UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Ministry of MSME Successfully Hosted First BRICS MSME Forum and Third SME Working Group Meeting in Agra

Q1. In 2026, while individual line ministries host their respective sectoral BRICS working group meetings, which one of the following is the nodal ministry that coordinates India's overall participation in the BRICS grouping through the Sherpa/Sous-Sherpa mechanism?

  • A. Ministry of External Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • C. Ministry of Finance
  • D. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Q2. The First BRICS MSME Forum and Third SME Working Group Meeting held at Agra in June 2026, under India's 2026 BRICS Chairship, were hosted by which Union Ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • B. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • C. Ministry of External Affairs
  • D. Ministry of Finance

Q3. At the Agra event of 19 June 2026 under India's BRICS Chairship, which of the following was convened for the first time ever within the BRICS architecture?

  • A. BRICS MSME Forum
  • B. BRICS SME Working Group Meeting
  • C. BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR)
  • D. BRICS Business Council

Q4. The BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR), under which the SME Working Group operates, was established at which one of the following BRICS Summits?

  • A. 2017 Xiamen Summit
  • B. 2016 Goa Summit
  • C. 2018 Johannesburg Summit
  • D. 2025 Rio de Janeiro Summit

Q5. The revised composite (investment and turnover) criteria for classifying enterprises as Micro, Small or Medium, effective from 1 April 2025, are notified and administered under the MSMED Act, 2006 by which one of the following?

  • A. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • B. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • C. Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
  • D. NITI Aayog

Q6. Under the MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification scheme of the Ministry of MSME, how many certification levels are awarded to enterprises?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q7. As per the revised MSME classification effective 1 April 2025, a unit is classified as a 'Micro Enterprise' only if it satisfies which one of the following definitions?

  • A. Investment in plant & machinery not exceeding ₹1 crore and turnover not exceeding ₹5 crore
  • B. Investment in plant & machinery not exceeding ₹10 crore and turnover not exceeding ₹50 crore
  • C. Investment in plant & machinery not exceeding ₹50 crore and turnover not exceeding ₹250 crore
  • D. Investment in plant & machinery not exceeding ₹5 crore and turnover not exceeding ₹25 crore

Q8. The Taj Mahal and Agra Fort, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Agra, are protected and managed (as the responsible governmental institution) by which one of the following bodies?

  • A. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
  • B. National Monuments Authority
  • C. Archaeological Survey of India
  • D. National Culture Fund

Q9. In which year were the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List?

  • A. 1983
  • B. 1986
  • C. 1972
  • D. 1992

Q10. According to the Economic Survey 2025-26, the MSME sector in India employs approximately how many persons, making it the country's second-largest employer after agriculture?

  • A. Over 11 crore persons
  • B. Over 25 crore persons
  • C. Over 32 crore persons
  • D. Over 45 crore persons

Q11. The Udyam Registration Portal, the official online system for the self-declared registration of MSMEs in India, is operated by which one of the following ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • B. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  • C. Ministry of Finance
  • D. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship