More Questions on Maharashtra
- 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. Which city is known as the “Wine Capital of India”?
A)Ichalkaranji
B)Nashik
C)Yavatmal
D)Nagpur
Answer: Nashik
- Q. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was established in the year
A)1866
B)1868
C)1865
D)1870
Answer: 1870
- Q. What is the nickname of Khamgaon?
A)Silver City
B)Cotton City
C)City Of Lakes
D)Queen Of The Deccan
Answer: Silver City
- Q. How many districts of Maharashtra border with Gujarat?
A)Five
B)Three
C)Four
D)Seven
Answer: Four
- Q. Who is the first Padma Bhushan Awardee of Maharashtra?
A)Vasant Ramji Khanolkar
B)Pushpavati Janardenrai Mehta
C)Homi Jehangir Bhabha
D)Govind Sakharam Sardesai
Answer: Homi Jehangir Bhabha
- Q. How many Districts of Maharashtra share their border with Madhya Pradesh?
A)9 Districts
B)8 Districts
C)10 Districts
D)7 Districts
Answer: 10 Districts
- Q. What is the coastline length of Maharashtra
A)720 km
B)755 km
C)695 km
D)790 km
Answer: 720 km
- Q. In which year, the construction of Gateway of India was completed
A)1917
B)1924
C)1911
D)1928
Answer: 1924
- Q. The Maharashtra State was formed by the Bombay Reorganisation Act in the year
A)1958
B)1960
C)1956
D)1964
Answer: 1960
- Q. Karla Buddha Caves is located in which district
A)Pune
B)Kolhapur
C)Thane
D)Sangli
Answer: Pune
- 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. 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. In which year the first cotton mill “Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company” was established in Bombay
A)1858
B)1860
C)1854
D)1865
Answer: 1854
- Q. How many Padma Bhushan Award 2022 recipients were from Maharashtra?
A)2 Recipients
B)3 Recipients
C)1 Recipient
D)4 Recipients
Answer: 2 Recipients
- Q. Where did Thibaw, the last king of Burma live in Maharashtra?
A)Raigad
B)Thane
C)Ratnagiri
D)Jalna
Answer: Ratnagiri
- 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. Who was the first Prime Minister of Bombay before Independence?
A)Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
B)Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan
C)Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
D)Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar
Answer: Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
- Q. How was Lonar Lake created?
A)Landslide
B)Earthquake
C)Meteorite
D)Rainfall
Answer: Meteorite
- Q. What is Second Largest city of Maharashtra
A)Pune
B)Both A and B
C)Nagpur
D)none of these
Answer: Pune
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