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IAF or Indian Air Force released the AFCAT 1 2022 notification to fill up 317 vacancies in the flying branch as well as ground duties for both technical and non-technical posts. The notification was released on the 01st December 2021. AFCAT is an entrance test conducted by Indian Air Force to select eligible and desirable candidates. In this article we will discuss AFCAT Exam Date 2022 .

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AFCAT 1 2022 Exam

AFCAT exam is an entrance exam conducted twice a year by the IAF. Millions of students appear in this exam to join reputable Air Force Academy and get a commission as an Indian Air Force Officer.

AFCAT Important Dates 2022

The AFCAT 1 important dates 2022 contains the important events related to the AFCAT 1 2022 exam like registration start date, admit card release date, AFCAT exam date, and result declaration. Applicants must check all the dates to avoid missing out on any of the event related to AFCAT 2022. To know more about the AFCAT exam dates 2022 continue reading.

Events	Dates for AFCAT 1 2022	Dates for AFCAT 2 2022
Notification Release Date	27 November 2021	Last week of May 2022
Online Application Starts	1 December 2021	First week of June 2022
Online Application ends	30 December 2021	Last week of June 2022
Application correction dates	19, 20 and 21 January 2022	To be announced
Admit Card release	First week of February 2022	Second week of August 2022
Exam dates	12, 13 and 14 February 2022	Last week of August 2022
Declaration of results	Second week of March 2022	Third week of September 2022
AFCAT cut off marks declaration	Second week of March 2022	Third week of September 2022
Training Begins	First week of Jan 2023	To be announced

AFCAT 2022 Exam Dates

From the above table we can see that AFCAT 1 Exams will be held in the month of Feb in 2022 on the 12, 13 and 14.

AFCAT 2022 Exam Pattern

The following table shows the aspirants the AFCAT 2022 Exam Pattern.

AFCAT 2022 Exam Highlights
Exam Center	All over India around 60 Cities across India
Mode	Online or CBT I.e. Computer-based Test
Question Pattern	Multiple Choice Question’s (MCQ’s)
Total Questions	AFCAT Exam : 100 EKT : 50
Marking	+3 Marks for Correct Answers and -1 for Incorrect Answers
Total Marks	AFCAT 1 : 300 EKT : 150
Duration	AFCAT 1 : 2 Hours i.e. 120 Minutes EKT : 45 Minutes
Medium of Exam	English

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Subject-Wise AFCAT Exam pattern 2022

The AFCAT exam pattern with respect to the subjects is tabulated shown below.

AFCAT 2022 Exam Pattern
Subjects	Total Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
General Awareness	20	60	2 Hours
Verbal Ability	20	60
Quantitative Ability	20	60
Logical Reasoning	20	60
Military Aptitude Test	20	60
Total	100	300
Engineering Knowledge Test (For Technical Ground Duty only)	50	150	45 Minutes

AFCAT 2022 Marking Scheme

The distribution of marks for each section of the AFCAT Exam Pattern including the Engineering Knowledge Test is given below in the table.

For each correct answer, the examine gets 3 marks
For each incorrect answer, 1 mark will be deducted
Unattempted questions will not be validated

AFCAT 1 2022 Vacancy

Indian Air Force has released the AFCAT 1 2022 vacancy details on 1st December 2021 along with its AFCAT 2022 notification. The total vacancies for the AFCAT 2022 exam is 317. Please check the table below for detailed vacancy information.

AFCAT 1 2022 Vacancy
Entry	Branch	Course Number	Vacancies
AFCAT Entry	Flying branch	213/23F/SSC/M & W	PC -0, SSC – 77
	Ground-Duty(Technical)	212/23T/PC/102 AEC/ M 212/23T/SSC/ 102AEC/ M & W	AE(L): SSC – 76, PC – 19 AE(M): PC – 07, SSC – 27
	Ground-Duty(Non-Technical)	212/23G/PC/M 212/23G/SSC/M	Admin: SSC – 41, PC – 10 Accts: PC – 04, SSC – 17 Lgs: PC – 08, SSC – 31
NCC Special Entry	Flying	212/23F/PC/M and 212/23F/SSC/M&W	10% seats out of CDSE vacancies for PC and 10% seats out of AFCAT vacancies for SSC.