Guide on AD and Inspector FIA Exams

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A Quick Guide to FIA One Paper Exams:

Obviously, AD and Inspector FIA are the most prestigious jobs in Pakistan. Federal Investigation Agency FIA is one of the most powerful institutions in Pakistan. Every master and graduate degree holder is eligible for the posts of Assistant Director- AD and Inspector FIA respectively. It is a dream job for thousands of educated persons in Pakistan.

 

 

There is a no specific degree requirement for these posts, that’s why the competition for the posts is so high. So, aspirants of these posts need some competitive advantages in terms of preparation to secure the seats. The competition among the candidates is high.

 

 

Undeniably, a candidate should secure around 85 or more marks in screening test to qualify for the next phase. There are 74 seats and more than one hundred and fifty thousand (154573) applicants. You have to be one out of two thousand (1/2000) applicants to secure the seat.

 

 

There are three stages of recruitment process; screening, descriptive and interview. The process starts with screening test, and this blog is purely based on initial test to assist the applicants. Latter phases will be discussed when required.

 

I tried my best to expand the syllabus headings as per my past experience, and it is advised to keep reading this blog till the end for better understanding. Follow my instructions, and I am sure you will be the one out of two thousand applicants. 

Let’s have a look at the division of marks and syllabus contents given by Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) for the exams: 

DIVISION OF MARKS

1. INSPECTOR FIA

PART-I (ENGLISH) - 20 MCQs

Grammar Usage – 10 

Sentence Structure – 10  

PART-II (GENERAL INTELLIGENCE TEST) - 80 MCQs

 

       Basic Mathematics – 16 

Current Affairs – 16 

General Knowledge – 16 

Everyday Science – 16

Pak & Islamic Studies16 

2. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FIA

PART-I (ENGLISH) – 20 MCQs

Vocabulary – 06 

Grammar Usage – 07

Sentence Structure – 07 

 

PART-II (GENERAL INTELLIGENCE TEST) – 80 MCQs

Basic Mathematics – 13 

Current Affairs – 13 

General Knowledge – 13 

Everyday Science – 13 

Pakand Islamic Studies – 13

FIA  Act – 1974 – 15 

 

SULLABUS FOR AD AND INSPECTOR INVESTIGATION

PART-I (ENGLISH) - 20 MCQs

·         Vocabulary

Synonyms

Antonyms 

Phrasal Verbs

·        Grammar Usage

Articles (a, an, the)

Parts of Speech

                                  i.            Noun

                                ii.            Pronoun

                               iii.            Adjective

                               iv.            Verb

                                 v.            Adverb

                               vi.            Modal Auxiliaries

                             vii.            Prepositions

                              viii.        Conjunctions 

Gerund and Infinitive

·                Sentence Structure

Simple Sentences

Compound Sentences

Complex Sentences

Compound-complex Sentences

Conditional Sentences

Change the voice 

Change the Narration 

Types of phrases 

                                  i.                  Noun Phrase

                                 ii.                  Prepositional Phrase

                                iii.                  Adjective Phrase

                                iv.                  Adverb Phrase

                                  v.                  Verb Phrase

                                 vi.                  Infinitive Phrase

                               vii.                  Gerund Phrase

                               viii.                  Participle Phrase

                                  ix.                  Absolute Phrase

PART-II (GENERAL INTELLIGENCE TEST) - 80 MCQs

Basic Arithmetic/Mathematics

       Algebra

       Ratio

       Percentages

       Arithmetic means

                                i.             Mean

                               ii.            Mod

                             iii.            Median

         Probability

         Squares

         Under roots

         Ability

                                  i.            Missing number

                                 ii.            Sequence

                                iii.            Age findings

                                iv.            Find No. of shapes

          Geometry

                                      i.            Angles

                                     ii.            Areas of all shapes  

                                   iii.            Perimeters

                                   iv.            Radiuses

                                    v.            Diameters

  (JWT Book is recommended)

 

Current Affairs

Developments at National and International level in last two years (Mostly, events in second last year)

Current Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chairmen, Ministers, Heads of different Institutions in Pakistan

Famous events: Dates, Location, Winners  

International Organizations:

      i.            Their Heads

     ii.            Their meeting/Summits

     iii.            Head office location

     iv.            Member countries

Every-day or General Science (Basic Level)

  • Physics 
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science 
  • Environmental Science 

Islamic Studies and Pakistan Affairs

      Pakistan Affairs

         i.     Political History (1857 to date)

      ii.      Famous Personalities

    iii.      East India Company 

     iv.      Mountain Ranges

       v.     Motorways

    vi.     Military Operations

 vii.      Famous Passes in Pakistan

viii.     Martial Laws

          Islamic Studies

         i.     Islamic History

       ii.     Beliefs and Concepts in Islam

     iii.     Worships in Islam

     iv.      Quran Knowledge

       v.      Life of Prophet PBUH

     vi.     Books of Hadiths and writers 

General Knowledge

Geography:

 i.                 Maps, Regions, Equator and

         Landlocked countries

 ii.              Oceans Information

 iii.            Seas, their location and

         surrounding countries

 iv.             Large Rivers

  v.             Famous Canals

Currencies & Capitals 

Largest, Biggest, smallest, First,

Last etc.

FIA ACT 1973

Formation, Dates, Laws, Rules and regulations, Current DG, Scope of FIA and its wings along with their Acts

Note: If you are preparing only for the test of FIA inspector, you can skip FIA ACT 1973, and vocabulary in English section. However, if you have applied for both posts, AD and Inspector FIA, and even AD FIA then focus on the entire syllabus. And don’t ignore the areas I have mentioned in syllabus outline, I made the content on the basis of past experience. Never rely on the FPSC given syllabus only. 

