AOA,dear though it may late for u yet i hope this info would help somebody other or even u if s u have still not appeared for the test.dear i appeared in psychology test at PAF centre hyd on 17th aug,2009 it contained following steps1.A 2 page form about ur personnel details2.Autobiography:it required to discuss ten sub-heads which were mentioned there such as,i.Family background,ii.Likes and Dislikes,iii.Interests and hobbies plus games,iv.Academic career,v.Future planvi.Ideal,vii.School/College/University lifeetc3.Sentence Completioni.Urdu(50 sentences) time given to complete each sentence was ten seconds.ii.English(50 sentences)time given to complete each sentence was ten seconds.4.Word associaton test(WAT).75 words in English were displayed one after the other and 10 seconds were given to make a sentence.5.Storiesi.English (2 picture were displayed one by one n we were asked to complete each story in 4 minutes)ii.Urdu(2 picture were displayed one by one n we were asked to complete each story in 4 minutes)hope this info would help u friends.......tc

MERITS:

HARDWORKING. LOVING AND CARING. INTELLIGENT. RESPONSIBLE AND LOYAL. TOO MUCH SINCERE WITH MY WORK. OBEDIENT,ENERGETIC. Disciplined. Respect and obey my elders. Full of technical knowledge.

DEMERITS:

Rigid,inflaxible. I does everything to proof myself. I AM TOO MUCH unaware of MY HEALTH. I AM NOT PUNCTUAL IN offering namaz. PROCRASTINATING . Curious. Talkative.

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Story1 Eng)

“I see a DECENT looking boy ,in background there is a surgery/(some people working on body) going on”.

Ali is a young & intelligent boy, he is a student of class 4,he took parts in sports from school, one day while playing with his friend he is injured, his friend call his parents later he is admitted in hospital, doctors do minor stitches on his stomach, soon he recovers and in future he become a good sports man and won many prizes and competition from school...

Story2 Eng)“I see a young gentlemen who looks tired …….”

Aslam is a young and intelligent and energetic gentlemen, he is very much curious person, he took positions in entire his career he promised his father that he will get position in entire university for this he work hard spend some sleepless night and proven himself, as a result he got position from entire university in BE degree…………………………mis

Story3 Urdu)“I see a Decent Looking Person with a women both looks sorrow….”

Saleem is a young, energetic and loyal person, he got position in matriculation and in inter,he has desire/dream to go abroad for higher studies and Seattle there , His mother advise not to go abroad ,educate here in our nation, he obey advise got admission in country best university later he also took position and awarded BE degree later he completed his PHD and works as scientist for nation……..

Story4 Urdu)“Mene dekha ek admi ache dress me jo afsurda lag ra hai or koi peche se us ke kandhe pakar ra hai”

Ali is a young and successful business men today is his birthday, his father mother dies when he was a child, today he miss his mother too much, suddenly his best friend his childhood cousin surprise him , they go outside celebrate and enjoy ,his advise him to live a good life life and deaths are part of life he later get married and spend a happy life……

1. Ambition………To become a scientist(some explanation…like phd and can compete first world country….serve my nation in research and development….) .2. Inspire by………Albert Einstein(some explanation like theory of relativity,e=mc2 etc) .3. Childhood event…….Stolen Tomato from village & eaten in ramadan(some explanation) and taste plant that looks similar to sugar cane (some explanation like mother advise not eat…..).4. Family background. I explain about my father mother ,their job , brother sisters etc…..5. Habit/Likes …..Woke up early, News paper, weekend per watching movie ,exercise, …….6. Dislikes….Curious,procrastination,Lazy,Sitting all time etc……7. Favorites personality……..Prophet Mohd(s.a.a.w) (some simple explanation ).8. Social Adjustment………..Friendly, likes outing ,huge gathering, people enjoy my company…..

I wrote things similar to this and try to recall maximum.....hope this will usefull Any comment will be highly appreciated

i m posting same reply what i sent u on hotmailaoa,dear i m no body to pass any comment on ur status bcz i myself am a candidate but as u have honored me to comment so, A.i think u hv given ur merits rightly but ur demerits are in true word demerits while i think we have to present those points which look demrits like sleeping late nights,smoking,very social bt shouldnot b destroying i hope u r getting my point.B.Family background.we have to discuss our family structure such as no of bros,sis,what type of atmosphere do we hv in our home,details about our parents etc.C.dear we should define all these things in good(correct) English.Anyways wish u good luck,do pray for me was well.tc Fav BooksFav PersonalityHilarious Incident of your lifewhat do you do to impress othersPersonalities who have destroyed the world most in last 30 yearsWhat benefits young generation has over us

Dear fellows, here is Psychological Test conducted in 2006.

