Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) is conducted by the Indian Air Force twice a year to recruit officers in Flying, Technical, and Ground Duty (Non-Technical and Meteorology & Education) branches. It is one of the most sought-after defence exams offering a direct path to an officer commission in the IAF.

AFCAT

Official 2025 syllabus extracted from https://afcat.cdac.in/AFCAT/assets/images/guidelines/download/afcatsektsyllabus.pdf

English

Comprehension

Detect error in sentence

Sentence completion / filling correct word

Synonym / Antonym

Cloze test or fill in the gaps in a paragraph

Idioms and phrases

Analogy

Sentence rearranging

Substitution in a sentence / One word substitution

General Awareness

History

Geography

Sports

National and International Organizations

Art and Culture

Personalities

Environment and Ecology

Indian Polity

Economy

Basic Science Based Knowledge

Science and Technology

Current Affairs (National and International)

Defence

Numerical Ability

Decimal fraction

Time and Work

Average / Percentage

Profit and Loss

Ratio and Proportion

Simple and Compound Interest

Time and Distance (Trains/Boats/Streams)

Area and Perimeter

Probability

Number System and Number Series

Mixture and Allegation Rules

Clocks

Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test

Verbal reasoning

Non-verbal reasoning

Reasoning and Military Aptitude

AFCAT Syllabus 2025, 2026 and more: Subjects, Topics, and What to Study