Quiz1 (MPSC)

Q 1:In 90 A.D. Vedishri,son of the Satavahana king Satakarni, the "Lord of Dakshinapatha, wielder of the unchecked wheel of Sovereignty", made ..........., thirty miles north of Pune, the capital of his kingdom.
Vadagoan
Junnar
Phursungi

Q 2:The great ruler ....................... (also known as "Shalivahan") ruled around 78 CE He started the Shalivahana era, a new calendar, still used by Maharashtrian populace and as the Indian national calendar.

Ashoka
Gautamiputra Satkarni
Vikramaditya

Q 3:Maharashtra came under Islamic influence for the first time after the Delhi Sultanate rulers Ala-ud-din Khalji, and later Muhammad bin Tughluq conquered parts of the Deccan in the .....th century.
10
15
13

Q 4:Shivaji's son and successor Chhatrapatti Sambhaji Bhosale became the ruler of the Maratha kingdom in 1680. He was captured, tortured and brutally put to death by....................
Bahadur Shah
Aurangzeb
Afzalkhan

Q 5:In 1714, Shahu's Peshwa (chief minister) Balaji Vishwanath, helped him seize the Maratha throne in 1708, with some acrimony from Rajaram's widow,...........?
Ahilyabai
Tarabai
Jijabai

Q 6:.................. remained in power in Nagpur even after loss of Marathas at Panipat in 1818, till 1853. Nagpur Kingdom was the last of the Kingdoms or Princely States in entire India to be annexed to British India in 1853.
Scindias
Holkars
Bhonsles

Q 7:After suffering a stinging defeat at the hands of Afghan chieftain ,........................ in the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761, the Maratha Confederacy broke into regional kingdoms.
Ghazni
Ahmad Shah Abdali
Babur

Q 8:With the arrival and subsequent involvement of the British East India Company in Indian politics, the Marathas and the British fought the ....... Anglo-Maratha wars between 1777 and 1818, culminating in the annexation of Peshwa-ruled territory in Maharashtra in 1819, which heralded the end of the Maratha empire.
five
three
one

Q 9:1919: Congress Democratic Party includes demand of state of Maharashtra in its manifesto. The manifesto is drafted under leadership of .................
Lokhitwadi
Agarkar
Tilak

Q 10:Oct 15, 1938: A Marathi literary meet, presided over by .........., passes a resolution for a separate state for Marathi speaking areas including Vidharbha.
Tilak
VD Sawarkar
RD Chaphekar

Q 11:Jun 17, 1948: The Union government appoints a commission to be headed by the president of the constitutional council, .................., to study the formation of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala.
SK Dhar
BR Ambedkar
Sardar Patel

Q 12:Dec 1948: The Congress accepts the principle of the formation of the states on linguistic lines at its Jaipur conclave. A committee comprising .................., Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel is formed to reconsider this issue.

SK Dhar
Pittabhi Sitaramiya
BR Ambedkar

Q 13:Nov 20, 1955: Morarji Desai and SK Patil hold rally at ....................challenging the supporters of Samyukta Maharashtra.
LalBagh
Fountain
Girgaum Chowpatty

Q 14:Third largest state in India?
Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan

Q 15:...................., a peak in the Sahyadris,near Nashik City is the highest elevated point in Maharashtra.
Anjani Parwat
Kalsubai
Jejuri

Q 16:A crater lake is situated on the outskirts of Lonar town in district Buldhana, Maharashtra. The impact of a huge meteor that descended on earth from space carved out a bowl roughly ...... kilometre in diameter believed to be formed 50,000 years ago.
1.1
1.5
1.8

Q 17:Lonar Lake is the third largest natural salt-water lake in the ........
world
India
Asia

Q 18:According to Sanskrit literature, ............. was called ‘Viraj Kshetra’ in ancient times
Pune
Lonar
Junnar

Q 19:Navegaon National Park, located near ............. in the eastern region of Vidarbha is home to many species of birds, deer, bears and leopards.
Gadchiroli
Bhandara
Gondia

Q 20:Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project, a prominent tiger reserve near ............ in Vidarbha.
Chandrapur
Gondia
Gadchiroli

Q 21:Chandoli National Park, located in ............. district has a vast variety of flora and fauna. The famous Prachitgad Fort and Chandoli dam and scenic water falls can be found around Chandoli National Park.
Sangli
Satara
Solapur

Q 22:Gugamal National Park, also known as Melghat Tiger Reserve is located in ............ district.

Nagpur
Amravati
Akola

Q 23:Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in .................. is the busiest port in India.
Alibaug
Mumbai Suburban
Navi Mumbai

Q 24:Shri Guru Gobind Singhji institute of engineering and technology is located at?
Nanded
Nashik
Nagpur

Q 25:National Defence Academy is located at?
Nashik
Pune
Mumbai