| Criteria | Details |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Candidate must be an Indian citizen |
| Age Limit - Flying Branch | 20 to 24 years |
| Age Limit - Ground Duty (Technical & Non-Technical) | 20 to 26 years |
| Educational Qualification - Flying Branch | Graduation with minimum 60% marks and Physics & Mathematics at 10+2 level |
| Educational Qualification - Ground Duty Technical | Engineering/Technology degree with required marks |
| Educational Qualification - Ground Duty Non-Technical | Graduation with minimum 60% marks in any discipline |
| Marital Status | Candidates below 25 years should be unmarried |
| Physical Standards | Candidate must satisfy the medical and physical fitness standards prescribed by the Indian Air Force |
| General Awareness | Verbal Ability in English | Numerical Ability | Reasoning & Military Aptitude Test | EKT (Engineering Knowledge Test) - For Technical Branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | Error Detection | Number System | Verbal Reasoning | Mechanical |
| Geography | Synonyms & Antonyms | Percentage | Non-Verbal Reasoning | Computer Science |
| Indian Polity | Reading Comprehension | Ratio & Proportion | Analogy | Electrical & Electronics Topics |
| Current Affairs | Sentence Completion | Profit & Loss | Series | Engineering Fundamentals |
| Defence Updates | Vocabulary | Average | Coding-Decoding | |
| Sports & Awards | Idioms & Phrases | Time & Work | Spatial Ability | |
| Science & Technology | Simplification | Classification | ||
| Speed, Time & Distance |