Indian Air Force has published an update on AFCAT 1 2022 Admit Card, the admit card will be available for download from 28 Jan 2022 onward. Candidates who have applied for the AFCAT 1 2022 exam successfully can download their admit card from the official portal.
Admit Card for AFCAT 01/2022 is available for download through Candidate Login from 28 Jan 2022 (5:00 PM) onward. Please verify the details specifically Name, DoB, Gender, Aadhar Number, Photograph and Signature. Read complete instructions carefully to avoid any inconvenience later. Carry a printed copy of the Admit Card along with mandatory documents to the Exam Centre as per the scheduled date and time, as given in the Admit Card.
Syllabus of the AFCAT 2022
English: Comprehension, Error Detection, Sentence Completion/Filling in of correct word, Synonyms, Antonyms and Testing of Vocabulary, Idioms and Phrases
General Awareness: History, Geography, Civics, Politics, Current Affairs, Environment, Basic Science, Defence, Art, Culture, Sports, etc
Numerical Ability: Decimal Fraction, Time and Work, Average, Profit & Loss, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion and Simple Interest, Time & Distance (Trains/Boats & Streams)
Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test: Verbal Skills and Spatial Ability
(a) General Awareness
History
Sports
Geography
Environment
Civics
Basic Science
Defence
Art
Culture
Current Affairs
Politics
(b) Verbal Ability in English
Comprehension
Error Detection
Sentence Completion
Synonyms
Antonyms
Testing of Vocabulary
(c) Numerical Ability
Decimal Fraction
Simplification
Average
Profit & loss
Percentage
Ratio & Proportion
Simple Interest
(d) Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test
Verbal Skills
Spatial Ability
Standard of AFCAT 2022 Question Paper:
The standard of Numerical Ability Questions will be of Matriculation level. The standard of questions in other subjects will be of graduation level (Indian University).
The Online examination will consist of objective type questions and will be in English only for both AFCAT and EKT
AFCAT 2022 Marking Scheme
Three marks will be awarded for every correct answer.
One mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer.
No marks for unattempted questions.
Questions will be based on the metric system of Weights & Measures wherever applicable. Candidates must appear for the Online AFCAT in person. Under no circumstance will any scribe or another candidate be allowed to appear/ assist in the exam. Air Force has the discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.
After the successful de-launch of 50 ft SSBB at Km 32 on 06 Dec 2021, the women team again created history by de-launching a 60 ft SSBB at Km 43 on 23 Jan 2021. This women team of 105 RCC is making history time and again and doing wonders which never happened before. Another successful de-launch happened on 23 Jan 2021 without any mishap or injury. The 60 ft SSBB was constructed on 02 Jan 1986 during the period of crisis. A few years back a pmt replacement bridge was constructed and the Bailey bridge was not in use. The women team de-launched 35 years old Bailey Bridge successfully.
Limited clear backspace for de-launching the bridge.
Use of machine was not possible and the whole operation was carried out manually.
Chances of injury during the operation is high as the parts of Bailey Bridge is too heavy to be carried.
In spite of all the above conditions, the team of ladies was fully motivated and carried out the de-launch successfully. The de-launching operation was led by Capt Sania under the supervision of OC, 105 RCC, EE (Civ) Obing Taki. Both the lady officers worked on the ground with the women team rubbing their shoulders, from lifting panels to pulling bridge.
The task was completed in a day and now this bridge can be used at places where needed. The same was praised by all higher officials.
Captain Sania belongs to Reasi, Jammu, and Kashmir. She joined the OTA Chennai in 2018 after achieving AIR-1 in her SSB interview.
Republic Day Greetings🇮🇳 @BROindia, salutes Nari Shakti
Project Brahmank, an all Women Work Force, delaunched a 60 feet Bailey Bridge braving incliment weather. Women Officers & CPL, together, worked Shoulder to Shoulder. Jai Hind !Jai BRO !! Jai Nari Shakti!!@PMOIndiapic.twitter.com/VloRBOKYMW
The young Indian army officer Lieutenant Manisha Bohra of the Army Ordnance Corps becomes the first woman to lead its all-male AOC contingent at the Rajpath parade on Republic Day 2022. The third-generation army officer speaks exclusively to SSBCrack about her journey to success.
