Maharashtra State

Q. Which of the following soils of Maharashtra are devoid of calcium carbonate and have acidic reaction?

A
Black soil
B
Medium soil
C
Lateritic soil
D
None of the above

Correct Answer

Lateritic soil

More Questions on Maharashtra

  • Q. Where is the Headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
    A)Thane
    B)Pune
    C)Mumbai
    D)Nagpur
    Answer: Mumbai
  • Q. Who had bestowed Jyotirao Phule with the title “Mahatma”
    A)Babasaheb Ambedkar
    B)Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar
    C)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    D)Dhondo Keshav Karve
    Answer: Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar
  • Q. Which Bhakti saint of Maharashtra contributed to the Maratha movement
    A)Namdev
    B)Gnandeva
    C)Tukaram
    D)Eknath
    Answer: Tukaram
  • Q. Who staged the first Marathi-language play “Sita Swayamvar” in 1843?
    A)Bhalji Pendharkar
    B)Vishnudas Bhave
    C)V. Shantaram
    D)Dadasaheb Phalke
    Answer: Vishnudas Bhave
  • 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. Who was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire?
    A)Baji Rao II
    B)Balaji Baji Rao
    C)Baji Rao I
    D)Balaji Vishwanath
    Answer: Baji Rao II
  • Q. In which district of Maharashtra the first co-operative sugar factory was established
    A)Sangli
    B)Ahmednagar
    C)Kolhapur
    D)Pune
    Answer: Ahmednagar
  • Q. First family Planning Movement started in Maharashtra by ……………
    A)Janakka Shinde
    B)Durga Bhagawat
    C)R. D. Karve
    D)Shakuntala Paranjape
    Answer: R. D. Karve
  • Q. Sant Dnyaneshwar was born in the year
    A)1278
    B)1283
    C)1275
    D)1285
    Answer: 1275
  • Q. Which city is known as the Cultural Hub of Maharashtra?
    A)Thane
    B)Nashik
    C)Pune
    D)Mumbai
    Answer: Pune
  • Q. With how many States does Maharashtra share its boundary?
    A)Five
    B)Six
    C)Four
    D)Seven
    Answer: Six
  • Q. __________ wrote at length about economic exploitation in his work “Poverty and unBritish Rule in India”
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Subramaniam Iyer
    C)Justice Ranade
    D)K. T. Telang
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Q. Who was Posthumously awarded the Padma Shri Award 2022 from Maharashtra?
    A)Bhimsen Singhal
    B)Anil Kumar Rajvanshi
    C)Balaji Tambe
    D)Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre
    Answer: Balaji Tambe
  • Q. Which among the following served as Monsoon Capital of Bombay Presidency during the British Era?
    A)Khandala
    B)Pune
    C)Nagpur
    D)Solapur
    Answer: Pune
  • Q. Who governs a district?
    A)Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM)
    B)Director General of Police (DGP)
    C)District Magistrate (DM)
    D)Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)
    Answer: District Magistrate (DM)
  • Q. Who published the Marathi magazine Samaj Swasthya starting from July 1927 until 1953?
    A)Raghunath Dhondo Karve
    B)Atul Gawande
    C)Kamala Sohonie
    D)Anandi Gopal Joshi
    Answer: Raghunath Dhondo Karve
  • Q. When was Maharashtra Chess Association formed?
    A)1953
    B)1963
    C)1943
    D)1973
    Answer: 1963
  • Q. What is the area of Maharashtra?
    A)1,18,809 sq. mi
    B)2,41.682 sq. mi
    C)78,124 sq. mi
    D)41,284 sq. mi
    Answer: 1,18,809 sq. mi
  • Q. The member of Shivaji’s Ashtapradhan who looked after foreign affairs was
    A)Peshwa
    B)Mantri
    C)Sumant
    D)Pandit Rao
    Answer: Sumant
  • Q. The Maratha King became a nonentity and the Peshwa the virtual ruler from the time of
    A)Baji Rao I
    B)Balaji Rao
    C)Balaji Vishwanath
    D)Madnav Rao I
    Answer: Baji Rao I

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