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Critical thinking

Critical thinking is a Aptitude concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 15 past MPSC questions across 10 exam years between 2014 and 2025. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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15
Years tested
10 · 2014–2025
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What you need to know first

Understanding implicit statements vs explicit factsGandhian principlesEthics in educationDigital citizenshipCurriculum designUnderstanding of human rightsEducational leadership

What mastering this unlocks

Media LiteracyInstitutional LeadershipConditional deductionFalse labeling puzzleCourse of ActionAnalytical ReasoningStatement-ConclusionLogical deductionMultiple Statement EvaluationPassage InferenceSocial ReformComprehension inference

Real questions that test this

खाली एक विधान व त्यावर आधारित दोन पूर्वधारणा दिलेल्या आहेत. कोणती/कोणत्या पूर्वधारणा दिलेल्या कथनात अंतर्निहित आहे/आहेत, याबाबत योग्य पर्याय निवडा. विधान : एका राष्ट्रीयीकृत बँकेने राष्ट्रीय दैनिकात जाहिरात दिली की पात्र, उमेदवारांनी चार्टर्ड अकाऊंटन्ट च्या 100 पदांसाठी आवेदन करावे. पूर्वधारणा : (i) पात्र चार्टर्ड अकाऊंटन्ट या जाहिरातीला प्रतिसाद देतील. (ii) राष्ट्रीयीकृत बँकेत नियुक्ती हवी असलेले पात्र चार्टर्ड अकाऊंटन्ट पर्याप्त संख्येत उपलब्ध आहेत. A statement and two presumptions from it are given below. Select an alternative about the presumption/presumptions which is/are implied in the given statement. Statement : A nationalised bank had advertised in a national daily news paper that qualified candidates should apply for 100 posts of Chartered Accountants. Preassumptions : (i) The qualified Chartered Accountants will respond to this advertisement. (ii) The qualified Chartered Accountants willing to be appointed in a nationalised bank are adequate in number.

1)केवळ पूर्वधारणा (i) अंतर्निहित आहे. / Only presumption (i) is implied.
2)केवळ पूर्वधारणा (ii) अंतर्निहित आहे. / Only presumption (ii) is implied.
3)पूर्वधारणा (i) व (ii) दोन्ही अंतर्निहित आहेत. / Presumption (i) and (ii) both are implied.✓ Correct
4)पूर्वधारणा (i) व (ii) दोन्ही अंतर्निहित नाहीत. / Presumptions (i) and (ii) both are not implied.

An advertisement by a bank for specific posts implicitly assumes that qualified candidates will apply (Presumption 1) and that such candidates exist in adequate numbers (Presumption 2).

लेखक लिहितो, “...प्रेम करायला शिकण्यासाठी प्रत्येकाला बराच मोठा काळ तर कधी पूर्ण जीवन एकाकी व्यतीत करावे लागते ...”. याचा अर्थ-लेखक असे गृहीत धरतो की ... यापैकी कोणते/ती गृहीतक/के परिच्छेदाच्या संदर्भात अंतर्निहित आहेत ? Writer writes, “... for learning to love one needs to spend long time or may be life in seclusion ...”. This means that he assumes that, Which of the assumption/s is/are implicit in the paragraph ?

(a)अ. इतरांच्या सहवासात गोष्टी शिकणे शक्य होत नाही कारण इतर व्यक्ती आपले विचार प्रभावित करतात. / it is not possible to learn things in the presence of other persons as they influence our thoughts.

(b)ब. एकांतात व्यक्तीला स्वतःच्या व्यक्तिगत अनुभवांवर चिंतन व त्यांचे परीक्षण करायला वेळ मिळतो. / in seclusion a person gets time to reflect and examine his or her personal experiences.

(c)क. एकांतवास व्यक्तीला प्रेमाचा वेगळा अर्थ विचारात घेणाऱ्या, जो तिच्या स्वतःच्या अर्थाशी जुळत नाही, अशा व्यक्तींपासून सुरक्षित ठेवतो. / seclusion protects a person from other persons nurturing different meaning of love, that is not matching with her or his meaning of love.

(d)ड. एकांतवास व्यक्तीला स्वतःच्या आतल्या आवाजाचे काळजीपूर्वक श्रवण करण्याची, स्वतःचे जग विशाल करून प्रेम करायला सक्षम होण्याची मुभा देतो. / Seclusion allows a person to listen carefully to one's inner voice, widen one's world for becoming capable of loving.

1)(1) ड वगळता कोणतेही अंतर्निहित नाही. / None except d is not implicit.✓ Correct
2)(2) क व ड वगळता सर्व अंतर्निहित आहेत. / All but c and d are implicit.
3)(3) फक्त ब अंतर्निहित आहे. / Only b is implicit.
4)(4) ड वगळता सर्व अंतर्निहित आहेत. / All except d are implicit.

