Q. Who was the first recipient of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award?

Correct Answer

Purushottam Deshpande

More Questions on Maharashtra

  • Q. What is the population of Pune in 2011?
    A)84,29,050
    B)90,04,080
    C)1,04,29,408
    D)94,29,408
    Answer: 94,29,408
  • Q. Which is the highest award in Indian cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution?
    A)Academy Awards
    B)Filmfare Awards
    C)Dadasaheb Phalke Award
    D)Indian Television Academy Awards
    Answer: Dadasaheb Phalke Award
  • 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. In which district is Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary located?
    A)Satara District
    B)Kolhapur District
    C)Ratnagiri District
    D)Solapur District
    Answer: Satara District
  • Q. What was Mumbai Tigers FC formerly known as?
    A)Dodsal FC
    B)Sahara FC
    C)Sarada FC
    D)Dempo FC
    Answer: Dodsal FC
  • Q. Which Act in 1960 given the creation of the State of Maharashtra and Gujarat
    A)Bombay_Gujarat Reorganization Act
    B)Reorganization Act
    C)Gujarat Reorganization Act
    D)Bombay Reorganization Act
    Answer: Bombay Reorganization Act
  • 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. In which year the construction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was completed
    A)1892
    B)1898
    C)1888
    D)1903
    Answer: 1888
  • Q. Where did Thibaw, last king of Burma , live in Maharashtra?
    A)Wardha
    B)Poona
    C)Ratnagiri
    D)Sholapur
    Answer: Ratnagiri
  • Q. Which game was invented in Maharashtra?
    A)kabaddi
    B)Kho kho
    C)Polo
    D)Chess
    Answer: Kho kho
  • Q. The Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotirao Phule in the year
    A)1872
    B)1873
    C)1871
    D)1874
    Answer: 1873
  • Q. First family Planning Movement started in Maharashtra by ……………
    A)Janakka Shinde
    B)Durga Bhagawat
    C)R. D. Karve
    D)Shakuntala Paranjape
    Answer: R. D. Karve
  • Q. Which one is the significant archaeological sites which throws light on the Chalcolithic culture of Maharashtra
    A)Inamgaon
    B)Morgaon
    C)Patne
    D)Nagardhan
    Answer: Inamgaon
  • Q. How many seats are in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly?
    A)168 Seats
    B)188 Seats
    C)288 Seats
    D)268 Seats
    Answer: 288 Seats
  • Q. What is the State Bird of Maharashtra?
    A)Indian Paradise Flycatcher
    B)Black Francolin
    C)Yellow-Footed Green Pigeon
    D)Greater Flamingo
    Answer: Yellow-Footed Green Pigeon
  • Q. Who taught mathematics at Fergusson College in Pune, Maharashtra?
    A)Dhondo Keshav Karve
    B)B. R. Ambedkar
    C)Govind Ballabh Pant
    D)Krishnaji Gopal Karve
    Answer: Dhondo Keshav Karve
  • Q. At which of the following places is a branch of Mumbai High Court NOT located?
    A)Nagpur
    B)Pune
    C)Aurangabad
    D)Panaji
    Answer: Pune
  • Q. Who was the first recipient of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award?
    A)Sachin Tendulkar
    B)Ratan Tata
    C)Lata Mangeshkar
    D)Purushottam Deshpande
    Answer: Purushottam Deshpande
  • 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. When was Maharashtra Chess Association formed?
    A)1953
    B)1963
    C)1943
    D)1973
    Answer: 1963

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