PAF GD Pilot Initial Test study guide
PAF GD Pilot Initial Test · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The PAF General Duty (GD) Pilot Initial Test is the first written screening step for candidates who want to be commissioned as pilots in the Pakistan Air Force. It is meant for intermediate/A-level students and graduates who meet the PAF's advertised eligibility criteria for the GD(P) branch and who have registered through a PAF Information and Selection Centre. The PAF GD Pilot Initial Test study guide has 6 sections and about 1,673 words.
01English
Most English marks come from five clusters: vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitution, idioms), grammar and usage (parts of speech, tense, subject-verb agreement, articles, prepositions, voice, narration), sentence correction, analogies, and short comprehension passages. For vocabulary, build word families rather than isolated words; a synonym question almost always has one option that is only a near theme, not an exact match.
280 words, about 1 min02Mathematics
Number system, HCF and LCM, fractions and decimals, percentage, ratio and proportion, average, profit and loss, discount, simple and compound interest, time-work, time-distance and mixtures. Algebra covers simplification, exponents, linear equations in one or two variables, factorisation and basic polynomials.
254 words, about 1 min03Physics
Measurement and units, kinematics, Newton's laws and momentum, work-energy-power, gravitation, pressure and flotation, heat and temperature, waves and sound, light and optics, electricity and magnetism, and a little modern physics. Scalars have magnitude only; vectors have magnitude and direction.
289 words, about 1 min04Intelligence and Reasoning (Verbal and Non-Verbal)
Analogies, odd-one-out, number and letter series, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, ranking and seating, and syllogism. Figure series that rotate, reflect, or add and remove lines; mirror and water images; paper folding and cutting; embedded figures; figure counting; and matrix completion.
255 words, about 1 min05General Knowledge and Current Affairs
Pakistan's geography (rivers, ranges, passes, deserts, dams), its constitution and national institutions, defence structure and ranks, and national symbols; world geography, capitals, currencies and international organisations; basic science and technology; sports, awards and books; and current affairs of roughly the past year. Build fact tables instead of reading passively.
276 words, about 1 min06Islamic Studies and Pakistan Studies
The five pillars, the articles of faith, the Quran (revelation, compilation, major surahs and their themes), the life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in its Makki and Madani phases with key events and battles, the four rightly guided caliphs, hadith and its kinds, basic fiqh terms (farz, wajib, sunnah, mustahab, haram, makruh), the rate of zakat, and the prophets named in the Quran. The War of Independence of 1857, the Aligarh movement, the founding of the All-India Muslim League in 1906, the reforms of 1909 and 1919, the Lucknow Pact of 1916, the Khilafat movement, the Allahabad Address of 1930, the Round Table Conferences, the coining of the name Pakistan in 1933, the Lahore Resolution of 1940, the elections of 1945-46, independence in 1947, the Kashmir dispute, the Objectives Resolution of 1949, and the constitutions of 1956, 1962 and 1973.
319 words, about 2 min