Indian army has published the list of shortlisted candidates who are eligible for the SSC 50 and SSCW 21 tech entry. This is a direct entry for engineering graduates who can apply for the technical entries like SSC tech and TGC. Candidates who have applied are shortlisted based on their percentage in engineering. We have posted about SSC 50 and SSC 21 Tech SSB Dates here.
SSC Tech 50 Cut Off Marks
There is a slight decrease in the cut off marks which is a good news for aspirants. Update cut off marks for SSC Tech 50 is as mentioned below.
All the branches except Mechanical have 50% cut off.
Mechanical branch has 69% cut off.
Civil branch as the maximum vacancies.
SSCW 21 tech cut off marks
High cut-off for women candidates.
Computer Science and similar branches have the highest cut-off ever i.e. 82%
Hello friends, I am Kunal Yadav. I got recommended for Indian Navy – (10+2) B.Tech. Entry from Naval Selection Board Visakhapatnam in my second attempt. My first attempt was for NDA entry at SSB Bhopal (conference out).
MY INTRO: I belong to a village called Sahad in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. Currently, I am pursuing my bachelor’s in civil engineering from IIT GANDHINAGAR.
In my village there is tradition of serving in the armed forces. So I have been there among the defence personnel since my childhood and decided that I have to join the defence. But my parents want me to pursue engineering so I started preparing for IIT-JEE.
As I was conference out from my first attempt so I didn’t want to leave any stone unturned this time. I was continuously visiting SSBCrack after my JEE exam (as defence is still my first preference). There I came to know about Dr. (Cdr.) N.K. Natrajan sir’s videos. I wasted no time and ordered the video package from Amazon.in. These videos were of great help to me. As Natrajan sir explained each task very nicely and told us how to perform. After watching the videos and preparing according to the directions given by Natrajan sir I was very much satisfied by my preparation.
REPORTING/SCREENING DAY: 16 AUG. 2017 AT 0600 HRS.
I started my journey from Ahmedabad airport to Vizag on 15 AUG., stayed there at relative’s house and reported at the MCO on the next day. Total 133 candidates reported, only 6 were repeaters. I was allotted chest no. 131.
OIR TEST – We were briefed by the assessors and given practice booklets to make ourselves familiar with the tests.
In verbal test I had done all 50 questions in given 17 minutes. Same with the non-verbal test.
PP&DT TEST – We were shown a hazy picture, I wrote a good story and contributed well in the discussion but our group hadn’t reached on a common story.
RESULT – 28 out of 133 candidates got screened in. I was given new chest no. – 21.
After that we filled our PIQ forms and our cellphones were deposited.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST: 17 AUG AT 0730 HRS.
TAT – I wrote all the 12 stories. Wrote all stories in a very natural way. I had prepared for the 12th story.
WAT – I have done 59 out of 60 words. I wrote the first thought whatever came to my mind.
SRT – I have done only 31 out of 60 SRT’s. But I have written each reaction with enough explanation.
SDT – I had prepared my SDT T so this test is a cakewalk.
At the end of the day I had mixed feelings (due to my SRT’s).
GTO DAY 1: 18 AUG AT 0730 HRS.
GD – In both of my GD’s I spoke on no.3.
But I put on very logical and good points. I actively participated in the discussion and put about 7-8 solid points. My GTO was very much impressed by my GD which I came to know about in the informal interview with him before my command task.
GPE – I wrote a good solution by prioritizing the problems. I gave my ideas and also listened to others during discussion but our group didn’t reach on a common solution.
PGT & HGT – I gave workable ideas and helped my group mates in completing the tasks.
LECTURETTE – My topic was ‘Water Management’. I spoke fluently for 3 minutes.
GOR – Here comes the most exciting part of group tasks. Our war cry was ‘Vande Mataram’. Our whole group is full of josh.
My elbow got injured during the task but the enthusiasm is so high that I came to know about that after completion of the race.
GTO DAY 2: 19 AUG 0700 HRS.
IO – Being a state level volleyball player I am physically fit. So I was able to complete all the individual obstacles in given time.
COMMAND TASK – Our group had 10 members. 6 of my group mates called me as subordinate. I was given relatively tougher task (as my subordinates told me & as I have seen 3 tasks before my task) but I gave workable ideas. My GTO kept on making it more difficult and I had the solution for it. It’s after my command task, I got a strong gut feeling that I will make it this time.
FGT – It’s same as PGT and our group completed it easily.
INTERVIEW: 18 AUG 1500 HRS.
MY interview was completely based on my PIQ form. There were two rapid fire rounds.
My education from class 8 onwards. About my parents, there good qualities etc. My hobbies, how do I spend my time, about my pocket money etc. Thanks to Natrajan sir, as the questions in my interview were almost same to those in his videos. So the interview went very well and lasted for about 25 minutes.
No GK ques. No Technical questions.
CONFERENCE DAY : 20 AUG 0900 HRS.
The Deputy President of the board addressed us after that conference started. I waited for 15 minutes before my turn came, I was feeling very nervous during this time. But as I entered in the conference hall everyone was smiling so I got some relief. President Sir asked me some general questions like how’s your stay, any suggestions, which places I went to in my spare time etc. and I was asked to leave.
