Derek O’ Brien Quiz for the Week of May 1

1. On May 1, 1960, the Bombay State was divided into Maharashtra and…

a) Gujarat b) Karnataka c) Madhya Pradesh

2. Who was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Rabindranath Tagore

3. Who won the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2026?

a) Divya Deshmukh b) R. Vaishali c) Tania Sachdev

4. Khasi and Garo joined English as the official languages of...

a) Meghalaya b) Bihar c) Assam

5. Which of these is the base unit of temperature in the International System of Units?

a) Pascal b) Kelvin c) Newton

6. Which of these places was once known as Dutch East Indies?

a) Japan b) Vietnam c) Indonesia

7. Which Indian actor appears on the list of Time’s 100 most influential people of 2026?

a) Ranbir Kapoor b) Akshaye Khanna c) Varun Dhawan

8. A xenophile is a person attracted to…

a) Foreign things b) Dogs c) Spicy Food

9. Who has been crowned Miss India World 2026?

a) Nandini Gupta b) Sadhvi Satish Sail c) Shreya Poonja

10. Tahini is a smooth paste of…

a) Mustard seeds b) Sesame seeds c) Mint leaves

Quiz Answers:

1. Gujarat

2. Rabindranath Tagore

3. R. Vaishali

4. Meghalaya

5. Kelvin

6. Indonesia

7. Ranbir Kapoor

8. Foreign things

9. Sadhvi Satish Sail

10. Sesame seeds