What is the difference between AFCAT and EKT?

<p>The Indian Air Force administers the AFCAT test, also known as the Air Force Common Admission Test, to applicants seeking Class 1 gazetted officers in the Flying and Ground Duty (Technical and Non-Technical) branches. The Engineering Knowledge Test, or EKT, is administered to applicants for technical branches. There are 100 questions on the AFCAT exam, divided into four categories: general awareness, aptitude test, military reasoning, numerical ability, and verbal ability in English. The AFCAT exam is worth 300 total points. The test will take two hours to complete. There are fifty subject-specific engineering questions on EKT. Mechanical, computer science, and electrical and electronics are the subjects of the questions. The test has a total of 150 marks and lasts for 45 minutes.</p>

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<p>AFCAT exam or Air Force Common Admission Test is conducted by Indian Air Force to select candidates as Class 1 gazetted officers in the Flying and Ground Duty (Technical and Non-Technical) branches. EKT or Engineering Knowledge Test is conducted for the candidates who apply for the technical branches. AFCAT exam carries a total of 100 questions from General Awareness, Verbal Ability in English Numerical Ability, Military Reasoning, and Aptitude test. The total marks allotted to the AFCAT exam are 300. The duration of the test is two hours. EKT carries 50 questions that are Engineering subject-specific. Questions are asked from Mechanical, Computer Science, and Electrical &amp; Electronics. The total marks allotted to the test are 150 and is held for 45 minutes.</p>

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Exam pattern for AFCAT: Mode of Exam: Online No. Of Questions: 100 Duration of Exam: 2 hours (120 minutes) Maximum Marks: 300 Sections in Paper: General Awareness, Numerical Ability, Reasoning, Verbal Ability in English and Military Aptitude Test. Negative Marking: 1 mark Exam pattern for EKT: Mode of Exam: Online No. Of Questions: 50 Duration of Exam: 45 minutes Maximum Marks: 150 Sections in Paper: Mechanical, Computer Science, and Electrical &amp; Electronics (according to your Branch). Negative Marking: 1 mark The Air Force Common Admission Test exam is conducted by the (IAF twice a year to recruit Class-A Gazetted Officers in Flying and Ground Duties for both Technical and Non-Technical Branches. The engineering Knowledge Test EKT) exam is conducted for technical posts and the AFCAT exam is conducted for Non-technical posts.

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Candidates who choose the Ground Duty (Technical) branch must take both the Air Force Common Admission Test AFCAT and the Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT). EKT is a test for engineering graduates who want to join the Indian Air Force's technical branches. Exam pattern of AFCAT and EKT exam are: 1. The AFCAT is conducted for Non-Technical candidates. 2. AFCAT is an online exam with objective type questions, having multiple options. 3. Questions will be in English only and will cover these four sections: Verbal Ability, General Awareness, Reasoning and Numerical Ability and Military Aptitude Test. 4. The duration of the AFCAT test is two hours. A total of 100 questions will be asked in the question paper carrying weightage of 300 marks. 5. The EKT exam is Engineer knowledge test. This test is only for candidates who opt for Ground duty technical branch. 6. Candidates will be given 45 minutes to solve 50 questions in the EKT test. The maximum marks allotted to the exam are 150. The EKT test will carry questions from Mechanical, Computer Science and Electrical &amp; Electronics.

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