Answer: (B) 
Explanation:
●The Constitution specifies that six months should not elapse between two parliamentary
sessions. 
The framers of the Constitution borrowed it from the Government of India Act of 1935. It
allowed the British Governor General to call a session of the central legislature at his
discretion, requiring that the gap between two sessions should not be more than 12 months.
●Dr B R Ambedkar stated that the purpose of summoning the central assembly was only to
collect taxes, and the once-a-year meeting was for the government to avoid scrutiny by the
legislature. The Constituent Assembly reduced the gap between sessions to six months.

Answer:(D)
Explanation:
The G20 leaders launched the much-awaited Global Biofuel Alliance (GBA), a grouping of
more than 30 countries and international institutions and urged G-20 nations to join the
initiative with a plea to take ethanol blending with petrol globally to 20%.
GBA members
* The GBA members include 19 countries and 12 international organisations. The G20
member countries supporting the alliance include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India,
Italy, South Africa and the US.
 While the four G20 Invitee countries supporting GBA are Bangladesh, Singapore,
Mauritius and the UAE. Similarly, the eight non-G20 countries are Iceland, Kenya,
Guyana, Paraguay, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Finland.
* International organisations include the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, World
Economic Forum, World LPG Organisation, International Energy Agency,
International Energy Forum, International Renewable Energy Agency and World
Biogas Association.
* GBA Members constitute major producers and consumers of biofuels. USA (52 per
cent), Brazil (30 per cent) and India (3 per cent), and contribute about 85 per cent
share in production and about 81 per cent in consumption of ethanol.
* The global ethanol market was valued at $99.06 billion in 2022 and is predicted to
grow at a CAGR of 5.1% by 2032 and surpass $162.12 billion by 2032.

Answer: (D) 
Explanation: 
●XPoSat, the country’s first dedicated polarimetry mission to study the dynamics of
astronomical X-ray sources in extreme conditions, is also ready for launch.
●Aditya L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the sun, will most likely be
launched in the first week of September.
●ISRO has also lined up the launch of INSAT-3DS, an earth-observation satellite.
●NISAR, the India-U.S. built Synthetic Aperture Radar: a low-earth orbit observatory being
developed by NASA and ISRO. It will map the entire globe in 12 days and provide spatially
and temporally consistent data to understand changes in the earth’s ecosystems, ice mass,
vegetation biomass, sea-level rise, and groundwater, and natural disasters.
●Gaganyaan programme is to demonstrate ISRO’s ability to transport humans to a low-earth
orbit on board an Indian launch vehicle, which in this case will be the human-rated Launch
Vehicle Mark-3.

Answer: (B)
Explanation:
* India’s move of including the African Union(AU) as a member of G20 has paid off.
The grouping that represents 55 countries was admitted as new member of G20 on 
September 9 2023 during the Delhi summit.
* Under the Africa Outreach initiative, India has had visits to all African countries at
Ministerial level.
* While India’s structured outreach to Africa began in 2008, China has stolen the
march, as it first held its outreach in 2000, when Jiang Zemin was President. 
* But, with this move of including the African Union in the G20 grouping, India has
pitched itself as a leader of the developing and underdeveloped countries. This is also
in sync with India’s aspiration for permanent membership of the UNSC, for which
Delhi is keen to garner support from Africa that has 55 votes.

Answer: (B)
Explanation:
* The Bhadla Solar Park is a solar power plant located in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan
and has a total installed capacity of 2,245 megawatts, making it the largest solar park
in the world as of 2023.
* Huanghe Hydropower Hainan Solar Park, China is the 2nd largest solar park in the
world. 
* Pavagada Solar Park: 3rd Largest in world, producing 2050 MW of renewable energy.
Pavagada taluk is located in a semi-arid tract and has been declared drought-hit by the
Government of Karnataka 54 times in the past decades.
* Rewa Ultra Mega Solar is an operational ground mounted, grid-connected
photovoltaic solar park in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh.