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AFCAT

Air Force Common Admission Test

The IAF's own entry test for short-service and permanent commissions across flying and ground-duty branches, followed by AFSB.

Who it's for

Graduates for Flying & Ground Duty (Tech/Non-Tech) branches

Eligibility
  • Graduate (branch-specific)
  • Age ~20–26
  • Indian citizen
Selection stages
  1. AFCAT written
  2. AFSB interview + EKT (for technical)
  3. Medical (AFCME)
📊 Syllabus & topic weightage

What the AFCAT written exam actually asks, topic by topic — so you study the heavy areas first.

AFCAT (single paper)

100 questions · 300 marks · 120 min · +3 per correct · −1 per wrong answer · 0 if unattempted
Indicative section split from recent papers — the IAF does not officially fix per-section counts.
★ Verbal Ability in English~30 Q · 30%
★ General Awareness~25 Q · 25%
★ Reasoning & Military Aptitude~25 Q · 25%
Numerical Ability~20 Q · 20%

How to read this: the exam structure (questions, marks, duration, marking) is verified against the official pattern. Paper structure and marking verified against the IAF AFCAT pattern. The IAF fixes the four sections, 100 questions and marking — but NOT the per-section counts; the split below is indicative from recent papers and varies year to year. Use the topic split for prioritisation — ★ marks consistently high-weight topics — not as official quotas. Sources: afcat.cdac.in · adda247 / collegedekho AFCAT analysis.

The SSB stage

AFSB adds the Computerised Pilot Selection System (CPSS) for flying-branch aspirants.

PrepForce simulates exactly this — a voice Personal Interview and the psychology battery, scored on the 15 OLQs.