WAT-Word Association Test

Some matter on WAT(word association test) Day -2 Second test after TAT conducted by Psyc

SSB(Sab Sach Bol)-But be diplomatic in your approach

Basically in all the tests they are looking for:-

OLQ’s as

1. Effective intelligence- Head
2. Reasoning ability- Head
3. Organising ability- Head
4. Power of expression- Head
5. Social Adaptability-Heart
6. Co-operation- Heart
7. Sense of responsibility- Heart
8. Initiative- Gut
9. Self confidence-Gut
10 Speed of decision-Gut
11. Ability to influence the group- Heart
12. Liveliness- Heart
13. Determination- Legs
14. Courage-Legs
15. Stamina-Legs

Wat (word association test)

Imagination-Imagination creates foresight.
Truth-A truth is always victorious.
Early-An early riser is always a high riser in life.
Admire-To admire others is to motivate them.
Strong-Strong will power leads the way to success.
Curiosity-Curiosity builds knowledge.
Laughing-Laughing reflects a happy mind.
Sympathy-Sympathy projects kindness.
Character-character is the pillar of personality
Bind-Blind trust is created by the good leader.
Score-High score projects high achievements
Strict-Strict rules creates discipline.
Plan - Planning avoids various problems.
Hope - Hope removes all types of fears& doubts.
Uniform - We can’t buy the uniform, we have to earn it.
Brave - Brave always take the stand.
Mechanic - Mechanisation improves the system performance capacity.
Confidence - Confidence is the only key to success.
Action - Action always speaks louder than words.
Mother - Mother is the symbol of true love.
Mother - Mother teaches us the way to lead the life successful.
Save - Money saving is also a method of investment.
Drink - When we boil drinking water it becomes free from all types of bacteria.
Impossible - Proper planning of work makes it impossible to possible
Life - Life is full of joys& sorrows.
Fear - Brave don’t know the meaning of fear
Understand – Good Understanding is required for better relationship.
Heart - The heart is the pumping system of body.
Fit – Fitness is biggest wealth.
Good – The present inflation in Indian economy is good.
Playground - Eden Gardens is the biggest cricket playground of country.
Leader – Narender Modi is a mass leader of the country.
Time – The times planet is in New York.
Responsibility – We always bears family responsibility and forgets social responsibility.
Book – Books are the biggest source of knowledge.
Sword – The Army flag consists of two crossed swords.
Mountain – The Himalays is the highest mountain peak.
Leaf – The “last leaf” is a novel.
Will - The will power can solve any kind of problem.
Influence – The young generation influences the whole country.
Travel - Train is the cheapest mean of travel.
Poor - Help the poor
Fail – Proper planning avoids the failure
Think - Think before you act.
Problems – The problems should be analysed with multiple situations.
Save – The saving of rain water improves the ground water level.
Wine – The wines are made up of grapes used to cure minor ailments.
Whenever you come across any negative word, try to do it by hit and trial method as one of friend told me who is Major Indian Army.
Example -
Accident-precautions overcomes accident
Cruel-kindness removes cruelty.
Defeat-Courage overcomes sense of defeat.
Disaster- rehabilitation overcomes bad effect of natural disaster.
Bitter- sweet behaviour overcomes bitter behaviour.

And please keep in mind don’t use quote, dialogue and facts in sentences as they are considered as borrowed idea and don’t reflect any of your personality traits. 
Speed-Speed thrills but kills.
Pinch-Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
Sun-Sun rises from the east and sets in west.

In 60 words try to attempt all the words don’t leave the word in between whenever you do so it shows whenever you will get tough task you will escape from it. Try to keep in mind the sequence of the word as one missed word can ruin your all test as there are 60 blank lines.

That’s all from my side,to give a brief always try to put the above olq’s in the wat,practice ,practice and more practice is the only way to crack it. You can share the practice with me.

Don’t take tension be natural and surely you will sail through.

Mail me or message me for your any other queries.
Thanks,
Vikrant Vijayant Singh

SSB -Sab Sach Bol

For SSB aspirants

SRT (Situation Reaction Test)(Day-2 of SSB)

It is a Psychology test. It is conducted on Day 2 of SSB interview. As the name suggests, it is test of given situations & candidate’s reactions/response to those situations. Here candidates have to write their true responses in various types of situations given to them.

