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Arun Asaf Ali An Icon of Courage (1909-1996) The courageous and defiant Aruna Asaf Ali finds a place of honour in India’s independence struggle and socialist revolution. Initially she was associated with the Congress and in 1948, after Independence, she

Chandra Shekhar Azad The Undaunted Revolutionary (1905-1931) Chandra Shekhar Azad will always remain immortal in the annals of history as a man who sacrificed his life at the altar of freedom. At a time when Gandhiji was busy with his ahimsa and Non-cooperation Movement to liberate the the country, a couple of fiery young men were sceptical about his methods.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale The Gem of Maharashtra (1866-1915) He has been aptly called by Lokmanya Tilak, his lifelong rival, "The diamond of India, the gem of Maharashtra. " Gokhale was born on 9 May 1886 at Kotluk in Ratnagiri district in the Kolhapur State of Bombay Presedency. He came from a poor Brahmin family.

Which of the following is as ‘Cherapunji of Maharashtra’? 1)       Matheran    2) Amboli    3) Ramtek    4) Lonawala Answer: 2) Amboli

State the name of the district where leather material (goods) are produced on a large scale. 1)       Sindhudurg    2) Ratnagiri    3) Satara    4) Kolhapur Answer: 4) Kolhapur

Salal Hydro Electric Project in Jammu and Kashmir state is on ____________ river.       1)       Ravi    2) Biyas    3) Chinab    4) Vyas Answer: 3) Chinab

Dr B. R. Ambedkar Leader of the Dalits (1891-1956) Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born into a low caste Mahar family on 14 April 1891 in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. As society followed a rigid caste system, people of a low caste were considered untouchables. People of the Mahar caste were brave and admitted into the army. Bhimrao’s father Ramji Rao also served in the army. When the family migrated to Bombay from their village, Bhimrao was admitted to Elphinston College. They lived in a small tenement where there was not enough space for the whole family, so the father and son slept in turns.

Solapur-Vijapur-Hubli is the National Highway No. _____________       1)       Nine    2) Thirteen    3) Seven    4) Eight Answer: 2) Thirteen

__________ is the leading state in Tobacco production.      1)       Andhra Pradesh    2) Maharashtra    3) Karnataka    4) Gujarat Answer: 1) Andhra Pradesh

The river Shyok, Zaskar and Gilgit are the main tributaries of river ________________       1)       Ganga    2) Kosi    3) Mahananda    4) Indus Answer: 4) Indus

The cattle census is conducted after every ___________ years in India.       1)       Ten    2) Twelve    3) Seven    4) Five Answer: 4) Five

___________ is the highest water fall in India.       1)       Jog    2) Nayagara    3) Kapildhara    4) Shivsamudra Answer: Jog       

Which one of the following States has the hill station ‘Kodaikanal’?       1)       Kerala    2) Tamil Nadu    3) Karnataka    4) Andhra Pradesh Answer: 2) Tamil Nadu

The cotton textile industries are localised at __________ in Maharashtra.       1)       Nagpur    2) Solapur    3) Mumbai    4) Kolhapur Answer: 3) Mumbai

Which of the following place has paper industry?       1)       Barsi    2) Latur    3) Chinchwad    4) Jalna Answer: 3) Chinchwad

Maharishi Karve Social Reformer (1858-1962) Maharishi Dhondu Keshav Karve not only gave a new lease of life to innumerable widows, but also started a revolution for women’s education and upliftement in the whole of Maharashtra. Maharishi Karve was born on 18 April 1858 in a small village, Sheravali, of Konkan district. He had special interest in education, but getting an education was difficult in those days. At the age of 15, he was married to 9-year-old Radhabai. At the age of 23, he passed his matric from Mumbai. Four years later, he graduated from Elphinston College. Unlike other young people of his age, he did not want to serve the British Government, so he decided to take up teaching as a profession. Around this time, he was devastated by the news of his wife’s death in the village. At the same time, Gopal Krishna Gokhale invited him to join Ferguson College in Poona, as a professor of mathematics. He soon became the most admired teacher of his college. Lead

Who wrote the book entitled "Dongarichya Turungatil 101 Divas"?       1)       Lokmanya Tilak    2) Chiplunkar    3) Aagarkar    4) Dr. Ambedkar Answer: 3) Aagarkar

Who started numbers of free schools in Kolhapur?       1)       Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil    2) Shahu Maharaj    3) G. K. Gokhale    4) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Answer: 2) Shahu Maharaj

In which weekly the articles of Dr. Ambedkar are referred as "Thoughtful books decorated by the beauty of style"? 1)       Muknayak    2) Bahishkrut Bharat    3) Samatapatra    4) Prabuddha Bharat Answer: 1) Muknayak