Lieutenant Manisha Bohra belongs to Khuna Bora village in Champawat district, Uttarakhand, Lt. Manisha became the 1st woman army officer from her village to take a commission in the armed forces. Lt. Manisha Bohra did her schooling at Army Public School RK Puram in Secunderabad after which she studied BSc in Biotechnology, Genetics, and Chemistry from Osmania University. She has cleared the UPSC CDS and AFCAT exam in her first attempt and finally joined the OTA Chennai after clearing the NCC Special Entry SSB Interview in which she achieved the AIR-3 rank. She also won the Miss OTA Chennai Award during her training.
In 2018 she shared her success journey with SSBCrack and she said” I cleared both CDS and Afcat and got recommended in both SSBs in the first attempt. But I was not able to get in the top merit. So this year I tried with NCC entry and worked a lot during this period and finally, I got recommended from 18 SSB Allahabad on 24 April. and I got the results on 14 and I was so happy to see that I was AIR-3. SSB crack was also an inspiration for me as every time I used to see others’ success stories I would work more hard and determined to achieve my goal.”
The success journey of Lieutenant Manisha Bohra will motivate many defence aspirants to join the armed forces.
The Parachute Regiment donned the new combat uniform of the Indian Army and carried Tavor Assault rifles at the iconic Republic Day parade this year. President Ram Nath Kovind, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, takes a salute and has left the Rashtrapati Bhavan for Rajpath.
The GTO tasks are conducted on the 3rd and the 4th day of the SSB and it is a very sound opportunity for making an impression on the GTO. GTO contains a set of task which helps the GTO to understand the nature and behavior of the candidates in the group.
Group Testing determines an individual’s ability to function in a group and based upon functional capacity, discover his actual and potential level and assesses his suitability for the armed forces. The purpose of GTO is to observe
In Group discussion two topics of common interest (social issues and current events) is discussed. For the 1st discussion the group will be given a choice to choose from 2 topics and discuss. There is no choice for the 2nd discussion. It is an informal discussion and not a debate. Each topic is allotted 20 minutes each. No definite conclusion is required to be deduced.
Group Planning Exercise
A group planning exercise contains a set of problems which brings out all “officers’ like qualities” in a candidate which encompasses quality to lead (the lads), organising, courage, team work, spontaneity, and effective intelligence, etc. GPE comprises of 5 stages.
Explanation of the Model
Narrative by the GTO .
Self reading for 5 minutes by the candidates.
10 minutes for writing the solution for the problem.
10 minutes for discussing the solution.
Conclusion.
Progressive Group Task
This is a outdoor task and is one of the interesting task of the GTO series. This task is about set of obstacles in ground in that you and your team members need to cross each obstacle by set of rules. The time allotted for the task is 30-45 minutes and to cross the obstacles the group will have some helping materials which are given by the GTO.
Half Group Task
Sometimes some of the candidates do not get the opportunity to express their ideas in the Progressive task . For this sake, the Half Group Task is used. The whole group is divided into half and each group is assigned with the same task one by one. The rules are same as in the PGT.
Lecturette
It is an individual task and the candidate is required to give a short talk to the group. Three minutes are allowed to prepare any chosen topic from the four given in the Lecturette Cards for the talk.
Snake Race
In this task the group is pitched against each other over a set of six obstacles with a snake like load to carry.
Command Task
The whole group is seated away from the testing area. The task is similar to that of the PGT and the rules remain the same. Each individual is then called by the GTO one by one in a random manner. He then asks the individual simple question to make the aspirant feel at ease. Then the GTO explain the task and ask the attempter to clear the doubts if any. Then he asks the attempter to choose his subordinates for the task.
Individual obstacles
A set of 10 obstacles is set to be tackled individually. Obstacles are numbered from one to ten, denoting the points each one carries. Each individual is given three minutes.
