MPSC Gazetted CS Combined Pre 2023 — Question Paper with Answer Key & Explanations

Correct answer: D

Option D is correct because Pandita Ramabai's advisory board under the Ramabai Association included Justice M. G. Ranade, Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar, and Justice K. T. Telang—leading reformers who backed her widows' home and education work. Bapu Hari Shinde was a Dalit activist but not on this specific board;

Correct answer: A

The answer is option A: Rajashree Shahu Maharaj advised Mumbai workers in 1918 to form the 'People's Union' as part of his broader labour-welfare and anti-Brahmin reform agenda in Kolhapur and Bombay Presidency circles. Ambedkar's mass union work came later; Lokhande led the Mill Hands' Association; Bagal belongs to other cooperative strands—not this 1918 People's Union prompt. MPSC papers often recycle this type of detail, so read the question carefully before you commit to an option.

Correct answer: D

Option D matches the question because Krushnaji Bhalekar defended Chiplunkar's newspaper attack on Jyotirao Phule—widely treated in Maharashtra history as an early spark of non-Brahmin journalism. Lokhande focused on mill labour; Bhau Daji Lad on Sanskrit-Orientalist scholarship; Padval on other reform channels—confusing them erases the Phule–Chiplunkar–Bhalekar press triangle examiners test. If the question asks what is incorrect, identify the false statement first and then match it to the answer choice.

Correct answer: A

Choose option A: Kalidasa's Malavikagnimitra dramatises the marriage alliance between Pushyamitra Shunga's son Agnimitra and the Vidarbha (Yajnaseni) princess Malavika. Gupta–Vakataka, Shaka–Satavahana, and Chalukya–Vardhana pairings belong to other dynastic phases—assigning the play to the wrong royal houses breaks standard ancient-India literature–polity links. Store the reasoning behind the answer, not just the letter, because topic packs revisit the same idea in different forms.

Correct answer: A

Option A works here because Option A locks the Vedic exchange media: Nishka (gold ornament-coin), Krishnal/Krishnala (weight unit), and Shatamana (hundred-fold measure) functioned as recognised media of value. Gan and Shreni relate to guilds and collective enterprise rather than the metallic/token exchange triad the paper keys; bundling iv–v with i–iii overcounts non-currency terms. You can eliminate B (ii, iii and iv), C (i, ii, iv and v), D (i, iii and v) — each one conflicts with the principle or calculation that leads to option A. Keep the name, formula, and unit together in your notes — that helps you spot incomplete distractors quickly.

Correct answer: D

Setu Madhavrao Pagadi's cultural-history note identifies Kanifnath of the Nath tradition as the saint who took the name 'Shaha Ramjan' and accepted conversion through the Sufi Nizamuddin line—a debated Maharashtra mystic episode. Gorakhnath, Gahininath, and Jalandharnath belong to the wider Nath pantheon but not this specific Pagadi attribution.