DGCA exam preparation books
The texts the papers are written from, and how many questions of our bank came out of each.
Every question in the bank is filed under the textbook it was printed in, so this page can say how much of a paper a given book actually carries rather than guessing.
The official pairing of book to subject.
DGCA's study material list credits RK Bali for Air Regulations, Trevor Thom for Air Navigation, IC Joshi for Aviation Meteorology, the Oxford series across several subjects, and Keith Williams for navigation and instruments.
One nuance the market gets wrong is worth stating plainly, because it sends people to the wrong shelf. RK Bali also wrote the market-standard Air Navigationtext, so when students say "RK Bali Navigation" they mean a real and widely used book, even though the official list names Trevor Thom for that paper. Both exist and they are different books.
3 books in the bank for this paper. Start with the first: it carries the most questions.
4 books in the bank for this paper. Start with the first: it carries the most questions.
2 books in the bank for this paper. Start with the first: it carries the most questions.
3 books in the bank for this paper. Start with the first: it carries the most questions.
2 books in the bank for this paper. Start with the first: it carries the most questions.
One book in the bank for this paper, with the questions we hold from it.
One book in the bank for this paper, with the questions we hold from it.
One book in the bank for this paper, with the questions we hold from it.
One book in the bank for this paper, with the questions we hold from it.
Ordered by how much of each paper the book actually carries.
| Paper | Start with | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| DGCA Aviation Meteorology | Oxford | 1,087 |
| DGCA Air Regulations | RK Bali | 1,635 |
| DGCA Air Navigation | RK Bali | 1,412 |
| DGCA Radio Telephony (R/T) | Standard Book | 799 |
| DGCA Technical General | Standard Book | 1,451 |
| DGCA Technical Specific | Question Bank | 1,605 |
| DGCA Airbus A320 | Question Bank | 2,021 |
| DGCA Pilot Aptitude | Question Bank | 458 |
| DGCA Aviation English | Question Bank | 105 |
"Start with" here means the book that carries the largest share of the questions we hold for that paper, counted live rather than picked. It is not a claim about which book is better written. If a paper has two books close together, read the first and use the second for the topics it covers more fully.
Free to read, no account.
Each book page lists every chapter of that book with the number of questions inside it, and each chapter page shows five of those questions in full, with their options and the correct answer marked. That is free and needs no account. The rest of the chapter, the worked solution behind every question and the animated solutions are what an account and a plan open.
The topic map, and how to sit a whole paper.