{"id":2900,"date":"2026-04-23T08:14:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:44:42","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-with-regard-to-brics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/prelims\/consider-the-following-statements-with-regard-to-brics","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements with regard to BRICS:\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I. The 16th BRICS Summit was held under the&nbsp;<strong>Chairship of Russia in Kazan<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">II. Indonesia has become a&nbsp;<strong>full member<\/strong>&nbsp;of BRICS.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">III. The&nbsp;<strong>theme<\/strong>&nbsp;of the 16th BRICS Summit was Strengthening Multiculturalism for Just Global Development and Security.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>I and II\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II and III\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I and III\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I only\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (a) I and II&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/brics-new-development-bank-ndb-upsc\/\">BRICS\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>is a forum for cooperation among a group of leading emerging economies. BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the original five members. The BRICS now includes 10 countries \u2013 Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russian Federation, South Africa, United Arab Emirates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The 16th BRICS Summit was held under Russia\u2019s Chairship, in Kazan.\u00a0<\/strong>At the conclusion of the Summit, the leaders adopted the \u2018Kazan Declaration\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 17th BRICS Summit will be hosted by Brazil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recently,<strong>\u00a0Indonesia has officially joined the BRICS group<\/strong>\u00a0as the 10th member, effective from January 2025. Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The theme of the 16th BRICS Summit was<strong>\u00a0\u201cStrengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security.\u201d While the statement says Strengthening Multiculturalism.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. The 16th BRICS Summit was held under the&nbsp;Chairship of Russia in Kazan.&nbsp;&nbsp; II. Indonesia has become a&nbsp;full member&nbsp;of BRICS.&nbsp;&nbsp; III. 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