Textual analysis is a English Language concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 6 past MPSC questions across 6 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.
Which of the following statements is supported by the passage ?
1)Hazlitt liked listening to the trombone.
2)Hazlitt did not like listening to the trombone.
3)Hazlitt had little idea about the loudness of the trombone.✓ Correct
4)The annoyance caused by the trombone can be limited.
Option 3 directly aligns with the explicit or implicit factual backing provided in the given reading passage.
The alternating dark and light bands are clearly seen in __________.
1)Tropical trees
2)Deciduous trees
3)Conifers✓ Correct
4)All types of trees
Conifers clearly show alternating dark and light growth rings corresponding to seasonal variations in wood production.
अहंकार वृत्ती व त्यांची वैशिष्ट्ये यांच्या जोड्या जुळवा :
(a)अज्ञानजन्य अहंकार
(b)व्यक्तिगत अहंकार
(c)व्यापक अहंकार
(d)ज्ञानजन्य निरहंकार
(i)स्वानंद सुखाची ठेव
(ii)दृष्टीकोन विशाल करणे
(iii)स्वतःची ओळख पटविणे
(iv)व्यक्तिमत्त्वाचा परिचय नसणे
1)(iv) (iii) (ii) (i)✓ Correct
2)(iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
3)(ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
4)(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Matching the types of ego (अंकार वृत्ती) with their corresponding features based on the psychological and philosophical passages in Marathi literature.
पुढील दोन विधानांपैकी कोणते अयोग्य आहे ?
(a)माणूस सर्वसाधारणपणे विचार करून वागतो.
(b)क्वचित माणूस विकारांसह जगतो, हे कसे विसरता येईल ?
1)फक्त (a)
2)फक्त (b)
3)(a) व (b) दोन्ही✓ Correct
4)(a) व (b) दोन्हीही नाहीत
Based on the passage, both statements are considered incorrect according to the author's overall argument presented in the text.
Hyderabad sits nestled amongst one of the oldest rock systems of the world. These granite rocks are 2500 million years old. Rain, sun and wind have for aeons, through their collective and continuous physical and chemical actions, worked them into weird shapes. Some appear perched upon each other so precariously that you feel some giant-children playing at house making must have kept them there. From times immemorial they have stayed like that without tumbling down. They will remain like that long after we are gone.
Golconda Fort was once a mere hillock, a hump of a giant camel, a mass of scattered misshapen granite. It was sheer wilderness. There cow and goatherds used to graze cattle and sheep belonging to the nearby villages. It was so popular with graziers that it took the name of 'hillock of the graziers' - Golla Konda in Telugu, the local language. Golla Konda later on became 'Golconda'. Hyderabad is the daughter of Golconda Fort which stands in ruins now, eight kilometres away from the centre of the city. The fort was built about a thousand years ago, during the Kakatiya rule (AD 1000 - 1321) which had its capital at Warangal - a city about 150 kilometres to the north of Hyderabad.
Rudramba Devi, queen of the Kakatiya dynasty, ruled for 34 years from AD 1262 to 1296. She withstood the combined attacks of the Pandyas, the Yadavas and the Hoysalas with the help of her grandson, Prataparudradeva who succeeded her (AD 1296 - 1323).
He too was an illustrious ruler but was subjected to repeated attacks by the Sultans of Delhi: there were five during the two decades after AD 1303. Finally, he was defeated by Ulugh Khan, imprisoned and taken prisoner to Delhi. On the way he committed suicide. Ulugh Khan later became the Sultan of Hindustan, and is known as Mohammad Tughlaq. Since his empire had extended to the south, Delhi was no longer the centre of political gravity. He, therefore, ordered that the capital of India be shifted from Delhi to Daulatabad. For two decades this city remained the capital of India.
About Rudramba Devi, we learn that :
(a)She belonged to the Kakatiya dynasty.
(b)The Pandyas and the Yadavas attacked her one after another.
(c)Her grandson helped the Hoysalas.
(d)Prataparudra defeated her and became king.
1)Only a✓ Correct
2)Only a and b
3)Only a, b and c
4)All four
The passage directly supports that Rudramba Devi belonged to the Kakatiya dynasty, while other details regarding specific attacks or subsequent rulers are either not verified in full or require selective extraction.