More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Who was the first person from Maharashtra to receive Bharat Ratna Award?
A)Pandurang Vaman Kane
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Dhondo Keshav Karve
D)Lata Mangeshkar
Answer: Dhondo Keshav Karve
- Q. When was Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport opened for the public?
A)1962
B)1952
C)1982
D)1942
Answer: 1942
- Q. Deccan Queen connects the cities of Mumbai and _____?
A)Gondia
B)Kolhapur
C)Pune
D)Ahmednagar
Answer: Pune
- Q. Karla caves were constructed by
A)Bhumaka
B)Simuka
C)Nahapana
D)Satakarni I
Answer: Nahapana
- Q. Who published the first dictionary of Marathi in the Devanagari script in 1810?
A)William Carey
B)Laxman Madhav Patil
C)Anna Babaji Latthe
D)Dhanjishah Cooper
Answer: William Carey
- Q. Who started the newspaper “Sudharak”
A)Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
B)Lokmanya Tilak
C)Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
D)Vishnushastri Chiplunkar
Answer: Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
- 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 bird is on the Bombay Natural History Society Logo?
A)Hornbill
B)Pigeon
C)Kingfisher
D)Dove
Answer: Hornbill
- Q. Who had bestowed Jyotirao Phule with the title “Mahatma”
A)Babasaheb Ambedkar
B)Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar
C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D)Dhondo Keshav Karve
Answer: Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar
- 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. Who is the Minister of Higher Education and Technical Education of Maharashtra?
A)Varsha Gaikwad
B)Amit Deshmukh
C)Prajakt Tanpure
D)Uday Samant
Answer: Uday Samant
- Q. In which year was Bombay renamed as Mumbai?
A)1995
B)2000
C)1990
D)2005
Answer: 1995
- Q. Marathi is the ______ most-spoken native language in the world
A)8th
B)9th
C)7th
D)10th
Answer: 10th
- Q. In which year the first cotton mill “Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company” was established in Bombay
A)1858
B)1860
C)1854
D)1865
Answer: 1854
- Q. Who was appointed as the first Prime Minister of Bombay Presidency in 1937
A)B. G. Kher
B)Morarji Desai
C)Dhanjishah Cooper
D)P. K. Sawant
Answer: Dhanjishah Cooper
- Q. Who was the first Marathi writer to won the Jnanpith Award
A)Vinda Karandikar
B)Ravindra Kelekar
C)Laxmanshastri Joshi
D)V. S. Khandekar
Answer: V. S. Khandekar
- Q. How many Padma Shri Award recipients were from Maharashtra when it was first awarded in 1954?
A)4 Recipients
B)5 Recipients
C)3 Recipients
D)6 Recipients
Answer: 6 Recipients
- 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. Who was the first speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly after the formation of Maharashtra in 1960
A)Trimbak Bharde
B)S. L. Silam
C)Shivraj Patil
D)Balasaheb Desai
Answer: S. L. Silam
- Q. When did the 14th Assembly election take place in Maharashtra?
A)2017
B)2018
C)2016
D)2019
Answer: 2019
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