MPSC Prep मराठी

MPSC Rajyaseva · State Services Preliminary Examination

Every hard concept, explained with an everyday analogy

Free preparation for the MPSC State Services prelims. Each of the 62 topics starts with a picture from life in Maharashtra (a gram sabha, a sugar cooperative, an ST bus, the wari) so the idea sticks, then gives the facts, a worked example, the traps MPSC sets and practice questions in the real statement-and-pairs style. Finish with timed mock tests that use the real −¼ marking. हे संकेतस्थळ मराठीत वाचा →

100questions (Paper I)
200marks
120minutes
−0.5per wrong answer
Start here Take the diagnostic A short test across all six sections. It tells you which section to study first. Day-by-day plan →

The six sections

~20 Q in the mock · ~22 min

History

Ancient India to Independence with a Maharashtra lens: the Satavahanas and the Varkari saints, Shivaji Maharaj and the Peshwas, British rule, the social reformers of Maharashtra, the national movement and the Samyukta Maharashtra movement.

0 / 10 topics done

 ~20 Q in the mock · ~24 min

Geography

Physical geography explained as mechanisms (plates, winds, the monsoon, ocean currents, time zones), then India and Maharashtra: the Konkan, the Sahyadri and the Deccan, rivers and dams, soils, crops and population.

0 / 10 topics done

 ~20 Q in the mock · ~24 min

Polity

The Constitution, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles, Parliament and the President, the courts, the Governor and the state legislature, Panchayati Raj, emergencies and the constitutional bodies, with article numbers that MPSC asks.

0 / 11 topics done

 ~20 Q in the mock · ~26 min

Economy

The section aspirants find hardest. National income, inflation, money and banking, RBI policy, the budget and deficits, GST, planning, poverty, agriculture and the balance of payments, each tied to a household or village example.

0 / 10 topics done

 ~20 Q in the mock · ~24 min

Science and Environment

General science at school level but asked conceptually: light, electricity, atoms, acids and bases, cells and heredity, the human body, nutrition and disease, plus ecology, biodiversity and climate change.

0 / 10 topics done

 Paper II · 80 Q · 200 marks · qualifying (33%)

CSAT (Paper II)

The second paper: comprehension, decision-making, numeracy, reasoning and data interpretation. It only has to be passed (33%), but it can still end your attempt, so practise it every week. Not part of the GS mock; use the CSAT drill.

0 / 11 topics done

Exam at a glance

  • Pattern: Two compulsory papers, 2 hours each, 200 marks each. Paper I (General Studies): 100 questions. Paper II (CSAT): 80 questions, qualifying at 33%.
  • Marking: A wrong answer loses a quarter of the question’s marks (−0.5 in Paper I); a blank loses nothing. Mains merit uses Paper I only.
  • When: The 2026 prelims was held on 31 May 2026. From 2027 MPSC plans computer-based prelims more than once a year.
  • Medium: Marathi and English: every question is printed in both.
  • Eligibility: Indian citizen, graduate (final-year students may sit), knowledge of Marathi. Age 19–38 for open; up to 43 or 45 for reserved categories. No attempt limit.

Source: MPSC Advertisement 132/2025 and 2026 press notes. Check mpsc.gov.in for the current year. More on the About the exam page, including the mains pattern and the 2027 changes.

Exam-day strategy

Think of it like…

Selling onions at the APMC. Every sack you sell earns ₹2, but a sack that turns out rotten costs you ₹0.50 in the buyer’s trust. A sack you keep at home costs nothing. Sell what you are sure of, and the sacks where you can rule out half the doubt; keep the rest.

  1. Two rounds through the paper. First round: answer every question you are sure of and mark the rest. Second round: return to the marked ones with the time left.
  2. The −¼ rule, done properly. With four options and −0.5 for a wrong answer, a pure guess does not hurt on average, but it does not help either. If you can rule out two options, the odds are on your side: answer it. If you cannot rule out any, leave it.
  3. Statement questions: eliminate. Judge each statement on its own. One statement you are sure is wrong usually removes two options straight away.
  4. Paper II is a pass mark, not a race. Aim for a safe 90+ out of 200 in CSAT, not the maximum. Do the decision-making and comprehension questions you find easy first.
  5. Bubble as you go. Mark the OMR after every page, never at the end, and check the question number each time.

8-week study plan Day-by-day plan →

Each week mixes GS sections with CSAT so nothing goes cold. Topics you tick as done show a check here too.

