All the applicants who have submitted their application form will have called for the AFCAT examination centre to appear in the examination.
Subjects and duration of the examination
| Exam | Subject | Duration | No. of questions | Total marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFCAT | General awareness Verbal ability in english Numeral ability and reasoning Military aptitude test | 2 hours | 100 | 300 |
Question types
- The examination will consist of objective type questions and the language of the exam is english only.
Marking scheme
The marking scheme of the examination is as follows
- The three marks will be awarded for each correct answer.
- The one mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer
- No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions.
Normalisation of marks
In order to rationalise the marks scored by candidates appearing in different shifts in an objective manner through a statistical method, before declaration of result marks scored by candidates will be normalised as per the following formula.
M ij = M g t - M g q / M ti - M iq (Mij- Miq) + M gm q
M̂ij = Normalised marks of jth candidate in the ith shift.
M̅ t g = is the average marks of the top 0.1% of the candidates considering all shifts (number of candidates will be rounded-up).
Mq g = is the sum of mean and standard deviation marks of the candidates in the examination considering all shifts.
M̅ti = is the average marks of the top 0.1% of the candidates in the ith shift (number of candidates will be rounded-up).
Miq is the sum of mean marks and standard deviation of the ith shift.
Mij = is the actual marks obtained by the jth candidate in ith shift.
Mq gm = is the sum of mean marks of candidates in the shift having maximum mean and standard deviation of marks of candidates in the examination considering all shifts.
(vi) Candidates are required to appear for the Online AFCAT in person. Under no circumstance will any scribe or another candidate be allowed to appear/ assist in the exam.
(vii) Air Force has the discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination