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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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