More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Who was the first person to establish the first Cotton Mill in Bombay on 7th July 1854?
A)Abasaheb Garware
B)Cowaszee Nanabhoy Davar
C)Sanjay Kirloskar
D)Hanmant Ramdas Gaikwad
Answer: Cowaszee Nanabhoy Davar
- Q. What is the height of Rajabai Clock Tower?
A)75 m
B)105 m
C)85 m
D)125 m
Answer: 85 m
- Q. Who was honoured with Raj Kapoor Life Time Contribution award by Maharashtra government?
A)Katrina Kaif
B)Shashikala
C)Vidya Balan
D)Sonali Kulkarni
Answer: Shashikala
- 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. Who established the first cotton mill in Bombay
A)Jamshedji Tata
B)Cowasjee Nanabhoy
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)Mafatlal
Answer: Cowasjee Nanabhoy
- 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. Where is Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve located?
A)Gondia District
B)Wardha District
C)Chandrapur District
D)Wardha District
Answer: Chandrapur District
- Q. What is total area of Maharashtra?
A)3,07,003 km2
B)3,11,713 km2
C)3,25,713 km2
D)3,07,713 km2
Answer: 3,07,713 km2
- Q. Total number of administrative divisions in Maharashtra is
A)5
B)6
C)4
D)7
Answer: 6
- Q. When was the Bombay Reorganisation Act signed?
A)1960
B)1964
C)1956
D)1966
Answer: 1960
- Q. What was Mumbai Tigers FC formerly known as?
A)Dodsal FC
B)Sahara FC
C)Sarada FC
D)Dempo FC
Answer: Dodsal FC
- Q. Who of the following is the first recipient of Jnanpith Award for Marathi literature?
A)Vishnu Khandekar
B)Vasant Kanetkar
C)Vinda Karandikar
D)Vijay Tendulkar
Answer: Vishnu Khandekar
- Q. Which King was described as “one of the four great kings of the world” by Arab traveller Sulaiman al Mahri
A)Govinda II
B)Amoghavarsha
C)Krishna II
D)Dantidurga
Answer: Amoghavarsha
- Q. Maharashtra State Film Awards were first given in the year
A)1963
B)1967
C)1961
D)1972
Answer: 1963
- Q. Who amongst the following is also known as “Rashtrasant”
A)Tukaram
B)Baba Amte
C)Namdev
D)Tukadoji Maharaj
Answer: Tukadoji Maharaj
- Q. Who was the first Marathi literature to win the Jnanpith Award
A)V. S. Khandekar
B)Laxmanshastri Joshi
C)Ravindra Kelekar
D)Vinda Karandikar
Answer: V. S. Khandekar
- Q. Who was the first peshwa of the Maratha Empire
A)Madhav-Rao I
B)Moropant Trimbak Pingle
C)Balaji Vishwanath
D)Raghunath-Rao
Answer: Moropant Trimbak Pingle
- Q. During Quit India movement, in which of the following districts a parallel government was formed
A)Ahmed Nagar
B)Pune
C)Sangli
D)Satara
Answer: Satara
- Q. Which one was the Summer Capital of the Bombay Presidency during British Raj
A)Alibag
B)Matheran
C)Lonavla
D)Mahabaleshwar
Answer: Mahabaleshwar
- Q. The Samyukta Mahasabha Organization was established in the year
A)1940
B)1943
C)1935
D)1948
Answer: 1940
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