UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — India Hosts the 11th BRICS Energy Ministers' Meeting in Gurugram under BRICS Chairship 2026

Q1. At the 11th BRICS Energy Ministers' Meeting (Gurugram, 2026), which one of the following was launched as the flagship new institutional platform under India's BRICS Chairship?

  • A. BRICS Digital Centre of Excellence for Smart Grids and Energy Storage
  • B. BRICS Energy Research Cooperation Platform
  • C. BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies
  • D. BRICS Customs Centres of Excellence

Q2. Indonesia formally joined BRICS as a full member in January 2025 under the BRICS chairship (presidency) of which one of the following countries?

  • A. Brazil
  • B. Russia
  • C. South Africa
  • D. India

Q3. The agreement establishing the New Development Bank of the BRICS grouping was signed at which one of the following BRICS Summits?

  • A. 6th BRICS Summit, Fortaleza (2014)
  • B. 5th BRICS Summit, Durban (2013)
  • C. 7th BRICS Summit, Ufa (2015)
  • D. 4th BRICS Summit, New Delhi (2012)

Q4. Under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, which one of the following components has been allocated the single largest share of the total Mission outlay?

  • A. Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) programme
  • B. Pilot projects
  • C. Research and Development
  • D. Other Mission components

Q5. The specific formulation 'common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in the light of different national circumstances' — repeatedly invoked by India and BRICS in energy-transition diplomacy — is textually enshrined in which one of the following instruments?

  • A. The Paris Agreement, 2015
  • B. The Kyoto Protocol, 1997
  • C. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992
  • D. The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1992

Q6. Which one of the following is regarded as the first international instrument to explicitly enunciate the principle of 'common but differentiated responsibilities' that today underpins developing-country claims to a just energy transition?

  • A. The Kyoto Protocol, 1997
  • B. The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1992 (Principle 7)
  • C. The Paris Agreement, 2015
  • D. The Stockholm Declaration, 1972

Q7. With reference to the 11th BRICS Energy Ministers' Meeting hosted by India at Gurugram, Haryana in June 2026, consider the following countries. Which of the above is/are correctly identified as full member countries of BRICS that took part in the meeting?

  1. Ethiopia
  2. Indonesia
  3. Argentina
  4. Saudi Arabia
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 3 and 4 only

Q8. Within the Energy Track of India's BRICS Chairship 2026, under which the Gurugram Energy Ministers' Meeting was held, India adopted the Sanskrit sub-theme 'सर्वेषां ऊर्जम्'. Which one of the following correctly conveys its intended meaning?

  • A. Energy for All
  • B. Energy for Prosperity
  • C. Clean Energy Forever
  • D. Power to the Nation
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