PAF Airman Initial Test study guide
PAF Airman Initial Test · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The PAF Airman Initial Test is the entry screening stage for candidates seeking to join the Pakistan Air Force as airmen - the enlisted, non-commissioned branch of the service that maintains aircraft, runs technical trades, and supports base operations. It is aimed at candidates who have completed the required school-level education for their chosen trade and who are beginning the recruitment process, not at graduates or officer applicants. The PAF Airman Initial Test study guide has 6 sections and about 1,942 words.
01English
English items in initial tests check grammar accuracy , vocabulary range and fast comprehension , not literary analysis. Revise parts of speech, tense consistency, subject–verb agreement, articles, prepositions, active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech, degrees of comparison, and common idioms.
313 words, about 2 min02Mathematics
Arithmetic carries the most marks: fractions and decimals, percentages, ratio and proportion, averages, profit and loss, simple interest, time–speed–distance, and work-rate problems. Algebra covers simplifying expressions, solving linear equations in one variable, and the laws of exponents.
323 words, about 2 min03Physics
Start with measurement: SI base units, prefixes (kilo, centi, milli, micro), and the difference between mass (kg) and weight (N). Motion: speed = distance ÷ time, acceleration, and reading distance–time versus velocity–time graphs.
338 words, about 2 min04General Science
Biology: the cell as the unit of life (nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, mitochondria, and chloroplasts in plant cells only), plant versus animal cells, the main human systems (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, excretory), components of blood, vitamins and their deficiency diseases, photosynthesis and respiration, and simple food chains. Chemistry: states of matter and changes of state, atoms, molecules, elements, compounds and mixtures, common symbols and formulae (H₂O, CO₂, NaCl), acids, bases, indicators and pH, and water purification.
298 words, about 1 min05Islamic Studies / General Knowledge
Islamic Studies questions are mostly recall of well-established facts: the five Pillars (Shahadah, Salah, Sawm, Zakat, Hajj), the six articles of faith, the number of Surahs in the Quran (114), the first revelation in the cave of Hira, the Hijrah to Madinah as the start of the Hijri calendar, the four Rightly Guided Caliphs in order (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali), and the basic rules of fasting, Zakat (2.5% of qualifying savings) and Hajj. General Knowledge covers Pakistan's independence on 14 August 1947, the founder Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the capital Islamabad, the national language Urdu, the four provinces, and standard world facts such as capitals, currencies, longest rivers, largest oceans, and the founding year of the United Nations (1945).
342 words, about 2 min06Intelligence and Reasoning
Reasoning items reward pattern-spotting under time pressure. The recurring types are number series, letter series, analogies, odd-one-out, coding–decoding, direction sense, blood relations, ranking and ordering, syllogisms, and mirror or water images.
328 words, about 2 min