UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
The 16th BRICS Summit is scheduled to be held in Kazan, Russia, in October 2024. Russia holds the chairship of BRICS for the year 2024. Therefore, statement 1 is correct.
Indonesia has formally become a full member of BRICS. The decision for its inclusion was endorsed at the 2023 Johannesburg Summit, making it the first Southeast Asian nation to join the bloc. Therefore, statement 2 is correct.
Statement 3 is incorrect. The official theme for the 16th BRICS Summit is "Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security." The statement inaccurately uses "Multiculturalism" instead of "Multilateralism."
Options B (II and III), C (I and III), and D (I only) are incorrect because statement 3 is factually inaccurate, while statements 1 and 2 are correct.