Indian Trivia Collection

Taj Television Limited owned Ten Sports, a 24-hour sports channel. The other options are different networks - India TV is a Hindi news channel, ETC is an entertainment channel, and ESPN is a different sports network.

Britannia Industries was the major sponsor of Kaun Banega Crorepati during its early seasons. Milkman's is a dairy brand, Parle is a competitor, and Sunfeast is an ITC product that came later.

The scrambled phrase 'LOCHE LUKCEH' represents 'CHOLE KULCHE' (also spelled Chole Kulche), a popular North Indian street food dish from Punjab. It consists of spicy chickpea curry served with baked bread. The other options are different Indian snacks.

The scrambled phrase 'NIPA RUPI' unscrambles to 'PANI PURI' (option B), one of India's most beloved street foods. These are crispy hollow puris filled with spiced water, potatoes, onions, and chickpeas. The spelling in option B is correct.

The scrambled 'AOALO KTKII' represents 'AALOO TIKKI' (option D), a popular North Indian snack made from mashed potatoes mixed with spices, formed into patties and fried. It's commonly served with chutneys and is a staple of street food vendors.

The scrambled phrase 'HADI BHELAL' unscrambles to 'DAHI BHALLE' (option B), a popular yogurt-based street food. It consists of soft, fried lentil dumplings (bhalle) soaked in seasoned yogurt, topped with chutneys and spices. This dish is especially popular in North India.

The scrambled 'HELB PIUR' represents 'BHEL PURI' (option A), a famous Mumbai street food. It's a mixture of puffed rice, vegetables, chutneys, and spices. This savory snack is iconic to the chaat cuisine of Western India and is named after the 'bhel' (puffed rice) used in it.

The scrambled 'DAVA POA' represents 'VADA PAO' (option C), Mumbai's most iconic street food sandwich. It consists of a deep-fried potato dumpling (vada) served in a bread bun (pao) with chutneys. This vegetarian snack is inexpensive and extremely popular throughout Mumbai and Maharashtra.

The scrambled 'POA JIHAB' unscrambles to 'PAO BHAJI' (option D), a beloved Mumbai street food dish. It's a thick vegetable curry (bhaji) made with mashed vegetables, spices, and butter, served with soft bread rolls (pao) toasted on the same griddle. The dish originated in the 1850s as a quick lunch for textile mill workers.

India's first mobile network was launched in Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1995, making it the first city with mobile services. The service was launched by Modi Telstra (a joint venture between BK Modi Group and Telstra of Australia) on August 23, 1995, shortly followed by Delhi and Mumbai.

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) was the first to launch 3G services in India in January 2011, after winning the 3G spectrum auction. While private operators like Airtel and Reliance followed, BSNL had the first-mover advantage in launching commercial 3G services across multiple circles in India.

Reliance started its mobile services in India using WLL (Wireless in Local Loop) technology in 2002. This was a limited mobile technology that allowed mobility within a given city or area, and Reliance used it to offer affordable mobile services, which revolutionized the Indian telecom sector with their 'Monsoon Hungama' offer.

RIL (Reliance Industries Limited) through its subsidiary Reliance Infotel did acquire pan-India BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) license in the 2010 spectrum auction. This was for launching 4G data services, which eventually became Jio.

MTS (Mobile TeleSystems) was a CDMA-only operator in India, owned by Sistema of Russia. Unlike Reliance and Tata which offered both CDMA and GSM services, MTS focused exclusively on CDMA technology.

Airtel (Bharti Airtel) had operations in Sri Lanka through its subsidiary Airtel Lanka. It launched mobile services there in 2009. The other Indian companies listed (Aircel, Tata, Reliance) did not have operations in Sri Lanka during that period.

DOCOMO (NTT DOCOMO) is Japan's largest telecommunications company. It originated in Japan and is part of the NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) group. The name itself comes from 'docomo' meaning 'everywhere' in Japanese.

Idea Cellular (now merged with Vodafone) was owned by the Aditya Birla Group, specifically by Kumar Mangalam Birla. The Aditya Birla Group is a major Indian conglomerate with interests in various sectors.

Sachin Tendulkar was indeed a brand ambassador for Airtel during the late 2000s and early 2010s. This was a high-profile endorsement campaign featuring one of India's most iconic cricketers promoting the telecom brand.

Aircel was owned by Maxis Communications, which is a Malaysian company, not an Indian group. This makes the statement 'Aircel is owned by an Indian group' false. There was some controversy involving the 2G spectrum scam related to Aircel's ownership.