Daily General Knowledge Quiz 290

Name the only Indian private airline to launch its flights to Guangzhou, China. The flights were launched in the first week of February 2013.
(a) SpiceJet
(b) Jet Airways
(c) Kingfisher
(d) None of these

Answer: (a) SpiceJet

Which electronics company sold the audio and video business to Funai Electric of Japan in the deal which exited it from consumer electronics completely in India?
(a) Bajaj Electronics
(b) Philips Electronics
(c) Sony Electronics
(d) Samsung Electronics

Answer: (b) Philips Electronics

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) on 13 Feb 2013 signed a global partnership deal of 8-million US dollars with which NGO?
(a) Smile Foundation
(b) Save the Girl Child
(c) Plan India Children
(d) Save the Children

Answer: (d) Save the Children

Twitter on 11 February 2013 launched its first pay-by-tweet service in whose partnership?
(a) American Express
(b) Microsoft Office
(c) Facebook
(d) Google

Answer: (a) American Express

Which third national stock exchange made its debut in India on 11 February 2013?
(a) SX40
(b) MCX-SX
(c) BSE
(d) NSE

Answer: (b) MCX-SX

Which company in February 2013 became the first Indian FMCG brand that crossed 5000 crore Rupees mark in terms of retail sales in one year?
(a) Britannia's Tiger
(b) ITC's Sunfeast
(c) Parle-G
(d) None of these

Answer: (c) Parle-G

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) acquired stake of Navistar International Corporation in how many joint ventures?
(a) One joint venture
(b) Two joint ventures
(c) Three joint ventures
(d) Four joint ventures

Answer: (b) two joint ventures

Name the Mars rover of NASA.
(a) Era
(b) Curiosity
(c) Discovery
(d) Challenger

Answer: (b) Curiosity

Where was the first bionic man of the world called Rex unveiled on 7 February 2013?
(a) London's Science Museum
(b) American Science Museum
(c) Paris Science Museum
(d) Europe Science Museum

Answer: (a) London's Science Museum

Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) NASA on 9 February 2013 announced that its Mars rover Curiosity drilled into the surface of the planet for first time.
(b) The drilling into Martian surface took place for the first time on 8 February 2013.
(c) As an outcome of the drilling, the pictures were sent by Challenger which depicted a hole of around 0.63 inches wide and 2.5 inches deep in the finegrained sedimentary bedrock.
(d) The first drill target of Curiosity was a Martian rock which was laced with the veins which appeared like water-deposited minerals.

Answer: (c) As an outcome of the drilling, the pictures were sent by Challenger which depicted a hole of around 0.63 inches wide and 2.5 inches deep in the fine-grained sedimentary bedrock.