a form which contains various columns which help the psychologist to form a basis of the personality of the candidate and the Interviewing officer to form the basis of the personal interview. After knowing that this form is of a huge need for the officers to assess you, I am sure you must have got an idea of the importance that this form holds. Since the psychologist can only judge you on the basis of this form and your answer script of the tests, you need to be careful while filling this up. Also your interview can be totally based on this form, and if not also, then too it plays a major role in your interview, as the officer will form a skeleton of your personality fairly on the basis of this form. If you want to know the details about how to fill this form, and what this form contains you can read up on the same from our website, as we have a number of articles guiding you on the same. Here however I am going to tell you what matters in the PIQ Form.
You should take a note from here on that your handwriting and neatness matter a lot. First impressions last and your handwriting will form the first impression in this case. However this article deals majorly with the content, as in which columns matter the most in the PIQ form. To begin with the specifics matter, which means that you need to be an aware person, awareness here refers to your surroundings. So you must be in a position to write the approximate population of the city you mention in your address. Similarly your parents occupation, salary, your percentage and all these things. Basically information is power, and here you need to fill in the correct information. You may wonder how can they know whether you are telling the truth or not, its your personal information. But they know, they’ll know somehow, even if they don’t why would you risk your chances on that?
Your achievements matter. If you don’t have any, just recall everything, I am sure you’ll find something. Everybody is good in something. You need to list your achievements in chronological manner, write the year too. You can begin with the latest and end with the oldest or vice versa. However if you have too many achievements then avoid writing very trivial one’s as it may dilute the effect of the bigger one’s. Next thing which matter the most in PIQ is your position of responsibility held. This is a major one as it shows how responsible you were, which reflects your sincerity and leadership skills. You have to fill this one. This does not need to be a major one, if you have never held any position of responsibility then write trivial one’s like “managed a function in home/society”. I hope you get the idea. But do write something and do not make up things and write. IO will ask you questions based on this so never lie. If you have certificates to back up, then it is the best deal.
Until a couple of weeks prior, most web clients in India hadn’t even known about an idea known as net neutrality. In any case now there is a level headed discussion boiling over on this subject.
So what is net neutrality and why the Indian web clients are excitedly, and once in a while furiously, discussing it? We disclose the entire issue to you in this convenient guide and let you know why you ought to or ought not think about it.
What is Net Neutrality?
Internet is naturally nonpartisan (pretty much). The father of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee himself uncovered that it was outlined as unbiased medium.
“When I planned the Web, I deliberately fabricated it as an impartial, imaginative and collective space, expanding on the openness the Internet advertised. My vision was that anybody, anyplace on the planet could impart information and thoughts without expecting to purchase a permit or ask consent from myself or any CEO, government office or panel. This openness unleashed a tsunami of advancement, and it is as yet fueling new achievements in science, business, culture and a great deal all the more other than.”
This nonpartisan character of internet originates from the idea of net neutrality that is at the middle of it.
As Sir Tim Berners-Lee puts it, net neutrality at the center signifies “every “parcel” of information must be dealt with similarly by the network”. He further underlines that there ought to be no restriction and the state ought not limit any lawful substance by the residents.
Only for the purpose of advancement on the web, net neutrality is basic. On the off chance that the fabric of the net was not nonpartisan back in the 90’s, then we would’ve existed in a world without any semblance of a Google and Facebook. Presently, the incongruity is that some of these enormous internet organizations are in cahoots with telecom administrators and are in ways breaking the fabric of the internet.
The guideline of net neutrality can be softened up numerous ways. In the US, some administration suppliers toyed with the thought of a ‘fast track’ for specific administrations. Indeed, even in India, Airtel, chose to charge additional for Internet VOIP administrations like WhatsApp, yet because of an opportune backfire on social networking, it ruled against to continue with the arrangement.
The fundamental thought is that each parcel of information must be dealt with ordinarily – regarding speed, get to and cost for the purpose of development and long haul strength of the internet, and all the more significantly to maintain a strategic distance from fracture.
Why are web clients furious with Airtel and Flipkart?
