AFCAT Exam Pattern & Syllabus

The AFCAT syllabus covers four sections — General Awareness, Verbal Ability in English, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning & Military Aptitude — with 100 questions for 300 marks in 2 hours (+3 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one). The separate EKT (Engineering Knowledge Test) for Ground Duty (Technical) candidates — 50 questions for 150 marks in 45 minutes — is not part of the AFCAT 01/2026 and 02/2026 notifications, which list only the 300-mark AFCAT paper. Download the complete section-wise syllabus, including the EKT streams, as a free PDF below.