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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is appointed as the Honorary Consul of the Royal Danish consulate?
A
N Kumar
B
PS Jayaraman
C
Vijay Sankar
D
MN Radhakrishnan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Honorary consuls are called „honorary“ because they perform their work on an honorary basis and are not paid a fee for their services.

Detailed explanation-2: -Freddy Svane is the current Ambassador at the Royal Danish Embassy in New Delhi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Absolute authority was expressed in the consul’s imperium (q.v.), but its arbitrary exercise was limited: the consuls, nominated by the Senate and elected by the people in the Comitia Centuriata (a popular assembly), held office for only a year, and each consul had power of veto over the other’s decisions.

Detailed explanation-4: -A consul of the highest rank is termed a consul-general and is appointed to a consulate-general. There is typically one or more deputy consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls, and consular agents working under the consul-general. A country may appoint more than one consul-general to another nation.

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