Official Rules + Selection
Not publishedof exam
162 NoticeSource HierarchyTest MechanicsDocumentsSelection Pipeline
Intelligence Preparation
Not publishedof exam
General ReasoningSequencesRelationshipsSpatial PatternsNo Published Sub-blueprint
English
Not publishedof exam
HSSC RefresherVocabularyGrammarClausesComprehension
Physics
Not publishedof exam
HSSC RefresherMechanicsWavesOpticsElectricityModern Physics
Quick Facts
- Reference intake
- 162 GD(P) Course
- Initial order
- Intelligence, then Academic
- Academic subjects
- English and Physics
- Delivery
- e-Testing at PAF I&SC
- Question count
- Not officially published
- Time limits
- Not officially published
- Pass marks
- Not officially published
- Negative marking
- Not officially published
- Domain weights
- Not officially published
- Registration
- joinpaf.gov.pk only
- Reporting
- Registration slip controls
- Initial test
- Not the FAT
- Notice scope
- 162 intake only
- 162 registration
- July 22-August 3, 2026
- 162 eligibility
- Cycle-specific
- Final selection
- Air Headquarters merit
Published Initial Order
Intelligence -> English + Physics
Counts unpublishedTimes unpublishedCut score unpublished
Initial Test vs FAT
Initial test
- Early screening stage
- Intelligence then Academic
- English and Physics
FAT
- Later GD(P)-only stage
- Flying aptitude focus
- Separate instructions
Never merge the two stages
Source-of-Truth Check
- Rule appears on current notice→Apply to named intake(Do not generalize forever)
- Rule appears on slip→Follow the slip(Candidate-specific instruction)
- Rule appears on test screen→Follow the interface(Current sitting controls)
- Only coaching sites agree→Treat as unverified(Repetition is not authority)
- Old notice conflicts→Use current notice(Intakes can change)
- No official mechanic exists→Mark not published(Never invent precision)
- Still uncertain→Ask assigned PAF I&SC(Use official contact)
162 Notice Snapshot
- Course
- 162 General Duty Pilot
- Notice scope
- Applies to 162 intake
- Registration window
- July 22-August 3, 2026
- Age
- 16-22 on April 15, 2027
- Nationality
- Pakistani male or female
- Marital status
- Unmarried
- Minimum height
- 163 cm
- Vision
- 6/6 each eye, no glasses
- Minimum aggregate
- 65% in listed qualification
- Training period
- Four years
- Critical caveat
- Future notice may change
Authority Order
Notice -> Slip -> Screen
Notice: intakeSlip: candidateScreen: sitting
Initial Test vs ISSB
Initial test
- Early PAF screening
- At assigned I&SC
- Intelligence then Academic
ISSB
- Only after shortlisting
- Four-day official process
- Three assessment dimensions
ISSB is a later selection stage
Selection Stage Check
- Preparing initial screen→Intelligence, English, Physics(162 notice)
- Initial tests qualify→Follow medical/interview direction(Centre instructions control)
- Physical test approaches→Read current standard(Sex and intake specific)
- Shortlisted for ISSB→Use ISSB call instructions(Separate assessment)
- FAT is scheduled→Use FAT instructions(GD(P)-only later stage)
- Math test is mentioned→Check FAT/background note(Not current initial Academic)
- All stages finish→Await AHQ merit(No stage guarantees selection)
Published Test Boundaries
- First named test
- Intelligence Test
- Next named test
- Academic Test
- GD(P) Academic
- English and Physics
- Delivery wording
- Through e-Testing
- Stable item count
- Not published
- Stable duration
- Not published
- Stable cut score
- Not published
- Negative marking
- Not published
- Section weights
- Not published
- Navigation rules
- Read current interface
- Reporting time
- Read registration slip
- Conflict rule
- Official instruction wins
Official vs Third Party
Official
- Current notice
- Registration slip
- On-screen instructions
Third party
- Useful practice only
- May recycle old rules
- Cannot set official threshold
Official current instruction controls
162 Test-Day Documents
- Report
- Slip date and time
- Primary document
- Registration slip
- Candidate identity
- NADRA Smart Card
- Parent identity
- Father and mother Smart Cards
- Academic documents
- Original certificates and DMCs
- Photographs
- Four passport-size photos
- Document copies
- One attested set
- Exact requirement
- Current slip controls
- Safe registration
- Use official portal
162 Selection Pipeline
- Stage 1
- Online registration
- Stage 2
- Intelligence then Academic e-Tests
- Stage 3
- Initial medical and interview
- Stage 4
- Initial physical test
- Shortlisting
- Precedes ISSB call
- ISSB
- Four-day three-dimensional assessment
- ISSB dimensions
- Psychologist, GTO, Deputy President
- ISSB outcome
- Recommendation, not final selection
- Final medical
- CMB Lahore
- GD(P)-only later stage
- Flying Aptitude Test
- 162 FAT centres
- Rawalpindi and Karachi I&SCs
- FAT math note
- Pre-Engg/ICS/DAE GDP candidates
- Final decision
- Air Headquarters merit
- One-stage success
- Does not guarantee selection
Rotation vs Reflection
Rotation
- Turns around point
- Orientation turns
- No mirror reversal
Reflection
- Flips across line
- Handedness reverses
- Mirror distance preserved
Turn vs flip
Reasoning Method
- Sequence appears→Check differences(Then ratios)
- Pattern alternates→Split odd/even terms(Solve two sequences)
- Analogy appears→Name the relationship(Preserve direction)
- Several statements appear→Write constraints(Use only given facts)
- Shape changes→Track one feature(Rotation or reflection)
- Two options remain→Test exact rule(Avoid surface similarity)
- Timer pressure rises→Follow interface strategy(Navigation may differ)
General Reasoning Toolkit
- Official detail
- No published sub-blueprint
- Analogy
- Match exact relationship
- Classification
- Find shared defining rule
- Odd one out
- Identify broken rule
- Number series
- Test differences and ratios
- Alternating series
- Split odd and even positions
- Coding
- Apply one consistent mapping
- Directions
- Track heading after each turn
- Ordering
- Write constraints before solving
- Matrix pattern
- Compare rows and columns
- Rotation
- Track one asymmetric feature
- Reflection
- Reverse across mirror line
Reasoning Checks
- Series first pass
- Check constant difference
- Series second pass
- Check constant ratio
- Mixed operation
- Test repeating cycle
- Analogy direction
- Order must stay identical
- Syllogism
- Use only stated premises
- Necessary conclusion
- Must hold, not may
- Spatial orientation
- Fix a reference feature
- Mirror image
- Left-right swaps horizontally
- Paper rotation
- Features rotate together
- Time pressure
- Current interface controls
- Guessing rule
- Verify scoring instruction
Phrase vs Clause
Phrase
- Word group
- No full subject-predicate
- Acts as one unit
Clause
- Has subject-predicate
- Independent or dependent
- May express full thought
No predicate pair vs pair
English Item Method
- Sentence has blank→Read whole sentence(Meaning before grammar)
- Verb options differ→Find true subject(Then time and aspect)
- Pronouns differ→Find antecedent(Check number and clarity)
- Vocabulary is tested→Predict contextual meaning(Then inspect choices)
- Passage question appears→Locate textual evidence(Do not import knowledge)
- Inference is requested→Choose necessary conclusion(Not merely possible)
- Option uses absolutes→Demand absolute evidence(Always and never)
HSSC English Grammar
- Official PAF detail
- No English sub-blueprint
- Study baseline
- HSSC English outcomes
- Subject-verb agreement
- Match true subject number
- Pronoun agreement
- Match clear antecedent
- Article a/an
- Use initial sound
- Article the
- Use specific reference
- Tense
- Match time and aspect
- Gerund
- Verb form acting noun
- Participle
- Verb form acting adjective
- Infinitive
- To plus base verb
- Independent clause
- Complete thought
- Dependent clause
- Cannot stand alone
- Modifier
- Place beside target
- Parallel structure
- Match grammatical forms
Vocabulary + Reading
- Context clue
- Use surrounding meaning
- Synonym
- Closest contextual meaning
- Antonym
- Contextual opposite
- Main idea
- Whole passage focus
- Supporting detail
- Direct textual evidence
- Inference
- Necessary evidence-based conclusion
- Reference word
- Trace exact antecedent
- Author purpose
- Inform, explain, persuade, entertain
- Tone
- Attitude shown by language
- Contrast signals
- However, although, despite
- Cause signals
- Because, therefore, consequently
- Extreme option
- Needs equally strong evidence
Sentence Structure
- Phrase
- No complete subject-predicate
- Clause
- Contains subject and predicate
- Simple sentence
- One independent clause
- Compound sentence
- Two independent clauses
- Complex sentence
- Independent plus dependent clause
- Compound-complex
- Two independent plus dependent
- Active voice
- Subject performs action
- Passive voice
- Subject receives action
- Direct speech
- Exact quoted words
- Indirect speech
- Reported meaning
- Comma splice
- Independent clauses joined by comma
- Fragment
- Incomplete sentence
SUVAT Symbols
s u v a t
s: displacementu: initial velocityv: final velocitya: accelerationt: time
Scalar vs Vector
Scalar
- Magnitude only
- Mass, time, speed
- Ordinary algebra
Vector
- Magnitude plus direction
- Force, velocity, displacement
- Resolve into components
Amount vs directed amount
Physics Numeric Method
- Problem begins→List known quantities(Include SI units)
- Unknown is clear→Select governing equation(Before substituting)
- Vector is involved→Choose axes and signs(Resolve components)
- Units differ→Convert before calculation(Keep dimensions consistent)
- Formula contains squares→Check proportional direction(Inverse-square traps)
- Arithmetic finishes→Check unit and magnitude(Reject impossible result)
- Question asks concept→State governing principle(Do not overcalculate)
Measurements + Vectors
- Official PAF detail
- No Physics sub-blueprint
- Study baseline
- HSSC Physics outcomes
- Accuracy
- Closeness to accepted value
- Precision
- Repeatability of measurements
- Scalar
- Magnitude only
- Vector
- Magnitude and direction
- Vector components
- Ax=Acosθ; Ay=Asinθ
- Component angle
- Measured from x-axis
- Dot product
- AB cos theta
- Cross magnitude
- AB sin theta
- Newton
- kg m s^-2
- Joule
- N m
- Watt
- J s^-1
- Pascal
- N m^-2
Wave Triangle
v = f lambda
v: wave speedf: frequencylambda: wavelength
Accuracy vs Precision
Accuracy
- Near accepted value
- Affected by systematic error
- Truth-centered
Precision
- Repeated values agree
- Affected by random spread
- Repeatability-centered
Correctness vs consistency
Mechanics Formulas
- Velocity
- v = displacement / time
- Acceleration
- a = change-v / time
- First motion equation
- v = u + at
- Second motion equation
- s = ut + 0.5at^2
- Third motion equation
- v^2 = u^2 + 2as
- Newton second law
- F = ma
- Momentum
- p = mv
- Impulse
- J = change-p
- Work
- W = Fs cos theta
- Power
- P = W/t
- Kinetic energy
- KE = 0.5mv^2
- Gravitational potential
- PE = mgh
- Torque
- tau = rF sin theta
- Centripetal force
- F = mv^2/r
- Angular relation
- v = r omega
Circuit Core
V = IR | P = VI
V: voltsI: amperesR: ohmsP: watts
Speed vs Velocity
Speed
- Scalar
- Distance over time
- Never directional
Velocity
- Vector
- Displacement over time
- Direction required
Distance rate vs displacement rate
Fluids + Thermal Physics
- Density
- rho = mass / volume
- Pressure
- P = force / area
- Gauge pressure depth
- P = rho gh
- Buoyant force
- Weight of displaced fluid
- Continuity
- A1v1 = A2v2
- Bernoulli
- P+½ρv²+ρgh = constant
- Bernoulli conditions
- Steady, incompressible, nonviscous flow
- Thermal energy
- Q = mc delta-T
- Latent heat
- Q = mL
- Ideal gas
- PV = nRT
- Efficiency
- Useful output / input
- Absolute zero
- 0 K
- Kelvin conversion
- K = Celsius + 273.15
Mass vs Weight
Mass
- Amount of matter
- Measured in kilograms
- Location-independent
Weight
- Gravitational force
