Candidates sit an intelligence test alongside academic and physical screening. The paper mixes verbal reasoning (series, analogies, coding, blood relations) with non-verbal reasoning (figure series, matrices, odd figure out). The ISSB stage repeats intelligence testing with instructions given verbally at a fixed pace.
The initial test carries an intelligence section together with English, maths and general knowledge. Non-verbal items — mirror images, embedded figures, pattern completion — appear frequently, so speed on diagram-based questions matters.
PAF screening is heavily timed. Verbal intelligence covers vocabulary relationships, logical sequences and arithmetic reasoning; non-verbal intelligence covers rotation, reflection and series completion of figures.
Intelligence and analytical reasoning form a scoring block inside a wider paper that also tests English, Pakistan studies, Islamiat and current affairs. Question styles overlap closely with the forces' verbal intelligence sections.
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1. Learn one question type at a time
Work through a single pattern — say coding-decoding — until the method is automatic, instead of attempting mixed papers from day one.
2. Add a clock
Intelligence tests reward speed. Once accuracy is stable, cap yourself at roughly 30–40 seconds per item so timing pressure feels normal on test day.
3. Review every mistake
Each wrong answer points to a rule you have not internalised. Re-attempt those questions later in the week rather than moving on.
4. Sit full papers
Finish with complete, timed papers that mix verbal and non-verbal sections in the proportions your target entry uses.
Question types, test formats and preparation method for the intelligence tests used by the Pakistan Army, Navy, PAF, police and civil departments.
Intelligence test prep
Verbal & non-verbal intelligence test preparation
Every defence, police and intelligence-service entry in Pakistan screens candidates with an intelligence test before anything else. This hub explains what those papers contain, how each force runs them, and how to build the pattern recognition and speed they reward.
What the two halves of the paper test
Verbal intelligence
Questions written in words and numbers. They measure how quickly you spot a relationship, a rule or a sequence in language and arithmetic.
Non-verbal intelligence
Questions built from shapes and diagrams, with no reading involved. They measure spatial reasoning — how figures rotate, reflect, nest and progress.
How each entry uses the intelligence test
Formats change from time to time — always confirm the current pattern on the official recruitment portal for your entry before you sit the paper.
A four-step way to prepare
Intelligence test courses on Tabir Academy
Each course carries topic-wise practice, solved explanations and timed papers for its specific entry.