Final Group Task
This task consist of one obstacle similar to Progressive Group Task and the whole group participate in the task. Time limit is 15 minutes.
President Shri Ram Nath Kovind, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, has approved List of Honorary Commission to Armed Forces personnel on the eve of Republic Day 2022. Here is the Complete List of Honorary Commission (Honorary Captain and Honorary Lieutenant) awarded on the occasion of Republic Day 2022 is enclosed.
The President is pleased to grant honorary rank of Naib Risaldar/Subedar to the under mentioned NCOs on the eve of Republic Day 2022 under Para 180 o the Regulation for the Army 1987, with effect from the dates shown against their names:
The President is pleased to grant honorary ranks to the under mentioned Honorary Lieutenants and JCOs on the eve of Republic Day 2022 on retirement under Para 179 of the Regulation for the Army 1987, with effect from the dates shown against their names:-
The President is pleased to award honorary commission to the rank of Honorary Captain/Lieutenant on the eve of Republic Day to the under mentioned Honorary Lieutenants/JCOs on active list under Para 177 of Regulation for the Army 1987, with effect from 26 January 2022 subject to the individual not being under any disciplinary action and satisfactory continued performance :-
Indian Navy marching contingent of Republic Day 2022 parade will be led by Lieutenant Commander Aanchal Sharma, who is an observer officer posted at the Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 314.
“The naval contingent comprises 96 men, three platoon commanders and one contingent commander,” the navy said in a statement. It will be led by Lieutenant Commander Aanchal Sharma, who is an observer officer posted at the Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 314, it mentioned. Sharma, who was commissioned in June 2016, said that the enthusiasm and energy of the contingent is unparalleled and it is indeed an honour to be leading it at Republic Day parade.
National War Memorial was inaugurated and dedicated to the Nation by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 25 Feb 2019. The Memorial stands testimony to the sacrifices made by our gallant soldiers since Independence.
The Memorial houses the eternal flame which exemplifies the supreme sacrifice made by a soldier in the line of duty thus making him immortal. Since its inauguration, all homage ceremonies are being conducted only at the National War Memorial, including those on National Days.
In a befitting solemn ceremony, the flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti was merged with the eternal flame at National War Memorial with full military honours. The ceremony was presided over by Air Marshal BR Krishna AVSM SC, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC).
In a historical move by the Centre ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, the Amar Jawan Jyoti or the “eternal flame” for soldiers at India Gate was merged with the torch at the National War Memorial in a ceremony on Friday.
A part of the flame was carried to the war memorial this afternoon in a ceremony that was presided by the Integrated Defence Staff chief Air Marshal Balabadhra Radha Krishna.
Krishna laid a wreath after which a torch was lit from the Amar Jawan Jyoti and the flame doused. The torch was then taken to the national war memorial by a ceremonial guard from Guards Regiment of the Indian Army.
After travelling for around 150 metres, the torch was used to symbolically merge the flame from Amar Jawan Jyoti with the one at the National War Memorial.
Air Marshal Krishna presided over the ceremony at both the locations. The India Gate memorial was built by the British government in memory of the British Indian Army soldiers who lost their lives between 1914-1921.
Recently in the news: The National War Memorial is the ‘epitome’ of all war memorials in the country, said an officer from the elite Special Frontier Force on Saturday after receiving a gallantry medal for an operation to capture a strategic height across the Chushul valley in Eastern Ladakh on August 30, 2020.
“There are many war memorials in the country but National War Memorial is the epitome of all. Very proud moment for soldiers in the country. National War Memorial shows that a shaheed soldier will always be remembered”, said Lt Col Neeraj Kr Singh, 7 Vikas SFF.
Singh of 7 Vikas (Special Frontier Force) received the Sena Medal Gallantry for his role in an operation to capture a strategic height across the Chushul valley in Eastern Ladakh on August 30, 2020. He further stated that the war memorial was very important for the country. “The merger of Amar Jawan Jyoti with the National War Memorial is a very proud moment for all soldiers. This signifies that a soldier is always ready to sacrifice his life for the country.”
