Indian Air Force AFCAT 02/2024 Recruitment – Apply Online For 304 Posts

Indian Air Force AFCAT 02/2024 Recruitment – Apply Online for 304 Posts Indian Air Force has published a notification for the recruitment of AFCAT (02/2024) for Flying & Ground Duty (Technical and Non-Technical) Branches/ NCC Special Entry for Courses Commencing in July 2025.

Indian Air Force AFCAT 02/2024 Recruitment – Apply Online for 304 Posts Those Candidates who are interested in the vacancy details & completed all eligibility criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online.

AFCAT 2 2024 Exam-Overview

Here is the overview of official notification of AFCAT released by IAF on 20 May 2024.

AFCAT 2 2024 Notification
Exam Name	Air Force Common Admission Test
Periodicity	Twice a year
Exam Level	National
Vacancies 2024	304
Mode of Application	Online
Mode of Exam	Online (CBT)
Total Number of Questions	100 Questions
Total Marks	300 Marks
Exam Rounds	3 Stages (Written + AFSB + DV)
Expected Candidates	2 lakhs approx.
Official Website	afcat.cdac.in

AFCAT 2 2024 Vacancy Details

The Indian Air Force has announced vacancies for the AFCAT 2 2024 Exam for the course starting in July 2025. Positions are available for Short Service Commission in the Flying Branch and Ground Duty branches (Technical & Non-Technical). Here are the final vacancies available for the July 2025 batch.

AFCAT 2 2024 Vacancy
Entry	Branch	Vacancies
		Men SSC	Women SSC
AFCAT Entry	Flying	18	11
	Ground Duty (Technical)	AE(L):88 AE(M):36	AE(L):23 AE(M):09
	Ground Duty (Non-Technical)	Weapons Systems(WS) Branch:14 Admin:43 LGS:13 Accts:10 Edn:07 Met:08	Weapons Systems(WS) Branch:03 Admin:11 LGS:04 Accts:02 Edn:02 Met:02
NCC Special Entry	Flying	10% seats out of CDSE vacancies for PC and 10% seats out of AFCAT vacancies for SSC.

AFCAT 2024 Exam Pattern

Candidates should know the Exam Pattern for AFCAT 2 2024. We have provided the latest Exam pattern of AFCAT according to the previous year question paper pattern.

Total no. of Questions	100
Maximum Marks	300
Positive Marks per right question	+3
Negative Marks per Wrong question	-1
Exam Duration	2 Hours

According to the latest Exam Pattern, the Number of questions from each section is as shown in the table

Subject	No of Questions	Marks
English	30	90
General Knowledge	25	75
Reasoning and Military Aptitude	25	75
Math	20	60
	100 Questions	300 Marks

AFCAT 2 2024 Application Form

Important dates of AFCAT 2 2024
Date of official notification	20th May 2024
Application Form start date	30th May 2024
End date of Application Form	28th June 2024

Candidates can access the form on careerindianairforce.cdac.in or afcat.cdac.in. The direct link to apply online for AFCAT 2 exam will be activated here once it is officially released on the official website.

Eligibility Criteria

For Flying Branch

Both Men and Women candidates aged between 20 to 24 are eligible for flying branch.
Maximum age limit for candidates holding a CPL (Commercial Pilot License) is 26 years old.

For Ground Duty( Technical / Non- Technical) branches

Both Men and Women candidates aged between 20 to 26 years can apply for Ground duty branch

Essential Educational Qualification

Branch	At 12th Level	At Graduation Level
Flying Branch	Mandatory Math and Physics in 12th class with minimum 50%	Graduation in any discipline with 60% marks OR BE/B Tech with 60% marks OR Cleared Section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India with 60% marks
Ground duty(Technical Branch)Mechanical and Electrical Branch	Mandatory Math and Physics in 12th class with minimum 50%	A minimum of four years degree graduation/integrated post-graduation qualification in Engineering/Technology from recognized University. OR Cleared Sections A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India by actual studies with a minimum of 60% marks marks
Ground duty (Non-Technical Branch)
Weapon System	Mandatory Math and Physics in 12th class with minimum 50% marks	Graduation degree in any discipline with a minimum of 60% marks OR BE/B Tech degree with 60% marks
Meteorology Branch	Mandatory Math and Physics in 12th Class with minimum 60% marks	BSc with Physics and Mathematics with 60% marks OR Graduation in Engineering/Technology with 60% marks
Administration&Logistics Branch	Passed 10+2 in any stream	Graduate degree in any discipline with 60% marks
Accounts Branch	Passed 10+2 in any stream	Any of the following:- B com, BBA(Finance), BMS( finance), BBS(finance ), BSC(Finance), Qualified CA/ CMA/ CS/ CFA.
Education Branch	Passed 10+2 in any stream	Post graduation degree with 50% and graduation in any discipline with 60% marks

AFCAT 2 Application Fee

Application fees for AFCAT Examination is Rs. 550/- plus GST, which is Non-refundable. This fee does not apply to NCC special entry candidates.

Category	Examination Fee
All Candidates	Rs. 550/-
NCC Special Entry	Rs. 0/-
Mode of Payment	Online

AFCAT 2 2024 Syllabus

Air Force Common Admission Test have total 100 number of questions asked in the online test. A candidate should be aware of syllabus before applying for the exam form. There are total 4 Sections in the AFCAT Exam.

English
General knowledge
Reasoning and Military Aptitude
Mathematics

We have provided the detailed syllabus for AFCAT 2 2024.

English section- Comprehension, cloze test, synonyms and antonyms, idioms and phrases, and error spotting.
General Knowledge– Indian History, Polity, Economics, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Current Affairs.
Reasoning section – Series, Venn diagrams, syllogism, blood relations, non-verbal and verbal reasoning, and military aptitude.
Quantitative Aptitude section – Number system, HCF and LCM, time, distance and speed, time and work, ratio and proportion, percentage, average, simple interest and compound interest, and pipes and cistern.