1. An Initiative of
Shivnandani Industries Pvt Ltd
&
Jagdamb Janaki Nawal Janaki Society
By
Col Mukteshwar Prasad(Retd),
M Tech,FIE(I),FIETE,FISLE,FInstOD,AMCSI

2.  PIQ contains basic information like
 Personal information
• Name
• Father’s name
• Place of maximum residence
• Present address with approximate population
• Permanent address with approximate population
• Religion
• Mother tongue
• Sc/st
• Date of birth
• Marital status
• Height and weight
 Social economic status
• Parents alive or not
• Parent/guardian’s education and income
 occupation
• Self occupation and income

3.  Schooling and upbringing
• From matric to existing including year of passing and
percentage
• Scool/colleges
 Interest and hobbies
• NCC Traning
• Participation in games and sports
• Hobbies and interests
• Participation in extra curricular activities
• Position of responsibilities held in
NCC/SCOUT/Games
 Details of appearing in SSB

4.  A copy of this form is given to psychologist and IO who by merely
looking at the form visualise persona of individual and then dig deep
through their technique to ascertain personality of the individual e.g.
• A person coming from rural background with parent’s income in lower slab ,with 3-
4 brother and sister should ideally be more sociable with fair organising ability and
one who would plan his career well
• A NCC candidate should be more adventurous indicating a better dynamic man
 Hence it is essential that filling of PIQ form is judicious ,bringing out
any thing how so ever small candidate has done which indicates his
polished character and personality.
 Columns like interest and hobbies should be chosen properly and
candidate should be in a position to substantiate the same through
projective tests of psychologists and during interview.
 Say a candidate indicates reading as his interest/hobby then he
should be prepared to answer books he has read with authors and
probably content
 candidate should be able to explain break in education if any which
may be due to illness /unfortunate incidence at home or even
preparation for competition.

5.  Urban/rural
 State
 Economic back ground
 School
 NCC
 Height and weight
 Games and sports
 Hobbies
 Extra curricular activities
 Performance in academics
 No of family members

6. Poor socio economic background
• Person handicapped
• Selective in making friends
• Will lack command and dominance
Poor socio economic background
• Better facility and schooling
• Level of education with age
More brothers and sisters
• Less attention from parents

7.  Age
• Is age keeping with education
• Is he slow or rushed through
 Place
• Facilities for growth depending upon hiis based on urban/semi urban
/rural
 Education versus sport
• Greater attention to intellectual abilities or interest
• Greater attention to outdoor activities
 Consistency in performance in education
• Bright/mediocre student
• Improvement in academics shows better potentiality
 Language
• Interest in other language shows versatility and enquiring attitude

8.  Social activities
• Takes part in individual/group games
 Group games
 Better team spirit and co-operation
 Individual games
 Individualistic approach
• Reading habits-
 Intellectual pursuit
• Hobbies /interest
 Visit of frriends /relatives shows social development
 Painting/poem writing- indicates individual development
 Organising activities
• Scouting/NCC/shows capability to adjust
 Occupational records
• Too many shifts shows inadequacy/lack of adaptation