Airtel has concocted another promoting stage called Airtel Zero. Through this arrangement engineers who sign up for Airtel Zero will get the information charges for parts or all components of their application, consequently making the information charges for the application free for the customers. Along these lines, it has been accounted for that Flipkart has needed Airtel Zero, which implies that clients of Airtel’s network will become acquainted with the Flipkart application with no information costs.
So what Airtel and Flipkart appear to be doing incorrectly?
On the substance of it, it would seem that an incredible thought, however this is simply an instance of lightening around the points of interest. What happens to a Snapdeal, Amazon on Airtel. For a customer for whom, the information charges are an extravagant suggestion, he/she will regularly float towards Flipkart over Amazon or Snapdeal.
Airtel as far as concerns it says that it is non-oppressive and the charges and paces will continue as before for all who sign up. At the same time what happens, if there’s another e-trade site that can’t manage the cost of Airtel Zero? The endeavor is now crippled regardless of how inventive it might be.
More terrible on the off chance that you are on a network like Vodafone or Idea. They don’t have such an arrangement set up, so application designers and clients will commonly float towards Airtel. That said, this may not keep going for long as every telco will concoct comparative arrangements if the controllers don’t intercede.
We could live in this present reality where Snapdeal could work better on Vodafone, Amazon would work better on Idea and Flipkart on Airtel. It will piece the way of the experience and its cost. These administrations will likewise be known as zero evaluated administrations.
While Airtel claims that it won’t set aside a few minutes and again telecom administrators have demonstrated that they can’t be trusted.
What are the controllers and government doing about this?
Lamentably, as Net Neutrality is such another idea there are no administrative tenets in regards to it. TRAI, the telecom administrative power in India as of late concocted a paper for the development of regulations with respect to net neutrality and the destiny of ludicrous (OTT) Internet based administrations like WhatsApp.
The enormous issue is that the TRAI paper is by all accounts paying lip administration to the telecom administrators and ISPs. For example, despite everything it characterizes broadband Internet at 512kbps, which basically gives full scope to the administrators to throttle speeds.
TRAI’s paper additionally says that OTTs are eating gigantic lumps out of the income acquired by customary voice administrations. While this is genuine, new age applications like WhatsApp, Viber and Skype give brings over the Internet which are less expensive.
In the end as the nature of the internet enhances, these applications could basically supplant the conventional voice call and this alarms the telecom administrators as texts have murdered the income of the SMS and they are attempting to smother advancement so they can keep up the present state of affairs.
To the credit of the legislature, in the wake of the hullabaloo, the bureau of telecom is investigating Airtel’s Zero promoting stage that could potentially offer special treatment to internet organizations and application designers.
Indeed, even standard lawmakers like Tathagata Satpathy and Rajeev Chandrashekhar have turned out panning the TRAI interview paper on net neutrality.
What you can do about Net Neutrality?
Really more than the administration or TRAI, the normal Indian is accomplishing more to spare the fabric of the internet. Clients have revolted on social networking and numerous individuals have begun giving the Flipkart application ‘1 star’ rating in light of the fact that it is in cahoots with Airtel. Since may not be completely reasonable to Flipkart however then that is the way clients are responding.
Anyhow more essential is that you answer to TRAI. Whether you bolster net neutrality or you don’t, impart your perspectives to TRAI as a component of the counsel process.
There is an appeal on Change.Org, which needs TRAI to not ‘permit differential valuing of administrations on the Internet & let the shoppers pick how they need to utilize Internet’. The request has effectively 1,58,167 supporters.
Another site called SavetheInternet.in has been made that permits individuals to make contentions to the TRAI for net neutrality inside the structure of its interview paper. The due date for the same is April 24th. The site permits individuals to send email to TRAI on net neutrality in only two clicks. You can utilize that.
On the off chance that you need to record your own reactions to TRAI’s conference paper, do that and send it to [email protected].
Last however not the slightest, parody bunch AIB has made a feature clarifying net neutrality is a basic, clever and compact way. Go watch it to comprehend the issue on the off chance that you are still confounded about it.
Our aspirants ask us a lot of questions, and we try our best to reply to as much of them as possible. One such aspirant asked us a few questions and here we are posting the answers, as we thought that it’ll help a lot other candidates, as the questions were generic in nature. The aspirant has cleared CDSE and wanted to know answers to the questions posted below. We hope it’ll help all of you, if you had such questions in mind.
