IAF & EKT exam dates

Hi I want to know the exam dates of IAF & EKT exam and the eligibility criteria for IAF exam ?

[Quick Sam]

AFCAT is Air Force Common Admission Test, an exam to induct officers in the Indian Air Force.

This exam is conducted twice every year in February and August.
Mostly the exam is conducted on the last Sunday of the respective months i.e. February and August.

Tentative Dates-

Important Dates Starting date for Submission of Online Applications:
07th June 2014

Last date for Submission of Online Application:
03rd July 2014

Date of AFCAT and EKT Exam:
31st August 2014

Date of Course Commencing: July 2015

Eligibility for AFCAT –

Age Limit-

Flying Branch: 19 to 23 years
Technical Branch: 18 to 28 years
Ground Duty Branches- Graduates 20 to 23 years
Post Graduates- 20 to 25 years
LLB - 20 to 26 years
M Ed / Ph D / CA / ICWA- 20 to 27 years

Educational Qualification-

Flying Branch: Graduates (Min. 3 year Degree course) in any discipline with 60% marks aggregate and have passed Maths and Physics at 10+2 lever or BE/B.Tech degree with 60% Marks.

Technical Branch: BE/B.Tech degree with 60% Marks or cleared Section A and B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers or Aeronautical Society of India or Graduate membership examination of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers.

Ground Duty Branches: Graduate Degree (Minimum 3 year course) with 60% Post Graduate, MCom/CA/ICWA with a minimum of 50% Marks.

Hello sir, my name is Prashant . I am from mumbai. I am preparing for IAF EKT. I want you to help me by providing me some information regarding the IAF EKT dates and also give some sample questions for it?

[Shaleen]

EKT is Engineering Knowledge Test and is conducted with AFCAT (Air Force Common Admission Test) for the admission in technical branch of IAF as an officer.
It tests the basic knowledge of applicants applying for Aeronautical Engineering Courses.
AFCAT 2016 will be conducted on 21st Feb 2016 along with EKT (Engineering Knowledge Test) for technical entry.

EKT has 2 sections namely

Part-A : General Engineering (40 questions)
Part-B : Specialised Paper (35 questions)

As you have also asked for some sample questions, check below
Ql. If x=a(cos t + t sin t), y=a(sin t – t cos t). The value of dy/dx is
(a) cos t
(b) sin t
(c) tan t
(d) sec2 t

Q2. The area of three faces of a cuboid are in the ratio 2:3:4 and its volume is 9000 cm3. The length of the shortest edge is
(a) 15 cm
(b) 30 cm
(c) 20 cm
(d) 60 cm

Q3. ∫▒dx/xlogx is equal to
(a) log x+x+c
(b) log(logx)+c
(c) xlogx+c
(d) (log x )/x+C

Q4. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
(a) 8/2
(b) 9/20
(c) 8/15
(d) 2/20

Q5. The projection of a vector on another vector is
(a) Scalar
(b) Vector
(c) neither vector nor scalar
(d) either scalar or vector

Q6. In MKS system, we measure
(a) mass in kilogram
(b) distance in meter
(c) time in second
(d) all of these

Q7. When the separation between two charges is made four times, the force between them
(a) increases four times
(b) decreases four times
(c) increases sixteen times
(d) decreases sixteen times

Q8. When a conductor cuts magnetic flux, an emf is induced in the conductor. This is known as
(a) Joule’s law
(b) Faraday’s law
(c) Coulomb’s law
(d) Ampere’s law

09. X-rays are used for the study of crystal structure because
(a) X-rays are completely absorbed by the crystal
(b) the wavelength of X-ray is of the same order of magnitude in the inter-atomic spacing in crystals
(c) the wavelength of X-rays is very small in comparison with the inter-atomic spacing in crystals
(d) the crystals are completely transparent to X-rays

Q10. A radioactive isotope has a half-life of 10 days. If today there are 125 g of it left, what was its original weight 40 days earlier
(a) 600 g
(b) 1000 g
(c) 1250 g
(d) 2000 g