As far as AFCAT is concerned, if youre a serious aspirant, you must be aware of the preparation resources and methods of preparation, the duration and other details of AFCAT as well as have interactions with some of your Seniors who may have cracked AFCAT in Past, in your Third Year. This is basically the Foundation for a Strong AFCAT Preparation  which you may perhaps start in your 4th Year, with full concentration and determination.

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Hello,

The age limit for Ground duty non-technical branches and ground duty technical branches if 20-26 years. The posts that are under Ground duty non-technical are

• Accounts branch
• Administration branch
• Logistics branch
• Education branch
• Meteorology branch

The upper age limit for flying branch is 20-24 years. For Commercial Pilot Licence holders the upper age is relaxed up to 26 years. So if you are considering to join in Flying branch you may not be eligible if your age is 25 years but if you have CPL licence you can appear for AFCAT as the upper age limit is 26 years. So by the given age criteria you can apply for Ground Duty technical and non-technical if your age in between 20-25 years.

To check the detailed eligibility criteria you can use the link below

https://afcat.cdac.in/AFCAT/CareerAsPerBranches.html

Hello,

To be eligible to appear for AFCAT a candidate must have passed  3 year degree in any discipline with minimum 60% marks from a recognized board or 4 year BE/B Tech with minimum 60% marks or equivalent from a recognized board or Cleared Section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institute Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India from a recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent. The candidate must score minimum 50% aggregate marks in Physics and Mathematics individually in 10+2 level. If the marks that you have mentioned in your query are scored out of 100 then you are not eligible to appear for AFCAT as you have scored only 49% aggregate marks in Mathematics. You need to have minimum 50% aggregate marks in Mathematics and Physics Separately.

Dear Aspirant

No, a student with only having 12th qualified is not eligible to appear for AFCAT examination. One also need to have graduated to participate in AFCAT examination.
According to the eligibility criteria, one needs to have 60% in 12th with physics and mathematics and qualified graduation or engineering with minimum 60% marks or equivalent.

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Hello,

The eligibility criteria to appear for AFCAT for Flying branch is that a candidate must have passed 10+2 with  Mathematics and Physics with minimum of 50% marks individually in Mathematics and Physics from a recognized board. Also the candidate must have passed 3 year bachelor's Degree with minimum 60% marks from a recognized University  or must have passed BE/B Tech degree with minimum 60% marks from a recognized University or must have cleared Section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India with a minimum of 60% marks from a recognized University. The age must be in between 20-24 year however, for CPL license holder issued by DGCA (India) the upper age limit is 26 years.

You haven't mentioned the subjects that you have studied in NIOS but check the above mentioned eligibility criteria, if you have fulfilled it you can appear for AFCAT when you are in the final year of the qualifying exam and after passing in the qualifying exam.

Hello,

There aren't any such institutes which provide coaching for AFCAT along with Undergraduate course. If you want to prepare for AFCAT and attend coaching classrooms then you need to join in a private coaching centers for AFCAT. So you need to enroll in such coaching institute and prepare simultaneously while pursuing Bachelor's degree. We can provide you some preparation tips, best books to refer and the syllabus so that you can plan your preparation for AFCAT

SYLLABUS

General Awareness

• History,
• Geography,
• Civics,
• Politics,
• Current Affairs,
• Environment,
• Basic Science,
• Defence,
• Art,
• Culture,
• Sports etc

English

• Comprehension,
• Error Detection,
• Sentence Completion/Filling in of correct word,
• Synonyms,
• Antonyms and Testing of Vocabulary,
• Idioms and Phrases

Numerical Ability

• Decimal Fraction
• Time and Work
• Average
• Profit & Loss
• Percentage
• Ratio & Proportion and Simple Interest
• Time & Distance (Trains/Boats & Streams)

Logical Reasoning

• Verbal Skills and Spatial Ability

Books You can refer

• AFCAT (Air Force Common Admission Test) by Arihant Publications
• AFCAT Air Force Common Admission Test Practice Workbook by Kiran Publications
• AFCAT: Air Force Common Admission Test by NK Natarajan

Preparation Tips

• Check the complete syllabus and plan a strategy to cover the syllabus

• Refer to NCERT History, Civics and Geography books from class 6th to 12th

• Read Newspaper regularly

• Solve previous year question papers.

• Analyze your performance and keep a track of it.

• Take mock test and evaluate your performance.

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Hello,

Indian Air Force invites the unmarried  male candidates for selection test to join as AIRMEN IN GROUP ‘X’ TRADES (EXCEPT EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR TRADE) AND GROUP ‘Y’ TRADES (EXCEPT INDIAN AIR FORCE (SECURITY) AND MUSICIAN TRADE) through online applications. The notification is released in two cycles first cycle in the month of December/January and for second cycle in the month June/August. The online registrations for Intake 01/2022 (first cycle) are already closed on February 7, 2021. If you haven't filled the application form you can apply for the second cycle. As the notification will be released in the month of June/July you need to keep an eye on updates. The notification will be published in the CSAB official website. So visit the official website from time to time to know the updates. The link to the official website is given here

https://airmenselection.cdac.in/CASB/

Hello aspirant,

Yes you can,AFCAT Age Criteria for Flying Branch through AFCAT and NCC Special Entry: Minimum age of the applicant should lie between 20 to 24 years. There is a relaxation of 2 years for candidates holding a current and valid Pilot License issued by DGCA (India).After completing your MBBS from any other Medical College other than AFMC, you can join the Armed Forces Medical Services.

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