Practice the MPSC Group B Combined Pre 2026 previous-year paper online for free. This paper has 100 questions (99 scored, 1 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
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7
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2026
Exam Year
2
Languages
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Correct answer: B
The right pick is option B. Gokhale was Secretary of the Sarvajanik Sabha in 1887 (A), editor of its Pune quarterly (B) and was elected Secretary of the Indian National Congress in 1895 (D). Statement C slips — he entered the Central Legislative Council only in 1902, not 1900 — so A, B and D form the correct set.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: C
The right pick is option C. The question asks who was absent from the first AITUC session of October 1920, and that is Mahatma Gandhi. Motilal Nehru, Avantikabai Gokhale and Vitthalbhai Patel were all associated with that gathering, so only 'c' answers the 'not present' angle.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: A
Working through it, option A is the one. Balshastri Jambhekar started the first Marathi magazine 'Digdarshan' in 1840, taught at Elphinstone College and was made a Justice of the Peace — the three clues point straight to him, the father of Marathi journalism.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: D
The examiner has marked option D. Per the official key, all three aims — providing higher education to women, teaching them the art of music, and making them self-reliant — are taken as Karve's purposes behind the 1916 women's university, so 'a, b and c' is treated as correct.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: C
The verified answer here is option C. Colonialism did fuel nationalism, ended medieval-style reigns and sped up urbanisation (a, b, c). What it did NOT do was grow indigenous industry — in fact it drained it — so 'd' is excluded and a, b and c stand.
Read full explanation →Correct answer: B
The right pick is option B. The prophetic line about Indians one day claiming a right to all governance was written by Mountstuart Elphinstone in a letter to the Court of Directors. Tie the quote to Elphinstone and the Company's Court to lock the pair.
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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.
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