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Preface

The Defence services offer one of the most challenging and yet meaningful
careers. A soldier is a respected citizen of any country because he/she lives

for the virtues of sacrifice, commitment and selfless devotion. Ironically,
though it is such a coveted profession, there have been severe shortages in the
officers’ cadre of the armed forces. While most believe that talented youth do
not want to join the armed forces for lack of patriotic fervour, I realised

during my tenure at the Services Selection Board (SSB) that this is not true. I
have seen several bright young candidates failing in the SSB just because

they were not their natural self and were behaving in the ways described in
various books. This prompted me to go through some of the books myself
and also several internet sites on the SSB. Having reviewed them, I realised
how unfounded these contents were. Most books are written by people who

have not been associated with the SSB in any way and hence, the books are
clearly misleading. Almost all internet sites are moderated by candidates who

once appeared in the SSB and do not know the science behind the selection
process. This prompted me to write a book and share my insight with all the
defence aspirants. I have not provided any tips to fool the system because I

firmly believe that the system cannot be fooled. All that I have attempted is to
bring out the relevance of each task and given tips on what to project and
how to project it. I urge all the readers of this book not to replicate the stories

or any other ideas from here. Instead, understand the underlying principles
and prepare hard to face the SSB. I reiterate that there is no shortcut to