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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

13. Determination: An officer is always cleat in his mind of what he wants and how he will get it. An
officer is always dedicated and determinant of his aim and he always put efforts to achieve his aims.

14. Courage: Courage is not the strength to carry on, rather it’s carrying on when you don’t have the
strength.
15. Stamina: Physical and mental health combination is stamina and it is very much required in the
war and on the field.

16. Social Adaptability

17. How will you connected with family, friends and society.
18. How well you are able to manage different situation so as to keep your surroundings stable

19. Cooperation: One should believe in give and take also with the law of nature.

5 Personality Traits Closely Observed By

SSB and Ways to Develop It

SSB is a test to minutely observe a person’s qualities and based on their observations they decide
whether a person has it in him/her or not. Here ‘It’ means personality characteristics. It’s very
important to develop those characteristics if you feel that you do not have them, this is because
everybody has qualities in them it’s just that some have them in abundance and thus are able to
show easily and some are having a little of it and hence are shy.

But the thing is my friends that you can do anything you want if you practice it well, the saying
“Practice makes a man (woman) perfect” is not said in vain. Here are few qualities that need to be
present in a ‘future officer’.

1. Good Physique: Well most of you will say that it is given by God but tell me sincerely are
you not impressed by a person who has a good physique instantly? Well by physique I don’t
mean you have be all tall, good looking and all, it just means that you should have a proper
body weight and must be fit, if you are taking healthy food and exercising or playing a sport
everyday you’ll be naturally fit. So you’ll be naturally confident!
2. Voice: Your voice should be impressive; I mean not very shrill not very heavy but
commanding. You should sound like an officer. It is definitely not possible to change your
voice but you can moderate a little bit if you like. If you sound very shrill then make sure while
putting point your pitch is maintained to an extent which sounds okay.