I want to join Indian Air Force and for this decided to apply for the Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) want exam details. Will you provide all notifications for AFCAT 1 Exam along with eligibility and pattern of exam also provide important dates for this exam?

Indian Air Force conducts Air Force Common Admission Test, popularly known as AFCAT, twice every year.

The purpose of this test is to recruit officers (both men and women) for three branches (and their sub-branches) of Air Force namely Flying, Technical and Ground Duty.

AFCAT 1 2017 Notification and Exam Date

Date of Notification: Dec 2016
Start of receipt of applications: Dec 2016
Last date for the receipt of applications: Jan 2017
Date of Exam: Feb 2017
Expected date of result: Mar 2017

Exam Age Limit

Flying Branch – Age: 20 to 24 years i.e. Born between 02 Jan 1995 to 01 Jan 1998 (both dates inclusive).

(Upper age limit for candidates holding valid and Current Commercial Pilot License issued by DGCA (India) is relaxable up to 26 years i.e. born between 02 Jan 1992 to 01 Jan 1998 (both dates inclusive).

Technical Branch– Age: 20 to 26 years i.e. born between 02 Jan 1992 to 01 Jan 1998 (both dates inclusive).

GDOC– Age: 20 to 26 years i.e. born between 02 Jan 1992 to 01 Jan 1998 (both dates inclusive).

Minimum Educational Qualification:

However the qualification differs for different posts yet the minimum qualification is Graduation.

Exam Pattern:

One common test of 100 questions, to be solved by all candidates in 2 hours. Technical Branch candidates have an addition test of EKT, both tests are objective.

Successful candidates get a chance to appear for AFSB, and recommended candidates can be called for training based on their rank in the merit list and subject to medical fitness.

Syllabus:

The questions asked in the common test contain basic Mathematics, English, Science, Geography, History, Current Affairs and Reasoning. EKT has basics of engineering. You can download the previous year’s question papers from the career website of IAF.

Exam Date: Last Sunday Feb 2017

Results: The results for AFCAT 2 2016 can be expected by end of March 2017.