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Select the CORRECT option to fill in the blank. I drove out early one morning to Hemis to witness one of the greatest events of the Ladakhi calendar, the Tse-Chu festival. ________________________.…

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Select the CORRECT option to fill in the blank.

I drove out early one morning to Hemis to witness one of the greatest events of the Ladakhi calendar, the Tse-Chu festival. ________________________. I concluded that this is how the traditional culture flourished, until a Ladakhi pointed out that such goods could be aimed only at the tourist market. The real Ladakhis in evidence were clustered around the homemade roulette wheels set among the trees.
  1. I knew before I came to Ladakh–the high dry region in northern India that borders Tibet
  2. Indeed many of Ladakh's festivals, traditionally held in winter when Ladakhi's don't have to work on fields, have now been moved to the summer so they can grab a foreign audience.
  3. We began to edge down along a single lane road towards Nubra valley.
  4. When I arrived, I found a wholistic settlement set up around the temple, with sharp cheeked men and girls selling necklaces and statues of the Buddha, mystic scrolls and even CDs.

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Correct answer: D - When I arrived, I found a wholistic settlement set up around the temple, with sharp cheeked men and girls selling necklaces and statues of the Buddha, mystic scrolls and even CDs.
The blank must describe what the narrator saw at the festival: people selling necklaces, Buddha statues and CDs. This explains 'such goods' and 'this is how traditional culture flourished' in the next sentence. The other options don't introduce any goods.

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