UPSC Quiz – 2025 : IASbaba’s Daily Current Affairs Quiz 15th July 2025

Solution (c)

Explanation:

• Kaziranga National Park is located in the State of Assam and covers 42,996 Hectare (ha). It is the single largest undisturbed and representative area in the Brahmaputra Valley floodplain. It was declared as a National Park in 1974. It has been declared a tiger reserve since 2007. Hence, statement 1 is correct.

It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. It is the home of the world’s most one-horned rhinos. Much of the focus of conservation efforts in Kaziranga are focused on the ‘big four’ species— Rhino, Elephant, Royal Bengal tiger and Asiatic water buffalo. Hence, statements 2 and 3 are correct.

Solution (b)

Explanation:

• Nipah Virus is zoonotic in nature. It can be transmitted from animals to humans and can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people. It can be diagnosed through real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) from bodily fluids and antibody detection via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Hence, statements 1 and 3 are correct.

Nipah virus initially appeared in domestic pigs, dogs, cats, goats, horses, and sheep. Its symptoms include fever, headache, drowsiness, disorientation, mental confusion, coma, and potentially death. And, no vaccines are presently available for humans or animals. Hence, statement 2 is not correct.

Solution (d)

Explanation:

• • Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India guarantees the right to freedom of speech and expression to all citizens. This right is available only to a citizen of India and not to foreign nationals. This right is, however, not absolute and it allows Government to frame laws to impose reasonable restrictions. Article 19(2) provides for reasonable restrictions on various grounds like:
    • sovereignty and integrity of India
    • security of the State
    • friendly relations with foreign State
    • public order, decency or morality

• in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence. Hence, option d is the correct answer.

Solution (b)

Explanation:

The Second Judges Case (1993) introduced the Collegium system, holding that “consultation” really meant “concurrence”. It added that it was not the CJI’s individual opinion, but an institutional opinion formed in consultation with the two senior-most judges in the Supreme Court. Hence, option b is the correct answer.

Solution (a)

Explanation:

• MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) is one of the largest work guarantee programmes in the world launched in 2005 by the Ministry of Rural development. The primary objective of the scheme is to guarantee 100 days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work. Hence, statement 1 is INCORRECT.

• At least one-third of beneficiaries have to be women. Wages must be paid according to the statutory minimum wages specified for agricultural labourers in the state under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. Hence, statement 2 is correct.