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Q1. On which date did D.Y. Patil join the Nationalist Congress Party?
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Answer: A
He joined the NCP on 24 December 2018, after a long career in the Indian National Congress. The other dates are his birth, his death and the start of his Tripura term.
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Q2. The D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai was inaugurated in which year?
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Answer: C
It was inaugurated on 4 March 2008. It hosted the IPL 2008 final and the IPL 2010 final.
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Q3. D.Y. Patil received which honour in 1991?
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Answer: C
He received the Padma Shri in 1991 for his contributions to education and social service.
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Q4. For which period was D.Y. Patil Mayor of Kolhapur?
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Answer: A
His term as Mayor ran from 1957 to 1962. He was later MLA from Panhala in 1967 and 1972.
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Q5. In which order did D.Y. Patil serve as Governor?
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Answer: B
He was Governor of Tripura from 2009 to 2013. He then served as Governor of Bihar until 2014. West Bengal was only an additional charge in July 2014.
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Q6. In which year did D.Y. Patil found the D.Y. Patil Group, starting with the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology?
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Answer: B
He founded the Group in 1983. The first institute was RAIT in Navi Mumbai. 1957 is the year he became Mayor of Kolhapur, and 1991 is the year of his Padma Shri.
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Q7. How many institutions did the D.Y. Patil Group grow to, from the single 1983 engineering college?
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Answer: C
Starting from a single engineering college founded in 1983, the D.Y. Patil Group grew to more than 180 institutions, including universities, medical colleges, engineering institutes, and hospitals.
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Q8. D.Y. Patil served as Governor of two states. In what order, and roughly when?
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Answer: C
He was Governor of Tripura from 27 November 2009 to 21 March 2013, then Governor of Bihar from 22 March 2013 to 26 November 2014, also briefly holding additional charge as Governor of West Bengal.
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Q9. Before his gubernatorial appointments, what political roles did D.Y. Patil hold in Kolhapur?
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Answer: A
He served as Mayor of Kolhapur from 1957 to 1962, then twice as an MLA from the Panhala constituency, in 1967 and 1972, before stepping back from active politics after defeats in the late 1970s.
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Q10. The DY Patil Stadium was once widely described as India’s second-largest cricket ground. Why does that ranking no longer hold today?
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Answer: D
At its 2008 opening, DY Patil Stadium was widely described as India’s second-largest cricket ground. Larger venues built since then, including the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, mean that ranking is now outdated.
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Q11. Was the DY Patil Stadium the continuous home ground of IPL side Mumbai Indians from 2008 to 2010?
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Answer: B
DY Patil Stadium hosted the IPL 2008 final and the 2010 season, including that year’s final, but Mumbai Indians actually played their 2009 home matches at Wankhede Stadium, not continuously at DY Patil.
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Q12. D.Y. Patil passed away on 4 August 2026, at his residence in which city?
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Answer: C
D.Y. Patil died at his residence in Kolhapur, his home district in Maharashtra, at the age of 90. PM Modi condoled his passing the same day.
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Q13. The DY Patil Stadium, inaugurated in 2008 on his university’s Nerul campus, is India’s second-largest cricket ground by capacity, after which ground?
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Answer: B
With a capacity of 55,000, DY Patil Stadium ranks second in India only to Eden Gardens, Kolkata. It was the Mumbai Indians’ home ground from 2008 to 2010.
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Q14. Over his political career, D.Y. Patil served as Governor of which states?
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Answer: C
D.Y. Patil served as Governor of Tripura from 2009, and later Governor of Bihar from 2013 to 2014. He also briefly held additional charge as Governor of West Bengal.
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Q15. In 1983, D.Y. Patil founded his first institute, launching what became the D.Y. Patil Group. What was that first institute?
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Answer: A
The Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, in Navi Mumbai, was D.Y. Patil’s first institute. The D.Y. Patil Group grew from it into more than 150 institutions.
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Q16. D.Y. Patil received which national honour in 1991, for his contributions to education and social service?
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Answer: B
D.Y. Patil received the Padma Shri in 1991. It recognised his work expanding access to professional and higher education.
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Q17. Which is considered the world’s biggest cricket stadium by capacity?
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Answer: C
The MCG, one of the world’s largest sporting venues overall, can hold over 100,000 spectators.
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