More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Which is the Oldest Continuously published Newspaper in India?
A)Mumbai Samachar
B)Sambad Kaumudi
C)The Hindu
D)Hicky's Bengal Gazette
Answer: Mumbai Samachar
- Q. Which film was honored with the first president’s Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi?
A)Gruhdevta
B)Dhakti Jau
C)Mahatma Phule
D)Sadhi Manasa
Answer: Mahatma Phule
- Q. The Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotirao Phule in the year
A)1872
B)1873
C)1871
D)1874
Answer: 1873
- Q. The member of Shivaji’s Ashtapradhan who looked after foreign affairs was
A)Peshwa
B)Mantri
C)Sumant
D)Pandit Rao
Answer: Sumant
- Q. In which period Portuguese’s occupied Mumbai?
A)1334 - 1465
B)1534 - 1665
C)1234 - 1365
D)1634 - 1765
Answer: 1334 - 1465
- Q. Which district is Chikhaldara located in?
A)Wardha District
B)Nanded District
C)Amaravati District
D)Buldhana District
Answer: Amaravati District
- Q. Which of the following tribes is related in the Maharashtra State?
A)Bhils
B)Kolis
C)Gonds
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- 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. Where is Hutatma Chowk?
A)West Mumbai
B)North Mumbai
C)East Mumbai
D)South Mumbai
Answer: South Mumbai
- 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 of the following was the first person from Maharashtra to become a Grandmaster in chess?
A)Swati Ghate
B)Pravin Thipsay
C)Abhijit Kunte
D)Tejas Bakre
Answer: Pravin Thipsay
- Q. Who was the religious guru of Shivaji?
A)Dalai Lama
B)Paramhansa Yogananda
C)Samarth Ramdas
D)Advaita Acharya
Answer: Samarth Ramdas
- Q. Who founded “Arya Mahila Samaj” in Pune
A)Pandita Ramabai
B)Iravati Karve
C)Savitribai Phule
D)Anutai Wagh
Answer: Pandita Ramabai
- Q. When was the construction of Gateway of India completed?
A)1924
B)1934
C)1914
D)1944
Answer: 1924
- Q. At which among the following places, there is no bench of Bombay High court?
A)Nagpur
B)Panji
C)Nasik
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Nasik
- Q. Who was the first athlete from India to win an individual medal in the Olympics who belongs from Maharashtra?
A)K. D. Jadhav
B)Leander Paes
C)Vijender Kumar
D)Abhinav Bindra
Answer: K. D. Jadhav
- Q. When did the first passenger train in India run?
A)16th April 1863
B)16th April 1873
C)16th April 1853
D)16th April 1883
Answer: 16th April 1853
- Q. Who was Maharashtra’s home minister on 26 November 2008?
A)Shivrai Patil
B)Prtibha Patil
C)Jayant Patil
D)Raosaheb Patil
Answer: Raosaheb Patil
- 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 city is the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute located?
A)Nagpur
B)Mumbai
C)Pune
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Pune
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