Discussion
Consider the following characteristics of houses :
A. Wooden floor and wooden flat ceilings
B. Ground floor without window for animals and storing necessary materials
C. Elevated houses made with slanting roofs and the stone pillars
D. Thick walls made of stones, mud and lime
The characteristics found in the houses of Leh and Ladakh are
Answer: D
The characteristics of houses in Leh and Ladakh are A, B and D.
Ladakh is a cold desert with very little rain and bitter winters. Houses there have thick walls of stone plastered with mud and lime (D), which keep the cold out. The floors and flat ceilings are made of wood (A); flat roofs are possible because it hardly rains. The ground floor usually has no windows and is used for keeping animals and storing things needed through the winter (B), while the family lives above.
Houses raised on pillars with slanting roofs (C) suit regions of heavy rain or flooding, where water must run off and the floor must stay dry, so any option containing C is wrong.
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