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Learning made easy and fun with this educational quiz on Maharasgtra, where you will discover the latest 100 questions of 2025. From history to geography, culture to literature this quiz covers all important sections to enhance your knowledge. Maharashtra has a long coastline stretching nearly 720 km along the Arabian Sea. It is the second largest state in India in terms of population. It has geographical area of about 3.08 lakh sq. km. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra and the financial capital of India. The headquarters of most of the major corporate & financial institutions are situated in Mumbai. India’s main stock exchanges & capital market and commodity exchanges are also located in Mumbai.

Table Of Content

  1. Maharashtra Geographical and Natural Features GK Questions
  2. Maharashtra Capitals and Cities GK Questions
  3. Cultural and Historical Superlative GK Quesions
  4. Industrial and Economical Superlative GK Questions
  5. Maharashtra Sports and Records GK Questions
  6. Maharashtra Political Superlative GK Questions
  7. Language and Literature GK Questions
  8. Maharashtra Technology Innovation GK Questions
  9. Health and Education GK Questions

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1.Maharashtra Geographical and Natural Features GK Questions

1. Largest City in Maharashtra by area.

Answer: Pune

2. What river descends through Mahabaleshwar?

Answer: Krishna River

3. Which place in Maharashtra is famous for its tigers?

Answer: Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve

4. The biggest lake belongs to Maharashtra.

Answer: Shivaji Sagar Lake

5. Most famous hill station of Maharashtra?

Answer: Mahabaleshwar

6. Which river is called “the Gangotri of Maharashtra”?

Answer: Godavari 

7. What is the name of Nagpur city?

Answer: Orange City

8. Which city is the “Wine Capital of India”?

Answer: Nashik

9. Which place is Kaas Plateau, also called the Valley of Flowers, situated at?

Answer: Satara (Maharashtra)

10. A dam that produces most electricity hydroelectrically when any dam has been built in Maharashtra is named after which dam?

Answer: Konya dam

2. Maharashtra Capitals and cities GK Questions

1. What is the name of the Maharashtra city that was referred to as the ‘Financial Capital of India’?

Answer: Mumbai

2. What is the winter capital of Maharashtra?

Answer: Nagpur

3. When was Mumbai declared the capital of Maharashtra?

Answer: 1960

4. Which colonial post monument in Mumbai is used as a gateway for British governors’ entrances and departures?

Answer: The Gateway of India

5. Name the World Heritage Site that serves as the head office for the railway in Mumbai.

Answer: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

6. Which city, under Swachh Bharat rankings (2023), is the cleanest city in Maharashtra?

Answer: Sasvad

7. Which city is called the “Manchester of Maharashtra”?

Answer: Ichalkaranji

8. Which city is famous for its ‘Ajanta and Ellora caves’?

Answer: Aurangabad

9. Which city is termed the ‘Oxford of the East,’ as there are found maximum educational institutions?

Answer: Pune 

10. What is the name of the Maharashtra city identified as the ‘Orange City’?

Answer: Nagpur

3. Cultural and Historical Superlative GK Questions

1. First capital of Maharashtra after its formation in 1960.

Answer: Mumbai

2. Largest fort in Maharashtra.

Answer: Raigad Fort

3. Oldest temple in Maharashtra.

Answer: Trivikram temple 

4. First UNESCO World Heritage Site in Maharashtra.

Answer: Ajanta-Ellora Caves 

5. most popular folk dance of Maharashtra.

Answer: Lavani

6. Largest trade fair in Maharashtra.

Answer: The Maharashtra International Trade Expo (MiTEX)

7. Most celebrated festival in Maharashtra.

Answer: Ganesh Chaturthi.

8. Largest cultural gathering in Maharashtra.

Answer: Mumbai Festival.

9. Most ancient art of Maharashtra.

Answer: Warli painting

10. Famous Ganesh idol of Maharashtra.

Answer: Lalbaugcha Raja

4. Economic and Industrial Superlative GK Questions

1. The biggest industrial region in Maharashtra.

Answer: MIDC (Mumbai-Pune belt)

2. What is the main source of income in Maharashtra?

Answer: Service sector 

3. Which port in Maharashtra handles the largest container traffic in India?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (Nhava Sheva)

4. The most produced export product by Maharashtra.

Answer: Gems & Jewellery 

5. Which fruit crop is Ratnagiri famous for exporting?

Answer: Alphonso mangoes 

6. Which one of the given cities was the biggest trading town for the British East India Company?

Answer: Mumbai

7. What percent contribution does Maharashtra account for in the Indian GDP(As of 2023-24)?

Answer: 13.3%

8. What is Maharashtra’s rank in terms of the largest state economies in India?

Answer: first 

9. Which Maharashtra-based pharmaceutical company is among the largest in India?

Answer: Sun Pharmaceutical 

10. Which type of sarees is Aurangabad famous for producing?

Answer: Paithani sarees

5. Maharashtra Sports and Records GK Questions

1. Which cricket stadium in Maharashtra is said to have played the first-ever international cricket test in India?

Answer: The Bombay Gymkhana ground.

