Edge Academy Kota: Result of written examination NDA-II 2014

Edge Academy Kota: Result of written examination NDA-II 2014: Written Examination result of NDA-II 2014 Edge Academy students again rocked the results with highest selection in the written results...

Result of written examination NDA-II 2014

Written Examination result of NDA-II 2014

Edge Academy students again rocked the results with highest selection in the written results of NDA-II 2014 examination. 
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On the basis of the result of the written part of the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (II) 2014 held by the Union Public Service Commission on 28th September, 2014, candidates with the under mentioned Roll Nos. have qualified for Interview by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence for Admission to Army, Navy and Air Force Wings of the National Defence Academy for the 134th Course and for the 96th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from 2nd July, 2015. The result of 01 candidate has been withheld . 

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This year approximately 4 lac students enrolled themselves for the NDA exam out of which only 6183 students got through in the written examination and now after SSB only 355 young officers will go to NDA or NA for training.

Reason behind the highest selection rates of Edge Academy is that we train students according to changing patterns of UPSC. Our course material is compiled by the trained professional which help the students in not only clearing the written exam but also enables them to score high in the exam.

Details about Officer Like Qualities (OLQs)

Officer Like Qualities: Do you have it in you?
Many students after being not recommended say “Pata Nahi Kya Dekhte Hai” so here is the answer- OLQs. SSB boards are looking for 15 OLQs in you. OLQ stands for Officer Like Qualities. The SSB Interview is intended to judge the mental caliber, attitude and outlook of the candidate along with his leadership qualities and character traits and if you want to combine all these under one name then they are called OLQs.
Once the candidates are done with their Screening In process their performance through various tests will be tested on their Officer Like Qualities (OLQ’s). A candidate is assessed by three different examiners in SSB Interview, namely Psychologist, Group Testing Officer (GTO) and the Interviewer Officer who looks for Officer Like Qualities in the candidate. OLQs are all about keeping calm, whatever the circumstances, thinking clearly & correctly and acting decisively. Thus, it would be an assessment not merely of his Academic proficiency and intellectual qualities but also of his social traits and interest in current events. Keep one in your mind that SSB is not the test of your performance but the test of your qualities which are judged by your performance.

There are 4 Factors in which OLQs can be categorized.

FACTOR 1: Planning and Organizing (Relating to our Mind) – It consists of 4 OLQ’s.

• Effective Intelligence
• Reasoning ability
• Organising ability
• Power of expression

Effective Intelligence: It is the ability to solve day to day practical problems using common sense and using past experience  to display reasonable work sense. The question asked to judge this quality starts generally with WHAT?
Reasoning Ability: Any action done by a person must have a definite reason for the same. Reasons can only be existing if  candidate possesses a good amount of reasoning and rational thinking. The question asked to judge this quality generally starts generally with WHY?
Organizing Ability: This is the ability to organize any particular event or task in a given time duration with available resources and up to the expectations of the concern persons. An Officer must possess great capacity to organize and maintain discipline among the men he has to command. The question asked to judge this quality starts generally with HOW?
Power of Expression: Candidate must be able to express his ideas and views clearly and convincingly to the listeners.


FACTOR 2: Social Adjustment (Relating to our Heart) – It consists of 3 OLQ’s.

·         Social Adaptability

·         Sense of Responsibility

·         Cooperation

Social Adaptability: This quality shows that how well you are with your family, friends and society, there is one more thing included in this quality i.e.  How well you are able to manage different situations so that you can keep your surroundings stable.
Sense of Responsibility: The word responsibility can termed as some duties given to discharge but here candidate must possess a quality to understanding one’s duties by his own wits and discharging the same. One should feel proud in taking responsibility and take pride in carrying out the same.
Cooperation: To create a friendly environment one has to provide help and take help as well so that everybody can lead to progress. One should believe in Give & Take.
FACTOR 3: Social Effectiveness (Leadership) – Consists of 5 OLQ’s.

·         Initiative

·         Self-Confidence

·         Speed of Decision

·         Ability to influence a group

·         Liveliness

Initiative: It nothing but taking first step in a new direction, giving your best and sustaining the same level of effort till last, reveals high degree of Initiative.
Self Confidence: It is all about faith on the decisions taken by the candidate himself/herself to tackle the situations involving unfamiliar and stressful environment.
Speed of Decision Making: This is the ability to choose the best possible solution quickly as both quickness and correctness of decision are equally important.
Ability to Influence Group:  One who possesses self confidence in that particular thing which he/she is trying to do will definitely be able to influencing group.
Liveliness: Problems are involved in every task we encountered with so an officer should always be cheerful in the time of adversity and create a happy as well as humorous atmosphere among his team men. He must be optimistic in his attitude but should also be able to accept defeat in a sporting manner.

