AFCAT Coaching at Subharti Defence Academy
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Hostel Accommodation
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Sports Facilities
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Gymnasium
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Library
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Wi-Fi Campus
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Health Center
On-site medical care with trained professionals for student health and emergencies.
Study Spaces
Modern, comfortable study environments designed for focus and collaboration.
Hostel Accommodation
Comfortable, safe, and well-equipped hostel with 24/7 security and nutritious mess facilities.
Sports Facilities
State-of-the-art courts and fields for football, basketball, volleyball and more to keep you active.
Gymnasium
Modern fitness center with professional equipment and trainers to support your wellness goals.
Library
Extensive collection of resources with quiet study spaces and digital access for research.
Wi-Fi Campus
High-speed internet across campus for seamless learning and connectivity.
Health Center
On-site medical care with trained professionals for student health and emergencies.
Study Spaces
Modern, comfortable study environments designed for focus and collaboration.
AFCAT 2025 - Key Points
Exam Name
Air Force Common Admission Test 2025
Organization
Indian Air Force
Exam Level
National
Frequency of Exam
Twice a Year (February and August 2025)
Mode of Exam
Online (Computer Based Test)
Exam Duration
2 hours
Language
English
Total Marks
300 (Written) + SSB Interview
AFCAT EXAM SYLLABUS (Maximum Marks-300)
General Awareness, Verbal Ability, Numerical Ability, and Military Aptitude Test
GENERAL AWARENESS (100 Marks)
- History: Indian Freedom Struggle, Important Battles, Major Dynasties
- Geography: Physical Geography, Climate, Rivers, Mountains
- Civics: Constitution of India, Political System, Panchayati Raj
- Science & Technology: Basic Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Recent Developments
- Defense Awareness: Military History, Aircrafts, Weapons, Ranks
- Current Affairs: National & International Events (Last 6-12 Months)
- Sports: Major Tournaments, Awards, Records
- Culture: Dance, Music, Art Forms, Festivals
VERBAL ABILITY (100 Marks)
- Comprehension: Reading passages followed by questions
- Error Detection: Spotting grammatical errors in sentences
- Sentence Completion: Filling appropriate words in blanks
- Synonyms & Antonyms: Word meanings and opposites
- Idioms & Phrases: Meaning and usage
- Word Substitution: One word for many
- Sentence Rearrangement: Jumbled sentences
NUMERICAL ABILITY (100 Marks)
- Decimal and Fraction
- Simplification and Approximation
- Ratio and Proportion
- Percentage
- Average
- Profit and Loss
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Time and Work
- Time, Speed and Distance
- Area and Volume
- Probability
MILITARY APTITUDE TEST (100 Marks)
- Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning
- Spatial Ability
- Rotated Blocks
- Hidden Figures
- Mirror Images
- Water Images
- Embedded Figures
- Figure Classification
- Pattern Completion
Note: All questions will be in English only. There is negative marking of 1 mark for every wrong answer (0.25 marks deducted for each wrong answer). For Flying Branch candidates, EKT (Engineering Knowledge Test) will be conducted separately.
AFCAT SSB Interview Process
NDA Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025
The NDA II exam is to be conducted in offline mode on 14th September 2025. The National Defence Academy written examination comprises two papers, Mathematics and General Ability Test (GAT).
UPSC NDA 2025 - Key Points
Exam Name
National Defence Academy 2025
Organization
Union Public Service Commission
Exam Level
National
Frequency of Exam
September 2025
Mode of Exam
Offline
Exam Duration
Five hours (2½ hours each paper)
Language
English & Hindi
Total Marks
900 (Written) + 900 (SSB)
Scheme of Examination
Detailed Syllabus
PAPER I - MATHEMATICS (Code No. 01, Maximum Marks-300)
ALGEBRA
- Concept of set, operations on sets, Venn diagrams
- De Morgan laws, Cartesian product, relation, equivalence relation
- Representation of real numbers on a line
- Complex numbers—basic properties, modulus, argument, cube roots of unity
- Binary system of numbers
- Arithmetic, Geometric and Harmonic progressions
- Quadratic equations with real coefficients
- Solution of linear inequations of two variables by graphs
- Permutation and Combination
- Binomial theorem and its applications
- Logarithms and their applications
MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS
- Types of matrices, operations on matrices
- Determinant of a matrix, basic properties of determinants
- Adjoint and inverse of a square matrix
- Applications-Solution of a system of linear equations in two or three unknowns by Cramer's rule and by Matrix Method
TRIGONOMETRY
- Angles and their measures in degrees and in radians
- Trigonometrical ratios
- Trigonometric identities Sum and difference formulae
- Multiple and Sub-multiple angles
- Inverse trigonometric functions
- Applications-Height and distance, properties of triangles
ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS
- Rectangular Cartesian Coordinate system
- Distance formula
- Equation of a line in various forms
- Angle between two lines
- Distance of a point from a line
- Equation of a circle in standard and in general form
- Standard forms of parabola, ellipse and hyperbola
- Eccentricity and axis of a conic
- Point in a three dimensional space, distance between two points
- Direction Cosines and direction ratios
- Equation of a plane and a line in various forms
- Angle between two lines and angle between two planes
- Equation of a sphere
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
- Concept of a real valued function–domain, range and graph of a function
- Composite functions, one to one, onto and inverse functions
- Notion of limit, Standard limits—examples
- Continuity of functions—examples, algebraic operations on continuous functions
- Derivative of function at a point, geometrical and physical interpretation of a derivative—applications
- Derivatives of sum, product and quotient of functions, derivative of a function with respect to another function, derivative of a composite function
- Second order derivatives
- Increasing and decreasing functions
- Application of derivatives in problems of maxima and minima
INTEGRAL CALCULUS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
- Integration as inverse of differentiation, integration by substitution and by parts
- Standard integrals involving algebraic expressions, trigonometric, exponential and hyperbolic functions
- Evaluation of definite integrals—determination of areas of plane regions bounded by curves—applications
- Definition of order and degree of a differential equation, formation of a differential equation by examples
- General and particular solution of a differential equations, solution of first order and first degree differential equations of various types—examples
- Application in problems of growth and decay
VECTOR ALGEBRA
- Vectors in two and three dimensions, magnitude and direction of a vector
- Unit and null vectors, addition of vectors, scalar multiplication of a vector
- Scalar product or dot product of two vectors
- Vector product or cross product of two vectors
- Applications—work done by a force and moment of a force and in geometrical problems
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
- Statistics: Classification of data, Frequency distribution, cumulative frequency distribution—examples
- Graphical representation—Histogram, Pie Chart, frequency polygon—examples
- Measures of Central tendency—Mean, median and mode
- Variance and standard deviation—determination and comparison
- Correlation and regression
- Probability: Random experiment, outcomes and associated sample space, events
- Mutually exclusive and exhaustive events, impossible and certain events
- Union and Intersection of events
