Pilot Training Eligibility

Hi Ishanuj,
You must have a minimum of 55% PCM in class 12th. If you are going to take your flying classes from government flying schools there will be an entrance test conducted by the Director General Civil Aviation or the DGCA. Being a pilot requires a lot of specialized technical training at various levels. In brief, the first level is that of a Student Pilot License (SPL), which allows the student to learn. After getting some training the student is provided with a Private Pilot License (PPL), which allows him to captain an aircraft without passengers. After gaining some training and experience he has to qualify for the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL), which allows him to captain an aircraft with passengers. This license is provided by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The CPL endorses what aircraft you can fly. Most importantly you must be physically fit and you must undergo a medical test. Please read my article here:
https://www.shiksha.com/aviation/flying-pilot-training/articles/career-in-commercial-flying-all-you-need-to-know-blogId-13472#blogCommentSection

Flying Pilot is an excellent career option. There is a general shortage of trained and experienced Pilots worldwide. Majority of pilots requirement is in Asia Pacific region. Commercial Pilots are paid one of the best salaries in India with other perks.
Following are two options to become pilot in India
(a)Commercial Pilot: You can become Commercial Pilot by joining Pilot (Flying) training schools. Following are the basic eligibility criteria to become Commercial Pilot:
a. You should have completed the 10+2 years of education with physics, chemistry, maths as your major subjects.
b. You must have scored 50 percentage of marks in above mentioned education.
To become Commercial Pilot you need not be a graduate. But if you want to do graduation degree before joining a flying club, you may opt for B.Sc with Physics and or Maths as main subject.
(b) Flying Pilot in Indian Air Force. You can join Indian Air Force Flying branch by appearing for NDA after 12th board or CDS after Science graduation degree.

The entrance examination for pilot training courses test the aspirant's knowledge of mathematics, physics, logical reasoning and verbal ability. The candidate should be thorough with class 10th to 12th standard textbooks for this. You can refer to various question banks to gain an insight into the pattern and types of questions asked.
There are several question banks for CPL and APTL examinations. Aircraft Technical V. 1 (Pilot Training) by Pilot Training Center is a good book that can help you with your preparation.
Aviation or aeronautical engineering aspirants will need to sit for engineering entrance exams like IIT JEE and GATE. There are a number of books available that will help you in preparing for the tests, such as:
1. Problems in physics for IIT and other engineering entrance examinations by SK Srivastava.
2. Chemistry for IIT-JEE and other engineering entrance examinations by Raman KV.
3. Aerodynamics for engineering students by Houghton and Carpenter.
4. Aeronautical engineers data book by C. Matthews.