With reference to the G-7 Summit held m June 2021, which of the following statements is/are correct ? 1). United Kingdom was the Chair of the Summit. 2). Brazil was invited to the Summit as a guest country. Select the correct answer using the codes given below. Codes:

The answer is A (Only 1). Statement 1 is correct: the G7 presidency rotates among members each year, and the United Kingdom held the 2021 presidency. The summit was held at Carbis Bay, Cornwall, from 11 to 13 June 2021.

Statement 2 is wrong. The outreach invitees at Carbis Bay were India, Australia, South Korea and South Africa. Brazil was not invited. Brazil is a BRICS member, and aspirants often carry that association over to the G7 outreach list.

• Core concept: the G7 is an informal forum of seven advanced economies (US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada), with the EU as a non-enumerated member. Guest or outreach countries are invited by the host at its discretion.
• Currency check: the presidency has since moved on. Germany chaired in 2022, Japan in 2023, Italy in 2024 and Canada in 2025.
• Mains link: India's regular invitations to G7 outreach sessions tie into supply chain resilience, critical minerals and vaccine equity, all useful for GS-II and GS-III answers on India's foreign policy.

Trap: treating Brazil or any other emerging economy as a default G7 guest, instead of checking the actual invitee list for that year.