MPSC CS Gazetted Combined Pre 2025 — Question Paper with Answer Key & Explanations

Correct answer: B

'Jatibhed Viveksar' is a caste-critique tract associated with Tukaram Tatya Padval, a lesser-known but exam-relevant Maharashtra reform writer—not Jyotiba Phule (Sarvajanik Satyagraha, Gulamgiri), Vitthal Ramji Shinde (depressed-classes uplift), or Bhaurao Patil (Rayat Shikshan). Padval's title directly targets caste prejudice ('jatibhed'), which is the bibliographic hook the paper expects.

Correct answer: D

The answer is option D: Panchashila was formally affirmed in the 1954 India–China Agreement on Tibet, signed when Jawaharlal Nehru was PM of India and Zhou Enlai was Premier of China. Sun Yat-sen belonged to an earlier Republican era; Mao was China's paramount leader but not the premier at the signing; Indira Gandhi became PM only in 1966. Only pair A (Nehru–Zhou Enlai) fits the 1950s diplomatic timeline. You can eliminate A (A and B), B (C and A), C (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: A

Option A matches the question because Vyankatesh Rango Katti authored 'Vidhava Vapan Anachar', attacking the custom of widow immolation/remarriage taboos in orthodox society. Vishnushastri Pandit wrote polemics defending tradition; Jambhekar pioneered Marathi journalism; Agarkar campaigned on education and social reform through Kesari/Marathi press—but not this widow-remarriage tract title. If the question asks what is incorrect, identify the false statement first and then match it to the answer choice.

Correct answer: A

On 11 April 1942 the Congress Working Committee met at Allahabad and formally rejected the Cripps Mission offer as inadequate for Indian self-rule—just before Quit India intensified. Aligarh Scheme, Curzon Plan, and Latif's Scheme belong to different constitutional or communal-reform contexts, not the April 1942 CWC resolution.

Correct answer: A

Option A is the right choice since the Indian Councils Act, 1909 implemented the Morley–Minto Reforms: separate electorates for Muslims and expanded Indian participation to placate moderates and the Muslim League. Montagu–Chelmsford (1919), educational reforms, and ICS reforms are later or different tracks—not the 1909 'divide and conciliate' package. You can eliminate B (Montague Chelmsford Reforms), C (Indian Educational Reforms), D (Indian Civil Service Reforms) — 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

Wamanrao Madhavrao Kolhatkar was a Vidarbha-based social reformer who spoke candidly about domestic and community resistance to change—the quoted line is characteristic of his autobiographical reform narrative. Pune, Kolhapur, and Marathwada produced other reformers, but Kolhatkar's regional identity anchors in the Vidarbha reform circuit.