AFCAT 2026 Syllabus

AFCAT Syllabus Air Force Common Admission Test — Complete Syllabus & Exam Pattern Exam Pattern Test Questions Marks Duration Marking AFCAT 100 300 2 hours +3 correct, −1 wrong EKT (Ground Duty Technical only) 50 150 45 minutes +3 correct, −1 wrong Unattempted questions carry no marks. The EKT is taken only by candidates applying for the Ground Duty (Technical) branch, in addition to the AFCAT. AFCAT Syllabus 1. General Awareness • History, Geography and Sports • National and International Organisations; Personalities; Art & Culture • Environment and Ecology; Indian Polity; Economy • Basic Science and Science & Technology • Current Affairs (National and International); Defence 2. Verbal Ability in English • Comprehension (unseen passages) • Error Detection; Sentence Completion and Sentence Improvement • Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word • Vocabulary; Synonyms and Antonyms; Idioms and Phrases • Tenses and Basic Grammar 3. Numerical Ability Questions are of matriculation level. • Decimal Fraction and Simplification • Average, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Ratio & Proportion • Simple Interest and Compound Interest • Time & Work; Time & Distance (Trains, Boats & Streams); Races • Number System and Number Series; Area & Perimeter • Probability; Mixture & Alligation; Clocks 4. Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test • Verbal Skills and Spatial Ability • Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning — analogies, classification (odd one out), series • Pattern completion; rotated, embedded and mirror figures EKT Syllabus — Ground Duty (Technical)

Common to all streams • Engineering Mathematics • Engineering Physics • Engineering Drawing Mechanical Engineering • Thermodynamics; Engineering Mechanics; Theory of Machines • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery; Strength of Materials • Manufacturing Science; Machine Drawing; Materials Science Computer Science Engineering • Analog and Digital Electronics; Electronic Devices • Microwave Engineering; Antenna and Wave Propagation; Radar Theory • Telecommunication Systems; Computer Networks • Switching Theory and Logic Design; Information Technology Electrical and Electronics Engineering • Control Engineering; Network Theory; Electromagnetic Field Theory • Electronic Devices; Analog and Digital Electronics • Telecommunication Systems; Microwave Engineering; Antenna and Wave Propagation Compiled by AglaSem (career.). This is a study reference; for the authoritative and current syllabus, refer to the official AFCAT notification on afcat.cdac.in.