MPSC Rajyaseva Prelims Answer Key 2025

6. Who was the Lieutenant General who played a guiding role in the merger of Hyderabad State?

(1) K. M. Cariappa

(2) Rajendra Singh

(3) S. M. Srinagesh

(4) Sir Robert Lockhart

Correct Answer: (3) S. M. Srinagesh

Explanation: The Lieutenant General who played a guiding role in the merger of Hyderabad State was S. M. Srinagesh. He served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army after the merger and was a key figure in the Indian armed forces at the time. 

Sir Robert Lockhart: He was a British general who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army before the partition of India. 

S. M. Srinagesh: He was the third Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, serving from 1955 to 1957. His role as a senior officer in the Indian Army was crucial to the integration of Hyderabad after the state’s accession to India.

K. M. Cariappa: He was the first Indian Chief of Staff of the Indian Army and led Indian forces during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.

Rajendrasinhji Jadeja: He was the second Indian to become Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, following K.M. Cariappa.

7. Mughal Emperor Akbar bestowed the title of “Khan-e-Khanan” to whom in A.D. 1584?

(1) Abdul Fazal

(2) Miya Tansen

(3) Abdul Rahim

(4) Hakim Human

Correct Answer: (3) Abdul Rahim

Explanation: Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana was given this title by Akbar for his military and literary contributions.

8. In 1877, ‘The Great Delhi Darbar’ was held, who described it as, ‘An Indian Parliament’?

(1) M. G. Ranade

(2) K. T. Telang

(3) S. H. Chiplunkar

(4) G. V. Joshi

Correct Answer: (4) G. V. Joshi

Explanation: Gopal Vishnu Joshi criticized the Delhi Durbar of 1877 as a sham “Indian Parliament.”

9. Who set up the separate department called, ‘diwan-i-amir-i-kohi’?

(1) Alauddin Khalji

(2) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(3) Balban

(4) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Correct Answer: (2) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

Explanation: Muhammad bin Tughlaq established Diwan-i-Amir-i-Kohi for agricultural development.

10. The book, ‘Jatibhed Viveksar’ was written by __________.

(1) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

(2) Tukaram Tatya Padval

(3) Vitthal Ramji Shinde

(4) Bhaurao Paigonda Patil

Correct Answer: (2)

The book, ‘Jatibhed Viveksar’ was written by Tukaram Tatya Padwal. 

Tukaram Padwal, who belonged to the Bhandari caste, published the book in 1861 under the pseudonym “Ek Hindu” (One Hindu). A second, expanded edition was published in 1865, notably financed and distributed by the prominent social reformer Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, as the text was influential in shaping the early anti-caste movement in Maharashtra. The book offers a critique of the caste system from within the Hindu tradition.