More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Which of the following soils of Maharashtra are devoid of calcium carbonate and have acidic reaction?
A)Black soil
B)Medium soil
C)Lateritic soil
D)None of the above
Answer: Lateritic soil
- Q. What is the Demonym for the people of Maharashtra?
A)Punekars
B)Maharashtrian
C)Marathis
D)Mumbaikar
Answer: Maharashtrian
- Q. How many seats are in the Maharashtra Legislative Council?
A)78 Seats
B)88 Seats
C)68 Seats
D)58 Seats
Answer: 78 Seats
- 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. Who was the first Indian Governor of Bombay
A)Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab
B)Girija Shankar Bajpai
C)Sri Prakasa
D)Raja Maharaj Singh
Answer: Raja Maharaj Singh
- Q. Sucheta Kadethankar is the first Indian woman to walk across the ______ Desert
A)Thar
B)Kalahari
C)Gobi
D)Karakum
Answer: Gobi
- Q. In Maharashtra, Journalist Day is celebrated on
A)4th April
B)12th June
C)6th January
D)5th September
Answer: 6th January
- Q. In which district Pratapgad Fort is located?
A)Solapur District
B)Kolhapur District
C)Ratnagiri District
D)Satara District
Answer: Satara District
- Q. Who is the mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (2022)?
A)Suhas Wadkar
B)Snehal Ambekar
C)Kishori Pednekar
D)Vishwanath Mahadeshwar
Answer: Kishori Pednekar
- Q. Which city is known as the “Financial Capital Of India”?
A)Nagpur
B)Pune
C)Mumbai
D)Thane
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. On whose marriage, Bombay was handed over to England as part of the dowry by Portugal
A)Catherine of Braganza
B)Dona Maria I
C)Henrietta Maria
D)Maria Isabel of Braganza
Answer: Catherine of Braganza
- Q. In Which year Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang visited Maharashtra
A)640 AD
B)642 AD
C)637 AD
D)647 AD
Answer: 640 AD
- Q. Which district does the Koyna River originate from?
A)Satara District
B)Solapur District
C)Palaghar District
D)Ahmadnagar District
Answer: Satara District
- 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 Sub-Divisions are in Maharashtra?
A)159 Sub-Divisions
B)258 Sub-Divisions
C)109 Sub-Divisions
D)358 Sub-Divisions
Answer: 109 Sub-Divisions
- Q. Which region of Maharashtra borders the states of Karnataka and Telangana?
A)Vidarbha
B)Konkan
C)Marathwada
D)Khandesh
Answer: Marathwada
- Q. Who is the present Lokayukta of Maharashtra (2022)?
A)Justice M. L. Tahaliyani
B)Justice P. B. Gaikwad
C)Justice V. M. Kanade
D)Justice G. D. Patil
Answer: Justice V. M. Kanade
- 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. The extreme Southern district of Maharashtra is which one of the following?
A)Kolhapur
B)Ratnagiri
C)Sindhudurg
D)Miraj
Answer: Sindhudurg
- 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
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