Maharashtra GK Questions and Answers for Entrance Exam Preparation

Q - In which year Battle of Assaye was fought between British and Maratha confederacy?
[A]1803
[B]1793
[C]1798
[D]1800

Ans 1803

 

Q - Match the following
1.City of sweet limes ↔ a. Jalna
2.City of Lakes↔b. Bhandara
3.City of Orange↔c. Nagpur
4.Store of Jowar↔d. Parbani

Ans - 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d

Q - Maharashtra as a separate state was created on which among the following dates?
[A]Nov 1st , 1956
[B]May 1st , 1956
[C]June 1st, 1960
[D]May 1st, 1960

Ans - May 1st, 1960

Q - What is the rank of population of Maharashtra among states of India as per Census 2011?
[A]Third
[B]Second
[C]Fourth
[D]Fifth

Ans - Second

Q - As per the 2011 census data, what is the literacy rate of Maharashtra?
[A]76.70%
[B]80.12%
[C]82.9%
[D]79.20%

Ans - 82.9% .

Q - Which among the following is the birth place of Lokamanya Tilak?
[A]Raigad
[B]Ratnagiri
[C]Nanded
[D]Pune

Ans - Ratnagiri

Q - In which year third Battle of Panipat took place?
[A]1761
[B]1765
[C]1741
[D] 1743

Ans - 1761

Q - Which of the following district ranks no.1 in Banana production?
[A]Dhule
[B]Jalgaon
[C]Bhuldana
[D]Aurangabad

Ans - Jalgaon

Q - Which among the following is the least populous district of Maharashtra?
[A]Yavatmal
[B]Sindudurg
[C]Raigarh
[D]Osmanabad

Ans - Sindudurga is the smallest district constitutes hardly 0.8% of State’s population

Q - Which among the following is the most populous district of Maharashtra?
[A]Thane
[B]Pune
[C]Nagpur
[D]Aurangabad

Ans – Thane in Maharahstra  (contributes about 9.84% of the total population of the state)

Maharashtra GK Questions and Answers

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Q - When Maharashtra wasformed?
a) Feb 5, 1968
b) 1 May 1960
c) 12 July 1975
d) 1 November 1956

Q - Which sea is to the west of Maharashtra?
a) Black
b) Labrador
c) Timor
d) Arabian

Q - Which state is to the east of Maharashtra?
a) Karnataka
b) Gujarat
c) Chattisgarh
d)Goa

Q - Who was Maharashtra’s chief minister on 26 November 2008?
a) Ashok Chavan
b) Vilasrao Deshmukh
c) Sushilkumar Shinde
d) Prithviraj Chavan

Q - was Maharashtra’s home minister on 26 November 2008?
a) Jayant Patil
b) Pratibha Patil
c) Raosaheb Patil
d) Shivraj Patil

Q - Which is the official language of Maharashtra?
a) Marathi
b) Gondi
c) Konkani
d) Sanskrit

Q - Which is the highest point in Maharashtra?
a) Panchgani
b) Mahabaleshwar
c) Bhusaval
d) Yavatmal

Q - What is the area of Maharashtra?
a) 2,41.682 sq. m.
b) 78,124 sq. m.
c) 1,18,809 sq. m.
d) 41,284 sq. m.

Q - Where did Thibaw, last king of Burma, live in Maharashtra?
a) Poona
b) Sholapur
c) Wardha
d) Ratnagiri

Q -  Who was Maharashtra’s governor in 1992?
a) C. Subramaniam
b) P. C. Alexandder
c) S. M. Krishna
d) S. C. Jamir