After the conference, results were announced and 4 of us got recommended. Then we were congratulated by the Board President. After that we met our friends.
Unfortunately, in our medicals only two of us got medically fit. Now I’m waiting for my joining letter in Dec.
AFCAT 2 2017 was conducted by Indian Air Force on 27 Aug 2017, Sunday. The AFCAT supplementary exam for the candidates who were not able to attend the AFCAT exam on 27th Aug 2017 was conducted again on 16th Sep 2017. With the completion of Indian Air Force AFCAT 2 2017 exam and EKT 3 2017 exam, candidates are surely now waiting for the results and hoping to get it cleared this time.
If we look at the past, AFCAT result 2017 would not take more time unlike other exams, this is the best part of AFCAT exam, unlike CDSE and NDA, AFCAT results come just after a month. Though the exact date is hard to anticipate and there was supplementary exam conducted later, we might get a delay of few weeks, you may expect the result any time in Oct 2017 2nd week.
Visit www.careerairforce.nic.in and click on “candidates login” button at the top right.
Enter your username and password.
Now you can check the AFCAT 2 2017 cut off marks [official] and marks secured by you.
Candidates who have secured more marks than cut off can click on ‘Generate Admit Card’.
Then the candidate is required to select a convenient AFSB centre and interview date out of the given dates.
Select your AFSB centre and interview date because every centre has some limited number of seats on a particular date which will be assigned on first come first serve basis.
Expected AFCAT 2 2017 SSB Dates:
The candidates who get shortlisted from AFCAT 2 2017 stand a chance to attend SSB interview at any of the AFSBs according to the choice. After the results after March, SSBs will soon start by the end of March itself. So, you better start preparing now itself.
Based on the induction requirements of the IAF, the performance of candidates in AFCAT, as well as statistics of reporting and success rates at AFSBs, the cutoff marks for AFCAT 2 2017, is expected to be around 150. Only those candidates who have cleared both AFCAT and EKT will be considered for Technical Branch. Once the results are announced, all candidates may log in to their account to view their individual AFCAT/ EKT Marks.
Candidates who are shortlisted need to login to their account and select the venue and date for further testing at one of the Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs). Candidates are also required to print the Call-up Letter from the website and report to their selected venue along with Call Up letter, AFCAT Admit Card and other documents as listed in the Call-Up letter. Candidates are advised to take a printout of call up letter immediately after selecting date and venue of AFSB.
Shortlisted candidates who fail to select their AFSB interview centre and date before the last day would be allotted their AFSB batches by the IAF.
AFCAT 2 2017 Important Dates
Release of Notification – 3rd June 2017
Starting of Registration for the Exam – 3rd June 2017
End of the Registration Process – 29th June 2017
Exam Date – 27 August 2017
Result Announcement – 13 Oct 2017
Age – The age range for flying is different than the age range for Technical ground duty.
Flying – The age range for flying branch is 20-24 years.
Technical – The age of candidate must fall between 20-26 years for this post
Ground duty – The candidates must have his age in between 20-26 years for this post.
Educational Qualification – The educational qualification is different for the different posts.
Flying – The candidates must have degree in any discipline with minimum 60% marks having Maths and Physics in 10+2 or have completed B.tech/B.E. from any recognised university with minimum 60% marks.
Technical – The candidates must have Four year degree qualification and have cleared Sections A and B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India with minimum 60% marks.
Ground Duty – the education qualification for different posts of ground duty are as follows.
For Accounts branch, the candidates must have passed B.Com with minimum 60% marks
For Education posts, the candidates must have passed MBA / MCA or MA / M Sc degree in English / Physics / Mathematics / Chemistry / Statistics / International relations / International studies / Defence studies / Psychology / Computer Science / IT / Management / Mass Communication / Journalism / Public Relation with minimum of 50% marks and have scored minimum 60% marks in graduation.
For Administration and Logistics, the candidates must have passed any degree with minimum 60% marks or have cleared section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India with a min of 60% marks.
Final year student can also apply for the exam given that they must have scored minimum 60% marks in previous years and should not have any backlogs. Recommended candidates are required to produce their provisional or degree certificate to the authorities before commencement of the training.
The personality of an aspirant in the SSB is analyzed using 3 techniques and these are matched to get the actual and genuine qualities of that candidate. The techniques are Psychology, GTO, and Interview, which aims at bringing the personality traits out by pen and paper methods, actions method and what candidate speaks. All are equally crucial and matter a lot at their place.
Talking about the Personal interview, it is a mutual conversation between a candidate and the interviewing officer to draw maximum qualitative matter from the candidate. There are certain ways used by the interviewing officer to bring the truth from the candidate and segregating the liars. So, here are 10 ways in which the IO checks for the lies in the conversation/ Interview.
10 SSB Interview Questions Asked To Catch A Liar
Rapid fire – Rapid fire is the most common and the most targeted practice used by the Interviewing officer to bring out the truth. In this, the IO asks certain questions related to a specific topic. The candidate has to memorize the questions with its sequence and answer them, which makes them to speak out the truth and catching the lair.
