FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN ‘B’ & ‘C’ CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS


1.What is National Cadet Corps ?

The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is a youth development movement. It has enormous potential for nation building. The NCC provides opportunities to the youth of the country for their all-round development with a sense of Duty, Commitment, Dedication, Discipline and Moral Values so that they become able leaders and useful citizens. The NCC provides exposure to the cadets in a wide range of activates, with a distinct emphasis on Social Services, Discipline and Adventure Training. The NCC is open to all regular students of schools and college on a voluntary basis. The students have no liability for active military service.

2.When did National Cadet Corps come into existence?.

The National Cadets Corps came into existence under the National Cadet Corps Act XXXI of 1948 (passed in April, 1948; came into existence on 16th July , 1948).

3.What is the nature of the NCC Program, whether compulsory or voluntary?

Voluntary

4. Is the NCC program part of the Educational activity or is it a part of military activity?

Educational Activity

5. What is/are the Aim(s) of NCC ?

To develop character, commandership, discipline, leadership, secular outlook, sprit of adventure and the ideals of selfless service amongst the youth of the country. To create a human resource of organized , trained and motivate youth to provide leadership in all walks of life and always available for the service of the nation. To provide a suitable environment to motivate the youth to take up a career in the Armed Forces

6.What are the various types of Camp in NCC?

  • Annual Training Camps (ATC)
  • Centrally Organized Camps (COC)
  • Leadership Camps
  • Vayu Sainik Camp
  • Nau Sainik Camp
  • Rock Climbing Camp
  • National Integration Camp (NIC)
  • Thal Sainik Camp (TSC)

7. What is Directorate General NCC ?

It is national level HQ

8. What is the NCC symbol/insignia ?

It is the NCC crest in gold in the middle, with the letters “NCC”, encircled by a wreath of seventeen lotus with a background in Red, Blue and Light blue.

9. Definition of Leadership ?

Leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a common goal.

10.Type of Leadership ?

  • Autocratic – All policies and procedures are determined by a leader
  • Democratic – Policies will be a matter of group decision and discussion technical advise is also sought
  • Laissez faire – Leadership will take a passive role and complete freedom for the group

11.Define National Integration ?

National Integration is a positive concept to inculcate feeling of togetherness amongst diverse section of society. It is not the uniformity of all religions dress and food habits etc. It means both preservation of diverse cultures and at the same time living, respecting and working in harmony with each other for the overall prosperity nation

12. What are the fundamentals of national unity ?

  • Language
  • Casteism
  • Education
  • Communalism
  • Regionalism

13. Define Duty ?

Duty may be defined as normal or legal obligation and a binding force of that is right and good behavior towards superiors or colleagues and subordinates

14. what is Sanitation ?

Sanitation is the art of keeping ourselves and surrounding neat and clean.

15. What are the affects of environment degradation?

  • Global warming
  • Acid rain
  • Depletion of ozone layer

16.What are the safety precautions for handing any weapon?

  • Ensure the chamber of the weapon is empty.
  • Safety catch should always be on “s”.
  • Never point rifle at any other person.
  • Ensure the magazine is empty.

17.Write down the five sequence of firing actions while firing a shot at moving target ?

  • Aim at the center of the target
  • Follow give speed.
  • Fire (following through).
  • Declare.

18. Deference between grid magnetic and true bearing ?

  • Grid magnetic – Measured on the map from the grid north by the help of the protector.
  • True Bearing – Calculated by finding out relation of North and Grid North or Magnetic North.

19. What is quality of good fire ?

  • Good aiming
  • Good holding
  • Good trigger operation

20. Who are entitled for Rashitriya salute ?

  • National flag
  • President of India
  • Governor of state

21.What are the use of map ?

  • To find own position
  • To determine direction from one object to another
  • To locate various feature of ground on map
  • To plan move during war

22. What are Leadership traits ?

  • Alertness
  • Bearing
  • Courage
  • Decisiveness
  • Dependability
  • Endurance
  • Initiative
  • Integrity
  • Judgment
  • Knowledge
  • Loyalty
  • Sense of humor
  • Tactful
  • Unselfishness

23. Define Disaster ?

Disaster is commonly used to denote odd event Natural or Man Made which brings about immense misery to a region and it becomes difficult to cope with the situation through local resources .

24. What is the importance of Sanitation ?

Health of a community depends on the sanitation. Under sanitation the cleanliness of the physical surroundings, habits of the people, quality of food , water and air is take care of.

25. What is a NCC Troop?

The basic functional sub unit in schools having JW/JD cadets is a Troop.

