More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Which is the largest district in Maharashtra in terms of area?
A)Ahmednagar
B)Naglur
C)Pune
D)None of these
Answer: Ahmednagar
- Q. Which River is known as the “Life Line of Maharashtra”?
A)Krishna River
B)Godavari River
C)Koyna River
D)Bhima River
Answer: Koyna River
- Q. Which is the Winter Capital of Maharashtra?
A)Pune
B)Nagpur
C)Nagpur
D)Nashik
Answer: Nagpur
- Q. The first passenger train in India ran from Mumbai to _____?
A)Chandrapur
B)Thane
C)Nagpur
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Thane
- Q. What is area rank According to 2011
A)4th
B)3rd
C)5th
D)6th
Answer: 3rd
- Q. Which of the following is a form of painting native to Maharashtra?
A)Kalamkari
B)Warli
C)Pattachitra
D)Madhubani
Answer: Warli
- Q. Who was the first speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly after the formation of Maharashtra in 1960
A)Trimbak Bharde
B)S. L. Silam
C)Shivraj Patil
D)Balasaheb Desai
Answer: S. L. Silam
- Q. The Gateway of India was erected to mark the landing of which King
A)Edward VII
B)George V
C)James VI
D)George VI
Answer: George V
- Q. The Maratha Resurrection was the period between the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761 and capture of Najibabad in _____
A)1772
B)1774
C)1770
D)1776
Answer: 1772
- 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. Number of districts in Maharashtra is-
A)37
B)21
C)36
D)28
Answer: 36
- Q. What is the literacy rate of Maharastra according to 2011 census
A)82.34%
B)85.22%
C)80.23%
D)89.11%
Answer: 82.34%
- Q. At which of the following places in Maharashtra is the Takht Shri Hazur Sahib located (one of the 5 important seats of Sikh authority)?
A)Pune
B)Nagpur
C)Aurangabad
D)Nanded
Answer: Nanded
- Q. Who of the following was the first recipient of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award?
A)Bhimsen Joshi
B)Sachin Tendulkar
C)Lata Mangeshkar
D)Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
Answer: Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
- Q. When was the Indian Institute of Management Nagpur established?
A)2014
B)2015
C)2012
D)2016
Answer: 2015
- Q. Chand Minar at Daulatabad was built by
A)Khusro Khan
B)Muhammad bin Tughluq
C)Malik Kafur
D)Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah
Answer: Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah
- 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. What is Second Largest city of Maharashtra
A)Pune
B)Both A and B
C)Nagpur
D)none of these
Answer: Pune
- 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. Maharashtra State Film Awards were first given in the year
A)1963
B)1967
C)1961
D)1972
Answer: 1963
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