Maharashtra State

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

Correct Answer

William Carey

More Questions on Maharashtra

  • Q. Which district is Mahabaleshwar located in?
    A)Satara District
    B)Ratnagiri District
    C)Solapur District
    D)Raigad District
    Answer: Satara District
  • Q. In which year the Mumbai University was established
    A)1850
    B)1853
    C)1845
    D)1857
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. Who was the first person of Maharashtra to received Bharat Ratna Award
    A)Vinoba Bhave
    B)Dhondo Keshav Karve
    C)B. R. Ambedkar
    D)Lata Mangeshkar
    Answer: Dhondo Keshav Karve
  • Q. In which district of Maharashtra the first co-operative sugar factory was established
    A)Sangli
    B)Ahmednagar
    C)Kolhapur
    D)Pune
    Answer: Ahmednagar
  • Q. Which is the highest award in Indian cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution?
    A)Academy Awards
    B)Filmfare Awards
    C)Dadasaheb Phalke Award
    D)Indian Television Academy Awards
    Answer: Dadasaheb Phalke Award
  • 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. Which one was the first Marathi-English fortnightly magazine
    A)Darpan
    B)Dnyanodaya
    C)Prabhakar
    D)Induprakash
    Answer: Darpan
  • Q. Approximately how many forest are there in Maharashtra
    A)340
    B)345
    C)311
    D)350
    Answer: 350
  • Q. The institution of Lokayukta was created first in Maharashtra in the year
    A)1971
    B)1972
    C)1970
    D)1973
    Answer: 1971
  • Q. Which of the following districts of Maharashtra is well-known for its production of bananas?
    A)Nashik
    B)Ahmednagar
    C)Solapur
    D)Jalgaon
    Answer: Jalgaon
  • 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 National Highway runs through Mumbai?
    A)NH-48
    B)NH-16
    C)NH-44
    D)NH-42
    Answer: NH-48
  • Q. Which district has the longest coastline
    A)Raigad
    B)Ratnagiri
    C)Thane
    D)Sindhudurg
    Answer: Ratnagiri
  • Q. Total number of members in Maharashtra Legislative Council is
    A)72
    B)76
    C)70
    D)78
    Answer: 78
  • Q. Who was the first recipient of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award?
    A)Sachin Tendulkar
    B)Ratan Tata
    C)Lata Mangeshkar
    D)Purushottam Deshpande
    Answer: Purushottam Deshpande
  • Q. The state of Bombay was split into which two states by the Bombay Reorganisation Act 1960?
    A)Maharashtra and Telangana
    B)Maharashtra and Gujarat
    C)Maharashtra and Karnataka
    D)Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
    Answer: Maharashtra and Gujarat
  • Q. In Maharashtra, Journalist Day is celebrated on
    A)4th April
    B)12th June
    C)6th January
    D)5th September
    Answer: 6th January
  • Q. Which is the most populous religion of Maharashtra?
    A)Christianity
    B)Sikhism
    C)Islam
    D)Hinduism
    Answer: Hinduism
  • Q. Who is also known as the “the second founder of the Maratha State.”
    A)Baji Rao I
    B)Sambhaji
    C)Balaji Vishwanath
    D)Chhatrapati Shahu
    Answer: Balaji Vishwanath
  • Q. When was the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) established?
    A)9th July, 1775
    B)9th July, 1875
    C)9th July, 1675
    D)9th July, 1975
    Answer: 9th July, 1875

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