pH Test is an aptitude test. It is a pen & paper test and no longer administered online. It is designed to be completed in two hours, and often has three sections - quantitative, verbal and analytical.

It measures a broad range of skills that one has gained throughout education. It does not test proficiency in any specific areas or subjects.

It supposes only a familiarity with high school level mathematics, and some proficiency in essential English language skills.


1. Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus for elitmus pH Test

Probability (Roughly 2 Questions)
Permutation Combination (2 Questions)
Number System (3-4 Questions)
Speed, Time and Distance ()
Alligation (especially mixture type question 1 for sure)
Time and Work
Geometry (Area of hexagons, circle and quadrilateral) – 4 to 5 questions
1 or 2 Questions not from any topic, but based on common logic

2. Syllabus for Problem Solving Section of Elitmus pH test:

Questions on Seating Arrangement
1 or 2 question based on Tabular Data
An addition/subtraction/multiplication questions where each Number (0-9) is replaced with an ALPHABET (A-Z).
Data Sufficiency Problem
One big question will definitely come from cryptic multiplication or addition with 3 to 4 parts.

3. Verbal Ability Syllabus for elitmus pH Test:

4 Fill in the blanks Questions
3 Reading Comprehension paragraphs: Each RC will have 4 Questions.
2 Jumbled Paragraphs Questions
2 Vocabulary Based Question: Fill the pair of gaps in a sentence with the most appropriate pair of words given