More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Lasalgaon is a famous market place in Maharashtra for the trading of
A)Onions
B)Gold
C)Shares
D)Cattle
Answer: Onions
- Q. Who created Bibi Ka Maqbara?
A)Aurangzeb
B)Shah Jahan
C)Bahadur Shah
D)Jahangir
Answer: Aurangzeb
- Q. The first passenger train in India ran from Mumbai to _____?
A)Chandrapur
B)Thane
C)Nagpur
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Thane
- Q. When was Bombay High Court established?
A)14th August 1852
B)14th August 1862
C)14th August 1842
D)14th August 1872
Answer: 14th August 1862
- 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. Who founded “Arya Mahila Samaj” in Pune
A)Pandita Ramabai
B)Iravati Karve
C)Savitribai Phule
D)Anutai Wagh
Answer: Pandita Ramabai
- Q. Which one is officially recognised as the state flower in Maharashtra
A)Jasmine
B)Lotus
C)Jarul
D)Palash
Answer: Jarul
- Q. Which of these national parks is located within the city limits of Mumbai?
A)Jawaharlal Nehru Park
B)Sanjay Gandhi National Park
C)Rajiv Gandhi National Park
D)Gugamal National Park
Answer: Sanjay Gandhi National Park
- 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. Which bird is on the Bombay Natural History Society Logo?
A)Hornbill
B)Pigeon
C)Kingfisher
D)Dove
Answer: Hornbill
- Q. Who published the Marathi magazine Samaj Swasthya starting from July 1927 until 1953?
A)Raghunath Dhondo Karve
B)Atul Gawande
C)Kamala Sohonie
D)Anandi Gopal Joshi
Answer: Raghunath Dhondo Karve
- Q. The Samyukta Mahasabha Organization was established in the year
A)1940
B)1943
C)1935
D)1948
Answer: 1940
- Q. When President’s rule has been imposed for the first time in Maharashtra
A)1980
B)1982
C)1974
D)1986
Answer: 1980
- 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. In which year Murlikant Petkar won India’s first Gold Medal in Paralympic
A)1972
B)1976
C)1968
D)1980
Answer: 1972
- Q. When was Quit India Movement launched?
A)9th August, 1941
B)9th August, 1942
C)9th August, 1940
D)9th August, 1943
Answer: 9th August, 1942
- Q. Who inaugurated Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station?
A)Indira Gandhi
B)Rahul Gandhi
C)Lata Mangeshkar
D)Babasaheb Ambedkar
Answer: Indira Gandhi
- 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. Who was the first Marathi writer to won the Jnanpith Award
A)Vinda Karandikar
B)Ravindra Kelekar
C)Laxmanshastri Joshi
D)V. S. Khandekar
Answer: V. S. Khandekar
- Q. Who is the first Padma Shri Awardee of Maharashtra?
A)Zarina Currimbhoy
B)Manak Jehangir Bhickaji Maneckji
C)Asha Devi Aryanayakam
D)Digamber Vasudev Joglekar
Answer: Asha Devi Aryanayakam
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