More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. The Bhoodan movement was started by ________ in 1951
A)Vinoba Bhave
B)Medha Ptkar
C)Baba Amte
D)Vinayak Damdar Savarkar
Answer: Vinoba Bhave
- Q. The Elephanta caves is a collection of
A)7 caves
B)11 caves
C)5 caves
D)12 caves
Answer: 7 caves
- Q. What is the number of Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra?
A)18
B)19
C)17
D)20
Answer: 19
- Q. What rank does Maharashtra hold in the most populous country subdivision in the world?
A)2nd
B)4th
C)1st
D)5th
Answer: 2nd
- Q. In which city is the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute located?
A)Nagpur
B)Mumbai
C)Pune
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Pune
- Q. How many districts were there when Maharashtra came into existence on 1st May 1960?
A)20 Districts
B)26 Districts
C)16 Districts
D)30 Districts
Answer: 26 Districts
- Q. Who assassinated W. C. Rand, the Plague Commissioner of Pune in 1897?
A)Chapekar Brothers
B)Vasudev Balwant Phadke
C)Ganesh Savarkar
D)Chiplunkar Brothers
Answer: Chapekar Brothers
- Q. Who imported the first printing press to Mumbai
A)Banaji Limji
B)Jyotirao Phule
C)Bhimjee Parikh
D)Fardunjee Marzban
Answer: Bhimjee Parikh
- Q. When were Elephanta Caves designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A)1987
B)1997
C)1977
D)2007
Answer: 1987
- Q. During Quit India movement, in which of the following districts a parallel government was formed
A)Ahmed Nagar
B)Pune
C)Sangli
D)Satara
Answer: Satara
- Q. What is Second Largest city of Maharashtra
A)Pune
B)Both A and B
C)Nagpur
D)none of these
Answer: Pune
- 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
- 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. Which plateau is located in Maharashtra?
A)Malwa Plateau
B)Baghelkhand Plateau
C)Deccan Plateau
D)Chota Nagpur Plateau
Answer: Deccan Plateau
- Q. What is the official name of Bandra-Worli Sea Link?
A)Indira Gandhi Sea Link
B)Jawaharlal Nehru Sea Link
C)Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link
D)Babasaheb Ambedkar Sea Link
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link
- 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. Where does Tapti River empty its Basin?
A)Bay of Bengal
B)Indian Ocean
C)Arabian Sea
D)Red Sea
Answer: Arabian Sea
- 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 serving as the Governor of Maharashtra while Uddhav Bal Thackeray is the Chief Minister?
A)Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
B)Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
C)S. C. Jamir
D)Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Answer: Bhagat Singh Koshyari
- Q. In which year the Dalit Buddhist movement was launched by B. R. Ambedkar
A)1956
B)1958
C)1953
D)1962
Answer: 1956
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