STATE MAIN EXAM QUESTION AND ANSWER
1. Match the following newspapers and
their editors:
(a) Kiran (i) V. N. Mandlik
(b) Native
Opinion (ii) N. G. Chandavarkar
(c) Indu
Praksh (ii) M. B. Namjoshi
(d) Indian
Spectator (iv) Behramji Malabari
Answer Options:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
2) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
3) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
4) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
Answer – 1) (a) –
(iii), (b) – (i), (c) – (ii) (d) – (iv)
2. Match the following journals started
for female education and the people who started them:
(a) Bamabodhini (i) Dwijendranath
Tagore
(b) Abalabandhava (ii) Sasipada Banerjee
(c) Antahpura (ii) Dwarkanath Ganguli
(d) Bharti (iv) Umeshchandra Datta
Answer Options:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
2) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
3) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
4) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Answer – 1) (a) – (iv), (b)
– (iii), (c) – (ii) (d) – (i)
3. Which of the following statements
about the Depressed Classes Mission are true?
(a) It
established its centres at Mangalore, Indore and Bhavani.
(b) It
opened vocational training classes in sewing, book-binding and coir-work.
(c) It
shifted its centre from Pune to Bombay in 1973.
Answer Options:
1) All (a), (b), (c) are true
2) All (a), (b), (c) are not true
3) (a) and (b) are true, (c) is not true
4) (b) and (c) are true, (a) is not true
Answer – 3) (a) and (b) are true; (c) is not true
4. At first there were many restrictions
on their immigration to India. But those were all removed by the Charter Act of
1813. Hence forth they came in large number and became an important feature of
the society. Who we those people?
1) Arab Traders
2) French Traders
3) English Christian Missionaries
4) American Christian Missionaries
Answer – 3) English Christian Missionaries
5. Ajjan Elija Solomon, a Jewish person
was a member of the Managing Committee of ……………………
1) Prarthana Samaj
2) Satyashodhak Samaj
3) Brahmo Samaj
4) Depressed Classes Mission
Answer – 2) Satyashodhak Samaj
6. This organization existed in 1848.
Dr. Bhau Daji Laad, Vishvanath Mandlik and Govind Madgaonkar worked hard to
bring up this organization. Justice Ranade presented research articles in the
meetings of this organization. Find out which was this organization?
1) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
2) Dyanprasarak Sabha
3) Paramahansa Sabha
4) Buddhivardhak Sabha
Answer – 2) Dnyanprasarak Sabha
7. Who was Saint Lubin?
1) A French Saint
2) The French diplomat who was
felicitated by Nana Phadnis
3) The French general
4) The French traveler
Answer – 2) The French diplomat who was felicitated by Nana
Phadnis
8. Match the following newspapers and their
editors:
(a) Jagruti (i) Vyankatro Gode
(b) Rashtraveer (ii) Khanderao Bagal
(c) Hunter (iii) Shamrao Desai
(d) Brahmanetar (iv) Bhagvantrao Palekar
Answer Options:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
2) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
3) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
4) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Answer – 3) (a) – (iv), (b) – (iii), (c) – (ii) (d)
– (i)
9. Which of the following statements
about M. G. Ranade is not true?
1) He was the First Indian Fellow of the
Bombay University.
2) He was appointed as a lecturer at
Elphinstone College.
3) He was one of the founders of the
Widow Remarriage Association with Vishnushastri Pandit.
4) He was one of the founders of
Prarthana Samaj with Atmaram Pandurang.
Answer – 4) He was one of the founders of Prarthana Samaj with
Atmaram Pandurang.
10. Match the following:
(a) Lord Wellesley (i) Declared war on Sindhia
(b) Arthur Wellesley (ii) Was incharge of Deccan forces
(c) General Lake (iii) Captured Delhi
(d) Bhosale (iv) Treaty of Deogaon
Answer Options:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
2) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
3) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
4) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Answer – 2) (a) – (i), (b)
– (ii), (c) – (iii) (d) – (iv)
11. Who instituted the Paisa Fund Society
and registered it on 16th October 1899?
1) Vasukaka Joshi
2) Antaji Damodar Kale
3) Moreshwar Gopal Deshmukh
4) Lokmanya Tilak
Answer – 2) Antaji Damodar Kale
12. The correspondent of The Times,
London, wrote, “Never since its discovery has the ……………………. played so important
and daring a role as it now does in India; without it the Commander in Chief
would lose the effect of half his force”.
What was the correspondent talking about?
1) Postal Service
2) Electric Telegraph
3) Enfield Rifle
4) Subsidiary Alliance
Answer – 2) Electric Telegraph
13. The third anniversary of this
organization was celebrated on 18th October 1909 at Town Hall in
Mumbai. Sayajirao Gaikwad of Baroda, Sir Narayan Chandavarkar and Namdar
Gokhale were present for the function. Sayajirao donated two thousand rupees to
the organization.
