NRSC Laboratory Assistant Chemical Syllabus

NRSC Laboratory Assistant Chemical Exam Pattern and Syllabus

Type of Examination – Objective Type (Multiple Choice Questions)
No. of questions – 80 Questions
Apportionment of marks – Each Question carries one mark
Duration of Examination – 02 Hours

Syllabus –
(1) General Safety – Introduction & importance of safety & General precautions observed in the laboratory. Fire prevention and fire control in Chemical industries. Study of personal protectin euipment (PPEs) used in chemical plant. First aid in chemical plant. Introduction to occupational health hazard. Environmental pollution, source, casues, conssequences and controls. Fire & Safety in chemical Lab/ Plant. Introduction of pollution contorl.
(2) General & Physical Chemistry. Introduction to chemistry. Elements, atoms & molecules, Chemical & Physical Changes.
(3) The air the water, the laws of chemical combinations & atomic theory. Mixtures & compounds. Gas laws. Kinetic theory of gases. The structure of atom. Radioactivity. Electro-chemistry & electrolysis. Chemical bonding. Oxidation-reduction. Acids- Bases.
(4) Chemical equilibrium. Thermo-chemistry & thermodynamics.
(5) Periodic table of the elements.
(6) Atomic molecular and equivalent weights.
(7) Crystallography, Solutions.
(8) Colloidals osmosis catalysis.
(9) Laboratory processess, corrosion
(10) To study different types of apparatus and equipment used in chemical laboratory, their consturction, function and precaution etc.
(11) Volumetric analysis and analytical chemistry (introduction part. Only concentration of solutions. Safety precautions to be taken in chemical laboratory.
(12) Periodic table study of S & P Blocks Elements.
(13) Periodic table study of (a) Zero group (b) Transition Elements
(14) Periodic table study of (a) 4th B group (b) 5th B group (c) 6th B group (d) 7th B group (e) 8th B group elements
(15) Metallurgy of (a) Aluminium (b) Copper
(16) Metallurgy of (a) Silver (b) Chromium
(17) Metallurgy of (a) Iron & Steel (b) Zinc & its alloys
(18) Non-Metals – Preparation, properties & uses of following –
(a) Hydrogen & its peroxide (b) Oxygen (c) Sulphur & its compounds
(19) Preparation, properties & uses of following
(a) Nitrogen & its compounds
(b) Phosphorus & its compounds preparation, properties & uses of Cement, soda ash, sodium carbonate. Sodium-bi-carbonate, glass, alums and hypo etc.
(20) Preparation, properties & uses of following – Bleaching powder, aluminum chloride, carborandum, caC2, K3Fe(CN)6, K4Fe3(CN)6, white lead, writing ink etc.
(21) Introduction to Organic Chemistry. Isomerism & its types.
(22) Types of organic reactions. Classification & nomencalature. Aliphatic hydrocarbons.
(23) Halogen derivaties of hydrocarbons – aliphatic alcohol, Ethers, Aldehydes, Ketones, Carboxylic acid, Amides & Anhydride, Acid Halides, Esters, Soaps & Detergents. Amines, Cyanogan compounds, Compounds with nitrogen, urea, Polymers, Aromatic, Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Halogen derivatives, nitrogen compound, aromatic ethers.