Indian Air Force has finally released the notification for AFCAT 2 2020 Exam. The AFCAT 2 2020 will be conducted to recruit young blood in the Indian Air Force as an Officer in Flying, technical and non-technical branches. With this notification, the Indian Air Force invites Indian citizens (Men and Women) to be part of this elite force as Group A Gazetted Officers in Flying and Ground Duty (Technical and Non-Technical) branches. AFCAT 2 2020 Exam will be conducted online via a CBT test on 19 Sep 20 and 20 Sep 20.
Before you fill the application for AFCAT 2 2020, we advise you to go through this complete details related to the exam that includes eligibility, age limit, qualification criteria, exam pattern, and more.
Eligibility
Candidates who are applying for the examination must ensure that they are eligible to appear in the examination. Written and SSB interview will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on verification at any time before or after the written examination or AFSB Testing, it is found that they do not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature will be canceled by the IAF.
Mere issue of Admit card/ Call up letter to the candidate will not imply that his/ her
candidature has been finally accepted by Indian Air Force. So, carefully go through this section to learn more about the eligibility for AFCAT in the Indian Air Force.
1. Nationality: Candidate must be a citizen of India as per the Indian citizenship act, 1955.
2. Age Limit:
2. Age Limit:
- Flying Branch through AFCAT and NCC Special Entry: 20 to 24 years as on 01 July 2021 i.e. born between 02 July 1997 to 01 July 2001 (both dates inclusive). Upper age limit for candidates holding valid and current Commercial Pilot License issued by DGCA (India) is relaxable up to 26 years i.e. born between 02 July 1995 to 01 July 2001 (both dates inclusive).
- Ground Duty (Technical & Non-Technical) Branch: 20 to 26 years as on 01 July 2021 i.e. born between 02 July 1995 to 01 July 2001 (both dates inclusive).
3. Marital Status: Candidates below 25 years of age must be unmarried at the time of commencement of course. Widows/ Widowers and divorcees (with or without encumbrances) below 25 years of age are also not eligible. A candidate who marries subsequent to the date of his application though successful at SSB or medical will not be eligible for training. A candidate who marries during the period of training shall be discharged and will be liable to refund all expenditure incurred on him by the Government. Married candidates above 25 years of age are eligible to apply but during the training period they will neither be provided married accommodation nor can they live out with family.
Events, Branch, Course Number and Vacancies
As for AFCAT 2 2020, there is no intake conducted for Accounts and Logistics branches for AFCAT 02/2020 for course commencing in July 2021.
AFCAT Events:
AFCAT 2 2020 Branch And Course Number
- Flying – (210/24F/SSC/M & W)
- Ground Duty Technical – 209/24T/PC/ M and 209/24T/ SSC/M & W
- Ground Duty Non-Technical – 209/24G/ PC/M and 209/24G/ SSC/M & W
Educational Qualification:
1. Flying Branch:
- A graduate candidate with a minimum of 60% marks and must have scored a minimum of 60%marks in Maths and Physics in 10+2 in the 12th standard.
- B.Tech/ B.E candidates who have scored a minimum of 60% marks and have scored 60% marks in maths and physics in 10+2 in 12th standard are also eligible for it.
2. Ground Duty - Technical:
- The candidate must have B.Tech/ B.E degree in notified streams as mentioned in the official notification of the IAF with a minimum of 60% marks and have scored a minimum of 60% marks in Physics and Maths in 10+2 standards are eligible for technical entry.
3. Ground Duty - Non-Technical:
- Administration: Passed 10+2 and Graduate Degree (Minimum three years degree course) in any discipline from a recognized university with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent or cleared section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India from a recognized university with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent.
- Education: Passed 10+2 and Post-Graduation with 50% in any discipline including integrated courses offering PG (Single degree without permission to exit and lateral entry) and with 60% marks in Graduation in any discipline.
- Post Graduate Degree in any Science stream/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Geography/ Computer Applications/ Environmental Science/ Applied Physics/ Oceanography/ Meteorology/ Agricultural Meteorology/ Ecology & Environment/ Geophysics/ Environmental Biology with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all papers put together (Provided Maths and Physics were studied at Graduation Level with a minimum of 55% marks in each).
AFCAT 2 2020 Syllabus
i. General Awareness
- History
- Sports
- Geography
- Environment
- Civics
- Basic Science
- Defense
- Art
- Culture
- Current Affairs
- Politics
ii. Verbal Ability in English
- Comprehension
- Error Detection
- Sentence Completion
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Testing of Vocabulary
iii. Numerical Ability
- Decimal Fraction
- Simplification
- Average
- Profit & loss
- Percentage
- Ratio & Proportion
- Simple Interest
iv. Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test
- Verbal Skills
- Spatial Ability
AFCAT 2 2020 Exam Pattern
The Air Force Common Admission Test will consist of 100 questions and each question will be of three marks. So, the total marks for all questions will be 300. As for the negative marking, there is one-third negative marking in AFCAT 2 2020 exam. For every wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted as penalty.
AFCAT 2 2020 Exam Timing and Shift
Scheme of Online Examination: All applicants whose applications are submitted by the due date will be called for AFCAT at one of the examination centers on either 19 Sep 2020 (Saturday) or 20 Sep 2020 (Sunday). It is mandatory for the candidates opting for Ground Duty (Technical) branch to appear in both AFCAT as well as Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT).
Exam Schedule: The AFCAT (and EKT) will be conducted in two days as per the following schedule:
Syllabus: The subjects, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted to each subject will be as follows
Locations for AFCAT 2 2020:
Agartala, Agra, Ajmer, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Alwar, Aligarh, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bareilly, Behrampur (Odisha), Belagavi, Bengaluru, Bhagalpur, Bhilai, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi and NCR, Dhanbad, Diu, Dibrugarh, Durgapur, Faridabad, Ganganagar, Gaya, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Haldwani, Hissar, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Itanagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalpaigudi, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kannur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kohima, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kota, Kurukshetra, Leh, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mathura, Meerut, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, Nasik, Noida, Panaji, Pathankot, Patna, Port Blair, Puducherry, Pune, Rajkot, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Silchar, Srinagar, Thane, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vellore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warangal.
Allotment of Centres:
As far as possible, candidates will be allotted centers as per their choice. Candidates should note that no request for change of center/ date/ slot will be entertained. Therefore candidates should exercise due care before deciding the date/ slot of his/ her choice for the center for the examination before filling the form.
Air Force Selection Board (AFSB):
For AFCAT entry, IAF shall prepare a list of candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in the Online AFCAT as fixed by the IAF in their discretion. Candidates who are declared successful in the Online AFCAT will be called at one of the Air Force Selection Boards.
Candidates who have applied for NCC Special Entry/Meteorology will be directly called for AFSB testing at one of the AFSB centers. The AFSB centers are at Dehradun (1 AFSB), Mysuru (2 AFSB), Gandhinagar (3 AFSB), and Varanasi (4 AFSB).
Candidates who opt for a flying branch can only opt for Dehradun, Mysore, and Varanasi. Candidates who have qualified in the written exam are required to choose AFSB date and venue by themselves on the website https://careerindianairforce.cdac.in or https://afcat.cdac.in in order to generate call- up letter for AFSB interview.
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