More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. The first passenger train in India ran from Mumbai to _____?
A)Chandrapur
B)Thane
C)Nagpur
D)Aurangabad
Answer: Thane
- Q. Who was the first person to win the Jnanpith award for the Marathi Language?
A)Vinda Karandikar
B)Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
C)Bhalchandra Nemade
D)Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar
Answer: Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
- Q. Who is affectionately known as the Mother of Orphans because of her work in looking after abandoned children in Maharashtra?
A)Anasuyabai Kale
B)Violet Alva
C)Vimal Mundada
D)Sindhutai Sapkal
Answer: Sindhutai Sapkal
- Q. Who was the first person from Maharashtra to receive Bharat Ratna Award?
A)Pandurang Vaman Kane
B)Vinoba Bhave
C)Dhondo Keshav Karve
D)Lata Mangeshkar
Answer: Dhondo Keshav Karve
- 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 is the most populated district of Maharashtra?
A)Pune
B)Nashik
C)Thane
D)Mumbai Suburban
Answer: Thane
- Q. In which period Portuguese’s occupied Mumbai?
A)1334 - 1465
B)1534 - 1665
C)1234 - 1365
D)1634 - 1765
Answer: 1334 - 1465
- Q. Who was the first peshwa of the Maratha Empire
A)Madhav-Rao I
B)Moropant Trimbak Pingle
C)Balaji Vishwanath
D)Raghunath-Rao
Answer: Moropant Trimbak Pingle
- Q. Where is the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) located?
A)Dalal Street
B)Bandra
C)Colaba Causeway
D)Linking Road
Answer: Dalal Street
- Q. In which district is Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary located?
A)Raigad District
B)Dhule District
C)Pune District
D)Ahmednagar District
Answer: Pune District
- Q. Who was the first person to win Sahitya Akademi Award for Marathi?
A)Bal Sitaram Mardhekar
B)Chintaman Ganesh Kolhatkar
C)Laxmanshastri Joshi
D)Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Answer: Laxmanshastri Joshi
- Q. What is the area of Maharashtra?
A)1,18,809 sq. mi
B)2,41.682 sq. mi
C)78,124 sq. mi
D)41,284 sq. mi
Answer: 1,18,809 sq. mi
- Q. The periodical “Mooknayak” was started by ___________
A)Gopalbaba Walangkar
B)Balshastri Jambhekar
C)Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
D)Chhatrapati Shahu
Answer: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
- Q. When was the University of Mumbai established?
A)1857
B)1957
C)1757
D)1975
Answer: 1857
- Q. Which is the Oldest English Newspaper in India that is still in circulation?
A)Maharashtra Times
B)Times of India
C)Financial Times
D)Hicky's Bengal Gazette
Answer: Times of India
- Q. Where is Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve located?
A)Gondia District
B)Wardha District
C)Chandrapur District
D)Wardha District
Answer: Chandrapur District
- 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
Answer: William Carey
- Q. Where is Hutatma Chowk?
A)West Mumbai
B)North Mumbai
C)East Mumbai
D)South Mumbai
Answer: South Mumbai
- Q. When the third battle of Panipat was fought between Maratha and Afghan army
A)1769
B)1792
C)1761
D)1806
Answer: 1761
- Q. The Nagpur city is also known as the ________ city of India
A)Apple
B)Mango
C)Orange
D)Banana
Answer: Orange
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