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

Q1. Which one of the following Union Ministries was the nodal ministry for hosting the 4th BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting at Kochi under India's 2026 Chairship?

  • A. Ministry of External Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • C. Ministry of Minority Affairs
  • D. Ministry of Rural Development

Q2. Which one of the following is the ministry that coordinates India's overall participation in BRICS, including the Sherpa-level process across its various tracks?

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

Q3. Under the Ministry of Women and Child Development, which one of the following is the sole umbrella mission dedicated exclusively to the safety, protection and empowerment of women through its 'Sambal' and 'Samarthya' sub-schemes?

  • A. Mission Vatsalya
  • B. Mission Shakti
  • C. Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0
  • D. Mission Vandana

Q4. Which one of the following countries was the first to be formally admitted to the original BRIC grouping, thereby transforming it into 'BRICS'?

  • A. Egypt
  • B. South Africa
  • C. Iran
  • D. United Arab Emirates

Q5. The 'BRICS Women Digital Repository of Best Practices' and the 'BRICS Women Digital Capacity Building Guidelines' were launched by India under its BRICS Chairship of which year?

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

Q6. The theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability' was adopted as the overarching theme for BRICS cooperation under the 2026 chairship of which one of the following countries?

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

Q7. With reference to India's gender-development diplomacy and global gender frameworks, which of the following is/are correctly identified?

  1. Women20 (W20) is an official engagement group of the G20.
  2. India hosted the G20 Ministerial Conference on Women's Empowerment at Gandhinagar during its 2023 G20 Presidency.
  3. SDG 5 of the UN 2030 Agenda pertains to Gender Equality.
  4. The BRICS Women's Track functions under the mandate of UN Women.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1, 3 and 4
  • C. 2 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4