RPSC Inspector, Factories & Boilers syllabus — subject and topic-wiseRPSC Inspector, Factories & Boilers syllabus: 12 subjects, 72 topics — official PDF, free download, no login. Exam — Conducted by: RPSC; Last held: 1 January 2020. 246 real previous-year questions are classified onto these topics.Updated 31 October 2026 — PYQ counts as of this dateRPSC Inspector, Factories & Boilers syllabus — official PDF, free download, no login. 12 subjects, 72 topics, each with its past-year question count.Official syllabus PDF

Inspector Factories & Boilers syllabus 2025 (RPSC)

Heat Transfer, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning — 38 questions

Refrigeration Systems & Refrigerants — 9 questions

Conduction: Walls, Cylinders, Spheres & Critical Insulation — 8 questions

Radiation Heat Transfer — 6 questions

Psychrometry, Air Conditioning & Human Comfort — 6 questions

Heat Exchangers — 5 questions

Convection: Natural & Forced — 4 questions

Extended Surfaces (Fins) — 0 questions

Theory of Machines — 33 questions

Balancing, Vibrations & Critical Speed — 11 questions

Flywheel, Governors & Gyroscope — 7 questions

Kinematics: Links, Pairs, Chains & Mechanisms — 4 questions

Gear & Gear Trains — 4 questions

Inversions, Slider-Crank & Straight-line/Steering Mechanisms — 3 questions

Clutches & Brakes — 3 questions

Cams & Followers — 1 questions

Belt, Rope & Chain Drives — 0 questions

Power Plant Engineering & Boilers — 31 questions

Steam Turbines (Impulse, Reaction, Compounding & Governing) — 11 questions

Steam Generators (Boilers): Low & High Pressure — 7 questions

Vapour Power Cycles (Carnot, Rankine, Reheat, Regenerative) — 5 questions

Boiler Mountings, Accessories & IBR Safety Standards — 4 questions

Fuels & Combustion — 3 questions

Types of Power Plants (Thermal, Gas, Hydro, Nuclear) — 1 questions

Strength of Materials — 30 questions

Stress, Strain, Elastic Constants & Thermal Stress — 10 questions

Deflection of Beams — 4 questions

Torsion of Shafts — 4 questions

Shear Force & Bending Moment Diagrams — 3 questions

Bending & Shear Stresses in Beams — 3 questions

Columns, Struts & Strain Energy — 3 questions

Principal Stresses & Mohr's Circle — 2 questions

Theories of Failure — 1 questions

Metallurgical Engineering & Testing — 28 questions

Iron-Carbon Diagram, Alloying & Classification of Steels — 8 questions

Heat Treatment, Strengthening & Structure-Property Relations — 8 questions

Mechanical Testing (Hardness, Strength, Toughness, Fatigue, Creep) — 6 questions

Non-Destructive Testing (LPT, MPT, RT, UT) — 4 questions

Boiler Steels: Specifications & Weldability — 1 questions

Corrosion & Wear Testing — 1 questions

Fluid Mechanics & Machines — 27 questions

Fluid Properties, Statics, Manometry & Buoyancy — 7 questions

Viscous Flow & Flow Through Pipes (Head Losses) — 6 questions

Pumps: Reciprocating & Centrifugal — 4 questions

Continuity, Momentum & Bernoulli's Equation — 3 questions

Flow Measurement (Orifice, Venturi, Pitot) — 3 questions

Hydraulic Turbines (Velocity Triangles, Power & Efficiency) — 3 questions

Performance, Unit & Specific Quantities — 1 questions

Design of Machine Elements — 17 questions

Joints: Cotter, Knuckle, Bolted, Riveted & Welded — 6 questions

Design Fundamentals: Factor of Safety, Stress Concentration & Fatigue — 4 questions

Bearings: Journal & Antifriction — 3 questions

Gears Design — 2 questions

Shafts, Keys & Couplings — 1 questions

Thick & Thin Cylinders — 1 questions

Springs & Levers — 0 questions

Production Engineering — 16 questions

Welding, Foundry & Casting Processes — 5 questions

Theory of Metal Cutting & Non-conventional Machining — 5 questions

Metal Forming: Rolling, Forging, Drawing & Extrusion — 3 questions

Machine Tools, Jigs & Fixtures — 2 questions

Metrology: Limits, Fits, Tolerances & Measurement — 1 questions

NC/CNC/DNC, CIM & FMS Systems — 0 questions

Thermodynamics — 13 questions

First Law, Flow & Non-flow Processes — 4 questions

Second Law, Entropy & Availability — 4 questions

Ideal & Real Gases, Gas Laws — 2 questions

Air-standard Cycles (Otto, Diesel, Dual, Brayton) — 2 questions

Thermodynamic Systems, Properties & Processes — 1 questions

Industrial Engineering & Management — 10 questions

Quality Control, SQC, ISO 9000/14000 & Reliability — 5 questions

Project, Supply Chain & Operations Research (LP, Queueing) — 3 questions

Production Planning, Control, JIT, Lean & Inventory — 2 questions

Organizations, Management Principles & Functions — 0 questions

Occupational Safety, Health & Factory/Boiler Law — 3 questions

Factories Act & Boilers Act — 2 questions

Industrial Occupational Health & Safety — 1 questions

Labour Acts — 0 questions

S2 — 0 questions

IC Engine Classification & Cycles (Two/Four Stroke) — 0 questions

Combustion in SI & CI Engines — 0 questions

Fuel Supply, Ignition, Lubrication & Cooling Systems — 0 questions

Engine Performance Parameters & Analysis — 0 questions

Air Pollution: Causes & Control — 0 questions

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