So aspirants time to give a break to your thumping heartbeats as the results of AFCAT 2/2013 are out. The Cut-off has been declared as 116 marks out of 300 marks. So those of you who have secured above 116 will be getting a call for AFSB. There are two ways to check your results, there is a general pdf file which contains roll no’s of successful candidates. This file contains the roll number only; you can check your marks and select the interview date and venue by logging in to your account.

How to check your result AFCAT 2 2013 Written Result

1. Visit the official website of Airforce i.e. http://careerairforce.nic.in/, there a fresh notification has been released which is pdf format containing the roll no’s of the successful candidates.
2. You can check you roll number to be assured whether you got in or not, but you’ll not get to know the marks unless you Log in.
3. To log into your already created account on the website, go the candidate login section just below the notification area.
4. As soon as you’ll click on that a new webpage will open, you can enter your email, password and the given security text to log into your account.
5. If you have forgotten your password, go to the forgot password section, follow the instructions and you’ll get a fresh password on your email.
6. When you log in, you can see whether you have been selected or not, in the application status area, and can view your marks by clicking the view marks option.
7. Successful candidates can choose their AFSB interview date and venue as per their convenience.

Review of the AFCAT 2 2013 Written Results

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 About SSBCrack Editorial Team

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I.O. also know as Individual Obstacles is one of the tasks of the GTO series, generally conducted on the first day of GTO testing. Sometimes it could be conducted on the second day, depending on the weather and mood of the officer. As the name suggest this task is performed by each member of the group, individually.
The purpose of this test is to check ability, physical toughness, stamina level, courage, determination, acrophobia (fear of heights), it also checks how fast you can make choice and execute it. There are total 10 tasks and time bound is 3 min. one can repeat the task if he is able to complete all 10 obstacles before 3 min. all obstacles are marked from 1 to 10, more task a candidate complete more his marks will be. You need to maintain a good stamina level. It is not necessary to start the tasks from 1st, but it is left to the wish of the candidate where does he want to start from. Army and Navy SSB has same IO tasks but there are few differences between I.O. in army and air force selection centres.

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These tasks are:-

Army	Air Force
1. Jumping over a slide:- This is the 1 pointer task which is the simplest. You have to run on the slope of an inclined plane and jump across a line which is marked at approximately 4ft from the end of the plane.
2. Long jump:- It consists jump across a 6 ft.* 3ft. drum. For male and for girls the length is slightly less.	2. High jump:- It is a simple 3ft high jump. You can use free style for making the jump. There will be sand on the other side of the bar to avoid injury in case you happen to fall.
3.Zig-Zag Balance:- it include walk over a zig-zag balance and completion of walk  and land properly. it is not used in air force.	3. Walking a wooden log:- Walking on a cylindrical log of length approximately 6ft. The pole will be 4ft above the ground level.
4. High Screen jump:- candidate need to run over a slide and over a screen placed after slide.	4. Jumping platforms:  You have to climb a platform of 12 ft and then take two jumps. The first jump is to the lower platform which will be at 8ft from the ground. The second one is to the ground.
5. Burma bridge: You need to walk between two ropes for a distance of 25 ft. The two ropes will be tied on poles at a height of 10 ft. This obstacle starts shaking as you begin to move so    maintain your body balance. it is also most time consuming task.
6. Tarzan swing:-in this candidate climb to a platform near 10-12 ft at height then taking a rope in hand he need to swing like Tarzan and to land after a mark on the land. Tarzan swing is not in air force.	6. Climbing the wall: Run up the slope of an inclined plane and climb over a wall of 8 ft. this wall is actually a wooden screen. The best way is to put your one foot on top of the wall and get yourself rolled over to the other side.
7. Jumping platforms: This can be difficult if you are scared of heights but it is easily doable. You have to climb a platform of 12 ft and then take two jumps. The first jump is to the lower platform which will be at 8ft from the ground. The second one is to the ground.	7. Jumping through a tyre: Jump through a big tyre with your feet first. The tyre is hung from a post at a height of 5 ft. There will be a small loop in the rope which can be used to hold and  pull yourself up to get into the tyre. This is not in army.
8. Double Ditch:- it have two ditch of 8ft.*3ft. and 4ft.*3ft. candidate need to cross the 1st ditch with the help of a rope and the second one with jump.this is not used in air force.	8. Tiger leap: You have to climb up a platform of 9ft and leap a distance of 4ft to catch a rope and get down by the rope. It is important to catch the rope at chest level so that you don’t slide down and get cuts. In air force height of tiger leap is more than that of Army. it is for 10 points in army but here it is for 8 points.
9. Commando walk:-it consist walk from any side up and down from another, maintain balance. Sometimes instructions are given to shout some specific things while standing on the top platform.	9. Monkey crawl: You have to move on a wooden log of 25 ft in length hung from rope suspenders at 3 ft above the ground level. You can choose either to slide on the log or get underneath it and crawl with both your hands and feet. But since it is suspended from ropes, as soon as you climb on it the whole set up starts to swing from side to side. Not used in army.
10. Tiger leap:-walk up a podium, leap and catch hold of a rope, then to climb down.	10. Rope climbing: You have to climb up a vertical rope to touch the post at a height of approximately 4 to 5 metre and then to come back. Not used in army.