I am not interested in this, tell me something interesting thing about it – This is usually asked to bring more transparency in the statement of the candidates and make him to explain the statement in a more justified and clear way. When the candidate loses his moral from this response of the IO, he either gets puzzled or speaks out the truth.
Probing/cross Questioning – The best way to bring out the truth behind any statement is to probe by a cross-questioning method, where the IO puts more question on the specific issue related to the candidate and checks whether the candidate is genuinely speaking the truth or just beating the bushes.
Oh that’s common. How did you do that? – The IO supports the candidate that whatever he has done is right, which make the candidate frank and normal. These tactics make the candidates speak out each and everything in a truthful manner and helps in distinguishing the liars.
Oh Really? That was appreciable. How did you do that? – The appreciation always gives confidence to the candidate, and when it is from the side of an officer, especially IO, the candidates take it as a reward and explains truthfully whatever he has done.
Speak about it for 5 minutes – The IO sometimes asks the candidate to speak out in on a specific thing for 5-10 minutes. Like speak about your friends for 5 minutes or speak about your family and teacher (school/ College) for 5 minutes. The candidate has to explain the thing in much elaborate form which makes him speak truth.
Don’t hesitate. I am like your Father/ consider me a good friend of yours – To make the candidate comfortable in sharing the truth with anything, the IO motivates him by making this statement. This brings the candidate more open and makes him share the actual scenario in front of the IO.
Explain this thing with 5 Examples – Whenever a candidate says anything about himself, specifically, things related to the qualities, the IO asks for the Examples of it, which is very hard to commemorate and represent in front for him. And the most difficult thing is to relate and justify it, which brings out the truth in front of the IO.
Asking the solution of any situation – When a candidate explain his qualities, the IO asks certain situation from the candidate and asks for the possible solution from candidate’s point of view or his way of dealing with the situation. This easily brings out whether the candidates has been speaking the truth or was lying.
Everybody does that. it is not a big thing – Usually, when it comes to the negative qualities, like smoking, drinking etc, the IO asks such questions to bring out whether the candidate is an addict or not. This question helps in getting the candidate busted.
Conclusion – It is always advised to handle the interview in a smart manner and stay truthful because truthful statements always come with fluency and bring confidence. But don’t speak out unnecessary things, which you know are going to harm your performance in Interview. The above questions are for those, who try to bluff the selection penal. But remember, the officers in the panel are trained to test about 10-20 candidates daily. So be truthful and speak relevant things and stay to the point.
I am Amartya Deshmukh, 4th Attempt for NDA- IAF. Previous 3 attempts- Not recommended (136, 137 & 138 NDA ) (All the interviews were held at Mysore for NDA Air Force). 139th NDA Course, 2AFSB Mysore, 14-18 Aug 2017. Chest no. 66
Day 1: Fore Noon Session Morning. Basic documents check & form filling. OIR- I had solved the sets in my previous attempts, so it was easy. After Noon Session (Post lunch) PP&DT- I was used to the hazy pictures, so wrote my story in less than 4 minutes. Story had a good plot. On the way to discussion room, tried to get an idea of my group mates story. My group had 11 members. Narrated my story to the point, in less than 45 seconds. Discussion was fish market (as expected in repeater’s group). My contribution was combining the various small points in different stories, also I forced the group to conclude & to decide what to include & what not to. One guy volunteered to narrate the story but he screwed up the story badly (he didn’t get through screening). We agreed to his narrated story as group had nominated him.
Screening results- Announced, 5/11 in my group made it through Phase 1. After that we filled our PIQ forms.
Psychology tests
TAT- Stories were good. 12th story was prescripted. Average word count was 100+/-10.
WAT- Wrote whatever came to my mind. For some words, I couldn’t think of a sentence, for those, I wrote words related to that word that came to my mind. Completed all words.
SRT- Wrote actions in small phrases. Completed all well within time.
SDT- Normal. Wrote everybody’s opinion.
Day 2
Group Tasks (GTO Officer- Wg Cdr)
Group discussion
India has poor water distribution throughout the country. We have floods & at the same time also draughts. Which of the following is the best option to tackle this problem?
Large reservoirs
River interlinking
Better rainwater harvesting (I took this point- highlighted why this one is better than other two)
Weapon & equipment induction takes a long time in Indian Armed forces. Amongst the following what do you think is the reason for this?
Slow technological advancement of our country
Red Tapeism (I spoke from this point)
Low morale of researchers & developers in our laboratories.
Group planning exercise
This part was good. The format was standard so this was easy.
Progressive group task
Completed all obstacles. Gave many ideas. Many of them worked, few didn’t.
Half group task
GTO asked how should the group be split. I quickly said odd-even. He subsequently did so & asked who wanted to go first. I quickly raised my hand & said that I wanted my group to go first.
Task was simple. Had a solution in the first couple of minutes. Implemented solution & completed it in 5 minutes.
Lecturette
I spoke on the third topic “Odd-even no. scheme for vehicles on road”. Spoke for completely 3 minutes. The first topic was “Censorship in Military Affairs”.(I don’t remember other two)
Day 3
Command task
I was called third last (7th/9). GTO asked from where I had come. What happened in my previous three attempts?
What new preparation I had done for this particular attempt? (As a part of preparation I had visited AFS Bidar) I told the GTO that I had went to AFS Bidar to prepare for this attempt, cleared my doubts & analysed my previous mistakes.
