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Daily Current Affairs 2012 Quiz : September 12, 20122012-09-13 10:09:39 GKToday

1. Which among the following is the main purpose to set up Post Bank of India (PBI)by the Department of Posts (DoP)? [A]To provide banking services with specialfocus on urban areas [B]To provide banking services in rural areas only [C]Toprovide banking services in urban areas only [D]To provide banking services withspecial focus on rural areas

To provide banking services with special focus on rural areas

Show Answer 2. Recently Infosys acquired a foreign firm Lodestone Holding,

which is based in _________? [A]Germany [B]France [C]Poland [D]Switzerland

Switzerland

Show Answer 3. Who among the following is the author of the upcoming

'Joseph Anton' book? [A]David Davidar [B]Salman Rushdie [C]Khushwant Singh[D]Amitav Ghosh

Salman Rushdie

Show Answer 4. Which among the following bank has recently announced to

launch non-cash transactions through social networking site - Facebook? [A]SBI[B]ICICI [C]Axis bank [D]HSBC

ICICI

Show Answer 5. Which among the following pair is the winner of the US Open

Tennis 2012 Women's double event? [A]Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci [B]RobertaVinci and Lucie Hradecka [C]Andrea Hlavackova and Sara Errani [D]Lucie Hradeckaand Andrea Hlavackova

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci

Show Answer 6. Recently the 6th International Hybrid Rice Symposium was

held in ______________. [A]New Delhi [B]Ahmedabad [C]Hyderabad [D]Kochi

Hyderabad

Show Answer 7. Kaushik Basu is recently appointed as Chief Economist of

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__________? [A]World Bank [B]International Monetary Fund (IMF) [C]AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB) [D]Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

World Bank

Show Answer 8. Which among the following country has topped the London

Paralympics medal table? [A]China [B]Russia [C]USA [D]Great Britain

China

Show Answer 9. Which among the following university has toped the list of

world university rankings for 2011-2012 by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) company?[A]Cambridge University [B]Oxford University [C]Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology [D]Harvard University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Show Answer 10. Jeet Thayil, Who is recently in news is a ____________?

[A]Cartoonist [B]Writer [C]Economist [D]Journalist

Writer Indian writer Jeet Thayils first novel Narcopolis, described as a compellingtale of Mumbais hazy world of opium addiction, has made it to the six-authorshortlist for the Man Booker Prize 2012.

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