UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — BRICS Youth Ministers’ Meeting 2026 Concludes in Visakhapatnam; Joint Statement Adopted

Q1. The BRICS Youth Ministers' Meeting held at Visakhapatnam on 22 August 2026 was convened under a Chairship whose overarching theme was which one of the following?

  • A. Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security
  • B. Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance
  • C. Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability
  • D. Sarveshaam Oorjam — Energy for All, Access and Affordability

Q2. The BRICS youth-track engagements hosted by India in 2026, culminating in the Visakhapatnam ministerial, were organised on the Indian side by which one of the following?

  • A. Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
  • B. Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
  • C. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, an autonomous youth body under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
  • D. Multilateral Economic Relations Division, Ministry of External Affairs

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding the ministerial meetings hosted by India under its BRICS Chairship 2026: 1. The 11th BRICS Energy Ministers' Meeting was hosted at Gurugram, whereas the 16th BRICS Agriculture Ministers' Meeting was hosted at Indore. 2. All sectoral BRICS ministerial meetings of 2026 were held exclusively in the National Capital Region, the Youth Ministers' Meeting being the only one held outside it. 3. Jaipur hosted both the 16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting and the Tenth BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting during the 2026 Chairship. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The 11th BRICS Energy Ministers' Meeting was hosted at Gurugram, whereas the 16th BRICS Agriculture Ministers' Meeting was hosted at Indore.
  2. All sectoral BRICS ministerial meetings of 2026 were held exclusively in the National Capital Region, the Youth Ministers' Meeting being the only one held outside it.
  3. Jaipur hosted both the 16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting and the Tenth BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting during the 2026 Chairship.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q4. Which one of the following pairs a 2026 BRICS ministerial meeting held in India with the Union Ministry that steered it correctly?

  • A. BRICS Youth Ministers' Meeting, Visakhapatnam — Ministry of Education, Government of India
  • B. 16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting, Jaipur — Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
  • C. BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, New Delhi — Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
  • D. 16th BRICS Agriculture Ministers' Meeting, Indore — Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India

Q5. Which one of the following best describes the institutional machinery through which BRICS admits new full members and runs its work between annual Summits?

  • A. Admission is decided by consensus of the Leaders at the annual Summit, and inter-Summit work is coordinated by the annually rotating Chair through the Sherpas
  • B. Admission is decided by a two-thirds majority of the Foreign Ministers' Meeting, and inter-Summit work is run by a permanent Secretariat located at Shanghai
  • C. Admission is decided by the Board of Governors of the New Development Bank, and inter-Summit work is run by the Bank's headquarters in Johannesburg
  • D. Admission is decided by a simple majority of the Sherpas, and inter-Summit work is coordinated by a Secretary-General elected for a five-year term

Q6. Which one of the following correctly describes how the grouping BRIC came to be reconstituted as BRICS?

  • A. The decision was taken at the first BRIC Summit held at Yekaterinburg in 2009, and the new member attended that same Summit
  • B. The decision was taken at a BRIC Summit held at Brasilia in 2010, and the new member attended its first Summit later that year
  • C. The decision was taken at a BRIC Foreign Ministers' meeting held at New York in 2010, and the new member joined the grouping in 2011
  • D. The decision was taken at a BRIC Summit held at Sanya in 2011, and the new member joined the grouping in 2012

Q7. The label 'BRIC', later adopted by the grouping itself, was originally coined to denote which one of the following?

  • A. A category of economies classified by the International Monetary Fund as systemically important emerging markets requiring enhanced surveillance
  • B. A set of large emerging economies which, in an investment bank's research analysis, could dominate the global economy by 2050 if their growth was sustained
  • C. A negotiating coalition of developing countries formed within the World Trade Organization to press for agricultural market access
  • D. A group of capital-importing developing countries identified by the World Bank as priority destinations for concessional development finance

Q8. Consider the following statements regarding the outcome documents of BRICS ministerial meetings hosted by India in 2026: 1. The Visakhapatnam meeting was to adopt a BRICS Youth Ministerial Joint Declaration together with a BRICS Youth Cooperation Framework. 2. The Agriculture Ministers' Meeting adopted the 'Indore Declaration', under which the BRICS AGRIN Framework was agreed upon. 3. The Visakhapatnam meeting was the first ministerial engagement of India's 2026 Chairship to bring together Member Countries and Partner Countries. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The Visakhapatnam meeting was to adopt a BRICS Youth Ministerial Joint Declaration together with a BRICS Youth Cooperation Framework.
  2. The Agriculture Ministers' Meeting adopted the 'Indore Declaration', under which the BRICS AGRIN Framework was agreed upon.
  3. The Visakhapatnam meeting was the first ministerial engagement of India's 2026 Chairship to bring together Member Countries and Partner Countries.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q9. The BRICS Youth Cooperation Framework taken up at Visakhapatnam in August 2026 is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A dedicated financing window of the New Development Bank earmarked for youth-led enterprises in member and partner countries
  • B. A binding instrument obliging member states to harmonise national youth policies and grant reciprocal youth mobility visas
  • C. A set of procedural rules of the BRICS Youth Council governing selection of national delegations to the annual Youth Summit
  • D. A framework document to structure cooperation on youth affairs across successive BRICS Chairships, adopted alongside the ministerial declaration

Q10. Consider the following statements about the BRICS youth-track engagements held in India in 2026: 1. The Youth Ministers' Meeting at Visakhapatnam preceded the BRICS Youth Council Meeting and the BRICS Youth Summit in the 2026 calendar. 2. The BRICS Youth Entrepreneurship Working Group Meeting was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh, whereas the BRICS Youth Council Meeting and Youth Summit were held at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. 3. The First BRICS Youth Coordination Meeting 2026 set out the BRICS Youth Track for the year, which included Serve BRICS Volunteering Activities and a Youth Development Forum. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The Youth Ministers' Meeting at Visakhapatnam preceded the BRICS Youth Council Meeting and the BRICS Youth Summit in the 2026 calendar.
  2. The BRICS Youth Entrepreneurship Working Group Meeting was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh, whereas the BRICS Youth Council Meeting and Youth Summit were held at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
  3. The First BRICS Youth Coordination Meeting 2026 set out the BRICS Youth Track for the year, which included Serve BRICS Volunteering Activities and a Youth Development Forum.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q11. With reference to multilateral groupings of which India is a member, consider the following statements: 1. The IBSA Dialogue Forum comprises India, Brazil and South Africa, and was formalised through the Brasilia Declaration issued by their Foreign Ministers in 2003. 2. In the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, India and Pakistan were admitted as full members in 2017, and Belarus is its most recent full member. 3. All five of the original BRICS member countries are also full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. 4. The African Union was admitted to the G20 in 2023, and Egypt, Ethiopia and Iran are likewise members of the G20. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The IBSA Dialogue Forum comprises India, Brazil and South Africa, and was formalised through the Brasilia Declaration issued by their Foreign Ministers in 2003.
  2. In the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, India and Pakistan were admitted as full members in 2017, and Belarus is its most recent full member.
  3. All five of the original BRICS member countries are also full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
  4. The African Union was admitted to the G20 in 2023, and Egypt, Ethiopia and Iran are likewise members of the G20.
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 2 and 3
  • C. 1, 3 and 4
  • D. 3 and 4