Based on logical deduction from the given passage quote about seclusion and learning to love, only statement 'd' captures the positive developmental essence intended, but the options structure ('None except d is not implicit' / double negatives) matches option 1 as the correct key based on the exam's official parsing.

प्रतिमा आणि कविता चांगल्या मैत्रिणी होत्या. त्या दोन्ही अभ्यास सोबत करायच्या. इयत्ता 9 वी च्या त्यांच्या विज्ञानाच्या पेपरात काही प्रश्न अभ्यासक्रमाच्या बाहेरील होते. त्यामुळे सर्व मुलांनी ते प्रश्न बदलून मिळावे किंवा परीक्षा नंतर घेण्यात यावी अशी मागणी केली. परंतु विज्ञानाच्या शिक्षकांनी ही मागणी मान्य केली नाही. कविता सोबत सर्व मुले परीक्षा हॉल मधून बाहेर पडले. प्रतिमाने परिस्थिती समजून घेतली आणि पेपर लिहीला. फक्त प्रतिमाच परीक्षेत पास झाली. Pratima and Kavita were good friends. They both studied together. In their IX Std. Science paper some questions were out of syllabus. Therefore all the students demanded to change those questions or postpone the exam. Science teacher did not accepted this. All the students with Kavita left the exam hall. Pratima understood the situation and she wrote the paper. Only Pratima passed the examination. What is your opinion about Pratima ?

प्रतिमा संदर्भात तुमचे मत काय ?

a)प्रतिमा ही आज्ञाकारक मुलगी आहे.
b)प्रतिमा ही स्वार्थी मुलगी आहे.
c)प्रतिमा ला परीक्षेचे महत्व समजले आहे.✓ Correct
d)प्रतिमा ही कधीच चांगली मैत्रीण घेऊ शकत नाही.

Pratima understood that the teacher would not change the paper, so instead of walking out with everyone else she wrote it, and she was the only one to pass. That shows she understood the importance of the exam (full marks). Calling her obedient (1) is partly true, calling her selfish (2) or unable to keep a friend (4) misreads a sensible decision.

दिलेली विधाने व त्यानंतरांची अनुमाने अभ्यासा. दिलेल्या विधानांवर आधारित योग्य अनुमानाची निवड करा : (a) सर्व गणिती उच्च पातळीची तर्कविचार करण्याची क्षमता प्रदर्शित करतात. (b) पारंपरिक शाळा प्रणालीची निष्पत्ती नसलेले, स्वाध्यायी विद्यार्थी, बहुधा खूप सर्जनशील असतात. (c) फक्त काही गणिती खूप सर्जनशील असतात. Study the statements given below and select the correct conclusion based on these, that follow : (a) All mathematicians exhibit an ability to do high level logical thinking. (b) Self-learning students, who are not the product of traditional school system, are usually found to be highly creative. (c) Only some of the mathematicians are highly creative.

(a)सर्व गणिती उच्च पातळीची तर्कविचार करण्याची क्षमता प्रदर्शित करतात. / All mathematicians exhibit an ability to do high level logical thinking.

(b)पारंपरिक शाळा प्रणालीची निष्पत्ती नसलेले, स्वाध्यायी विद्यार्थी, बहुधा खूप सर्जनशील असतात. / Self-learning students, who are not the product of traditional school system, are usually found to be highly creative.

(c)फक्त काही गणिती खूप सर्जनशील असतात. / Only some of the mathematicians are highly creative.

1)उच्च पातळीची तर्कविचार क्षमता असलेल्या व्यक्ती गणिती होण्याची शक्यता असते. / Persons with high level logical thinking ability are likely to become mathematicians.
2)स्वाध्यायी विद्यार्थी उच्च पातळीची तर्कविचार क्षमता प्रदर्शित करत नाहीत. / Self-learning students don't exhibit high level logical thinking ability.
3)स्वाध्यायी विद्यार्थी क्वचितच गणिती होतात. / Self-learning students seldom become mathematicians.
4)वरीलपैकी एकही नाही / None of the above✓ Correct

None of the conclusions logically follow from the given premises because the statements do not establish a bidirectional relationship between logical thinking, creativity, and self-learning.

The difference between good books and great books is that ______________.

Choose the best option according to the passage : The difference between good books and great books is that ______________.

(a)great books are read quite often but good books are read rarely.

(b)good books are read all over the world while great book are not.

(c)great books have universal appeal and the deal with all time basic issues related to human beings but good books have limited time appeal.

(d)great books pass the test of time but good books may not.

1)(a) and (b)
2)(c) and (d)✓ Correct
3)(b) and (c)
4)Only (d)

Great books are distinguished from good books by having universal appeal and dealing with timeless human issues, while also successfully passing the test of time.

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