Which organization was it?
1) Depressed Class Mission
2) Prarthana Samaj
3) Brahmanetar Party
4) Bahishkrut Hitkarini Sabha
Answer – 1) Depressed Class Mission
14. Match the following:
(a) Kashinathshastri Chiplunkar (i) Translated Arabian Nights in Marathi
(b) Sakharam P. Pandit (ii) Translated
Robinson Cursoe in Marathi
(c) Ravjishastri Godbole (iii) Translated Lamb’s
Tales from Shakespeare in Marathi
Tales from Shakespeare in Marathi
(d) Bapu Chhatre (iv) Translated Aesop’s Tales in Marathi
Answer Options:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
2) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
3) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
4) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Answer – 3) (a) – (i), (b) – (iii), (c) – (ii) (d) – (iv)
15. He Indianized administration. He
ended the Afghan war. He ended Arms Act. Who was he?
1) Lord Lytton
2) Lord Ripon
3) Lord Hastings
4) Lord llbert
Answer – 2) Lord Ripon
16. Read the following statements and
name the social reformer described in them:
(a) He was the Secretary of Students Literary and Scientific Society 1872-1889.
(b) He was the Independent non-official member of the Hunter Commission.
(c) He was the Counsel for Rakhmabai in her case against her husband Dadaji.
Answer Options:
1) Badruddin Tyabji
2) Pherozeshab Mehta
3) Kashinath Trimbak Telang
4) Bal Mangesh Wagle
Answer – 3) Kashinath Trimbak Telang
17. How did Deoband movement react at the
establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885?
1) Welcomed the National Congress.
2) National Congress is of no use.
3) National Congress should be boycotted.
4) National Congress is against the Muslims.
Answer – 1) Welcomed the National Congress
18. Pick out the odd person from the
following:
1) Radhaprasad
2) Kalinath Munshi
3) Dwarkanath Tagore
4) Devendranath Tagore
Answer – 4) Devendranath Tagore
19. Rajaram Mohan Roy, the Social
reformer supported the …………………….. for education in India.
1) Orientalists
2) Anglicists
3) Prinsep
4) William Jones
Answer – 2) Anglicists
20. Which of the following factor influences
the production of enzymes useful for photosynthesis, growth and yield?
1) Wind velocity
2) Potassium
3) Solar radiation
4) Water molecules
Answer – 3) Solar radiation
21. AS PER India Human Development Report 2011, India’s Human Development Index is 0.467, whereas it is …………………… for the state of Maharashtra.
1)
0.389
2)
0.448
3)
0.572
4)
0.672
Answer – 3) 0.572
2 2.
Over the coast (Maharashtra), humidity, during
June to October is ………………..
1)
Between 60 and 75 percent
2)
Between 65 and 75 percent
3)
Between 70 to 80 percent
4)
More than 80 percent
Answer – 4) More than 80 percent
23.
…………………. Is fitted to the motor vehicle’s exhaust
tail pipe and it converts Carbon monoxide into pure oxygen.
1)
Filters
2)
ESP
3)
Thermoreactor
4)
Pollution rose
Answer – 3) Thermoreactor
24.
In most command areas of India irrigation has
contributed to ………………………
1)
Water logging
2)
High water table
3)
Soil salinity
4)
All the above
Answer – 4) All the above
25.
The presence of organic matter or humas in soil optimum
amount improves ……………
a.
Water holding capacity of the soil
b.
Rate of infiltration
c.
Porocity
Answer Option:
1)
(a) and (b) only
2)
(b) and (c) only
3)
(a) and (c) only
4)
(a), (b) and (c)
Answer – 4) (a), (b) and (c)
26.
Temperature range required for optimum growth of
rice ……………..
1)
12 to 18°C
2)
20 to 37.5°C
3)
26 to 40°C
4)
15 to 41.5°C
Answer – 2) 20 to 37.5°C
27.
Poor organizational structure for supply of inputs
in dry lands is …………….. constraint.
1)
Socio-economic
2)
Technological
3)
Resource
4)
None of above
Answer – 1) Socio-economic
28.
Molasses are added in soil to reduce the ………………….
Of soil.
1)
Salinity
2)
Alkalinity
3)
Acidity
4)
None of the above
Answer – 2) Alkalinity
29.
What are the Agronomical measures of water
erosion control?
a.
Choice of crop and land preparation
b.
Strip cropping and mulching
c.
Contour bunding and vegetative barriers
d.
None of the above
Answer Option:
1)
(a) and (b) only
2)
(b) and (c) only
3)
(a) and (c) only
4)
(d) only
Answer – 1) (a) and (b) only
30.
How much is the estimated annual soil loss
through erosion in our country?
1)
12 billion tonnes
2)
100 billion tonnes
3)
329 billion tonnes
4)
120 billion tonnes
Answer – 1) 12 billion tonnes
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