MPSC Sub Inspector State Excise Pre 2017 — Question Paper with Answer Key & Explanations

Correct answer: D

The Robertson Committee (1901) recommended a dedicated body to coordinate India's expanding rail network; the British Government responded by creating the Railway Board in 1905—not a generic Board of Transportation or Labour. Agriculture and labour boards belong to different colonial policy streams. MPSC transport-history MCQs pair 'Robertson' with institutional birth of the Railway Board.

Correct answer: A

The answer is option A: anchor each nationalist-era paper to its city: Free Press Bulletin (Bombay), Free India (Madras), Dinamani (Calcutta), Sakal (Pune)—yielding a-I, b-II, c-III, d-IV. Swapping Bombay with Pune or Madras with Calcutta breaks the standard Marathi/Madras Presidency journalism map students memorise for pre-Independence press questions. You can eliminate B (IV I III II), C (III II I IV), D (I II III IV) — 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.

Correct answer: D

Option D matches the question because Ratnakar Matkari's 'Agnidivya' is the drama explicitly framed around dowry exploitation in Maharashtra theatre syllabi. 'Khol Khol Pani' and 'Ashwamedh' treat other social themes; 'Maza Kai Chukla?' is a different Matkari work. Matkari dowry MCQs almost always key to Agnidivya, not his broader satirical catalogue. Distractors A (Khol Khol Pani), B (Ashwamedh), C (Maza Kai Chukla?) 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: C

Mumbai's cooperative dairy movement took root in the Aarey Milk Colony belt—organised collection and processing away from the crowded island city. Bandra, Colaba, and Worli were urban wards, not the planned dairy-cooperative hub the Maharashtra cooperative narrative identifies with Aarey.

Correct answer: D

Option D is the right choice since Maharashtra's district and state-level cooperative marketing bodies funnel into the apex 'Marketing Federation' terminology used in cooperative law and economic surveys—not the longer formal names in distractors. Options (a)–(c) sound official but miss the concise label MPSC keys for buying/selling cooperatives. You can eliminate A (Cooperative Marketing Organisation), B (District Cooperative Marketing Federati…), C (State Cooperative Marketing Federation) — each one conflicts with the principle or calculation that leads to option D. Keep the name, formula, and unit together in your notes — that helps you spot incomplete distractors quickly.

Correct answer: A

The Radhakrishnan Commission (1948–49) on university education promoted work-study and 'Earn and Learn' schemes to widen access without full fee dependence. Mudaliar (secondary education), Kothari (1964–66), and Sargent (1944) addressed different tiers—only Radhakrishnan carries the earn-and-learn tag in standard education-history tables.