UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Panel probing Nepal’s Gen Z protests gives report to Karki

Q1. The judicial inquiry commission that probed Nepal's September 2025 Gen Z protests and submitted its report in March 2026 was chaired by whom?

  • A. Gauri Bahadur Karki, a former judge
  • B. Sushila Karki, the interim Prime Minister
  • C. Dan Bahadur Karki, chief of Nepal Police
  • D. Bishweshwar Bhandari, a legal practitioner

Q2. In the context of the Gen Z protests report, Sushila Karki — to whom the commission submitted its findings — is most accurately described as which of the following?

  • A. A retired Chief Justice of Nepal's Supreme Court serving as head of the interim government
  • B. The serving Inspector General of the Nepal Police
  • C. The chairperson of the three-member judicial inquiry commission
  • D. Nepal's elected President at the time of the report

Q3. With reference to the three-member judicial commission that investigated Nepal's Gen Z protests, consider the following persons: 1. Gauri Bahadur Karki 2. Bigyan Raj Sharma 3. Bishweshwar Bhandari 4. Ramesh Lekhak Which of the above is/are correctly identified as members of the commission?

  1. Gauri Bahadur Karki
  2. Bigyan Raj Sharma
  3. Bishweshwar Bhandari
  4. Ramesh Lekhak
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • C. 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q4. The Karki commission recommended criminal investigation against several officials over the September 2025 crackdown. Consider the following persons: 1. KP Sharma Oli 2. Ramesh Lekhak 3. Chandra Kuber Khapung 4. Sushila Karki Which of the above is/are NOT correctly identified as a person against whom criminal investigation was recommended?

  1. KP Sharma Oli
  2. Ramesh Lekhak
  3. Chandra Kuber Khapung
  4. Sushila Karki
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 4 only
  • C. 2 and 4 only
  • D. 3 only

Q5. The judicial inquiry commission that probed Nepal's Gen Z protests was constituted exclusively through a decision of which body?

  • A. The Council of Ministers (Cabinet) of Nepal
  • B. The Supreme Court of Nepal
  • C. The National Human Rights Commission of Nepal
  • D. The Federal Parliament of Nepal