AFCAT 2023 Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Pattern, Syllabus

AFCAT 2023 Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Pattern, Syllabus: AFCAT or Air Force Common Admission Test is a national level entrance exam which is conducted by Indian Air Force twice in a year. After qualifying the AFCAT exam eligible candidates recruited in Air Force as commissioned officers in flying, ground duty (technical), ground duty (non-technical). Graduate candidates are eligible for this exam. Joining Indian Air Force is one of the dream jobs of every candidate. Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) gives the golden opportunity to the candidate to join Indian Air Force.

As we know AFCAT exam conducted twice in a year so AFCAT 2023 application form can expected in the month of December 2021 First week and exam date could e February 2023.  Again in the month of June 2023 Air force will release the notification and will invite application form. All prior information regarding AFCAT 2023 Application form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Pattern, Syllabus is updated here

AFCAT 2023 Application Form Important Dates

AFCAT-I Events

Events	Date
Notification will release on	December 2022 First Week
Availability of online application form	December 2022 First Week
Last Date to Apply	December 2022 Last Week
Downloading of Admit Card	February 2023
AFCAT I 2023 Exam Date	February 2023
Result Declaration	March 2023

AFCAT-I I Events

Events	Date
Notification will release on	June 2023 First Week
Availability of online application form	June 2023 First Week
Last Date to Apply	June 2023 Last Week
Downloading of Admit Card	July 2023
AFCAT I 2023 Exam Date	August 2023
Result Declaration	October 2023

AFCAT 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Interested candidates for AFCAT 2023 are suggested to check eligibility criteria first before applying. Criteria for Flying Branch, Ground Duty (Technical), Ground Duty (Non-Technical) are mentioned here, Candidate must be physically and mentally fit  

Nationality: Applicant must be a citizen of India

Flying Branch

Age Limit: The candidate must be born not earlier than 2 July 1997 and no later than 1 July 2001.

Educational Qualification: Applying candidate must have passed their Graduation in any discipline with 60% marks and mathematics should be a subject in 12^th or B.E./B. Tech. OR

Applying candidate must have secured 60% marks in the section A&B examination of Aeronautical Society of India or Associate Membership of Institute Engineers (India).

Ground Duty (Technical)

Age Limit: The candidate must be born not earlier than 2 July 1995 and no later than 1 July 2001.

Educational Qualification: Candidates having graduation degree in any discipline with 60% marks and Physics and mathematics should be a subject in 12^th OR

Four-year graduation degree or integration PG in Engineering/Technology OR

Applying candidate must have secured 60% marks in the section A&B examination of Aeronautical Society of India or Associate Membership of Institute Engineers (India).

Ground Duty (Non-Technical)

Age Limit: The candidate must be born not earlier than 2 July 1995 and no later than 1 July 2001.

Educational Qualification: Candidates having graduation degree in any discipline with 60% marks are eligible to apply OR must have secured 60% marks in the section A&B examination of Aeronautical Society of India or Associate Membership of Institute Engineers (India).

AFCAT 2023 Application Form

Candidate those who have meet with the AFCAT eligibility criteria can application form via online mode only. AFCAT 2023 online application form will available on official website www.careerairforce.nic.in   or www.afcat.cdac.in

AFCAT exam conducted by authority twice in a year as date schedule already mentioned above section. As per schedule aspirants can prepare themselves for the AFCAT 2023 examination physically as well as mentally.

Steps for Filling AFCAT 2023 Application Form Online

• Candidates have to visit on official website to fill their application form online www.careerairforce.nic.in  
• Now first candidates needs to register themselves by clicking on registration link
• During registration process candidates have to provide their some general details i.e. name, father name, date of birth, contact number, email id etc
• When registration will complete unique registration number  will sent by the authority to give contact number or email id
• After setup their login credential again login to the website and start filling their AFCAT 2023 Application form
• Provide all necessary details correctly
• Upload scan copy of required documents as prescribed format
• Pay the AFCAT 2023 application fee online and submit the application form before due date.

AFCAT 2023 Application Fee

Candidates of all category	Rs. 250
For NCC special entry candidates	Application fee not applicable

AFCAT 2023 Exam Pattern

• The AFCAT question paper will include General Awareness, Numerical Ability, Verbal Ability, Reasoning and Military Aptitude.
• All questions will be multiple choices in nature applicants will have to make the correct selection.
• The duration of the entrance examination will be 2.00 hours.
• AFCAT paper consists of 100 MCQ type questions.
• The question paper will be of 300 marks where each question will be of 1 mark.
• Attempting wrong answer will attract a penalty of 1 / 3rd mark

Subjects	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
General Awareness, Verbal Ability, Quantitative Ability, Logical Reasoning, Military Aptitude Test	100	300	2:00 Hours
Engineering Knowledge Test (For Technical Ground Duty only)	50	150	45 Minutes

AFCAT 2023 Selection Process

• Short listing of the candidates will be done on the basis of marks obtained in the written examination.
• Candidates selected on the basis of written examination will have to face the screening test i.e. Stage-I test.
• The AFCAT screening test will include officer intelligence rating test and picture perception and discussion test.
• Those who qualify Stage-I will be called for Stage-II testing.
• Stage II will include interactive ability with the Intervening Officer, Psychological Test, Group Test to check personal interaction.
• Candidates who pass SSB / Interview will go through medical examination.
• Finally, an All India Merit List will be prepared on the basis of written examination and interview.

AFCAT Examination Center

Allahabad	Coimbatore	Guwahati	Kanpur	Shimla
Aligarh	Darbhanga	Hyderabad	Kolkata	Silchar
Ambala	Delhi	Hisar	Kolhapur	Srinagar
Aizawl	Dehradun	Haldwani	Kohima	Sonipat
Andaman	Darjeeling	Itanagar	Kochi	Tirupathi
Amritsar	Diu	Imphal	Kurukshetra	Thane
Bengaluru	Durgapur	Indore	Kota	Tinsukia
Behrampura	Dhanbad	Jaisalmer	Lucknow	Thrissur
Belgaum	Faridabad	Jaipur	Leh	Tirunelveli
Bareilly	Ghaziabad	Jabalpur	Meerut	Thiruvananthapuram
Bhagalpur	GautamBudh Nagar	Jalpaigudi	Madurai	Ujjain
Bahadurgarh	Ganganagar	Jalandhar	Mangalore	Udaipur
Bhawanipatna	Gorakhpur	Jammu	Midnapore	Varanasi
Bhopal	Ranchi	Jhansi	Mysore	Vadodara
Bhilai	Rohtak	Jamshedpur	Mumbai	Vijayawada
Bhubaneshwar	Rourkee	Jodhpur	Nasik	Vellore
Bhuj	Pathankot	Rajkot	Nagpur	Vishakapatnam
Patna	Puducherry	Pune	Warangal
Nizamabad	Gwalior	Kharagpur	Solapur

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