RPSC Inspector of Factories (Chemistry) syllabus — subject and topic-wiseRPSC Inspector of Factories (Chemistry) syllabus: 8 subjects, 15 topics. Exam — Conducted by: RPSC; Last held: 1 January 2015. 95 real previous-year questions are classified onto these topics.Updated 31 October 2026 — PYQ counts as of this dateFull RPSC Inspector of Factories (Chemistry) syllabus — 8 subjects and 15 topics, each with how many past-year questions it has actually carried.Heat & Mass Transfer — 22 questions

Fick's laws, mass transfer coefficients, distillation/extraction — 12 questions

Conduction/convection/radiation, heat exchangers, evaporators — 10 questions

Mechanical Operation & Plant Design — 16 questions

Particle size, screening, crushing, grinding — 8 questions

Plant economics, break-even analysis, equipment design — 8 questions

Chemical Reaction Engineering — 11 questions

Reaction kinetics, batch/mixed-flow/plug-flow reactors — 11 questions

Safety in Chemical Process Plants — 11 questions

Hazard/risk analysis, industrial hygiene, source models — 9 questions

Fires, explosions & prevention — 2 questions

Fluid Flow Operations — 10 questions

Fluid statics, Bernoulli equation, flow measurement — 9 questions

Pumps, compressors, pressure drop in pipe networks — 1 questions

Chemical Technology — 9 questions

Polymerization industries, crude oil & petroleum testing — 5 questions

Inorganic industries — sulfuric acid, NaOH, fertilizers, cement — 4 questions

Environmental Technology — 9 questions

Wastewater treatment — BOD/COD, sedimentation, biological treatment — 5 questions

Air pollutants, atmospheric dispersion & stability — 4 questions

Process Calculations & Thermodynamics — 7 questions

Laws of thermodynamics, entropy, equations of state — 5 questions

Mass/energy balance, recycle/bypass/purge, DOF analysis — 2 questions

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