Test: Silk Road - Class 11 MCQ

The protagonist met Norbu at a small, dark cafe in Darchen. Norbu approached the protagonist after noticing his book and they struck up a conversation.

Tsetan took the protagonist to the newly built Darchen Medical College, which resembled a monastery, where the protagonist received Tibetan medicine for his cold and altitude sickness.

The story describes Hor as grim and miserable due to the complete absence of vegetation and the accumulation of refuse, despite its location near the sacred Lake Manasarovar.

The protagonist and his companions encountered snow at 5,210 meters above sea level, as noted when Tsetan inspected the snow-covered road.

Tibetan mastiffs were known for their fearlessness and ferocity, which made them popular as hunting dogs in China’s imperial courts, transported along the Silk Road as tributes.

Norbu was not a practicing Buddhist but had been writing academic papers on the significance of the Kailash Kora in Buddhist literature. He wanted to experience it firsthand for his research.

In Darchen, men gathered near a general store in the open air to play pool, using a battered table that seemed out of place in such a setting.

The protagonist waited in Hor’s cafe while Tsetan went to repair the punctured tires. The cafe, though rundown, offered a view of Lake Manasarovar through a broken window.

The group had hot noodles for lunch inside a long canvas tent, part of a work camp near a dry salt lake, which was an active site for salt extraction.

The car stopped at a sharp turn because a stretch of snow blocked the road ahead. Tsetan assessed the snow before proceeding cautiously.