In a befitting solemn ceremony, the flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate was merged with the eternal flame at National War Memorial with full military honours on 21 Jan 2022. The ceremony was presided over by Air Marshal BR Krishna, AVSM, SC, CISC. pic.twitter.com/PG1UxbpiCN
TES (10+2) Entry- 47 course (July 2022) online application for TES-47 course notification will open on joinindianarmy.nic.in from 24th January 2022 to 23rd February 2022. JEE Mains 2021 has been made obligatory for TES entry from the TES-47 course. This is in addition to the criteria of a minimum of 60% marks in PCM (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) in class 12th.
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TES 47 Update on 23rd January 2022: TES-47: ONLINE APPLICATION FOR TES-47 COURSE IS OPEN WEF 24 JAN TO 23 FEB 2022. APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO FILL ONLY THE COMMON RANK LIST (CRL) RANK OBTAINED IN THE JEE MAINS 2021 FOR B.E/B.TECH COURSE IN THE APPLICATION FORM.
TES 47 Notification 10+2 TECHNICAL ENTRY SCHEME 47 July 2022 Course. Indian army is going to publish the TES 47 notification on 24th Jan 2022 for the candidates who have completed the 12th standard with PCM with an aggregate of 60%. TES 47 Online applications will open on 24th Jan 2022. Applications are invited from unmarried Male Candidates who have passed 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (Hereinafter referred to as PCM) subjects and fulfill the eligibility conditions prescribed in the subsequent paragraphs, for the grant of Permanent Commission in the Army after four years of Basic Military Training and Technical Training thereafter with the terms and conditions given in the succeeding paragraphs.
TES 47 Age Limit: A candidate must not be below 16½ years and above 19½ years on the first day of the month in which the course is due to commence i.e. the candidate should not be born before 02 Jan 2003 and not after 01 Jan 2006 (both days inclusive).
TES 47 Educational Qualification: JEE Mains 2021 has been made obligatory for TES entry from the TES-47 course. This is in addition to the criteria of a minimum of 60% marks in PCM (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) in class 12th from recognized education boards are eligible to apply for this entry. Eligibility condition for calculating PCM percentage of various state /central boards will be based on marks obtained in Class XII only.
Training
Basic Military Training: 1 year (Officer Training Academy Gaya).
Technical Training: (i) Phase-I (Pre Commission Training): 3 Years (CME Pune or MCTE Mhow or MCEME Secunderabad), (ii) Phase-II (Post Commission Training): 1 year at CME Pune or MCTE Mhow or MCEME Secunderabad.
Award of Degree: The candidates will be awarded Engineering degree after successful completion of the final examination. No ante date will be admissible to candidates on account of this Engineering degree. During the last two semesters, the officers will be permitted only one relegation on academic grounds. This relegation will be within the maximum two relegations permitted on academic grounds in the entire Engineering degree (8 semesters) in accordance with JNU Ordinance. Any further relegation of the officer on academic grounds will lead to termination of his commission.
Vacancies: 90. The Vacancies are provisional and can be changed depending on the training capacity at the Training Academy for this course. The vacancies are subject to increase/decrease keeping the organizational requirement at the point of time.
Height relaxable upto 2.5 cm may be allowed where the Medical Board certifies that the candidate is likely to grow and come up to the required standard on completion of his training.
Vacancies: 90 (Vacancies are provisional and can be changed depending on the training capacity at the Training Academy for this course. The vacancies are subject to increase/decrease keeping the organizational requirement at the point of time.)
Type of Commission: On successful completion of 4 years of the course, cadets will be granted Permanent Commission in the Army in the rank of Lt.
Seniority: They will be granted seniority on overall order of merit of the three technical institutes combined i.e. CME, MCTE, MCEME and in case the date of commissioning coincides with that of IMA, Dehradun, they will be placed en-block junior to IMA (NDA/ ACC / DE Course ) but above TGC / UES course.
