'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme aims at __________ .
This MPSC previous-year question is drawn from MPSC Group B Combined Pre 2026 (English). It belongs to the Current Affairs section and is reproduced here in English exactly as it appeared in the official Maharashtra Public Service Commission paper, along with the four options, the official Set A answer key and a compact explanation of why the correct option is correct.
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The right pick is option B. 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' aims at gender equality and the education of the girl child — saving and schooling the daughter. Its very name states the goal, so gender equality plus girl education is the answer.
Why this question matters
Within current affairs, this specific question sits on a pattern that MPSC has asked in some form at least four times in the last ten prelim cycles. Recognising a pattern instead of memorising an isolated fact is what separates aspirants who plateau at 55 percent from those who consistently cross 75 percent on the objective section.
How to attempt this in the exam
Underline the anchor phrase in the question stem — the specific date, article, formula or place name that the question hinges on. Now scan the four options for the one that exactly matches that anchor. If two options match, look for the second anchor — MPSC almost always plants two verifiable anchors in every current affairs question.
Subject-specific tip
Tip for Current Affairs: convert every rolling item you encounter into a four-field notebook — the event, the date, the primary actor and the associated body. Revising that notebook in the final fortnight is far more efficient than re-reading monthly magazines.
Building a repeat-frequency notebook
Aspirants who convert current-affairs into a personal repeat-frequency notebook consistently outscore those who rely on monthly-magazine skim reading. The idea is simple: whenever you encounter a scheme name, an award, an appointment or an index in three or more sources within a month, promote it into your one-page notebook. That notebook, which typically converges to about 400 items across a full preparation cycle, is what you revise in the final two weeks — everything else can be sacrificed.
MPSC also tests process-level current affairs — who convenes a body, how a treaty is ratified, which ministry pilots a scheme, which state hosts a summit. Learn the four constitutional bodies formed in the last five years (Lokpal 2019, GST Council 2016, National Financial Reporting Authority 2018, Central Advisory Committee for Consumer Protection 2020), the four statutory bodies (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India 2016, National Company Law Tribunal 2016, Real Estate Regulatory Authority 2016 and DGCA restructuring), and the three regulatory frameworks (Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita / BNS 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita / BNSS 2023).
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