SSB dates for INDIAN ARMY SSC(T) - 45 released

Finally the wait is over for the defense aspirants for Indian army. Though the cutoff has been increased for TGC-121 entry this time and it was disheartening for many aspirants. But I am sure after seeing the list for SSC -(T)-45 many aspirants will be happy to see their names in the list as this is the first hurdle and after their names and center is allotted they are one step closer to their dream destination. This entry is usually for the Short service commissioning with the Indian army. Once the person is selected and issued the joining letter they are called for training to the OTA- Chennai and after commissioning they are allowed to serve for 14 years. there might be an extension in service based on service requirements and performance of the officer.

SSB Lecturette Series: Is Internet Eating our Childhood?

With the development of Internet in CERN labs the world saw a revolution. Things started changing instantly, letters were replaced by emails, and phone calls with video calls and the revolution never stopped rather only grew. It is true to say that internet has made the life of mankind much easier, we no longer have to wait in lines to book seats for our journey, or go to stores to buy grocery for homes, everything is just a click away. But there is other side to the coin as well. With more number of people using internet on a daily basis the life of these individuals is getting affected in both good and bad ways. As for adults internet has been nothing less than a blessing, as it makes their work easier and helps in running businesses, for the children its somewhat something else. Children today unlike the previous generations are very different.

SSB Lecturette Series: Valentine's Day, Is it Love or Commercialization

 Love is the most precious thing, it is the gift of God which is used to make the peoples closer and make them one.

February, the love season is for all who are in love. This romantic month of the year is for the celebration of valentine day. Firstly, it started in foreign countries, but now it’s a tradition to celebrate in India also and the youngsters are very much involve in celebrating Valentine’s Day. On Feb 14, Valentine day celebrate the bond of love and affection between the couples. Valentine day is also celebrated as the most popular day to express your feelings your beloved.

SSB GD series: Will India Ever Make It To International Football?

With a population of more than 1 Billion the country should be among the top players in the world. However we are not even in the top players in Asia. Ranked 147^th in the FIFA world cup ranking, the Indian Football has only and continue to see bad days since it first started to play football. In the initial days of the game India was invited to play in the FIFA world cup, but due to the players playing bare feet and travelling all the way through sea, AIFA (All India Football Association) rejected the offer, an opportunity they should never have missed.

Ten Tips to crack SSB

Yes!!You can Crack the SSB Interview and Join the Armed Forces

The only thing that separates people who succeed in the SSB and those who fail is that the failures did not prepare for the SSB.

This article lists down certain elements which are essential to show at SSB and it also mentions the rounds which will check that particular element. As we all know there are three rounds in SSB namely psychology, Personal interview ad the ground taks. The following are the simple tips to crack the SSB:

General Awareness Series: INDO-CHINA RELATION - Part 2

In part 1 of this series we saw a detailed analysis of the relationship between the two giant countries. How it started and how it got good or worsened. Lets see the rest part of the story.

1970s

In 1978, the Indian Minister of External Affairs Atal Bihari Vajpayee made a landmark visit to Beijing, and both nations officially re-established diplomatic relations in 1979 result being the PRC modified its pro-Pakistan stand on Kashmir and appeared willing to remain silent on India's absorption of Sikkim and its special advisory relationship with Bhutan and the Mount Kailash and Mansarovar lake in Tibet, the mythological home of the Hindu pantheon, were opened to annual pilgrimages.

General Awareness Series: INDO-CHINA RELATION - Part 1

Critical Analysis of Indo - China relationship

China and India are two of the world’s oldest civilizations and have co-existed in peace for centuries. Cultural and economic relations between China and India date back to ancient times. The Silk Road not only served as a major trade route between India and China, but was also the reason for the spread of Buddhism from India to East Asia.

What are the hindrances in getting SCREEN IN at SSB : Part 2

In the previous part 1 of this series we saw how screening is conducted and how the things done at that level. Also since there is more number of assessors aspirants should be assured that there might be no evaluation error and three assessors are kept so that this error could be minimized. Now how to improve the performance at screening so that selection could be ensured. There are many factors that are being judged at screening rounds. Remember that though 15 OLQ's are being judged at SSB here only the potential to show that there is a will to be an Indian defense force officer can ensure selection. The aspirants might be thinking that how can showing of a blurred picture, writing story, doing GD reveal that. Please remember that SSB is a scientifically designed process where things happen like this only so these things will bring out your qualities that are based on perception. 

General Awareness Series: New weapon fleet for Indian defense forces

With more focus on indigenous development of weapons the Indian Army is setting new records each year by adding to its weapons arsenal some serious weapons. Weapons which send a clear message that we are in no way behind our counterparts. Some of the latest weapons included in the Indian Army are as follows:

1) Dhanush artillery guns:

After the Bofors scandal, and many companies trying to take the contract for development of artillery guns by unfair and corrupt means ,the DRDO 155 mm artillery gun project was started by India so as to produce indigenous developed artillery guns which could meet the requirements of the Indian army. The home made gun is made with a strike range of 38 kilometers. It can operate in three different modes:

SSB Lecturette Series: Net Neutrality

What is net neutrality?

