Question

'Religions, like camel caravans, seem to avoid mountain passes. Buddhism spread quickly south from Buddha's birth-place in southern Nepal across the flat Gangetic plain to Sri Lanka. But it took a millennium to reach China...The religious belt stretched eventually to Mongolia and Japan, but in Afghanistan Buddhism filled only a narrow belt that left pagans among the valleys to the east and west in Kailash and Ghor'.
Which of the following best summarises the subject of this paragraph?

• A. The Afghan people were hostile to Buddhism.
• B. Geography has considerable impact on the spread of religions.
• C. Buddhism does not flourish in mountainous regions.
• D. Religion has a considerable impact on geography.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Geography has considerable impact on the spread of religions.

The paragraph talk about the spread of religion (Buddhism) vis-a-vis the geography of that place country. Option (b) summarizes the paragraph effectively.