The Services Selection Board (SSB) is a five-day personality assessment procedure conducted for officer-level selection for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Coast Guard. It is a two-stage selection system with stage-1 held on the day of arrival and stage-2 on the remaining four days. Stage-2 consists of three categories of tests, namely, GTO tasks, psychology tests, and personal interview. This book presents an in-depth and detailed analysis of these tests and suggests practical methods to prepare in a methodical way and guide you towards success. As a DIY guide, this book provides a hands-on method wherein a candidate will be able to easily understand the nuances of the tests as well as do the small and simple practice sessions in the workbook section to develop the skill and confidence to pass the SSB tests with flying colours. As current affairs, general knowledge and military knowledge is important for a candidate to develop a holistic, confident and positive attitude, this book incorporates short essays and nuggets of information on many meaningful topics to hone the candidate`s intelligence to face the SSB interviewers fearlessly. Overall, this book is a useful blend and one-stop reference textbook to prepare a candidate to attain the goal of proudly wearing the smart uniform of the armed forces.

If you have the will and determination to become a military leader, this book will help you achieve it!

Col (Dr) Mohinder Pal Singh is an Infantry officer. He has been a GTO with 19 SSB and Senior GTO 14 SSB. He has had over six years of experience as an assessor in SSBs. He is a graduate from St Xaviers College Mumbai, post graduate and doctorate from Allahabad University. Presently he is mentoring defence services aspirants as Founder and Director of AMAS Training, Greater Noida.