In Situation Reaction Test, a test booklet will be given to you. It will be having 60 situations/ SRTs. Time allotted is 30 minutes for 60 situations.

1. He/she was not selected for the college cricket team. He/she ………………
Reaction - He/she again practised hard & got selected in next trail.

2. The radio he/she got as a present from a relative was defective. He/she …………………….
Reaction - He /she asked to relative if it has warranty.

3. People generally disagreed with him/her. He/she …………
Reaction - He/she will find reasons of it and review himself.

4. His/her servant’s house had leaked in winter night & his family has fallen sick. He/she …………..
Reaction – He/she took them to hospital for treatment & later helped the servant in repairing the house.

5. On trekking his/her friend slipped in ditch. He/she …………..
Reaction - He/she quickly rolled down to him, throw a rope toward him & bring him to a safer place.

6. His captain was injured before a crucial match, he was asked to lead the team ? He ……
Reaction – He/she organised the team members & made a game plan & won the match.

7. He/she could not do well in his examination. He/she …………………
Reaction - He/she analysed his/her weakness, improved & did well in next examination.

8. His/her step mother was always rebuking & cursing him. He/she …………
Reaction – He/she never got serious to her words.

9. After a long route march, his step mother refused him to enter the house. He …………….
Reaction - He went to his friend’s house & next day talk to his father.

10. A night before the one act play of which he was hero, he fell ill. He ……
Reaction - he took medicine & practised for the play.

11. His father wants him to prepare for UPSC but he is interested in doing MBA. He …………….
Reaction – He talk to his father and make him understand that he is more interested in MBA & hence can do better in this field.

12. He/she was studying in his/her room at night time. Suddenly a snake appeared from the window. He/she ………..
Reaction – He/she searched for a long rod /bat and hit the snake on head & killed the snake.

13. He/she was walking on the road side and then he/she saw two guys were teasing a girl. He/she ……………
Reaction - He/she raised alarm & with the help of passer-by caught them & handover to police.

14. The pocket money he/she got was not sufficient. He/she …………………..
Reaction - He/she explained the requirement to his/her parents and asked them to increasing pocket money.

15. While playing in a ground, he/she saw a guy snatching away a lady’s chain. He/she ……………..
Reaction - He/she reach there quickly & with the help of other players caught him & handover to police

OLQ's

                     15 Officers Like Qualities (OLQ's

 Indian defence searches the candidates who have the maximum of the Officers like qualities in them.

There are 15 OLQ's , Officers like quality that are needed to become the officer in the Indian  Defence.

OLQ is divided into 4 factors which are described below.

Factor 1 : PLANNING AND ORGANISING

1 :Effective Intelligence :- It includes intelligently solving the problem by answering "WHAT","WHY" and "HOW" with "WHEN " and "WHERE".

2 : Reasoning Ability :- Everything you do should have a reason.

3 : Organising Ability :- It includes organising anything within the limited time with available resources for successful result .

4 : Power of Expression :- One should express himself accurately and clearly.

Factor 2 : SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT

5 : Social Adaptability :- It includes " How to deal with people to make environment stable ".

6 : Co-Operation :- Give and take policy .

7 : Sense of Responsibility :- To do everything with discipline and sense of duty.

Factor 3 : SOCIAL EFFECTIVENESS

8 : Initiative :- It requires an gut feeling .

9 : Self Confidence :- Always ready to speak in group .

10 : Speed of Decision :- Take any decision quickly and stick to it .

11 : Ability to Influence an Group :- It includes self belief , power of expression and knowledge .

12 : Liveliness :- Create peaceful waves in mind .

Factor 4 : DYNAMICS

13 : Determination :- Just do it ,no matter what .

14 : Courage :- Take the risk without fear .

15 : Stamina :- Physical and mental stamina .

So these are the 15 OLQ's that is needed in an officer .It is believed that these qualities are in everyone but the intensity may little lower and more .

