MOST COMMON QUESTIONS (CIQ TYPE)

Education Work Related (if applicable)

(a) Education from VIII/10th class onwards to present level. (a) Present/previous job.
(b) Percentage scored in various examinations (b) What duties you perform/performed
(c) The subjects you like the most and why (c) Likes/dislikes about these jobs or job content?
(d) Future career options (d) Working conditions and earnings.
(e) Participation in extra-curricular/co-curricular activities (e) How much satisfied do/did you feel about the Job
(f) Games / sports etc and about special achievements (f) Achievements
(g) The teacher you liked most did not like and why.
Society Around
(h) Friend circle you have moved with while at school and
college (and / or hostel). (a) Things that you like to do for fun and recreation outside
(i) Close friends and why you consider them so your working place/ school /college
(j) Difficulties In financing the education (b) How do you keep yourself physically fit
(c) Financially stability
Home / Family
(d) Use of pay/pocket money - division
(a) About your family
(b) Your parents and other members of the family like SOME ADD ON QUESTIONS
brothers, sisters and grand parents (a) Meaning of your name / other member’s names in your
(c) Their education and occupation family
(d) How you spend time together. (b) Compare yourself with father / mother / Brother / Sister
(e) General activities at home, the ones in which you get (c) Describe in detail the place you come from - location,
personally involved, who you approach for help when cultural and other heritages it carries.
you have a problem, or you want to confide? (d) Why do you want to join Army/Navy/AF or in case of
(f) If you have any friends in the neighbourhood how do service candidate, why do you want to become an
you spend time with them and in what kind of officer
activities? (e) Rank structure / weapon/ ammunition/ Air craft / Ships
(g) How much pocket money do you get and how do you / recent exercises
spend it? If not then how do you meet your monetary (f) Other options if not defence
requirements? (g) NCC /AF knowledge.
(h) Competitive exam attempts - NDA / CDS others
Hobbies and Spare Time
(i) Type of friends you like, do not like, places visited
(a) Your hobbies, spare time activities and other interests. together why is someone a fried to you
(b) Games and sports (j) Books have you read
(c) What do you like to watch on TV and internet how do (k) Reason for not good score in 10th or 12th or graduation
you make use of them? (l) Life in college, memories, what is the difference
(d) Social Sites you are part of and why between your friends at and SSB center .
(e) Routine on a working day and on a holiday. (m) Compare hometown / hometown friends with this city
/friends in this SSB.
Social Interaction (n) Why did you get rejected in previous SSB attempts
(o) Method of SSB Preparation /Coaching, how did it help
(a) Things that you like to do for fun and recreation outside
(p) What would you like to change in your city
your working place?
(q) Current national and international news all types.
(b) How do you keep yourself physically fit
(r) Organize a football match /hike/cycle race/ festival
(c) Financial Stability
/trek/swimming competition.
(s) 5 strength & 5 weakness and why
(t) Smoking / drinking / Girlfriend / Boy friend / Sex