MPSC Group C 2026 All-in-One Guide: Complete Guide + Past-Paper Analysis + 3 Mock Tests

One book for the MPSC Group C 2026 examination, in Marathi and English side by side — the whole preliminary syllabus with the stress on Maharashtra, an analysis of the past papers, three full mock tests and the Marathi and English grammar of Mains Paper 1, with 1,128 original questions and every answer explained.

एमपीएससी गट-क 2026 पूर्व परीक्षेचा संपूर्ण अभ्यासक्रम, मागील प्रश्नपत्रिकांचे विश्लेषण, तीन सराव प्रश्नपत्रिका आणि मुख्य परीक्षेच्या पेपर 1 चे मराठी व इंग्रजी व्याकरण — एकाच पुस्तकात, मराठी व इंग्रजी दोन्ही भाषांत.

The Maharashtra Group-C Services Combined Preliminary Examination 2026 (Advertisement 017/2026) fills 5,707 posts after its corrigenda — Clerk-Typist, Tax Assistant, Village Revenue Officer (Talathi), Industry Inspector, Sub-Inspector of State Excise, Technical Assistant and more — through one common prelims: 100 questions for 100 marks in one hour on an OMR sheet, with a quarter mark lost for every wrong answer. By the corrigendum of 9 September 2026 the prelims is on Sunday 3 January 2027.

Getting started — the 2026 advertisement and its corrigenda at a glance (posts, eligibility, fees, the scheme and the official syllabus); an analysis of the 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025 papers — how many questions each subject gets, the types of question and the facts asked again and again; and a 10-week study plan to the exam.

Parts I–VI — General Studies: modern Indian history with Maharashtra's freedom struggle and Samyukta Maharashtra; the Earth, India and the physical and economic geography of Maharashtra; the Constitution, Union and state government and local self-government; the Indian economy, government finance and Maharashtra's economy; physics, chemistry, zoology, botany and hygiene; and the current affairs of Maharashtra, India and the world to 15 October 2026 — 518 chapter questions.

Parts VII–VIII — Arithmetic and Reasoning: every topic with its method, the formulas and worked examples, then 183 practice questions. Every calculation and every puzzle was checked by computer.

Part IX — Main Examination Paper 1: Marathi grammar (letters and sounds, sandhi, parts of speech, vibhakti, tenses, prayog, samas, alankar, proverbs and idioms, spelling, a passage) and English grammar, vocabulary and comprehension — 103 questions.

Part X — three full mock tests of 100 questions each, in the subject order and proportions of the 2024 and 2025 papers (history 10, geography 10, economy 15, current affairs 15, polity 15, science 15, arithmetic 10, reasoning 10), with an OMR sheet and an explained answer key.

Easy to study: a numbered contents page with the page of every chapter and topic, notes in points, key-fact boxes and tables, Marathi first and English below throughout. The free sample shows the contents, the exam at a glance, the past-paper analysis and the first pages of the history, arithmetic and mock-test parts.

Every note and every question was written for this book. The Commission's past papers are analysed, not reproduced — none of their questions is printed here. This book is independent and is not published, approved or endorsed by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission. Confirm dates and rules in the official advertisement and corrigenda at mpsc.gov.in.