I wrote all this ,right coming back from the psychological test for one of my friend who had to appear from Other centre.(this was lying idle u know , in my mail box . so I thought lets put it on forum.

Ours was Quetta centre and it was first in row.

There is lot of Good Stuff available here already in the forum , regarding what to wear , how to behave oneself and how to keep nerves strong and so on .So here I m just posting actual content we had to face in those two days..

First day (very hectic day indeed)

First, test

you will be handed over a booklet with one hundred questions and allotted time for completion of it is just 50 minutes:

it is as following:

first, there will be synonyms some 10 or 12 next will be opposite words...those too some ten or twelve. then relationship between the words...something like analogies....there were series...containing Abs format .. and numbers... then there were questions of series of order... keeping the words in order....for example..." head ,toe, thigh , knee,abdomen n etc..." now u have to put them in order...like toe, knee , thigh ,abdomen, head... " for all these question u have to only answer by selecting one of the options given.. there...

further... questions were related to such as.... " two days before was Sunday, after nine days

preceding the day before yesterday...tell what will be the day" this is simple example... so just do practice on such .Further , there were questions regarding to some statements...which had some sort of similar relationship which was to be found out....

there were many other things.. too .. but this is what I can recall at the moment. but I would like to recommend here the book...of intelligence test by Ibrahim bhatti.."all the questions that came in the test were of similar nature as given in that book.. so u may refer the book..

The second test contained some of the statements from which conclusion had to be drawn... 8 minutes were given for that and we had to complete some 12 questions..

example: 1.mr.aslam is pilot2. aslam is smoker3. aslam and ahmed are friends..4.saleem is a pilot.now u will have following options from where u have to draw conclusions.. for example:1.Mrs. aslam is smoker2. saleem is friend of aslam3. mrs. aslam is pilot4. pilots are smokers.5. some pilots are smokers.now u have to write in for no 1, 2 , 3 , 4 ,5 in whether , true, false or uncertain.this is simple example but in the test there were some complicated, only ur practice and quick response will enable u to have full credit.in the instructions it was emphasized that candidate who answers all will be given full credit..... so practice of all this is a must.

third test contained writing of autobiography of ur own........ where u have to relate events of importance in ur view... time allotted for this is ten minutes.

fourth test contains on some twenty or so question regarding to ur personality assessment.following are some that I can recall......time allotted for this is 25 minutes...: your personality traits... : fondest memories of your childhood.: major events of 2006 and their importance ...you have to write the importance of it in given space of one line.:your favorite books and why do u like them .. some four books.: your favorite personalities ( living any two.): the decisions u took independently.: decisions which were most difficult for u to take and their effects in ur life.: do u think corruption has become inevitable .? if yes why?: only merits of your own.: merits and demerits of your parents ( mother and father under separate heading): how much those qualities of your parents have an effect over ur personality.: the things which make u proud of your self.: what frustrate you... in your family ,... amongst your friend.. and in your working conditions....: have u attended any academy for preparation of css....(this is optional if u have attended you can write if not leave it writing N.A): how much expenses had u to bear while attending academy: and how much that have been of any use to u.: have you read holy Quran with meaning.

: do u read holy Quran regularly: do u offer prayer daily:

there were some other questions too that i cant recall...

Fifth test:sentence completion... for this allotted time will be some 8 minutes and sentences to be completed will be some 32 .. 15 seconds for each..you have to be spontaneous and quick.. many half sentences were given which connoted negative meaning and our task was to convert it into positive . this requires quickness of mind and much practice.. .... i had to even leave some of the sentences...

Sixth test:pattern figures.. and non- verbal type... perhaps some 36 questions were given which were to be answered in forty minutes.seventh test:there were some 160 questions which were to be answered in yes or no or uncertain. questions are very easy .what you have to do is to concentrate on the questions moving ahead... as, many questions are repeated but with different tone and words . time for this was (i don’t remember exactly) but i can tell you that u will be definitely wasting time if you read a sentence twice to understand it.... there fore be careful and comprehending the question ,carefully answer it positively.... some example i can present here.:

For instance: do u wake up tired in the morning.: do u get tired in the evening after being in the office all the day..: do u have any major surgery in the life..Like wise .. they are much easier ... but question is how quick u are .. and do not have conflicting thoughts.

