Maharashtra Talathi study guide
Maharashtra Talathi · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Talathi is a Maharashtra state revenue-service post recruited through a competitive multiple-choice examination. The exam is delivered in Marathi, and candidates should expect five equally weighted sections: Marathi language, English language, Mathematics and reasoning, General knowledge and current affairs, and Maharashtra land revenue and administrative system. The Maharashtra Talathi study guide has 5 sections and about 1,937 words.
01Marathi Language: Grammar, Usage and Literary Terms
The Marathi section of the Talathi exam checks control over प्रमाण मराठी, not conversational Marathi. Expect items on वर्णमाला and spelling, संधी, समास, शब्दसिद्धी through उपसर्ग and प्रत्यय, लिंग-वचन-विभक्ती, वाक्यरचना and वाक्यशुद्धी, म्हणी versus वाक्प्रचार, समानार्थी and विरुद्धार्थी शब्द, plus a light dose of साहित्य (अलंकार, रस, छंद, लेखक-कृती जोड्या).
382 words, about 2 min02English Language: Grammar, Vocabulary and Comprehension
The English section tests functional grammar and usage: tense and aspect, subject-verb agreement, articles, prepositions, active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech, degrees of comparison, plus vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, idioms, one-word substitution, spelling) and a short comprehension passage with sentence-correction items. Subject-verb agreement: the verb agrees with the head noun, not with an intervening phrase.
384 words, about 2 min03Mathematics and Reasoning: Arithmetic Shortcuts and Logical Method
High-yield chapters are percentage, ratio and proportion, average, profit-loss-discount, simple and compound interest, time-work and pipes, time-speed-distance, mensuration and simplification. Nearly every question is a variation on one base value, so fixing the base as 100 or as the cost price makes the arithmetic transparent.
378 words, about 2 min04General Knowledge and Current Affairs: Maharashtra First, Then India
Maharashtra was formed on 1 May 1960 when the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 divided the old Bombay State into Maharashtra and Gujarat; 1 May is observed as Maharashtra Day, and Yashwantrao Chavan was the first Chief Minister. The state now has 36 districts (Palghar, carved out in 2014, is the newest) grouped into six revenue divisions: Konkan, Pune, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Amravati and Nagpur.
374 words, about 2 min05Maharashtra Land Revenue and Administrative System: Records and Mutation
Village-level work rests with the Talathi, who reports to the Mandal Adhikari (Circle Officer) for a group of villages, then to the Tahsildar at taluka level, the Prantadhikari (Sub-Divisional Officer) at sub-division level, the Collector at district level and the Divisional Commissioner at division level. The Talathi maintains the village records and reports crop and boundary information; the Tahsildar is the taluka revenue authority.
419 words, about 2 min