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=> ANSWER: drought

8. 
   Who are frequent visitors to stepwells nowadays? Keywords: frequent visitors, nowadays
   

We should find out the paragraph that contains the information about stepwells today. In the last paragraph, the author argues that “Touristsflock to wells in far- flung corners of north-western India to gaze in wonder at these architectural marvels from hundreds of years ago…” This means that nowadays, a huge number of tourists visit India to gaze at these wells.

=> ANSWER: tourists

9-13.We will focus on paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, each of which describes a well- known well. Locate the paragraphs which give the different place names and pay attention to dates and numbers in the text, too.

8. 
   Excellent condition, despite the….of 2001. Keywords: 2001, excellent.
   

At the end of paragraph 7 , “Incredibly, in January 2001, this ancient structure survived an earthquake that measured 7.6 on the Richter scale”. This
means that despite the earthquake in 2001,the stepwell of Rani Ki Vav was still in excellent condition.

=> ANSWER: earthquake

1. 
   Steps on the….produce a geometrical pattern.
   
2. 
   Looks more like a… than a well.
   

Keywords: steps, geometrical pattern/ more like/

In paragraph 8, “It actually resembles a tank rather than a well, but displays the hallmarks of stepwell architecture, including four sides of steps (that descend to the bottom) in a stunning geometrical formation.” This means that the stepwell of Surya Kund looks more like a tank. Besides, it is the steps on the four sides that create a geometrical formation (pattern)

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  look like=resemble
  

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