QUIZ : 02 - General Knowledge - International Organisations Special_BRICS
1. BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
2. The term"BRIC" was coined in 2001 by then-chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Jim O'Neill, in his publication Building Better Global Economic BRICs.
3. The grouping was originally known as "BRIC" before the inclusion of South Africa in 2010.
4. All five are G-20 members.
5. India currently holds the chair of the BRICS group, and will host the group's 8th summit at New Delhi in 2016.
6. The five BRICS countries represent over 3 billion people, or 42% of the world population
7. All five members are in the top 25 of the world by population, and four (BRIC) are in the top 10.
8. The five nations have a combined nominal GDP approximately equivalent to 20% of the gross world product.
9. South Africa officially became a member nation of BRICS on 24 December 2010 and officially attended a summit in 2011 i.e. 3rd summit which was held in Sanya, China. So, the 3rd summit of BRIC was the 1st summit of BRICS.
Summits: The grouping has held annual summits since 2009, with member countries taking turns to host. Prior to South Africa's admission, two BRIC summits were held, in 2009 and 2010. The first five-member BRICS summit was held in 2011.
Area (Decreasing order): Russia, China, Brazil, India, South Africa
Population (Decreasing order): China, India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa
Literacy rate (Decreasing order): Russia, China, South Africa, Brazil, India (74%)
Life expectancy (Decreasing order): Brazil, China, Russia, India, South Africa
HDI – 2015 (Decreasing order): Russia, Brazil, China, South Africa, India (130th rank; Value – 0.609)
1. Which of the following country is not a member of BRICS
a) Brazil
b) Russia
c) India
d) Sri Lanka
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2. The first five-members BRICS summit was held in
a) 2009
b) 2010
c) 2011
d) 2012
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3. 7th Summit of BRICS in 2015 was held in
a) Russia
b) China
c) India
d) Brazil
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4. 8th Summit of BRICS in 2016 will be held in
a) Russia
b) China
c) India
d) Brazil
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5. 1st BRICS media summit was held in
a) 2009
b) 2012
c) 2015
d) 2016
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6. Which country hosted the 1st BRICS media summit held in 2015
a) India
b) Russia
c) Brazil
d) China
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7. Which country of the BRICS has the highest literacy rate
a) Brazil
b) Russia
c) China
d) South Africa
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8. Which country of the BRICS has the highest HDI in 2015
a) Brazil
b) Russia
c) China
d) South Africa
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9. Which country of the BRICS has the highest Life expectancy
a) Brazil
b) Russia
c) China
d) India
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10. During which summit of the BRICS, ‘New Development Bank’ was created
a) 4th summit in New Delhi, India
b) 5th summit in Durban, South Africa
c) 6th summit in Fortaleza, Brazil
d) 7th summit in Ufa, Russia
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11. Headquarter of the ‘New Development Bank’ created during 6th summit of BRICS is in
a) Shanghai
b) New Delhi
c) Johannesburg
d) Brasilia
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12. The president of the ‘New Development Bank’ created during 6th summit of BRICS is
a) Yang Xiong
b) K V Kamath
c) Tadao Chino
d) Deepak Parikh
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13. Which among the following is correct regarding ‘BRICS’
1. Russia is the world’s largest country in terms of area.
2. The total population of ‘BRICS’ countries is almost 40% of the world’s population.
3. Four members i.e. Russia, China, Brazil and India are in the top 10 of the world in terms of area.
a) 1 and 2
b) 1 and 3
c) 2 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
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EXPLANATIONS:
2. The third summit of BRIC or the first summit of five-members BRICS (after the inclusion of South Africa in 2010) was held in Sanya, China in 2011.
3. The 7th BRICS summit was the senventh annual diplomatic summit of the head of states or government of the BRICS member states. It was held in the Russian city of Ufa in Bashkortostan on 8-9 July, 2015.
5. China has taken the initiative for creating an alternative media platform for the emerging economies by hosting the first media summit of countries belonging to the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping on December 1, 2015 in Beijing.
China’s Xinhua news agency has been the initiator of the project that is adding one more dimension to the BRICS format, in collaboration with The Hindu group of publications, the Brazil Communication Company, Russia Today International News Agency, and South Africa’s Independent Media.
6. China has taken the initiative for creating an alternative media platform for the emerging economies by hosting the first media summit of countries belonging to the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping on December 1, 2015 in Beijing.
China’s Xinhua news agency has been the initiator of the project that is adding one more dimension to the BRICS format, in collaboration with The Hindu group of publications, the Brazil Communication Company, Russia Today International News Agency, and South Africa’s Independent Media.
13. World Ranking in terms of area: Russia (1st), China (4th), Brazil (5th) and India (7th).