TIPS FOR PREPARATION AND EXAMS:

First of All, make a proper study plan by dividing the complete syllabus on the number of days remaining the test. Allocate time and days to the syllabus headings according to importance and marks. A systematic approach towards your goal will assist you keeping persistent and punctual.  

 

Secondly, don’t read past papers before covering all the contents. It will waste your precious time. Consult past papers after full preparation to test your knowledge and readiness. However, you can have a bird eye view of past papers to understand the paper pattern just.

 

Thirdly, prepare short and less time taking as well as important areas first. English and math should be at first priority because you can’t manage them in a hurry. You need proper study and exercise to be master at them. The rest of the subjects are dependent on your cramming skills.

 

Next, follow the step-by-step approach and don’t mix up the headings while working on them. Get one heading done, and then move on the next one. It will enhance your confidence and thirst of learning with every passing single day. Set short term missions towards your ultimate vision. Little achievements make you confident and brave.

 

 

Apart from this, you can start more than one subject parallel. But do not create hustle in any subject. Get every subject ready in a proper way. Never read things randomly, always follow the road map. A planned study is far more effective and efficient than random selection of topics.

NOTE: Always Follow Study Plan instead of studying random topics.

Further, cover the full contents of syllabus and never skip anyone. All portions contain almost equal marks. On the other, never go beyond the limits in a specific subject. Your all-round performance is required, not a subject specialist. Know something about everything.

In Addition, if you are good at cramming the information, it’s fine. Otherwise, relate some stories, conditions and events in your heart and mind to remember a bulk of information. Little tricks for remembering the information is very effective and efficient, as we learn periodic table at school level. (Hali ny ki rab sy faryad)

Last but not least: try to reach examination hall in time and be seated 15 minutes before the exam. Get your body language relax and confident. Tick 100% sure answer at first, and skip the doubtful questions. Go from MCQ no 1 to 100 and keep solving 100% sure questions, then solve the remaining math portion and other doubtful ones. Solve every question whether you don’t know the answer. 

How to Cover the Different Subjects:

ENGLISH – 20 Marks

It is the most essential and crucial part of the exams, AD and Inspector FIA, and carrying highest marks portion.

Vocabulary: Vocabulary MCQs are totally dependent on your previous knowledge and even your luck. If you have not developed your vocabulary till now, you can do nothing in this area so skip that portion because it is inevitable. The rest of the exam is in your hands, focus on it.

Grammar: this portion can be prepared with a little effort. Pick the syllabus contents mentioned above and get prepared one by one. For example, read parts of speech one by one and solve the exercises of every part either physically on book or online exercises.   If you give 2-3 three full days to your English grammar and sentence structure, you can easily tackle the English portion in the exams.

Sentence Structure: Read types of sentences and see examples to understand the difference between various types of sentences. At the end, solve online exercises and keep repeating until you are master of sentence structure. Additionally, watch video lectures and read about the types of phrases in a sentence.

 

Although there are numerous types of sentence phrases, a short video of half an hour can build your concept. There is nothing tricky if you have learnt parts of speech. Every given content can be covered online if you don’t have a English book.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - 80 Marks

General knowledge: you can consult any book or notes compiled on general knowledge from any good author like Carvan or Dogar publishers. GK is same everywhere. If you have any good notes of GK, you don’t need to spend money on books. Even you people can prepare it online.

Geography: install a geography game app (Sterra Geography) in your cell phones and keep playing it daily when you go to your bed or have bored from your studies. You can cover most of the portion of geography by playing this interesting game. If anything is still missing, search on Google and learn about it and take notes.  

Current Affairs: read current affairs from pakmcqs and exmveda websites. Cover second last year current affairs at first, because it is observed that last year events are ignored by the commission while making the exam. So, give least importance to the current affairs of 2023, and focus on 2022 and late 2021’s events.

General Science and Ability: read the JWT compiled book for CSS on general science and ability. Both science and math portions can be fully prepared from this book.

ISLAMIC AND PAK STUDIES

Pakistan Affairs: get one liner short notes of Pakistan affairs. A lot of short bullet point notes are floating on social media. You have to learn by heart the event from 712 to date. So, it is better to take one liner notes either compiled or hand made. YouTube videos can also be very helpful in this regard. Take screen shots of video to take notes.

Islamic Studies:  as discussed above, same advice is for the Islamic Studies. Take short one line notes of Islamic Studies to cover the syllabus. Additionally, you will have to work personally on the books of hadith to get their MCQs ready, because I have never seen good notes on this topic.

FIA Act 1973:

FIA Act 1973: Read act thoroughly and take notes by yourself. There is nothing tricky if you read it effectively. Furthermore, handmade notes are also available on internet and social media of FIA Act 1973. This act in not included in both exams of AD and Inspector FIA, but mandatory for AD exam only.  

Finally, all the syllabus contents and their solutions have been discussed. Now it’s your turn to manage your time efficiently and effectively. No matter if you have done nothing yet, still you have enough time to get the exams ready. Assign task to yourself daily and get it done by the end of the day and try to utilize maximum time of your day. It’s up to you now, what you do with yourself. 

It took me hours to write this blog, your feedback in comments will encourage me to write further articles for your assistance.

Best of luck for your exam, may all your wishes come true. 

Cheers and Kind Regards 

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