Who delivered the valedictory address at the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, held at the Constitution House of the Parliament of India?
- A.The Rajya Sabha Chairman
- B.The Lok Sabha Speaker
- C.The Minister of External Affairs
- D.The Prime Minister
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla. He had inaugurated the two-day Forum a day earlier and he delivered the valedictory address at the historic Constitution House of the Parliament of India, speaking to presiding officers, delegates and parliamentarians from BRICS member and partner nations. In that address he pressed for sovereign equality and the priorities of the Global South, argued that permanent solutions lie in dialogue, peace and cooperation, and urged parliaments to become transparent and citizen-centric institutions. He also handed the Forum chairship to China. Option A is wrong because the Rajya Sabha Chairman is not recorded as addressing the valedictory session. Option C is wrong: no address by the Minister of External Affairs is mentioned. Option D is wrong as well, and is a common distractor because the Prime Minister often opens international events; here both the inauguration and the closing fell to the Lok Sabha Speaker.
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Practice Questions
What was the theme of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum held in New Delhi?
- A.Fostering Parliaments for People-Centric Development
- B.Parliaments for a Sustainable Planet
- C.Democracy, Dialogue and Development
- D.Strengthening the Global South Together
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The Forum was organised on this theme, and the deliberations over the two days followed it closely: delegates discussed people-centric development, strong democratic institutions, cooperation between parliaments, and the responsible use of digital technology and Artificial Intelligence, together with resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.
Read the full explanation →Which country assumes the BRICS chair for the year 2027, as announced at the valedictory session of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum?
- A.Brazil
- B.Russia
- C.China
- D.South Africa
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At the close of the Forum the Lok Sabha Speaker handed over the chairship of the BRICS Parliamentary Forum to China, which takes the BRICS chair for the year 2027, and expressed confidence that cooperation would continue to flourish under its leadership.
Read the full explanation →The Joint Declaration of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum endorsed UN Security Council reform by referring to which paragraph of the New Delhi Declaration?
- A.Paragraph 13
- B.Paragraph 40
- C.Paragraph 24
- D.Paragraph 7
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Reaffirming the consensus of the New Delhi Declaration, the member parliaments issued an explicit endorsement of UN Security Council reform with a reference to Paragraph 13 of that declaration, the aim being to make global governance more representative of the Global South.
Read the full explanation →As stated by India at CBD COP-17, how many Ramsar sites does the country have?
- A.57
- B.75
- C.103
- D.112
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In its National Statement India listed its conservation network as 1,134 Protected Areas, 103 Ramsar sites, 57 Biodiversity Heritage Sites and 18 Biosphere Reserves, of which 13 belong to the Man and the Biosphere network of UNESCO.
Read the full explanation →India's updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan translates the global framework into how many National Biodiversity Targets?
- A.17 targets
- B.23 targets
- C.30 targets
- D.42 targets
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India's minister told the High-Level Segment that the country's updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan converts the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework into 23 National Biodiversity Targets, and that progress against them is measured through 142 indicators.
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