More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. Ratnagiri is famous for the production of –
A)Grapes
B)Bananas
C)Onions
D)Mangoes
Answer: Mangoes
- Q. Who was the founder of the Balwadi, an Indian pre-school run for economically weaker sections
A)Tarabai Modak
B)Irawati Karve
C)Shalini Moghe
D)Malati Shendge
Answer: Tarabai Modak
- Q. Who is also known as Father of Marathi journalism
A)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B)Govind Vithal Kunte
C)Balshastri Jambhekar
D)Jagannath Shankarseth
Answer: Balshastri Jambhekar
- Q. In which year Portuguese occupied Mumbai
A)1531
B)1534
C)1528
D)1537
Answer: 1534
- Q. At which among the following places, there is no bench of Bombay High court?
A)Nagpur
B)Panji
C)Nasik
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Nasik
- Q. When was the governing body for cricket in Mumbai, “Mumbai Cricket Association” founded?
A)1940
B)1950
C)1930
D)1960
Answer: 1930
- Q. Who is the first Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
A)Charles Sargent
B)Louis Addin Kershaw
C)Matthew Richard Sausse
D)Michael Roberts Westropp
Answer: Matthew Richard Sausse
- Q. Which year, the first Radio programme was broadcast by the Radio club of Bombay
A)1925
B)1926
C)1923
D)1927
Answer: 1923
- Q. Historically, the Desh division of Maharashtra is coterminous with which among the following?
A)Nagpur
B)Pune
C)Amravati
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Pune
- Q. The “Maharashtra Bhushan Award” was first awarded in the year
A)1995
B)1996
C)1994
D)1997
Answer: 1996
- Q. Who wrote the book “Stri Purush Tulana”
A)Tarabai Shinde
B)Pandita Ramabai
C)Fatima Sheikh
D)Savita Ambedkar
Answer: Tarabai Shinde
- Q. When was the Maharashtra Lokayukta Institution came into effect after the Act was passed in 1971?
A)25th October 1972
B)25th October 1973
C)25th October 1971
D)25th October 1974
Answer: 25th October 1972
- Q. Which of the following is a form of painting native to Maharashtra?
A)Kalamkari
B)Warli
C)Pattachitra
D)Madhubani
Answer: Warli
- Q. When was Victoria Terminus renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus?
A)1996
B)1997
C)1995
D)1998
Answer: 1996
- Q. Which marathi newspaper was published by Bal Gangadhar Tilak
A)Kesari
B)Darpan
C)Sakal
D)Poona Vaibhav
Answer: Kesari
- Q. Chand Minar at Daulatabad was built by
A)Khusro Khan
B)Muhammad bin Tughluq
C)Malik Kafur
D)Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah
Answer: Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah
- Q. Where is Hutatma Chowk?
A)West Mumbai
B)North Mumbai
C)East Mumbai
D)South Mumbai
Answer: South Mumbai
- 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. Which fort is the Birth Place of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj?
A)Raigad Fort
B)Shivneri Fort
C)Pratapgad Fort
D)Singhad Fort
Answer: Shivneri Fort
- Q. Who is the first Padma Shri Awardee of Maharashtra?
A)Zarina Currimbhoy
B)Manak Jehangir Bhickaji Maneckji
C)Asha Devi Aryanayakam
D)Digamber Vasudev Joglekar
Answer: Asha Devi Aryanayakam
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