Career in the armed forces is an adventure in itself. Lakhs of youths of India are attracted to the excitement of Indian Armed Foces with a view to serve and protect the motherland. To make sure that only capable candidates are selected, a comprehensive and rigorous selection process is adopted through Service Selection Board (SSB) Interview. The procedure adopted by the armed forces is based on the assumptions of the 'trait theory' which presupposes some specific and pre-determined leadership trait in the every leader. The system of selection seeks to objectively test diverse qualities in the every leader. The system of selection seeks to objectively test diverse qualities in the candidates such as courage, initiative, mental alertness, power of judgement, physical stamino, group cooperation and planning, intellect, decisiveness etc. The psychological and mental predispensable of the armed forces are also tested. The overall personality of a candidate is assessed by an exhaustive personal interview.

This book, Cracking SSB Code guides the candidates how to 'win' all the stages of this tough test. In the book, you will find many of the 'intelligent' tips to 'soil through' easily.

Prescribed for all those who want to face the SSB Interview successfully, and thus become a part of the 'adventure' called the Indian Armed Forces....

Table Of Contents

• SSB: A Blue Print
• Qualities of An Officer
• Personal Information Questionnaire (PIQ)
• Pilot Aptitude Battery Test (PABT)
• Thematic Appreception Test (TAT)
• Word Association Test (WAT)
• Situation Reaction Test (SRT)
• Self Description Test (SD)
• Group Testing Officer's Tests
• Group Discussion (GD)
• Lecturette
• Group Planning Exercise
• GTO's Outdoor Tests
• Progressive Group Task (PGT)
• Group Obstacle Race (GOR) or Snake Race
• Half Group Task (HGT)
• Individual Obstacles
• Command Task (CT)
• Final Group Task (FGT)
• Facing the Interview
• Verbal Reasoning: Analogy and Classification
• Verbal Reasoning: Coding-Decoding
• Verbal Reasoning: Series
• Verbal Reasoning: Blood Relations
• Verbal Reasoning: Direction Test
• Verbal Reasoning: Mathematical Operations
• Verbal Reasoning: Mathematical Reasoning
• Verbal Reasoning: Puzzle Test
• Verbal Reasoning: Miscellaneous
• Non-Verbal Reasoning: Analogy and Classification
• Non-Verbal Reasoning: Completion and Incomplete Pattern
• Non-Verbal Reasoning: Figure Matrix
• Non-Verbal Reasoning: Cubes and Dice
• Non-Verbal Reasoning: Venn Diagram
• Test Paper 1
• Test Paper 2
• Test Paper 3
• Test Paper 4