Officer-Like Qualities

Overview

The Services Selection Board assesses fifteen officer-like qualities (OLQs) through psychological tests, group tasks and an interview over five days.

Key points

• There are 15 OLQs grouped into four factors.
• Planning and organising: effective intelligence, reasoning ability, organising ability, power of expression.
• Social adjustment: social adaptability, cooperation, sense of responsibility.
• Social effectiveness: initiative, self-confidence, speed of decision, ability to influence the group, liveliness.
• Dynamic: determination, courage, stamina.
• The five-day process ends with a conference where assessors decide.

Practice MCQs

1. From the perspective of definition and scope, which one of the following statements about Officer-Like Qualities is correct?

   1. Officer-Like Qualities is unrelated to institutions, processes or real-world applications.
   2. Officer-Like Qualities has no exceptions or limitations in exam analysis.
   3. SSB assesses behaviour across multiple tasks rather than one rehearsed answer.
   4. There is one memorized “ideal answer” that guarantees recommendation.

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   Answer: (c) SSB assesses behaviour across multiple tasks rather than one rehearsed answer.. SSB assesses behaviour across multiple tasks rather than one rehearsed answer.

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2. Consider the following statements on Officer-Like Qualities, focusing on definition and scope: 1. There is one memorized “ideal answer” that guarantees recommendation. 2. SSB assesses behaviour across multiple tasks rather than one rehearsed answer. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   1. 1 only
   2. 2 only
   3. Both 1 and 2
   4. Neither 1 nor 2

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   Answer: (b) 2 only. Statement 2 is correct; Statement 1 is a common misconception.

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