OPENING ADDRESS AND FORM FILLING

1. The duty officer gives an introductory talk, explaining matters of administrative details, DO’s and DONT’s and code of conduct at the Selection Centre/ Board. You are also required to complete documentation including verification of required certificates age/educational qualifications. All candidates are allotted chest number for further testing. It is important to note that you are not competing with other candidates. All of you will be assessed against a common standard of suitability and it is possible for everyone in the group to be recommended/not recommended.
2. Other than the day of arrival/reporting, the SSBs have a five day testing schedule. With these tests the Armed Forces are not looking at the physical fitness. The tests are also geared to know various shades of personality. The exact schedule of tests may be varied depending on the number of candidates to be tested. GTO tests may be done in a single day, if warranted. Details of testing are as follows:

• Documentation and Call-Up letter and Candidates are assigned their Boards.
• Filling up of the Personal Information Questionnaire (PIQ) Form.
• Assigning of Chest Nos.
• The process is called ‘Batching’.