More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Which is the Oldest English Newspaper in India that is still in circulation?
A)Maharashtra Times
B)Times of India
C)Financial Times
D)Hicky's Bengal Gazette
Answer: Times of India
- Q. Who is the shortest-serving Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
A)P. K. Sawant
B)Narayan Tatu Rane
C)Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar
D)Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Answer: P. K. Sawant
- Q. Which of the following caves in Maharashtra is not in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list?
A)Ellora Caves
B)Elephanta Caves
C)Ajanta Caves
D)Kanheri Caves
Answer: Kanheri Caves
- Q. The Maharashtra State was formed by the Bombay Reorganisation Act in the year
A)1958
B)1960
C)1956
D)1964
Answer: 1960
- Q. Which is the first Marathi Film, that is recognized as the first feature-length Indian film?
A)Tilak's Week
B)Lanka Dahan
C)Kaliya Mardan Dadasaheb
D)Shree Pundalik
Answer: Shree Pundalik
- Q. The Mahalaxmi Racecourse was opened in
A)1882
B)1883
C)1881
D)1884
Answer: 1883
- Q. K. D. Jadhav from Maharashtra who won the first individual medal for India in the Olympics was associated with
A)Weightlifting
B)Wrestling
C)Swimming
D)Boxing
Answer: Wrestling
- Q. Who ruled Maharashtra in the fourth and third centuries BCE?
A)Satavahana Dynasty
B)Mauryan Empire
C)Western Chalukyas
D)Rashtrakuta Dynasty
Answer: Mauryan Empire
- Q. Under whose leadership Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti was founded
A)Narayan Ganesh Gore
B)Keshavrao Jedhe
C)Uddhavrao Patil
D)Shripad Amrit Dange
Answer: Keshavrao Jedhe
- Q. From which constituency did Aaditya Thackeray win the election?
A)Worli
B)Yeola
C)Parli
D)Bhokar
Answer: Worli
- Q. Who wrote the “Shatpatre” in the weekly “Prabhakar”
A)Lokhitvadi
B)Balshastri Jambhekar
C)S. M. Paranjape
D)Pandita Ramabai
Answer: Lokhitvadi
- Q. What was the former name of Mumbai Port Trust?
A)Bandra Port Trust
B)Thane Port Trust
C)Bombay Port Trust
D)Indira Gandhi Port Trust
Answer: Bombay Port Trust
- Q. What is the State Tree of Maharashtra?
A)Gamhar
B)Sacred Fig
C)Mango
D)Jammi Chettu
Answer: Mango
- Q. When was Jawaharlal Nehru Port established?
A)26th May, 1969
B)26th May, 1979
C)26th May, 1999
D)26th May, 1989
Answer: 26th May, 1989
- Q. For which novel Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar wins the Jnanpith Award in the year 1974
A)Don Dhruwa
B)Pahile Prem
C)Yayati
D)Amrutawel
Answer: Yayati
- Q. When was the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board constituted by the Government of Maharashtra?
A)1st January, 2006
B)1st January, 2010
C)1st January, 2002
D)1st January, 2012
Answer: 1st January, 2012
- Q. __________ wrote at length about economic exploitation in his work “Poverty and unBritish Rule in India”
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Subramaniam Iyer
C)Justice Ranade
D)K. T. Telang
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. In which district is Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary located?
A)Raigad District
B)Dhule District
C)Pune District
D)Ahmednagar District
Answer: Pune District
- Q. Who was Maharashtra’s governor in 1992?
A)P. C. Alexander
B)S. M. Krishna
C)C. Subramaniam
D)S. C. Jamir
Answer: C. Subramaniam
- Q. Who staged the first Marathi-language play “Sita Swayamvar” in 1843?
A)Bhalji Pendharkar
B)Vishnudas Bhave
C)V. Shantaram
D)Dadasaheb Phalke
Answer: Vishnudas Bhave
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