More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. The Marathas captured Salsette and Bassein from
A)French
B)British
C)Mughal
D)Portuguese
Answer: Portuguese
- Q. The first Marathi talkie film “Ayodhyecha Raja” was released in the year
A)1932
B)1933
C)1931
D)1934
Answer: 1932
- Q. What is the Demonym for the people of Maharashtra?
A)Punekars
B)Maharashtrian
C)Marathis
D)Mumbaikar
Answer: Maharashtrian
- Q. What is capital of Maharashtra
A)Nagpur
B)Both A and B
C)Mumbai
D)None of these
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. Which one is not a World Heritage sites in Maharashtra
A)Ellora
B)Gateway of India
C)Ajanta
D)Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
Answer: Gateway of India
- Q. Which district is Shivsagar Lake located in?
A)Ratnagiri District
B)Sindhudurg District
C)Satara District
D)Sangli District
Answer: Satara District
- Q. Which place of Maharashtra is considered to be one of Asia’s largest Slums?
A)Banganga
B)Dharavi
C)Sonapur
D)Antop Hill
Answer: Dharavi
- Q. Who was the first peshwa of the Maratha Empire
A)Madhav-Rao I
B)Moropant Trimbak Pingle
C)Balaji Vishwanath
D)Raghunath-Rao
Answer: Moropant Trimbak Pingle
- Q. Which city is known as the “Wine Capital of India”?
A)Ichalkaranji
B)Nashik
C)Yavatmal
D)Nagpur
Answer: Nashik
- Q. When was the last Kumbha Mela held in the Nashik District of Maharashtra?
A)2012
B)2013
C)2010
D)2015
Answer: 2015
- 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 is the shortest-serving Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
A)P. K. Sawant
B)Narayan Tatu Rane
C)Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar
D)Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Answer: P. K. Sawant
- Q. The salient terms of the Treaty of Salbai concluded in 1782 AD between Poona Darbar and the English was that
A)the English gave up the support of Raghunath Rao
B)Scindia regained his territory in the west of Yamuna river
C)Salsette was given to Britain
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Who imported the first printing press to Mumbai
A)Banaji Limji
B)Jyotirao Phule
C)Bhimjee Parikh
D)Fardunjee Marzban
Answer: Bhimjee Parikh
- Q. What is the State Tree of Maharashtra?
A)Gamhar
B)Sacred Fig
C)Mango
D)Jammi Chettu
Answer: Mango
- Q. What separates Deccan Plateau from the Gangetic plain to the north?
A)Vindhya Range
B)Satpura Range
C)Western Ghats
D)Aravalli Range
Answer: Satpura Range
- Q. How many states are included in the Satpura Range?
A)Three States
B)Four States
C)Two States
D)Six States
Answer: Four States
- Q. Which is the largest dam in Maharashtra?
A)Koyna Dam
B)Mula Dam
C)Ujjani Dam
D)Mulshi Dam
Answer: Koyna Dam
- Q. Who had created the designation “Senakhaskhel”
A)Sambhaji
B)Rajaram I
C)Shivaji
D)Shahu I
Answer: Rajaram I
- Q. Who is the first Padma Shri Awardee of Maharashtra?
A)Zarina Currimbhoy
B)Manak Jehangir Bhickaji Maneckji
C)Asha Devi Aryanayakam
D)Digamber Vasudev Joglekar
Answer: Asha Devi Aryanayakam
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