Cadet college model papers — print one and sit it
A full entry-test paper for each gate, 100 exam-style MCQs apiece, with an answer key that explains the method behind every answer. Download, print, keep the phone in another room, and sit it as one timed paper. Then mark it — and let the paper tell you what to practise.
Why a paper, when the site already has online questions
Because the real test does not answer back. Online practice is built for learning — instant feedback, one question at a time — and that is what makes it a weak rehearsal for a three-hour paper where nothing corrects you and you must decide for yourself when to move on. Sit the paper cold, in one sitting, with a pencil and no screen. Then mark it and turn the questions you missed into your practice list: the paper measures, the practice fixes.
The papers
Class 8 Entry Test — Sample Paper
The main national gateMost students. CCH Hasanabdal, PAF Sargodha, Kohat and MCJ all induct at Class 8.
- Questions and time
- 100 questions · about 90 minutes · 1 mark each
- Sections
- Mathematics 25 · English 20 · General Science 25 · Islamiat 5 · Urdu 25
Class 7 Entry Test — Model Paper
The other gate, a year earlierStudents aiming at a college that admits at Class 7 (Petaro among them) — or anyone who wants a year of paper practice before Class 8.
- Questions and time
- 100 questions · about 90 minutes · 1 mark each
- Sections
- Mathematics 25 · English 20 · General Science 25 · Islamiat 5 · Urdu 10 · Intelligence 15
How to sit a paper properly
- 1Fix the conditions: one room, one pencil, a clock, and the phone in another room. A paper sat with a screen beside you measures nothing.
- 2Write the start time down and give yourself about 90 minutes for 100 MCQs, then stop when it runs out even if questions are left.
- 3Do not check answers as you go. Mark the ones you are unsure of — that mark is honest data about your confidence, and it is the most useful thing on the sheet.
- 4No calculator. Work every sum on the paper, including the easy ones, exactly as the real paper makes you.
- 5Mark it with the key, then list the topic of every question you got wrong or guessed. That list, not your score, is the result of the sitting.
- 6Take that list into free practice on this site and drill those topics until they feel ordinary. Then sit the other paper.
Two papers tell you more than one
One score can be a good day or a bad day. Sit both papers a few weeks apart and you get something a single paper cannot give you: a trend, and a comparison between the Class 7 and Class 8 level. If Class 7 feels comfortable and Class 8 does not, you know exactly how much room is left before the gate that matters — and you still have the earlier attempt ahead of you.
Looking for past papers? Read this
Cadet colleges do not publish their past entry papers, so anyone selling you one is selling guesses. What can honestly exist — and what is on this shelf — is a model paper written from the published pattern: the same subjects, topic mix and difficulty the colleges' own material describes. Every question on both papers was authored fresh for this site. Neither is a past paper and neither is college-endorsed, and the papers say so in their own headers.
Papers — the questions everyone asks
Does this site have cadet college past papers?
No — and nobody else has them either. Cadet colleges do not publish their past entry papers, so any site or shop selling you 'past papers' is selling guesses dressed up as the real thing. What this site has instead is model papers: original papers written fresh from the published entry-test pattern, at full length and exam difficulty, with answer keys that explain the method. They are the honest substitute for a document that does not exist in public.
Why sit a paper instead of practising more MCQs online?
Because the real test does not answer back. Online practice is built for learning — you get instant feedback, one question at a time — and that is exactly what makes it a poor rehearsal for a three-hour paper: nothing buzzes, nothing corrects you, and you must decide for yourself when a question is worth leaving. Sit a printed paper in one sitting, mark it afterwards, and the topics you missed become your practice list. Do that and every online question you practise afterwards has a purpose.
How long should I take on each paper?
About 90 minutes for 100 MCQs. The colleges' published papers allow roughly three hours for a 200-mark paper, so each model paper here is scaled to half of that. Write the time down before you start and stop when it runs out, even if questions are left — that pressure is the thing you are practising.
Are the papers free, and can I share them?
Yes and yes. Both PDFs download without a sign-up or an email, and the whole platform behind them is free too. Anyone may print or share a paper for study use unchanged — that is how a paper reaching one student reaches a whole class.
Are these papers endorsed by a cadet college?
No, and they do not claim to be. They are original content of this site, written from the subjects, topic mix and level the colleges' own published syllabi describe. No cadet college has reviewed, approved or endorsed them, and any paper that tells you otherwise is not telling you the truth.
Marked your paper? Do this next
- Drill the topics you missed in free practice — every question on the papers also lives in the engine, with more like it.
- Take the free diagnostic to see your level across all five subjects in about ten minutes.
- Build the weeks around a plan instead of around whatever you feel like practising.
Every paper on this shelf is original content of Cadet College Prep, written from published entry-test patterns. None is an official paper of any cadet college and none is endorsed by any institution. See our copyright page for usage terms.