Maharashtra Public Service Commission conducts MPSC RTO Recruitment Exam to recruit eligible and interested candidates to the post of Regional Transport Officer.
Candidates who are aspiring to appear for MPSC RTO Exam should know all the details such as eligibility criteria, exam pattern, syllabus and so on.
MPSC RTO syllabus highlights the list of important topics from which questions are asked in the exam.
Knowing the syllabus is extremely important before you start preparing for the exam.
Read this article to know all about MPSC RTO syllabus and other details.
MPSC RTO Syllabus 2022
There are two stages in MPSC RTO Exam- Prelims and Mains.
The detailed syllabus for each of these stages is as given below.
MPSC RTO Prelims Syllabus
| Subject |
Syllabus |
| General Studies |
- Geography
- History
- Polity
- General Science
- Social and Industrial Reforms and Current Affairs (with special emphasis on Maharashtra).
|
| Mental Ability |
- Reasoning and aptitude with emphasis on Reasoning part
|
| Trends in Automobile Engineering |
- Weightage of 15 marks whereas trends in Mechanical Engineering carry 5 marks
|
MPSC RTO Mains Syllabus
There are three sections in MPSC RTO Mains Exam.
The syllabus for each of these sections is as follows:
Section A
| Subject |
Syllabus |
| Mechanical and Automobile Engineering |
- Strength of Materials Stress and strain
- Strain energy
- Shearing force and bending moment
- Moment of inertia
- Principal planes and stresses
- Slope and deflection
- Direct and bending stresses
- Columns, Torsion, and thin cylinders
|
| Mechanical Technology |
- Engineering materials chip forming processes
- chip forming process: Turning, Drilling, Milling, Boring, Broaching, Finishing and superfinishing
- Gear production
- NC-CNC and Non-conventional machining methods.
- Theory of Machines Kinematics and dynamics of machines
- role of friction
- different power devices and power transmission equipment such as governers, gyroscopes, etc.
- Applications of cams
|
| Hydraulics |
- Fluids and their properties
- Laminar and turbulent flow
- Bernoulli’s equation
- Fluid pressure
- Pascal’s law
- Surface tension
- Fluid flow and its measurement.
|
| Thermal Engineering |
- Sources of energy: Conventional and non-conventional,
- Laws of thermodynamics,
- Principle and working of heat engines,
- air compressors,
- Air standard,
- Vapor power and gas power cycles.
|
| Automobile |
- Engines Theory,
- working and constructional feature of C.I.
and S.I.
engines,
- Combustion phenomena and various ignition systems,
- Fuels and lubricants,
- Performance and testing of I.C.
Engines, Pollution control.
- Industrial Electronics Diodes,
- UJT, BJT, Amplifiers, Microprocessors.
|
Section B: Mechanical Engineering
| Subject |
Syllabus |
| Hydraulic Machinery |
- Impact of the jet,
- Hydraulic turbines,
- Hydraulic pumps: Centrifugal, reciprocating and other types.
Hydraulic control circuits.
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Refrigerator and heat pump,
- Vapor compression and vapor absorption refrigeration systems,
- Refrigerants,
- Psychrometry,
- Air conditioning and its applications.
|
| Industrial Engineering |
- Types of production,
- Plant layouts,
- Process planning,
- Work study,
- Statistical quality control,
- Metrology.
|
Section C: Automobile Engineering
- Automobile Systems Vehicle layout,
- Transmission system,
- Breaking systems,
- ABS, Steering and suspension system,
- Chasis frame and Body engineering.
- Vehicle Maintenance Performance of vehicles,
- Engine electricals and electronics,
- Workshop layout,
- Repairing and servicing,
- Emission measurements and control techniques.
- Transport Management Elements of transport and its operations,
- Motor vehicle act,
- Taxation and insurance.
MPSC RTO Exam Pattern
The pattern of MPSC RTO Prelims and Mains Exam is as given below:
MPSC RTO Exam Pattern: Prelims
|
Subject
|
No.
of Questions
|
Marks
|
Exam Duration
|
|
General Studies
|
50
|
50
|
60 minutes
|
|
Mental Ability
|
30
|
30
|
|
Trends in Automobile and Mechanical Engineering
|
20
|
20
|
MPSC RTO Exam Pattern: Mains
|
Section
|
Subject
|
No. of questions
|
Marks
|
Exam Duration
|
|
Section A
|
Mechanical and Automobile Engineering
|
120
|
240
|
90 minutes
|
|
Section B
|
Mechanical Engineering
|
30
|
60
|
|
Section C
|
Automobile Engineering
|
30
|
60
|
There are two stages in MPSC RTO Exam: Prelims and Mains.
The duration of MPSC RTO Prelims Exam is one hour.
There are a total of 100 questions in MPSC RTO Exam.
The duration of MPSC RTO Mains Exam is 90 minutes.
A total of 180 questions are asked in MPSC RTO Exam.