Admision Mantra: Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT)

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT)

Applications are invited from eligible Men and Women for Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT 2012) for the courses commencing in January 2013 for grant of Short Service Commission in Flying, Technical and Ground Duty Branches.

Eligibility:
Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

FOR MEN:(CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE)

FOR WOMEN:(CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE)

Flying Branch :

1. 10th SSC Flying Branch for Men
Qualification : Graduate in any discipline with recognized university with 60% of marks.
Age Limit : 19 to 23 years.

Technical Branch :
1. 81st Aeronautical Engineers Course (AEC) Men Permanent Commission Technical Branch

2. 53nd Short Service Commission Course (SSC) Men & Women Technical Branch
Qualification : Degree qualification from a recognized university.
Age Limit : 18 to 23 years

Ground Duty Branches :
1. 132nd Ground Duty Officers Course (GDOC) for Permanent Commission for Men

2. 25th Ground Duty Officers Course (GDOC) for Short Service Commission (SSC) for Men

SCHEME OF SYLLABUS

1.The AFCAT Question Paper will have 100 questions. All questions will be of three marks
each. For every correct answer the candidate will get three marks and for every wrong answer
one mark will be deducted under negative marking. The total time allotted for the paper is two
hours.

2.Each Question Paper will have questions from the following topics:-

General Awareness – History, Sports, Geography, Environment,Civics, Basic Science, Defence, Art, Culture, Current Affairs, Politics etc.

Verbal Ability in English – Comprehension, Error Detection,Sentence Completion, Synonyms, Antonyms and Testing of Vocabulary.

Numerical Ability – Decimal Fraction, Simplification, Average, Profit& loss, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion and Simple interest.

Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test – Verbal Skills and Spatial Ability.

Selection procedure

Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) will be conducted for candidates at the designated examination centres. The test will be of 2 hours duration and will contain multiple choice questions on verbal ability, numerical ability, reasoning, general awareness and aptitude. Candidates who clear the AFCAT will be called for further testing at the Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs) at Dehradun, Mysore, or Varanasi. The second round of test will consist of the following examination.