TECGN · CPL written paper

The DGCA Technical General question bank.

Technical General is the widest DGCA paper, and this is the widest bank — 4,234 questions across 102 chapters, from the lift equation to a hydraulic schematic, with the systems detail the paper actually goes to.

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The paper

What the exam actually looks like.

100Questions in the paper

3 hrsTime allowed

100Total marks

70Pass mark

1 markPer question

Technical General is a 100-question paper in three hours. Its breadth is the difficulty: principles of flight, two entirely different engine families, half a dozen aircraft systems, instruments and performance all sit in the same sitting.

What's inside

4,234 questions,
102 chapters.

Every question is auto-graded, tagged with the chapter it came from and marked Theory or Numerical. Wrong answers are filed in your mistakes bank automatically, per subject.

011,410 questions

Principles of flight

Aerofoil geometry, the lift equation, drag and the drag curve, lift–drag ratio, climbing, turning and manoeuvre, load factor and the flight envelope, stability and control in all three axes, high-lift devices, stalling and spinning, and high-speed flight.

AerofoilClimbing FlightFlight Envelopes & PerformanceFlying ControlsHigh Lift DevicesHigh Speed FlightLift & DragPower Available & RequiredStability & ManoeuvrabilityStallingTurning FlightAerodynamics

02384 questions

Piston engines & propellers

The four-stroke cycle, carburation and fuel injection, mixture, ignition, cooling and lubrication, detonation and pre-ignition, engine handling, and the propeller — fixed pitch and constant speed, blade angle, efficiency and the failure cases.

PropellersPistonPropellerCarburettorsCoolingFuel InjectionFuelFuelsIgnition SystemsIgnitionLubricationMixture

03320 questions

Gas turbines

The gas turbine cycle stage by stage — inlet, compressor, combustion chamber, turbine and exhaust — plus lubrication, gearboxes and accessory drives, thrust and thrust augmentation, reverse thrust, and the performance and handling questions that come with them.

Gas TurbineAuxiliary Power UnitCombustion ChamberCompressorGas Turbine IntroductionGas Turbine LubricationGear Box & Accessory DrivesInletPerformance & PowerPerformance & Thrust AugmentationReverse ThrustThrust

04649 questions

Electrics & avionics theory

DC and AC electrical systems, batteries, generators and alternators, motors, transformers, circuit protection and capacitors, bonding and screening, logic gates and basic computers, plus the radio theory, propagation and modulation the paper carries.

AC ElectricDC ElectricLogic CircuitsRadio TheoryAC MotorsAlternatorsBasic ComputersBasic PrinciplesBatteriesBonding & ScreeningCircuit Protection & CapacitorsDC Motors

05827 questions

Airframe & aircraft systems

Structures, fuselage, wings and stabilising surfaces, landing gear and brakes, hydraulics and powered flying controls, fuel systems, pressurisation and air conditioning, oxygen, ice and rain protection, fire detection and protection and emergency equipment.

Emergency EquipmentFuel SystemsHydraulicsLanding GearPressurisationSnow & IceStructurePractical Aircraft SystemsBleed AirAirframe ContaminationAnti Icing & Rain ProtectionFire Detection and Protection

06644 questions

Mixed revision & full-length sets

Cross-topic revision sets and full-length practice papers drawn from the whole subject — the sittings that check whether the individual chapters have actually joined up.

Mixed revisionFull-length setsCross-topic practice

Before you start

What to know about
Technical General.

What the paper testsBreadth at a consistent depth

Technical General does not go very deep into any one area, but it goes to the same moderate depth across all of them. A candidate who is excellent on principles of flight and vague on hydraulics loses more marks than one who is merely solid everywhere.

The bank is sized to reflect that — no chapter is a token five questions.

What is insideTwo engine families, kept apart

Piston engines and gas turbines are separate chapters with separate drills, because the exam treats them as separate topics and because mixing them is how candidates end up applying turbine reasoning to a carburettor.

The electrics and systems chapters are similarly split by system rather than by book chapter, so revising "hydraulics" means revising hydraulics.

Where marks go missingThe nearly-right answer

Technical General options are built to be close. "Increases", "increases then decreases" and "remains constant" will all appear for the same quantity, and only one of them survives a moment of thought about the actual mechanism.

Reading the working rather than only the answer is what stops that pattern costing you marks — which is why every explanation states the mechanism, not just the correct option.

How to work through itOne system at a time

Because the paper is broad, breadth-first revision is a trap: you finish knowing a little about everything and enough about nothing. Take one system to test-mode standard, then move on.

Sit the full 100-question paper only once several systems hold. It is the fastest way to find the area you have quietly been avoiding.

Inside a question

Not a list.
A worked answer.

Every MCQ is graded the moment you answer it, and the explanation shows the reasoning rather than just the correct letter.

01
Auto-graded
Pick an option and get instant right or wrong with the correct answer revealed — except in exam mode, which reveals nothing until you submit.
02
Formula box first
Numericals carry the governing equation on its own line, so you can revise by formula before you revise by question.
03
Numbered method
Worked step by step from the given data to the answer, with nothing skipped.
04
Chapter tagged
Every question carries its chapter and whether it is theory or a numerical, so a wrong answer tells you what to revise.

Technical General · Turning flight Numerical

In a level, balanced 60° banked turn, an aircraft’s stalling speed increases by a factor of approximately:

A1.15

B1.41✓

C2.00

D4.00

Worked solution

Load factor n = 1 / cos(bank angle) · V_s(turn) = V_s × √n

1Load factor n = 1 / cos 60° = 1 / 0.5 = 2
2Stalling speed varies with the square root of load factor
3V_s(turn) = V_s × √2 = V_s × 1.41
4The load factor doubles, but the stall speed rises only 41% — option B.

Questions about the questions

Technical General FAQ

Is the DGCA Technical General question bank free?

Yes — all 4,234 questions, every explanation and every full-length timed paper are free for life, with no paywall, no trial limit and no card.

What does DGCA Technical General cover?

Principles of flight, airframes and structures, piston engines, gas turbines, propellers, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and pressurisation systems, ice and fire protection, instruments, weight and balance and aircraft performance — 102 chapters in total on AIVR CPL.

How long is the DGCA Technical General paper?

It is 100 questions in 3 hours, marked out of 100 with a pass at 70. Exam mode reproduces exactly that, on the clock.

Is Technical General the same as Technical Specific?

No. Technical General is common to all candidates. Technical Specific is written against the single aircraft type on your licence, and each of the six types has its own separate bank and its own paper on AIVR CPL.

Are DGCA Technical General back questions included?

Yes — previous-year and repeated questions are reproduced with the key resolved, filed in the chapter they belong to so you meet them while revising the topic.

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