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AFCAT

Air Force Common Admission Test

Officer entry into the Indian Air Force — flying & ground duty branches.

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Lably's shared practice surfaces, scoped to your class rather than to AFCAT. Use the syllabus and prep plan below for AFCAT-specific work.

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What you'll be tested on

Syllabus

  • History
  • Geography
  • Polity
  • Economics
  • Defense (specific)
  • Current Affairs
  • Sports
  • Awards
  • Books
Question types · marks · duration

Exam pattern

AFCAT
2h 0m · 100 Qs
300 marks
Online. +3 / -1.
SectionQuestionsMarksMarkingNotes
All sections combined100300+3 / -1
EKT (flying branch only)
0h 45m · 50 Qs
150 marks
Online. Computer Science / Mechanical / Electrical Engineering depending on degree.
SectionQuestionsMarksMarkingNotes
Engineering Knowledge50150+3 / -1
AFSB Interview
5 days
0 marks
5-day Air Force Selection Board (Dehradun / Varanasi / Mysore / Gandhinagar). Identical structure to SSB plus computerised PABT (Pilot Aptitude Battery Test) for flying candidates.
SectionQuestionsMarksMarkingNotes
Stage 1 + Stage 2 + PABT—0—Pass/fail recommendation, not scored on AFCAT merit.
Yearly windows

Important dates

  1. 01
    AFCAT 1 — Notification
    Early Dec
  2. 02
    AFCAT 1 — Exam
    Mid Feb
  3. 03
    AFCAT 2 — Notification
    Early Jun
  4. 04
    AFCAT 2 — Exam
    Late Aug
  5. 05
    AFSB interviews
    2–3 months post written
From start to D-day

Recommended prep plan

Phase 1
Months 1–3

Lucent's GK + Manorama Yearbook. RS Agarwal Verbal + Non-Verbal Reasoning.

Phase 2
Months 4–5

PYQ analysis (last 8 attempts). Identify question-type concentration in MA + GA.

Phase 3
Final month

Mocks (2/week). Time discipline — 2 hours for 100 questions = under 80 sec each.

Phase 4
Post-written (AFSB)

Same playbook as NDA SSB. Practice PABT-style spatial questions if flying-branch.

What clearing it unlocks

Air Force Academy, Dungaria — flying / ground duty (tech / non-tech)Permanent Commission / Short Service Commission