Eighth test: again there was sentence completion test...

Finally picture story writing: you will be given a booklet containing four pages.... with picture on each.( picture is blurred) so careful observation will only give you idea what to write... you have to be fully imaginative and creative , this is what is instructed on the instruction page.time allotted for each story is ( five minutes)

there were some other things too but my memory now fails to work to recall them....

The Day second: ( group discussion, command task and interview with the psychologist.)

there are three psychologists in all including two female.

we were six in group. seated on the chairs with the curved table( semi - circle)opposite to the psychologists.. and in between psychologists and us...in front of us was chair where we had to command the task with our back to the psychologists.

Topics for the groups discussion were following:" humari kamzor economy kee wajah kamzor policy hai..."in urdu." discrimination and racism are on the rise" in English..

time allotted for each discussion was almost i suppose fifteen minutes ... but it seemed that psychologist rang the bell only when they had full idea of the candidates involved in the discussion....... almost two times each candidate got turn to speak out.... even some time two three candidates spoke three times..... [COLOR="Blue"]Topics of command task:[/COLOR]you will be handed over a task spreading over full page which includes description of the problem in detail.. and in the end in italics your designation is allotted to you....

in the instruction page given before start of the task is clearly mentioned in bold words that assigning designation is not necessary.... however some candidate entitle the designations to other candidate...you will have fifteen minutes to comprehend the task....

and you will have 8 minutes for delivering the decision when u actually starts the meeting.....you on ur own will be observer of the time and no body will ring a bell for you.... so keep limit of the time .....however some candidates crossed the limit but were allowed to continue... while as one of candidate was speaking uselessly and crossing the time that he was reminded of time limit and was cut short of his conclusion.But if one continued with solid arguments they were not stopped..

now some of the topics...:...candidate one :

one was designated as DCO who had to deal with the protest of workers ...workers were demanding the bonus....

candidate two:

: one was made chief secretary of Fata.. region .. and task for him was to how to control drug trafficking....candidate 3 : one other was made perhaps .. Dco... too.. in his district a industry was to be established now locally people were not skilled labors so labor force was to be hired from other provinces... this resented the local masses.. what would u do in that situation...

candidate 04::one was made foreign minister .. or i don’t exactly remember.. but the task was that some terrorists in Afghanistan have made hostages to Pakistanis... now how to secure their release... hostages demand change in our policy regarding Kashmir.... govt. has been negotiating with them for a long time but has failed to secure the release of the hostage’s... now what was to be done in that situation...

candidate 05: one was given designation of Director general of export promotion Bureau.... Epb was to hold a single-country exhibition in Japan with in two weeks.. now Japan’s custom officials demandedcustom duties in advance (full payment) while as Pakistan insists on paying the custom duties according to the value of goods sold at the exhibition. while the negotiations were yet going on that consignments of goods were landed in Japan...but the Japan yet was to demand the full payment of custom duties in advance.. given the situation... what immediate solution was to be found out...

Finally interview.. with the psychologists:

this was so simple .. they asked you the things.. you wrote in your first day of the test.....

ur family background.. favorite books..... such and such and the likes of that...

wish you best of luck .. .

well guys , this is enough food for thought for u . work out on this ….

And I would be back with suggestion especially on 2nd day of Psychological test .

1. only written qualifiers.

2. there are a number of criteria: your confidence, truthfulness, patience, communication skills, attentiveness etc etc are all the qualities they observe.

One word of advice to those going through debates in the psychological tests. "Never try to bulldoze someone".

As it is common in the ISSB where candidates try to get attention of the psychologist try to undermine others. It was my experience in psychological test in CSS that never do that.

one of candidate in our group tried to influence all by interupting, making them feel that they are not that good, starting the debate and concluding the debate. She was failed in the interview, as i later came to know.

So be friendly to your fellows. and dont try to pose urself some extraordinary genius.