GTO asked me how did I got there?- I had visited NDA for POP, the Suryakiran Formation team had performed there. I had met some officers there. In my holidays, I called AFS Bidar & asked for that particular officer. He then invited me to Bidar to discuss.
GTO- Okay Amartya that was good. I then called two helpers & started my CT. I hadn’t completed my first leg of solution GTO made one of the WHITE part to RED. I found out next solution he made WHITE part to YELLOW.
I was now thinking for the next solution, GTO said “commander you’re running out of time” (Even 5 minutes hadn’t elapsed). Finally I found third solution, GTO agreed & asked me to return.
Individual obstacle: I attempted 7, but could clear only 5. 5/10 cleared.
Final Group task: This task was also good. Equal to that of PGT. Group obstacle race wasn’t conducted.
Day 4
Personal interview (IO- Wg Cdr, also was our batch’s DSO)
General questions about myself. About my family, friends. Most question were from my PIQ. Questions about my school, sports I played, hobbies, positions of responsibility I held in school & college & extracurricular activities. & some National & International news.
In the interview, I forgot to mention DOKLAM region stand-off when IO specifically asked me about defence related national new.
IO did not ask me single IAF related question.
Current Affairs questions will be from last 5-7 months (for AFCAT, NDA, CDS, TA)
I was the second last person in batch. Discussion before I was called in lasted for about 12-15 minutes.
I went in. I was asked which is this attempt of yours? Where were previous SSB held? What happened in those Interviews? (All answered)
What inspires you to join the defence forces?- I said that the discipline & calmness of officers motivates me to join the Air Force.
I was asked if any suggestions. I didn’t have. Left the conference hall.
Results were announced. 8/67 made it through. 2 repeaters including me. The other one was from Sainik School. After conference we filled forms till 3 o’ clock next day. We were given goodie bag & then left AFSB. Here’s a selfie taken at the Mysore Railway Station with the goodie Bag.
Dear friends,
This was my 4th time at the same AFSB. Preparation & approach was totally different this time as compared to last 3. I had attended coaching this time also(like previous 3), bought 3 SSB related books, video lectures, but the most important thing I did was to just use the material as help. At the SSB, I did what I felt right.
My session with Dy Cmdt of Indian Coast Guard-
My father, in his office had come across an Asst Cmdt (now a Dy Cmdt) of ICG. Me & my father became close towards him due to my desire of joining Armed Forces. Being conferenced out thrice, he called me over for a session at Mumbai. I had a 5-hour long session wherein he analysed my previous mistakes in Interview, GT & Psych tests. We discussed in detail the shortcomings in y performance and made a solid mold of what to do and what not to do strictly. This helped me a lot in all my 3 assessments
My AFS Bidar visit-
As a motivation for myself, before my third attempt for NDA (for 138th NDA course), I attended Passing Out Parade at NDA. (It is open for general public- Passes are needed). Fortunately, SuryaKiran Formation Acrobatic Team (SKAT) of the IAF had performed that day.
Out of sheer curiosity, after the air show had ended, I spoke to the ground commentator (Wg Cdr) of the team. I spoke to him regarding my previous attempts & my desire to join the NDA. We interacted hardly for 5-6 minutes.
In the Jan ’17 AFSB, I got conferenced out.
Come May ’17, I had holidays. I called AFS Bidar, 52 Sqn, & asked for the same officer. The officer (lets call him N) called me back & instantly asked me to come down to Bidar to stay with him for few days.
The following week I went to Bidar. N made my boarding arrangement in the Officer’s mess (This was itself truly a motivation for me). The same day I arrived in Bidar, N took me for a squadron party. Party was for welcoming new pilots & send off for outgoing pilots of the Squadron. In the party I interacted with a lot many officers from the rank of Gp Cpt to Flt Lt. The next few days’ evenings were spent at N’s home. N’s wife was an ATC officer, her brother is a Col in the Indian Army & her father was a Met Officer in the IAF (In short, the whole house was in Defence forces). N had cleared AFSB in his 2nd attempt, while N’s brother-in-law had cleared SSB in 6th attempt (N’s BIL desperately wanted to join the IAF, but couldn’t get through AFSB 5 times. He cleared SSB for IA in the next attempt).
So based on these stories & their experiences we had a long session for 4-5 days.
On my 3rd day of stay, N took me to the squadron. He handed me over to a young trainee fighter pilot (Fl Off). He took me around the station. I saw different simulators for BAe Hawk MK 132, the aircrafts itself. Also FO being a recent pass out of academy, guided me about my approach at AFSB.
Along with this, I also participated in Inter Squadron cycle race of AFS Bidar, attended Iftar party & met a lot of young officers at the station
Coming to my AFSB interview, due to all of the interaction at AFS Bidar, I was lot of comfortable with my IO & GTO. This helped me a lot while I was put into tricky situations.
So, friends this was my Interview story. I hope everybody desiring of joining the forces make his/her dream come true. We don’t know what lies in future for us, but let me assure you that it is a glorious future just that WE have to walk upto there.
Concluding, Paulo Coelho has rightly said “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping youth achieve it.”
