More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Who was the father of the Trade Union Movement in India?
A)Vivek Yeshwant Ranadive
B)Narayan Meghaji Lokhande
C)Abasaheb Garware
D)Baburao Govindrao Shirke
Answer: Narayan Meghaji Lokhande
- Q. How many tiger reserves are in Maharashtra?
A)Six
B)Eight
C)Three
D)Eleven
Answer: Six
- Q. What is coal in Maharashtra prominently used for?
A)Atomic
B)Hydro
C)Thermal
D)None of these
Answer: Thermal
- Q. In which year the Dalit Buddhist movement was launched by B. R. Ambedkar
A)1956
B)1958
C)1953
D)1962
Answer: 1956
- Q. The Maratha navy in the Eighteenth Century was developed by
A)The Gaikwad
B)The Angrias
C)The Scindhia
D)The Siddis
Answer: The Angrias
- Q. When was the Maharashtra Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act passed?
A)1971
B)1961
C)1981
D)1951
Answer: 1971
- Q. Who is the first Padma Vibhushan Awardee of Maharashtra?
A)M. C. Setalvad
B)Dhondo Keshav Karve
C)J. R. D. Tata
D)Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
Answer: Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
- Q. Which of the following is the major port in the capital of Maharashtra State?
A)Jaigad Port
B)Mumbai Port
C)Ratnagiri Port
D)JNPT
Answer: Mumbai Port
- Q. What is capital of Maharashtra
A)Nagpur
B)Both A and B
C)Mumbai
D)None of these
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. On which day was Maharashtra formed after separation from Bombay State?
A)15th August, 1947
B)1st November, 1956
C)1st May, 1960
D)20th October, 1962
Answer: 1st May, 1960
- 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 founder of the Gwalior State of Scindias
A)Daulatrao Scindia
B)Ranojirao Scindia
C)Jayapparao Scindia
D)Jayajirao Scindia
Answer: Ranojirao Scindia
- 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. Who is the designer of Bandra-Worli Sea Link?
A)Rahul Mehrotra
B)Achyut Kanvinde
C)Seshadri Srinivasan
D)Benny Kuriakose
Answer: Seshadri Srinivasan
- Q. Which one philosopher, poet and writer was also a teacher of Chatrapati Shivaji
A)Mukteshwar
B)Samarth Ramdas
C)Tukaram
D)Mukundaraja
Answer: Samarth Ramdas
- Q. Which social religious reformer from Maharashtra was popularly known as Lokhitwadi
A)Mahadev Govind Ranade
B)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
C)Jyotiba Phule
D)Gopal Ganesh Agarakar
Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
- Q. What is the total area of the Pune Metropolitan Region?
A)716 km2
B)7,256 km2
C)516 km2
D)9,256 km2
Answer: 7,256 km2
- Q. Who was appointed as the first Prime Minister of Bombay Presidency in 1937
A)B. G. Kher
B)Morarji Desai
C)Dhanjishah Cooper
D)P. K. Sawant
Answer: Dhanjishah Cooper
- 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. The Treaty of Bassein was signed in the year
A)1802
B)1803
C)1801
D)1804
Answer: 1802
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