Day 1

i. Personal Data Form (Not time limit)ii. Intelligence test (80 Questions)iii. Intelligence Test( Only figurative Test in which we had to find different figure among the given figures)25 Questions and 15 Minutes.iv. Another Tests containing 180 or 200 questions about personality which must be answered in True False (Time was 30 Minutes)v. Another form in whihc favourite books, favourite personalities, benifits of the gourp on ur first priority, merits and demerits of your parents, merits and demerits of u, what would u do in next five year except CSS, on what areas the parent should focus while bringing up children, which qualities of others impress u, etc etcvi. Sentence completion (35 Sentences, 15 Minutes) i hardly completed 24vii. again personal data forms wr givn to us, they have mentioned/marked deficiencies and asked us to correct(there was no picture stories tests)

Day 2.

i. Group discussion Urdu- Mawjooda aalmi maali buhran aalmi muashi nizam ki nakami ha?English- Global warming a fact or fiction?

ii. Command Tasks

iii. Short Interview

i. Group disc First of all it is very essential while filling up personal data form to be brief and to the point. no need to write stories about oneself please . for example if one has to mention merits . Sympathetic, Courage, Will power, etc etc

----Names of 3 books with author's names which u recommend for others and how these would be benificial for them? (only in single sentence or maximum 2 becoz space left for answers was very little) for example i wrote " Issues in Pakistan Economy " by S.A Zaid (To know what Pakistan was, is and will be )No review was required.----Names of 2 favourite personalities alive.----The most critical decision of your life----Fondest memory of your life----Current National issues (only 2) and its impact (one sentence)----Current International issues (2 only) and its impact(just in one sentence)----ur References (two persons, not ur relatives who know u)

Command Tasks:

Seat No-1: A clerk problem who remains absent regularly, what should do?Seat No-2: Excise related problem , i dont remember clearly pleaseSeat No-3: Environmental Degradation , what should do?ME: Labours of a mills on strike demanding two months bonus, currently getting bonus for one month only, mill administration dismissed two labour leaders, strike is on the same day and same route on which a religious procession was scheduled. u hav insufficient security forces. As a DCO hwo to tackel this problem?Seat No-5: Police problem (Sectranisim in city)Seat No-6: Tax evasion, As a DO(Revenue & Estate) hwo to solve?Seat No-7: Industrial wasts near town, spreading diseases, what to do?Seat No-8: I dont remember please

And an autobiography (on two pages in 8 minutes).

Short Interview:

There were three members in interview panel. while talking with one the other two would watch ur face regluarly with strange eyes, never see towards them, eyes must be towards one to whom u r talking.

What is your name?What is the business of your father?Some questions from my autobiography.What is more advantageous, MBA or MSc Economics?What benefits u have received after doing MBA and then after MSc Economics?What are ur recommendations for FPSC to improve its efficiency?What r ur hobbies?what is intranet?what r the most popular search engines in internet?who is the presidant of georgia? (Name was very difficult, i forgot at that time, and excused)Where is the georgia?what is the capital of georgia?The subjects u have studied so far are decided by urself only? Have u ever applied to FPSC or NWFP PSC before? for what posts? what was the result? why u could not be rcommended if u qualified tests nd interviews?Have u ever applied for lecturership?How much r ur marks in GRE General Test? and how u prepared vocabluary for that?U have not slept well at night? ur eyes says but ur brain denies ( i was with patient at hospital at night upto 3: 00 AM rested only for 2 hours in 24 hours)Would u like to accept whichever group is assigned by FPSC or u have only few choices and will not accept one fo other groups?Why do u think that u r suitable for DMG?

In these tests psychological approach of the candidate is filtered through following tests.

* Psychological Tests1. Sentence Completion Test In Urdu

25 incomplete sentences in Urdu are to be filled in by the candidate with in limited time.

2. Sentence Completion Test In English

25 incomplete sentences in English are to be filled in with in limited time.

3. Word Association Test In English (100 Words)

100 words are played on projector the time gape between two words is 9 t0 10 seconds and the candidate have to make a sentence with in time.

4. Story Writing In English (2 or Three stories)

Pictures are displayed on projector for 30 seconds and you have to think a story and 3 minutes are provided for story writing.TipsThe main goal of short time is to calculate the actual mental approach of the candidate so your approach should be positive while solving the test. Do not think negative or write down any negative sentence or word in psychological tests.

