Practice the MPSC Gazetted CS Combined Pre 2022 — State Service / Rajyaseva GS Paper 1 previous-year paper online for free. This paper has 100 questions (97 scored, 3 cancelled by the Commission), each with the official Set A answer key and a plain-language explanation. It is available in English & Marathi exactly as it appeared in the official Maharashtra Public Service Commission paper. Sign in on the home page to attempt the full paper with instant scoring.
100
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2022
Exam Year
2
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Correct answer: D
The examiner has marked option D. Cyclone Sagar formed in May 2018 over the Gulf of Aden/western Arabian Sea and hit the Horn of Africa — not May 2019, and its track did not disrupt the South Konkan coast. Both statements in the stem are factually off.
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Working through it, option D is the one. Patne (Jalgaon), Hatkhamba (Ratnagiri), and Inamgaon (Pune) are all well-known excavation sites where research on Chalcolithic (Copper Age) and early historic settlement in Maharashtra was carried out. MPSC bundles such Maharashtra archaeology sites together often.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: B
Straight to the answer — option B. Shifting cultivation names map as India–Jhum, Central America–Milpa, Brazil–Roca, and Indonesia–Ladang, giving the sequence (iv) (iii) (ii) (i). Pair the region with its local term before scanning the code.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: A
The verified answer here is option A. Cepheid Theory is linked to Dr. Banerji, Electromagnetic Theory to Alfven, Nebular Theory to Laplace, and Binary Theory to Lyttleton. Origin-of-Earth theories are a fixed matching set in geography papers.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: C
The right pick is option C. Paul Vidal de la Blache, the French geographer who stressed human–environment interaction and regional synthesis, is widely called the father of Human Geography. Herodotus and Hecataeus are early geographers; Brunhes worked on human geography later but the title goes to Vidal-de-la-Blache.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: B
On this one, option B. Consequent streams follow the original regional slope; obsequent ones run opposite to rock dip; subsequent streams cut across resistant outcrops; braided streams split into a maze of interconnected channels. Match each river type to its defining behaviour.
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Start Practicing — It's FreeThe MPSC Gazetted Civil Services (formerly State Services) Combined examination is the flagship recruitment for higher gazetted administrative posts such as Deputy Collector, DySP, Tehsildar and BDO. The prelim is an objective General Studies test with one-fourth negative marking.
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