March 25, 2025 Current Affairs (English)

March 25, 2025, Current Affairs (English)

1. Under which constitutional provisions can Supreme Court and High Court judges be impeached?

A. Articles 311 and 320
B. Article 124(4) and 218
C. Article 32 and 226
D. Articles 14 and 21

Answer: B. Article 124(4) and 218

2. What is the ‘Uncle Judge Syndrome’ in the Indian judiciary?

A. Judges being appointed without formal training
B. Judges promoting their own children into the judiciary
C. Judges hearing cases where their relatives are lawyers, creating a conflict of interest
D. Retired judges influencing active judicial decisions

Answer: C. Judges hearing cases where their relatives are lawyers, creating a conflict of interest

3. Which law provides immunity to judges for actions taken during the discharge of their judicial duties?

A. Judicial Conduct Code Act, 2000
B. Judges (Protection) Act, 1985
C. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
D. Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010

Answer: B. Judges (Protection) Act, 1985

4. Which international document outlines core principles of judicial conduct such as independence, impartiality, and integrity?

A. Paris Peace Agreement
B. Hague Convention
C. Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, 2002
D. UN Charter of Judicial Ethics

Answer: C. Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, 2002

5. What triggered the establishment of the in-house judicial inquiry procedure in India?

A. Impeachment of Justice V Ramaswami
B. Allegations against Bombay HC C.J.A.M. Bhattacharjee
C. Arrest of a judge by the CBI
D. Recommendations by the Law Commission

Answer: B. Allegations against Bombay HC C.J.A.M. Bhattacharjee

6. How many members are there in the inquiry committee formed under the in-house procedure?

A. Two judges of the Supreme Court
B. One judge from each High Court
C. Three members: 2 HC Chief Justices and 1 HC Judge
D. Five members from the collegium

Answer: C. Three members: 2 HC Chief Justices and 1 HC Judge

7. What action can the CJI take if a judge refuses to resign after serious misconduct is proven?

A. Direct the police to arrest the judge
B. Publicly censure the judge
C. Direct the High Court Chief Justice to withdraw judicial work
D. File a case against the judge in the Supreme Court

Answer: C. Direct the High Court Chief Justice to withdraw judicial work

8. What percentage of the Market Development Assistance (MDA) fund was underutilized in 2024-25 according to the report?

A. 14.76%
B. 59.57%
C. 20%
D. 46%

Answer: B. 59.57%

9. What mechanism has the committee proposed to predict shortages and manage strategic fertilizer reserves?

A. Fertilizer Monitoring Unit
B. Fertilizer Crisis Early Warning System (FCEWS)
C. National Fertilizer Task Force
D. Crop Nutrition Assessment Portal

Answer: B. Fertilizer Crisis Early Warning System (FCEWS)

10. What key factor did the IISc study identify as influencing the movement and intensity of monsoon cloud bands?

A. Wind direction only
B. Land temperature
C. Strength of the cloud band
D. Mountain altitude

Answer: C. Strength of the cloud band

11. What is the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation (BSISO) responsible for?

A. Causing tsunamis in the Indian Ocean
B. Driving the northward movement of cloud bands and monsoon wet-dry spells
C. Triggering winter storms in India
D. Regulating sea surface salinity

Answer: B. Driving the northward movement of cloud bands and monsoon wet-dry spells

12. According to the UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2024, how much food was wasted globally in 2022?

A. 783 million tonnes
B. 1.05 billion tonnes
C. 1.3 billion tonnes
D. 0.9 billion tonnes

Answer: B. 1.05 billion tonnes

13. Which initiative by FSSAI aims to promote food donation and reduce wastage in India?

A. Eat Safe India Movement
B. Operation Greens
C. Save Food, Share Food, Share Joy
D. PM Kisan Sampada Yojana

Answer: C. Save Food, Share Food, Share Joy

14. Which country passed a law in 2016 banning supermarkets from throwing away unsold food and requiring donations instead?

A. Italy
B. Denmark
C. Netherlands
D. France

Answer: D. France

15. What does AIKEYME stand for in the context of India-Africa maritime cooperation?

A. Alliance for Indo-Kenya Economic and Maritime Engagement
B. Africa India Key Maritime Engagement
C. African-Indian Knowledge Exchange in Maritime Engineering
D. Association for Indian Knowledge and Education in Maritime Expansion

Answer: B. Africa India Key Maritime Engagement

16. Which Indian Navy ship was deployed as part of the IOS Sagar initiative in 2025?

A. INS Vikrant
B. INS Trikand
C. INS Sunayna
D. INS Talwar

Answer: C. INS Sunayna

17. Which of the following countries is not part of the participating Friendly Foreign Countries (FFC) in IOS Sagar?

A. Kenya
B. Seychelles
C. Bangladesh
D. Madagascar

Answer: C. Bangladesh

18. Where was the AIKEYME maritime exercise co-hosted by India and Tanzania conducted?

A. Zanzibar
B. Port Louis
C. Dar-es-Salaam
D. Nairobi

Answer: C. Dar-es-Salaam

19. Who founded Vikramshila University?

A. King Harshavardhana
B. Kumargupta I
C. King Dharmapala
D. Ramapala

Answer: C. King Dharmapala

20. Who was responsible for the destruction of both Vikramshila and Nalanda Universities?

A. Timur
B. Genghis Khan
C. Bakhtiyar Khilji
D. Mahmud of Ghazni

Answer: C. Bakhtiyar Khilji