More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Who was the first person of Maharashtra to received Bharat Ratna Award
A)Vinoba Bhave
B)Dhondo Keshav Karve
C)B. R. Ambedkar
D)Lata Mangeshkar
Answer: Dhondo Keshav Karve
- Q. Which Indian freedom fighter was born in Ratnagiri?
A)B. R. Ambedkar
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Vasudev Balwant Phadke
D)Krishnaji Gopal Karve
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Who was called as Lokhitwadi
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Dayananda Saraswati
C)G. H. Deshmukh
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: G. H. Deshmukh
- Q. Who had created the designation “Senakhaskhel”
A)Sambhaji
B)Rajaram I
C)Shivaji
D)Shahu I
Answer: Rajaram I
- Q. How many Cabinet Ministers are present in the Government of Maharashtra including the Chief Minister himself?
A)25 Ministers
B)28 Ministers
C)23 Ministers
D)31 Ministers
Answer: 31 Ministers
- Q. Who was the first Chief Minister of Bombay after Independence?
A)Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
B)Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
C)Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
D)Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar
Answer: Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
- 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. Satara was annexed to the Bombay Presidency in the year
A)1846
B)1848
C)1840
D)1854
Answer: 1848
- Q. In which district of Maharashtra the first co-operative sugar factory was established
A)Sangli
B)Ahmednagar
C)Kolhapur
D)Pune
Answer: Ahmednagar
- Q. Which is the largest dam in Maharashtra?
A)Koyna Dam
B)Mula Dam
C)Ujjani Dam
D)Mulshi Dam
Answer: Koyna Dam
- Q. Who was the first director of Project Tiger?
A)Madhuri Kanitkar
B)Namdeo Jadhav
C)J. R. Bhonsle
D)Kailash Sankhala
Answer: Kailash Sankhala
- Q. Who created Bibi Ka Maqbara?
A)Aurangzeb
B)Shah Jahan
C)Bahadur Shah
D)Jahangir
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. In which year Portuguese occupied Mumbai
A)1531
B)1534
C)1528
D)1537
Answer: 1534
- Q. The river Koyna joins the river Krishna at ________
A)Karad
B)Kolhapur
C)Satara
D)Mahabaleshwar
Answer: Karad
- Q. Who is the first Lokayukta of Maharashtra?
A)L. M. Nadkarni
B)A. R. Shimpi
C)S. P. Kotwal
D)S. V. Bhave
Answer: S. P. Kotwal
- Q. The “Maharashtra Bhushan Award” was first awarded in the year
A)1995
B)1996
C)1994
D)1997
Answer: 1996
- Q. On which day was Maharashtra formed after separation from Bombay State?
A)15th August, 1947
B)1st November, 1956
C)1st May, 1960
D)20th October, 1962
Answer: 1st May, 1960
- Q. What was the name of Narmada River given by the Britishers?
A)Narmudda
B)Tapi
C)Narbada
D)Sorrow of Bombay
Answer: Narbada
- Q. Who was the founder of the Gwalior State of Scindias
A)Daulatrao Scindia
B)Ranojirao Scindia
C)Jayapparao Scindia
D)Jayajirao Scindia
Answer: Ranojirao Scindia
- Q. Which Newspaper was founded by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1881?
A)Ekmat
B)Saimat
C)Kesari
D)Nava Kaal
Answer: Kesari
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