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employment, there are thousands of vacancies in the armed forces that are not
being filled year after year. What is believed is that talented youth are not
coming to join the armed forces. But what is true is that there is an absolute
lack of awareness and knowledge about the selection process. Interaction

with the student population across the country reveals that a lot of myths exist
in the environment about what happens in the SSBs. Even the internet is full

of unfounded information shared by candidates based on what they perceive
of the selection process. To add to the confusion, there are several coaching
centres across the country that are run by people who have never worked in

the selection system or are not aware of the current practices. Still more, there
are SSB books which are far from reality. The selectors at SSBs often come
across candidates who are otherwise good but have not performed well at the

SSB because of bad coaching. Having been part of the selection system, I can
say this is the easiest route to becoming a first class gazetted officer of the
Government of India.

This book aims to present the entire procedure in a lucid and easy to
comprehend manner, which will greatly help the candidates in gaining
familiarity with the selection system and the various tests that are conducted

there. The tips offered by the author in each section are based on vast
experience and will prove very handy in projecting your true personality in a
better way.

This book has been arranged in a chronological sequence in which various
tests are conducted at the SSB. Before going on to describe the various tests,
one chapter (Chapter 2) has been dedicated to providing a detailed

descriptions of the various Officer Like Qualities (OLQs) that are seen at the
SSBs. A good understanding of these will help the candidates project these
qualities better. The information covered in each section is as follows:

Section 1 covers the stage 1 testing. In this stage, three different tests are
conducted, namely Intelligence Test (Verbal), Intelligence Test (Non-Verbal)
and Picture Perception and Discussion Test (PP&DT). Using the results of

the intelligence tests, both verbal and non-verbal, the Intelligence rating of
the candidate is deduced. Then the candidates are put through the PP&DT
test in which they are shown a hazy or vague picture and asked to write a