Contents

• Getting Started · सुरुवात
• How to Use This Book · हे पुस्तक कसे वापरावे
• The Exam at a Glance · परीक्षा एका दृष्टिक्षेपात
• Past Papers Analysed · मागील प्रश्नपत्रिकांचे विश्लेषण
• A 10-Week Study Plan · 10 आठवड्यांचा अभ्यास-आराखडा
• Part I – History · भाग I – इतिहास
• 1. The Europeans and the Rise of British Power · युरोपियनांचे आगमन आणि ब्रिटिश सत्तेचा विस्तार
• 2. The Revolt of 1857 and the Early Risings · 1857 चा उठाव आणि इंग्रजांविरुद्धचे लढे
• 3. Social and Religious Reform Movements · सामाजिक व धार्मिक सुधारणा चळवळी
• 4. The Indian National Movement (1885–1947) · भारतीय राष्ट्रीय चळवळ (1885–1947)
• 5. Maharashtra in the Freedom Struggle and Samyukta Maharashtra · स्वातंत्र्यलढ्यातील महाराष्ट्र आणि संयुक्त महाराष्ट्र
• Part II – Geography · भाग II – भूगोल
• 6. The Earth and the World · पृथ्वी आणि जग
• 7. The Geography of India · भारताचा भूगोल
• 8. The Physical Geography of Maharashtra · महाराष्ट्राचा प्राकृतिक भूगोल
• 9. Maharashtra: Forests, Farming, Industry and People · महाराष्ट्र: वने, शेती, उद्योग आणि लोकसंख्या
• Part III – Polity · भाग III – राज्यशास्त्र
• 10. The Constitution of India · भारतीय राज्यघटना
• 11. Union and State Government, the Judiciary and Constitutional Bodies · केंद्र व राज्य शासन, न्यायव्यवस्था आणि घटनात्मक संस्था
• 12. Local Self-Government and District Administration · स्थानिक स्वराज्य संस्था आणि जिल्हा प्रशासन
• Part IV – Economy · भाग IV – अर्थव्यवस्था
• 13. National Income, Planning, Population, Poverty and Unemployment · राष्ट्रीय उत्पन्न, नियोजन, लोकसंख्या, दारिद्र्य व बेरोजगारी
• 14. Agriculture, Industry, Foreign Trade, Banking and Money · शेती, उद्योग, परकीय व्यापार, बँकिंग आणि मुद्रा
• 15. Government Finance and Maharashtra's Economy · शासकीय अर्थव्यवस्था आणि महाराष्ट्राची अर्थव्यवस्था
• Part V – General Science · भाग V – सामान्य विज्ञान
• 16. Physics · भौतिकशास्त्र
• 17. Chemistry · रसायनशास्त्र
• 18. Zoology and the Human Body · प्राणिशास्त्र आणि मानवी शरीर
• 19. Botany and the Environment · वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि पर्यावरण
• 20. Health and Hygiene · आरोग्यशास्त्र
• Part VI – Current Affairs · भाग VI – चालू घडामोडी
• 21. Current Affairs: Maharashtra (2025–26) · चालू घडामोडी: महाराष्ट्र (2025–26)
• 22. Current Affairs: India (2025–26) · चालू घडामोडी: भारत (2025–26)
• 23. Current Affairs: The World, Awards and Sport · चालू घडामोडी: जग, पुरस्कार आणि क्रीडा
• Part VII – Arithmetic · भाग VII – अंकगणित
• 24. Numbers, Simplification, Fractions, Decimals, HCF and LCM · संख्याज्ञान, सरलीकरण, अपूर्णांक-दशांश आणि मसावि-लसावि
• 25. Percentages, Profit and Loss, Ratio and Proportion, Averages and Ages · शेकडेवारी, नफा-तोटा, गुणोत्तर-प्रमाण, सरासरी आणि वये
• 26. Interest, Time and Work, Speed and Distance, Mensuration and Data · व्याज, काळ-काम, वेग-अंतर, क्षेत्रफळ-घनफळ आणि सांख्यिकी
• Part VIII – Reasoning · भाग VIII – बुद्धिमत्ता चाचणी
• 27. Number and Letter Series, Analogies, Classification and Coding · संख्या व अक्षर मालिका, समसंबंध, वर्गीकरण आणि सांकेतिक भाषा
• 28. Blood Relations, Directions, Ranking, Clocks and Calendars · नातेसंबंध, दिशा, क्रमवारी, घड्याळ आणि दिनदर्शिका
• 29. Logic: Statements and Conclusions, Seating, Puzzles and Figures · तर्क: विधाने-निष्कर्ष, बैठक व्यवस्था, कोडी आणि आकृत्या
• Part IX – Main Examination Paper 1: Marathi and English · भाग IX – मुख्य परीक्षा पेपर 1: मराठी व इंग्रजी
• 30. Marathi Grammar, Vocabulary and Comprehension · मराठी व्याकरण, शब्दसंग्रह आणि उतारा
• 31. English Grammar, Vocabulary and Comprehension · इंग्रजी व्याकरण, शब्दसंग्रह आणि उतारा
• Part X – Mock Tests · भाग X – सराव प्रश्नपत्रिका
• How to Take the Mock Tests · सराव प्रश्नपत्रिका कशा सोडवाव्यात
• Mock Test 1 · सराव प्रश्नपत्रिका 1
• Mock Test 2 · सराव प्रश्नपत्रिका 2
• Mock Test 3 · सराव प्रश्नपत्रिका 3