AFCAT 2024: IAF to declare results soon at afcat.cdac.in; selection process, cut-offs

NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force (IAF) is expected to announce the Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT 2024) for flying branch and ground duty technical and non-technical branches, and NCC special entry for courses commencing in January 2025. Candidates who appeared in the AFCAT exam on February 16, 17 and 18 will be able to check their results through the official website, afcat.cdac.in.

The recruitment exam evaluates candidates general awareness, verbal ability in English, numerical ability, reasoning and military aptitude. The exam was conducted for 2 hours. The question paper had 100 questions carrying 300 marks.

As per the selection criteria, those who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in the AFCAT online test will be called at one of the Air Force Selection Boards. Candidates who have applied for NCC Special Entry will be directly called for AFSB testing at one of the AFSB centres, the IAF said.

The AFSB centres are at Dehradun (1 AFSB), Mysuru (2 AFSB), Gandhinagar (3 AFSB), Varanasi (4 AFSB) and Guwahati (5 AFSB). Selected candidates will have to choose AFSB date and venue on the official website careerindianairforce.cdac.in or afcat.cdac.in to generate call letter for AFSB interview.

“Requests for postponing interview may be considered under genuine circumstances and that too if it is administratively convenient for which Air Headquarters will be the sole deciding authority,” it said.

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AFCAT cut-off 2024

The AFCAT cut-off for this year is expected to be in the range between 160-170 out of 300 marks. Candidates should also note that the IAF will follow a normalisation method to declare the results. Here’s the last years’ cut-off marks for the recruitment exam.