SSB Intelligence and Personality Test for NDA/NA Exam

The SSB procedure consists of two stage selection process - stage I and stage II. Only those candidates who clear the stage I are permitted to appear for stage II.

Stage I

Stage I comprises of Officer Intelligence Rating (OIR) tests, Picture Perception & Description Test (PP&DT). The candidates are shortlisted based on combination of performance in OIR Test and PP&DT.

Stage II

Stage II comprises of Interview, Group Testing Officer Tasks, Psychology Tests and the Conference. These tests are conducted over 4 days.

The personality of a candidate is assessed by three different assessors:

  1. The Interviewing Officer (IO)
  2. Group Testing Officer (GTO)
  3. Psychologist

There are no separate weightage for each test. The marks are allotted by assessors only after taking into consideration the performance of the candidate holistically in all the test. In addition, marks for conference are also allotted based on the initial performance of the candidate in the three techniques and decision of the Board. All these have equal weightage.

The various tests of IO, GTO and Psychology are designed to bring out the presence or absence of Officer Like Qualities and their trainability in a candidate. Accordingly candidates are Recommended or Not Recommended at the SSB.

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