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TARUN SINGH

I,Tarun Singh, got recommended in my 9 attempt at SSB. I was trying
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for the defence forces since 2010 with absolutely no success and no

clues about my weaknesses. I graduated in 2015 with no job and 7 un-

successful attempts at SSB. I saw Nehru sir’s blogs online and made up

my mind to take his guidance. It was the first time that any mentor’s

blogs for SSB made any sense to me. I had seen various capsules and 15

days coaching and their philosophy. The difference between their

methodology and Nehru sir’s approach convinced me that his method

was logical.

Starting: No Frills Academy

I got associated with Nehru sir and started preparing for various exams like

SSC CGL and IBPS PO. In my first interaction with sir he told me that my rea-

soning abilities and effective intelligence were good and I should work hard

to clear these exams as well. I asked him what about SSB sir?

To which he said,

“First let’s get your life settled and moving. Let’s work on your confidence and general

knowledge. Let us work on your physical fitness. When all of this gets moving SSB will

be done without any special effort”.

Now, after 3 months I can clearly relate to this statement. His focus was never

on any SSB task or test. On the contrary I only discussed about them only a

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