Net neutrality is an idea which came from how telephone lines have worked in past. In case of a telephone line, you can dial any number and connect to it. It does not matter if you are calling from operator A to operator B. It doesn't matter if you are calling a restaurant or a drug dealer. The operators neither block the access to a number nor deliberately delay connection to a particular number, unless forced by the law. Most of the countries have rules that ask telecom operators to provide an unfiltered and unrestricted content.

What are the hindrances in getting SCREEN IN at SSB : Part 1

Screening is the main stage where major elimination takes place in SSB. It’s a first day round which have OIR and PPDT as the rounds conducted on the aspirants where they are assessed and checked for the initial OLQ’s and the potential to be an officer. The written test checks the basic aptitude and the PPDT tests the individual performance along with the group performance. Though all the rounds look simple but they actually test a lot which aspirants don’t realise. Also a point to note is that the number of assessors involved in screening is more than any of the other rounds of SSB, there in other rounds you will have only one assessor evaluating on different parameters while at screening you will see three assessors evaluating you .So there is no scope of mistake in assessment, be assured for that.

SSB Lecturette Series: Crime against Women

There is no doubt that India is now on the top in the list of the developing countries .The economic rate is increasing rapidly & also the GDP rate which is 5.7 recently .On the other hand, women had to fight for over a decades to get even their basic rights, like the right to vote, though the Constitution of India gave equality to both men and women from the beginning. Unfortunately, women in this country are mostly unaware of their rights because of illiteracy and the society where she is living. Names like Kalpana Chawla: born in India, who fought her way up into NASA and was the first women to reach space, Indira Gandhi: The Iron Woman of India was the Prime Minister of the Nation, Beauty Queens like Aishwarya Rai and Susmita Sen, and Mother Teresa Who end her life supporting others for the noble cause.

SSB GD Series: Is America and Russia on the verge of Another Cold War?

Critical Analysis of the changing relationship between the giant countries

  

Act 1 Scene 1:

 23^rd Feb 2014- 19^th March, 2014, Russia seizes control of Crimea. Republic of Crimea is declared with the intention of joining Russia. A vote out occurs with 96% in support of grouping with Russia.

Act 1 Scene 2:

 The Crimean Admiral defects to the Russian side, only followed by half of Ukranian military posted in the area.

General Awareness Series: Prime Minister’s Recent Visit To France

Analyzing the Prime Minister’s Visit To France

With an aim to give a big push to Make in India Policy Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited France. The four day visit by the PM involved various dealings keeping in mind the Indian scenario. It was a major move by India to strengthen the ties with France. Lets look at some of the key features of the India France deal.

SSB Lecturette Series: YEMEN Crisis - Part 2

In Part 1 of this series we saw the history of how Yemen was divided and then again united and also how this war began, who were the main actors and how the scene worsened. Now lets see the remaining part of the story. 

The growing power and aggression of the Houthi’s is the new threat in the peninsular region. Yemen's President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi asked the UN Security Council to back military action by "willing countries" against the Houthi rebels. In a letter, he requested a resolution authorizing immediate support for "the legitimate authority by all means" against the advancing rebels.

SSB Lecturette Series: YEMEN Crisis - Part 1

Critical analysis of the happenings at Yemen

Yemen, officially known as the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country in Southwest Asia, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the south, and Oman to the east. For much of the 20th Century, Yemen existed as two separate countries - the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) in the north and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) in the south. In 1990, the countries chose to unify and create the Republic of Yemen. 

                                                

Indian Army: The Parachute Regiment and the Special Forces - Part 2

In part 1 of this series we saw description about the Paras and other special forces, their need and why they were brought up. In this part we will see what magic these forces can do and how Success is always theirs.

History of Para commandos

During the 1965 war with Pakistan, Lt Col Megh Singh formed a commando unit, from volunteers all across the Infantry Units. The commando unit performed well and with the government’s clearance a commando unit was to be established in the Army. However to be trained first in parachute training the unit was moved to Parachute Regiment, and formed the 9^th Battalion. The unit was later divided into 9^th and 10^th Commando units.

Indian Army: The Parachute Regiment and the Special Forces - Part 1

The Airborne Regiment of the Indian Army also known as the Parachute Regiment first came into existence on 29^th October 1941. The regiment was named 50 Independent Parachute Brigade, and comprised of 151 British, 152 Indian and 153 Gurkha Parachute Battalions. After India Achieved Independence the Battalions were divided among the Indian and the Pakistani Army. The 50^th and the 77^th Parachute Brigade remained on the Indian Sides whereas the 14^th Parachute Brigade went to the Pakistani side. The 77^th Parachute regiment was later disbanded and in 1952 new Parachute regiments were included to strengthen the Parachute Regiment section of the Indian Armed Forces.

