More Questions on Maharashtra
- 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. When did the first Assembly election take place in Maharashtra?
A)1962
B)1967
C)1960
D)1978
Answer: 1960
- Q. Which Maharashtrain Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 2018?
A)Ghodazari Wildlife Sanctuary
B)Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary
C)Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary
D)Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
Answer: Ghodazari Wildlife Sanctuary
- 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. Who was the first Vice Chancellor of Mumbai University
A)William Guyer Hunter
B)N. G. Chandavarkar
C)John Wilson
D)Raymond West
Answer: John Wilson
- Q. When the third battle of Panipat was fought between Maratha and Afghan army
A)1769
B)1792
C)1761
D)1806
Answer: 1761
- Q. What did Mahatma Gandhi call Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
A)The Father of the Indian Unrest
B)Lokmanya Tilak
C)The Father of the Indian Independence Movement
D)The Maker of Modern India
Answer: The Maker of Modern India
- Q. Under whose leadership Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti was founded
A)Narayan Ganesh Gore
B)Keshavrao Jedhe
C)Uddhavrao Patil
D)Shripad Amrit Dange
Answer: Keshavrao Jedhe
- Q. In which year, the Victoria Terminus is renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
A)1995
B)1996
C)1993
D)1998
Answer: 1996
- 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. 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. The extreme Southern district of Maharashtra is which one of the following?
A)Kolhapur
B)Ratnagiri
C)Sindhudurg
D)Miraj
Answer: Sindhudurg
- Q. What is the IATA of Pune International Airport?
A)PIA
B)PUN
C)PUNI
D)PNQ
Answer: PNQ
- Q. The famous Kailasanatha temple at Ellora was built by
A)Krishna I
B)Govinda
C)Dandidurga
D)Amoghavarsha
Answer: Krishna I
- Q. What is the area of Maharashtra?
A)1,18,809 sq. mi
B)2,41.682 sq. mi
C)78,124 sq. mi
D)41,284 sq. mi
Answer: 1,18,809 sq. mi
- Q. Which one was the Summer Capital of the Bombay Presidency during British Raj
A)Alibag
B)Matheran
C)Lonavla
D)Mahabaleshwar
Answer: Mahabaleshwar
- Q. Who was the first person to win Sahitya Akademi Award for Marathi?
A)Bal Sitaram Mardhekar
B)Chintaman Ganesh Kolhatkar
C)Laxmanshastri Joshi
D)Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Answer: Laxmanshastri Joshi
- Q. Who was the first Prime Minister of Bombay before Independence?
A)Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
B)Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
C)Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
D)Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar
Answer: Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
- Q. Which District of Maharashtra shares its border with Goa?
A)Kolhapur
B)Sangli
C)Sindhudurg
D)Ratnagiri
Answer: Sindhudurg
- 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
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