Maharashtra Quiz | Maharashtra Multiple Choice Questions with Answers

Questions
61 In which year Portuguese occupied Mumbai
A 1534
B 1537
C 1528
D 1531

Answer: 1534
62 In Which year Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang visited Maharashtra
A 647 AD
B 637 AD
C 640 AD
D 642 AD

Answer: 640 AD
63 Which one is the earliest dynasty to rule Maharashtra
A Satavahana dynasty
B Rashtrakuta dynasty
C Kadambas
D Western Chalukyas

Answer: Satavahana dynasty
64 Under whose leadership Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti was founded
A Keshavrao Jedhe
B Shripad Amrit Dange
C Uddhavrao Patil
D Narayan Ganesh Gore

Answer: Keshavrao Jedhe
65 Total number of members in the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha when it was first eastablished
A 95
B 90
C 80
D 85

Answer: 95
66 The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was established in the year
A 1868
B 1870
C 1865
D 1866

Answer: 1870
67 Who had published the first dictionary of Marathi in devanagari script
A William Carey
B James Thomas Molesworth
C Thomas Candy
D Robert Brown

Answer: William Carey
68 The Treaty of Bassein was signed in the year
A 1802
B 1804
C 1801
D 1803

Answer: 1802
69 Who was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
A Balaji Bajirao
B Baji Rao II
C Raghunath-Rao
D Narayan-Rao

Answer: Baji Rao II
70 Which one film was honoured with the first president's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi
A Mahatma Phule
B Rangalya Ratree Ashya
C Ha Majha Marg Ekla
D Shevagyachya Shenga

Answer: Mahatma Phule
71 Who was the first to win Sahitya Akademi Award for Marathi
A Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
B D. N. Gokhale
C Bal Sitaram Mardhekar
D Laxmanshastri Joshi

Answer: Laxmanshastri Joshi
72 The Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by Jyotirao Phule in the year
A 1873
B 1874
C 1871
D 1872

Answer: 1873
73 For which novel Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar wins the Jnanpith Award in the year 1974
A Amrutawel
B Yayati
C Don Dhruwa
D Pahile Prem

Answer: Yayati
74 The first Marathi talkie film "Ayodhyecha Raja" was released in the year
A 1932
B 1934
C 1931
D 1933

Answer: 1932
75 Who was the first recepient of "Maharashtra Bhushan Award"
A Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
B Vijay Bhatkar
C Lata Mangeshkar
D Sachin Tendulkar

Answer: Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
76 The "Maharashtra Bhushan Award" was first awarded in the year
A 1996
B 1997
C 1994
D 1995

Answer: 1996
77 Who had written the book "Paramamrita"
A Mukundaraja
B Tukaram
C Dnyaneshwar
D Namdev

Answer: Mukundaraja
78 Which one is a right tributaries of Godavari river
A Nasardi
B Kadam
C Banganga
D Kadva

Answer: Nasardi
79 Who assassinated W.C. Rand, the Plague Commissioner of Pune in 1897 ?
A Chapekar Brothers
B Chiplunkar Brothers
C Ganesh Savarkar
D Vasudev Balwant Phadke

Answer: Chapekar Brothers
80 During Quit India movement, in which of the following districts a parallel government was formed
A Satara
B Pune
C Sangli
D Ahmed Nagar

Answer: Satara
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