DGCA exam syllabus

DGCA exam syllabus for CPL

The papers a CPL candidate sits, mapped to the 363 topics the question bank divides them into.

The DGCA publishes a syllabus as a list of subject headings, so this page shows you the topics inside each paper as the question bank actually divides them.

Read a paper's question count as a weight. A topic with two hundred questions behind it is a topic the exam keeps returning to, and a topic with fifteen is not. That is the part the official syllabus cannot tell you.

DGCA Aviation Meteorology

56 topics, 2,692 questions in the bank.

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Topics include Atmosphere, Atmospheric Pressure, Temperature, Air Density, Humidity, Winds.

DGCA Air Regulations

79 topics, 2,883 questions in the bank.

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Topics include International Organisations and Conventions, Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks , Rules of the Air , Air Traffic Services , Separation Methods and Minima, Separation in the Vicinity of Aerodromes.

DGCA Air Navigation

79 topics, 1,929 questions in the bank.

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Topics include BASIC RADIO THEORY, The Solar System, ADF / NDB, The Earth, Altimeter, TRACK AND DRIFT QUESTIONS.

DGCA Radio Telephony (R/T)

43 topics, 1,386 questions in the bank.

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Topics include Radio Waves & Wave Propagation, Modulation, Transmission & Reception, RT Phraseology & Procedures (Part 1), Emergency Procedures, Regulatory Framework & Organizations, AIS, NOTAM & Publications.

DGCA Technical General

63 topics, 1,471 questions in the bank.

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Topics include Overview and Definitions, The Atmosphere, Basic Aerodynamic Theory, Subsonic Airflow, Lift, Drag.

DGCA Technical Specific

13 topics, 1,605 questions in the bank.

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Topics include Cessna 152, Cessna 172R, Cessna 310, Tecnam P2006T, Tecnam P2008JC, Tecnam P2010 TDI.

DGCA Airbus A320

20 topics, 2,021 questions in the bank.

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Topics include Air Conditioning A320, Pressurization A320, Ventilation A320, Auxiliary Power Unit A320, Automatic Flight A320, Communications A320.

DGCA Pilot Aptitude

3 topics, 458 questions in the bank.

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Topics include Cognitive Reasoning, Physics, Maths.

DGCA Aviation English

7 topics, 105 questions in the bank.

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Topics include Spelling Test, Synonym Test, Complete the Sentence, Grammar Test, Idiom Test, Vocabulary Test.

Where to go next

The bank the topic map is drawn from, and the papers themselves.

Every DGCA subject, book and chapter