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PMA Long Course

PMA Long Course is a Two Years Training program for commissioned officers in Pak Army. This Course is held at Pakistan Military Academy Kakul. After successful completion of training in PMA kakul Cadets are officially awarded commissioned in Pakistan Army. And the First Rank of Commissioned officer of Pak Army 2nd Lieutenant is Awarded.

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PMA Long Course 158 Last apply date

PMA Long course is announced twice in one year generally once in month of April-May and second time in months of September-October.

PMA long course 158 online registration was opened from 24 March to 03 May2026. Then extended up to last apply date 08 june 2026. Before guide for pma initial test syllabus/pattern, please read the Eligibility Criteria.

PM Long Course Requirements

PMA long course Eligibility Criteria for AGE, qualifications, marital status, physical standards etc is mentioned below. All requirements are discussed here in details and easy to understand so please read them carefully.

Age limit for pma long course

Age limit is different as per qualification. Various age limits are given below:

Intermediate or Equivalent: 17 to 22 years, 03 months relaxation in upper and lower limit.
Graduates (2-year program): 17 to 23 years, 03 months relaxation in upper and lower limit.
Graduates (4-year program): 17 to 24 years, no age relaxation
Serving Pak Air Force/Navy Soldiers: 17 to 23 years, 03 months relaxation in upper and lower limit.
Serving Army Soldiers: 17 to 25 years, no age relaxation.

Education Qualification required for PMA

Minimum 55% marks in FA/FSc or equivalent.
A Level with minimum 50% marks must obtain an equivalence certificate from IBCC.
Those who secure 60% in BA/BSc/BBA and 50% in intermediate can apply based on higher education.
Serving soldiers can apply with at least 50% marks in FA/FSc.
Students waiting for result can apply with minimum 55% in First year with hope certificate signed by Head of College

Physical Standards required for pma long course

The Pakistan Army has strict physical standards to ensure all the professional combat duties. such as:

Minimum Height: 5’4” (162.5 cm)
Weight: As per BMI (Body Mass Index)
Chest: Minimum expansion of 5 cm
Marital Status: Unmarried
Gender: Only Males
Physical test for pma long course: Candidates must be physically fit to pass all tests, which includes running, push-ups, crunches, and chin-ups etc.

PMA long Course syllabus

Before the PMA initial test pattern we discuss the PMA test syllabus. PMA Initial Test Syllabus consists of two parts:

Intelligence test
Academic Test

Intelligence Test for PMA long Course

Intelligence test is not a test related to education syllabus. This test evaluates your mental and cognitive abilities. Intelligence test in PMA initial test syllabus consists of Two separate tests as given below:

Verbal intelligence test:

Verbal test includes Textual questions. Here are some specific types of questions to understand the Verbal Intelligence Test. This test contains the types of questions such as :

Distance & Speed-Related Questions
Number Series Questions
Alphabet Series Questions
Direction Type Questions
Percentage Type Questions
Analogy Type Questions
Age-Related Questions
Days & Time-Related Questions

Non verbal intelligence test:

This test consists of questions in form of images, graphs, tables etc not in textual form of questions. Some of questions types are given below:

Series Related Questions
Pattern Related Questions
Figure Rotation Question
Images relations questions etc.

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Academic test for PMA initial test

Academic test is a second part of PMA Initial Test Syllabus. Academic test is educational and curricular test which have vast and huge subjects. Candidates must prepare very much for the academic test to pass the PMA long course initial test. Academic test of PMA Long Course Initial Test includes the MCQs from the following subjects.

Pakistan Studies
Islamic Knowledge
World General Knowledge

English
Mathematics
Science

These Subjects MCQs are generally taken form Books of inter level upon which qualification you have applied.

PMA Initial Test Pattern

PMA Long Course Initial Test is a computerized Test conducted at the respective Army recruitment and selection center. This is a multiple choice question type test. Pattern of this test is given below:

Test Name	No of Questions	Time Allotted
Verbal intelligence test	84 questions	30 minutes
Non Verbal intelligence test	64 questions	30 minutes
Academic test	50 questions	25 minutes

PMA Long Course Initial test preparation/MCQs/Practice tests

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What is duration of Long is PMA Long Course

PMA Long Course duration is Two years at training in Pakistan Military Academy.