Maharashtra State

Q. Which king of England had been presented with the Mumbai city as a dowry from Portugal

A
James II
B
Charles II
C
James VI
D
Henry VIII

Correct Answer

Charles II

More Questions on Maharashtra

  • Q. Which is the Summer Capital of Maharashtra?
    A)Pune
    B)Mumbai
    C)Nagpur
    D)Nashik
    Answer: Mumbai
  • Q. What was the original name of Aurangabad?
    A)Ambarapur
    B)Ambanagari
    C)Khadki
    D)Devagiri
    Answer: Khadki
  • Q. In which year the first cotton mill “Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company” was established in Bombay
    A)1858
    B)1860
    C)1854
    D)1865
    Answer: 1854
  • Q. The rivers of Maharashtra can be divided into how many groups as given below?
    A)Two
    B)Three
    C)One
    D)Four
    Answer: Three
  • Q. In which year the Mumbai University was established
    A)1850
    B)1853
    C)1845
    D)1857
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was established in the year
    A)1866
    B)1868
    C)1865
    D)1870
    Answer: 1870
  • Q. Satara was annexed to the Bombay Presidency in the year
    A)1846
    B)1848
    C)1840
    D)1854
    Answer: 1848
  • Q. In which year the Bombay High Court was established
    A)1862
    B)1896
    C)1856
    D)1906
    Answer: 1862
  • Q. In which district is Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary located?
    A)Satara District
    B)Kolhapur District
    C)Ratnagiri District
    D)Solapur District
    Answer: Satara District
  • Q. Which marathi newspaper was published by Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    A)Kesari
    B)Darpan
    C)Sakal
    D)Poona Vaibhav
    Answer: Kesari
  • Q. Who of the following is the first recipient of Jnanpith Award for Marathi literature?
    A)Vishnu Khandekar
    B)Vasant Kanetkar
    C)Vinda Karandikar
    D)Vijay Tendulkar
    Answer: Vishnu Khandekar
  • Q. The Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotirao Phule in the year
    A)1872
    B)1873
    C)1871
    D)1874
    Answer: 1873
  • Q. In which district of Maharashtra the first cooperative sugar factory was established?
    A)Sangli
    B)Ahmednagar
    C)Kolhapur
    D)Pune
    Answer: Ahmednagar
  • Q. Where is the Headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
    A)Thane
    B)Pune
    C)Mumbai
    D)Nagpur
    Answer: Mumbai
  • Q. Who was the founder of the Balwadi, an Indian pre-school run for economically weaker sections
    A)Tarabai Modak
    B)Irawati Karve
    C)Shalini Moghe
    D)Malati Shendge
    Answer: Tarabai Modak
  • Q. On whose marriage, Bombay was handed over to England as part of the dowry by Portugal
    A)Catherine of Braganza
    B)Dona Maria I
    C)Henrietta Maria
    D)Maria Isabel of Braganza
    Answer: Catherine of Braganza
  • Q. Which District of Maharashtra shares its border with Goa?
    A)Kolhapur
    B)Sangli
    C)Sindhudurg
    D)Ratnagiri
    Answer: Sindhudurg
  • Q. Where did the first electric train run its service in India?
    A)Bombay to Kurla
    B)Bombay to Thane
    C)Bombay to Nashik
    D)Bombay to Poona
    Answer: Bombay to Kurla
  • Q. Which is the largest city of Maharashtra as per population?
    A)Nashik
    B)Aurangabad
    C)Nagpur
    D)Solapur
    Answer: Nagpur
  • Q. Who established the first cotton mill in Bombay
    A)Jamshedji Tata
    B)Cowasjee Nanabhoy
    C)Dadabhai Naoroji
    D)Mafatlal
    Answer: Cowasjee Nanabhoy

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