WorksheetsSilk Road Part -1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
When did the protagonist's head start to feel pulsated again?
A. when he reached his guest house
B. when he was climbing the mountain
C. when he was still in the car
D. when he fainted
Where did they stop to have lunch at two o'clock?
A. at a long canvas tent beside the dry salt lake
B. at a fancy restaurant
C. at roadside
D. Never
Why was Hor an ugly and miserable place?
A. it had no modern markets
B. it had no vegetation
C. it didnt had any proper medical facilities
D. it had no place to live
What are the names of four rivers that Lake Mansarovar consists of?
A. the Ganges, the Yamuna and the Sutlej
B. the Yamuna, the Ganga and the Indus
C. the Indus, the Ganges, the Sutlej, and the Brahmaputra
D. the Indus, the Ganges and the Yamuna
At which place did the protagonist wait for Tsetan while he was gone to fix the punctured tyres?
A. at roadside near lake
B. at car tyre's shop
C. inside the car
D. Hor's cafe
What happened when they reached Darchen at night to stay in the guest
House?
A. protagonist slept well
B. Tsetan went missing
C. protagonist was sad
D. protagonist wasn't able to breathe properly
Where did Tsetan take the protagonist to seek medical help?
A. Darchen Medical College
B. Tibetan Ayurvedic Doctor
C. to Lhasa
D. to Ravu again
What did the Tibetan doctor give him?
A. a five day course medicine in a brown envelope
B. Ayurvedic medicine
C. Homeopathic medicine
D. Allopathic medicines
Why did Norbu want to do Kora?
A. because he wanted to become a monk
B. because he wanted peace
C. as he was practising meditation from so long
D. because he was writing an academic paper on Kailash Kora
Where did Norbu work?
A. in Britain
B. Beijing at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
C. in India at IIT Delhi
D. in USA
what farewell gift was given by Lhamo
Long sleeved sheepskin phirn
Long sleeved sheepskin jacket
long sleeved sheepskin warmer
long sleeved sheepskin coats
why did the author take the short cut inspite of high mountain passes?
The short cut would take them to south west
it took him directly towards Mount Kailash
Crossing high mountain passes posed breathing problems
All the above
author notices ----in the vast open plains after leaving Ravu
dry pastures
gazelles
herd of wild asses
All the above
Tibetan mastiffs were brought along the silk Road as
tribute from Tibet to China
tribute from China to Tibet
tribute from Europe to China
China to Europe
At what height above the sea level A Swath of white stuff lay across them
5'210 metres
5,201 metres
5,215 metres
5,515 metre
Author complained of headache because
a) he was not used to high altitude
b)had past 5,400 metres
both a and b
none of these
According to the author the cairn of rocks is
at the height of 5,515 metres
people took a turn round the cairn in a clockwise direction as is the tradition
decorated with white silk scarves and ragged prayer flags
all the above
loud hiss emitted by the car because of the
a) higher atmospheric pressure
b) lower atmospheric pressure
both a and b
none of these
salt lake on the other side of the pass was
dry
low flat lands with layer of salt and brackish lakes
remnants of the Tethys Ocean
all of these
workers at the dry salt lakes were
busy loading trucks with piles of salt
carried pickaxes and shovels
wore sunglasses to avoid the glare caused by a steady stream of trucks
all the above