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SSB interview indeed needs a serious approach, but some candidates take it otherwise. We must have seriousness in our efforts and sincerity in our approach towards the goal. But sometimes we need to keep this seriousness aside and take some rest. There is a page called SSB Trolls and Memes which is the best page on Facebook for aspirants, just because it shares creative trolls related to SSB, which can make you LOL, ROFL and LMFAO.

Few SSB Trolls from SSB Trolls And Memes FB Page

If you do not understand all these trolls, then we hope you are a fresher. For more of these, you can join this page here.

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Group discussion is the first task in the GT series. This is conducted in two parts, in the first part the GTO gives your group two topics and the group has to choose the topic of general acceptance, i.e. the group decides upon one topic and a discussion of about 15-20 minutes is conducted. 

Your group first chooses a topic and then you tell the GTO that what topic you have chosen then He asks you to begin and you all start. In the other part the GTO gives one topic when the first discussion ends the group has to carry out a discussion of about the same duration. Group Discussion is a place where the GTO monitors your group adaptability, intelligence level, communication skills and leadership. Here he sees as to how much you are comfortable with your group, how much understanding you all have, what is your level of communication.

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1. No matter what a person speak, whether it is against you or strictly against your view do maintain the smiling composure and never get up from your chair.
2. Sit straight, do not slouch at the same time do not look unduly tensed or worried and sit in a comfortable manner.
3. A little gestures are fine while putting up your point but remember a too many of them would give you a dramatic look which is a negative thing.
4. It becomes easy as the GTO gives three leads with the topic but be sure to strictly go with one lead, do not generalize by saying that all are equal.
5. When you feel somebody else has made a stronger point there is no harm in accepting their point, it only shows that you are adaptable.
6. Never in any chance join hands with one other candidate and start backing up each other, a real leader considers everybody equal hence give everybody a fair chance.
7. Help the people who have not spoken anything to speak.
8. Give others a chance to speak, if you and only you keep on speaking all the time the GTO will never get a good chance to listen to others hence he’ll get irritated from you instead of getting happy.
9. The GTO explicitly mentions that you do NOT have to conclude the discussion hence do not overrule his wish by trying to conclude the discussion.
10. Generally the GTO asks you to introduce yourself before the GD begins, this happens specially in AFSB’s, he asks you to cover your name , family occupation, your hobbies interests, you marks up to Graduation, so be prepared for such and introduction.

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 Tashi Mishra, Editorial Team

She is a defense aspirant from Varanasi completed her BCA. She has attended SSB Interview at 1 AFSB Dehradoon and has more SSB coming up. She is confident about joining Defence Forces one day. Here, she is sharing her views and experience. Mail us to join our editorial team now.

Some memories are so fond… Some moments are so magical. It’s that feeling when each answer of yours in a do or die interview is bang on! I entered with a confident stance; greet the conference members and wait- wearing a bright smile.

