UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Under India's BRICS Chairship, Transport Ministers Adopt Ministerial Declaration at the 3rd BRICS Transport Ministers' Meeting in Nagpur, Maharashtra
Q1. The Ministerial Declaration adopted at the 3rd BRICS Transport Ministers' Meeting in Nagpur set out how many flagship priority areas of transport cooperation?
- A. Four
- B. Five
- C. Six
- D. Eight
Q2. Consider the following statements regarding the thematic framing of India's BRICS Chairship 2026 as compared with its individual sectoral tracks:
1. The overarching Chairship theme is 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability', whose initials mirror the acronym BRICS.
2. Distinct from the overarching Chairship theme, the Energy Track under India's 2026 Chairship adopted its own sub-theme, 'Sarveshaam Urjam' (Energy for All).
3. Sectoral working groups under the 2026 Chairship are barred from adopting sub-themes of their own, and must operate solely under the overarching theme.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The overarching Chairship theme is 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability', whose initials mirror the acronym BRICS.
- Distinct from the overarching Chairship theme, the Energy Track under India's 2026 Chairship adopted its own sub-theme, 'Sarveshaam Urjam' (Energy for All).
- Sectoral working groups under the 2026 Chairship are barred from adopting sub-themes of their own, and must operate solely under the overarching theme.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q3. In the BRICS Transport Working Group process culminating at Nagpur in July 2026, the Indian side at the Senior Officials' level was led by the administrative head of which one of the following?
- A. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
- B. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
- C. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
- D. Ministry of Civil Aviation
Q4. Consider the following statements about the process leading to the 3rd BRICS Transport Ministers' Meeting:
1. The 3rd BRICS Transport Working Group Senior Officials' Meeting was held at Nagpur on 9-10 July 2026.
2. The Transport Working Group track was constituted for the first time under India's 2026 Chairship, the Nagpur round being its inaugural meeting.
3. The Ministers' Meeting was convened at Nagpur on 11 July 2026, immediately after the Senior Officials' Meeting.
4. The in-person Nagpur round was preceded by five virtual preparatory meetings among the member countries.
Which of the above is/are NOT correct?
- The 3rd BRICS Transport Working Group Senior Officials' Meeting was held at Nagpur on 9-10 July 2026.
- The Transport Working Group track was constituted for the first time under India's 2026 Chairship, the Nagpur round being its inaugural meeting.
- The Ministers' Meeting was convened at Nagpur on 11 July 2026, immediately after the Senior Officials' Meeting.
- The in-person Nagpur round was preceded by five virtual preparatory meetings among the member countries.
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 only
- C. 2 and 4
- D. 1, 3 and 4
Q5. Which one of the following was the first country to be admitted to the original BRIC grouping, thereby converting the acronym BRIC into BRICS?
- A. South Africa
- B. Egypt
- C. Iran
- D. Indonesia
Q6. Which one of the following is the nodal Union Ministry that coordinates India's overall engagement with BRICS, including the Sherpa track and BRICS joint statements?
- A. Ministry of External Affairs
- B. Ministry of Finance
- C. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- D. NITI Aayog
Q7. In the context of initiatives of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, which one of the following best describes a 'Multi-Modal Logistics Park' (MMLP)?
- A. A freight-handling facility offering mechanised warehousing, an inter-modal freight transfer terminal and value-added services, designed to enable seamless movement of cargo across road, rail and other modes
- B. A cluster of electronic toll plazas on national highways that consolidates FASTag revenue collection for a defined highway corridor
- C. A designated highway-side rest area providing parking bays, fuel and repair services exclusively for long-haul truck drivers
- D. A bonded customs warehouse located within a major port that handles only export-import containerised cargo
Q8. Registration of motor vehicles, licensing of drivers and conductors, control of vehicles through permits, and the associated offences and penalties are administered by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways under which one of the following enactments?
- A. The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
- B. The National Highways Act, 1956
- C. The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002
- D. The Carriage by Road Act, 2007
Q9. Under India's BRICS Chairship 2026, the First BRICS MSME Forum, held together with the Third SME Working Group Meeting at Agra, was convened under the authority of which one of the following Union Ministries?
- A. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- B. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- C. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- D. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Q10. With reference to Nagpur, consider the following:
1. It lies along the Nag River in north-eastern Maharashtra, almost at the geographic centre of the country.
2. It is the eastern terminus of the Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, which links it to Mumbai.
3. It is popularly known as the 'Orange City'.
4. It is the administrative headquarters of the Konkan Division of Maharashtra.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- It lies along the Nag River in north-eastern Maharashtra, almost at the geographic centre of the country.
- It is the eastern terminus of the Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, which links it to Mumbai.
- It is popularly known as the 'Orange City'.
- It is the administrative headquarters of the Konkan Division of Maharashtra.
- A. 1 and 3 only
- B. 2 and 4 only
- C. 1, 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4