More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. At which of the following places in Maharashtra is the Takht Shri Hazur Sahib located (one of the 5 important seats of Sikh authority)?
A)Pune
B)Nagpur
C)Aurangabad
D)Nanded
Answer: Nanded
- Q. How many Hindu Caves are in the Elephanta Caves?
A)7 Caves
B)8 Caves
C)5 Caves
D)11 Caves
Answer: 5 Caves
- Q. Pandita Ramabai opened Sharada Sadan school for widows in the year
A)1896
B)1901
C)1889
D)1906
Answer: 1889
- 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. Maharashtra is the _______ largest state by area in India
A)third
B)fourth
C)second
D)fifth
Answer: third
- Q. Who is the longest serving Chief Minister of Maharashtra
A)Vilasrao Deshmukh
B)Vasantrao Naik
C)B. G. Kher
D)Sharad Pawar
Answer: Vasantrao Naik
- Q. In which district is Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary located?
A)Satara District
B)Kolhapur District
C)Ratnagiri District
D)Solapur District
Answer: Satara District
- Q. Who is known as the Father of Indian cinema?
A)Dada Kondke
B)Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
C)Shreeram Lagoo
D)V. Shantaram
Answer: Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
- Q. Karla Buddha Caves is located in which district
A)Pune
B)Kolhapur
C)Thane
D)Sangli
Answer: Pune
- Q. Which one is a right tributaries of Godavari river
A)Kadva
B)Kadam
C)Banganga
D)Nasardi
Answer: Nasardi
- 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. In which period Portuguese’s occupied Mumbai?
A)1334 - 1465
B)1534 - 1665
C)1234 - 1365
D)1634 - 1765
Answer: 1334 - 1465
- Q. Which one is the earliest dynasty to rule Maharashtra
A)Western Chalukyas
B)Rashtrakuta dynasty
C)Kadambas
D)Satavahana dynasty
Answer: Satavahana dynasty
- Q. Who ruled Maharashtra in the fourth and third centuries BCE?
A)Satavahana Dynasty
B)Mauryan Empire
C)Western Chalukyas
D)Rashtrakuta Dynasty
Answer: Mauryan Empire
- Q. The Marathas captured Salsette and Bassein from
A)French
B)British
C)Mughal
D)Portuguese
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. What was the original name of Aurangabad?
A)Ambarapur
B)Ambanagari
C)Khadki
D)Devagiri
Answer: Khadki
- 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. 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. Who was the first person of Maharashtra to received Bharat Ratna Award
A)Vinoba Bhave
B)Dhondo Keshav Karve
C)B. R. Ambedkar
D)Lata Mangeshkar
Answer: Dhondo Keshav Karve
- Q. Which of the following is a form of painting native to Maharashtra?
A)Kalamkari
B)Warli
C)Pattachitra
D)Madhubani
Answer: Warli
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