There are three steps in the AFCAT examination pattern. A candidate needs to clear all the steps to become an officer in Indian Airforce (IAF)
Aspirants can check the below-mentioned three steps to understand the important aspect of AFCAT.
The AFCAT exam pattern 2023:
STEP 1 :
Online AFCAT exam and Engineering Knowledge Test ( EKT ) in the AFCAT exam is an online test that is conducted in various examination centres throughout the country. The test consists of objective-type questions.
The AFCAT 2023 online exam is meant for both non-technical and technical candidates. But the EKT is only for technical candidates.
AFCAT Written paper pattern - 100 Questions in 2 hours.
- Verbal Ability, Reasoning.
- Numerical Ability
- General Awareness
- Military Aptitude
Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT) - 50 questions in 45 minutes.
- Fundamental Engineering - 10 questions
- Specialisation topics - 25 questions
- Allied Engineering - 15 questions
Some other facts :
- AFCAT consists of 100 questions for 300 marks( 3 marks for each question).
- All the questions in the exam are Multiple Choice Questions.
- The mode of exam is online.
- Mode of language is English.
- There will be a Negative Marking of -1 for each incorrect answer
STEP 2 :
Air Force Selection Board (AFSB) Exam.
The online test of the AFCAT 2023 exam is followed by a 5-day affair for SSB round selection. It is conducted on Air Force centres such as - Dehradun, Varanasi, Gandhinagar, and Mysore.
During AFSB, the candidates are judged on various parameters like picture perception, screening, discussion test, personal information questionnaire, physical training like jumping across the screen, monkey crawl, parallel beam balancing, etc. It is one of the toughest section to clear for the AFCAT exam pattern.
STEP 3 :
Medical exam is the last part of the AFCAT examination.
candidates undergo thorough health check up. If the aspirants are found to have any kind of medical issue, they will be given time to recover and again re-tested.
Clearing all 3 stages is mandatory to be eligible for passing the AFCAT examination and final Merit.
So, make sure you go through the entire AFCAT examination pattern comprehensively.
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