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. What is the Demonym for the people of Maharashtra?
A)Punekars
B)Maharashtrian
C)Marathis
D)Mumbaikar
Answer: Maharashtrian
- Q. Pandita Ramabai opened Sharada Sadan school for widows in the year
A)1896
B)1901
C)1889
D)1906
Answer: 1889
- Q. Which of the following regional division of Maharashtra falls under rain shadow region
A)Western Maharashtra
B)Vidharbha
C)Marathwada
D)Konkan
Answer: Konkan
- Q. Who is known as the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C)Nana Sahib
D)Vasudev Balwant Phadke
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q. How was Lonar Lake created?
A)Landslide
B)Earthquake
C)Meteorite
D)Rainfall
Answer: Meteorite
- Q. What is the ambit of Shravan Bal Seva Rajya Nivruttivetan Yojana of Maharashtra?
A)Medicines
B)Insurance
C)Pension
D)Free Food Grains
Answer: Pension
- Q. Which plateau is located in Maharashtra?
A)Malwa Plateau
B)Baghelkhand Plateau
C)Deccan Plateau
D)Chota Nagpur Plateau
Answer: Deccan Plateau
- Q. Which year, the first Radio programme was broadcast by the Radio club of Bombay
A)1925
B)1926
C)1923
D)1927
Answer: 1923
- 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. K. D. Jadhav from Maharashtra who won the first individual medal for India in the Olympics was associated with
A)Weightlifting
B)Wrestling
C)Swimming
D)Boxing
Answer: Wrestling
- 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. Which of the following region has an un-parallel work in the making of fine jewellery in Maharashtra state?
A)Kolhapur
B)Rajapur
C)Sawantwadi
D)Sangli
Answer: Sawantwadi
- Q. What is the total area of the Pune Metropolitan Region?
A)716 km2
B)7,256 km2
C)516 km2
D)9,256 km2
Answer: 7,256 km2
- Q. Who is the first Padma Vibhushan Awardee of Maharashtra?
A)M. C. Setalvad
B)Dhondo Keshav Karve
C)J. R. D. Tata
D)Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
Answer: Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
- Q. Who was the religious guru of Shivaji?
A)Dalai Lama
B)Paramhansa Yogananda
C)Samarth Ramdas
D)Advaita Acharya
Answer: Samarth Ramdas
- Q. Sub capital of the Maharashtra State is
A)Nagpur
B)Mumbai
C)Aurangabad
D)Pune
Answer: Nagpur
- Q. Who is the longest serving Chief Minister of Maharashtra
A)Vilasrao Deshmukh
B)Vasantrao Naik
C)B. G. Kher
D)Sharad Pawar
Answer: Vasantrao Naik
- Q. When was Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus completed?
A)1866
B)1877
C)1844
D)1888
Answer: 1888
- 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
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