Picture Perception and Discussion Test - At SSB SCREENING Test Phase I

Screening - Picture Perception and Discussion Test

Picture Perception and Discussion Test (PPDT) is the second test in Screening series, This test comprises to two parts, first is Perception and second is Discussion.

Picture Perception :
For the purpose of perception you will be show a Hazy (very blurred) Picture for 30 Seconds. This picture is intentionally made very Hazy (some one will find 4 person and some will find only 1 person in the picture) in order to check you perception skills. Within this 30 Seconds you must find how many characters are there in the picture what is their age, sex and mood. After that you will be given 1 Minute time to mark the character in a square box (see PPDT Sheet) and within this 1 minute you have to also write what action is taking place in the picture, the action is nothing but the summary of your story in one line.

As soon as your 1 minute completes you will be given 4 Minutes time to write the story and there after the sheet will be collected from you.

You can use English or Hindi but no third language should be used to write the story, you must express your feeling and thoughts and quickly write what's coming to your mind without thinking much about the beauty of expression. You are required to write your story on the following points.

• What has led up to the situation.
• What the characters are feeling and thinking.
• What is happening at the moment.
• What is the final outcome of the story.

So, within 5 Minutes and 30 Seconds your Picture Perception test will be completed.

Discussion
For the purpose of discussion all candidates will be divided in groups. Each group will be having 15-25 candidates depending on the strength of candidates came for screening. You will be given instruction for narration regarding weather you have to tell no. of character their mood and sex or you have to straightaway narrate your story. So, listen to the instructions carefully. As soon as you enter the discussion room you will be given your PPDT sheets back to have a look on your story which you wrote earlier and there after you have to submit that in the end. In discussion first of all each one in your group will have to individually narrate his own story, the Language to be used for narration must be English but if you gets stuck somewhere you can use Hindi but switch back to English As Soon As Possible and within 40-60 Seconds you have to complete your story, as soon as the last candidate finish his story the Discussion Starts. 

Here the True colour of the candidated seen

Fish Market - shouting- goes on

Everyone out there will be trying to convince someone but to whom is not known as everyone will be speaking.

 And you will be an exception case if you say that your discussion went on smoothly.

 If large no. of candidates are speaking at a same time then the assessors generally divides the whole group in two half which reduces the number of candidates in that group and allows you to Discuss.

This may happen or may not

The purpose of the discussion is to form a common group story and in the end all of you have to decide one candidate who will narrate the group story. 

For discussion the time is 10-15 Minutes 

 However at the end they show the courage to say that "Gentlemen it was a Nice discussion". 

Please have your lunch and wait for the results

Here the selectors  have made their assessments

this depends on 

a) Your OIR Rating

b) The grasp of your story 

c) Confidence level

d) Verbal expression

e) Ability to convince the group 

This is an important Phase

were 50 to 70 %  are shown the door

hence practice

we have this practice  4 times during the course so that you gain confidence to face the board

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