BRIC became BRICS when which country joined the grouping in 2010?

South AfricaCorrect answerYour answerSaudi ArabiaCorrect answerYour answerSingaporeCorrect answerYour answerSouth KoreaCorrect answerYour answer

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The original four were Brazil, Russia, India and China.
South Africa was invited to join in 2010 and attended its first summit as a member the following year.
The added S is the whole of the change in the name, which is why the year is worth attaching to the letter.

Worth noting

The label began as an economist's shorthand for four fast-growing economies before it became an actual grouping with summits, which is why the membership and the acronym did not start out the same.

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The rule this testsGroupings India belongs to, and their summits

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BRIC became BRICS when which country joined the grouping in 2010?

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