Week 1 Foundations: the Constitution’s making, ancient India, the Earth, national income, light, numbers
Making of the Constitution (Acts of 1773–1935, Constituent Assembly, sources) Preamble, Salient Features and Amending the Constitution (Art. 368, basic structure) Indus Valley, Vedic Age, Buddhism and Jainism Maharashtra’s Dynasties and the Varkari Saints (Satavahanas to Yadavas; Dnyaneshwar to Tukaram) Earth's Interior, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes National Income: GDP, GNP, NNP, Factor Cost vs Market Prices, Real vs Nominal Light: Reflection, Refraction, Lenses and Defects of Vision Number System: Divisibility, HCF and LCM, Remainders, Unit Digits
Start two daily habits now: 30 minutes of a newspaper for current events (not covered here), and 10 CSAT questions every day until the exam.
Week 2 Rights, Shivaji Maharaj and the Peshwas, time zones and winds, inflation, percentages
Fundamental Rights and Writs (Art. 12–35) Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties Shivaji Maharaj and Swarajya: Administration and Ashtapradhan The Peshwas and the Maratha Confederacy (to 1818) Latitude, Longitude and Time (IST, time-zone calculations) Atmosphere, Pressure Belts, Coriolis Force and Planetary Winds Inflation: CPI, WPI, Demand-pull vs Cost-push, Stagflation, Deflation Percentages, Profit and Loss, Simple and Compound Interest
Week 3 The Union government, British expansion, the monsoon, money and the RBI, electricity, comprehension
President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Parliament: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and How a Bill Becomes Law (money bill, joint sitting) British Expansion: Subsidiary Alliance, Doctrine of Lapse, Land Revenue Systems The Revolt of 1857 (with Maharashtra’s role) How the Indian Monsoon Works (ITCZ, jet streams, El Niño, IOD) Money and Banking: Functions of Money, Money Supply (M0, M1, M3), Credit Creation, Types of Banks RBI and Monetary Policy: Repo, Reverse Repo, CRR, SLR, MPC and Inflation Targeting Electricity and Magnetism: Ohm’s Law, Series/Parallel, Household Wiring, Electromagnetic Induction Reading Comprehension: Main Idea, Inference and Assumption
Week 4 Courts and states, social reformers, oceans and India’s relief, the budget, atoms, ratio
Supreme Court, High Courts and Judicial Review Governor, Chief Minister and the State Legislature (Maharashtra’s bicameral legislature) Social Reformers of Maharashtra (Phule, Ranade, Agarkar, Shahu, Ambedkar, Karve…) Ocean Currents and Tides India's Physiographic Divisions and Drainage Union Budget and Fiscal Policy: Revenue vs Capital, Fiscal, Revenue and Primary Deficits, FRBM Atomic Structure, Isotopes and the Periodic Table Acids, Bases, Salts and pH (everyday chemicals) Ratio, Proportion, Averages and Mixtures
Week 5 Local government, the national movement to 1919, population, GST and planning, the cell, work and speed
Panchayati Raj and Urban Local Bodies (73rd/74th Amendments; Maharashtra’s three tiers) INC, Moderates and Extremists, Tilak, Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi Population and Census (density, sex ratio, literacy, urbanisation; Census 2011 data, with the census exercise status stated carefully) Taxation and GST: Direct vs Indirect, Progressive vs Regressive, GST Structure and Council Planning in India: Five-Year Plans to NITI Aayog Cell, DNA and Heredity (Mendel, sex determination, genetic disorders) Time and Work, Pipes and Cisterns Time, Speed and Distance (trains, boats, relative speed)
Week 6 Federalism, the Gandhian era, Maharashtra’s physiography and rivers, poverty, the human body, reasoning
Centre–State Relations and Emergency Provisions (Art. 352, 356, 360) The Gandhian Era to Independence (NCM, CDM, Quit India, 1942 in Maharashtra) Maharashtra: Konkan, Sahyadri and the Deccan Plateau Rivers and Dams of Maharashtra (Godavari, Krishna, Tapi, Bhima…; west- vs east-flowing) Poverty and Unemployment: Measurement, Types, Schemes (MGNREGA etc.) Human Body Systems: Digestion, Circulation, Respiration, Nervous and Endocrine Nutrition, Vitamins, Diseases and Immunity (vaccines, pathogens) Number and Letter Series, Coding–Decoding Blood Relations and Direction Sense
Week 7 Constitutional bodies, Samyukta Maharashtra, soils and crops, agriculture and trade, environment, logic and data
Constitutional Bodies: Election Commission, CAG, Finance Commission, UPSC and State PSCs The Samyukta Maharashtra Movement and the State’s Formation (1960) Soils, Climate Regions and Crops of Maharashtra Agricultural Economics: MSP, Green Revolution, APMC, Cooperatives (Maharashtra’s sugar and dairy co-ops) External Sector: Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, FDI vs FPI, WTO Ecology: Food Chains, Energy Flow (10% law), Biogeochemical Cycles Biodiversity and Conservation (hotspots, IUCN categories, Maharashtra’s national parks and tiger reserves) Climate Change, Ozone Depletion and Pollution (greenhouse effect, Kyoto, Paris, Montreal Protocol) Syllogisms and Statement–Conclusion Data Interpretation: Tables, Bar and Pie Charts Decision Making and Problem Solving (administrative situations)
Week 8 Mock tests, past papers and revision
Alternate a full Paper I mock here with an official past paper (both papers) on a printed OMR sheet. After each, re-open every topic you got wrong and redo its practice set. Keep a CSAT drill every day. Read the revision sheet daily.

Exam-day checklist

General points; your admission certificate (hall ticket) lists the exact rules and timings. Read it the night before.

Ready to test yourself?

The mock test is Paper I: 100 questions in a 20/20/20/20/20 split across the five GS sections, a 2-hour timer and the real −0.5 marking, then a section-wise result with explanations. Drill CSAT separately.

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