FACTOR 4: Dynamic (Courage) – Consists of 3 OLQ’s.

·         Determination

·         Courage

·         Stamina

Determination: It is a human behavior that we learn from failure and achieve success with hard work and drive. Determination is the key factor for achieving your goals in life. Just keep this phrase in mind : “Yes, I will do it” because you only lose, when you stop trying.
Courage: It is the ability to take calculated and purposive risk willingly even when one may get injured or hurt.
Stamina: It is the ability to sustain prolonged stressful effort. When it comes to Indian Defence Forces, one has to show his endurance that is physical as well as mental stamina.

All that you want to know about Screening IN phase in SSB

How to clear Screening In(Phase-1)?

Generally the candidates who are appearing for the SSB for the 1^st time usually pay more attention on “Screening In” because the candidates are more worried that they should not be sent back on the very first day. So firstly remove the fear from your mind that Screening In is very difficult to clear. Now before understanding that how to clear Screening In one should understand the whole process first. If you know the process please see Points to keep in mind in the end of post.

Screening Process

Screening In process includes two tests – OIR test and PPDT.

Officer Intelligence Rating Test :-

It is a very simple test of aptitude and for clearing it one has to achieve only 50% marks. Candidates are provided with two test booklets containing 60-60 questions. There is no negative marking so attempt all questions.

Picture Perception Discussion Test(PPDT)

In this test candidates are shown a hazy picture and they are asked to write a story around the picture. Below is the format of PPDT sheet where candidate has to write a story and various details about the picture.

The box is a replica of the screen on which picture was shown and is for writing the details of the various characters candidates were able to locate. Mark the characters with a black dot in the same place you found them on the screen. Encircle the central character of your story from the picture in the box . Following are the details candidates should write before writing story in the square box provided on the sheet:-

Sex - Male, Female & Person

Mood – Positive, Negative & Neutral

Age – Try to choose same age group as yours

            After writing the details candidate has to write “Action” of the story. The action is the action you saw being performed by the central character of the story.

Time duration (To record the details of the picture) – 1 minute

Writing the story – Idea behind writing a good story is that it should be a story linked with some positive theme. Try to write a story which includes a change for the betterment of the society or any individual’s life.

Time duration – 4 minutes

Discussion for story

Now candidates are divided in the groups of 12 to 18 students for discussion part of the PPDT. You will find three assessors in the room. After the candidates have taken the seats one assessor will pass the instructions for discussion. Candidates are allowed to narrate their own story for one minute and thereafter the discussion will take place. The discussion is for allowing the group members to come to a common consensus or a common story.

Time duration- 30 sec to 1 minute for individual narration

Time duration – 15 to 20 minutes for group discussion

Points to keep in mind:-

                    To get recommended for the next phase candidates needs to get recommended in the discussion by any two out of three assessors while he/she was in group discussion room. Screening In is itself a mini SSB and a candidates is judged by a Psychologist, a GTO and a Interviewing officer so he needs to perform in all three traits i.e. “ MANSA(Psych) VACHA(Interviewer) & KARMA(GTO) “.

• ·         Write a nicely structured innovative and positive story first to get your first YES from the psychologist. Central character should be a grown up not a child .Write age of central character same as yours. You can even write some positive feeling with +ve mood like pursuing goal, obeying orders etc.While writing the story follow the rules being told by psychologist while giving out the instructions i.e.

1. What brought you to this situation? 
2. What is happening in the picture? 
3. What are the future outcomes?

•  ·         Be very crisp in your individual narration. If possible use a powerful quotation in the end or in the beginning of your narration. Remain very expressive in your narration and nobody can stop you from getting a YES from interviewing officer.

•  ·         As far as GTO is concern participate in GD well. Take initiative and speak first. well this is possible only for the freshers group because repeaters are all champions of discussion. Do not become a part of hustle if happening in room while GD. Show your OLQ and try to control the situation be a moderator. A very important thing is do not have a fatherly feeling towards your story , if your story is selected then develop it but if not then go with the flow and add something constructive to the story theme chosen by the group. This will surely help you to get another YES from GTO. 

Best of luck to the aspirants of SSB.
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Detailed Information of SSB procedure

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SSB Procedure

To get selected in to Indian Armed forces one has to undergo a tough selection procedure of SSB(Service Selection Board). There are two phases of SSB i.e. Screening(Phase-1) and Psychological testing, GTO and Interview(Phase-2).