Tips

* Always think positive during tests* Do not make negative sentences like kill, murder, accident, death, adult etc

* Do not criticize any one* Do not give suggestions

Word Association TestIn this test candidate have to make sentences with words displayed on projector. Number of words is 100 and time duration between two words is 9-10 seconds. Following are the most popular words used in I.S.S.B.Work

Atom

Country

Army

StepCompany

Love

Duty

Girl

EatDecide

Beat

Fight

Lie

GiveEnjoy

Careful

Success

Trust

SolveStory

Break

Fear

Defeat

Enemy

Garden

Faith

Help

Cinema

MoneyPeace

Fine

Delay

Character

TravelJourney

Ghost

Respect

Duty

LifePoor

Use

Climb

Problem

AttemptHappy

Books

Rest

Short

DesignCooperate

Discipline

Plan

Neglect

LifeWin

Honesty

Machine

Afraid

LoadThink

Hobby

Obtain

Idea

ReligionMorality

Innovation

Attack

Continues

PunctualityProtect

Task

Slip

Drop

SnakeLion

Award

Achieve

Assist

ActionAgree

Avoid

Alone

Ambition

AttemptAppeal

Air

Arrived

Bed

BloodPatient

Beautiful

Cut

Copy

HomeAble

Excuse

Luck

Good

KnifeDanger

Bad

Officer

Sad

SoldierRegarded

Cannot

Drink

Begin

HolidayPlayground

Fellow

Dictatorship

Sick

WarFather

Mother

Sister

Brother

SystemNature

Difficulty

Health

Impossible

UrgeFalse

Knowledge

Sports

Affection

CompanyMeet

Secure

Responsibility

Love

UnderstandTried

Boat

Failure

Science

SpaceSky

Goal

Busy

Unfair

RegularAdventure

Climb

Tie

Fly

LightPressure

Dig

Rest

Shine

DefenseConfidence

Serious

Humble

Take

CurseTime

Democracy

Award

Risk

DefeatContinue

Custom

Music

Movies

FilmEnjoy

Interest

Fast

Train

FortuneMarry

Loyalty

Ask

Problem

StruggleWorry

Trouble

Hard

Smoke

DeathRun

Differ

Find

Pay

CostLook

Dislike

Matching

Pity

VictoryTrick

Drive

Study

Tackle

JumpLose

Sacrifice

Secret

RentSnatch

Genius

Efficiency

Childhood

ChallengeBeauty

Foreign

Admire

Advice

CowardShoot

Kill

Unable

Criticize

PersistProgress

Football

Confuse

Defend

LovelyBegin

Adopt

Single

Joy

QuickRule

Refrain

Pleasure

Soldier

GallantInsist

Provide

Society

Relax

LoyalRegret

Lonely

Heart

Need

FlowerChair

Power

Sward

Interview

AdversityInfluence

Young

Offer

Reform

OvercomeHope

Fever

Strict

Garden

WrongWant

Bold

Ahead

Respect

ZealYield

Insult

Question

Gay

OldStrength

Contact

Mountain

Last

RaceIdea

Bow

Tear

Oppose

StrikeRevenge

Black

White

Hesitate

HospitalWall

Night

Spend

Dear

LionPast

Pain

Swim

Guilty

ErrorHill

Care

Greed

Often candidates are asked a simple question during interview,"why do you want to join army/navy/airforce?"

Guys always get confused and give silly replies like

"Sir: To serve my nation"or"I have a passion to join armed forces.."

Although these answers might be your true motives for joining the armed forces and are very noble, but these answers are not appropriate when it comes to ISSB. You have to give a bit more mature and logical answer. Because these questions can result in counter questions like you can serve the nation many other ways...... or you have good marks you can become an engineer and serve the nation...etc

The rule of all the answers should be "give clear and complete answers which would satisfy all his queries."

Here are some of the answers which would be more appropriate:

Sir, its a good career, with a lot of grace, it can give me great opportunities to rise in ranks based on my abilities, it is a respectable profession,

Sir, its a dynamic job with lots of field work, not a desk job where you spend rest of your life.in other words its an exciting job,which which would polish my abilities and help me learn alot.

My answer was

"Sir i read a book about Airforce "pak fizaya ke dastan e shujaat" which had the compete story of the Halwara Mission of Sarfarz Rafique Shaeed, he is my inspiration for whom i am joining air force."