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AFCAT is conducted by the IAF to select Class-I Gazetted Officers in Flying and Ground Duties (Technical and Non-Technical). The test is held twice a year, once in February and once in August/September. Both male and female applicants can apply through AFCAT for Short Service Commissions in the Flying Branch and Permanent Commissions/Short Service Commissions in Ground Duties, both technical and non-technical positions in the Indian Air Force. The Air Force Selection Board selects candidates based on their performance on the online test and the interview. Ground Duty (Technical) candidates must pass both the AFCAT and the Engineering Knowledge Test.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is preparing to begin registration for the IAF Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) 1/2022 on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. For the course beginning in January 2023, applications will be accepted online for the grant of Short Service Commissions in the Flying Branch and Permanent Commissions and Short Service Commissions in the Ground Duty Branch. Online applications are also being accepted for the award of PC/SSC for the NCC Special Entry Scheme (for the flying branch) "The official advertising posted by the IAF reads as follows.
Candidates must meet the IAF's criteria for nationality, age restriction, educational level, and physical standards in order to be qualified for the AFCAT test. The following are the AFCAT eligibility requirements:
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Antonyms and Testing of Vocabulary | Synonyms |
Error Detection | Comprehension |
Idioms and Phrases | |
General Knowledge | |
Environment | Geography |
History | Defence |
Current Affairs | Culture |
Civics | Basic Science |
Art | Politics |
Sports | |
Military Aptitude and Reasoning | |
Ratio and Proportion | Simple Interest |
Spatial Ability | Time and Distance |
Verbal Ability, etc. | |
Numerical Ability | |
Profit and Loss | Time and Work |
Percentage | Decimal Fraction, etc. |
Syllabus
English | |
Antonyms and Testing of Vocabulary | Synonyms |
Error Detection | Comprehension |
Idioms and Phrases | |
General Knowledge | |
Environment | Geography |
History | Defence |
Current Affairs | Culture |
Civics | Basic Science |
Art | Politics |
Sports | |
Military Aptitude and Reasoning | |
Ratio and Proportion | Simple Interest |
Spatial Ability | Time and Distance |
Verbal Ability, etc. | |
Numerical Ability | |
Profit and Loss | Time and Work |
Percentage | Decimal Fraction, etc. |
Details for AFCAT 1:
Notice | 26th November 2021 |
Notification | 1st December 2021 |
Application Process | 1st – 30th December 2021 |
Admit Card | 28th January 2022 |
Online exams | 12th, 13th, and 14th February 2022 |
Result Declaration | Mar-22 |
Details for AFCAT 2:
Notification | Jun-22 |
Application Process | Jun-22 |
Exam | Aug-22 |
Admit Card | Aug-22 |
Result | Sep-22 |
The following is an overview of the AFCAT selection process:
The AFCAT test is used to select candidates for the Indian Air Force. This exam is separated into three stages: the online exam, the AFSB interview, and the medical test. After each stage of the test is completed, the written exam cut-off scores and total cut-off marks will be announced. The following is a summary of the AFCAT test stages:
Minimum Qualifying marks | |
Online Exam (Technical & Non-Technical candidates) | 153 |
EKT Exam (Technical candidates) | 40 |
Candidates can select up to five exam cities while filling out the AFCAT application form. Applicants will be assigned AFCAT exam centres based on their selections. Exam centres are assigned based on the number of applications received. Any request to modify the exam centre is disallowed by the examination authorities.
Agartala | Delhi | Vijayawada | Kolhapur |
Agra | Dhanbad | Vishakapatnam | Kolkata |
Ajmer | Diu | Warangal | Kota |
Ahmedabad | Durgapur | Ujjain | Kurukshetra |
Alwar | Faridabad | Udaipur | Leh |
Aligarh | Ganganagar | Tirupathi | Lucknow |
Allahabad | Gaya | Vadodara | Madurai |
Aizawl | Ghaziabad | Imphal | Mangalore |
Ambala | Gorakhpur | Indore | Meerut |
Amritsar | Greater Noida | Itanagar | Mumbai |
Aurangabad | Guntur | Jabalpur | Mysore |
Bareilly | Guwahati | Jaipur | Noida |
Behrampur | Gwalior | Jaisalmer | Nagpur |
Belgavi | Haldwani | Jalandhar | Nasik |
Bengaluru | Hisar | Jalpaiguri | Nizamabad |
Bhagalpur | Hyderabad | Jammu | Pathankot |
Bhilai | Rajkot | Jamshedpur | Patna |
Bhopal | Ranchi | Jhansi | Puducherry |
Bhuj | Rohtak | Jodhpur | Pune |
Bhubaneshwar | Rourkee | Jorhat | Sambalpur |
Bikaner | Rourkela | Kakinada | Shillong |
Bilaspur | Thane | Kannur | Shimla |
Chandigarh | Thiruvananthapuram | Kanpur | Silchar |
Chhapra | Thrissur | Varanasi | Solapur |
Chennai | Tinsukia | Kochi | Sonipat |
Coimbatore | Tirunelveli | Kohima | Srinagar |
Dehradun | Vellore |
Q1. Can I apply for AFCAT after completing Class 12?
Ans. No, candidates must be graduates to be eligible for the AFCAT exam.
Q2. How many times may I take the AFCAT exam?
Ans. There is no restriction to the number of times you may take the AFCAT exam. Candidates who meet the specified age restriction are eligible to take the test.
Q3. How are applicants chosen for training after being appointed through AFCAT?
Ans. Candidates suggested by AFSBs and confirmed medically fit are chosen for training based on merit and vacancy availability.
Q4. I neglected to include my registration number when I downloaded my AFCAT admit card. What should I do?
Ans. Candidates should check their email for the registration number in order to download the AFCAT admission card. After a successful registration, applicants will get an email with their registration number.
Q5. My AFCAT applications have been submitted twice. Am I going to get my admit card for AFCAT?
Ans. You will be awarded an AFCAT admission card based on your most recent application.
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