IAF Group Y Syllabus and Exam Model Question Paper

Indian Air Force (IAF) conducts Group Y Test for recruitment as an Airman in Technical and Non-Technical Trade through All India Selection Test and Recruitment Rallies. Recruitment Tests for various Group Y Trades are organized as per All India Selection Tests and Recruitment Rally programme scheduled by Indian Air Force. IAF Group Y Syllabus and Exam Pattern for English, Reasoning and General Awareness (RAGA) with model question paper pdf download related latest info is given below.

IAF Group Y Syllabus, Test Pattern and Model Paper Pdf

Group Y Recruitment Test is conducted for Non-Technical Trades (Adm Assistant, Accts Assistant, Medical Assistant, Logistics Assistant, Environmental Support Services Assistant/ ESSA, Ops Assistant, Meteorological Assistant, Ground Training Instructor, IAF Police, IAF Security and Musician) and Technical Trades (Auto Technician and Communication Technician).

Candidates preparing for Indian Air Force Group Y Test may check here the latest Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Selection procedure and Sample paper for the current and upcoming recruitment.

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Group Y Written Test Pattern:
Group Y Non-Technical Trade – The OMR based written test comprises of objective type questions based on English (as per 10+2 CBSE syllabus) and Reasoning & General Awareness (RAGA). Duration of Group Y Non-Technical Trades written exam is 45 Minutes. Negative marking of 0.25 marks will be applicable for each wrong answer or choosing more than one option as answer. The question paper will be bilingual (English and Hindi) except for English paper.

• English: 20 Questions (20 Marks)
• Reasoning and General Awareness (RAGA): 30 Questions (30 Marks)

Group Y Musician Trade – In Group Y (Musician) Trade exam, candidates are tested in English dictation and proficiency to play the musical instrument.

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Indian Air Force Group Y Syllabus

The latest and detailed syllabus for English (as per 10+2 CBSE syllabus) and Reasoning & General Awareness (RAGA) is as follows:

English Syllabus

A. Comprehension
1. To judge understanding of the passage
2. To draw inference
3. To judge understanding of vocabulary

B. Grammar 1
1. Subject – verb concord
2. Forms of verbs and errors in the use of verbs etc.
3. Sequence of tenses and errors in the use of tenses

C. Grammar 2
1. Formation of words: Nouns from verbs and adjectives, Adjectives from nouns and verbs, Adverbs from adjectives etc
2. Determiners
3. The Preposition
4. Nouns and Pronouns
5. The Adjective
6. The Adverb
7. The Conjunction
8. The Modals

D. Vocabulary
1. Synonyms and Synonyms in context
2. Antonyms and Antonyms in context
3. One word substitution
4. Spelling pitfalls
5. Simple Idioms/phrases
6. Words often confused/ selecting the correct word fitting in a sentence

E. Narration (Direct and Indirect)
1. Commands and requests
2. Statements (Various tenses)
3. Questions (Various forms of questions, tenses, etc.)

F. Voice (Active and Passive)
1. Changes required under each tense.
2. Other conditions for transforming Active into Passive
(a) The Preposition
(b) Modal auxiliaries
(c) Infinitive
(d) Participles

G. Jumbled Sentences

Reasoning and General Awareness (RAGA) Syllabus

A. Reasoning (Verbal and Non-Verbal)
1. Series completion.
2. Distance and Direction sense Test.
3. Mathematical Operations
4. Number, Ranking & Time Sequence Test.
5. Classification.
6. Inserting the Missing character.
7. Blood Relation.
8. Coding & Decoding
9. Clocks.
10. Logical Venn Diagrams.
11. Tallest, youngest relations.
12. Alphabet Test.
13. Analogy.
14. Non- Verbal reasoning.
15. Logical Sequence of words.
16. Sitting Arrangements.

B. Mathematics (Elementary)
1. Ratio and Proportion.
2. Average.
3. LCM and HCF.
4. Profit and Loss.
5. Time, Distance and Speed.
6. Percentage.
7. Simplifications of Numbers
8. Fractions.
9. Area of triangle, Square and Rectangle.
10. Surface Area and volume of Cuboids, Cylinder, Cone and Sphere.
11. Probability.
12. Simple Trigonometry.

C. General Knowledge and Current Affairs
1. General Science.
2. Civics.
3. Geography.
4. Current Events.
5. History.
6. Basic Computer Operations.

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Download Group Y Model Question Paper and Syllabus

Download IAF Group Y Airmen Test model paper or sample paper and Syllabus for English and RAGA in pdf format through the links provided below. You may download the Model Paper or Question Paper or Sample Paper also from the Indian Air Force official website airmenselection.cdac.in.

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