The quality of Unselfishness:

A selfish leader may harm the country to an extent possible to satisfy his self and may even create security threats. So only those officers who are not selfish are preferred and remain for long in service of the nation. Selfless leaders can prevent the attack on the sovereignty and independence of a country, and there won’t be a fear of intrusion or attack. The candidates getting selected as an officer are accessed for this quality and are recommended to be in service.

The quality of Basic / Fundamental Intelligence:

An officer need not have super intelligence and also may not be required to have extraordinary qualities but what is required is the basic or the fundamental intelligence to get the tasks at hand completed. Thus the basic and fundamental intelligence is an Officer Like Quality required to be in this service and candidates need not struggle to showcase extraordinary intelligence, they can get selected even if they have bare minimum basic intelligence.

The quality of Knowledge:

Any service requires a good amount of knowledge in an individual and the same goes with an officer working for Indian Armed Forces. This is another factor which is very helpful in leading the subordinates working for the officer by being able to take right decisions. Therefore a candidate is examined for the good amount of knowledge by the SSB Board.