RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER

SYLLABUS FOR SCREENING TEST FOR THE POST OF

INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES & BOILERS
(FACTORIES & BOILERS DEPARTMENT)

Applied Mechanics and Design

Engineering Mechanics : Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual work.

Strength of Materials : Structure and properties of engineering materials, heat treatment; Stress and strain, stress-
strain relationship and elastic constants, Mohrs circle for plane stress and plane strain, thin cylinders; shear force and
bending moment diagrams; bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular shafts; Eulers theory
of columns; strain energy methods; thermal stresses.

Theory of Machines and Vibrations : Dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism; gear trains; flywheels; Free
and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems, effect of damping; vibration isolation, resonance, critical
speeds of shafts.

Design : Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue, strength and the S-N diagram; principles of
the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded joints, shafts, spur gears, rolling and sliding
contact bearings.

Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences

Fluid Mechanics and Machines : Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy, control-volume analysis of
mass, momentum and energy; differential equations of continuity and momentum; Bornoullis equation; viscous flow
of incompressible fluids; flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends, Selection of pumps.

Heat-Transfer : Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, dimensionless parameters in free and
forced convective heat transfer, radiative heat transfer, black and grey surfaces, shape factors; heat exchanger
performance, LMTD and NTU methods.

Thermodynamics : Zeroth, First and Second laws of thermodynamics; thermodynamic system and processes;
Carnot cycle, irreversibility and availability; behaviour of ideal and real gases, calculation of work and heat in ideal
processes; analysis of thermodynamic cycles, Otto, Diesel and Dual Cycles, Vapour power cycles like Rankine,
modified Rankine cycles and reheat cycle.

Steam generators, classification & working of various low pressure and high pressure boilers. Boiler accessories and
mountings. Safety standards as per IBR code. Properties of steam, use of steam table and Mollier chart, Elementry
concepts of steam turbines and nozzles. Layout and working principle of thermal power plant.

Refrigeration and air-conditioning : Vapour compression refrigeration cycle, heat pumps, moist air: psychrometric
chart, basic psychrometric process. Application of Air conditioning and human comfort.



Manufacturing Engineering :

Forming : Plastic deformation and yield criteria; fundamentals of hot and cold working processes, metal forming
processes.

Joining : Physics of welding, brazing and soldering; adhesive bonding; design considerations in welding.

Metrology and Inspection : Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular measurements; comparators; gauge
design; interferometry; form and finish measurements; alignment and testing methods; tolerance analysis in
manufacturing and assembly.
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Pattern of Question Papers:
1. Objective Type Paper
2. Maximum Marks : 100
3. Number of Questions : 100
4. Duration of Paper : Two Hours
5. All Questions carry equal marks
6. There will be Negative Marking
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