• President: please have a seat
• Me: (take the seat- conscious not to fidget. then look expectedly ahead)
• Vice president: so, Tanesha! What do you do? (Pleasant, encouraging smile)
• Me: (half stunned) Sir, I graduated this year with a degree in Economics from Delhi University- Miranda House College. At present I’m preparing for MBA entrance- CAT and am taking coaching for the same.
• VP: But, you’re an Economics graduate. Why didn’t you pursue Masters in the subject from DU. After all it is so prestigious.
• Me: Yes, sir. I’m aware of that and, I wrote the entrance for MA in Eco from Delhi School of Economics but I could not clear it.
• VP: (intimidating posture) why not? When engineers and others with non-Economics background can clear it, why not you?
• Me: (confidently) yes sir. Perhaps they prepare for the exam very well and coach themselves for it- given the competitiveness. In my case sir, I had not studied for the same. Perhaps I was more interested in cracking the SSB. (Approving nods among members)
• VP: So, how did you prepare for the SSB?
• Me: sir, I spoke with people. Read blogs. Visited SSBCrack.com.
• VP: (cutting me) (skeptical tone) Why that site? Do you think it’s a reliable source for information?
• Me: Yes absolutely it is sir. It even provides pictorial descriptions of some GTO tasks and is quite insightful.
• VP: Ok, in your defense of the website, to what extent is it true?
• Me: considerably true.
• VP: Percentage?
• Me: 90%
• VP: OK….. So tell me about your extracurricular at college Tanesha.
• Me: Sir, I was the vice president of the women development cell at my college. Also I was an editor for the college magazine.
• VP: (raising eyebrows) why were you just a vice president and why didn’t you stand for president’s post?
• Me: sir, I was part of the organization for only a year and moreover, I did contest for the elections for president but couldn’t make it.
• VP: Why not?
• Me: sir, I feel my contender had an upper hand over me -given that she was a student of the teacher in-charge and had worked to the extent of overshadowing me at a major event.
• VP: Which was?
• Me: sir, the ‘certificate course on Women and Laws in India’ was the event and I don’t know exactly. Admittedly, I did not rise up to the occasion to take the responsibility I was supposed to boot; this girl was enterprising enough to take all credit to herself.
• VP: so, being the Vice President, there must have been events that you conducted and would fondly remember.  How did you not feel like continuing your role in the future?
• Me: sir, as I said I had no choice but to leave after I could not make it to the president’s post. I was not on good terms with the new comer- our ideologies were different. Also, I realize in retrospect that I was not responsible enough on my part.
• VP: (wicked smile) did you congratulate her on her win?
• Me: (confidently) yes sir in fact I went up to her and signed the WDC register.
• VP: So Tanesha, you’re a blogger!
• Me: (bright smile) yes sir!
• VP: what do you right about?
• Me: sir, there’s no specific genre that I restrict myself to, but I have an inclination towards life philosophy and current affairs.
• VP: what was your most recent post about?
• Me: sir, the one on ‘Impact of US espionage on India’.
• VP: but China also does it!
• Me: yes sir. I’m aware of that issue in fact I remember reading an article in ‘the Economist’ that a Chinese cellular manufacturing company ‘Huawei’ is allegedly involved in such activities. Though the brand is not very popular in India.
• VP: So what is the solution?
• Me: sir, this is intolerable from a moral point of view. There must be diplomatic talks and deliberations to get this to a stop.
• VP: yes, like at UN level.
• Me: yes sir!
• VP: OK, so Tanesha tell me one incident in your life that you found difficult to tackle and how did you face it?
• Me: (hate clenches) Yes sir, there are various incidents – eg. Most recently when I’d gone for recruitment for voluntary organization make a Difference; there was a group task where in the group mates were to come to a consensus.
• VP: Not that kind of difficulty. Something which you’ve faced in your life.
• Me: (deep breath) yes, sir. There was a problem when me and a fellow volunteer at WDC – had a fall out over. I don’t know what… (Elusive)
• VP: C’mon, you would know!
• Me: sir, we had differences of opinion and we used to be very good friends before we went cold towards each other. That was a difficult situation because we were part of the same ‘college group’. With such attitudes we realized that it is not a healthy relation. Eventually, things have come to be fine between us.
• VP: she made the effort or you?
• Me: (smiling) sir, it was mutual.
• VP: Alright Tanesha, how was your stay here?
• Me: sir, it was memorable. (Fondly)
• VP: any suggestions.
• Me: answered in interview. 
• VP: Thank you.
• Me: Thank you.

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 About Author: Ttanesha Chaudhary

I’m a graduate in Economics (Hons) from Miranda House Delhi University. I love to blog and I am currently preparing for the Delhi Marathon.