2. Which district in Maharashtra is popularly known as the “Wrestling Capital of India”?

Answer: Kolhapur

3. What is the name of the state sports complex in Maharashtra?

Answer: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

4. What is the name of the wrestling competition held annually in Maharashtra?

Answer: Maharashtra Kesari 

5. Who is the first female wrestler from Maharashtra to win a medal in the national wrestling championship?

Answer: Reshma Mane

6. Which batsman from Maharashtra was the first to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket?

Answer: Sunil Gavaskar

7. Which sports complex in Maharashtra is used for the international swimming championships?

Answer: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

8. Which cricketer from Mumbai is known as the ‘God of Cricket’?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar 

9. Which Maharashtrian wrestler won a bronze medal in the 2023 Asian Games?

Answer: Antim Panghal 

10. Which Olympic sport has the most participants from Maharashtra?

Answer: Wrestling 

6. Maharashtra Political Superlative GK Questions

1. Who is called the ‘Father of the Indian Constitution’ among the prominent Maharashtra leaders?

Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

2. In which district is the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located?

Answer: Mumbai

3. Name the political leader who founded the Shiv Sena party.

Answer: Bal Keshav Thackeray

4. Which party was in power when Maharashtra was formed in 1960?

Answer: Indian National Congress

5. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters is in which city?

Answer: Nagpur

6. How many administrative districts are there in Maharashtra?

Answer: 36

7. What is the total number of seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly?

Answer: 288

8. Who is the longest-serving Chief Minister of Maharashtra?

Answer: Vasantrao Naik

9. Who is the present Governor of Maharashtra (January 2025)?

Answer: C. P. Radhakrishnan

10. Name the first woman president of India, who was a political leader from Maharashtra.

Answer: Pratibha Patil

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7. Language and literature GK Questions

1. Who wrote “Dasabodh,” a Marathi classic?

Answer: Eknath

2. For which district of Maharashtra is the Warli art associated with?

Answer: Palghar

3. Who founded Marathi journalism?

Answer: Balshastri Jambhekar

4. Who wrote the epic Marathi poetry titled Dasbodh?

Answer: Samarth Ramdas

5. What is the name of the entire collection of poetical verses in devotion, mostly in Marathi literature?

Answer: Abhangas

6. Who established the Satya Shodhak Samaj and later initiated a big movement in Maharashtra by preaching about untouchability and various other social issues?

Answer: Jyotirao Phule

7. Commonly what name is used for traditional Marathi drama, which has been performed since ages in many fairs?

Answer: Tamasha

8. To which tradition does Marathi literature belong, in association with devotion and bhakti?

Answer: The Warkari tradition

9. Which famous writer received the Padma Bhushan as a literature award for Marathi literature?

Answer: P. L. Deshpande

10. When is a day celebrating Marathi Language Day usually held?

Answer: February 27

8. Maharashtra Technology Innovation Gk Questions

1. What is the scheme called of Maharashtra that aims at the growth of startups?

Answer: Maharashtra State Innovation Society (MSINS)

2. What is Maharashtra’s name for the promotion of data centers and cloud computing policy to be known?

Answer: Maharashtra IT-ITES Policy

3. The name of the premier institution in Mumbai for advanced research in atomic energy is?

Answer: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) 

4. Which name of the single-window clearance system for industries is coined in Maharashtra?

Answer: MAITRI (Maharashtra Industry, Trade, and Investment Facilitation Cell) 

5. Which is the main export of the Maharashtra IT sector as per the data?

Answer: Software services 

6- What’s the name of the Pune-based start-up that develops India’s first 3D-printed houses?

Answer: Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions 

7. Which one in Maharashtra is one of India’s biggest solar power projects?

Answer: The Sakri Solar Power Project

8. Which Maharashtra-based pharmaceutical firm recently developed the COVID-19 vaccine Covovax?

Answer: Serum Institute of India (Pune)

9. What’s the platform the Maharashtra government has developed for online grievance redressal? 

Answer: Aaple Sarkar Portal 

10. Where would one find the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL)’s headquarters located in India? 

Answer: Pune

9. Health and education GK Questions

1. What does the 2011 Census rate Maharashtra’s literacy level?

Answer: 82.34% 

2. What is the name of the flagship health insurance scheme of Maharashtra to be known as?

Answer: Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana 

3. Which app has been launched by Maharashtra to track COVID-19 cases and provide health updates?

Answer: MahaKavach App 

4. What is the objective of the program in Maharashtra aimed at providing a midday meal to children of government schools?

Answer: Midday Meal Scheme

5. What is the name of the Maharashtra government scheme through which girls from economically weak families access free education?

Answer: Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana  

6. Which university in Maharashtra has been awarded the first rank in the All India category?

Answer: IIT Bombay

7. What is the most literate city of Maharashtra?

Answer: Mumbai

8. Which is the oldest university in Maharashtra?

Answer: The University of Mumba

9. How many districts have government-run medical colleges in Maharashtra by 2024-25? 

Answer: 36

10. What district in Maharashtra has the lowest literacy rate?

Answer: Nandurbar (64.38%)

10. Miscellaneous Superlatives GK Questions

1. What city was known for hosting the prestigious Kala Ghoda Arts Festival?

 Answer: Mumbai 

2. Highest peak of Maharashtra?

Answer: Kalsubai 

3. What river is vital to Mumbai as the supply of water?

Answer: Bhatsa River

4. Which festival introduces spring in Maharashtra?

Answer: Gudi Padwa  

5. What is the state animal of Maharashtra? 

Answer: Indian Giant Squirrel  

6. What hill station in Maharashtra is world-famous for strawberry farming? 

Answer: Mahabaleshwar 

7. Name the river determined as the ‘Dakshin Ganga’ in Maharashtra.

Answer: Godavari  

8. What is the state tree of Maharashtra? 

Answer: Mango Tree 

9. The river originates from Trimbak in Maharashtra.

 Answer: Godavari 

10. Which city in Maharashtra is known as the ‘City of Gates’?

Answer:  Aurangabad