26.How many NCC units can be allotted to an institution ?

There are no fixed numbers.

27.What are the Teacher’s / instructors (at the schools) and lectures /professors /instructors (at the college) with the NCC known as?

They are referred to as : Associate NCC officers (ANO’s)

28.What in NCC is a junior Divisions (JD) ?

That division of NCC to which male students from schools ( of is years or more of age ) are enrolled, is referred as a junior division (JD)

29.What in NCC is a senior wing (SW) ?

That division of NCC, to which female students from colleges and plus two institutions (X1 and X11 classes ) are enrolled , is referred as a senior wing (SW).

30. What does the colour Red depicts in the NCC crest ?

Red depicts the army

31. What do the colours Dark Blue and Light Blue in the NCC crest depict ?

Deep Blue depicts the Navy and Light Blue depicts the Air Force .

32. what do the Lotus flowers depicts in NCC crest ?

The seventeen lotuses represent the 17 state Directorates.

33.When is the NCC Day observed ?

The NCC Day is observed on the four Sunday of November.

34.Which Ministry at the National level deals with NCC ?

The Ministry of Defense .

35.What is the NCC group ?

The Directorates are further sub-divided into Groups, which varies according to the size of the state , each under the command of an Officer equivalent to the rank of Colonel ( being upgraded to the rank of Brigadier). In all , there are 95 Group HQ’s in the country.

36.What is a NCC unit and what is its composition ?

The Group are further sub-divided into Battalions, each command by a Lt Col or its equivalent from the other two Services , and an officer of the rank of lieutenant colonel or Major as the Administrative officer. Each Battalion also has a number of junior Commissioned officer’s (JCO’s) and Non-Commissioned Officer’s (NCO’s) known as “Permanent Instructors (PI) Staff”’ senior-most JCO being of the rank of Subedar Major.

37.What is the composition of a NCC Group ?

A Group consists of NCC Battalions, Air Force & Navy units . Other than the Group Commander , each Group HQ has an Administrative Officer and a Training Officer with ranks of either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Major.

38. What is a NCC Directorate ?

The NCC at the state level is divided into 17 Directorates, in which each state or group of state forms a Directorate . The smaller states and union territories are attached with Directorates of the bigger state. Each Directorate is under the command of an Officer equivalent to the rank of a Brigadier (being upgraded to the rank Major General ) or its equivalent from the other two Services .

39.What are the composition of Directorate General NCC ?

It is headed by the Director General (DG), an Army Officer of the rank of Lieutenant General. The DG is assisted by two Additional Directors General (ADG) , one a Major General from the army and other a Rear from the Navy or an Air Vice Marshal from the Air Force. The Director General has a staff which is drawn from the three services –Army , Navy and Air Force. There are five Deputy Directors General (DD’s G) of the rank of Brigadiers and one either a Commodore (Navy) or an Air Commodore (Air Force) and one a civilian officer .

40.Methods of extinguishing fir ?

  • Starvation
  • Cooling
  • Smothering/ blanketing

41. Fire fighting equipments ?

  • Stirrer pumps
  • Water bucket
  • Sand bucked
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Fire beaters

42. Type of Fire Extinguishers?

  • Soda acid extinguisher – cooling by water / solution containing excess amount of water.
  • Foam type extinguisher and dry chemical extinguishing fire involved in flammable liquids as oils, fats, greases etc.
  • CTC ( carbon dioxide and dry chemical extinguishers) to fight fir involving in live electrical equipments.

43.Types of formal communication ?

  • Downward Communication
  • Upward Communication
  • Horizontal Communication

44. Define Time Management ?

It is the process of organizing and planning how to divide your time between specific activities. Good time management enables you to work smarter- not harder-so that you get more done in less time even when time is tight and pressures are high .

45.What is health ?

Health can be defined as physical, mental and social wellbeing and as a resource for living a full life . It refers not only to the absence of disease, but the ability to recover bounce back from illness and other problems.

46.Define Bearings ?

The clock wise angle formed by a straight line joining two points and direction of North, is called Bearing is always measured clockwise .

47.Types of Bearings ?

  • Grid Bearing – Measured on the map from the Grid North by the help of a protractor.
  • Magnetic Bearing – Measured from Magnetic North by the compass.
  • True Bearing – Calculated by finding out the relation of true North and Grid North or Magnetic North.

48. What is field craft ?

Field craft is an important aspect of military training as it relates to the conduct of a soldier in face of the enemy. Field craft is an art of using the ground and the weapon available to the best of one’s own advantages.