More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. What is the population of Pune in 2011?
A)84,29,050
B)90,04,080
C)1,04,29,408
D)94,29,408
Answer: 94,29,408
- Q. Which of the following birds is the state bird of Maharashtra State?
A)Yellow Footed Green Pigeon
B)Vulture
C)Owl
D)Eagle
Answer: Yellow Footed Green Pigeon
- Q. Who was responsible for the security of the village under the Marathas in South India
A)Faujtar
B)Kotwal
C)Desmukh
D)Patil
Answer: Patil
- Q. What is the Motto of the “University of Mumbai”?
A)Knowledge Shines With Humility
B)The Fruit of Learning is Character and Righteous Conduct
C)Knowledge Is For The Well-Being Of Everyone
D)Success Is Born Out Of Action
Answer: The Fruit of Learning is Character and Righteous Conduct
- 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. The Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotirao Phule in the year
A)1872
B)1873
C)1871
D)1874
Answer: 1873
- Q. When was Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus completed?
A)1866
B)1877
C)1844
D)1888
Answer: 1888
- Q. Which game was invented in Maharashtra?
A)kabaddi
B)Kho kho
C)Polo
D)Chess
Answer: Kho kho
- Q. Who was the first Non-INC Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
A)Manohar Gajanan Joshi
B)Narayan Tatu Rane
C)Uddhav Bal Thackeray
D)Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis
Answer: Manohar Gajanan Joshi
- 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. How many Exclusive UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located in Maharashtra?
A)6 Sites
B)4 Sites
C)3 Sites
D)5 Sites
Answer: 5 Sites
- 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. 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. Which is the most populated district of Maharashtra?
A)Pune
B)Nashik
C)Thane
D)Mumbai Suburban
Answer: Thane
- Q. Which one is the significant archaeological sites which throws light on the Chalcolithic culture of Maharashtra
A)Inamgaon
B)Morgaon
C)Patne
D)Nagardhan
Answer: Inamgaon
- Q. Which of the following is the state animal of the Maharashtra State?
A)Tiger
B)Lion
C)Indian Giant Squirrel
D)Elephant
Answer: Indian Giant Squirrel
- Q. In which year Portuguese occupied Mumbai
A)1531
B)1534
C)1528
D)1537
Answer: 1534
- Q. Who was the first recipient of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award?
A)Sachin Tendulkar
B)Ratan Tata
C)Lata Mangeshkar
D)Purushottam Deshpande
Answer: Purushottam Deshpande
- Q. The rivers of Maharashtra can be divided into how many groups as given below?
A)Two
B)Three
C)One
D)Four
Answer: Three
- 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
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