More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. The river Koyna joins the river Krishna at –
A)Karad
B)Kolhapur
C)Satara
D)Mahabaleshwar
Answer: Karad
- Q. How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located in Maharashtra?
A)Four Sites
B)Five Sites
C)Three Sites
D)Six Sites
Answer: Six Sites
- Q. What is the Demonym for the people of Maharashtra?
A)Punekars
B)Maharashtrian
C)Marathis
D)Mumbaikar
Answer: Maharashtrian
- Q. When was the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board constituted by the Government of Maharashtra?
A)1st January, 2006
B)1st January, 2010
C)1st January, 2002
D)1st January, 2012
Answer: 1st January, 2012
- Q. How many Zonal Railway Headquarters are in Maharashtra?
A)Two Headquarters
B)Four Headquarters
C)Three Headquarters
D)Seven Headquarters
Answer: Three Headquarters
- Q. Marathi Language Day is celebrated on birth anniversary of
A)Kavi Shreshtha Kusumagraj
B)Govindagraj
C)Shahir Vitthal Umap
D)Vinda Karandikar
Answer: Kavi Shreshtha Kusumagraj
- Q. Which Union Territory is on the northwest side of Maharashtra?
A)Lakshadweep
B)Andaman and Nicobar Islands
C)Puducherry
D)Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu
Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu
- Q. Which District of Maharashtra shares its border with Goa?
A)Kolhapur
B)Sangli
C)Sindhudurg
D)Ratnagiri
Answer: Sindhudurg
- Q. The Maharashtra State was formed by the Bombay Reorganisation Act in the year
A)1958
B)1960
C)1956
D)1964
Answer: 1960
- Q. Satara was annexed to the Bombay Presidency in the year
A)1846
B)1848
C)1840
D)1854
Answer: 1848
- Q. Which of the following places in Maharashtra is famous for cotton bedsheets which have been given GI tag?
A)Solapur
B)Kolhapur
C)Amaravati
D)Sangli
Answer: Solapur
- Q. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
A)Narayan Rao
B)Madhav-II
C)Ragunath
D)Baji Rao - II
Answer: Baji Rao - II
- 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. In which year the Bombay High Court was established
A)1862
B)1896
C)1856
D)1906
Answer: 1862
- Q. Which region of Maharashtra borders the states of Karnataka and Telangana?
A)Vidarbha
B)Konkan
C)Marathwada
D)Khandesh
Answer: Marathwada
- Q. Who was the first recipient of “Maharashtra Bhushan Award”
A)Sachin Tendulkar
B)Vijay Bhatkar
C)Lata Mangeshkar
D)Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
Answer: Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
- Q. Which city is known as the “Financial Capital Of India”?
A)Nagpur
B)Pune
C)Mumbai
D)Thane
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. The first passenger train in India ran from Mumbai to _____?
A)Chandrapur
B)Thane
C)Nagpur
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Thane
- Q. Who became the first Grandmaster in Chess from Maharashtra?
A)Pravin Thipsay
B)Umesh Yadav
C)Anjali Bhagwat
D)Pravin Tendulkar
Answer: Pravin Thipsay
- Q. When was the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) established?
A)1994
B)1996
C)1992
D)1998
Answer: 1992
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