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:

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 :

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.

3. 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).

4. 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.

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Model Question papers & Answers

List of Important AFCAT books

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

Subject-wise books

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