When AFCAT 2 2020 Will Be Conducted?

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April 17, 2020
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UPDATE: Indian Air Force has finally published the notification for AFCAT 2 2020 for flying, the technical and non-technical branch of the IAF. Candidates can join the Indian Air Force as an officer through AFCAT 2 2020. Indian Air Force invites Indian citizens (Men and Women) to be part of this elite force as Group A Gazetted Officers in Flying and Ground Duty (Technical and Non-Technical) branches. Online AFCAT examination will be conducted on 19 Sep 20 and 20 Sep 20.

If you are an Indian Air Force aspirant, you must be waiting for the AFCAT 2 2020 notification and wondering if the AFCAT 2 2020 exam date will be postponed or not, due to the pandemic lockdown in India. This is because several defence exams and interviews are postponed due to COVID-19 situation in India and many defence aspirants are at a loss to know if they will be able to write the AFCAT 2 2020 exam in its designated time. As we all know, the SSB interviews for AFCAT 1 2020 are postponed and the selection date for the same has been blocked as long as the country is under lockdown.

As per the usual trend, the AFCAT 2 2020 notification should come out in 15 June 2020 and the exam be conducted in 19 Sep 20 and 20 Sep 20. If the lockdown ends in May 2020 and is not extend further till June 2020, there are high chances of AFCAT 2 2020 to happen in time, otherwise, it will be postponed for sure. In this article, we are going to talk about AFCAT 2 2020 notification for the Indian Air Force aspirants who are preparing for the upcoming AFCAT Exam.

AFCAT Events	AFCAT 2 2020
AFCAT Notification Date	15 June 2020
AFCAT Online Application Date	15 June 2020
AFCAT Application Last date	14 July 2020
AFCAT Admit Card date	August 2020
AFCAT Exam date	19 Sep 2020 and 20 Sep 2020
AFCAT Result date declaration	October 2020

How To Prepare For AFCAT Exam Online

Serious defence aspirants can join our full AFCAT online course, the course is specially designed for the AFCAT aspirants that will help them to score better marks in the AFCAT 2020 exam.
Our AFCAT 2020 Online course covers the detailed syllabus for Numerical Ability, English, GK, Reasoning and Military Aptitude for the online exam. It also covers AFCAT mock tests for better practice.

AFCAT 2 2020 Branch And Course Number

Flying – (210/24F/SSC/M & W)
Ground Duty Technical – 209/24T/PC/ M and 209/24T/ SSC/M & W
Ground Duty Non-Technical – 209/24G/ PC/M and 209/24G/ SSC/M & W

AFCAT 2 2020 Exam Age Limit

Flying

Age – Flying Branch. 20 to 24 years as on 01 July 2021 i.e. born between 02 July 1997 to 01 July 2001. (both dates inclusive). Upper age limit for candidates holding valid and current Commercial Pilot Licence issued by DGCA (India) is relaxable up to 26 years i.e. born between 02 July 1995 to 01 July 2001 (both dates inclusive).

Educational Qualification

– A graduate candidate with minimum 60% marks and must have scored minimum 60%marks in Maths and Physics in 10+2 in 12th standard.

– B.Tech/ B.E candidates who have scored minimum 60% marks and have scored 60% marks in maths and physics in 10+2 in 12th standard are also eligible for it.

Ground Duty Technical

Age – 20 to 26 years as on 01 July 2021 i.e. born between 02 July 1995 to 01 July 2001 (both dates inclusive).

Educational Qualification – The candidate must have B.Tech/ B.E degree in notified streams as mentioned in the official notification of the IAF with minimum 60% marks and have scored minimum 60% marks in Physics and Maths in 10+2 standard are eligible for technical entry.

Ground Duty Non-Technical

Age – 20 to 26 years as on 01 July 2021 i.e. born between 02 July 1995 to 01 July 2001 (both dates inclusive).

AFCAT 2 2020 Selection Procedure

Indian airforce will conduct the AFCAT online exam across the country at different test centres. AFCAT 2 2020 online exam will be conducted in Aug 2020.
IAF will publish the results of AFCAT 2 2020 in Sep 2020 and candidates will be able to check their marks, cut off marks etc on the official portal i.e. afcat.cdac.in
Selected candidates have to choose their AFSB interview venue and date on the same portal.
The screening test is the first stage of the interview, which consists of verbal, nonverbal tests and a PPDT test. The selected candidates will stay at the centres for further selection tests and those who could not qualify it, would be set free on the same day.
The next stage consists of a personal interview, Psychology and GTO tests, PABT (for flying only), on the last day conference will be conducted after which, the final result is announced. The selected candidates are sent for medical examination.

AFCAT 2 2020 Syllabus

General Awareness: History, Sports, Geography, Environment, Culture, Current Affairs, Politics, Civics, Basic Sciences, Defence, Art etc.
Verbal Ability in English: Comprehension, Error Detection, Synonyms, Antonyms, and Testing of Vocabulary, Sentence Completion etc.
Numerical Ability: Decimal Fraction, Simplification, Average, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, and Simple Interest, Profit & Loss
Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test section: Verbal Skills and Spatial Ability.

AFCAT 2 2020 Exam Pattern

The Air Force Common Admission Test will consist of 100 questions and each question will be of three marks. So total marks for all questions will be 300. As far as negative marking is concerned, there is one-third negative marking in AFCAT 2 2020 exam. For every wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted as penalty.

Syllabus Of The AFCAT 2 2020

English: Comprehension, Error Detection, Sentence Completion/Filling in of correct word, Synonyms, Antonyms and Testing of Vocabulary, Idioms and Phrases
General Awareness: History, Geography, Civics, Politics, Current Affairs, Environment, Basic Science, Defence, Art, Culture, Sports, etc
Numerical Ability: Decimal Fraction, Time and Work, Average, Profit & Loss, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion and Simple Interest, Time & Distance (Trains/Boats & Streams)
Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test: Verbal Skills and Spatial Ability

(a) General Awareness