SSB Lecturette Series: Social Media Is Eating Up The Real Conversation

February 4^th, 2004. The day Facebook came into existence. This day marked a history in the area of social networking. There were other social networking sites but none had been as popular as this one. It took the internet by storm and soon spread to the whole world. It was an addiction like none other; teenagers were mostly impacted by this internet phenomenon. The concept started with sending out friend requests to each other, and then millions of texts to each other. With new additions every day, it became more and more appealing. Soon “The Wall” came up, people could write up stuff on each other’s page, “liking” and “commenting “ became a new thing. It all just seemed so fancy, having more friends in the friend list having cool profile pictures and cover photos and more number of followers. It became like a mission for some to be more popular online. But sadly there is another side to this coin as well.

Ten Tips every SSB Aspirant must follow

There have been a lot of topics on GD and lecturette on our blog where different mentees of mine and other aspirants are helping spread a word for aspirants to succeed in their goal of serving the nation. I have been seeing a lot of myths in and around the internet and knowing that majority of people seek guidance through this mode I thought of sharing quick tips of success at SSB. SSB is all together a different method of examination where one is assessed psychologically of whatever he or she do in different forms and then they are recommended for the Indian defense forces. So certain things that you should essentially follow are mentioned. See where you score out of 10 here !!

SSB Lecturette Series: FREEDOM OF SPEECH/ SEC 66A OF IT ACT

Critical Analysis of Section 66A of IT Act / Freedom of speech

Freedom of Speech- when mentioned anywhere, imparts a thrill in our guts. The rebel, sleeping in our subconscious awakens immediately and advocates for absolute freedom of speech. In this era of Social Media , expressing your views openly takes no time. But what is its impact on the masses is a matter of great concern. This ideology explains the need of some law on the freedom of expression. Section 66A of IT Act is one of the laws formed in 2000 and later amended in 2008.

What is Section 66A of the IT Act?

Section 66A defines the punishment for sending “offensive” messages through a computer or any other communication device like a mobile phone or a tablet. A conviction can fetch a maximum of three years in jail and a fine.

SSB Lecturette series: Religion and Politics should not be mixed

Many times we all heard that religious and Politics should not be mixed and kept separate which is a common feeling in India of educated group. Usually People are afraid that if Politicians subscribe to a particular religion, they will suppress follower of other religion. There have been examples of such kind of atrocities in the past where clash had been taken place between politics and religion... This is understood to be the chief cause of fear in the minds of people who support keeping religion & Politics apart.

SSB GD Topics : New Land Acquisition Bill - Good or Bad

 Critical Analysis of the Bill

Land Acquisition Is acquiring the land from the land owners by central or state government for development of infrastructure and growth of economy. Several controversies have arisen that the land owners have not been adequately compensated. On February 25, 2015 Birendra Singh Chaudhary, Rural development Minister of India introduced new Land Acquisition bill and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015 in the LokSabha.

Earlier Land acquisition in India was governed by “The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013”, which came into force from 1 January 2014.Till 2013, land acquisition in India, was governed by “Land Acquisition Act of 1894 ".

SSB GD Series: Is it time for Dhoni to Retire?

December 23, 2004 India was playing against Bangladesh, a Ranchi born boy came on the first time on the batting side and the rest is history. That Ranchi born boy became the captain of the Indian Cricket team. People know him by the name Mahi, MS, MSD, Thala, Captain Cool, but for most he’s just Dhoni.

SSB GD Topic: Hard Work Verses Smart Work

Since our childhood, we have been listening that hard work is the key to success. This used to be a very correct statement of that time, but since change is the law of nature , a change is required in each and every aspect of our life also .This required change have turned down the tagline of Hard work is the key to success to Smart work is the key to success. Let us first understand the relation between hard work and smart work.

Smart work is the upgraded version of hard work. Smart work can be considered as an easy way to do hard work. Yeas, hard work can be done in a much easy manner and that manner is known as Smart work. It compromises of few steps which when taken care of and properly executed makes any work easy.

SSB Lecturette series: ISIS - A threat to Humanity : Part 2

In part 1 of this series we saw the background of this and the Iraq side of the story. Here lets move and complete the picture by seeing the story on the other side.

Syria’s Side of story

ISIS leader Abu –Bakr al-Baghdadi, the man who made this monster was a jihadist and during the American invasion of Iraq was arrested on unclear charges, after six months of Jail time he was freed, he then joined Al Qaeda in Iraq. How Baghdadi was different is that he caught what the top men in Al Qaeda missed. He saw the need to unite the tribes’ men on both sides of the Iraq Syria border. His policies were further escalated when after the breakout of the civil war in Syria, the Syrian president Bashar al –Assad slaughtered Sunnis.

