More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. KD Jadhav from Maharashtra who won the first individual medal for India in the Olympics was associated with –
A)Boxing
B)Weighlifting
C)Wrestling
D)Swimming
Answer: Wrestling
- Q. What is the State Insect of Maharashtra?
A)Yeoman
B)Southern Birdwing
C)Blue Mormon
D)Kamehameha Butterfly
Answer: Blue Mormon
- Q. Who inaugurated Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station?
A)Indira Gandhi
B)Rahul Gandhi
C)Lata Mangeshkar
D)Babasaheb Ambedkar
Answer: Indira Gandhi
- Q. Which fort is the Birth Place of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj?
A)Raigad Fort
B)Shivneri Fort
C)Pratapgad Fort
D)Singhad Fort
Answer: Shivneri Fort
- Q. The Nashik city is situated by the river
A)Tapti
B)Narmada
C)Godavari
D)Kaveri
Answer: Godavari
- 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. What is the total area of the Pune Metropolitan Region?
A)716 km2
B)7,256 km2
C)516 km2
D)9,256 km2
Answer: 7,256 km2
- Q. The Gateway of India was erected to mark the landing of which King
A)Edward VII
B)George V
C)James VI
D)George VI
Answer: George V
- Q. As a independent state Maharashtra came into existence on-
A)1st June, 1959
B)1st May, 1987
C)1st May, 1960
D)1st May, 1988
Answer: 1st May, 1960
- Q. Which marathi newspaper was published by Bal Gangadhar Tilak
A)Kesari
B)Darpan
C)Sakal
D)Poona Vaibhav
Answer: Kesari
- Q. Who had bestowed Jyotirao Phule with the title “Mahatma”
A)Babasaheb Ambedkar
B)Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar
C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D)Dhondo Keshav Karve
Answer: Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar
- Q. Which of the following Dance form is Popular in Maharashtra state?
A)Lavani
B)Mohiniattam
C)Kuchipudi
D)None of these
Answer: Lavani
- Q. Which Maharashtrian district is popular for bananas?
A)Dhule District
B)Buldhana District
C)Jalgaon District
D)Akola District
Answer: Jalgaon District
- Q. How much percentage of share does Maharashtra contributes to the national economy of Indian GDP?
A)7% Share
B)12% Share
C)5% Share
D)15% Share
Answer: 15% Share
- Q. Pandita Ramabai opened Sharada Sadan school for widows in the year
A)1896
B)1901
C)1889
D)1906
Answer: 1889
- Q. Who had created the designation “Senakhaskhel”
A)Sambhaji
B)Rajaram I
C)Shivaji
D)Shahu I
Answer: Rajaram I
- Q. Who started the newspaper “Sudharak”
A)Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
B)Lokmanya Tilak
C)Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
D)Vishnushastri Chiplunkar
Answer: Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
- Q. Who of the following is known as the Mother of Orphans because of her work in looking after abandoned children in Maharashtra?
A)Sindhutai Sapkal
B)Savitribai Phule
C)Medha Patkar
D)Rani Bang
Answer: Sindhutai Sapkal
- Q. Who was the first peshwa of the Maratha Empire
A)Madhav-Rao I
B)Moropant Trimbak Pingle
C)Balaji Vishwanath
D)Raghunath-Rao
Answer: Moropant Trimbak Pingle
- Q. Who is the founder of Wilson College, Mumbai?
A)John Wilson
B)Vasudev Balwant Phadke
C)Ratan Tata
D)Sir Charles Wood
Answer: John Wilson
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