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21. Who is high commissioner?
22. Why was Brahmo samaj founded?
23. Name any two metro railways run in India?
24. Which are the four places where lunch Mela is held?
25. What is the meaning of ‘blue book ‘ in official terms?
26. What is tai Chi?
Section C
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27. Congo basin …………………………..
28. Tundras of Europe …………………………..
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21. In the Commonwealth of Nations, a high commissioner is the senior diplomat (generally ranking as an ambassador) in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another. Instead of an embassy, the diplomatic mission is generally called a high commission.
22. When Keshab arranged for his daughter to marry the Prince of Cooch Behar, both parties were well under age. He was thus violating his own reformist principles, and many of his followers rebelled, forming a third samaj (“society,” “association”), the Sadharan (i.e., common) Brahmo Samaj, in 1878.
23. Currently, 10 Indian cities have functional metro rail networks. These cities are Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Kochi and Lucknow. The first metro service in India started in Kolkata in 1984.
24. Kumbh Mela Destination
Consecrated by the falling of the drop of Ambrosia from heaven, the four Kumbh Mela destinations of Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nashik are situated on the banks of sacred rivers.
25. a register especially of socially prominent persons
26. Tai Chi Chuan (Tai Chi) is a Chinese traditional mind-body exercise and recently, it becomes popular worldwide. During the practice of Tai Chi, deep diaphragmatic breathing is integrated into body motions to achieve a harmonious balance between body and mind and to facilitate the flow of internal energy
27. The Congo Basin is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo.
28. The tundra is a treeless polar desert found in the high latitudes in the polar regions, primarily in Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland, Iceland, and Scandinavia, as well as sub-Antarctic islands. The region's long, dry winters feature months of total darkness and extremely frigid temperatures.
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