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Whats physical examination for afmc


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SUDHARSAN D 9th Jan, 2019
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Srishti Mehta 18th Feb, 2019

Hello dear

All the medical and physical requirement are same as of other entries of INDIAN ARMED FORCES. They will be checking for this and if you have this, you will be rejected:


Flatfoot

Knock knees

Poor eyesight(if you wear specs then your power should not exceed the limit 3.5D to -3.5D)

Colour blindness

Carrying angle of elbow(it will be checked if it is not according to the standards set by them you will be rejected)

Height and Weight

Sweaty palms

Squint eyes

Clean your ear wax … when you go for medicals.


Important physical requirements are enumerated below for guidance:


There should be:


No serious deformity and mal-developments, scoliosis, spinal bifida and other skeletal deformities.


No impediment of speech.


No sign of functional/organic disease of the heart or blood vessels.


No evidence of pulmonary tuberculosis or previous history of this disease or any other chronic disease of the lungs.


No evidence of any disease of the digestive system, including any abnormality of the liver or spleen.


No inguinal hernia or tendency thereto, hydrocoele or definite varicocoele.


No fistula, piles, disease of the kidneys, disease of the skin.


No active, latent or congenital STD, history of epilepsy and any mental and psychiatric disorder.


No squint or any other morbid condition of the eye.


No active trachoma or Lymph nodes.


The height and weight requirements will depend upon the age, body build and racial characteristics as per standards laid down for Armed Forces:


Girl Standard: In case of female candidates, minimum height of 144 cms and minimum weight of 36kgs is essential.


Boys Standards: The male candidates height below 157.5cms (152.5 for Gorkhas, Nepalese and Garhwali, and Assamese) and weight below 39 kgs will not be accepted irrespective of age and other factors.


There should be minimum 5cms range of chest expansion.


There should be no ear discharge and no perforation of the eardrum/nasal septum.


Visual Standards:


Minimum color vision standard should be CP-3 (Defective Safe).


Visual Standards


Distant Vision (Corrected)

6/6 (Better eye)

6/18 (Worse Eye)


Near Vision (Corrected)

N5 (Better eye)

N8 (Worse eye)


Myopia of not more than

-3.5 D (Better eye)

2 (Worse eye)


Hypermetropia of not more than +3.5 D

+3.5 D (Better eye)

2 (Worse eye)


Hearing Standards:

The candidate should be able to hear a forced whisper with each ear separately at a distance of 20 feet


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11th Oct, 2020
Ii got selected in afmc for BSc nursing... But i have a little controllable squint in my right eye... Is there any chance of my selection.
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