SSB Lecturette series: ISIS - A threat to Humanity : Part 1

                                                             Critical analysis of  ISIS

This is the latest happening and has been in international forum for long so i thought of presenting this topic for the peer aspirants. This can be an important topic for GD or lecturette for the upcoming SSB, so first of all lets see the flow of events that happened under this name:

September 11, 2001 - Taliban destroyed the Two Towers and the Pentagon, killing thousands of innocent who didn't even know why they were killed, leaving children orphaned, widowed husbands , widowed wives, old parents who wouldn't be able to see their son or daughter again. The tragedy left USA and the whole world in the state of Trauma. Security forces were alerted all over the world.

26 – 30 July, 2009 – Boko Haram an Islamist group carried out a massive strike on Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. Clashes occurred between the police forces and the militant group. The result? A 100 dead bodies in the police station. Army intervened; roads were filled with blood, roughly 700 died. With time did the violence stopped? Did the group perished? Sadly, No, it had only grown stronger.

Motivational Series: LET's FACE IT !!!!

It is better to be failure at something you love than to be success at something you hate

"No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other; find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure." Napoleon Hill

If you can afford to pay the time in reading this...hopefully everyone can connect with this and inspire to be a Leader ahead in his/her life..If you really like it not only read and forgot away, instead Pen it down and put in front of you..work ahead in life with full zest..

As with this group I love sharing things as we are a family as a home away from Home. And so I feel to connect with you all.. Stay Reading, Stay healthy, & fit & let Wisdom come from all sides... Thanks.

SSC (T) - 45 center allotment list released for Indian Army

Finally the wait is over for the defense aspirants for Indian army. Though the cutoff has been increased for TGC-121 entry this time and it was disheartening for many aspirants. But i am sure after seeing the list for SSC -(T)-45 many aspirants will be happy to see their names in the list as this is the first hurdle and after their names and center is allotted they are one step closer to their dream destination. This entry is usually for the Short service commissioning with the Indian army. Once the person is selected and issued the joining letter they are called for training to the OTA- Chennai and after commissioning they are allowed to serve for 14 years. there might be an extension in service based on service requirements and performance of the officer.

Get ready for this academy

Difference between AFSB and other SSB

With the outcome of the results of AFCAT there has been a ripple in the pool of aspirants and lot of queries are arising suddenly. I had been receiving multiple mails related to various queries and i have been personally trying to address them, but some of the queries are common so thought of using this medium to answer those queries. AFCAT is the exam that is held twice a year for the aspirants and this is the gateway to the SSB and earning the wings of air-force officers. Though Air force take through other entry schemes also but this is the major gateway for all the aspirants. This time the cutoff has been kept low and air-force authorities have shortlisted near about ten thousand aspirants for different entries cumulatively including technical, pilot, and ground/ administrative duties. These shortlisted candidates will now be called for AFSB which is the air force selection board where they will be under testing for five days and few luck aspirants would be recommended by various boards for their dreams to come true. 

What to do after clearing AFCAT ?

First of all I would like to congratulate who are among the ten thousand aspirants who have made through the stage one of selection for the Indian Air force officers. The nest step is to be taken immediately. I have been receiving a lot of queries in selection of AFSB center and other such queries so i thought of solving those queries collectively through this forum. The immediate next step is selecting a date and a center for AFSB. Also read : 

Which AFSB Center to select and when to schedule AFSB?

First of all I would like to congratulate the defense aspirants who have cleared the AFCAT exam and their numbers are appearing in the list released by the Indian air force. They have cleared the first hurdle and are among the ten thousand aspirants shortlisted by the Air-force head quarters for the next step. I have been receiving multiple queries from aspirants about AFCAT clearing and selection of SSB Centers.Aspirants are asking different types of queries which are summarized below:

SSB GD Topic : Today's Media is Good or Bad ?

                               Critical analysis of role of media in changing times

What is media?

Media are the collective communication that is used to convey or deliver information or data to the peoples. Media is associate with the communication media or that specializes communication media like press, cinema, advertising and broadcasting.

Media has played a very important role in making people understand the meaning of democracy. We also come to know about the strengths and weaknesses of the economy of our country, the various problems faced by the nation, achievements of the nation in different sectors, through the prompt and precise reporting of different forms of media.

AFCAT 1/2015 Results out, Check here

As promised by SSB Vision Team the result would be declared soon and here is that time now. AFCAT is held twice a year and it is the gateway to get the coveted wings of the Indian Air-force. This year the first AFCAT exam was help on 22 February 2015 and all were eagerly waiting for the results. Finally the wait is over and Air-force authorities have published the results. Get ready to see the results. But before that see the severity of the competition aspirants will be facing: