More Questions on Maharashtra
- 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. 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. In which among the following years was the institution of Lokayukta established in Maharashtra?
A)1991
B)1971
C)1970
D)1981
Answer: 1971
- Q. Which Maharashtrian district is popular for bananas?
A)Dhule District
B)Buldhana District
C)Jalgaon District
D)Akola District
Answer: Jalgaon District
- Q. Total Population of Maharashtra According to 2011 Census.
A)90,23,72,935
B)11,22,52,972
C)55,27,92,925
D)11,23,72,972
Answer: 11,23,72,972
- Q. Maharashtra State Board of Secondary Education, Pune came in existence in the year of?
A)1st January, 1977
B)1st January, 1955
C)1st January, 1966
D)1st January, 1988
Answer: 1st January, 1966
- Q. Who is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharastra since 2010?
A)R. R. Patil
B)Chhagan Bhujbal
C)Prithviraj Chavan
D)Ajit Pawar
Answer: Ajit Pawar
- Q. Which Maharashtrian city has the pin code 400001?
A)Pune
B)Nagpur
C)Mumbai
D)Nashik
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. Who was the first recipient of “Maharashtra Bhushan Award”
A)Sachin Tendulkar
B)Vijay Bhatkar
C)Lata Mangeshkar
D)Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
Answer: Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
- Q. When did the first Assembly election take place in Maharashtra?
A)1962
B)1967
C)1960
D)1978
Answer: 1960
- Q. Who of the following established SNDT Women’s University, the first university for women in India?
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Dondo Kesav Karve
C)R. G. Bhandarkar
D)Bal Thackeray
Answer: Dondo Kesav Karve
- Q. Which is the newest Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra?
A)Melghat Tiger Reserve
B)Bor Tiger Reserve
C)Pench Tiger Reserve
D)Navegaon National Park
Answer: Bor Tiger Reserve
- 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. __________ 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. 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. The Nagpur city is also known as the ________ city of India
A)Apple
B)Mango
C)Orange
D)Banana
Answer: Orange
- Q. Who was the architect of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station?
A)Frederick William Stevens
B)Frank Lloyd Wright
C)Philip Johnson
D)Antoni Gaudi
Answer: Frederick William Stevens
- Q. The river Koyna joins the river Krishna at –
A)Karad
B)Kolhapur
C)Satara
D)Mahabaleshwar
Answer: Karad
- Q. When was the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) established?
A)1994
B)1996
C)1992
D)1998
Answer: 1992
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