Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) is conducted twice every year by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to recruit candidates for the Class-I Gazetted Officers in Flying and Ground Duties (Technical and Non-Technical). AFCAT is an exam for both male and female candidates who wish to join the Indian Air Force for both Short Service Commission in Flying Branch and Permanent Commission or Short Service Commission in Ground Duties for both Technical and Non-Technical roles. The AFCAT Written Exam consists of four Sections: General Awareness, Verbal Ability in English, Numerical Ability and Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test. The question paper of AFCAT has a total of 100 objective questions for a total of 300 marks. The time duration for the AFCAT paper is of 2 hours. Each question in the AFCAT Numerical Ability Section consists of 3 marks and a penalty of 1 mark for every incorrect answer.
AFCAT Numerical Ability (Maths) Syllabus consists of :
- Speed, Distance & Time
- Time & Work
- Profit & Loss
- Average
- Simple & Compound Interest
- Ratio & Proportion
- Percentage
- Algebra
- Number System
To score the highest marks in the numerical ability section in AFCAT, it is therefore, important to know the usual question & marking trend of the topics, in detail.
- Speed, Distance & Time
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- Time & Work
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- Profit & Loss
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- Average
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the number of questions expected from this topic can be about
- Simple & Compound Interest
As per the previous years’ question paper analysis,
the number of questions expected from this topic can be about
- Ratio & Proportion
As per the previous years’ question paper analysis,
the number of questions expected from this topic can be about
- Percentage
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- Algebra
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- Number System
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Most Important Topics to Focus
- Speed, Distance & Time
- Time & Work
- Profit & Loss
- Average
- Simple & Compound Interest
- Ratio & Proportion
Keeping these previous years’ trends & expected question pattern in mind, prepare well to score more than 90 percent in the Numerical Ability section of the upcoming AFCAT Exam. To cover AFCAT Numerical Ability syllabus thoroughly & with intense clarity, check out our AFCAT Courses. To check out the recent AFCAT 1 2020 And EKT Cut Off Marks. For AFCAT 1 2020 Question Paper [All Sets] Shift-1 And Shift-2, check and for AFCAT 1 2020 Answer Keys [All Sets].
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