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mental age and it is here that intelligence tests come into play as a mental of assessing the mental age
and quantifying the I.Q. with an expressed formula as under :
Mental age
× 100 = Intelligence Quotient.
Chronological age
In accordance with this formula, the term originally used for I.Q. was Brightness Index. It was the
American Psychologist L.M. Termon, who gave accuracy to the term I.Q. Which is a standfoot. Binet
test is a means of assessing the mental age as accurately as possible and today it is the most reliable test
for assessing and quantifying the I.Q.
Improvement in I.Q.

THE MENTAL FACULTIES CAN BE IMPROVED WITH EDUCATION, TRAINING & PRACTICE.
INTELLIGENCE IS QUICKNESS TO APPREHEND AND IS DISTINCT FROM THE ABILITY, WHICH
IS THE CAPABILITY TO ACT WISELY ON THE THING APPREHENDED. IT IS, THEREFORE, THE
DEGREE OF “QUICKNESS” WHICH HAS TO BE IMPROVED. THE TECHNIQUES CAN BE LEARNT
AND PERFECTED.

The degree of perfection varies from person to person. Hence, the I.Q. will remain different in
different person even after training. But the fact remains that I.Q. of an individual can be improved by
training. There are two kinds of I.Q. tests applicable in defence services. (A) Verbal and (B) Non-
Verbal. Candidates reporting directly to S.S.B. without UPSC written exams under direct entry schemes
are also being screened through I.Q. followed by screening test and rejected, if they do not acquire the
grade.
The verbal test pertains to General Knowledge, English, Elementary Mathematics, Science and
History. The non-verbal tests are related to circle, cubes, squares, mathematical figures and dices.
The aim of the test is to assess the basic intelligence, general awareness and ability to
correlate/distinguish/manage/feed the sequence and fill the gap.
Foolproof Screening Test for SSB
I.Q. Test Ist Series Non-Verbal Tests
“I.Q. is the indication of your intellectual strength and the questions are against the time pressure. It is your
mental ability to understand and solve the problems quickly and correctly, time pressure becomes the potential
source of stress in I.Q. test, it depends on your imagination.
The newly inducted screening test is almost a reasonably foolproof system of selecting deserving
candidates. Known as the mini SSB, it consists of three stages :—
1. The first among the series is I.Q. test, second is P.P. & D.T., (Picture Perception and Description
Test) and the last is G.D. based on PP&DT (Group Discussion based on Picture Perception and
Description test).
2. In this article, I will concentrate on I.Q. only and here I.Q. means only subjective one, whereas I.Q.
has got its two meaning—basic and practical intelligence.
3. Two I.Q. (Intelligence Quotients) test booklets are being circulated to the candidates under
screening tests. The set of booklet contains two bunch of I.Q. tests which are verbal and non-
verbal.
Procedure of the I.Q. test and Screening test :
The new questions are designed in the following manner.
Relation based—
1. A is the father of B but ‘B’ is not the son of ‘A’ so B is (Answer is Daughter) Analogy (Pick the
Correct one)
2. If horse is to stable then bee is : to (a) Kennel (b) Den (c) Burrow (d) Hive (Answer is Hive).
Shelter Based.