More Questions on Maharashtra
- 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. What is the State Insect of Maharashtra?
A)Yeoman
B)Southern Birdwing
C)Blue Mormon
D)Kamehameha Butterfly
Answer: Blue Mormon
- Q. Maharashtra Film Company was founded in 1919 by which of the following personalities?
A)Dada Saheb Phalke
B)Baburao Painter
C)Dada Saheb Torne
D)None of the above
Answer: Baburao Painter
- Q. The Nashik city is situated by the river
A)Tapti
B)Narmada
C)Godavari
D)Kaveri
Answer: Godavari
- Q. Karla caves were constructed by
A)Bhumaka
B)Simuka
C)Nahapana
D)Satakarni I
Answer: Nahapana
- 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. What did Mahatma Gandhi call Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
A)The Father of the Indian Unrest
B)Lokmanya Tilak
C)The Father of the Indian Independence Movement
D)The Maker of Modern India
Answer: The Maker of Modern India
- Q. In which city is the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute located?
A)Nagpur
B)Mumbai
C)Pune
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Pune
- 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. Maharashtra is the _______ largest state by area in India
A)third
B)fourth
C)second
D)fifth
Answer: third
- Q. What game did K.D. Jadhav play that led him to win a medal at the Olympics?
A)Shooting
B)Weightlifting
C)Wrestling
D)Boxing
Answer: Wrestling
- 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. Who was Maharashtra’s chief minister on 26 November 2008?
A)Vilasrao Deshmukh
B)Sushilkumar Shinde
C)Ashok Chavan
D)Prithviraj Chavan
Answer: Vilasrao Deshmukh
- Q. To which of the following styles of temple architecture does the Kalaram temple at Nashik belong
A)Nagara
B)Hemadpanti
C)Dravida
D)Maratha
Answer: Hemadpanti
- Q. Where was the first underwater festival of India held?
A)Raigad
B)Ratnagiri
C)Mumbai
D)Pune
Answer: Pune
- Q. Which place of Maharashtra is considered to be one of Asia’s largest Slums?
A)Banganga
B)Dharavi
C)Sonapur
D)Antop Hill
Answer: Dharavi
- 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
- Q. What rank does Maharashtra hold in the most populous country subdivision in the world?
A)2nd
B)4th
C)1st
D)5th
Answer: 2nd
- 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. When was the last Kumbha Mela held in the Nashik District of Maharashtra?
A)2012
B)2013
C)2010
D)2015
Answer: 2015
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