Army AOC Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2024 Subject-Wise Syllabus Explained!

General Intelligence & Reasoning

This section is for checking, how well you can think logically and solve problems. It has questions where you need to think logically or solve puzzles with words or pictures and patterns. If you want to do really well, you need to practice solving puzzles, finding patterns, and understanding how things are connected.

Some of the main topics include:

• It is about finding similarities or differences between things.
• It is about understanding shapes and objects in space, like imagining how a folded paper will look when you unfold it.
• It is about figuring out the best solution to a given problem.
• Making logical choices based on given situations.
• Remembering details you see and noticing things carefully.
• Understanding how things are connected or related to each other.
• Completing a series of shapes or patterns.

This section checks if you are good at noticing patterns, understanding connections, and make sense of information—skills that help to solve everyday problems.

Numerical Aptitude

The Numerical Aptitude section tests your basic math and problem-solving skills. It includes topics that you use in everyday life and at work, like calculating percentages, averages, or solving time-and-work problems. There will be questions on profit and loss, calculating areas and volumes, and some basic algebra and geometry.

Here’s what you’ll need to cover:

• Understanding whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Everyday calculations like discounts or averages.
• Questions buying, selling, and business.
• Solving problems about how long tasks take or how work is shared.
• Calculating areas, volumes, and dimensions of shapes.
• Solving equations and working with shapes.

If you want to do well, make sure you practice calculations regularly, remember the key formulas, and get fast in solving problems within the given time limit. Practicing will make you better.

General Awareness

This part of the exam checks how much you know about what’s happening in the world around you and important topics in the world. It also checks how well you understand things like current events, history, culture, science, and even government programs.

Here are the main topics you need to focus on:

• What’s happening in India and in the world.
• Important events and traditions of India and nearby countries.
• Basic knowledge of new developments and discoveries.
• Programs launched by the government and important dates.
• Facts that don’t change, like famous monuments and capitals.

If you want to be prepared, you need to make a habit of reading newspapers, magazines, or trusted online updates daily. General knowledge books can also help you to learn important facts. You need to stay updated to do well in the exams.

General English

The General English section checks if how well you know and use the English language. It tests your grammar, vocabulary, and how well you can understand and work with English sentences.

What You Need to Focus On:

• Understanding things like tenses and prepositions.
• Knowing word meanings, opposites (antonyms), and similar words (synonyms).
• Spotting mistakes and fixing them in sentences.
• Reading passages and answering questions based on them.
• Learning common English phrases and their meaning.

If you want to do well in this section, you need to make a habit of reading regularly, writing simple things, and practicing grammar. This will help you get better with English and increase your confidence.