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MUMBAI GK MCQ PART -2
By : Sanket Ghorband
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1) What is the area of Mumbai city district? 11) According to the 2011 census, what is the
Answer: 157 sq. km. population of our Mumbai suburban district?
Answer: 93,56,962
2) What is the area of Mumbai suburb district?
Answer: 446 sq. km. 12) Who is called the architect of modern Mumbai?
Answer: Gerald Angier
3) What is the combined area of Mumbai city and
Mumbai suburb districts? 13) Who was the British administrator who started
Answer: 603 sq. km. filling the creeks and gullies of Mumbai?
Answer: Gerald Angier
4) In which direction does our Mumbai city district
fall according to the map of Maharashtra state? 14) What are the characteristics of the area stretching
Answer: West from Malabar Hill to Worli?
Answer: The highest area on Mumbai Island
5) In which direction is Mumbai suburb district
located in Mumbai city district? 15) Where was the Back Bay, a shallow sea area?
Answer: North Answer: Between Malabar Hill and Nariman Points
6) What was the name of the district before Mumbai 16) Which river originates from Tulsi Lake in Sanjay
city and Mumbai suburb districts? Gandhi National Park, Borivali?
Answer: Brihanmumbai Answer: Dahisar
7) In which year was Brihanmumbai divided and 17) From which island does Mithi River originate?
two separate districts came into existence? Answer: Sal Shetty
Answer: 1990
18) Which river originates from Aarey Milk Colony?
8) Mumbai city district is made up of how many Answer: Oshiwara
islands?
19) Which two lakes are there in Sanjay Gandhi
Answer: Seven islands
Udayana?
9) What is the characteristic of our Mumbai city Answer: Tulsi and Vihar
district in terms of area of the
state?
20) Which lake is located within the limits of Mumbai
Answer: The smallest district in the state in terms
city?
of area
Answer: Powai
10) What is the characteristic of our Mumbai
21) Which mills are there in the most number in the
Suburban district in terms of population density?
Lalbagh, Parel and Worli areas of Mumbai?
Answer: The most densely populated district in the
Answer: Textile mills
state
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22) Which area has the most flour mills? 35) What percentage of the geographical area of
Answer: Sewri and Wadala the state is covered by our Mumbai Suburban
District?
23) In which year did the railways in India start?
Answer: 0.14 percent
Answer: In 1853
36) How many and which talukas have formed our
24) Where did the railways in India start?
Mumbai Suburban District?
Answer: From Mumbai to Thane
Answer: Three talukas of Andheri, Borivali and
25) How far does the Western Railway run from ? Kurla together
Answer: From Churchgate to Dahisar in Mumbai
37) Which hills are in the northern part of our
suburbs
Mumbai Suburban District?
26) Name any three docks in Mumbai? Answer: Turbhe
Answer: Mazgaon Dock, Victoria Dock and Princess
38) What are the major creeks in our Mumbai
Dock
Suburban District?
27) Where were many ships used by the Indian Navy Answer: Mahim,Malad,Manori
built in Mumbai?
39) Why has the climate of our Mumbai Suburban
Answer: At Mazgaon Dock
District become hot and humid?
28) Where does domestic air traffic mainly operate in Answer: Due to proximity to the sea
Mumbai?
40) In which month is the lowest temperature in our
Answer: Santacruz
Mumbai Suburban district?
29) Which airport in Mumbai is famous for Answer: February
international air traffic?
41) What is the annual average rainfall in our
Answer: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai Suburban district?
30) What is the name given to the airport in Sahara? Answer: 250 cm.
Answer: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
42) Which is the major River of our Mumbai
31) In the southern part of which island is Mumbai Suburban district?
Suburban District located? Answer: Mithi
Answer: Sashti
43) What was the previous identity of Sanjay Gandhi
32) In which direction does our Mumbai Suburban National Park?
District fall according to the map of Mumbai Answer: Krishnagiri Upavan
State?
44) In which two areas are there factories
Answer: In the western direction
manufacturing heavy machinery in our district?
33) In which district does the northern part of Sashti Answer: Andheri and Ghatkopar
Island fall?
45) Where is the film production center Chitranagari
Answer: In Thane District
located in your district?
34) How many km is the maximum east-west Answer: Goregaon
extension of our Mumbai Suburban District?
Answer: 30 km.
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46) What is the name of the Western Express 58) What is the name of the entrance to the rampart
Highway? near Hutatma Chowk?
Answer: Ali Yavar Jung Answer: Church Gate
47) Which structure has been built to commemorate 59) Who is called Queen's Necklace?
the visit of George V and Queen Mary to India? Answer: Marine Drive
Answer: Gateway of India
60) Which full-length statue of the Iron Man is
48) Who is known as the Gharapuri Caves? in the viewing area of the Mumbai Municipal
Answer: Elephanta Caves Corporation headquarters?
Answer: Sir Feroz Shah Mehta
49) How many pillars are there in the main cave of
Elephanta Caves? 61) Where was Mahatma Gandhi's residence when
Answer: 26 pillars he was in Mumbai?
Answer: Mani Bhavan
50) From which word is the origin of the word
Gharapuri derived? 62) What was the former name of Chhatrapati
Answer: Agraharpuri Shivaji Terminus?
Answer: Victoria Terminus
51) Which form of Lord Shiva, both male and female,
can be seen here? 63) Which famous Muslim saint has a grand dargah
Answer: Ardhanarishwar in the ocean?
Answer: Haji Ali
52) To which lord are the caves of Gharapuri mainly
dedicated? 64) What is the name of the project at the Nehru
Answer: To Lord Shiva Center in Nakshatrangan?
Answer: Discovery of India
53) How many images of Lord Shiva in different
forms are there in Gharapuri Caves? 65) Which institution was founded by Sir Jamshedji
Answer: Nine Jijibhoy in 1857?
Answer: J.J. School of Arts
54) In whose memory was the Afghan Church built?
Answer: In the memory of the soldiers who died 66) Which is the richest temple in Mumbai?
during the Afghan war Answer: Siddhivinayak Temple
55) Who built the beautiful Jahagir Art? 67) Which fort did the Portuguese build on the west
Answer: Sir Kawasji Jahagir coast for security?
Answer: Vasai Fort
56) In whose name did Late Premchand Raichand
donate funds for the construction of Mumbai 68) What do Marathi speaking people refer to as
University building? Mount Mary?
Answer: In the name of his mother Rajabai Answer: Mathamauli
57) What is the other name of Hutatma Chowk? 69) What is the name of the place where government
Answer: Flora Fountain projects like Aarey Milk Colony and Film City
are implemented?
Answer: Sanjay Gandhi National Park
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74) Which city is called the Paris of India?
70) Which three Jain great men are there in the
Answer: Mumbai
Three Statues Temple?
Answer: Adinath, Bharat and Bahubali 75) What is Trombay famous for?
Answer: For thermal electricity
71) Where did the Mumbai airport service start
from? 76) Where is the Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital
Answer: Juhu Chowpatty (Juhu Airport) located?
Answer: Parel (Mumbai)
72) What is the Juhu Airport used for, even though it
does not carry passengers? 77) Where is the famous Siddhivinayak temple
Answer: For the Flying Club located in Mumbai?
Answer: Prabhadevi
73) Who is called the Lion of Mumbai?
Answer: Feroz Shah Mehta
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