Screening In(Phase-1)

There are two test conducted in this phase OIR (Officer Intelligence Rating) test and Picture Perception and Discussion Test.

OIR Test

Simple aptitude test.

No. of questions- 60 per booklet (candidates are given two booklets to attempts one after another)

Time duration- 20 to 30 min (depending on type of booklet)

* No negative marking. One has to achieve only 50% marks.

PPDT

Again it also has two phases , first is writing a story and then having a group discussion for a common story.

Type of picture- Hazy

Time duration- 30 sec for seeing the picture, 1 min to write details of the picture and 4 min to write the story.

Discussion time - 1 min for individual narration of story and 15 to 20 min for discussion.

Those who clear this phase -1 will make it to next phase. Other tests are conducted on next day. Day-1 gets over by filling up some forms and PIQ(Personal Information Questionnaire).

Phase-2

Day-2

Psychological testing

There are 4 tests conducted on day-2 and they are TAT, WAT, SRT and SD. For writing responses candidates are provided with a booklet of 16 pages.

Thematic Appreciation Test(TAT )

Same as PPDT test again candidates have to write story in this test but this time pictures are clear and number of stories are twelve.

No. of slides- 11 slides with picture + 1 blank slide.

Time duration- 30 sec for seeing and 4 min to write the story.

Writing section on booklet- Page 1 to 6.

Word Association Test (WAT)

In this test candidate has to write his/her response on seeing a particular word.

No of words- 60

Time duration- 15 sec for both seeing and writing response

Writing section on booklet- page 7 to 9

Situation Reaction Test (SRT)

In this test candidates are provided with a booklet in which 60 different situation are written. Candidates have to write their responses after reading the situation in the booklet.

No of situations- 60

Time duration – 30 min for complete test

Writing section on booklet- page 10 to 13

Self Description(SD)

Last test in the series is self description in which candidate has to answer five question about his own personality. These five questions are-

(1) What do your parents think about you?

(2) What do/does your teachers/employer think about you?

(3) What do your friends / colleges think about you?

(4) What kind of person you are?

(5)What kind of person you would like to be?

Interviews

Some of the candidates are interviewed on day 2 by President / vice president of the board or by an additional Interviewing Officer. Interview is very important part of your SSB as it is taken by fairly senior officers of the boards. Candidates should wear neat and clean formals. Work on your PIQ for a good interview.  Interviews are carried out on day-3 and day-4 also for the left out candidates.

Day-3

GT(Group Testing)

Though the name is group testing GT is a collection of various indoor and outdoor activities. There are total nine activities carried out in group testing and they are-

(1) Group Discussion

(2) Group Planning Exercise (GPE)

(3) Progressive Group Task (PGT)

(4) Group Obstacle Race (GOR) or Snake Race

(5) Half group Task (HGT)

(6) Lecturrette

(7) Individual Obstacles (IO)

(8) Command Task (CT)

(9) Final Group Task (FGT)

*Some candidates are interviewed on day-3.

Day-4

GT (Group Testing)

Group testing is continued on day 4 too. Individual Obstacles (IO) , Command Task (CT) & Final Group Task (FGT) are done on this day.

*Some candidates are interviewed on day-4.

Day-5

Conference

Last day of candidates at SSB centre all three assessor meet and share their own assessment of every candidate and come to a common consensus that weather a particular candidate should be recommended or not. If everything goes right and candidate is able to show the OLQs(Officer Like Qualities ) then he/she will be recommended by the board. After recommendation candidate has to stay in the board for 10 to 15 days more for medicals examination.

This is all about SSB procedure. Visit our website for details of SSB. Log on to www.edgeacademy.co.in

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HURRAY!!!!!!! EDGE ACADEMY GIVES A SUPER RESULT!!!!
in written part of the National Defence Academy
and Naval Academy Examination (I) 2013 held by the Union Public Service
Commission on 14th April 2013
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NDA(I) April 14th 2013, Results Declared. EDGE ACADEMY GIVES SUPER SELECTIONS.....!!!!!!!!

HURRAY!!!!!!! EDGE ACADEMY GIVES A SUPER RESULT!!!!
in written part of the National Defence Academy
and Naval Academy Examination (I) 2013 held by the Union Public Service
Commission on 14th April 2013
FOR RESULTS check this link.
http://www.edgeacademy.co.in/downloads.php

Contact Immediately
09461155543
www.edgeacademy.co.in