MPSC Group B Combined Pre 2024 — Question Paper with Answer Key & Explanations

Correct answer: D

India's early textile-industrial timeline bundles three standard facts: the first cotton mill opened in Bombay (1854, Kawasji Davar/Nanabhai tradition), the first jute/linen mill at Rishra (1855, George Acland), and Kawasji Nanabhai's role in pioneering Bombay cotton spinning. Each statement stands alone; options dropping any one limb (only a–b, only b–c) undercount a composite the syllabus treats as fully correct.

Correct answer: D

The answer is option D: the 31 July 1857 mutiny of the 27th Regiment at Kolhapur was led by Ramaji Shirsat—not Nanasaheb Peshwa (broader 1857 leadership elsewhere), Rango Bapuji (different theatre), or Bhima Naik (later tribal revolt figure). You can eliminate A (Only a and b), B (Only b and c), C (Only b, c and d) — each one conflicts with the principle or calculation that leads to option D. MPSC papers often recycle this type of detail, so read the question carefully before you commit to an option.

Correct answer: C

Option C matches the question because Raja Rammohan Roy condemned sati as 'murder according to the Shastras'—a reformist reading that scripture did not sanction widow burning. Bentinck banned sati (1829) but did not coin this phrase; Phule and Vidyasagar attacked caste and widow injustice through different idioms. Roy's quotation is the bibliographic hook examiners expect. Distractors A (Lord Bentinck), B (Mahatma Phule), D (Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar) look plausible but do not follow from the facts stated in the question. If the question asks what is incorrect, identify the false statement first and then match it to the answer choice.

Correct answer: C

Lock founding years first: Sarvajanik Sabha (Poona, 1867) → III; Prarthana Samaj (1867 Bombay circle, often cited 1867) → III in grid; Satyashodhak Samaj (Phule, 1873) → IV; Arya Samaj (Dayanand, 1875) → II. That yields a–III, b–IV, c–I, d–II. Swapping Phule's 1873 society with Arya Samaj's 1875 date or misplacing Sarvajanik Sabha breaks Maharashtra reform chronology.

Correct answer: C

Option C is the right choice since Kamgar Hitvardhak Sabha (1909, Bombay labour welfare) was shaped by Bhivaji Nare, Sitaram Bole, and Barr. Harishchandra Talcherkar—education and legal aid for workers. Harihar Sonule belongs to other labour-history strands; options including him (a–c–d) overcount. Partial pairs (only a–b) miss Talcherkar's barrister-led legal wing. Keep the name, formula, and unit together in your notes — that helps you spot incomplete distractors quickly.

Correct answer: C

Home Rule League rhetoric meant acquiring the right to govern India, achieving self-governance, and breaking the British yoke—three faces of the same constitutional-nationalist demand. Statement D ('resisting self-government') inverts the movement's purpose; 'only B' or 'only B and C' drop the explicit 'right to govern' phrasing Tilak/Bessemer-era propaganda used.