Practice the Group B Mains 2024 - General Studies & Intelligence Test previous-year paper online for free. This paper has 100 questions (93 scored, 7 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
Questions
8
Subjects
2024
Exam Year
2
Languages
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Correct answer: B
Working through it, option B is the one. The gaps shrink by 19, 17, 13, then 11 and 7 — so after 51 you get 40, and 40 minus 7 gives 33. MPSC often hides a simple difference pattern behind larger starting numbers.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: D
The verified answer here is option D. The fixed anchor 37 repeats every second term, while the terms in between drop by 2 each time: 36, 34, 32, 30 — then 37 returns. Read the series as pairs rather than one long list.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: A
Straight to the answer — option A. Players in both kabaddi and cricket but not football sit in the circle–triangle overlap only, which is 7; cricket-only players in the triangle alone are 14. The ratio 7 : 14 simplifies to 1 : 2.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: A
The right pick is option A: 13 km. Plot the path: 10 km north, 4 km east, 15 km south, 16 km west. Net displacement is 5 km south and 12 km west; √(5² + 12²) = 13 km from the start.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: B
The examiner has marked option B. The block 3 + 5 − 6 + 2 − 4 equals zero, and that five-term cycle repeats; 27 terms means five full cycles plus 3 + 5 at the end, giving 8.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: A
Working through it, option A is the one. First letters advance O→P→Q→R→S; the second and third letters each step up by two (D→F→H→J and E→G→I→K), so the missing group is RJK.
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Start Practicing — It's FreeThe MPSC Group B (Subordinate Services) Combined examination recruits for gazetted and non-gazetted Group B posts such as Assistant Section Officer (ASO), State Tax Inspector (STI) and Police Sub-Inspector (PSI). The preliminary paper is a 100-mark objective test on General Studies and intelligence, with one-fourth negative marking.
Practising the exact previous-year paper is the fastest way to internalise MPSC's option-framing style. The Commission recycles a meaningful share of its factual anchors — dates, Article numbers, districts, ratios and events — across paper cycles, so working through Group B Mains 2024 - General Studies & Intelligence Test builds direct, transferable exam readiness. Pair this paper with our MPSC Preparation Strategy and MPSC Exam Pattern guides for a complete study loop.