MPSC Group C Combined Pre 2018 — Question Paper with Answer Key & Explanations

Correct answer: A

The examiner has marked option A. The Government of India Act 1858 abolished Company rule and put a Secretary of State for India in the British cabinet to supervise Indian administration through a Council of India — that post was the new apex of control after 1857. Lieutenant Governors and Chief Commissioners already existed at provincial level; External Affairs Minister is a modern title.

Correct answer: C

Working through it, option C is the one. Dinabandhu Mitra wrote the drama 'Nil Darpan' (a–IV); Baba Ramchandra led the Ayodhya farmers' struggle in Awadh (b–III); Sardar Patel headed the Bardoli Satyagraha (c–I); Senapati Bapat was central to the Mulshi Satyagraha (d–II). Swapping Patel and Bapat's satyagrahas is the usual trap.

Correct answer: D

Straight to the answer — option D. The Indian Association (1876) was launched by Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose, not Dadabhai Naoroji — so statement (a) is incorrect. It did aim at Hindu–Muslim goodwill (b) and campaigned to raise the age limit for the ICS exam (d). Pherozeshah Mehta and K.T. Telang belong to Bombay Presidency politics, not this body — statement (c) is incorrect.

Correct answer: B

The right pick is option B. For the 1888 Allahabad session the British administration tried to deny a venue, forcing the Congress to hold it at the Rasulabad garden instead. Mumbai (1889), Madras (1887), and Calcutta (1886) sessions did not face that particular obstruction.

Correct answer: C

The verified answer here is option C. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan's Khudai Khidmatgar brought Pathans into the Civil Disobedience Movement (a); Sarojini Naidu led the Dharasana Salt Satyagraha after Gandhi's arrest (c); and women's participation was unusually strong (d). Statement (b) is wrong — Gandhi returned the Kaiser-i-Hind medal in 1920 during the Non-Cooperation phase, not CDM.

Correct answer: B

Go with option B. Devidas Kamble was a Matang Samaj leader from Pathri in Marathwada who worked for the rights and organisation of the Matang community in the early twentieth century. Mahar, Mathadi, and Malkari samajs had different social bases and leaders.