All the best everyone out there. Get in touch if any help/clarification is required.
P.S. These pages also helped & kept me focused and motivated a lot during preparations.
SSB Crack / FB Page (for all preparation related stuff)
Indian Military Humour (for all humour needs, also they have quite good opinion about recent army related happenings)
Tejas-India’s MRCA (best technical page related to Indian Armed forces, these guys have extensive knowledge about equipments in forces)
Fauji Dil ki Baatein (for good motivational poetry about “faujis”)
There are several ways to join the Indian Navy. Here are some of the most popular options:
National Defence Academy (NDA) Entry: This is a three-year course conducted by the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force to train cadets for becoming officers in their respective branches. Candidates need to appear for a written exam followed by an interview conducted by the Services Selection Board (SSB).
Naval Academy (10+2 B.Tech) Entry: This entry scheme is for male candidates who have completed their 12th standard in PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) stream with at least 70% marks. The age limit is between 16.5 to 19.5 years. The selection process includes a written exam, SSB interview, and medical examination.
Indian Navy Sailor Recruitment: Candidates who have completed their 12th standard in any stream can apply for the sailor recruitment process. The selection process includes a written test, physical fitness test, and medical examination.
University Entry Scheme (UES): This entry scheme is for male candidates who are in their pre-final year of graduation. The age limit is between 19 to 24 years. The selection process includes a written exam, SSB interview, and medical examination.
Short Service Commission (SSC): This is a temporary commission for both men and women. The selection process includes a written exam followed by an SSB interview.
Permanent Commission (PC): This is a permanent commission for both men and women. The selection process includes a written exam followed by an SSB interview.
Candidates are advised to visit the official website of the Indian Navy for more information on the eligibility criteria, selection process, and application process.
Hello warriors! I am Divyanshu Dembi and I got recommended from 17 SSB Bangalore for TES-38.
Little bit about me: I was born and brought up in Jammu, although I am originally from Kashmir. My father is a teacher at Sainik School Nagrota, so I had the privilege of spending my childhood in the lush green campus of the school. I did my schooling from Sainik School Nagrota. Whilst in school, I picked up many skills. I became a good orator and was also a senior member of the basketball team, having the privilege of playing nationals. I was also good in studies. I had qualified NDA written exam for NDA 138, but got conference out in my first attempt at 22 SSB Bhopal. It shattered my world, I was broken; but I picked up from where I had fallen and was committed towards earning that plus sign. I honestly evaluated myself and took feedback from others as well, and started working on my weaknesses. I did not take any coaching as I thought it would be nothing but a waste of time. As a matter of fact I did not do ANY preparation for this SSB, I just went there with the right bent of mind, and that was to get recommended. To become an officer, you have to first believe that you can become one!
REPORTING DAY: 26 Aug 2017 I reached Bangalore on 26 itself. 160 candidates had reported for this batch. Then we had our briefing, and form filling that was very tedious and cumbersome. We got free at 8 in the evening! They took our phones and due to that I couldn’t use my headphones any longer! (P.S: I love my headphones very much) Had my Dinner and slept peacefully. Another thing to mention here is that I had did a lot of practice for my first attempt, and that included writing stories for many pictures. So I simply read all the stories I had written earlier, but didn’t let them get imprinted on my mind. You must be original in writing stories!
SCREENING DAY: 27 Aug 2017 I had no intention of waking up early, but due to some other over-enthusiastic candidates who got up at 3:30 am I too had to get up at 4:30 am! Had my bath and then read some stories. Then we had to take out our luggage at 6 in the morning, and had our breakfast. Then we were taken to a hall where we first had our verbal-non verbal test, which is very easy. I firmly believe no preparation is needed for this. Then we were shown a picture on which we all wrote a story. (Won’t tell you what was in the picture! :p)Then we were divided in groups and sent for narration and GD. Having screened in two times, I believe from what I could understand that the key to screening in is being CONFIDENT. Just be confident in your narration and take a little part in your GD, and you should be screened IN! GD was obviously a fish market, but as I say to others, “you’ve got to sell your fish too!”. That being done, we were sent outside to wait for our results. Then we were called in for our results. 40 out of 160 were screened in. Then again we had to fill too many forms, and that was very boring!
Current Affairs questions will be from last 5-7 months (for AFCAT, NDA, CDS, TA)
We were woken up by the calls of “UTHOOOO” by a guard who stayed with us. Fun Fact: we lived in women accommodation there, because the main candidates accommodation was being renovated. So we got separate rooms with just two people in one room. It was good! Also, I played a lot of Table Tennis there. So, we were called for our Psych test around 8 in the morning. As many of you would know, psych test consists of writing 11 stories back to back followed by a blank slide, WAT, SRT, and Self Description. I had only one thing in my mind, and that was to be free and honest. I did 60 WAT, 60 SRT. I believe you should attempt every words, and SRT because if you don’t that reflects that your thinking stops on a particular word or situation. Even though IT IS NOT NECESSARY to do all. All other recommended candidates did not complete all. I believe SD is the most important part of this test because you have to unfold yourself here. I was completely honest with my weaknesses, and what I want to improve. I wrote that I have problem making decisions fast (even though Decision making being an OLQ), I wrote that I can be a little rigid sometimes, that I undermine myself sometimes. The bottom-line is that I was honest.
