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

Correct answer: C

Prarthana Samaj (1867, Mumbai) seeded several reform bodies: G.K. Gokhale's Servants of India Society (1905), N.M. Joshi's Social Service League, and V.R. Shinde's Depressed Classes Mission all trace to that milieu. Arya Samaj was Dayanand Saraswati's separate north-Indian revival movement—not a Prarthana Samaj offshoot. Options mixing in (c) trap students who lump every 19th-century samaj under one banner.

Correct answer: C

The answer is option C: Jawaharlal Nehru attacked the Government of India Act, 1935 as a 'new charter of slavery' because it entrenched colonial control—provincial autonomy on paper, but veto power, princely-state safeguards, and no real self-rule. Morley–Minto (1909) and Montagu–Chelmsford (1919) drew other epithets; Rowlatt (1919) was the 'black' repressive law—not Nehru's 1935 phrase. You can eliminate A (The Morley-Minto Reforms Act, 1909), B (The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms Act, 1919), D (Rowlatt Act, 1919) — each one conflicts with the principle or calculation that leads to option C. 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 the greased Enfield cartridges of 1857 were issued at company arsenals where sepoys trained on the new rifle—Ambala, Sialkot, and Dum Dum are the standard trio in Maharashtra history syllabi. Calcutta (Fort William) was the political capital, not one of the three named rifle-training centres in most textbook lists. Partial sets dropping Dum Dum or Sialkot miss the complete deployment chain. Distractors A ((a), (b) and (c)), B ((b) and (d)), D ((a), (b) and (d)) 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: A

Lord Ripon (1880–84) is the 'Father of Local Self-Government' in India; his 1882 resolution expanded district and municipal boards, including District Local Boards for rural administration. Lytton rolled back Ripon's liberalism; Curzon centralised; Wellesley predates the Ripon-era local-board framework.

Correct answer: A

Option A is the right choice since the Indian Famine Code of 1883 flowed directly from the recommendations of the Famine Commission headed by Sir Richard Strachey (1880)—standardising relief, works, and mortality reporting after recurring droughts. George Campbell and James Lyall chaired later famine inquiries; MacDonald belongs to a different policy era. Strachey + 1883 Famine Code is the pair to lock. You can eliminate B (George Campbell Commission), C (MacDonald Commission), D (Sir James Lyall Commission) — 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: A

Satyashodhak Jalsa was the cultural-theatre wing of Jotirao Phule's Satyashodhak Samaj—Bhaurao Patole, Ramchandra Ghatge, and Jotirao Falke are documented performers/organisers. Honaji Bala belongs to the Tamasha/folk-theatre tradition, not the Satyashodhak Jalsa circuit. 'Not associated' points to the name outside Phule's reform stage.