AFCAT Previous Year Exam Analysis : Important for AFCAT 1 2021

AFCAT Previous Year Exam Analysis 

AFCAT Previous Year Exam Analysis : Indian Air Force Recruiting authorities conducts AFCAT i.e Air Force Common Entrance Test two times in an year for the recruitment of Commissioned Officers in Flying And Ground Duty (Technical and Non – Technical) in Indian Air Force. Minimum 60% marks are necessary in graduation to appear for this test. Every year lakhs of defence aspirants appear for this examination and to crack this exam you need to do hardwork in smart manner. In this Article, we have provided you the In-Depth Analysis of the previous year AFCAT Exams.

Following is the Exam Pattern for the AFCAT Exam

Exam	Subject	Duration	No. of questions	Max. marks
AFCAT	General Awareness,verbal ability in english, Numerical ability and reasoning and military aptitude test	02 Hours	100	300
EKT(for Ground Duty technical branch only)	Mechanical, computer science and electrical &electronics	45 Minutes	50	150

AFCAT 2020 Exam Analysis: Overall

The AFCAT 2020 is over and this exam was of a Moderate Level. Following are the good attempts on the basis of the review shared by various aspirants who have appeared for this exam:

Section	Level	Good Attempts
English Language	Easy	15-18
Numerical Ability	Moderate	10-13
Test Of Reasoning	Easy-Moderate	22-25
General Knowledge	Moderate	15-16
Overall	Moderate	65-72

In Depth Analysis of AFCAT 2020

English Language

In AFCAT 2020 Exam, English Language section was Moderate. In AFCAT exam English section plays a vital role in clearing the exam as minimum of 25 questions are asked and by preparing section would increase your chances of clearing the written exam. Questions are asked from error detection, grammar usage, idiom and phrases vocabulary etc. In the table below we have provided the details of the questions asked

Topic	No of Questions	Level
Fill in the blacks	4	Moderate
Error Detection	3	Moderate
Idioms/Phrases	3	Easy-Moderate
Reading Comprehension	2	Moderate
Antonym/ Synonym	6	Moderate
Cloze test	5	Moderate-Difficult
Total	23	Moderate

Numerical Ability

In AFCAT 2020 Exam, Numerical Ability was of Moderate Level. Most of the questions were based directly on Formulas and some were calculative. The questions were asked from basic Mathematics and we have provided the detail analysis of the number of questions asked from each section.

Topic	No of Questions	Level
Profit/Loss and Discount	2	Easy-Moderate
Ratio & Percentage	3	Easy-Moderate
Mixture & allegations	2	Moderate
Algebra	2	Easy-Moderate
Time and Work	2	Easy
Simplification	3	Easy
Speed and Distance	2	Easy
Average	2	Easy-Moderate
Total	18	Easy

Reasoning and Military aptitude

In AFCAT 2020 Exam, Reasoning questions were of Moderate level. Majority of questions were asked from non verbal reasoning and military aptitude. The question pattern of this section remains the same and a well prepared candidate can attempt all the questions.

Topic	No of Questions	Level
Non-Verbal (Image)	10	Moderate
Odd one out	5	Moderate
Analogy	5	Moderate
Venn diagram	4	Easy-Moderate
Complete the pattern	5	Moderate
Miscellaneous	5	Easy-Moderate
Total	34	Moderate

General Awareness

In AFCAT 2020 Exam,  General Knowledge questions were asked from all sections. In the table below we have mentioned the number of question asked from various subjects. A candidate can score well in this section if he has basic knowledge of the General Knowledge subjects and have good hold on current affairs.

Topic	No of Questions	Level
History	5	Easy-Moderate
Geography	4	Moderate
Science	5	Moderate-Difficult
Polity	4	Moderate-Difficult
Current Affairs and Economics	7	Moderate
Total	25	Moderate