Exam Topic & Syllabus
AFCAT Exam Topic and Syllabus
AFCAT Exam Topic and Syllabus. Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Marking System etc... are Given Below, Check it.
Main Instruction
• AFCAT Exam is the Single Exam For All Branch Exam. For Candidates with one of the choices as Technical Branch, Thats Candidates Must be Attent EKT Exam (Engineering Knowledge Test).
• Exam Mode : Online exam at the examination centres.
• Exam Conduct only English Language only.
• The Online examination will consist of objective type questions.
• Three marks will be awarded for every correct answer. One mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer. No marks for unattempted questions.
AFCAT EXAM
Exam Duration : 02 Hours (120 Minutes)
Total Questions : 100
Total Marks : 300
AFCAT Exam Subject ;
- General Awareness
- Verbal Ability in English
- Numerical Ability
- Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test
| Section | Questions | Marks | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Awareness | 30 | 90 | 2 hours (120 minutes) |
| Verbal Ability (English language) | 30 | 90 | |
| Numerical Ability | 15 | 45 | |
| Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test | 25 | 75 | |
| Total | 100 | 300 |
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EXAM SYLLABUS
General Awareness
- History: Candidates need to have knowledge of important historical events, movements, and personalities from ancient, medieval, and modern Indian history. Topics may include major dynasties, freedom struggle, and post-independence developments.
- Geography: Candidates should be familiar with the physical and political geography of India and the world. Topics may cover continents, countries, capitals, rivers, mountains, important geographical features, and climate patterns.
- Sports: Candidates need to be aware of major national and international sports events, sports personalities, and important achievements in various sports disciplines.
- National & International Organizations: Candidates should have knowledge of prominent national and international organizations, such as the United Nations, World Bank, IMF, NATO, and their roles and functions.
- Art & Culture: Candidates need to be familiar with Indian art, classical dance forms, music, architecture, literature, and cultural heritage. Topics may include famous artists, writers, musicians, and significant art forms.
- Personalities: Candidates should be aware of important personalities in various fields, such as politics, science, sports, literature, and entertainment.
- Environment & Ecology: Candidates should have a basic understanding of environmental concepts, ecological balance, conservation efforts, and environmental issues.
- Indian Polity: Candidates need to have knowledge of the Indian political system, Constitution, important constitutional bodies, and governance structure at the national and state levels.
- Economy: Candidates should have a basic understanding of economic concepts, economic policies, budgeting, banking systems, and major economic indicators.
- Basic Science-Based Knowledge: Candidates should have a basic understanding of scientific principles, discoveries, and inventions. Topics may include physics, chemistry, biology, and general scientific phenomena.
- Science & Technology: Candidates should be aware of recent developments in the field of science and technology, including space research, information technology, and advancements in various scientific disciplines.
- Current Affairs (National & International): Candidates should stay updated with current events and important news related to national and international affairs.
- Defence: Candidates need to have knowledge of the Indian Armed Forces, defense organizations, military operations, and defense-related developments
Verbal Ability in English
- Comprehension: Candidates are tested on their ability to understand and interpret written passages. Questions may be asked on the main idea, supporting details, tone, and theme of the passage.
- Detect Error in Sentence: This section evaluates the candidate’s grammatical knowledge and their ability to identify errors in sentences. Candidates need to spot grammatical mistakes such as subject-verb agreement, tense errors, use of incorrect articles, etc.
- Sentence Completion/Filling in of Correct Word: Candidates are provided with incomplete sentences and are required to select the most appropriate word or phrase to complete the sentence and convey the intended meaning.
- Synonym/Antonym: This section tests the candidate’s vocabulary skills. Candidates need to identify synonyms (words with similar meanings) and antonyms (words with opposite meanings) of given words.
- Cloze Test or Fill in the Gaps in a Paragraph: Candidates are presented with a passage with certain words missing. They need to select the correct words from the options provided to fill in the gaps and maintain the coherence of the passage.
- Idioms and Phrases: Candidates are required to understand and interpret common idiomatic expressions and phrases used in the English language.
