Question
[123]. Read the following passage carefully:
Passage: "Long before modern roads, caravans carried cotton, spices, salt and stories along trade routes that linked Indian ports with Central Asia and the Mediterranean. Merchants travelled in groups for safety, rested at caravanserais, and paid tolls to local rulers who protected the roads. Along with goods came ideas: scripts, religions, crops and crafts spread wherever traders stopped. A port that welcomed traders grew rich not only in goods but in knowledge, because every arriving ship brought news of distant lands. Ancient trade thus moved minds as much as merchandise, and its routes became the first networks of a connected world." According to the passage, which of the following is true?
Option 1 : Caravans carried cotton, spices and salt, rested at caravanserais, and paid tolls to rulers who protected the roads.
Detailed Solution
सही उत्तर Caravans carried cotton, spices and salt, rested at caravanserais, and paid tolls to rulers who protected the roads. है।
This statement is directly stated or clearly shown in the passage, while the distractors belong to other contexts.
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[123]. Read the following passage carefully:
Passage: "Long before modern roads, caravans carried cotton, spices, salt and stories along trade routes that linked Indian ports with Central Asia and the Mediterranean. Merchants travelled in groups for safety, rested at caravanserais, and paid tolls to local rulers who protected the roads. Along with goods came ideas: scripts, religions, crops and crafts spread wherever traders stopped. A port that welcomed traders grew rich not only in goods but in knowledge, because every arriving ship brought news of distant lands. Ancient trade thus moved minds as much as merchandise, and its routes became the first networks of a connected world." According to the passage, which of the following is true?
Correct Answer: Caravans carried cotton, spices and salt, rested at caravanserais, and paid tolls to rulers who protected the roads.
This statement is directly stated or clearly shown in the passage, while the distractors belong to other contexts.