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AFCAT Syllabus, Books & Model Questions paper

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A short notice has been issued for AFCAT 2/2022. The available details given in this article, so that aspirant candidates can strategize the preparation.

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Introduction

This article make aware to the aspirant candidates about the written exam syllabus for AFCAT 2022, along with recommending some important AFCAT books for preparation. The  short official notification for AFCAT 2022 (II) has been released by Indian Air Force. The AFCAT exam is conducted biannually each year by the IAF for hiring its officer staff in various branches of work.

Important Dates (Announced)


The important dates for AFCAT 2022 examination have been tabulated below:

Events

AFCAT I

AFCAT II

Release of Official Notification

01/12/2021

01 /06/2022

(Short notice issued on 19/05/2022)

Start of Online Application

01/12/2021

01/06/2022             (11:00AM)

End of Online Application

30/12/2021

30/06/2022             (5:00PM)

AFCAT  Admit Card

August, 2022

AFCAT  Exam Date

12 Feb 22 (Friday),

13 Feb 22 (Saturday) and

14 Feb 22 (Sunday) 

(CBT Mode)

 August, 2022

(CBT Mode)

AFCAT Result 

Result declared

To be notified

Mode of Examination


AFCAT examination shall be an online exam or CBT mode.

Medium of Examination

AFCAT &EKT examination will be conducted in English language only.

AFCAT Syllabus for Written Exam


Written Exam Pattern

Written exam pattern of AFCAT will be objective type as under :

Exam

Subject

Duration

Number of questions

Maximum Marks

AFCAT

General Awareness, Verbal Ability in English, Numerical Ability and Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test

 

02 Hours

100

300

EKT [For Candidates with one of the choices as (Technical) Branch]

 

Mechanical, Computer Science and Electrical & Electronics

 

45 Minutes

50

150

Note :  (i) Online examination will consist of objective type questions and will be in English only for both AFCAT and EKT.

            (ii) Questions will be based on the metric system of Weights & Measures wherever applicable.

            (iii) Air Force has the discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.

           (iv) For syllabus, refer Official Broucher.

            (iv) Marking scheme will be as under:

(a) Three marks will be awarded for every correct answer.

(b)  One mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer.

(c)   No marks for unattempt questions..

 Detailed Syllabus of the AFCAT is as under:

     1 English:    The syllabus comprises of the following:

  • Comprehension,
  • Error Detection,
  • Sentence Completion/ Filling in of correct word,
  • Synonyms, Antonyms and Testing of Vocabulary,
  • Idioms and Phrases.
  • General Awareness: The general awareness sections, as the name suggests, tests the candidate’s awareness of the most common aspects of society. The topics have following sub-topics to the AFCAT Syllabus: 
  • Art
  • Culture.
  • Basic Sciences.
  • Politics 
  • Current Affairs.
  • History.
  • Sports.
  • Defence.
  • Geography.
  • Environment.
  • Civics.
  1. Numerical Ability: This section is actually a test of candidate’s quantitative Aptitude.
  • Decimal Fraction.
  • Time and work
  • Profit & Loss.
  • Ratio & Proportion.
  • Simple Interest.
  • Average.
  • Percentage.
  • Time & Distance (Trains/Boats & Streams).
  1. Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test: It adds the following topics to AFCAT Syllabus.
  • Verbal Skills.
  • Spatial Ability.

Note : The standard of Numerical Ability Questions will be of Matriculation level. The standard of questions in other subjects will be of graduation level (Indian University).

AFCAT  and EKT Model Question papers and Answer


Model question papers are very important for aspirant candidates because it gives insight into the pattern and to understand difficulty level of the questions. It is advised that one must refer these question papers to stratige the preparation.

To down load the ”Model Question papers & Answers”, go on link:

Model Question papers & Answers

List of Important AFCAT books


S. No. Book Title Amazon Link Flipkart Link
1. AFCAT by Arihant Publishers  
2. Let’s Crack EKT by Shaurya Publication
 

3. Let’s Crack AFCAT by Shaurya Publications LLC  
4. AFCAT Topic-wise Solved Paper (2011 – 2016) by Disha Publications
 

5. AFCAT Exam Guide by Ramesh Publishing House
 

Students can comment below if you know of any other book title that we may have missed out.

Subject-wise books


Subject Name Book Title Amazon Link Flipkart Link
General Awareness Manorama Yearbook Not Available
 

Numerical Ability Quantitative Aptitude  by R.S Aggarwal
 

Quantitative Aptitude (Old Edition) by R.S Aggarwal
 

Reasoning Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S Aggarwal
 

English High School English Grammer by Wren & Martin
 

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Hi Sir,I have completed my 2nd yr
I have no backlock
May I apply for afcat ll 2018 in June
Am I eligable

only final year students can apply for this i think.