Indian Air Force AFCAT 1 Recruitment Notification 2019

Indian Air Force AFCAT 1 Recruitment Notification 2019 : Indian Air Force has released notification to conduct the Air Force Common Admission Test for all its branches. Except for the medical and dental branches the test is conducted for the branches. Indian Air Force has announced that the exam will be conducted in the month of February and August every year.

Both male and female from the Indian Air Force can apply for attending this test. Candidates who are attending the examination should go to the official website and find more details.

Candidates should check the official notification and find all the eligibility criteria like educational qualification, age limit, selection process, application fee, exam pattern, syllabus etc. If candidates meet all the eligibility criteria they can proceed further to apply for the notification released.

AFCAT 1 Eligibility Criteria:

Educational Qualification:

Candidates belonging to all the branches and all posts should have to possess graduation which is the expected educational qualification for the above mentioned posts.

Age Limit:

Age limit is mentioned different for different branches. Find the details below regarding the age limit.

1. Flying Branch: The candidates from the flying branch must have a minimum age limit of 20 years and a maximum of 24 years i.e., candidates should be born between 2^nd January 1997 and 1^st January 2000. The upper age limit for the candidate with Commercial Pilot License is 26 years.
2. Technical Branch: The candidate from technical branch must possess a minimum age limit of 20 years and a maximum age limit of 26 years. The candidates should be born between 2^nd January 1994 and 1^st January 2000.
3. Aeronautical and mechanical background candidates are having different age limit which can be found in the official notification.
4. Ground Duty Branch: This is a non-technical branch for which the candidate’s minimum age limit is mentioned as 20 years and maximum age limit of 26 years.

Important Dates:

Events	AFCAT – I
Release of official notification of AFCAT 2019	Dec-18
Availability of online application form	Dec-18
Last date to application form	Dec-18
Admit Card availability	Jan-19
Entrance Exam date	Feb-19
Result declaration	Mar-19

 Exam Pattern:

Below is exam pattern for the AFCAT – I. Candidates should check the exam pattern before preparing for the entrance test. For attending the further test candidates should first qualify in this entrance test conducted by Indian Air Force.

• The question papers consist of the subjects like General Awareness, Numerical Ability, Verbal Ability, Reasoning, and Military Aptitude.
• Candidates should answer all the multiple choice questions where he or she should choose one correct answer out of 4 choices given.
• The duration for the entrance test is mentioned as 2 hours for 100 MCQ type Questions.
• The complete question paper will be of 300 marks where each question will carry 1 mark.
• For each wrong answer, there is 1/3^rd mark deducted

Syllabus:

Syllabus for AFCAT has the follow subjects included in it. Every candidate attending the examination should thoroughly check the syllabus before starting the preparation.

1. General Awareness: Sports, Current Affairs, Culture, Art, History, Civics, Environment, Politics, Geography, Basic Science etc are topics in General Awareness
2. Numerical Ability: Profit & Loss, Number Series, Average, Percentage, Simple Interest, Ration, Simplification, Decimal Fraction etc are topics in Numerical Ability
3. Reasoning & Military Aptitude: Verbal skills and Spatial Ability
4. Verbal Ability: Error finding, fill in the blanks, vocabulary, Antonyms, synonyms, English comprehension, jumbled sentences, rearrangement of sentences etc.

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Indian Air Force AFCAT-1 2016 For January 2017 Batch Recruitment: Want to excel your career in serving the nation? Want to be a part of Indian Air Force? Well, yes the perfect opportunity for you has come. Notification for AFCAT-1 Exam 2016 has been released from recruitment department of Indian Air force with handsome salary package for each branches, and this is no doubt a golden opportunity for all the aspiring candidates to excel their career under Ministry Of Defence, Government Of India. So, are you ready to apply?

Well, Indian Air Force(भारतीय वायु सेना) has been instrumental in serving the nation through the years, and is 4th largest Air force of the world. AFCAT exam is generally conducted two times in a year where eligible men/women are being invited by the unit to join their force in Flying/ Technical/ Ground duty branches. And this time it’s yet again for batches starting from January, 2017. So, don’t just wait, apply for it now. Yes! Have a look into the details of the recruitment process before you proceed further. Here it comes.

Also Read : IAF Officer Eligibility Criteria and Physical Standards

Job Details Of Indian Air Force AFCAT-1 2016

• Name Of Organization: Indian Air Force
• Name Of Examination: Air Force Common Admission Test(AFCAT-1 2016)
• Type Of Job: Government(Under Ministry Of Defence, Government Of India)
• Vacancy Details:
  • Flying Branch: 201/17F/SSC/M & W (SSC For Both Men & Women)
  • Technical Branch:
    • For Men: N 200/17T/PC/M(Permanent Commission)
    • For Men & Women: 200/17T/SSC/M & W(SSC)
  • Ground Duty:
    • For Men: 200/17G/PC/M(Permanent Commission)
    • For Men & Women: 200/17G/SSC/M & W(SSC)
    • Administration And Logistics Branch
    • Accounts Department
    • Education Department
• Remuneration:
  • For Flying Branch: 80,238/-
  • For Technical Branch:69,238/-
  • For Ground Duty Branch:66,738/-
• Job Location: Throughout India

So, got the basic details? Well, let us now move into other details of the job.

