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Q1. Read the following passage carefully:
1. Delhi, they say has a lot of history. From last Monday, it arguably has a little less. The tonga, which symbolized tradition on the roads of this 21st century capital of an emerging power, has been grounded. The municipal corporation made the decision pleading the need to ease traffic congestion. Many say it is a moot point if Delhi’s few-hundred tongas crowded its roads unsustainably. More important, should heritage be sacrificed at the alter of convenience? Lessons from around the world and out of the box solutions:
2. Tonga Tours: How about weekend rides up and down Rajpath in order for tourists to experience the presidential grandeur of Lutyens’ Delhi? Or from Red Fort all the way down to Chandini Chowk so that the magic and liveliness of the market can be seen up close, suggests photographer Raghu Rai.
3. The plight of the now-employed tongawallahs spurred 15-year-old animal lover, Bhamini Rautela-Pahwa and four friends to start a signature campaign. The teenager says it is sacrilege that “Delhi’s heritage can be lost. How can tongawallahs be allowed to lose their ancestral identity and the horses lose a home? MCD is planning for tomorrow, but at what cost?” She suggests Rai’s heritage tonga tours should use the existing vehicles but ensure that they refurbished and clean. “Educate the tongawallahs to act as tour guides, organisations like Itihasa and students can help them,” says Tautela-Pahwa.
4.Tonga tours would offer “tourists a spectacular view of the historic buildings at a wonderful pace… far better than whizzing past them in a car or a bus”, says conservation architect Abha Narain Lambah.
5. Some Indian cities have shown the way. Mumbai PR consultant Ameya Bundelly says the Victoria tongas that ply on Marine Drive and around the Gateway of India afford “sheer pleasure”. It is, he says, an extraordinary luxury to be ‘driven along the sea in a horse-drawn carriage. It just has to transport you to another era.”
6. In Kolkata too the Victoria tonga plies round and about the Victoria Memorial a gentle but thrilling reminder of the days of the Raj.
Find the words which the mean the same as under:
a) ‘blockage’ para 1 b) ‘amazing’ para 4 c) ‘sensational’ para 6​

Answer 1

Answer:

a.congestion

b.spectacular

c.gental