ना. गोपाळ कृष्ण गोखलेंच्या कार्याबाबत खालील विधाने वाचून अचूक पर्यायांची निवड करा. अ. 1887 मध्ये ते सार्वजनिक सभेचे चिटणीस होते. ब. पुणे सार्वजनिक सभेच्या त्रैमासिकाचे ते संपादक होते. क. 1900 साली ते केंद्रिय कायदेमंडळाचे सदस्य झाले. ड. 1895 साली त्यांची भारतीय राष्ट्र सभेच्या (काँग्रेस) चिटणीस पदी निवड झाली.
This MPSC previous-year question is drawn from MPSC Group B Combined Pre 2026 (Marathi). It belongs to the History section and is reproduced here in Marathi 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
बरोबर पर्याय B आहे. गोखले 1887 मध्ये सार्वजनिक सभेचे चिटणीस होते (अ), पुणे त्रैमासिकाचे संपादक होते (ब) आणि 1895 मध्ये राष्ट्रीय काँग्रेसचे चिटणीस म्हणून निवडले गेले (ड). विधान क चुकीचे — ते मध्यवर्ती कायदेमंडळात 1900 नव्हे तर 1902 मध्ये गेले — म्हणून अ, ब आणि ड हा योग्य संच.
Why this question matters
Repeat-frequency analysis of the last decade of MPSC papers shows that history accounts for a stable 10–15 percent of every prelim. Aspirants who master this segment early free up preparation time for the more volatile subjects (Current Affairs, Environment) that require weekly refresh. That is why our editorial team places history PYQs prominently in the topic-wise practice flow.
How to attempt this in the exam
Read every option twice before committing to a choice. Once you commit, jot down in one line why each of the other three options is wrong — that elimination habit is what turns a 60-percentile score into a 90-percentile score. MPSC's favourite trap on history questions is to swap a single anchor word (a date, a place, a body, a ratio) so a mostly-right option becomes wrong.
Subject-specific tip
Tip for History: anchor the answer to a date, a king or leader and a primary source. MPSC History options usually contain one option with the wrong date and one with the wrong dynasty — eliminate those first.
History in MPSC — Maharashtra threaded through India
MPSC History leans heavily towards Maharashtra's own story — the Satavahanas of the 2nd century BCE, the Vakatakas, the Chalukyas and Rashtrakutas, the Yadavas of Devagiri (Daulatabad), the Bahmani sultanate and its five successor Deccan sultanates, the rise of the Maratha state under Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the 17th century, the Peshwa era (1713–1818), the British / Bombay Presidency period and the freedom movement's Marathi voices from Bal Shastri Jambhekar and Tilak to Savarkar, Ambedkar and the Samyukta Maharashtra movement of the 1950s.
Threaded through this Maharashtra timeline is pan-India history: the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal empire, colonial land settlements (Permanent Settlement 1793, Ryotwari, Mahalwari), the Revolt of 1857, the Congress moderates and extremists, the Home Rule leagues, the four Gandhian movements (Non-Cooperation 1920, Civil Disobedience 1930, Individual Satyagraha 1940, Quit India 1942) and the post-1947 integration of princely states — including Hyderabad's Operation Polo (1948) which added parts of Marathwada.
MPSC History questions almost always pin a name to a date and a place. For every named leader, memorise the year of their most famous event and the geographic location; that three-tuple lets you eliminate three of four options in nearly every historical PYQ. Our Maharashtra History study guide arranges every ruler and every movement in exactly this three-column form.
Source and editorial process
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