Age And Educational Qualification For AFCAT-1 Notification 2016

Age:

• • For Flying Branch:
    • Candidates applying for this position will have to be at least 20 years. The maximum upper limit for age is 24 years as on 1stJanuary, 2017.
    • Note: Upper Age limit for candidates bearing Commercial Pilot Licence issued by DGCA India is of 26 years.
  • For Technical Branch:
    • Candidates applying for this position will have to be at least 20 years. The maximum upper limit for age is 26 years as on 1stJanuary, 2017.
  • For Ground Duty Branch:
    • Candidates applying for this position will have to be at least 20 years. The maximum upper limit for age is 26 years as on 1stJanuary, 2017.
• Educational Qualification:
  • For Flying Branch:
    • Candidates applying for this post must be Graduates (minimum 3 years degree course) in any discipline from a recognized university and should have minimum 60% marks in aggregate in all papers put together and should have passed Maths and Physics at 10+2 level or B.E./B.Tech degree (4 year course) from a recognized university with minimum 60% marks in aggregate in all papers put together
    • Note: Candidates who has not passed Pilot Aptitude Battery Test(PABT), or has been suspended from Flight Cadet in Air Force Academy will not be eligible for applying to this post.
  • For Technical Branch:
    • Aeronautical Engineer(AE Electronics L): Candidates applying for this post should have passed four years degree course with at least 60% marks from a recognized board/ university. Also the candidates who has cleared Sections A and B examination of Associate membership examination of Institute Of Electronics And Telecommunication Engineers(IETE) by actual studies is also eligible to apply for the same.
    • Aeronautical Engineer(AE Mechanical M): Candidates applying for this post should have passed four years degree course with at least 60% marks from a recognized board/ university. Also the candidates who has cleared Sections A and B examination of Associate membership examination of Institute Of Engineers/ Aeronautical Society Of India by actual studies is also eligible to apply for the same.
  • For Ground Duty Branch:
    • Administration & Logistics: Candidates applying for this post should have passed four years degree course with at least 60% marks from a recognized board/ university. Also the candidates who are having Post graduate degree/diploma passing certificate with at least 50% marks from any recognized board/university are also eligible to apply for the same.
    • Accounts: Candidates having Graduate degree certificate in Commerce with at least 50% marks from a recognized board/university are eligible to apply for this post. Also candidates having Post Graduate degree in Commerce(Preferably M.Com) with minimum 50% marks are also eligible to apply for the same.
    • Education: Candidates having Post Graduate Degree in any discipline with minimum of 50% marks from a recognized board/university are eligible to apply for this post.
    • Note: Height & Weight Measurements in Physical Test should be 157.5cm(height) for men and women with equivalent weight.

Also Read : Career In Indian Air Force

Selection Process And Application Fee

• Selection Process:

  • Candidates applying for the post has to undergo two stages of recruitment process, viz. Written Test and SSB
  • Written Test will be conducted on various subjects like Aptitude, General Intelligence, English, Reasoning etc. Paper will be of 2 hours duration, and only Multiple Choice Questions(MCQ) will be asked.
  • SSB interview will consist of interview process for consecutive five days viz. Psychological Test, Group Task and Interview.
  • However, candidates applying for flying branch has to undergo two additional tests for getting selected viz. CPSS (Computer list Piloty Selection System) and Pilot Aptitude Battery Test (PABT)

• Application Fee:

  • Candidates applying for any of the above post doesn’t have to pay any application fees for appearing in the recruitment process.

How To Apply Online For Indian Air Force AFCAT-1 2016 

• Move to Indian Air Force’s official website careerairforce.nic.in
• Click On “Candidate Login” section, and register for it if you haven’t registered before.
• Once you have logged in, read the official notification carefully before proceeding further.
• Now Click on “Apply Online” button, and fill in the details in the application form with all necessary documents uploaded.
• Remember, you have to upload your passport size photo, signature and thumb impression(scanned) for submitting the application form.
• Once you are done with all the things, you can submit the application form, and can save the preview mode of the same for further communication with the recruitment board
• Note: Image size for passport size photo is restricted to be from 10 to 250kb, and no other sizes will be accepted.

Admit Card And Results

• Candidates who will sit for the written examination can get their admit card and results from careerairforce.nic.in once it is released. Also, we will keep you updated will all the news regarding the same.

Important Phone Numbers/Help-Line Numbers 

• Candidates who are having any doubt/queries regarding AFCAT-1 2016 can call on 011-26160286/26160289/26160459 (Direct) or 011-230-10231 during working hours. Assistance for all queries will be provided from Indian Air Force.