Organisation : Maharashtra Public Service Commission
Exam Name : State Service Main Examination
Year : 2018
Paper : Paper 1/2/3/4/6
Document Type : Previous Question Papers
Website : https://mpsc.gov.in/
MPSC State Service Main Examination Question Paper
Question Paper for State Service Main Examination for year 2018 is now available in the official website of Maharashtra Public Service Commission.
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Model Questions
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Paper – I
Language Paper – 1 :
Standard : H.S.C.
Maximum Marks : 100
Nature of Paper : Conventional type
Time allowed : 3 hours
Note :
1. Candidates should use two separate answerbooks for Part – 1 Marathi and Part-2 English
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. Figure to the Right indicates marks of the respective question.
4. Credit will be given to correct spelling, punctuation, good Handwriting and neatness.
5. Candidates should not write roll number, any name (including his/her, signature, address or any indication of his/her identity anywhere inside the answer book will be specialized.
English :
1. Write an essay on one topic of about 400 words.
(a) An Ideal Teacher.
(b) Corruption – the Biggest Challenge for India.
2. Precis of the passage in about 1/3 of its original length with a suitable title. 10
Real history should deal, not with a few individuals here and there, but with the people who make up a nation, who work and by their labour produce the necessaries and luxuries of life, and who in a thousand dilferent ways act and react on each other.
Paper – II
1. After 1818, Mount Stuart Elphinstone had appointed different officers for different regions in Maharashtra. Match the regions and the officers.
(a) Khandesh (i) Pottinger
@) Dharwad (ii) Hemy Robertson
(c) Pune (iii) Thackeray
(d) Ahmednagar (iv) Captain Briggs
Answer options :
(a) (b) (c) (4
(1) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(2) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(3) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(4) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
2. Match the following.
(a) Shri Ram Karuna (i) Narahari
(b) Shri Samartha Karuna (ii) Giridhar
(c) Gangaratnamala (iii) Shridhar
(d) Navaratnamala (iv) Dinkarswami
Answer options :
(a) (b) (4 (4
(1) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(2) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(3) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(4) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
3. Which of the following were the reactionary measures of the British Government to suppress the feeling of natioiulism from among the Indians ?
(a) The Vernacular Press Act (b) Arms Act
(c) License Act (d) Lands Act
Answer options :
(1) (a) and (c) only
(2) (‘4, (c) and (4 only
(3) (4, (4 and (4on ly
(4) (a), (b) and (c) only
4. Match the following.
(a) Govindagraja (i) Ramchandra V. Tikekar
(b) Balkavi (i) Dwarkanath M. Pitale
(c) Dhanurdhari (iii) Ram Ganesh Gadkari
(d) Nathmadhav (iv) Tryambak B. Thomre
Answer options :
(a) (b) (4 (4
(1) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(2) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(3) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(4) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Who from the following members were with Raja Ram Mohan Roy when he established ‘Atmiya Sabha’ in 1815 before establishing ‘Brahmo Sarnaj’ ?
(a) Dwarkanath Tagore, Prasannakumar Tagore.
(b) Dr. Rajendralal Mishra, Raja Kali.
(c) Shankar Ghoshal, Anand Prasad Bana rji.
(d) Keshav Chandra Sen, Devendranath Tagore.
Answer options :
(1) (a) and (dl only
(2) (b), (c) and (4 only)
(3) (a), (‘4 and
(c) only (4) (dl only
Paper – IV
Consider the following statements :
(a) The mode of removal of a Judge of a High Court is similar to that h removal of a Judge of the Supreme Court.
@) After retirement from the office a Permanent Judge of a High Court can’t plead or act in any court or before any authority in India.
Which of the above statement/s &/are correct ?
(1) only A
(2) Only B
(3) Both
(4) Neither (a) nor B)
2. Who said “Begin with the charter of duties of man, and! promise, the rights will follow as spring follows winter” ?
(1) Indira Gandhi
(2) Jawaharlal Nehru
(3) Mahatmg Gandhi
(4) Mora ji Desai
3. Which among the following is not a subject under state list ?
(1) hk and inn-keepers
(2) Betting and gambling
(3) Drugs and poisons
(4) Tolls
4. The power of a High Court to hear disputes relating to the elections of members of Parliament and state legislatures falls under its :
(1) Supervisory jurisdiction
(2) Original jurisdiction
(3) Advisory jurisdiction
(4) Appellate jurisdiction
5. Which of the following amendment has changed the subject matter of Article – 45 in the Constitution of India ?
(1) 42nd amendment
(2) 41th amendment
(3) 86th amendment
(4) 97th amendment