UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting Begins in Kochi

Q1. The Joint Statement of the 4th BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting (Kochi, July 2026) was adopted under the BRICS Chairship of which country?

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

Q2. Under India's BRICS Chairship 2026, which of the following was the FIRST event in the sequence of the BRICS Women's track?

  • A. First Preparatory Meeting (30 April 2026, virtual)
  • B. BRICS Women Working Group Meeting, Kochi
  • C. 4th BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting, Kochi
  • D. Third Preparatory Meeting (29 June 2026)

Q3. Indonesia formally joined BRICS as a full member — becoming the first Southeast Asian country to do so — in which year?

  • A. 2023
  • B. 2024
  • C. 2025
  • D. 2026

Q4. When the first BRIC Summit was held in Yekaterinburg in 2009, how many founding member countries did the grouping have?

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

Q5. Which Union Ministry serves as the nodal ministry coordinating India's overall BRICS Chairship 2026 and the 18th BRICS Summit?

  • A. Ministry of External Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • C. Ministry of Finance
  • D. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Q6. In the context of BRICS summit diplomacy, the term 'Sherpa' most precisely refers to which one of the following?

  • A. The senior official who coordinates a member country's negotiating positions and prepares the agenda for the Leaders' Summit
  • B. The Head of State or Government who leads a country's delegation at the annual Summit
  • C. The country holding the rotating annual chairship responsible for hosting the Summit
  • D. The permanent secretariat that administers the New Development Bank

Q7. Which one of the following is the umbrella (flagship) scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development under which One Stop Centre, Women Helpline and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao operate as components?

  • A. Mission Shakti
  • B. Mission Poshan 2.0
  • C. Ujjwala
  • D. Nari Adalat

Q8. The umbrella scheme 'Mission Shakti' of the Ministry of Women and Child Development is organised into how many sub-schemes?

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

Q9. The idea of 'women-led development' was, for the first time, mainstreamed into a G20 Leaders' Declaration under the Presidency of which country?

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

Q10. Which one of the following is the largest city of Kerala and served as the venue of the 4th BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting (2026)?

  • A. Kochi
  • B. Thiruvananthapuram
  • C. Kozhikode
  • D. Kollam