How many of the twelve Jyotirlingas of India are located in Maharashtra?
- A.Two
- B.Three
- C.Five
- D.Seven
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, five. Maharashtra has five of the twelve Jyotirlingas, which is more than any other state: Bhimashankar in Pune district, Trimbakeshwar near Nashik, Grishneshwar near the Ellora caves, Aundha Nagnath in Hingoli and Parli Vaijnath in Beed. Trimbakeshwar is also one of the four sites of the Kumbh Mela and the source of the Godavari, while Grishneshwar stands beside the Ellora caves, so the two great sites of the state sit together.
Option A, two, and option B, three, understate the number and are the usual guesses. Option D, seven, overstates it. For comparison, Madhya Pradesh has two, Mahakaleshwar at Ujjain and Omkareshwar, while Gujarat has Somnath and Nageshwar, Uttarakhand has Kedarnath, Uttar Pradesh has Kashi Vishwanath and Jharkhand has Baidyanath, which together with Maharashtra's five make up the twelve.
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Practice Questions
View allThe state of Maharashtra was formed on which date?
- A.1 November 1956
- B.1 May 1960
- C.1 April 1936
- D.1 November 2000
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On that day the bilingual Bombay State was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat under the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960, after the Samyukta Maharashtra movement had pressed for a separate state for Marathi speakers.
Read the full explanation →Which city is known as the second or winter capital of Maharashtra?
- A.Pune
- B.Nashik
- C.Nagpur
- D.Kolhapur
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Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, but Nagpur was given the status of the second capital under the Nagpur Pact when Vidarbha joined the new state, and one session of the state legislature is held there every year, usually in winter, which is why it is called the winter capital.
Read the full explanation →Kalsubai, the highest peak of Maharashtra, lies in which district?
- A.Satara
- B.Ahmednagar
- C.Raigad
- D.Nashik
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Kalsubai stands in the Sahyadri range in the Ahmednagar district, at about one thousand six hundred and forty six metres, which makes it the highest point in Maharashtra, and a small temple at the summit draws a steady stream of trekkers along the route from Bari village.
Read the full explanation →Lonar Lake, a crater lake formed by a meteorite impact in basalt, is located in which district of Maharashtra?
- A.Buldhana
- B.Chandrapur
- C.Solapur
- D.Jalgaon
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Lonar Lake lies at Lonar in the Buldhana district of the Vidarbha region.
Read the full explanation →The Ajanta Caves are situated on a horseshoe bend of which river?
- A.Waghora
- B.Godavari
- C.Tapi
- D.Bhima
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The Ajanta Caves were cut into a steep scarp above a horseshoe bend of the Waghora river, a small stream in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
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