IAF aspirants brace up for AFCAT 2012
Indian Air Force conducts the Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) 2012 each year and this year it will be held on 26th February 2012. It is called Common admission test because it is conducted for three branches of Air force - Flying branch, technical branch and ground duty branch. This entrance comprises of 4 stages and they are as follows:
AFCAT written entrance
- AFSB interview - Stage 1 Intelligence is a screening process while the stage 2 test comprises Psychological test, group test and interview.
- Branch Test - If you have appear for PABT (Pilot Aptitude Battery Test) if you had opted for Flying branch and EKT (Engineering Knowledge Test) if you had opted for Technical branch. There's no test for ground duty.
- At last there's the medical examination.
On clearing all the stages of the AFCAT entrance the candidates will be admitted to SSC in flying branch and permanent/short service commission in technical/ground duty branches into the following programmes:
Flying Branch:
No. 10 Short Service Commission Course (10 SSC) - 74 weeks/ 1 and half year duration
Technical Branch
No. 81 Aeronautical Engineers Course (81 AEC) (Permanent Commission)- 74 weeks/ 1 and half year duration
No. 53 Short Service Commission Course (53 SSC) - 74 weeks/ 1 and half year duration
Ground Duty Branches
No. 132 Ground duty officer's course (132 GDOC) (Permanent Commission) - 52 weeks duration
No. 25 Short Service Commission course (25 SSC) - 52 weeks duration
Eligibility:
Listed below are the eligibility criteria for the candidates taking this exam:
For Flying Branches:
- Age limit: 19-23 years
- Graduates with 60% marks in aggregate in all papers
- Must have passed class 12th with Math & Physics or B.E./B.Tech degree with 60% marks in aggregate
For Technical Branch:
- Age limit: 18 - 28 years
- Aeronautical Engineer (electronics): B.E/ B.Tech. with minimum 60% marks or cleared section A&B examination of AMIE by actual studies.
- Aeronautical Engineer (Mechanical): B.E/ B.Tech. with minimum 60% marks or cleared section A&B examination of AMIE by actual studies.
For Ground Duty Branches:
Administration and Logistics
- Age limit: 20-23 years
- Graduate degree in any discipline with minimum 60% marks in aggregate
- Post graduate degree/ Diploma in any discipline with 60% marks in aggregate of all papers put together.
Accounts
- Age limit: 20-25 years
- Graduate degree in any discipline with minimum 60% marks in aggregate of all papers put together
- M.Com /CA/ICWA with minimum 60% marks in aggregate of all papers put together
Meteorology
- Age limit: 20-26 years
- M.Sc in any stream with minimum 50% marks in aggregate (With Maths and Physics studied at graduation level with minimum 55% marks)
Education
- Age limit: 20-27 years
- Post graduate in any discipline with minimum 50% marks in aggregate
TEST Structure:
AFCAT written entrance comprises 100 questions and is divided into 4 sections viz. General Awareness, English language, Numerical Ability, Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test. It consists of 2 hours duration with a total weightage of 300 marks. For every correct answer the candidates will be awarded with 3 marks and for every wrong answer 1 mark will be deducted.
This entrance will be held at 49 centers across India. The expected time of result declaration is April.
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