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MPSC Group B Exam Pattern

One hundred marks to get in, four hundred to rank, and for the sub-inspector a gate and an interview.

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MPSC Group B · checked 19 September 2026

MPSC Group B 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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19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

MPSC Group B: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Advt 011/2026 — 552 posts: PSI 310, STI 236, ASO 6; prelims 14 June; 9,253 qualified on 1 July

    2026 cycle

  2. 02

    No window open; 2026 mains not yet notified; 2025 PSI physical tests pending

    Status

  3. 03

    Maharashtra Public Service Commission

    Conducted by

  4. 04

    One paper, 100 questions, 100 marks, one hour; a quarter off per wrong answer; screening only

    Prelims

Pattern

MPSC Group B — How the paper is structured

The rules.
RuleDetail
Prelims 100, one hourScreening at about twelve per post; not counted.
Mains 400, two hours in allMarathi and English 200; general studies 200.
Negative markingOne-fourth per wrong answer; multiple answers wrong; blanks free.
PSI physical test100 marks, 60 per cent to qualify, not counted; about four per post.
PSI interview40 marks added to the mains; none for STI and ASO.

Confirm the structure against your own notification

MPSC and the state’s other recruiting bodies revise schemes, ratios and dates between cycles, and the advertisement for your cycle is the document that binds. The figures here are from the latest documents on the official sites at the date checked and are labelled where they come from an older cycle.

Exam resources

Everything for MPSC Group B

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

MPSC Group B SyllabusMPSC Group B syllabus — the general ability prelims, mains Paper 1 Marathi and English, and Paper 2 general studies with the RTI and public services Acts.MPSC Group B Exam PatternMPSC Group B exam pattern — 100-mark prelims screen, 400-mark mains, a quarter off per wrong answer, PSI physical test at 60 per cent and 40-mark interview.MPSC Group B Previous PapersMPSC Group B previous papers — the commission’s archive of combined prelims and mains papers with first and final keys.MPSC Group B Mock TestsMPSC Group B mock tests — one-hour 100-question sittings scored at a quarter off, and the physical-test events for sub-inspector candidates.MPSC Group B PreparationMPSC Group B preparation — following two overlapping cycles, the mains for 9,253 candidates, and the PSI physical test and interview.MPSC Group B Study MaterialMPSC Group B study material — state board textbooks, the RTI and public services Acts, grammar readers for Marathi and English, and a reasoning workbook.

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