UPSC Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 19 July 2025

Answer: B) 2 and 4 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1  Incorrect: The Gini coefficient decreased from 28.8 (2011–12) to 25.5 (2022–23), indicating a fall in consumption inequality, not a rise.
• Statement 2  Correct: The MMRP method is cited as a global best practice and is used in the 2022–23 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey.
• Statement 3  Incorrect: Critics argue the HCES under-represents (not over-represents) consumption by the richest households, leading to an underestimation of inequality.
• Statement 4  Correct: Despite methodological limitations, WIL data shows the bottom 50% income share rose from 13.9% in 2017 to 15% in 2022, though it is based on pre-tax income.

Correct Answer: B. 2 and 3 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1  Incorrect: INS Nistar is a diving support vessel, not an aircraft carrier. (INS Vikrant is India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier.)
• Statement 2  Correct: It is equipped for deep-sea saturation diving and submarine rescue operations, including the use of DSRV and SPHL.
• Statement 3  Correct: It has been constructed by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Visakhapatnam.
• Statement 4  Incorrect: It is capable of diving operations up to 300 metres, not 3,000 metres.

Correct Answer: B. 2 and 3 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1  Incorrect: The UNSC has not yet designated TRF; its April resolution condemned the attack but did not name TRF.
• Statement 2  Correct: TRF is widely recognised as a proxy of LeT, used to give a local face to terrorism in Kashmir.
• Statement 3  Correct: TRF was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and SDGT by the U.S. on July 18, 2025.
• Statement 4  Incorrect: TRF claimed responsibility for the April 22, 2025, attack, not 2024.

Correct Answer: B. 3 and 4 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1  Incorrect: The in-house procedure is not statutory; it’s based on SC resolutions, not the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
• Statement 2  Incorrect: It cannot recommend removal, only suggests further action to the President/government.
• Statement 3  Correct: Yes, it was developed by the Supreme Court via resolutions in the late 1990s.
• Statement 4  Correct: It can suggest disciplinary steps, transfer, or resignation, but cannot enforce removal.

Correct Answer: A. 2 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1  Incorrect: Nimisha Priya was convicted of murder, not human trafficking.
• Statement 2  Correct: Yemeni law, based on Sharia, permits capital punishment to be waived through blood money if the victim’s family agrees.
• Statement 3  Incorrect: India does not currently have an embassy in Yemen due to the conflict situation.
• Statement 4  Incorrect: The Supreme Court has not issued a direction but asked the Centre to consider any request on its own merits.