Maharashtra

21.	The Mahalaxmi Racecourse was opened in-
a.	1881
b.	1882
c.	1883
d.	1884 Option “C” is correct. The Mahalaxmi Racecourse was opened in 1883. This racecourse was built and opened in the year 1883 and hosts horse racing in the city every year between the months of November and April.

22.	Bal Gangadhar Tilak began the publication of Kesari in the year-
a.	1878
b.	1881
c.	1884
d.	1887 Option “B” is correct. Bal Gangadhar Tilak began the publication of Kesari in 1881. Bal Gangadhar Tilak used to run his two newspapers, Kesari, in Marathi and Mahratta in English from Kesari Wada, Narayan Peth, Pune.

23.	In which year the Bombay High Court was established-
a.	1856
b.	1862
c.	1896
d.	1906 Option “B” is correct. The Bombay High Court was established in 1862.The Bombay High Court was one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters patent granted by Queen Victoria, bearing date 26^th June 1862. It was inaugurated on 14^th August 1862 under the High Court’s Act, 1861.

24.	In which year the construction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was completed?
a.	1888
b.	1892
c.	1898
d.	1903 Option “A” is correct. The construction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was completed in 1888. The construction of Great Indian Peninsula Railway Offices building started in May 1878. On Queen’s Jubilee Day in 1887, the building was named as Victoria Terminus.

25.	Pandita Ramabai opened Sharada Sadan school for widows in the year-
a.	1889
b.	1896
c.	1901
d.	1906 Option “A” is correct. Pandita Ramabai opened Sharada Sadan School for widows in 1889. Ramabai worked however with the WCTU of India once it was officially organized in 1893. She returned to India, and founded a school for child widows in Pune called Sharada Sadan, which had the support of many Hindu reformers, including M. G. Ranade.

26.	In which year the Dalit Buddhist movement was launched by B. R. Ambedkar?
a.	1953
b.	1956
c.	1958
d.	1962 Option “B” is correct. In 1956 the Dalit Buddhist movement was launched by B. R. Ambedkar. On 14^th October 1956 was clearly an important moment in Dalit history. On this day, B. R. Ambedkar along with 3,65,000 of his Dalit followers decided to exit the folds of Hinduism and embraced Buddhism.

27.	The Maharashtra State was formed by the Bombay Reorganisation Act in the year-
a.	1956
b.	1958
c.	1960
d.	1964 Option “C” is correct. The Maharashtra State was formed by the Bombay Reorganisation Act in 1960. Protests of Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, in which 107 people were killed by police, Bombay State was reorganised on linguistic lines.

28.	Maharashtra State Film Awards were first given in the year-
a.	1961
b.	1963
c.	1967
d.	1972 Option “B” is correct. Maharashtra State Film Awards were first given in 1963. Maharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists.

29.	The institution of Lokayukta was created first in Maharashtra in the year-
a.	1970
b.	1971
c.	1972
d.	1973 Option “B” is correct. The institution of Lokayukta was created first in Maharashtra in 1971. Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the institution of Lokayukta through The Maharashtra Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act in 1971.

30.	In which year Murlikant Petkar won India’s first Gold Medal in Paralympic?
a.	1968
b.	1972
c.	1976
d.	1980 Option “B” is correct. In 1972 Murlikant Petkar won India’s first Gold Medal in Paralympic. A veteran of the 1965 Indo-Pak War, Murlikant Petkar is the first Paralympic medallist of India. Murlikant Petkar won a gold medal at the 1972 Heidelberg Games in the men’s 50m freestyle 3 events.

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