SSB fair or unfair

SSB Fair or Unfair By Col DJS Chahal

Introduction

The selection processes at the SSB seems to be highly elusive and especially more so, after you feel you were quite good or better than another person at the SSB, who was found acceptable, while you were not recommended.

Clearly it defies all reasonable logic, and that is perhaps the beauty of the selection process, that it can beat superficiality through the science inbuilt into its design.

It is a highly scientific procedure that has so far never failed the forces in identifying the best, and that is why the armed forces are considered to the final bastion of the country that has repeatedly stood the test of time.

How the SSB Selection Process is VERY Fair?

Three different assessors are observing the responses of each candidate by applying their own technique, without in between interacting with one another regarding your performance, till such time the assessment is over and they meet at the Board Conference.

No single assessor has a veto power or the authority to reject or select a candidate. Many a times, the President of the Board (Brig/Maj Gen), who has interviewed the candidate, concedes to the young GTO (Maj/Lt Col), if he has found an aberration in the candidates’ personality.

The Psychologist checks you at the unconscious level (certain aspects of your personality that are hidden even from you, e.g. at present you cannot say how you would respond when you face live bullets during an operations, however, it would be possible to ascertain, to some extent with reasonable degree of accuracy, as how you would react by administering these tests).

The Interviewing Officer sees your responses at the sub-conscious level by checking out experiences of your life till the present date, and it has been proved through studies that you would exhibit similar behaviour pattern in the future as you would have exhibited in the past.

The GTO observes you at your conscious level by putting you through certain real to life challenges and your demonstrated behaviour will show him your true characteristics (it is said that if you want to gauge the true character of a person, you do not have to know him for years, but it can be vividly seen in just a game a soccer).

The candidates’ demonstrated performance is observed at the conscious, sub-conscious and un-conscious levels and hence, the scope of error of judgement is minimised.

Some aberrations that have come to light about an inept conduct of a cadet/officer latter in service life, usually occurs because we keep evolving for the good or worse throughout our lives depending upon the environment in which we exist. SSB selection process cannot be blamed for the same.

To explain my point of view, e.g. a candidate could not take the rigours of training and committed suicide, it was seen in the follow up investigation that the assessors at the SSB had mentioned in their Report that the candidate was somewhat stress prone, but they felt at the time of his SSB that his breakdown threshold was within the permissible limits. However, the prevailing environment at the academy was perhaps a notch higher than his tolerance limit and he took this extreme step.

Finally, the selection process is highly fair, because the decision to recommend or not recommend a candidate is not taken by one individual, all three assessors have one third contribution towards the end result and their findings are independent and without any pressure from anyone.

Why Some Candidates’ SEEMINGLY INFERIOR are Recommended?

Each candidate is being assessed for the same personality traits by each assessor by applying their own technique of testing independently.

A minimum desired level of these personality attributes (called OLQs) has been identified through research by the Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR). The candidates’ are expected to posses these qualities at a level, which is above a minimum datum line in each of these personality attributes.

In a hypothetical case, let’s say a candidate is exceptionally good intellectually and physically. In these personality attributes he is much above the desired standards and hence, he appears to be the best in the lot. However, he himself also may not realise that he is exhibiting a superior attitude or has a kink in one of his social attributes, and that area of his personality is slightly below the datum line, and hence, he will not be found acceptable.

On the contrary, a candidate, who is average in all attribute, i.e. Intellectual, Social, Group Effectiveness and Dynamism, but is not exceptional in any of the said qualities, he will still be found fit, as he is not below the desired datum line in any attribute.

Therefore, when an ordinary person compares these to personalities, he/she obviously feels that the SSB has made a mistake in the recommendation process or it is biased.

What must be the Course of Action by Repeaters?

Never lose hope and feel defeated, take it as a challenge and make a strong resolve to clear the SSB next time. If you check the yearly statistics you will find out that the percentage of clearance of repeaters is far more than the fresher’s.

Sit down alone and run through the complete SSB process and make notes of everything that happened at the SSB in those five days. Identify your areas of improvement without trying to justify your failures.

Ideally, discuss with someone who is a qualified assessor from DIPR and who can help you with his experience to narrow down to specific traits of your personality that you need to improve.

