More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Which one is the largest city in the Vidarbha region.
A)Amravati
B)Buldhana
C)Nagpur
D)Yavatmal
Answer: Nagpur
- Q. When did the 14th Assembly election take place in Maharashtra?
A)2017
B)2018
C)2016
D)2019
Answer: 2019
- 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. Where is the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) located?
A)Dalal Street
B)Bandra
C)Colaba Causeway
D)Linking Road
Answer: Dalal Street
- Q. Who was the first person to win the Jnanpith award for the Marathi Language?
A)Vinda Karandikar
B)Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
C)Bhalchandra Nemade
D)Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar
Answer: Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
- Q. Marathi Language Day is celebrated on
A)22nd February
B)27th February
C)15th February
D)4th March
Answer: 27th February
- Q. Which of the following soils of Maharashtra are devoid of calcium carbonate and have acidic reaction?
A)Black soil
B)Medium soil
C)Lateritic soil
D)None of the above
Answer: Lateritic soil
- Q. Who of the following was the first recipient of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award?
A)Bhimsen Joshi
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Lata Mangeshkar
D)Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
Answer: Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
- Q. The Gateway of India was erected to mark the landing of which King
A)Edward VII
B)George V
C)James VI
D)George VI
Answer: George V
- Q. What is the total area of Mumbai?
A)703 km2
B)803 km2
C)603 km2
D)903 km2
Answer: 603 km2
- Q. How many states do Maharashtra share its border?
A)6 States
B)5 States
C)7 States
D)4 States
Answer: 6 States
- Q. In which district of Maharashtra the first cooperative sugar factory was established?
A)Sangli
B)Ahmednagar
C)Kolhapur
D)Pune
Answer: Ahmednagar
- 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. When did the first Assembly election take place in Maharashtra?
A)1962
B)1967
C)1960
D)1978
Answer: 1960
- Q. When was the Maharashtra Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act passed?
A)1971
B)1961
C)1981
D)1951
Answer: 1971
- Q. Total number of members in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is
A)288
B)290
C)285
D)296
Answer: 288
- Q. Which Bhakti saint of Maharashtra contributed to the Maratha movement
A)Namdev
B)Gnandeva
C)Tukaram
D)Eknath
Answer: Tukaram
- Q. Who of the following established SNDT Women’s University, the first university for women in India?
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Dondo Kesav Karve
C)R. G. Bhandarkar
D)Bal Thackeray
Answer: Dondo Kesav Karve
- Q. In Maratha fort administration, the Karkhanis was in charge of
A)Construction
B)Accounts
C)Stores
D)Garrison
Answer: Stores
- Q. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was established in the year
A)1866
B)1868
C)1865
D)1870
Answer: 1870
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