What Is AFCAT Exam

What is the Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT), can you please tell me? Also tell me who can apply for this exam, give me the details about the eligibility criteria required to apply for the Air Force Common Admission Test?

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Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) is a national level competitive exam conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to select officers for all its branches, except for the medical and dental branches.

AFCAT Highlights


Parameters Details

Exam Name AFCAT (Air Force Common Admission Test)

Level of Exam National Level

Exam Conducting Authority Indian Air Force (IAF)

Posts Offered Commissioned officers in Flying Branch, Ground Duty
(technical) and Ground Duty (Non-technical) branch

Mode of Exam Online (Computer Based Test)

Sections General Awareness, Numerical Ability, Reasoning & Military
Aptitude and Verbal Ability in English

Selection Procedure AFCAT exam, AFSB Interview, and Medical Test

Important Dates

Event AFCAT I Dates AFCAT II Dates
Publishing of AFCAT 2020 notification November 23, 2019 June 1, 2020
AFCAT 2020 Registration December 1 – December 30, 2019 June 30, 2020
Issue of AFCAT Admit card February 3, 2020 Last week of July 2020
AFCAT 2020 exam date February 22 - 23, 2020 August 24 and 25, 2020
AFCAT Result March 17, 2020 (Released) September 2020


Age

Candidates must be 20 to 24 years

Marital Status:

Candidates below 25 years of age must be unmarried at the time of commencement of course.

Widows/Widowers and divorcees (with or without encumbrances) below 25 years of age are not eligible for the exam.

Qualification

Candidates must have scored a minimum of 60% marks each in Maths and Physics at 10+2 level. (AND)

Graduation with a minimum of three years degree course in any discipline from a recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent. (OR)

BE/B Tech degree (Four years course) from a recognized university with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent. (OR)