Is there negative marking in AFCAT Exam?

I am going to take AFCAT exam. Tell me whether there is negative marking or not?

[Kiran Chandar]

AFCAT is the exam for recruitment of officers in Ground duty, Technical branch and Flying branch of Indian Air Force.
It is conducted by Indian Air Force.
IAF was established in 1932.Since its inception,
Yes there is negative marking in AFCAT exam. For every wrong answer, (-1) mark is awarded.

Paper pattern:

Total Number of Questions: 100
Maximum Marks: 300
Marks for every correct answer: 3
Negative Marking: Yes (-1 for every wrong answer)
Time Duration: 2 hours

Important Dates: for your reference

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

Books:

1. AFCAT (Air Force Common Admission Test) by Arihant Publication
2. AFCAT AIR Force Common Admission Test Practice Workbook by Kiran Publications
3. R Gupta’s AFCAT Air Force Common Admission Test Exam by RPH Editorial board published by Ramesh Publications

Syllabus:

(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.

I have applied for AFCAT Exam so can you please tell me its exam pattern and also tell me is there negative marking in this exam?

[Pathak]

AFCAT stands for Air Force Common Admission Test

It is conducted for the admission in Flying Branch, Technical Branch and Ground Duty Branches of Indian Air Force.

Exam Pattern:
The AFCAT paper will consist of four sections:
1. General Awareness
2. Verbal Ability
3. Numerical Ability
4. Reasoning & Military Aptitude Test

There will be Multiply Choice Based Questions of 3 marks each.

There will be negative marking for wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted for every wrong answers

Syllabus
General Awareness:
• History
• Sports
• Geography
• Environment
• Civics
• Basic Science
• Defence
• Art
• Culture
• Current Affairs
• Politics

Verbal Ability in English:
• Comprehension
• Error Detection
• Sentence Completion
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Testing of Vocabulary

Numerical Ability:
• Decimal Fraction,
• Simplification
• Average
• Profit & loss
• Percentage
• Ratio & Proportion
• Simple interest

Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test:
• Verbal Skills
• Spatial Ability


AFCAT Exam Books

AFCAT : Previous Years' Papers & Practice Test Papers (Solved) With Explanatory Answers Paperback – 2014
by R.Gupta (Author)



#Sura Books
Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT)



#Arihant
Afcat (Air Force Common Admission Test) (E)




Disha Publication
The New AFCAT Guide : 6 Past Papers (2011 - 2014)