What is AFCAT? How to Prepare For the AFCAT Exam?

AFCAT stands for the air force common admission test. This test is conducted by CDAC to select candidates for the Indian Air Force. Candidates are selected for many roles such as flying, administration, accounts, ground duty technical, and meteorology. Graduate candidates are eligible to apply for this exam and after successfully passing the computer-based AFCAT exam and AFSB interview, candidates are trained at AFA(Indian Air Force Academy) Dundigal in Hyderabad.

Exam Pattern for AFCAT Exam

 

Subject	●    English ●    Mathematics ●    Reasoning ●    General Awareness
Total marks	●    300 Marks
Time Limit	●    120 Minutes
Negative Marking	●    1/3rd, 1 mark for every incorrect answer

 

How to prepare for AFCAT Exam- AFCAT Exam is one of the toughest exams in India and every year, lakhs of students apply for the AFCAT exam but only hundreds of students make it to the final list. For passing a tough exam like AFCAT, a good preparation strategy is very necessary.

●    Practice Mathematics and Solve Multiple Types of Questions- Mathematics is a very important part of the AFCAT exam. Candidates should prepare important topics like distance and time, boat and stream, time and work, simple interest and compound interest, and number system. Candidates are advised to solve multiple types of questions for the same topics.

●    Improve Vocabulary and Practice Grammatical Questions- Vocabulary is a very important part of the English syllabus that’s why candidates should improve vocabularies like synonyms, antonyms, idioms, and phrases. Candidates should practice questions on active and passive, direct and indirect, etc. 

●    General Awareness and Reasoning thoroughly- General Awareness and Reasoning are very scoring parts of the AFCAT exam. Candidates should read current affairs and static general knowledge for general awareness. The reasoning should also not be ignored as it is a very scoring part of the AFCAT exam. Both verbal and non-verbal reasoning should be prepared for AFCAT. 

●    Solve Mock Tests- Mock Tests help to improve speed and accuracy which is required very much in the AFCAT exam. Candidates should solve at least 8-10 mock tests before the AFCAT exam. These mock tests should be analyzed and candidates should work on their mistakes. 

●    Prepare for AFSB and AFCAT simultaneously- Candidates get very little time to prepare for AFSB after AFCAT. Candidates should prepare for AFSB with AFCAT preparation. It will help them to prepare for both AFSB and AFCAT together. Candidates should practice OIR, PPDT, TAT, WAT, and SRT with the help of material available on the internet.

 

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