I hadn’t anticipated but I had my interview on the same day. Now the thing is, that I had not ironed any of my two shirts that I had brought for my SSB, thinking that I will do the same at the center; and being the psych test, I also did not tie my tie. So, I went in to give my interview with a heavily wrinkled shirt with no tie! My interview was taken by Dy President. I went in with a smile, and maintained it throughout the interview. The IO asked me a lot of informative questions like ‘what is the biggest peninsula?’ ‘What is the biggest delta?’ ‘Name one awarded martyr from J&K’ And to nearly 75% of these questions, my answer was “I don’t know, sir!” .
I had written physics as my interest in my PIQ , so he grilled me on that topic. He asked me a lot of Physics questions, and obviously I couldn’t answer all of them. He tried to put a lot of pressure on me, but the key here is to repel all the pressure and being cool and confident. He asked me about the ‘3 second rule’ we have in basketball. I answered him correctly, but he did not take it to be correct. He said that I was not answering correctly, but obviously I knew I was, so I stuck to my answer. He was checking how sure this person is of himself. Then he grilled me a lot on my expenses and budget, and how I spend my money. Then he asked me a lot of questions regarding family, and all the personal questions like ‘Tell me something you would like to have from your parents, and something which you would not’ ‘Who you consider as your role model in your family?’ Now to this question, my answer was my Father, and I gave him reasons for the same. Then he asked me who do I go to when I have problems, and to that my answer was my elder sister. Then he grilled me that if you consider your father as your role model then why you go to your sister, why not to your father? My answer was that being in my age group, my sister can better understand myself. My point here is that yu must have genuine, solid reasons for any of your behavior. In the entire interview, I was cool and confident; and I believe that was what sailed me through.
GTO DAY 1 : 29 Aug 2017
Woke up early, and did not have breakfast because GTO! We started with a little briefing by our GTO, and then went on to do GD. The first topic for GD was how USA’s declining relations with Pakistan is affecting India (we chose this topic, the other being medical tourism). I initiated this GD, and I believe initiation can score you some good marks. We had a good discussion on this topic. The next topic was given by the GTO and it was about the rising trend of godmen and ‘Babas’. We had a healthy discussion on this topic too. Then we had our GPE, which was okay. Then we started with our outdoor tasks such as PGT,HGT, Snake race, Individual obstacles and we also had our Lectures on the same day. My outdoor tasks went okaish, not too good I would say, but I was always participating, and never was out of the group, even though I was at the back every time! I did 9 out of 10 obstacles. Now there is one funny instance I want to share. I chose ‘Corporate Governance’ as my topic. Now, I thought corporate governance means that big companies will replace the democratically chosen government! And I confidently spoke well about it, but the fact is that Corporate Governance means supervising of a company by a board of directors! I completely missed the actual definition and spoke about something else entirely!! In the evening we went outside to McD because there was nothing better to do there!
GTO DAY 2: 30 Aug 2017
With only two tasks left, that were FGT, and CT; I was very much relaxed. We had our FGT that was very easy, and we finished it in no time! Now came CT, the task that frightens most of the candidates. Now my strategy was to tell at least one candidate to call me as helper, and I would call him as my helper. This way at least you are sure that one person will call you! In the end 4 people ended up calling me. Now my turn came for the CT. My CT was fairly simple I believed, but what mattered was how I approached the obstacle. I got in first, and made sure I knew how to complete the obstacle. Then I called my sub-ordinates and let them reach the end line first, and I got outside in the end. See, this shows that you are a true leader, you go in first, make sure everything is fine and working and then call in your men. You lead. After this we were free, and decided to g out again, this time to KFC. We had two vegetarians with us, who just sat idle while we enjoyed our chickens!
CONFERENCE : 31 Aug 2017
The big day! Now the thing was that I had developed very high fever the previous day, and even after taking medicine; my health condition was so bad that I couldn’t even stand up properly. My friends had to literally take me to the conference hall. I had very high fever and a splitting headache that just won’t go! Then we had our closing address by Dy President. My turn came, the whole board was sitting in front of me, but I of course couldn’t look at everyone; just at the Dy president as he was the senior most there. He asked me about the meaning of my name, and that was it! We waited for some time, and then we were called in for the result. The officer came holding a paper in his hand that contained fates of many people there. He said that the result is average, but also mentioned that 5-6 people had just missed by a whisker, and I thought that this is it! I’m one of those 5-6 people. Then he began calling out chest numbers. I didn’t really think I would get selected. I had my mobile phone out on the desk, and was casually siiting, when suddenly he said “Chest number 27”. I was taken aback, I quickly got up, put my phone in my pocket and spelled my name for him. For at least 10-15 minutes I couldn’t believe what had just happened! I was very happy!
MEDICALS: Feeling on top of the world, but then it all came crashing down. I got to know that I had Dengue. All those high fevers and weakness, along with vomiting and pains had been dengue. I had to withdraw from my medicals to get my treatment for Dengue. I became hospitalized just after coming out of the center. But I am still happy, because I know no matter what happened this time, if my focus and determination towards achieving my goal is strong enough, I will again achieve this plus sign. And I WILL don the olive green, no matter how much time or effort it takes, because nothing worth having comes easy, and we are here to fight.
