Which are the good books for pilot entrance exam preparation? What is the best way to prepare for this exam?

Aviation is a vast subject and a person would need different sets of books to clear different stages in his career. Talking about pilot entrance exam preparations for cadet pilot programmes or for getting into institutes like the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy, one would need to have basic maths and physics knowledge and can refer to books from their 10+2 studies. They can also search for study materials from the books required for the NDA entrance tests. Later on during their CPL phase, they can refer to books such as Ground Studies for Pilots and work on question sets by Keith Williams for subjects like Air Navigation, Aircraft Engines and Systems and Instruments, and books by IC Joshi and RK Bali alone would suffice for Indian Meteorology and Air Regulations. In the airline entrance exams, it is highly recommended to use the Oxford Aviaiton books as most major airlines in India conduct their exams in association with CAE training institute and they largely refer to Oxford in setting the question papers.

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You may visit the DGCA website for complete information on the expected syllabus & the suggested reading material. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dgca.nic.in/licencing/pilot_ref.pdf" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>http://dgca.nic.in/licencing/pilot_ref.pdf</a> If you have time, say a year, the best way to prepare and pass the exams would be to tackle them in batches rather than taking them all on in one go.

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To clear entrance exams of flying schools like IGRUA, refer books that you do for NDA. Further, for clearing CPL exams conducted by DGCA, you may refer : #Oxford Books for all the subjects English Book Store Delhi has all of them available #I C Joshi For Meteorology #Trevor Thom for Airplane Technical #R K Bali for Regulations and Aircraft Acts #For Radio Telephony License (RTR) books are available by various other authors. Various retired instructors from defence services, DGCA and reputed airlines are also conducting classes in Delhi. They provide their own notes which are very well complied and clearly reflect their experience and expertise in their subjects. The training is conducted for a period of 3months and are repeated for those who are unable to clear in that particular quarter of exam conducted by DGCA.

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Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IRGUA), Rai Bareli invites application for Commercial Pilot license course. An entrance exam in conducted for admission. IRGUA offers Commercial Pilot Licence Course (CPL) course for the issue of CPL with multi-engine endorsement and instrument rating on multi-engine aircraft. Eligibility is Candidates must have passed 10+2 and Bachelor's degree with Maths and Physics subjects from any recognized university with 55% of marks in aggregate. There are several Question Banks for CPL and APTL Examinations. Aircraft Technical V. 1 by Pilot Training Center is a good book that can help you with your preparation. Candidates are required to cover these subjects – Mathematics, Physics, General English and Reasoning. Class 12th level books will be good books to practice for the exam.

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