Question

The Silk route was taken by
A. West bound Chinese silk cargoes
B. Eastbound Chinese silk cargoes
C. Northbound Chinese silk cargoes
D. Southbound Chinese silk cargoes

Answer 1

Hint: Traders used to come from the middle East to China and India for trading many goods such as spices, coffee, crafts etc.

Complete answer:
There were a number of items that were traded through these routes ; example cotton textiles, spices etc. The most common was Silk. As Silk was a valuable fabric at that time that's why the West bound Chinese silk cargoes carried it by the Silk route. Now let's see the options:-
West bound Chinese silk cargoes- The silk route was carried by west bound Chinese silk cargoes as there was demand there. Hence this is the correct option.
Eastbound Chinese silk cargoes- Eastside was a region without much prosperity hence trade was limited. Thus is the incorrect option.
Northbound Chinese silk cargoes- North region has small , isolated cold places where trade was very rare hence this an incorrect option.
South bound Chinese silk cargoes- Towards the southern side was sea which made trade little difficult hence this is an incorrect option.

Hence the correct answer is option A.

Note: For many years Silk route was a secret as they wanted no one to know the recipe of silk but later many raiders used the route to enter India and ransack the local rulers.