MPSC SS Group B Combined Pre 2020 — Question Paper with Answer Key & Explanations

Correct answer: C

Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade founded the 'Granthottejak Mandali' at Nashik to promote Marathi literature and reading habits among the educated class. Savarkar and Shirwadkar belong to later literary–revolutionary circles; Anant Kanhere is tied to the Muzaffarpur assassination plot—not Nashik's reading society.

Correct answer: D

The answer is option D: Between 1885 and 1915 Pherozeshah Mehta was widely called the 'uncoronated king of Bombay' for his dominance in municipal politics, legal practice, and moderate-nationalist leadership. Dadabhai Naoroji was the 'Grand Old Man of India'; Bhau Daji Lad and Jagannath Shankar Sheth were earlier philanthropists without that specific Bombay sobriquet. You can eliminate A (Jagannath Shankar Sheth), B (Bhau Daji Lad), C (Dadabhai Naoroji) — 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: B

Option B matches the question because Prarthana Samaj reformers included Dr Atmaram Pandurang, R.G. Bhandarkar, Vaman Abaji Modak, Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, Vitthal Ramji Shinde, and Justice Ranade. Govind Vitthal Kunte and Rao Saheb Mandlik belong to other social-education strands— If the question asks what is incorrect, identify the false statement first and then match it to the answer choice.

Correct answer: B

Choose option B: the first farmers' revolt on 12 May 1875 erupted at Supe (near Pune) under the leadership of the Khot peasants against excessive land revenue. Pune, Ahmednagar, and Solapur saw later agrarian unrest but not this documented opening date of the Deccan ryots' movement. 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 1857 regional map: Peth (Satara belt) — Bhagwantrao Koli (IV); Nargund — Babasaheb Bhave (III); Jamkhandi — Ramchandra Patwardhan (II); Shorapur — Vaikappa Naik Balwant Behari (I). Swapping Nargund–Jamkhandi leaders or inserting Patwardhan at Shorapur scrambles well-drilled Maharashtra 1857 locality pairings. You can eliminate B (a-IV, b-II, c-III, d-I), C (a-IV, b-I, c-II, d-III), D (a-IV, b-I, c-III, d-II) — 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

Lord Morley, as Secretary of State for India, dismissed colonial freedom demands as 'like asking for the moon' in the Home Rule era rhetoric. Dalhousie framed annexation policy; Ripon pursued modest liberal reforms; William Jones was an Orientalist—not the author of this imperial put-down.