More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Who is the founder of Wilson College, Mumbai?
A)John Wilson
B)Vasudev Balwant Phadke
C)Ratan Tata
D)Sir Charles Wood
Answer: John Wilson
- Q. When was the ‘Maharashtra State Electricity Board’ set up in the state?
A)1961
B)1970
C)1960
D)1971
Answer: 1960
- 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 assassinated W. C. Rand, the Plague Commissioner of Pune in 1897?
A)Chapekar Brothers
B)Vasudev Balwant Phadke
C)Ganesh Savarkar
D)Chiplunkar Brothers
Answer: Chapekar Brothers
- Q. What is area rank According to 2011
A)4th
B)3rd
C)5th
D)6th
Answer: 3rd
- Q. Pandita Ramabai opened Sharada Sadan school for widows in the year
A)1896
B)1901
C)1889
D)1906
Answer: 1889
- Q. Who was appointed as the first Prime Minister of Bombay Presidency in 1937
A)B. G. Kher
B)Morarji Desai
C)Dhanjishah Cooper
D)P. K. Sawant
Answer: Dhanjishah Cooper
- Q. The most important river of Maharashtra which is a lifeline of the whole South Maharashtra is
A)Krishna
B)Warna
C)Koyna
D)Wardha
Answer: Krishna
- 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 was the founder of “Manav Dharma Sabha”
A)Bhau Daji Lad
B)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
C)Balkrishna Jambhekar
D)Dadoba Pandurang Tarkhadkar
Answer: Dadoba Pandurang Tarkhadkar
- Q. What is the IATA (International Air Transport Association) Aurangabad Airport?
A)AUA
B)AUG
C)IXU
D)VAJL
Answer: IXU
- Q. Who was the first Marathi writer to won the Jnanpith Award
A)Vinda Karandikar
B)Ravindra Kelekar
C)Laxmanshastri Joshi
D)V. S. Khandekar
Answer: V. S. Khandekar
- Q. In which year, Bombay city has been officially renamed as Mumbai
A)1995
B)2000
C)1992
D)2003
Answer: 1995
- Q. What percentage of population of Maharashtra is literate as per 2011 census?
A)79.60%
B)86.70%
C)82.34%
D)80.80%
Answer: 82.34%
- Q. On whose marriage, Bombay was handed over to England as part of the dowry by Portugal
A)Catherine of Braganza
B)Dona Maria I
C)Henrietta Maria
D)Maria Isabel of Braganza
Answer: Catherine of Braganza
- Q. Which Indian stock exchange introduced the first Dematerialized Electronic Exchange in the country?
A)NSE
B)CSE
C)BSE
D)ASE
Answer: NSE
- Q. Which city is known as the “Financial Capital Of India”?
A)Nagpur
B)Pune
C)Mumbai
D)Thane
Answer: Mumbai
- 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. How many states do Maharashtra share its border?
A)6 States
B)5 States
C)7 States
D)4 States
Answer: 6 States
- Q. What is the logo of the Bombay Natural History Society
A)Great Hornbill
B)Great Indian Bustard
C)Kingfisher
D)Dove
Answer: Great Hornbill
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