Rajyaseva Prelims · 2026
MPSC Rajyaseva Prelims 2026
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From GS Paper 1, 2026. Answers are from MPSC's final answer key. That key cancelled 6 questions in GS Paper 1 and none in CSAT.
Q1. What demands did the British Indian Association make to the British Parliament in 1853 AD on the occasion of the renewal of the Charter Act ?
- (a) The Legislature, Executive and Judiciary should have separate Jurisdictions.
- (b) The salaries of high-ranking officials should be reduced.
- (c) A new legislature should be formed and Indian should be represented in it.
- (d) Salt, excise and stamp duty should be abolished.
Options
- (1) Only (a) and (d)
- (2) (a), (b) and (d)
- (3) (a), (b) and (c)
- (4) None of the above
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Option (2): (a), (b) and (d)
As per MPSC's final answer key (booklet A, Q1).
Q2. Choose the correct pairs.
- (a) Harshcharitra — (i) Kalidas
- (b) Maalati Madhav — (ii) Vishakhadatta
- (c) Malvikagnimitra — (iii) Banbhatta
- (d) Mudrarakshas — (iv) Bhavabhuti
Options
- (1) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
- (2) (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
- (3) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
- (4) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)
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Option (1): (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
As per MPSC's final answer key (booklet A, Q2).
Q3. Which of the following provisions were included in the August resolution of 1940 AD ?
- (a) After the end of the Second World War, assistance will be provided to establish a fully responsible system of governance in India on the lines of a colonial freedom.
- (b) Some Indians representative will be included in the board of Governor Generals.
Options
- (1) Option (a) is correct, option (b) is incorrect.
- (2) Option (b) is correct, option (a) is incorrect.
- (3) Both the provisions are correct.
- (4) Both the provisions are incorrect.
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Option (3): Both the provisions are correct.
As per MPSC's final answer key (booklet A, Q3).
Q4. Which of the following statement applies to Aadilshah's Wajir Hemu ?
- (a) Adilshah gave Hemu the title of 'Vikramjit'.
- (b) Hemu started his career as a Market Superintendent.
- (c) Hemu had not lost a single battle out of 22 battles.
- (d) Hemu defeated Akbar in the second battle of Panipat.
Options
- (1) Only (a), (b) and (c)
- (2) Only (a), (c) and (d)
- (3) Only (a) and (c)
- (4) Only (a), (b) and (d)
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Option (1): Only (a), (b) and (c)
As per MPSC's final answer key (booklet A, Q4).
Q5. Choose the correct pairs for authors.
- (a) Storia-Do-Mogor — (i) Burnier
- (b) Travel in Mughal Empire — (ii) Niccolao Manucchi
- (c) Early Travels in India — (iii) William Foster
- (d) Historical Fragment — (iv) Robert
Options
- (1) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)
- (2) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
- (3) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
- (4) (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
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Option (2): (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
As per MPSC's final answer key (booklet A, Q5).
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Source: mpsc.gov.in · last checked 12 Nov 2026. If anything differs, the official MPSC notice is correct.