More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. How many Cabinet Ministers are present in the Government of Maharashtra including the Chief Minister himself?
A)25 Ministers
B)28 Ministers
C)23 Ministers
D)31 Ministers
Answer: 31 Ministers
- Q. Who was Maharashtra’s governor in 1992?
A)P. C. Alexander
B)S. M. Krishna
C)C. Subramaniam
D)S. C. Jamir
Answer: C. Subramaniam
- 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
- Q. Which is the folk dance of Maharashtra?
A)Lavani
B)Koodiyattam
C)Chanlam
D)Kuchipudi
Answer: Lavani
- Q. Which marathi newspaper was published by Bal Gangadhar Tilak
A)Kesari
B)Darpan
C)Sakal
D)Poona Vaibhav
Answer: Kesari
- Q. What is the official language of Maharashtra?
A)Hindi
B)Urdu
C)English
D)Marathi
Answer: Marathi
- Q. Maharashtra Film Company was founded in 1919 by which of the following personalities?
A)Dada Saheb Phalke
B)Baburao Painter
C)Dada Saheb Torne
D)None of the above
Answer: Baburao Painter
- Q. Who had published the first dictionary of Marathi in devanagari script
A)William Carey
B)Robert Brown
C)Thomas Candy
D)James Thomas Molesworth
Answer: William Carey
- Q. Total number of members in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is
A)288
B)290
C)285
D)296
Answer: 288
- Q. How many State Protected Monuments have been recognized by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Maharashtra?
A)180 Monuments
B)220 Monuments
C)144 Monuments
D)244 Monuments
Answer: 244 Monuments
- Q. Who was the first Non-INC Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
A)Manohar Gajanan Joshi
B)Narayan Tatu Rane
C)Uddhav Bal Thackeray
D)Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis
Answer: Manohar Gajanan Joshi
- Q. Which Governor of Bombay approved the building of the great sea wall to prevent flooding of low lying areas
A)Thomas Hodges
B)William Hornby
C)Charles Crommelin
D)Rawson Hart Boddam
Answer: William Hornby
- Q. Which one is officially recognised as the state flower in Maharashtra
A)Jasmine
B)Lotus
C)Jarul
D)Palash
Answer: Jarul
- Q. Who of the following established SNDT Women’s University, the first university for women in India?
A)Dadabhai Naoroji
B)Dondo Kesav Karve
C)R. G. Bhandarkar
D)Bal Thackeray
Answer: Dondo Kesav Karve
- Q. What is the Motto of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)?
A)Knowledge Is One That Liberates
B)Inventions And Innovations
C)Knowledge Is The Supreme Goal
D)Arise, Awake, Strive For The Highest And Be In The Light
Answer: Knowledge Is The Supreme Goal
- Q. Who of the following is the author of the well-known book ‘History of Dharmasastra’?
A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)Pandurang Sadashiv Sane
C)Pandurang Vaman Kane
D)R. G. Bhandarkar
Answer: Pandurang Vaman Kane
- 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. Number of districts in Maharashtra is-
A)37
B)21
C)36
D)28
Answer: 36
- Q. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was established in the year
A)1866
B)1868
C)1865
D)1870
Answer: 1870
- Q. In which among the following years was the institution of Lokayukta established in Maharashtra?
A)1991
B)1971
C)1970
D)1981
Answer: 1971
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