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Raghu Pillai served as President and CEO of Operations at Reliance Retail. This question tests knowledge of corporate leadership positions in major Indian companies.

Bombay was officially renamed Mumbai in 1995, when the Shiv Sena-led government changed the name to reflect the local Marathi pronunciation. The change was part of a broader movement to reclaim indigenous city names.

India's film industry (Bollywood and regional cinema combined) is the largest in the world by number of films produced annually, surpassing Hollywood and other film industries. While pharmaceutical is also strong, film production volume is highest.

Mumbai is located on the western coast of India, overlooking the Arabian Sea. The Bay of Bengal is on the eastern coast, while the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean are not directly adjacent to Mumbai.

The Gateway of India was built in 1911 to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to India. It was completed in 1924 and later became a symbol of Indian independence as the last British troops left through it.

Mumbai (then Bombay) was originally an archipelago of seven islands: Bombay Island, Colaba, Old Woman's Island (Little Colaba), Mazgaon, Parel, Worli, and Mahim. These were later joined through reclamation and landfills to form the modern city.

The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in Mumbai in the 16th century. They acquired the islands from the Sultanate of Gujarat in 1534 and established a trading post. The British later acquired Mumbai from the Portuguese in 1661 as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry.

"Hasta la Vista, baby" is one of the most iconic lines from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), spoken by the T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to the T-1000 before destroying him. The phrase became a cultural phenomenon and represents the film's mix of action and humor.

This profound quote is from The Shawshank Redemption (1994), based on Stephen King's novella. It's spoken by Red (Morgan Freeman) in his narration, reflecting Andy Dufresne's philosophy that hope sustains the human spirit even in the darkest places like prison.

This is a classic handshake problem using combinations. With 10 people, each person shakes hands with 9 others, but this counts each handshake twice. So the formula is 10×9÷2 = 45 handshakes. This is equivalent to finding C(10,2) = 10!/(2!×8!) = 45.