More Questions on Maharashtra
- Q. What was the name of Narmada River given by the Britishers?
A)Narmudda
B)Tapi
C)Narbada
D)Sorrow of Bombay
Answer: Narbada
- Q. How many Districts share their border with the Arabian Sea?
A)6 Districts
B)7 Districts
C)5 Districts
D)8 Districts
Answer: 7 Districts
- Q. Which River is known as the “Life Line of Maharashtra”?
A)Krishna River
B)Godavari River
C)Koyna River
D)Bhima River
Answer: Koyna River
- Q. When were Elephanta Caves designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A)1987
B)1997
C)1977
D)2007
Answer: 1987
- Q. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
A)Narayan Rao
B)Madhav-II
C)Ragunath
D)Baji Rao - II
Answer: Baji Rao - II
- Q. Who was the first editor of the weekly newspaper “Kesari”
A)M. S. Gole
B)Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi
Answer: Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
- Q. In which year, the Victoria Terminus is renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
A)1995
B)1996
C)1993
D)1998
Answer: 1996
- Q. The Gateway of India was erected to mark the landing of which King
A)Edward VII
B)George V
C)James VI
D)George VI
Answer: George V
- Q. Where is the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) located?
A)Dalal Street
B)Bandra
C)Colaba Causeway
D)Linking Road
Answer: Dalal Street
- Q. Which Newspaper was founded by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1881?
A)Ekmat
B)Saimat
C)Kesari
D)Nava Kaal
Answer: Kesari
- Q. When was the ‘Maharashtra State Electricity Board’ set up in the state?
A)1961
B)1970
C)1960
D)1971
Answer: 1960
- Q. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was designed by
A)Roger Morris
B)Richard Morrison
C)John Mylne
D)Frederick William Stevens
Answer: Frederick William Stevens
- Q. Which is the tourism capital of Maharashtra?
A)Aurangabad
B)Chandrapur
C)Ahmednagar
D)Mumbai
Answer: Aurangabad
- Q. Bombay High Court has three regional branches in?
A)Pune, Nashik, Mumbai
B)Kolhapur, Pune, Nashik
C)Nagpur, Aurangabad, Panaji
D)Thane, Pune, Panaji
Answer: Nagpur, Aurangabad, Panaji
- Q. Which country is comparable to the size of Maharashtra?
A)Oman
B)Tunisia
C)Uganda
D)Hungary
Answer: Oman
- 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 state is to the east of Maharashtra?
A)Gujarat
B)Chhattisgarh
C)Punjab
D)Karnataka
Answer: Chhattisgarh
- Q. In which year the first cotton mill “Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company” was established in Bombay
A)1858
B)1860
C)1854
D)1865
Answer: 1854
- Q. Who founded Arya Mahila Samaj?
A)Pandita Ramabai
B)Anna Hazare
C)Mandakini Amte
D)Raghunath Karve
Answer: Pandita Ramabai
- 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
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