For which theses in Economics, London University awarded ‘The degree of Doctor of Science’ to Dr. Ambedkar in 1923? Answer: 1) ‘The problems of rupee’    2) The problems of money’    3) Administration and finance at the East India Company’    4) The evolution at principal finance in British India’ Answer: 1) ‘The problems of rupee’

From where the inspiration of establishing the University of women 3 rd June, 1916 was taken by Maharshi Karve?       1)       America Women’s University    2) Moscow Women’s University    3) Japan Women’s University    4) France Women’s University Answer: 1) America Women’s University

In which organization "Samata Sangha", established on 21 st April, 1944 by Maharshi Karve, was included?       1)       Jati- Nirmulan Sanstha    2) Stree-Purush Samantha Sangh    3) Stree Purush Shikshan Sangh    4) Sarvadharmiya Sangh Answer: 1) Jati- Nirmulan Sanstha

Tilak wrote Gita Rahasya, in __________Jail.                1)       Andaman    2) Yeravada    3) Mandalay    4) Ahmednagar Answer: 3) Mandalay

What was the object of Gopal Ganesh Aagarkar behind starting the weekly "Sudharak"?       1)       Acceptance of western education    2) Acceptance of male-female equality       2)       Acceptance of new scientific views    4) Acceptance of human freesom Answer: 1) Acceptance of western education

Which was the Revolutionary Act of Shahu Maharaj who advocated social freedom of men and women?       1)       Widow Remarriage Act    2) Inter Caste Marriage Act    3) Divorce and Heritage Act    4) Cruel Behaviour Preventive Act Answer: 2) Inter Caste Marriage Act

Agarkar was the Editor of _______________ 1     1) Shatpatre    2) Harijan    3) Sudharak    4) Maratha Answer: 3) Sudharak

Karve had established _________ society to serve the people. 1    1)   Gram Mandal    2) Women University    3) Gramraksha    4) Nishkam Karmamath Answer: 4) Nishkam Karmamath

Which biographer described Shahu Maharaj as the Pioneer of making the announcement of arrival of new era?        1)       Dhananjay Keer    2) R. B. Parasnis    3) Maharshi Vitthal Ramaji Shinde    4) Dr. Y. D. Fadke Answer: 1) Dhananjay Keer

‘Satyashodhak Sanaj’ of Mahatma Phule raised the voice against _____________       1)       Women’s slavery    2) Religious slavery    3) Social slavery    4) Farmer’s slavery Answer: 3) Social slavery

Maharshi Karve started an institution in 1936 A.D. to spread education among villagers _______________       1)       Mahila Karve    2) Anath Balikashram    3) Gram Prathamik Shikshan Mandal    4) Samata Munch Answer: 3) Gram Prathamik Shikshan Mandal

Maharshi Karve was the Professor of Mathematics in _______________ college at Pune.       1)       Fergusson    2) Deccan    3) Women condition    4) Educational condition Answer: 1) Fergusson

On which topic the essay written by Muktai a fourteen years old girl in Mahatma’s Phule School was based on?       1)       Social condition    2) Religious condition    3) Women condition    4) Educational condition Answer: 2) Religious condition

What was the name of the boarding school established for the untouchable students by Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj? 1)       Victoria Hostel    2) Miss. Clark Hostel    3) S. M. Kreser Hostel    4) Shri Fhitziral Hostel Answer: 2) Miss. Clark Hostel

Aagarkar was well wisher of Pandita Ramabai’s organization ________________       1)       Mahilashram    2) Stree Sudharak Kendra    3) Stree Aadhar Kendra    4) Sharda Sadan Answer: 4) Sharda Sadan

Marathi Drama ‘Trutiya Ratna’ was written by ________________       1)       Maharshi Karve    2) Mahatma Phule    3) Dadoba Pandurang    4) Vishnushastri Pandit Answer: 2) Mahatma Phule

To stop the practice of Child Marriage Gopal Ganesh Agarkar put his side by writing an article in Kesari that __________ 1    1) Society should ban this practice        2)  Law should ban this practice        3)   This practice should be stopped by spreading women education        4)   Hindu religion should take inititative to stop this practice Answer: 2) Law should ban this practice

1) Over 90% of the world biomass is in--------            1)  tropical rain forests            2)  fresh water wetlands            3) topsoil's            4) oceans 2) which one among the following is a source of methane  emission into the atmosphere?            1) automobile exhaust fume            2) industrial chimney            3) mining            4) wetland 3) which one among the following statement is not correct?            1) tropical dynamics represent the transfer of energy from one tropic level to another in a food chain            2) in deeper parts of oceans, primary production remains almost nil            3) the primary consumers are called autotrophs.            4) the decomposers are called saprotrophs