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Q1 Read the following passage carefully!
Being a foreign writer in India may just be the best job in the world and free to potter in distant
comers, I get to tell the world what I see going on
So, á trip I'll treasure, though I still feel the bumps from an awful road, was a two-day drive
from Guwahati in Assam, up the Himalayan foothills to the Tibetan border town of Tawang its
immense monastery, and various sites along the way, were unlike any other spot I've seen Pristine
colourful, the light extra dazzling in the high altitude, with Buddhist prayer-wheels spinning and
tínkling. It felt almost like stepping into a Tintin story. The looming presence of China over the
border and the whirl of Indian army helicopters, were reminders of its fragile peace.
Other mountain trips have been thrilling, an interview with the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala
especially. But Tawang sticks with particular intensity. The reason: seeing the incredible toil of
thousands of people we met on the road, from women chipping at rocks with tiny picks, to
soldiers guiding immense machinery that coaxed a winding track from the steep mountainside
Years of neglect of those roads meant less trade, tourism and migration by Indians to the remote.
beautiful Arunachal Pradesh. Perhaps better ones will mean the end of its isolation for the locals
that should be welcome though the region may lose some of its charm
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11 On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following statements
(a) The author feels that
is the best job
(b) The author travelled from
to
(C) The author was attracted to the place for its purity and beauty. The
left him awestruck.
(d) The author had never
and felt that he had stepped into
and
(e) The trip to Tawang stood etched in his memory for a special reason
The author interviewed
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