Frequently Asked Questions By Defence Aspirants
Question: What will be my job profile after clearing SSB and completing training from OTA Chennai?
Answer: As far as the men are concerned they can opt for any arm in their training period, right from parachute regiment to ordnance or Supply core. It’ll depend on your performance in the training and the vacancy in that branch, that whether or not you get it. For ladies, who clear CDSE the choices are limited to Army Air Defense, Signals, Education and Supply. There are no options for technical branches as separate selection procedure for that exists.
Question: Will I be trained with all latest weapons and prepared for combat operations?
Answer: Men are of course trained and prepared with the arms their branch is concerned with. A basic military training is given to everyone; irrespective of the arm you’ll be assigned. If you are taken for infantry for example, you’ll be trained for equipment’s regarding the same. After getting commissioned, however, officers have to attend a lot of training courses, based on their arms and specific training is given in them.
Question: Will i be posted to borders, coastal regions, and other places like J & K of strategic importance to protect from infiltrations?
Answer: Of course! You’ll be posted as and what your position demands. If you are for infantry you’ll be allotted a regiment and you’ll have to move with your unit. For supporting arms like AAD, Ordinance etc., you can get peace posting in cities also.
Question: Will i be at desk for some administrative job? If so what exactly will I be administering?
Answer: As an officer you’ll be made capable of handling anything and everything. You’ll have to perform based on what you job is asking for. There are many things apart from preparing for a battle which go on in army, although most of it is done to prepare for battles but it involves a lot of administrative work. For supporting arms this work is more. For infantry you can get either field (near the borders) or peace posting. In field you are expected to man the post, this the officers keep rotating from base to forward post. No other commitments, like PT etc. are there. In peace posting there are a lot of activities, and add on posts, which are related to administration like you have be adjutant in rotation, that is administrative. In ordinance weapons are to be managed and thus you have to administer that and in supply rationing etc. they are administrative tasks only.
We hope that the answers were satisfactory. Post your questions in the comment box below.
All of you know what is happening in Yemen now a days and how Indian is taking part in the rescue operation especially the Indian Air Force which is working day and night to save our people and rescuing others. Foreign Channel CNN has covered India’s successful Yemen rescue operation “Operation Raahat” that also @ New Delhi Airport. But Indian so called no 1 channel from 7 yrs ( TIMES NOW ) and other big news channels couldn’t cover this operation! Here is this awesome video.
Foreign Channel CNN has Covered “Operation Raahat” By Indian Air Force
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Former Indian army chief strong reply to a Pakistani journalist Mr Wajahat Khan, who asked general Bikram Singh some questions related to Siachen and POC. You will like this video and more what you like is how General Bikram Singh has handled those questions so bravely yet aggressively. Apparently this was the first direct interaction of any Indian army general and a Pakistani journalist, and suppose to be the last too. Hope you will enjoy this video and learn many qualities of a leader from it.
Awesome Reply from Indian Army Chief to Pakistan Journalist
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Yemen Crisis and Operation Rahat by India : In the past six months, a war for political dominance between the two sects of Muslims—Sunni and Zaidi Shia—has intensified in Yemen, the Arab country in southwest Asia that has been imploding since 2011.Saudi Arabia has been trying to thwart the attempt by the Iran-backed Zaidi Shia group to take control of the country.
In February, however, Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi fled the capital Sana’a when the rebel Shia group—also known as Houthis—strengthened their presence in the city.
Due to the worsening condition of the country, the Indian govt on March 31, decided to send Gen V.K. Singh, one of its senior ministers and former Chief of The Indian Army, to oversee the mission and ensure safe return of its citizens.The operation was called as ‘ Rahat’ – which means relief in Hindi
Yemen Crisis and Operation Rahat by India
Saudi Arabia is attacking Yemen but from the air. Their soldiers are afraid of setting foot on land fearing for their lives.
Pakistani Army & Airforce form the bulk of the Saudi force in Yemen, but Pakistani soldiers are afraid of landing in the cities due to the fear of being killed by Shia Militia.
Pakistani Ambassador to Yemen Dr. Irfan Yousuf Shami escaped with all his staff, leaving behind hundreds of stranded Pakistani nationals.
What made the situation more complex was the fact that the airport and airspace in Yemen, are under the control of Saudi Arabia.
