PAF Aeronautical Engineering Initial Test study plan
PAF Aeronautical Engineering Initial Test · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Mathematics
Solve 60 arithmetic items covering fractions, ratios, percentages, averages, LCM/HCF at 85% accuracy.
Compute percentage-increase, profit/loss, and simple/compound interest problems within 60 seconds each.
Derive and apply exponent laws and simplify 25 algebraic expressions.
Translate 20 word problems into equations and solve them correctly.
Your checkpoint
A scored 30-question arithmetic and algebra test (target 75%+) plus a written error log listing each mistake and its cause.
Mathematics & Physics
Solve 20 linear equations and 20 simultaneous two-variable equations.
Apply mensuration formulas to compute area, perimeter, surface area, and volume for standard shapes in 25 problems.
State and apply Newton's three laws to 20 real-world force scenarios.
Compute speed, velocity, acceleration, and displacement from kinematic equations in 20 numericals.
Your checkpoint
A one-page formula sheet for algebra, geometry, and kinematics, plus 25 fully worked mixed problems attached to it.
Physics
Solve 50 problems on work, energy, power, and momentum.
Compute pressure, density, and buoyancy in 20 fluid problems.
Apply Ohm's law and series/parallel resistance rules to 20 circuits.
Explain reflection, refraction, and the lens formula while solving 15 optics numericals.
Your checkpoint
A timed 30-question physics test on mechanics, fluids, and electricity scored at 70% or better, with every miss re-solved.
Mathematics & Physics
Re-solve every missed problem from weeks 1-3 without notes.
Complete two 45-minute mixed math-plus-physics sections under exam pacing.
Rank all topics by error rate and rebuild the three weakest topics from first principles.
Memorize and self-quiz the combined formula sheet from memory twice.
Your checkpoint
A recorded score on a 60-question math-plus-physics mock and a ranked weak-topic list of no more than five items.
English
Apply 15 core grammar rules (subject-verb agreement, tenses, articles, prepositions, concord) across 60 items at 80% accuracy.
Learn 100 exam-level vocabulary words and use 50 of them in original sentences.
Solve 40 sentence-correction and 30 synonym/antonym items.
Identify and correct your own five most frequent grammar errors in written samples.
Your checkpoint
A scored 50-item grammar and vocabulary test (target 75%+) with a personal one-page rule-error list.
English & Verbal Intelligence / Reasoning
Answer 6 comprehension passages of 5 questions each within 8 minutes per passage.
Complete 60 verbal reasoning items covering analogies, letter/number series, coding-decoding, and odd-one-out.
Build and drill a 40-item analogy set and a 30-item series set to fluency.
Paraphrase and summarize three passages in under 100 words each to sharpen inference skills.
Your checkpoint
A timed 40-item verbal reasoning set completed at 75% accuracy or better within 35 minutes.
Non-Verbal Intelligence / Reasoning & Verbal Intelligence / Reasoning
Solve 80 non-verbal items covering series, matrices, figure analogies, mirror/water images, and paper folding.
Identify and write down the 10 recurring non-verbal patterns you meet most often.
Complete 40 verbal reasoning items under time pressure to hold accuracy above 75%.
Redo every missed non-verbal item and state the rule you overlooked.
Your checkpoint
A 50-item non-verbal set completed at 75% accuracy or better within 25 minutes, plus a written pattern list.
Mathematics & Physics & English & Verbal Intelligence / Reasoning & Non-Verbal Intelligence / Reasoning
Take three full-length timed mocks under exam conditions across all five domains.
Review each mock within 24 hours and re-solve every wrong answer to the correct result unaided.
Revise formula sheets, grammar rule list, vocabulary list, and non-verbal pattern list.
Fix pacing targets: 45 seconds per math or physics item and 30 seconds per reasoning item.
Your checkpoint
Three logged mock scores showing an upward trend, plus a final one-page revision sheet covering all five domains.
Milestones
Week 2: Score 75% or better on a 40-question algebra and geometry set and recite the kinematics formula sheet from memory.
Week 4: Score 70% or better on a 60-question math-plus-physics mock, with every missed item re-solved correctly without help.
Week 6: Score 75% or better on a 50-item English grammar/vocabulary test and a timed 40-item verbal reasoning set.
Week 8: Score 75% or better overall on the final full-length mock with no domain below 65%, and log three mocks with an improving trend.