SAINIK SCHOOL KE CHEETEH HAIN, BADI SHAAN SE JEETE HAIN!
Indian army official website, www.joinindianarmy.nic.in has published the SSC 50 Tech SSB dates for men and SSCW 21 Tech SSB Dates for womensoon. SSC 50 tech men and SSCW 21 Tech women course which is going to commence in OTA Chennai next year. Around 32,000+ men and women are shortlisted for SSC tech SSB interview
50 tech ssb interview are being conducted at SSB Allahabad, Bangalore, Kapurthala and Bhopal and similarly for women SSCW 21 tech. Candidates who have applied for SSC- 50 tech entry can check their allotted centre from the links given below [Will be updated soon].
NOTE : – Candidates are required to login and select the SSB date for SSC tech.
Important Notes:
Cut off percentage for SSC(Tech)-50 Course is aggregate 60% to 75% and above in 1st to 6th Semester Exams.
Any false information detected in the online application filled by the candidate will result in cancellation of the candidature at any stage of selection.
Reporting date for SSB interview of all shortlisted candidates will be hosted in this website at the earliest.
As per the update, SSB date selection is open for SSC 50 and SSC 21 Tech. Candidates are required to visit their profile in joinindianarmy portal and select the SSB dates if they are shortlisted.
Visit join indian army website and select your SSB dates after login.
SSC 50 Tech SSCW 21 SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Short listing of Applications. Integrated HQ of MoD(Army) reserves the right to shortlist applications and to fix cutoff percentage of marks for each engineering discipline without assigning any reason.
Only shortlisted eligible candidates depending on the cutoff percentage will be interviewed at Selection Centres, Allahabad (UP), Bhopal (MP), Bangalore (Karnataka) and Kapurthala (Punjab) by Psychologist, Group Testing Officer and Interviewing Officer. Call Up letter for SSB interview will be issued only through candidate’s registered e-mail id and through SMS. Candidates will not be interviewed locally. Allotment of Selection Centre is at the discretion of Dte Gen of Rtg, IHQ MoD (Army) and NO request for changes are entertained in this regard.
Shortlisted candidates will have to log in on the website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in using their username and password and select the SSB dates as available on the website.
Interviews will be held from Nov/Dec 2017 onwards.
Candidates will put through two stage selection procedure. Those who clear Stage I will go to Stage II. Those who fail in Stage I will be returned on the same day. Duration of SSB interviews is five days excluding day of arrival and details of the same are available at official website of Rtg Dte www.joinindianarmy.nic.in
Indian army has published the JAG 20 SSB interview date and JAG 20 centre allotment list for both men and women course going to commence in April 2018 at OTA, Chennai. Candidate can find the update related to JAG 20 ssb interview schedule below.
Candidates shortlisted for SSC JAG 20 may select their SSB dates latest by 27 Sep 2017, after which the dates will be allotted by concerned Selection Centre.
AG 20 Eligibility
Nationality – The candidate must be a citizen of India.
Age Limit – The candidate must be of the age between 21-27 years. The date mentioned in matriculation certificate will be considered as final. No other document will be accepted for age declaration and no further change request will be entertained.
Educational Qualification – The candidate must have scored 55% marks in LLB graduation degree (3 years professional after graduation or 5 years after 10+2) and the candidate must be eligible for registration with Bar council of India/ State. Candidates having studied in the college/ university which are not recognized by the Bar council of India will not be accepted.
JAG 20 Medical Standards
The candidate must be fit as per the physical standards mentioned in the guidelines available at joinindianarmy.nic.in.
The candidates, who will be recommended by the SSB, will be further sent for medical examination. Those who pass the exam will be accepted.
JAG 20 Selection Procedure
The selection procedure of the JAG entry is as follows-
The shortlisting of candidates on the basis of the academic performance will be done by Recruiting Directorate, Integrated Headquarter of MoD (Army). The list of shortlisted candidates will be put on joinindianarmy.nic.in.
The shortlisted candidates will be allotted SSB centers and date of reporting will be sent to them by e-mail or SMS.
The candidates, who will report at the mentioned SSB center on mentioned date, will face stage 1 (Screening) and Stage 2 (psychology, GTO and personal interview).
Those who pass the sage 1 will stay for stage 2 and those who fail in stage one will be set free on the same day.
Candidates who will get recommendation after stage 2 will undergo documentation and will be sent for medical examination.
The Indian Air Force is the dream organization of many armed forces aspirants. The IAF provides many opportunities to the candidates in order to induct maximum talent and requisite personalities in the organization. The opportunities provided by IAF starts just after a candidate pass his 12th class and ends up to the age of 26 years. These opportunities have different eligibility condition and different age range to segregate the applicants. So here is a gist of the age range, educational qualification and important dates of the entries.
1)NDA 2018
Age – 16 ½ – 19 ½ years
NDA 1 2018 – Date of birth of the candidate must fall between 02 June, 1999 and 01 June, 2002 (Both Dates Inclusive).
NDA 2 2018 – Date of birth must fall of the candidate between 02 January, 2000 and 01 January, 2003 (Both Dates Inclusive).
