Licence types and minimum ages?
ICAO Annex 1:
- PPL: 17 years · CPL: 18 · ATPL: 21
- MPL: multi-crew pilot licence
- Instrument, type and class ratings
- FRTOL: flight radio telephone operator licence
DGCA Air Regulations · 45 questions
Licensing & Medical: DGCA Air Regulations Questions and Answers
45 practice questions on Licensing & Medical with answers and explanations, plus the key concepts and formulas, from the TrueHeading question bank.
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Use this page to revise Licensing & Medical for the DGCA Air Regulations paper. Below are the key ideas first, then 12 practice questions with answers and explanations, picked from the 45 questions in the TrueHeading bank for this topic.
In short: ICAO Annex 1:
Open the full set in the student zone to answer every question, track your accuracy and take timed mock tests.
Key concepts: Licensing & Medical
5 ideas to know cold.
ICAO language proficiency levels?
Six levels: Level 4 is the minimum operational standard.
- Level 4 valid 4 years · Level 5 valid 6 years · Level 6 does not expire
- Applies to radiotelephony in English or the language used by the ground station
Medical certificate classes?
Class 1: CPL, ATPL, MPL. Class 2: PPL. Class 3: air traffic controllers.
- Validity depends on class and age; check the current DGCA requirement
- Pilots must not exercise licence privileges if their medical fitness has declined
ATPL experience: the ICAO figure?
Not less than 1500 hours of flight time, including night and instrument flight, as set in Annex 1.
What are the main privileges of a CPL?
To act as PIC of aeroplanes not engaged in commercial air transport, as PIC in commercial air transport of single-pilot aeroplanes, and as co-pilot in other aircraft.
- Minimum age 18 for CPL, 21 for ATPL (ICAO Annex 1)
- Class 1 medical needed for CPL/ATPL privileges
- Check DGCA CAR Section 7 for current hour requirements
Practice questions: Licensing & Medical
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Q1The minimum age for a private pilot licence (aeroplane) under ICAO Annex 1 is:
- 18 years
- 17 years
- 21 years
- 16 years
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Answer: B. 17 years
PPL: 17; CPL: 18; ATPL: 21.
Q2The total flight experience required for an ATPL (aeroplane) in ICAO Annex 1 is:
- 1 500 hours
- 250 hours
- 1 000 hours
- 500 hours
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Answer: A. 1 500 hours
ATPL requires 1 500 hours with specified cross-country, night and instrument time.
Q3The total flight time required for a CPL (aeroplane) under ICAO Annex 1 (not integrated course) is:
- 200 hours
- 150 hours
- 100 hours
- 250 hours
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Answer: A. 200 hours
150 hours may suffice if the training is under an approved integrated course.
Q4The total flight time for a PPL in ICAO Annex 1 is:
- 60 hours
- 100 hours
- 20 hours
- 40 hours
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Answer: D. 40 hours
The minimum is 40 hours (reducible to 35 hours for approved training courses).
Q5A Class 2 medical assessment is required for:
- ATPL holders
- air traffic controllers
- private pilot licence holders
- all commercial pilots
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Answer: C. private pilot licence holders
Annex 1 Class 2 assessment applies to PPL, glider and balloon pilots, flight engineers and navigators.
Q6A Class 3 medical assessment is required for:
- private pilots
- cabin crew
- air traffic controllers
- pilots flying commercially
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Answer: C. air traffic controllers
Annex 1 Class 3 for ATC licences.
Q7The validity of a Class 2 medical assessment for a PPL holder aged under 40 is:
- 6 months
- 60 months (5 years)
- 24 months
- 12 months
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Answer: B. 60 months (5 years)
Annex 1: 60 months to age 40, 24 months from 40 to 50, 12 months thereafter.
Q8The ICAO language proficiency Level that is the minimum operational requirement is:
- Level 4
- Level 6
- Level 5
- Level 3
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Answer: A. Level 4
Level 4 operational is valid for 4 years; Level 5 extended valid 6 years; Level 6 expert, no recurring test.
Q9ICAO language proficiency Level 6 means:
- Operational
- Pre-operational
- Expert
- Basic
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Answer: C. Expert
Levels 1 to 6: pre-elementary, elementary, pre-operational, operational, extended, expert.
Q10An instrument rating is an:
- alternate licence
- type rating only
- endorsement on a licence allowing flight under IFR
- separate medical class
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Answer: C. endorsement on a licence allowing flight under IFR
The rating allows flight in IMC according to instrument flight rules.
Q11A pilot who has lost his/her medical fitness must:
- fly only in daylight
- continue flying if experienced
- not exercise licence privileges until medically assessed again
- fly only as a passenger
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Answer: C. not exercise licence privileges until medically assessed again
Annex 1 prohibits exercising privileges when the holder is aware of any decrease in medical fitness.
Q12A student pilot may fly solo only when:
- at any time
- only with no medical
- without any licence
- authorised by the instructor and under the conditions in the training programme
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Answer: D. authorised by the instructor and under the conditions in the training programme
Student pilot licences have restrictions and need instructor endorsement.
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