PM Modi called up Saudi King Salman for his co-operation in rescuing Indians from Yemen. Since the PM shares a good relationship with the Saudi King, the King assured his complete support. PM Modi requested the Saudi King to stop the air strike for some time and also allow Indian planes to fly out of Yemen so that Indians could be evacuated from the strife-torn country.
The Indian national carrier, Air India, carried 488 people through three special flights from Sana’a to India on April 5. A day later, Air India is reported to have evacuated 574 people from Sana’a to Djibouti, described as the single largest evacuation by air in a day. The Indian Airforce had dispatched its C-17s on April 2, and brought back 358 Indians.
GOI decided to take the sea route to rescue the expatriates stranded in Aden, a port city after the government’s plans to airlift them did not materialize due to attack on Sana’a airport.
Two merchant vessels and two warships — destroyer Mumbai and stealth frigate Tarkash — also left for Yemen, to help ferry other stranded expatriates back home. The government had also pressed into service INS Sumitra to ensure the safety and security of the passengers from pirates.
India’s shipping corporation also sent two passenger ships—Kavaratti and Corals— to assist the navy. In all, India sent five ships to Yemen. Small boats were used to transport Indians from Yemen’s port city Aden onto the naval vessels that could not enter the ports due to heavy firing.
Eyewitnesses state that, in such a hostile atmosphere, unarmed Gen VK Singh toured the cities & villages in Yemen, collecting Indians & anybody else who asked him for help. He did not sit in a car or a helicopter. He actually got on the ground & walked on the roads, in the streets & commanded the operation.
Because of the stunning rescue work done by India, 26 nations reached out for help in evacuating their citizens. Countries like USA, Germany, France were amongst those which sought help.
Most aircrafts and ships landed in Mumbai and the southern Indian city of Kochi. The evacuees were then transported to their hometowns by Indian Railways. The railways offered free tickets for their onward journeys. In addition, state governments have offered financial support to many evacuees.
It’s a matter of shame for the nation, that no leading newspaper or media channel finds this historic mission worthy enough to cover front pages or be on prime time. It’s up to social media now, to let the truth prevail.
All the young boys who have a dream to serve in the armed forces of India, consider NDA Exam as a golden opportunity to realize this dream. NDA Exam is conducted twice every year and for 2015, NDA Exam is to be held on 19th April. It is an excellent chance for the young guns to turn their dreams into reality, and live the life of adventure and thrill, which they always wanted to. NDA written exam is conducted by UPSC, and the written exam is followed by SSB interview for those who clear the written. As you must know you have to give your choice of service at the time of filling up the form. There are two papers, one for mathematics and one consisting of Chemistry, Physics and General Awareness. These papers are common for all, irrespective of the service you have applied for. For candidates who apply for Air Force, and clear the SSB, they have to give PABT, i.e. Pilot Aptitude and Battery Test to clear for flying. So now NDA written is around the corner and all you need to do is put in all the efforts to perform your best in it. NDA Exam written is going to be the first step in your journey to become an officer.
The candidates who have taken up mathematics in their 10+2 must also be preparing for engineering entrance exams. If you are preparing for engineering entrance exams, NDA Exam might look like a cakewalk to you. However this is not how it works. NDA is not only about the papers of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. It contains portions of General Awareness too. So you need to prepare for that as well. Though NDA’s Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are not applied questions, so it is easier than the other competitive exams. So these subjects might look easier to you.
One thing you have to be absolutely sure of is to be careful when you prepare. Time for hard work has passed now, now is the time for smart work. To begin smart work, you need to understand what it means. Smart work is not running away from hard work, instead it is understanding that how much you can utilize your potential in a limited amount of time left. So begin the smart work now. You need to begin it by looking at the question papers of past years. Read the solved papers, you’ll get an idea what comes and how much weightage it carries. Once you look the past years solved papers, you’ll get to read a lot of answers, and they’ll concepts, which will give you a thorough revision. Facts don’t change and thus these answers will help you get knowledge about a lot of things. So its high time boys, it’s now or never. Get ready and start the final march!
