About AFACT Exam Pattern
AFCAT exam conducted in online mode twice a year for the recruitment of officers for the flying branch and ground duty (Technical and Non-Technical). Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) exam is conducted in two stages, stage 1 is of common nature for all the candidates and stage 2 EKT for the candidate who applied for the ground duty (technical) branch.
The stage 1 AFCAT is of 300 marks it comprises 100 questions each question is of 3 marks and of 2 hours. The stage 2 EKT is of 150 marks and it comprises of 50 questions each question is of 3 marks.
AFCAT paper 1 syllabus is Numerical Ability, General Awareness, Reasoning, English, and Military Aptitude Test.
Matriculation level standard Numerical Ability questions asked. The other subject’s questions standard will be of graduation level.
AFCAT Exam Question Paper Analysis
Exam |
Subjects | Duration | No. of Questions |
Max. Marks |
AFCAT |
Numerical Ability, General Awareness, Reasoning, Verbal Ability in English, and Military Aptitude Test. | 2 hours | 100 |
300 |
EKT [For Candidates with one of the choices as (Technical) Branch] |
Electrical and Electronics Mechanical, Computer Science
|
45 min. | 50 |
150 |
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Detail analysis of Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) syllabus
AFCAT paper 1 syllabus
(1) AFCAT GK Syllabus:
(i) History Syllabus
History is in three parts in Ancient history, Medieval History, and Modern History.
Ancient History Syllabus:
- The Indus Valley Civilization
- The Vedic Age
- The Evolution of Jainism and Buddhism
- The Pre-Gupta Period
- Ancient South India
- The Gupta Period
Medieval History Syllabus:
- Early Medieval India
- The Delhi Sultanate
- The Vijayanagara and Bahmani Kingdom
- The Mughal Age
- Late Mughal Age
Modern History Syllabus:
- The ascendancy of the Britishers
- The Revolt of 1857
- Popular Movements Against British Rule
- Governor-General and Viceroy of India
- Indian National Movement
- Independence of India
(2) Geography Syllabus
The geography comprises Indian geography and World geography.
Indian geography Syllabus:
- Physical Geography of India
- Drainage System of India
- Climate of India
- Soils of India
- Forests of India
- Population Geography of India
- Industry in India
- Agriculture in India
- Minerals in India
- Transport and Communication
World Geography Syllabus:
- Physical World Geography
- World Climatic Regions
- Oceans
- Atmosphere
- World Mineral Resources
- World Major Industrial Centres
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(3) Indian Polity Syllabus
- Constitution of India: Historical Background
- Features of Indian Constitution
- The Preamble
- The Union and its Territory
- The Union Executive
- State Executive and State Legislature
- Center-state Relations
- Judiciary
- Emergency Provisions
- Constitutional and Non-Constitutional Bodies
(4) Miscellaneous
- Current Affairs
- Environment and Wild Life
- Basic Science
- Defence
- Art and Culture
- Sports
- International Organisation
- Country, Capital, Area, Currency
- Awards and Honours
(2) English Syllabus
- Comprehension
- Error Detection
- Sentence Completion/Filling in of correct word
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Testing of Vocabulary
- Idioms and Phrases
(3) Numerical Ability Syllabus
- Decimal Fraction
- Time and Work
- Average
- Profit & Loss
- Percentage
- Ratio & Proportion
- Simple Interest and Compound Interest
- Time & Distance
- Trains-Boats & Streams
(4) Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test
Verbal Skills and Spatial Ability
AFCAT paper 2 EKT Syllabus
The candidate has to answer questions from any of the following choice subjects:
- Electrical and Electronics
- Mechanical
- Computer Science
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