RPSC Sr Scientific Officer syllabus — subject and topic-wiseFull RPSC Sr Scientific Officer syllabus — 11 subjects and 117 topics, each with how many past-year questions it has actually carried.Physics Division (Forensic) — 295 questions

Fibre, Tool Marks & Trace Evidence — 65 questions

Quantum Mechanics & Atomic Physics — 36 questions

Electrostatics, EM Induction & Dielectric Optics — 29 questions

Classical Mechanics & Special Relativity — 28 questions

Solid State Physics — 28 questions

Oscillations, Waves & Wave Optics — 23 questions

Building Materials & Soil Analysis — 23 questions

Forensic Physics: Glass & Paint Evidence — 22 questions

Circuit Theory & Electronics — 21 questions

Audio-Video Forensics & Statistical Analysis — 20 questions

Toxicology Division (Forensic) — 231 questions

Forensic Toxicology Fundamentals & Poisoning — 54 questions

Organic Chemistry & Biomolecules — 47 questions

Analytical Chemistry & Statistical Methods — 33 questions

Chromatography & Hyphenated Techniques — 26 questions

Spectroscopic Techniques — 21 questions

Poison/Drug Isolation & Analysis Methods — 17 questions

Forensic Science Basics, Crime & Law — 14 questions

Biological Analysis & Microscopy — 8 questions

Crime Scene Investigation — 8 questions

Toxicokinetics & Report Interpretation — 3 questions

Serology Division (Forensic) — 112 questions

DNA extraction, quantitation, PCR & STR profiling — 18 questions

Cell biology, biochemistry & genetics — 17 questions

Body-fluid identification — blood, semen, saliva, urine — 11 questions

Zoology, physiology & human anatomy — 11 questions

Ecology, environment & microbiology — 9 questions

Wildlife forensics, entomology & wildlife law — 9 questions

Crime scene investigation & evidence collection — 9 questions

Blood grouping, immunology & antigen-antibody assays — 7 questions

Molecular techniques — electrophoresis, blotting, sequencing — 7 questions

Microscopy & staining techniques — 6 questions

Statistical methods & interpretation — 4 questions

Forensic science basics, crime & law — 2 questions

Diatoms, plankton & biological trace evidence — 2 questions

Cyber Forensics Division — 108 questions

Computer networks, protocols & network forensics — 20 questions

Operating systems, file systems & storage artifacts — 18 questions

Computer architecture, programming & software engineering — 14 questions

Digital forensic process — imaging, hashing, tools & chain of custody — 11 questions

Cryptography & information security — 11 questions

Mobile, cloud & multimedia (image/audio/video) forensics — 11 questions

Databases, data structures & general computing — 10 questions

Malware analysis, sandboxing, virtualisation & steganography — 8 questions

Cyber law — IT Act, BNS/BSA & admissibility of evidence — 5 questions

DNA Division (Forensic) — 101 questions

Immunology, microbiology & virology — 18 questions

Wildlife forensics, entomology & biological evidence — 14 questions

DNA structure, replication & molecular biology — 11 questions

Crime scene investigation, PPE & evidence handling — 11 questions

DNA extraction, quantitation & PCR — 8 questions

STR markers, DNA profiling & interpretation — 8 questions

Biochemistry — proteins, amino acids & enzymes — 8 questions

Electrophoresis, sequencing & bioinformatics databases — 6 questions

Forensic science basics, crime & law — 5 questions

Genetics, inheritance & population genetics — 5 questions

Analytical techniques — chromatography, centrifugation & spectroscopy — 4 questions

Statistics & probability — 3 questions

Photo Division (Forensic) — 100 questions

Geometrical optics — mirrors, lenses & microscopy — 25 questions

Photography fundamentals — cameras, lenses & lighting — 19 questions

Wave optics — interference, diffraction & polarisation — 16 questions

Films, filters, colour theory & darkroom processing — 14 questions

Modern physics — photoelectric effect, quantum & atomic — 14 questions

Digital imaging, image formats & image processing — 6 questions

Electricity, magnetism & general physics — 6 questions

Forensic photography — crime scene, UV/IR & questioned documents — 0 questions

Forensic science basics, crime & law — 0 questions

Chemistry Division (Forensic) — 99 questions

Organic chemistry, functional groups & biomolecules — 21 questions

Poisons, drugs & alcohol analysis — 16 questions

Paints, dyes, inks, petroleum & industrial products — 15 questions

Analytical chemistry, titrimetry & statistical methods — 13 questions

Inorganic & qualitative analysis — cations, anions, spot tests — 13 questions

Chromatography & separation techniques — 10 questions

Spectroscopy & spectrometry (UV-Vis, IR, AAS, MS, XRF) — 6 questions

Environmental chemistry & pollution — 5 questions

Forensic science basics, crime & law — 0 questions

Crime scene investigation & evidence handling — 0 questions

Arson & Explosives Division (Forensic) — 99 questions

Organic chemistry & biomolecules — 38 questions

Chromatography & separation techniques — 12 questions

Petroleum products & petrochemical analysis — 11 questions

Inorganic & quantitative elemental analysis — 11 questions

Spectroscopy & spectrometry — 10 questions

Explosives — classification, analysis & post-blast residues — 8 questions

Statistical methods & error analysis — 5 questions

Fire, arson & accelerant/fire-debris analysis — 3 questions

Forensic science basics, crime scene & law — 1 questions

Biology Division (Forensic) — 75 questions

Anatomy, osteology & forensic anthropology — 14 questions

Human physiology & zoology — 13 questions

Histology, microtomy & microscopy — 9 questions

Cell biology, biochemistry & molecular biology — 8 questions

Genetics, chromosomes & inheritance — 7 questions

Ecology, pollution & environmental biology — 6 questions

Body-fluid identification & blood evidence — 5 questions

Microbiology, bacteriology & staining techniques — 4 questions

Diatoms, plankton, botany & wildlife forensics — 4 questions

Biostatistics — 3 questions

Crime scene investigation & evidence collection — 2 questions

Forensic science basics, crime & law — 0 questions

Forensic entomology & post-mortem changes — 0 questions

Ballistics Division (Forensic) — 71 questions

Electricity, Magnetism & Atomic/Nuclear Physics (Physics optional) — 37 questions

Firearms Classification & Ammunition — 12 questions

Waves, Sound & Wave Optics (Physics optional) — 9 questions

Mechanics & Fluid Dynamics (Physics optional) — 6 questions

Evidence Collection, GSR & Tool Marks — 4 questions

Geometrical Optics & Microscopy (Physics optional) — 3 questions

Differential Equations, Probability & Distributions (Maths optional) — 0 questions

Dynamics, Statics & Analytical Geometry (Maths optional) — 0 questions

Analytical Mechanics & Fluid Mechanics (Maths optional) — 0 questions

Spectroscopic & Thermal Analysis Techniques (Physics optional) — 0 questions

Forensic Science Basics, Crime & Law — 0 questions

Crime Scene Investigation — 0 questions

Internal/External/Terminal & Wound Ballistics — 0 questions

Narcotics Division (Forensic) — 65 questions

Narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances & NDPS analysis — 16 questions

Inorganic & qualitative analysis — 11 questions

Chromatography & separation techniques — 10 questions

Spectroscopy & spectrometry — 9 questions

Organic chemistry & reaction mechanisms — 9 questions

Presumptive, spot & colour tests — 3 questions

Statistical methods & laboratory quality — 3 questions

Environmental chemistry & pollution — 2 questions

Forensic science basics, crime & law — 2 questions

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