Option (d) is correct

Explanation:

• Recently, China launched Shenzhou-16 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including its first civilian, to its Tiangong space station. 
• This is the country’s fifth manned mission to a fully functional space station since 2021.
• The three astronauts will replace the crew of Shenzhou-15.
• The new crew will stay there for the next five months.
• They are expected to make high-level scientific achievements in the study of novel quantum phenomena, high-precision space time-frequency systems, the verification of general relativity, and the origin of life.

Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

• Recently, a new Jupiter-size exoplanet with the highest density known till this date and mass 13 times than that of Jupiter, has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by Prof. Abhijit Chakraborty at the Exoplanet Research Group of the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad.
• Statement 1 is correct: An exoplanet is any planet beyond our solar system. Free-floating exoplanets are called rogue planets.
• Statement 2 is correct: TOI 4603b is one of the most massive and densest giant planets that orbits very close to its host star at a distance less than 1/10th the distance between our Sun and Earth.

Option (b) is correct

Explanation:

• Cambodia is bordered to the west and northwest by Thailand, to the northeast by Laos, to the east and southeast by Vietnam, and to the southwest by the Gulf of Thailand.

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Option (d) is correct

Explanation:

• India will host the 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), for the first time under its chairmanship, in a virtual format in July.
• The eight-member group’s defence and foreign ministers attended in-person meetings in India earlier this year.
• In addition to member-countries such as China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, India has invited Iran, Belarus and Mongolia as Observer States. 
• As per SCO tradition, Turkmenistan has also been invited as the guest of the Chair. 
• Turkmenistan is not a member of the group.
• Heads of the two SCO Bodies — the Secretariat and the SCO RATS — will also be present.

Option (b) is correct

Explanation:

• As per RBI directions, banks that accept green deposits will have to disclose more information on how they invest deposits.
• Statement 1 is correct: A green deposit is a fixed-term deposit for investors looking to invest their surplus cash reserves in environmentally friendly projects.
• This new offering in the market indicates the increased awareness of the importance of ESG (Environmental, social and governance) and sustainable investing.
• Statement 2 is not correct: With the momentum behind green banking products, many lenders like HSBC and HDFC have launched green deposits in India for corporates as well as individuals.

Option (a) is correct

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is not correct: The new Lok Sabha Chamber has been decorated with the peacock theme, with designs drawn from the national bird’s feathers carved on the walls and ceiling, complemented by teal carpets.
• Statement 2 is not correct: The new Rajya Sabha Chamber has been decorated with the lotus as its theme, with red carpets.
• Statement 3 is correct: The old Parliament Building was designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker. This iconic building was inaugurated in 1927 by Lord Irwin, the then Governor-General of India.
• The new Parliament Building is courtesy of noted architect Bimal Hasmukh Patel from Ahmedabad. 
  • He was also the brains behind the Sabarmati Riverfront and the Kashi Vishwanath projects.