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Correct answer: A
India launched INSAT-4CR in September 2007 as a communication satellite—primarily for Direct-to-Home television and telecom services through the INSAT fleet. Agricultural research, land measurement, and reconnaissance belong to other IRS/Defence payloads; a September 2007 INSAT launch in MPSC notes almost always tests the communication tag.
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The answer is option A: Historians stress that the Revolt of 1857 cut across communal lines—Hindu and Muslim soldiers, peasants, and local leaders acted together against Company rule in many theatres. Maratha–Sikh or Anglo-centric pairings misinterpret the revolt's pan-Indian, cross-community character that textbooks highlight as its special feature. You can eliminate B (Maratha-Sikh), C (English-Muslim), D (English-Maratha) — each one conflicts with the principle or calculation that leads to option A. MPSC papers often recycle this type of detail, so read the question carefully before you commit to an option.
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Option A matches the question because Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve opened Mahila Vidyalaya at Hingane (near Pune) in 1907 as a residential school for widows and girls—an early milestone before the Women's University (1916). Anath Balikashram (1899), Gram Prathamik Shikshan Mandal, and Samata Manch belong to adjacent reform institutions without this specific 1907 Hingane pairing. Distractors B (Anath Balikashram), C (Maharashtra Gram Prathamik Shikshan Man…), D (Samata Manch) 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.
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Population control was pushed hardest in the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974–79)—family planning became a central theme under the Emergency-era national programme. The Fourth Plan stressed growth and poverty; the Sixth shifted toward poverty alleviation and employment; neither matches the 'intensive family planning' label examiners attach to the Fifth.
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Option B is the right choice since anant Laxman Kanhere, a Pune Anushilan-linked revolutionary, shot A. M. T. Jackson, Collector of Nashik, on 21 December 1909 at a theatre in Nashik. Khudiram Bose (1908 Muzaffarpur), Bhupendranath Dutta, and Barindra Ghosh belong to Bengal revolutionary circles without the Jackson assassination credit. You can eliminate A (Khudiram Bose), C (Bhupendranath), D (Barindra Ghosh) — each one conflicts with the principle or calculation that leads to option B. Keep the name, formula, and unit together in your notes — that helps you spot incomplete distractors quickly.
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At the Panchayat Samiti (block) tier, the Block Development Officer (BDO) is the administrative head who coordinates rural development schemes and supports the elected block body. Speaker, CEO, and Deputy-Speaker labels belong to legislatures or urban/municipal contexts—not the standard Maharashtra block-administration pairing.
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