Maharashtra State GK Questions

1. Who built the famous Kailasanatha temple at Ellora?

• A) Dantidurga
• B) Krishna I
• C) Govinda III
• D) Amoghavarsha

2. In Maratha fort administration, who was the Karkhanis in charge of?

• A) Stores
• B) Construction
• C) Accounts
• D) Garrison

3. Who built the Chand Minar at Daulatabad?

• A) Malik Kafur
• B) Khusro Khan
• C) Muhammad bin Tughluq
• D) Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah

4. Who was the director of the first Marathi talkie film "Ayodhyecha Raja"?

• A) V. Shantaram
• B) K.P. Bhave
• C) Nagendra Majumdar
• D) Bhalji Pendharkar

5. In which year were the Maharashtra State Film Awards first given?

• A) 1961
• B) 1963
• C) 1967
• D) 1972

6. Which film was honoured with the first President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi?

• A) Mahatma Phule
• B) Vaijayanta
• C) Pathlaag
• D) Shevagyachya Shenga

7. Who wrote "Bhavartha Deepika", the famous commentary on the Bhagavad Gita?

• A) Eknath
• B) Namdev
• C) Sant Tukaram
• D) Sant Dnyaneshwar

8. Which philosopher, poet and writer was also a teacher of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj?

• A) Tukaram
• B) Mukteshwar
• C) Samarth Ramdas
• D) Mukundaraja

9. In which year was Sant Dnyaneshwar born?

• A) 1275
• B) 1278
• C) 1283
• D) 1285

10. Who is known as the Father of Marathi journalism?

• A) Balshastri Jambhekar
• B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
• C) Govind Vithal Kunte
• D) Jagannath Shankarseth