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Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Previous Papers

The departments hold their own papers; the commission’s archive has the departmental papers it set before 2021 and the competitive papers since.

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Maharashtra Departmental Examinations · checked 19 September 2026

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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Checked 19 September 2026

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Each department, from 2021; MPSC only for limited departmental competitive examinations

    Who conducts

  2. 02

    General administration department resolution of 31 March 2021 — post-entry and promotion examinations for state government servants

    Policy

  3. 03

    Three from joining; 50 per cent in every subject; departments fix papers, marks, duration and with-books rules

    Chances and pass mark

  4. 04

    Increment withheld until pass; discharge for gazetted direct recruits and Group C probationers who fail within probation

    Consequences

Past papers

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations — Reading previous papers properly

What exists

  • Commission departmental papers to 2020 — the naib tahsildar, sales tax and other papers the commission set, in its question-paper archive by year.
  • LDCE papers — the sub-inspector, assistant section officer and excise papers of the recent cycles with keys, on the commission’s site.
  • Department archives — each department’s examination cell holds its papers since 2021; training institutes circulate them to probationers.

Practise with

MPSC — previous question papers MPSC — answer keys

Exam resources

Everything for Maharashtra Departmental Examinations

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations SyllabusMaharashtra departmental examinations syllabus — the department’s examination rules, the Acts every promotion syllabus must include, and the MPSC LDCE schemes.Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Exam PatternMaharashtra departmental examinations pattern — three chances, 50 per cent per subject, with-books papers as the department rules set, and the consequences.Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Previous PapersMaharashtra departmental examinations previous papers — the departments’ own archives, the commission’s pre-2021 papers, and the LDCE papers on its site.Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Mock TestsMaharashtra departmental examinations mock tests — three-hour with-books sittings on the department’s codes, and the objective LDCE papers.Maharashtra Departmental Examinations PreparationMaharashtra departmental examinations preparation — the department’s rules, counting the chances from joining, and the exemption and condonation provisions.Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Study MaterialMaharashtra departmental examinations study material — the government editions of the codes, manuals and rules each paper is set on, and four mandatory Acts.

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