- Analogy: This section assesses the candidate’s ability to identify relationships between words or concepts. Candidates need to establish logical connections and find the most suitable analogy.
- Sentence Rearranging: Candidates are given jumbled sentences, and they need to rearrange the words or phrases to form a coherent and meaningful sentence.
- Substitution in a Sentence/One Word Substitution: Candidates need to identify and replace a word or group of words in a sentence with a suitable alternative or find a single word that expresses the same meaning.
- Decimal Fraction: Candidates should have a thorough understanding of decimal numbers and their operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- Time and Work: This topic involves solving problems related to the time taken by individuals or groups to complete a given task or work.
- Average/Percentage: Candidates need to calculate averages and percentages in various scenarios, such as finding the average of a set of numbers or calculating percentage increase or decrease.
- Profit & Loss: This topic requires candidates to solve problems related to calculating profit or loss percentage, cost price, selling price, and discount.
- Ratio & Proportion: Candidates should be able to solve problems involving ratios and proportions, including their applications in various contexts.
- Simple and Compound Interest: Candidates need to understand the concepts of simple and compound interest and solve related problems, such as calculating interest, principal, and time.
- Time & Distance and Races (Trains/ Boats & Streams): This topic involves solving problems related to the time taken to cover a given distance, average speed, relative speed, and problems involving trains, boats, and streams.
- Area and Perimeter: Candidates should be familiar with formulas and methods to calculate the area and perimeter of various shapes, such as rectangles, squares, triangles, and circles.
- Probability: Candidates should have a basic understanding of probability and be able to solve problems related to the likelihood of certain events occurring.
- Number System & Number Series: This topic covers concepts related to numbers, such as divisibility rules, prime and composite numbers, and the ability to identify patterns and solve number series.
- Mixture & Allegation Rules: Candidates should be able to solve problems related to mixing different quantities or qualities of substances and calculating the resulting ratio or percentage.
- Clocks: This topic involves solving problems related to time, such as calculating angles, determining the time elapsed, or finding the time at which two hands of a clock will be at a specific angle.
Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test
- Verbal Reasoning: This part of the syllabus evaluates a candidate’s ability to understand and analyze written information. Topics may include:
- Analogy: Candidates are required to identify the relationship between words and apply the same relationship to a different pair of words.
- Sentence Completion: Candidates need to complete a given sentence by choosing the most appropriate word or phrase from the options provided.
- Sentence Rearrangement: Candidates must rearrange jumbled sentences to form a meaningful paragraph.
- Detecting Errors in Sentences: Candidates need to identify grammatical errors or incorrect usage of words in a given sentence.
- Synonyms and Antonyms: Candidates should be able to identify words with similar or opposite meanings to a given word.
- Idioms and Phrases: Candidates should have knowledge of commonly used idioms, phrases, and their meanings.
- Substitution in a Sentence/One Word Substitution: Candidates need to substitute a word or phrase in a sentence with the most appropriate alternative.
- Non-Verbal Reasoning: This part of the syllabus evaluates a candidate’s ability to understand and analyze visual information. Topics may include:
- Series: Candidates need to identify the pattern or rule governing a sequence of figures and complete the series by selecting the missing figure.
- Classification: Candidates must identify the odd figure or group of figures from a given set based on certain characteristics or rules.
- Analogy: Candidates are required to identify the relationship between figures and apply the same relationship to a different set of figures.
- Mirror and Water Images: Candidates need to identify the image reflected in a mirror or formed by an object placed in water.
- Embedded Figures: Candidates must identify a smaller figure hidden or embedded within a larger figure.
- Figure Completion: Candidates need to identify the missing part of a given figure.
- Paper Folding and Cutting: Candidates should be able to visualize and predict the outcome of folding and cutting paper.
The standard of Numerical Ability Questions will be of Matriculation level. The standard of questions in other subjects will be of graduation level (Indian University).
EKT (Engineering Knowledge Test)
Its Only For Applying Technical Branch
Exam Duration : 45 Minutes
Total Questions : 50
Total Marks : 150
Topic ;
- Mechanical
- Computer Science
- Electrical & Electronics