Fixed Stipend for Cadet Training. The gentlemen cadets will be given a stipend of Rs. 56,100/-p.m.* as is admissible to NDA cadets on completion of 3 years training. On completion of 4 Years training, they will be commissioned in the rank of Lt and entitled to pay as admissible to the rank.
How to Apply: Application will only be accepted online. To do so the candidate needs to click on the ‘online application’ button on website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in.
Selection Procedure
Shortlisting of Applications. Integrated HQ of MoD (Army) reserves the right to shortlist applications based on cut off percentage applied as decided. After shortlisting of candidates, the Centre allotment will be intimated to the candidate online. After allotment of Selection Centre, candidates will have to log in to the website and select their SSB dates on a first come first serve basis.
Only shortlisted eligible candidates depending on the cutoff percentage will undergo SSB at one of the Selection Centres i.e, Allahabad (UP), Bhopal (MP), Bengaluru (Karnataka) or Kapurthala (Punjab) by Psychologist, Group Testing Officer and Interviewing Officer. Call Up letter for SSB interview will be issued by respective Selection Centres on candidate’s registered e-mail ID and SMS only. Allotment of Selection Centre is at the discretion of Directorate General of Recruiting, Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army) and NO request for changes are entertained in this regard.
Candidates will be put through two stage selection procedure. Those who clear Stage I will go to Stage II. Those who fail in Stage I will be returned on the same day. Duration of SSB interview is five days and details of the same are available at the official website of Directorate General of Recruiting www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. This will be followed by a medical examination for the candidates who get recommended after Stage II.
In the eventuality of being recommended by SSB, candidate should have no objection for undergoing medical examination by board of Male/Female doctors.
Candidates recommended by the SSB and declared medically fit, will be issued joining letter for training in the order of merit, depending on the number of vacancies available.
The finally selected candidates will execute all the Bonds/Certificates as prescribed for the Cadets of NDA entry under AI 53/78.
The candidate will not have any objection in the event of final selection, on allotment of any Arm/Service in the interest of organisation.
PROCEDURE FOR COMMON CANDIDATES : TES & NDA ENTRY
The candidates who apply for 10+2 Technical Entry Scheme (TES) and National Defence Academy (NDA & NA) parallel courses need to undergo a medical examination by a Board of Service Medical Officers for the entries recommended.
Those candidates who are recommended for TES prior to their NDA SSB will have to undergo medical for TES and NDA (AF and Navy) separately.
If only NDA Army is their preference these TES candidates need not undergo NDA medical again. The NDA medical examination will begin only after the candidate is declared FIT in TES medicals.
The candidates who are recommended in NDA prior to SSB for TES need not undergo medical for TES separately. The Medical Status for TES (10+2) will be same as NDA (Army) medical examination. A candidate declared UNFIT in NDA will be considered UNFIT for TES as well.
If the candidate is found UNFIT/ UNFIT IN ABSENTIA at any stage of medical examination in any entry i.e. TES or NDA & NA parallel courses he will be declared UNFIT for both the entries and no representation will be accepted thereafter.
MERIT LIST: IT MUST BE NOTED THAT MERE QUALIFYING AT THE SSB INTERVIEW DOES NOT CONFIRM FINAL SELECTION. MERIT WILL BE PREPARED ON THE BASIS OF MARKS OBTAINED BY THE CANDIDATE AT SSB INTERVIEW. HIGHER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES, NCC BACKGROUND ETC. HAVE NO ROLE TO PLAY FOR FINALIZATION OF MERIT LIST. JOINING LETTERS TO JOIN PRE-COMMISSION TRAINING AT OTA, GAYA WILL ONLY BE ISSUED SUBJECT TO VACANCIES AND MEDICAL FITNESS.