- W = mg
- Measured in newtons
Matter vs gravitational force
Oscillations, Waves + Optics
- Frequency-period
- f = 1/T
- Wave speed
- v = f lambda
- SHM acceleration
- a = -omega^2 x
- Spring period
- T = 2pi sqrt(m/k)
- Pendulum period
- T = 2pi sqrt(L/g)
- Pendulum condition
- Small oscillation angle
- Refractive index
- n = c/v
- Snell law
- n1 sin-theta1 = n2 sin-theta2
- Lens equation
- 1/f = 1/do + 1/di
- Magnification
- m = -di/do
- Double-slit spacing
- y = lambda L/d
- Total internal reflection
- Dense-to-rare, above critical angle
- Resonance
- Driving frequency matches natural frequency
Series vs Parallel
Series
- Same current
- Voltages divide
- Resistances add
Parallel
- Same voltage
- Currents divide
- Reciprocals add
Current same vs voltage same
Electricity + Circuits
- Coulomb force
- F = kq1q2/r^2
- Electric field
- E = F/q
- Potential
- V = W/q
- Capacitance
- C = Q/V
- Capacitor energy
- U = 0.5CV^2
- Current
- I = Q/t
- Ohm law
- V = IR
- Resistance
- R = rho L/A
- Electric power
- P = VI
- Resistor series
- R values add
- Resistor parallel
- Reciprocals add
- Kirchhoff junction
- Current in equals out
- Kirchhoff loop
- Voltage changes sum zero
Field vs Potential
Electric field
- Force per charge
- Vector
- Unit N/C
Potential
- Work per charge
- Scalar
- Unit J/C
Force map vs energy map
Magnetism + Modern Physics
- Charge magnetic force
- F = qvB sin theta
- Wire magnetic force
- F = BIL sin theta
- Magnetic flux
- Phi = BA cos theta
- Faraday law
- emf = -N change-Phi/time
- Transformer ratio
- Vs/Vp = Ns/Np
- AC rms voltage
- Vrms = Vpeak/sqrt2
- Photon energy
- E = hf
- Light relation
- c = f lambda
- Photoelectric maximum KE
- Kmax = hf - phi
- de Broglie
- lambda = h/p
- Mass-energy
- E = mc^2
- Half-life
- Quantity halves each half-life
- Decay constant
- lambda = 0.693/T-half
Common Traps
Frozen coaching pattern
PAF publishes no stable counts ≠ Current instructions control
Invented pass percentage
No official universal cutoff ≠ Do not repeat coaching claims
Assumed negative marking
Scoring rule is unpublished ≠ Read the current interface
Old intake eligibility
Dates and criteria can change ≠ Use the current notice
Math as initial section
162 lists English and Physics ≠ Some backgrounds face later FAT math
Initial equals FAT
They are separate stages ≠ FAT occurs later
Passing means selection
Many later stages remain ≠ AHQ selects by merit
Analogy topic match
Match relationship, not theme ≠ Preserve pair direction
Possible inference
Inference must follow evidence ≠ Possible is not necessary
Ignoring vector direction
Signs affect components ≠ Draw axes first
Using grams in SI
Convert mass to kilograms ≠ Check every final unit
Inverse-square missed
Doubling distance quarters effect ≠ Read exponents carefully
Series-parallel reversal
Series shares current ≠ Parallel shares voltage
Last Minute
- 1.Use the current PAF notice
- 2.Carry the current registration slip
- 3.Report at the slip time
- 4.Bring every named original document
- 5.162 order: Intelligence then Academic
- 6.162 Academic: English and Physics
- 7.Question counts are not published
- 8.Time limits are not published
- 9.Cut scores are not published
- 10.Verify the on-screen scoring rule
- 11.Do not confuse initial with FAT
- 12.Treat reasoning lists as practice
- 13.Read every English sentence fully
- 14.Find textual evidence for inference
- 15.Convert Physics values to SI
- 16.Resolve vectors before calculating
- 17.Write the governing equation first
- 18.Track signs and squared terms
- 19.Check answer dimensions
- 20.Check magnitude for plausibility
- 21.Follow centre staff directions
- 22.Remember advancement is not selection
Same family resources
Explore More Pakistan Air Force Entry Initial Tests
Continue into nearby exams from the same family. Each card keeps practice questions, study guides, flashcards, videos, and articles in one place.
More From This Family
Videos and articles for deeper review.