More Questions on Maharashtra
- 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 Murlikant Petkar won India’s first Gold Medal in Paralympic
A)1972
B)1976
C)1968
D)1980
Answer: 1972
- Q. Which among the following served as Monsoon Capital of Bombay Presidency during the British Era?
A)Khandala
B)Pune
C)Nagpur
D)Solapur
Answer: Pune
- Q. The river Koyna joins the river Krishna at ________
A)Karad
B)Kolhapur
C)Satara
D)Mahabaleshwar
Answer: Karad
- Q. Where does Tapti River empty its Basin?
A)Bay of Bengal
B)Indian Ocean
C)Arabian Sea
D)Red Sea
Answer: Arabian Sea
- Q. In which year Portuguese occupied Mumbai
A)1531
B)1534
C)1528
D)1537
Answer: 1534
- Q. The first passenger train in India ran from Mumbai to _____?
A)Chandrapur
B)Thane
C)Nagpur
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Thane
- 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. KD Jadhav from Maharashtra who won the first individual medal for India in the Olympics was associated with –
A)Boxing
B)Weighlifting
C)Wrestling
D)Swimming
Answer: Wrestling
- Q. Which one was the first independent Muslim kingdom of the Deccan
A)Golconda Sultanate
B)Bijapur Sultanate
C)Bidar Sultanate
D)Bahmani Sultanate
Answer: Bahmani Sultanate
- Q. What is coal in Maharashtra prominently used for?
A)Atomic
B)Hydro
C)Thermal
D)None of these
Answer: Thermal
- Q. Which party does Uddhav Thackeray belong to?
A)Shiv Sena
B)BJP
C)INC
D)NCP
Answer: Shiv Sena
- Q. Which king of England was presented “Mumbai” as a part of the dowry when he married Princess Catherine de Braganza of Portugal?
A)King Charles II
B)King James I
C)King Charles I
D)King James II
Answer: King Charles II
- Q. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
A)Narayan Rao
B)Madhav-II
C)Ragunath
D)Baji Rao - II
Answer: Baji Rao - II
- Q. Who was the father of the Trade Union Movement in India?
A)Vivek Yeshwant Ranadive
B)Narayan Meghaji Lokhande
C)Abasaheb Garware
D)Baburao Govindrao Shirke
Answer: Narayan Meghaji Lokhande
- 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 is the shortest-serving Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
A)P. K. Sawant
B)Narayan Tatu Rane
C)Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar
D)Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Answer: P. K. Sawant
- 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. When was the Bombay Reorganisation Act signed?
A)1960
B)1964
C)1956
D)1966
Answer: 1960
- Q. A number of Parliamentary Constituencies in Maharashtra?
A)48
B)36
C)42
D)50
Answer: 48
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