More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Which of the following regional division of Maharashtra falls under rain shadow region
A)Western Maharashtra
B)Vidharbha
C)Marathwada
D)Konkan
Answer: Konkan
- Q. Historically, the Desh division of Maharashtra is coterminous with which among the following?
A)Nagpur
B)Pune
C)Amravati
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Pune
- Q. Nagpur city is also known as ______ city?
A)Orange
B)Litchi
C)Mango
D)Wine
Answer: Orange
- Q. Which is the Oldest Continuously published Newspaper in India?
A)Mumbai Samachar
B)Sambad Kaumudi
C)The Hindu
D)Hicky's Bengal Gazette
Answer: Mumbai Samachar
- 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 was the founder of the Gwalior State of Scindias
A)Daulatrao Scindia
B)Ranojirao Scindia
C)Jayapparao Scindia
D)Jayajirao Scindia
Answer: Ranojirao Scindia
- Q. What is the State Code of Maharashtra?
A)MH
B)MHA
C)MA
D)MUM
Answer: MH
- Q. When was the Maharashtra Lokayukta Institution came into effect after the Act was passed in 1971?
A)25th October 1972
B)25th October 1973
C)25th October 1971
D)25th October 1974
Answer: 25th October 1972
- Q. Which of the following places in Maharashtra is famous for cotton bedsheets which have been given GI tag?
A)Solapur
B)Kolhapur
C)Amaravati
D)Sangli
Answer: Solapur
- Q. The Nashik city is situated by the river
A)Tapti
B)Narmada
C)Godavari
D)Kaveri
Answer: Godavari
- Q. Who was the first speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly after the formation of Maharashtra in 1960
A)Trimbak Bharde
B)S. L. Silam
C)Shivraj Patil
D)Balasaheb Desai
Answer: S. L. Silam
- 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. Who was appointed as the first Prime Minister of Bombay Presidency in 1937
A)B. G. Kher
B)Morarji Desai
C)Dhanjishah Cooper
D)P. K. Sawant
Answer: Dhanjishah Cooper
- Q. Where is Hutatma Chowk?
A)West Mumbai
B)North Mumbai
C)East Mumbai
D)South Mumbai
Answer: South Mumbai
- Q. Who is affectionately known as the Mother of Orphans because of her work in looking after abandoned children in Maharashtra?
A)Anasuyabai Kale
B)Violet Alva
C)Vimal Mundada
D)Sindhutai Sapkal
Answer: Sindhutai Sapkal
- Q. Who had created the designation “Senakhaskhel”
A)Sambhaji
B)Rajaram I
C)Shivaji
D)Shahu I
Answer: Rajaram I
- Q. In which year the construction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was completed
A)1892
B)1898
C)1888
D)1903
Answer: 1888
- Q. What is the literacy rate of Maharastra according to 2011 census
A)82.34%
B)85.22%
C)80.23%
D)89.11%
Answer: 82.34%
- Q. Who was the first Marathi literature to win the Jnanpith Award
A)V. S. Khandekar
B)Laxmanshastri Joshi
C)Ravindra Kelekar
D)Vinda Karandikar
Answer: V. S. Khandekar
- Q. Who started enacting the mythological plays in Maharashtra
A)Vishnudas Bhave
B)Parashram Dev
C)Ram Joshi
D)Gopal Dev
Answer: Vishnudas Bhave
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