Educational Qualification – The aspirants must have passed or must be appearing in 12th standard or equivalent and have studied mathematics and physics (as compulsory subjects) in 10+2 standard.
Important Dates
NDA 1 2018 – Date of notification – 10 January, 2018 – 05 February2018; Exam Date – 22 April, 2018
NDA 2 2018 – Date of notification – 06 June, 2018 – 02 July, 2018; Exam Date – 9 September, 2018
2) CDS 2018
Age – 20- 24 years.
CDS 1 2018 – The Date of Birth of the candidate must fall between 02nd January, 1994 and later than 01st January, 1998 (Both Dates Inclusive).
CDS 2 2018 – The Date of Birth of the candidate must fall between 02nd July, 1994 and later than 01st July, 1998 (Both Dates Inclusive).
Educational Qualification – The candidate must have a graduation degree or equivalent with Physics and Mathematics studied in10+2 or must have a B.Tech Degree.
Important Dates
CDS 1 2018 – Date of notification – 08 November, 2017 to 04 December, 2017; Exam Date – 4 February, 2018.
CDS 2 2018 – Date of notification – 08 august, 2018 to 03 November, 2018; Exam Date – 18 November, 2018.
3) AFCAT 2018 (Men and Women)
Age – For flying – 20-24 years; for Ground duty (Tech and non tech) – 20 – 26 years.
AFCAT 1 2018 – For flying 02 January 1995 to 01 January 1999; for Ground duty – 02 January 1993 to 01 January 1999 (Both Dates Inclusive).
AFCAT 2 2018 – For flying 02 Jul 1995 to 01 Jul 1999; for Ground duty – 02 Jul 1993 to 01 Jul 1999 (Both Dates Inclusive).
Educational Qualification –
Flying – The candidates who have completed graduation with minimum 60% marks and have scored minimum 60% marks in mathematics and physics individually in 10+2 OR have BTech/ B.E degree with minimum 60% marks and have scored minimum 60% marks in mathematics and physics individually in 10+2 OR have cleared section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institute Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India from a recognized University with minimum 60% marks or equivalent are eligible for the entry.
Ground Duty (Technical) – Candidates who have passed B.Tech with minimum 60% marks in specified fields as mentioned in the official notification are eligible for technical entry of AFCAT.
Ground Duty (Non-Technical) – For Administrative and Logistics – Graduation degree with minimum 60% marks; for Accounts – B.com degree with minimum 60% marks; for Education – Minimum 50% marks in MBA / MCA or MA / M Sc degree in English / Physics / Mathematics / Chemistry / Statistics / International relations / International Studies / Defence Studies / Psychology / Computer Science / IT /Management / Mass Communication / Journalism / Public Relation and minimum 60% marks in graduation.
Important Dates –
AFCAT 1 2018 – Date of Notification – December 2017 – , Exam Date – 25th February, 2018.
AFCAT 2 2018 – Date of Notification – June 2018 – , Exam Date – 28 August, 2018.
Current Affairs questions will be from last 5-7 months (for AFCAT, NDA, CDS, TA)
NCC 1 2018 – The age of the candidate must fall between 2nd July 1994 and 1st July 1998 (Both dates inclusive).
NCC 2 2018 – The age of the candidate must fall between 2nd January 1995 and 1st January 1999 (Both dates inclusive).
Educational Qualification – the candidate must have NCC Air Wing senior division C certificate acquired on or after 21st May 2015. (Mandatory)
The candidates must either have a graduate degree with minimum 60% marks and have studied Mathematics and Physics in 12th class or have a B. Tech/ B.E degree.
The candidates who have passed section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institute Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India from a recognized University with minimum 60% marks or equivalent are also eligible for it.
Important Dates
Date of notification –December 2017 and May/ June 2018
5) Meteorological Department (Direct Entry) (Men and Women)
Age – 20-26 Years
Met. Dept. 1 – The date of birth of the candidate must fall between 02 January 1993 and 01 January 1999. (Both dates inclusive)
Met Dept. 2 – The date of birth of the candidate must fall between 02 July 1993 and 01 July 1999. (Both dates inclusive)
Educational Qualification – All post graduate degree holders in any subject of Science streams / Mathematics / Statistics / Geography / Computer Applications / Environmental Science / Applied Physics / Oceanography / Meteorology / Agricultural Meteorology / Ecology & Environment / geophysics / Environmental Biology having scored minimum 50% marks in aggregate in post-graduation are eligible for the entry. Along with this, he candidates must also have Mathematics and Physics in graduation with minimum55% marks in both the subjects to be eligible for the entry.
Important Dates
Date of notification – January/ February 2018 AND July/ August 2018
Conclusion – The opportunities served by the IAF to the dedicated aspirants are enough to select the best and suitable personalities for the organization. The SSB centers of the IAF are at Mysore, Dehradun, Gandhinagar and Varanasi. There are 3 opportunities which have qualifying exams (NDA, CDS, AFCAT) and 2 are direct entries (NCC, Met. Dept.). Those aspirants who are aiming to join this elite branch of the armed forces of India, must go through the above crisp overview of the entries, check for their eligibility and proceed to the preparation for it.
