Indian Air Force · AFCAT 1 & 2 · 2026

Earn Your Wings.
Lead From the Front.

Structured prep for the Air Force Common Admission Test — Flying, Ground Duty (Technical) and Ground Duty (Non-Technical) branches, with daily targets, full mocks mapped to the real AFCAT pattern, and AFSB interview groundwork.

All 3 branches covered EKT for Technical branch AFSB-style interview prep Daily current-affairs targets

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AFCAT aspirants

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What's included

Everything you need,
nothing you don't.

AFCAT-Pattern Mock Tests

Full-length mocks matching the real 100-question, four-section AFCAT paper, scored with the actual +3/-1 marking scheme.

EKT Practice (Technical Branch)

Separate Engineering Knowledge Test sets for Mechanical, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics streams.

Daily Target Questions

10 questions every day across General Awareness, English, Numerical Ability and Military Aptitude — with rolling defence current affairs.

AFSB Interview Groundwork

Curated material on PPDT, group tasks and the personal interview format used at the Air Force Selection Board.

Calculation Booster

Speed-maths drills for the Numerical Ability section — built for a paper with no individual section timer to hide behind.

All-India Leaderboard

See exactly where you stand against every other AFCAT aspirant on the platform, updated after every mock.

Exam Pattern

Know the paper before you sit it.

AFCAT — Common Paper (All Branches)

Section	Questions	Marks	Time
General Awareness	~20	~60	—
Verbal Ability in English	~24	~72	—
Numerical Ability	~18	~54	—
Reasoning & Military Aptitude Test	~38	~114	—
Total	100	300	120 min

+3 for every correct answer -1 for every wrong one no individual section timer — all 100 questions in one 120-minute window EKT is only for Ground Duty (Technical) branch applicants

Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT) — Technical Branch Only

Stream	Questions	Marks	Duration
Mechanical / CS / Electrical / Electronics & Telecom	~50	~150	~45 min

AFCAT 2026 Cycle (Typical)

AFCAT 1 Notification Dec

AFCAT 1 Exam Feb

AFCAT 2 Notification Jun

AFCAT 2 Exam Aug

Syllabus

What AFCAT actually tests.

History & Freedom Struggle Geography Indian Polity & Constitution Current Affairs & Defence News Environment & Ecology Basic Science & Technology Sports

Reading Comprehension Error Spotting Sentence Improvement Synonyms & Antonyms Para Jumbles Idioms & Phrasal Verbs Fill in the Blanks

Percentages Ratio & Proportion Time Speed Distance Profit & Loss Simple & Compound Interest Number System Averages

Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning Spatial & Spatial Orientation Direction Sense Coding-Decoding Military-pattern Picture Perception Blood Relations

Engineering Mathematics Core Subject Fundamentals Basic Electronics & Circuit Theory Strength of Materials Thermodynamics Basics

Your Faculty

Wing Commander Aman Bhatia (Retd.)

AFCAT Subject Expert, AptiEdge

Ex-Indian Air Force · AFSB Panel Experience

Taught by someone who has actually served.

Aman spent 21 years in the IAF and sat on selection panels at the Air Force Selection Board before moving into full-time AFCAT coaching in 2021.

His approach centres on the Reasoning & Military Aptitude section — the single largest chunk of the paper and the one most coaching material treats as an afterthought.

21 yrs

IAF service

1,900+

Candidates mentored

340+

Selections via AptiEdge

What they cover

General Awareness Verbal Ability Numerical Ability Military Aptitude EKT AFSB Interview Coaching

Study Plan

90 days to AFCAT.
Here's the structure.

Days 1-20

Foundation

Cover every topic across all four sections at least once. Take a diagnostic mock at day 15 to find your real baseline.

Days 21-45

Section Strengthening

Drill your two weakest sections daily. Technical-branch candidates start EKT alongside the common paper, not after it.

Days 46-70

Mock-Led Practice

Two full AFCAT-pattern mocks a week, every one timed at exactly 120 minutes with the real +3/-1 scheme applied.

Days 71-90

AFSB Readiness

Shift focus to PPDT practice, group tasks and mock interviews — the written exam is only the first gate.

Success Stories

Students who cleared.
In their own words.

Real people. We don't inflate this number.

Selected

Karan Rawat

Selected — Flying Branch

AFCAT Score: 268/300

"The Military Aptitude section is where I was bleeding marks. Daily targets on spatial reasoning fixed that in about three weeks."

Verified AptiEdge student

Selected

Priyanka Solanki

Selected — Ground Duty (Non-Tech)

Cleared AFSB on 2nd attempt

"I'd cleared the written round before but never the AFSB. The interview-prep material here is what actually moved the needle the second time."

Verified AptiEdge student

Selected

Devansh Kulkarni

Selected — Ground Duty (Technical)

EKT (Mechanical): 132/150

"EKT prep material is genuinely hard to find for Mechanical specifically. The structured sets here covered exactly what showed up."

Verified AptiEdge student

FAQ

Common questions about AFCAT prep.

Yes — +3 for every correct answer and -1 for every wrong one in the common paper. Guessing carelessly has a real downside, so unattempted is often better than a pure guess.

The Engineering Knowledge Test is an additional 45-minute paper only for candidates applying to the Ground Duty (Technical) branch, covering your specific engineering stream.

No — all 100 questions across all four sections sit inside one continuous 120-minute window. You choose how to allocate your own time.

Yes, women are eligible for the Flying Branch and both Ground Duty branches, subject to the same exam and AFSB process as male candidates.

Shortlisted candidates attend the Air Force Selection Board (AFSB) — a multi-day process covering psychological tests, group tasks, and a personal interview.

Yes — CDS and NDA have their own dedicated tracks on AptiEdge, since both share a lot of the same Reasoning, English and General Knowledge ground covered here.

Earn Your Wings. Lead From the Front.

Everything you need,nothing you don't.

Know the paper before you sit it.

What AFCAT actually tests.

Taught by someone who has actually served.

90 days to AFCAT.Here's the structure.

Students who cleared.In their own words.

Common questions about AFCAT prep.

Your wings start with one mock test.

Earn Your Wings.
Lead From the Front.

Everything you need,
nothing you don't.

90 days to AFCAT.
Here's the structure.

Students who cleared.
In their own words.