More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. How many Cantonment Boards are in Maharashtra?
A)7 Cantonment Boards
B)9 Cantonment Boards
C)5 Cantonment Boards
D)10 Cantonment Boards
Answer: 7 Cantonment Boards
- Q. Who was known as Lokhitwadi?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Gopal Baba Walangkar
C)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
D)Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
- Q. Who was the founder of the Balwadi, an Indian pre-school run for economically weaker sections
A)Tarabai Modak
B)Irawati Karve
C)Shalini Moghe
D)Malati Shendge
Answer: Tarabai Modak
- 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. In which year, Bombay city has been officially renamed as Mumbai
A)1995
B)2000
C)1992
D)2003
Answer: 1995
- Q. Which king of England had been presented with the Mumbai city as a dowry from Portugal
A)James II
B)Charles II
C)James VI
D)Henry VIII
Answer: Charles II
- Q. The famous saint of Maharashtra Saint Tukaram belonged to which of the following Bhakti sects in the state?
A)Kamgar
B)Lipik
C)Varkari
D)None of these
Answer: Varkari
- Q. When was Bandra-Worli Sea Link opened to the public?
A)24th March, 2008
B)24th March, 2009
C)24th March, 2007
D)24th March, 2010
Answer: 24th March, 2010
- 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. Where is the Headquarters of SEBI?
A)Amravati
B)Panvel
C)Mumbai
D)Pune
Answer: Mumbai
- 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. Who had published the first dictionary of Marathi in devanagari script
A)William Carey
B)Robert Brown
C)Thomas Candy
D)James Thomas Molesworth
Answer: William Carey
- Q. When was the Third Battle of Panipat fought between the Maratha Empire and the invading Afghan Army?
A)1771
B)1792
C)1761
D)1804
Answer: 1761
- Q. Who was the director of the first Marathi talkie “Ayodhyecha Raja”
A)K. P. Bhave
B)Nagendra Majumdar
C)V. Shantaram
D)Bhalji Pendharkar
Answer: V. Shantaram
- Q. When was the central university of Maharashtra “Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya” established?
A)1987
B)1997
C)1977
D)2001
Answer: 1997
- Q. Who of the following was the first person from Maharashtra to become a Grandmaster in chess?
A)Swati Ghate
B)Pravin Thipsay
C)Abhijit Kunte
D)Tejas Bakre
Answer: Pravin Thipsay
- Q. Who was established the first cotton mill in Bombay
A)Jamshedji Tata
B)Dadabhai Naoroji
C)Mafatlal
D)Cowasjee Nanabhoy
Answer: Cowasjee Nanabhoy
- Q. What is the State Mammal of Maharashtra?
A)Barasingha
B)Indian giant squirrel
C)Mithun
D)Clouded Leopard
Answer: Indian giant squirrel
- Q. Who was the first Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
A)Sundarrao Solanke
B)Ramrao Adik
C)Nasikrao Tirpude
D)Chhagan Bhujbal
Answer: Nasikrao Tirpude
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