Correct answer: (d) Sierra Leone
Explanation
- A
Benin
(a) Benin. India has ties with Cotonou, but the October 2019 High Commission announcement in this paper is not Benin.
- B
Gambia
(b) Gambia. Banjul was not the African capital named for a new Indian High Commission in that October package.
- C
Guinea
(c) Guinea. Conakry was not the mission announced in the keyed October 2019 decision.
- D
Sierra Leone
(d) Sierra Leone. In October 2019 India announced it would establish a High Commission in Freetown, Sierra Leone, as part of deepening West Africa posts. (d) Official key.
Summary. Official key is (d). The October 2019 announcement in the question is a High Commission in Sierra Leone. Benin, Gambia and Guinea are other West African partners, not that named post.