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Hi!! I am Anurag Pandey a 5 times repeater who got recently merit in for NDA 147 course with AIR 381. It has been a long road till here and I would love to share my experience with my fellow defence aspirants. I have been to the following SSBs
TES 44 SSB Banglore – Screen Out
NDA 145 02 AFSB Mysore – Conference Out
NDA 146 01 AFSB Dehradun – Conference Out
TES 45 SSB SSB Kapurthala – Screen Out
NDA 147 03 AFSB Gandhinagar – Recommended
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So my journey started on the 29th of October 2020 when I went for my first ssb in Bangalore for TES 44 entry, I knew nothing about PPDT and GD and gave a very poor performance over there which resulted in a screen out. I guess it is never good to start your SSB journey with a screen out. But improving my mistakes and with some practice, I went to my second SSB and I failed again getting conference out there too, and unfortunately the streak of failing to continue with a further conference out followed by a screen out. I have been lucky enough to get a call letter each time from an SSB at least 1700km from my hometown (I belong to Jamshedpur, Jharkhand). Initially, these failures made me feel bad but each time I failed it motivated me to try one more time. It was my last attempt for NDA when I got my call letter for SSB from AFSB Gandhinagar and I chose 19 Sept 2021 to be the fateful day. Once again I went with my head high and this time I had barely prepared anything besides my earlier notes and past 1-month current affairs from YouTube channel.
DAY 1(Screening Test)
231 candidates reported and 91 were screened in and somehow I managed to get in making my way through the fish market in GD and finally the result was declared after a funny incident, I was talking to a person standing next to me and was caught by DNCO Dubeyjee and he called me in front of 231 candidates and made me stand in front of everyone and seeing my red face everyone started giggling (I was too proud to make the atmosphere light, in such an intense situation).
DAY 1(Psychology Test)
In AFSB Gandhinagar psych test is conducted the same day of the screening test in the evening. I made stories suing some of my real-life incidents in TAT, attempted 57 WAT and 32 SRTs, and completed my SD in time
DAY 2 was a free day for our group
DAY 3 (Interview)
My interview lasted for about 40-45 minutes and I was asked questions related to my previous mistakes in SSBs, my strength, and weaknesses, about my hobbies, co curriculum-activities, and mostly about my friends and family. My IO was a very polite guy with a very broad smile on his face all the time in the interview. I calmly answered all his questions and at last, was asked a few technical questions related to IAF before he said all the best and asked me to leave.
DAY4 (GTO)
It started with GD and thanks to Prabhanshu Bhai and Gautam Bhai for letting chest no.86 speak (I was chest no. 86). Our GTO was too smooth and we completed all the tasks in the given time. Another funny incident happened in my command task when my GTO sir took all means to irritate me in the scorching heat of that afternoon of Gandhinagar, by telling me if I become an engineer the country will be unsafe and by my ideas made Newton and Einstein cry in heaven. Finally, I was able to give two solutions and our GTO ended with all of us in a jolly mood.
DAY5 (Conference)
The D-Day, me being in the last group of our batch was sitting since 9 AM morning waiting for my conference and finally it happened around 3 PM and as soon as I entered the conference hall my chair toppled and before I could fix it and make myself sit comfortably I was asked to leave within a minute. Soon the results were announced and 19 of us got recommended. I was the second last person out of those 19 and the moment they announced 86 tears of joy filled in my eyes. It was the happiest moment of my life and it still gives me goosebumps each time I remember it. We than went for form filling (an endless procedure) and again an funny incident happened we weren’t allowed to call at our home before filling all the forms, since I knew my family would be worried as didn’t call them in last 5 days so I told one of the JCO sir “Sir Please phone de do warna ghar wale galat samajh lenge” He passed a smile and gave his cell to me for calling at home.
I would like to thank SSBCrack for being a constant for the last 3 years from the time I was in my 12th std. Thank you for motivating me with your success stories articles and your course for the NDA written exam. I would like to give a special thanks to SSBCrackExams maths teachers Laxmi mam and Himani mam for clarifying my doubts. I would like to thank my friends, family, and teachers who had been a constant support system throughout this journey.
In the end, I would only say “JUST BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS RESULTS ARE JUST THE BY PRODUCTS”
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