General Awareness Questions

India's nominee to International Court of Justice (ICJ) Dalveer Bhandari (70) was re-elected to fifth and the last seat of World court. Bhandari received 183-193 votes in United Nations General Assembly and secured all 15 votes in UN Security Council (UNSC). He was elected after Britain withdrew its candidate from the election. This is the first time since the ICJ was established in 1945 that there will be no British judge in ICJ. Bhandari is fourth Indian judge to be elected to ICJ after B.N. Rau, Nagendra Singh and RS Pathak.

Top five most popular games world wide are :

Game name              -      Estimated  fans     -    Popular Regions

1. Soccer / Football      -      3.5 Billion    -     Europe, Africa, Asia, America

2. Cricket                    -      2.5 Billion     -    Asia, Australia, UK

3. Basketball               -      2.2 Billion     -    US, Canada, China and Philippines

4. Field Hockey           -       2 Billion       -     Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia

5. Tennis                    -       1 Billion       -     Europe, Americas, and Asia.

The Telangana government started the distribution of kits for new borns and mothers across the State with Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao gave them at the Government Maternity Hospital. Six women, who gave birth to children recently, received them.

Paytm Payments Bank is the India's largest digital bank providing zero balance accounts and zero charges on digital transactions.

The AIADMK IT Wing has launched the first-of-its-kind women safety application in Tamil Nadu. The app is called 'Ammavin Aran' meaning 'mother's fortress'.

The act of formally approving something is known as Ratification.

India ranks 131 in the 2016 Human Development Index (HDI) among the 188 countries. It scored 0.624 and was placed in medium human development category.

The index was unveiled recently as part of the Human Development Report (HDR) 2016 titled Human Development for Everyone published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).