More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. When was the Maharashtra Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act passed?
A)1971
B)1961
C)1981
D)1951
Answer: 1971
- Q. The Maratha Resurrection was the period between the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761 and capture of Najibabad in _____
A)1772
B)1774
C)1770
D)1776
Answer: 1772
- Q. Which one is officially recognised as the state flower in Maharashtra
A)Jasmine
B)Lotus
C)Jarul
D)Palash
Answer: Jarul
- Q. Which one was the first Marathi-English fortnightly magazine
A)Darpan
B)Dnyanodaya
C)Prabhakar
D)Induprakash
Answer: Darpan
- Q. How many Padma Bhushan Award 2022 recipients were from Maharashtra?
A)2 Recipients
B)3 Recipients
C)1 Recipient
D)4 Recipients
Answer: 2 Recipients
- 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. In which year Murlikant Petkar won India’s first Gold Medal in Paralympic
A)1972
B)1976
C)1968
D)1980
Answer: 1972
- 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. What game did K.D. Jadhav play that led him to win a medal at the Olympics?
A)Shooting
B)Weightlifting
C)Wrestling
D)Boxing
Answer: Wrestling
- Q. Who was called as Lokhitwadi
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Dayananda Saraswati
C)G. H. Deshmukh
D)Vinoba Bhave
Answer: G. H. Deshmukh
- Q. The famous saint of Maharashtra Saint Tukaram belonged to which of the following Bhakti sects in the state?
A)Kamgar
B)Lipik
C)Varkari
D)None of these
Answer: Varkari
- Q. Sucheta Kadethankar is the first Indian woman to walk across the ______ Desert
A)Thar
B)Kalahari
C)Gobi
D)Karakum
Answer: Gobi
- 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. How many Districts of Maharashtra share their border with Chhattisgarh?
A)4 Districts
B)3 Districts
C)5 Districts
D)2 Districts
Answer: 2 Districts
- Q. In which year, Bombay city has been officially renamed as Mumbai
A)1995
B)2000
C)1992
D)2003
Answer: 1995
- Q. How many members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council are elected from amongst Graduates and Teachers from 7 divisions of Maharashtra?
A)12 Members
B)22 Members
C)7 Members
D)25 Members
Answer: 7 Members
- Q. Which Bhakti saint of Maharashtra contributed to the Maratha movement
A)Namdev
B)Gnandeva
C)Tukaram
D)Eknath
Answer: Tukaram
- Q. The Marathas captured Salsette and Bassein from
A)French
B)British
C)Mughal
D)Portuguese
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. Treaty of Purandar was signed between ______ and Shivaji
A)Afzal Khan
B)Shaista Khan
C)Raja Jai Singh
D)Nadir Shah
Answer: Raja Jai Singh
- Q. Who was known as Lokhitwadi?
A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B)Gopal Baba Walangkar
C)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
D)Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
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