खालीलपैकी कोणती / त्या जोडी / ड्या अयोग्य आहेत ? प्रशासकीय विभाग/जिल्हा - तलाव/जलाशय अ. छत्रपती संभाजी नगर - धाराशिव - तावरजा ब. नागपूर - भंडारा - उमरझरी क. अमरावती - वाशिम - चिखली ड. कोकण - सिंधूदुर्ग - शिवडाव
This MPSC previous-year question is drawn from MPSC Group B Combined Pre 2026 (Marathi). It belongs to the Geography 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. विभाग–जिल्हा–तलाव या चुकीच्या जोड्या म्हणजे A व B, जिथे जलाशय सांगितलेल्या जिल्ह्यात बसत नाही. जोड्या C व D बरोबर, म्हणून 'अयोग्य' संच A व B.
Why this question matters
Within geography, 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
Do the arithmetic on scratch paper even for one-step geography numericals. The most common wrong answer in MPSC's numerical items is a rounding error or a unit mismatch, not a conceptual mistake. Writing each step out costs ten seconds and prevents the majority of those errors.
Subject-specific tip
Tip for Geography: locate the region on the Maharashtra map (use our interactive /map page), note the watershed, soil type and the nearest power plant or UNESCO site. Spatial recall is the single biggest scorer for MPSC Geography.
Applied geography for MPSC — soils, agriculture, mining
Geography in MPSC is not abstract — it is asked in the same frame as MPSC recruits will encounter as revenue officers, taluka development officers or forest rangers: which crop grows on which soil, which mineral is mined in which district, which dam feeds which command area. That functional angle is why our editorial team pairs every Geography question with three anchors — the district, the drainage basin, and the resource.
Soil-and-agriculture questions typically ask you to match: (a) black cotton soil / regur → Vidarbha & Marathwada → cotton, soyabean, jowar; (b) laterite soil → Konkan & Sahyadri → cashew, mango, rice; (c) alluvium → riverine belts of Godavari and Krishna valleys → sugarcane; (d) red-and-yellow soil → southern Maharashtra → millets. MPSC's twist is often to swap the crop belt with the wrong soil — knowing this quartet lets you eliminate confidently.
For mineral geography, three facts recur every year: Chandrapur is the coal capital of Maharashtra; Nagpur–Bhandara–Gondia is the manganese triangle; Kolhapur–Sindhudurg holds the bauxite reserves. Add Ratnagiri's iron ore and Yavatmal's limestone, and you cover roughly 90 percent of the mineral facts MPSC has asked in the last decade.
Source and editorial process
Source: MPSC Group B Combined Pre 2026 (Marathi). This question, its four options and the marked correct answer are transcribed verbatim from the official Maharashtra Public Service Commission Set A paper. Our editorial team cross-checks each question against the original PDF released on mpsc.gov.in and against the corresponding official answer key.
We never paraphrase the wording. Where MPSC has issued a revised key after an objection round, the answer highlighted above reflects the revised key and the revision is logged in our internal change-log. If you spot a discrepancy, please email us at dontknowacademy@gmail.com — we acknowledge every report within 24 hours and push a fix within 48 hours.
Related study material
Deepen your preparation on this topic with our long-form MPSC study guides. Every guide is written specifically for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission preliminary syllabus and takes twelve to sixteen minutes to read in full.
- Maharashtra GeographyKonkan, Sahyadri, Deccan plateau, rivers, soils, agriculture, minerals, power sector.
- MPSC Exam PatternGroup B, Group C, PSI, Gazetted CS & TS prelims — marks, syllabus, negative marking, cut-offs.
- MPSC Preparation Strategy6-month plan, book list, daily routine, PYQ usage, mock-test strategy.
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