Simply become conscious of those aspects of your personality in your day to day life and endeavour to slowly bring about changes in your thought process. That is why preparation for SSB must commence at least 2-3 months prior, so that you have enough time to make the desired changes in your thinking and approach towards life.

Candidates usually make the mistake of mindlessly practicing Psych tests, or GTO tasks or the interview without giving any relevance to the desired personality type at the SSB, their present personality type and the gap that needs to be covered through a targeted preparation before their next SSB.

Conclusion

In the conclusion I would like to say that the three techniques of testing are not important at all, as these are merely’ tools of testing’ in the hands of the assessors, “you are important”, so understand what is expected out of you and have a focussed methodology of preparation, which would logically be different for different candidates.

Once again I reiterate, know yourself before you commence preparation only then will you benefit from your hard work. They are expecting you to be a well informed, ground to earth, physically tough, mentally robust and socially pleasant person--------which is not a very tall order – Go for it!!

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Techniques to clear SSB in First Attempt....

Day1: Screening Test

Technique No 1: For verbal and non verbal IQ test you need great presence of mind. I will advise you to practice a lot of course material available in the market which is really good. You can take those competitive books and practice.
Then for Picture perception and description again you need practice. It needs a lot of time. So start with the competitive exam books available in your local market.

Technique No 2: As far as PABT is concerned it is only for pilots. It is tougher than previous IQ test. So it needs some god gift skill plus little bit of luck.

Day2: Physiological Test

Technique No 3: For TAT you need great comprehension skill. You also have to develop great analyzing power. For this you need to give some time to reading passages and answering questions related to it. A lot of candidate find it very difficult because they lack concentration power. So get this right and practice a lot.

Technique No 4: SDT is all about explaining yourself. You must able to express yourself. For this you need better understanding of yourself. So you can try to talk yourself in front of a mirror and practice.

Technique No 5: WAT is all about vocabulary and able to put words together in right time and right order. You need a great sense of assimilation. So learn to play with words and using in right context. It will test your assimilation power.

Technique No 6: SRT again needs mental alertness or great presence. You have to make right decision at right point of time. You need to answer questions which are asked in particular scenario. To clear this test I advice you to meet people and talk with them. Attend seminar and answer questions of the audience. This is the best way to clear this exam.

Day3: Group Testing Officer’s tests and Interview

Technique No 7: To clear group discussion round. You must have great communicating skills. You must be able to communicate with your team and present your ideas or thought in a clear manner. It is better that you discuss a lot with your friends on different topics like politics, arts, culture etc. You can learn in your school or college.

Technique No 8: For military planning exercises you need to have a military mind. If you are going SSB interview then expect some military exercises. Here you have to find solution of war game like situation. You need to know this before hand and only then you can clear this test. Otherwise it will be difficult to clear.

Technique No 9: In progressive group task you have to work in a team. There your team working skills would be tested. So you should come prepare and work in a team to show you have a great leadership quality as well as team work quality. Then comes the group obstacle race here you have to clear obstacles or hurdles. Again this is also to test your team work capability.

Technique No 10: For Individual Lecturette your individuality would be tested. Leading from front is the first quality that you must possess. You have to have a leadership quality that can not only lead the team but also communicate with them in any situation. Here focus will be only on you as an individual.

Day4: Group Testing Officer’s tests and Interview

Technique No 11: In day 4 you have to clear all command and group task. This will again test your leadership and team work capabilities. But it will be tougher than previous day or round. Here you have to be prepared for grilling and show your real mental preparedness. You need to work on to bring out your inner fear and express yourself.

This round or day will be the last milestone that you have to cross. So start preparing from now on if you have clear this round.

Day5: Conference and Results Declaration

On the final day you do not have to do anything. Just you have to wait for the result. There will be a closing address by the officials there.
If you are selected then congratulations otherwise do not break your heart prepare for the next time.
I hope above mentioned 11 interview techniques would help you to crack one of the toughest government job interviews in our country.
I will advise you that you should start preparing from now on. Only then you will be able to clear each and every round.
If you do not start now then it is impossible to clear everything in on those particular days. Remember miracle does not happen there.

Yes there is a luck factor but fortune favors the brave.