These 11 amazing facts about the Indian army will make you proud and increase your respect for Indian army. As Indian army protect us day and night and we owe so much to our soldiers who guard the borders day and night so we can enjoy our lives here peacefully. We all know how brave our soldiers are and Indian army has won many wars with courage and determination, but there is always something you do not know about these brave warriors. Find out more below about the Indian army.
11 Amazing Facts About The Indian Army Will Make You Proud
Soldiers of the Indian Army are considered among the best in jungle warfare. The Counter-insurgency and Jungle Warfare School is often visited by forces from the US, the UK, and Russia among others.
The President’s bodyguard is the oldest armored regiment of the Indian Army. It was established in 1773, and is currently based in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world, located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayas. It was constructed by the Indian Army in 1982.
The Indian Army is one of the biggest troop contributors to the United Nations peace making operations.
Assam rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in India, was formed in 1835.
The Indian Army has a cavalry regiment. There are only 3 such regiments in the world.
The Military Engineering Services (MES) is one of the biggest construction agencies in India.
The Indian Army is the biggest voluntary army in the world. To think that we have the maximum number of willing soldiers in the world is a matter of great pride.
The Siachen Glacier, 5000 metres above sea level, is the highest battlefield in the world. And the Indian Army controls it.
The Indian Army has about 53 cantonments and 9 army bases, spread across India.
The Indian Army was formed in 1776, under the government of the East India Company in Kolkata.
Group discussions have been part and parcel of our lives since we started participating in completions but the Group discussion at SSB is quite different. First let me make clear at this point of time that all the rounds that happen at SSB, whether they are part of psychology, PI r GTO are judged psychologically so that the essential qualities can be extracted. I have detailed how the qualities are collated and tested in various rounds in my previous articles. So it’s very important to behave properly in SSB in all rounds and understand the essence if what’s that thing which Assessors want and are looking for. Also there are four Group discussion at SSB that are conducted in the span of five days. One happens at the screening day itself, two initially at the GTO round and one more is the part of GPE round.
The two Group discussion at SSB happening at GTO day 1 are somewhat similar in nature that are help for corporate also but rest two are very unique. The screening Group discussion at SSB needs discussion on a hazy picture to give a desired conclusion for a story while that happening after GPE needs a conclusion for the final plan which will be executed by the group to tackle the given problem. So this unique GD needs a unique preparation also. According to me the following points can help in preparation:
You have to come to conclusion for sure so try to analyse the nerve of the group and support the majority. It is not essential that your specific plan or story should be selected in the final stage. Sometimes some people feel so and make GD a fish market.
Whatever you speak, should be very personal and should reveal your qualities, so do not try to copy things.
Also assessors are least interested in your stories or plans but they are extracting your qualities from whatever you do. Hence it becomes essential during preparation time that you know your qualities well and should inherit or develop the qualities that are weak or are bit weak.
For this introspection is must and preparation should start as early as possible so that the hustle bustle at the end moment can be avoided. End moments are just to relax and keep yourself away from the exam pressure.
If someone is willing for guidance look for a place where your personality can be individually studied and one to one interaction could be provided. In large groups there can be a loss of personality as SSB is all about individual personality reflection in the exam.
Fish market situation in such an exercise is very important and I would deal it in a separate article. Still If you have any confusion or feel to take individual assessment of personality for olq’s or prepare from your place itself through one to one interaction through my mentoring / counselling program drop me a mail at [email protected] or add me on Fb and drop in a message. Prepare well for the first day and for other rounds as I have seen people copying things from various resources, which actually causes the harm as copied personality can never be a true officer who could serve the motherland. Be yourself and original is the only mantra.
Indian air force has published the list of candidates who made some mistake in their AFCAT OMR sheet due to which Indian air force has not evalued their AFCAT or EKT OMR sheets, hence they are not eligible for AFSB interview for AFCAT 1 2015 course. Though IAF has not mentioned the reasons due to which IAF has not evaluated the answer sheets of these candidates, apparently this is due to mistakes done by candidates in their OMR sheets. Candidates who have their names in this list and want to confirm the same are advised to contact the AFCAT cell through the details given on their official website www.careerairforce.nic.in
This is really sad to know that mature candidates are still making silly mistakes in their OMR sheets due to which they are getting rejected though they have performed well in AFCAT written test. Do read AFCAT OMR sheet marking instructions to avoid such mistakes in future.