खालील विधाने विचारात घ्या. अ. 2023-24 या कालावधीत औद्योगिक उत्पादनाच्या निर्देशांकानुसार औद्योगिक उत्पादन 5.8 टक्क्यांनी वाढले आहे. ब. कोळसा उत्पादनाच्या विस्तारामुळे 2023-24 मध्ये खाण क्षेत्राच्या निर्देशांकाने वर्षभरात 13 टक्के वाढ नोंदविली. वरीलपैकी कोणते/ती विधान/ने बरोबर आहे/त ?
This MPSC previous-year question is drawn from MPSC Group B Combined Pre 2026 (Marathi). It belongs to the Economics 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: A
Explanation
पडताळलेले उत्तर पर्याय A आहे. फक्त विधान अ बरोबर — औद्योगिक उत्पादन निर्देशांकाने मोजलेले औद्योगिक उत्पादन 2023-24 मध्ये 5.8 टक्क्यांनी वाढले. दुसरे विधान त्याचा आकडा चुकीचा सांगते, म्हणून 'फक्त अ बरोबर'.
Why this question matters
The Maharashtra Public Service Commission recycles economics question patterns across its main five recruitment examinations. Solving a PYQ from one paper substantially increases your accuracy on adjacent papers because the underlying facts and the option-craft are identical. That cross-transfer is the strongest argument for prioritising PYQ practice over generic textbook review.
How to attempt this in the exam
Cover the options with your hand and try to answer the question in your own words first. Then reveal the options and pick the one closest to your mental answer. This inversion habit is especially valuable for economics items where three of the four options are designed to be superficially plausible.
Subject-specific tip
Tip for Economics: connect every scheme to a launch year, the implementing ministry and the primary beneficiary. MPSC Economics options often swap the launch year or the implementing ministry — that is the easiest elimination.
Economics for MPSC — schemes, sectors, statistics
MPSC Economics is a schemes-plus-statistics subject. Every prelim carries roughly ten to twelve economics items covering: (a) government schemes — MGNREGA (from NREGA 2005), Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (2014), Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (2016), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (2019), Ayushman Bharat (2018), the DAY-NRLM / DAY-NULM livelihood pair, PMAY (Urban and Gramin), PMGSY, Startup India, Stand Up India; (b) macroeconomic statistics — GDP growth, inflation trajectory (CPI / WPI), fiscal deficit target under FRBM, tax-to-GDP ratio, and India's rank in specific indices (Human Development Index, Ease of Doing Business, Global Hunger Index).
Almost every scheme question can be answered with the four-attribute lock: launch year, implementing ministry, primary target beneficiary, and headline financial commitment. Our Economics notes on the Notes tab arrange every Union government scheme along exactly this four-column matrix, with cross-references to Maharashtra's parallel state schemes such as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, Balasaheb Thackeray Krishi Vyavasay Sanjeevani Prakalp and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Sanman Yojana.
For macro-statistics, MPSC prefers the latest annual Economic Survey numbers plus the RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy. Skim the Executive Summary of the current Economic Survey (roughly forty pages) and you cover eighty-plus percent of the numeric MPSC Economics items. Combine that with the Union Budget's highlights and the latest edition of the Maharashtra Economic Survey for state-level statistics.
Source and editorial process
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