Syllabus
AFCAT Syllabus 2026
The exam pattern and the official topic lists for AFCAT, read from the recruiting body’s own notice — with the notice’s own caveats kept, not trimmed.
Online AFCAT
| Section | Questions | Max marks |
|---|---|---|
| General Awareness, Verbal Ability in English, Numerical Ability and Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test (one combined paper) | 100 | 300 |
| Total | 100 | 300 |
Duration120 minutes
Negative markingOne mark deducted for every incorrect answer (three marks per correct answer)
Syllabus, section by section
English
- Comprehension
- Detect Error in Sentence
- Sentence Completion / Filling in of correct word
- Synonym / Antonym
- Cloze Test or Fill in the Gaps in a paragraph
- Idioms and Phrases
- Analogy
- Sentence Rearranging
- Substitution in a Sentence / One Word Substitution
- Transformation of Sentence (Complex to Simple)
- Homonyms
General Awareness
- History
- Geography
- Sports
- National & International Organisations
- Art & Culture
- Personalities
- Environment & Ecology
- Indian Polity
- Economy
- Basic Science Based Knowledge
- Science & Technology
- Current Affairs (National & International)
- Defence
Numerical Ability
Matriculation-level standard; questions in the other subjects are of graduation level (Indian University).
- Decimal Fraction
- Time and Work
- Average / Percentage
- Profit & Loss
- Ratio & Proportion
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Time & Distance and Races (Trains / Boats & Streams)
- Area and Perimeter
- Probability
- Number System & Number Series
- Mixture & Allegation Rules
- Square & Square root / Cube & Cube roots
- HCF & LCM
- Elementary Mensuration
- Heights and Distance
- Statistics (Mean, Median and Mode)
- Exponents and powers
Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test
- Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning