AAI Junior Executive Syllabus 2026: Part A and Part B Topics

The AAI Junior Executive syllabus for the 2026 cycle (Advertisement No. 12/2026/CHQ/DR-CBT) has two layers: a general section common to all candidates and a subject section tied to your post. The four posts are Finance, Law, Operations, and Survey and Cartography, so your Part B preparation depends entirely on which one you chose.

AAI publishes the syllabus as a separate document attached to the advertisement on its website, and the advertisement itself does not list topics. The checklists below are built from third-party summaries of that document and from the qualifying degrees. Use them to organise your study, and compare them with the official syllabus before you finalise your plan. The official AAI recruitment page carries the notice and its attachments.

Table of Contents

• Syllabus at a glance

• Key points to know before you start

• Part A syllabus: general section

• Part B syllabus by post

• Overlap between Part A and Part B

• Interview: is there a syllabus?

• How to cover the syllabus

Syllabus at a Glance

The Part B share is a reported figure and is not stated in the advertisement. See the AAI Junior Executive exam pattern page for marks, timing and what is confirmed.

Key Points to Know Before You Start

• One paper, two parts: You sit a single CBT in which Part A tests general ability and Part B tests your discipline.

• No negative marking: The advertisement confirms this, so you can attempt every question.

• Bilingual paper: Questions appear in Hindi and English, except for the English language test.

• Do not use the wrong list: Some pages show a 150-question general pattern or topics for Manager and Air Traffic Control papers. Those are different tests, so follow the list for your post.

Part A Syllabus: General Section

Part A covers general knowledge, general intelligence and reasoning, general aptitude, and English. For Operations, reports add a block of aviation-related questions inside this part. The table is a working checklist.

Aviation Awareness for Operations

Third-party summaries report that Operations candidates get a block of aviation questions within Part A, at roughly one fifth of that part. Typical areas include:

• Abbreviations and bodies: ICAO, DGCA, BCAS, IATA, AERA, AAI and related regulators.

• Airport basics: Runway, taxiway, apron, terminal processing, airport security and rescue and fire fighting.

• Industry facts: Airlines operating in India, major Indian airports and aviation policy.

• Weather and aerodynamics: Basic aviation meteorology and introductory aerodynamics.

Part B Syllabus by Post

Finance

Reported Part B topics follow the standard commerce and finance curriculum:

• Accounting: Financial and corporate accounting, plus accounting standards.

• Law and management: Business and corporate laws, with emphasis on the Companies Act, 2013, and business organisation and management.

• Taxation: Income tax law and practice, corporate tax planning and indirect taxes.

• Costing and finance: Cost accounting, financial management (project evaluation, fund raising, working capital, risk) and fundamentals of investment.

• Audit and markets: Auditing, financial markets, institutions and services, and e-commerce.

• Software: Working knowledge of accounting software such as ERP and Microsoft Office.

Law

Operations

Reports describe Part B for Operations as three blocks: Physics at Class XII level (40 percent), Mathematics at Class XII level (40 percent) and general principles of business management (20 percent). If you hold an MBA after a science degree, plan extra time for the Class XII topics, because the paper expects school-level fluency rather than management theory.

• Physics: Mechanics, heat and thermodynamics, optics, electricity and magnetism, waves, modern physics.

• Mathematics: Algebra, trigonometry, coordinate geometry, calculus, vectors, probability.

• Management: Planning, organising, leadership, motivation, control and basic business functions.

The Physics, Mathematics and management split is reported, while the topic bullets are our working outline of a Class XII course. Check both against the official document.

Survey and Cartography

We could not find a published topic list for this post, and it has only eight vacancies. The advertisement says only that Part B relates to your qualification, which is civil engineering or a Master's in Geography, Remote Sensing and GIS, Geo-informatics or Geomatics. Until the official syllabus is clear, use this indicative outline:

• Surveying: Chain, compass, levelling, theodolite, total station and GNSS.

• Mapping: Map projections, scales, coordinate systems and cartographic representation.

• Remote sensing and GIS: Satellite data, image interpretation, spatial analysis and databases.

• Photogrammetry and geodesy: Aerial photographs, datums and ellipsoids.

• Civil basics: Engineering mathematics and basic civil engineering for B.E. candidates.

This outline is indicative and not official. Verify each area before you spend weeks on it.

Overlap Between Part A and Part B

Interview: Is There a Syllabus?

No. The advertisement states that interviews apply only to the Manager posts, so Junior Executive candidates move from the CBT to document verification and the medical examination. Your CBT score therefore decides your merit.

How to Cover the Syllabus

The CBT is reported for 21 and 26 October 2026 (tentative, still to be confirmed on the official AAI site). If you are sitting this cycle, read the plan below as revision for the remaining days; if you are preparing for the next cycle, it works as a full schedule.

1. Weeks 1 to 6: Finish one full pass of Part B from standard books or bare acts, and start a daily 30-minute current affairs habit.

2. Weeks 4 to 8: Add reasoning, aptitude and English in short daily blocks, and write short notes for every Part B chapter.

3. Weeks 7 to 10: Move to topic-wise tests, such as those educators publish on Testkart, and log every wrong answer in an error log.

4. Final weeks: Take full-length mocks, analyse each one the same day and revise from the error log.

Educators publish tests, courses and notes on Testkart, and the exam page shows what is currently available for AAI Junior Executive.

The exam pattern page shows how marks are split, and the overview of the AAI Junior Executive exam pulls the full cycle together.