AIIMS Paramedical study guide
AIIMS Paramedical · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The AIIMS Paramedical recruitment examination is the selection test used by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi to fill paramedical and allied-health posts such as laboratory, radiography, nursing-adjacent and technical support roles. It is aimed at candidates with a diploma or degree in a paramedical discipline who want a technical or support post in a large public tertiary-care hospital, where duties involve working directly with patients, specimens, equipment and clinical records under supervision. The test is multiple choice and, per the profile used for this page, is organised around four equally weighted areas: General Knowledge and Awareness, General English, General Intelligence and Reasoning, and Paramedical Technical Knowledge. Preparation should therefore be split deliberately. Topics on this exam: General Knowledge and Awareness, General English, General Intelligence and Reasoning, and Paramedical Technical Knowledge. The AIIMS Paramedical study guide has 4 sections and about 1,110 words.
01General Knowledge and Awareness
General Knowledge and Awareness in AIIMS Paramedical checks Indian polity, static GK, and current health-related affairs. Expect questions on constitutional provisions affecting health, national health programmes, international health bodies, and recent schemes.
317 words, about 2 min02General English
General English in AIIMS Paramedical assesses grammar, vocabulary, sentence correction, comprehension, and usage in a health-care context. Questions often test subject–verb agreement, articles, prepositions, tenses, voice, and commonly confused words.
276 words, about 1 min03General Intelligence and Reasoning
General Intelligence and Reasoning tests pattern recognition and logical deduction through series, coding–decoding, blood relations, direction sense, syllogism, seating arrangement, and odd-one-out items. Speed comes from identifying the rule type before calculating.
241 words, about 1 min04Paramedical Technical Knowledge
Paramedical Technical Knowledge checks applied basics of patient care: vital signs, infection control, first aid, sterilization, medical terminology, and elementary anatomy/physiology. It rewards safe, standard practice rather than advanced diagnosis.
276 words, about 1 min