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    social studies

                                                                             How the land

                                     8                                    Becomes sacred

                                               computational thinking quest

                    Tick ( ) the correct option.                                    (c)  Symbolic ascent toward the divine

                    AbsTrAcT Thinking                                                  and spiritual elevation.
                      1.  Which option best explains how sacredness
                         extends beyond religion into geography and                 (d)  Better climate conditions.
                         culture?                                         4.  Which reasoning best explains why
                                                                             pilgrimage routes often overlapped with
                                (a)  Sacredness applies only to temples
                                   and rituals.                              ancient trade routes?
                                (b)  Sacredness is limited to religious             (a)  Pilgrims avoided markets and
                                   texts.
                                (c)  Sacredness includes places,                       traders completely.
                                   journeys, natural elements, and                  (b)  Traders discouraged religious
                                   traditions connected with spiritual                 travel.
                                   meaning.                                         (c)  Both pilgrims and traders used
                                (d)  Sacredness is only about individual               the same routes for movement,
                                   beliefs.                                            leading to exchange of goods,

                      2.  Which logical conclusion explains how                        ideas, and culture.
                         pilgrimages contributed to cultural unity in               (d)  Trade routes were created only
                         India?                                                        after pilgrimages declined.
                                                                        PATTern recogniTion
                                (a)  Pilgrimages discouraged
                                   interaction.                           5.  What pattern can be observed in the
                                (b)  Pilgrims stayed within their            distribution of sacred networks like Char
                                   regions.                                  Dham and Jyotirlingas?
                                (c)  Movement across regions enabled                (a)  They are concentrated only in
                                   exchange of ideas, goods, and                       urban areas.
                                   traditions.
                                (d)  Pilgrimages reduced trade.                     (b)  They are randomly located.
                      3.  Why are many temples located on hilltops or               (c)  They are spread across different
                         mountains?                                                    regions to cover the entire

                                (a)  Easier transportation.                            subcontinent.
                                                                                    (d)  They exist only in northern India.
                                (b)  Greater availability of land.

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