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A Final Confirmatory Test of Screening G.D. After PP & DT

Taking the sex, age and mood of the ‘Hero and the subordinates; followed by an action undertaken by them
into the consideration, the group has to arrive at a consensus, revealing the main theme, an object or the aim of
the story evolving a healthy & progressive discussion & resultantly reaching on agreed story by equal and
common contribution conclusively. The leader recommended by the group will produce the common story
before all the assessors and resultantly this becomes the sole factor for recommendation in the screening test.
UNFORTUNATE IS HARDLY THE WORD, BUT PERHAPS, IT BEST DESCRIBES THE
UNQUALIFIED “NO” NOW A DAYS THE NEWLY INDUCTED SCREENING TEST
LABELLED AS ‘MINI SSB’ PUTS THE FUTURE OF MANY CANDIDATES AT STAKE BY
DISQUALIFYING 60 TO 80% ASPIRANTS FROM APPEARING IN THE FINAL ROUNDS
OF THE SSB.
The apex test graded as final test in screening is G.D. The principle of this G.D. is the same as the
G.D. conducted under the G.T.O. tasks as a 1st test of the basic series. The concept of basic series has
been well interpreted in G.T.O. Series in chapter ‘6’. The entire system of SSB has been divided in
three consecutive series

(1) (2) (2)
Basic series Confirmatory Final
series series

In a battery of psychological test TAT Thematic Apperception Test is a Basic series. WAT (Word
Association Test) and SRT (Situation Reaction Test) are the confirmatory series and S.D. Test (Self
Description Test is the final series. In G.T.O. Testing GD (Group Discussion), G.P.E. (Group Planning
Exercise, P.G.T., (Progressive Group Task), and G.O.R. (Group Obstacle Race) are the basic series. HGT (Half
Group Task), Individual obstacles, Lecturette and Command Task are regulated under confirmatory series and
finally the F.G.T. (Final Group Task) is undertaken in the final series. Similarly in the Interview technique
which is under the defintion of the system is called as ‘PC’ (Personal / Personalised Conversation). Here the
concept personalised will denote to your personal behavioural pattern, personal surroundings, involvements,
relations and personal touches and interactions. For example you, your involvements, your behaviour, habits,
personal reaches, attainments, you and your family, neighbours, relatives, friends, teachers, subjects, schools,
places, likings dislikings, bad and good points, your failures and your confession and admission. I mean to say
the things with which you are personalised or known or familiar. In Interview Technique your family
background becomes your’ Basic Series’. The friend circle, surroundings, schooling, hobby interest, liking,
disliking become your confirmatory series and the verbal painted situation or organisation and asking finally
about your good and bad points becomes your final or conclusive series.
On the basis of gravity and importance, this test assumes the potential and it serves the purpose of
confirmatory nature and usually turns to be a deciding factor in the ‘Mini SSB’. It becomes the
responsibility and obligation of the author of these series to clarify the basic concepts of both types of
G.D. One of which is conducted as final confirmatory test in the Mini SSB and the second one is
conducted as the 1st test among the G.T.O. tasks as a basic test under the basic series. At first stage, I
will clear the basic concept of the G.D. conducted by the GTO in the GTO task :—
G.T.O. undertakes the briefing and allots two controversial subjects, out of which, candidates have
to choose one by the majority consent. Having chosen the subject the G.T.O. repeats the issue once
again before the G.D. Commences. When the prescribed time is over (here the prescribed time will
depend over the size and standard of the group and the level of discussion) he undertakes the second
round of discussion. In this round the topic will be of his choice and this G.D. is called compulsory
G.D. It also carries the same time schedule as the previous one.
The Procedure of conducting G.D. in screening test is different as it is based on PT & DT. (Picture
Perception & Description Test). Under the rectangle of the circulated format, each candidate has to
complete the process of PP & DT. That is after determining the sex, age and mood & after writing the
action, the story has to be composed depending on the perception level and the portrayed scene.