FAQs on Air Force Common Admission Test AFCAT Indian Air Force has invited enterprising and adventurous men to join the Indian Air Force as Commissioned Officers in Flying, Technical and Ground Duty branches. For the same applications are invited from Male Indian citizens, as per Citizenship Act 1955, for courses commencing in January 2016 for Short Service Commission in Flying Branch and Permanent/Short Service Commission in Technical and Ground Duty branches. Let’s look at some Frequently Asked Questions FAQs for the AFCAT: Q. What is the syllabus of AFCAT Exam 2015? A. The AFCAT is an objective test and the scheme of syllabus contains General Awareness, Verbal Ability in English, Numerical Ability, Reasoning & Military Aptitude. (a) General Awareness – History, Sports, Geography, Environment, Civics, Basic Science, Defence, Art, Culture, Current Affairs, Politics etc. (b) Verbal Ability in English – Comprehension, Error Detection, Sentence Completion, Synonyms, Antonyms and Testing of Vocabulary. (c) Numerical Ability – Decimal Fraction, Simplification, Average, Profit & loss, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion and Simple interest. (d) Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test – Verbal Skills and Spatial Ability. Q. Please let me know the AFCAT ground duty eligibility. Age: 20 to 26 years as on January 01, 2016 i.e. born between January 02, 1990 to January 01, 1996 (both dates inclusive). Educational Qualifications: Branch Qualification Administration and Logistics Graduate Degree (Minimum three year degree course) in any discipline with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate of all papers put together or a Post Graduate Degree / equivalent Diploma in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all papers put together. Accounts Graduate Degree in Commerce (B Com)(Minimum three year degree course) with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate of all papers put together or Post Graduate Degree in Commerce (MCom) / CA / ICWA with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all papers put together. Education Post Graduate Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all papers put together. Physical Standards: Height and Weight: Minimum height :- Men – 157.5 Cms with correlated weight . All other medical criteria would be evaluated by the Air Force Medical Authorities whose decision on the fitness would be final. Q. What is the AFCAT Eligibility for January 2016 intake? A. Candidates applying for the July 2015 intake should not have any present backlog and should have secured a minimum of 60 per cent marks in aggregate in all papers put together upto the last semester / year for which results have been declared at the time of online submission and at the time of SSB. Also, the candidate should be able to provide provisional / original degree certificate issued by University latest by December 15, 2015. Ads by Google Q. Please suggest Best best books for AFCAT preparation. A. Listed below are the some books: AFCAT (Air Force Common Admission Test) by Arihant Publication AFCAT AIR Force Common Admission Test Practice Workbook by Kiran Publications R Gupta’s AFCAT Air Force Common Admission Test Examby RPH Editorial board published by Ramesh Publications Q. What is the AFCAT date of examination 2015? A. Examination for Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) and Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT) ( for candidates applied for technical branch only) will be conducted on February 22, 2015 (Sunday). Q. What is the selection procedure after AFCAT? A. Candidates who are short-listed on the basis of Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) will be called for further testing at one of the Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs) at Dehradun, Mysore, Gandhinagar or Varanasi. The testing would consist of three stages as given below. Stage-I: Test consisting of Intelligence Test along with other tests will be conducted on the first day. Stage-I test is a screening test and only those who qualify would undergo subsequent testing. All Stage-I qualified candidates would be subjected to document check to ascertain their eligibility for the branches applied for. Those candidates who either do not qualify in Stage I testing or do not meet the required eligibility criteria would be sent back on the first day itself. Stage-II: This test consists of Psychological test, Group Tests and Interview will be conducted on subsequent days (Five Days). For Flying Branch: Pilot Aptitude Battery Test (PABT) would be administered to eligible candidates. Q. When can we expect the results for AFCAT? A. Going by the past records you can expect the result in two to three
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