HIGHER REACHES ANSWERS: In Tajikistan’s Pamir mountains, road trip across the roof of the world [January 29, 2019]

1. C

2. Tajikistan has telegraph poles, power lines and a few tea houses while the Afghan side only has mud houses./The Tajik side of the river is far more developed than the Afghan side.

3. A

4. D

5. (i) b

(ii) a

(iii) c

6. (i) Not Given

(ii) False

(iii) True

7. The roads are very poor/in bad condition/cause a lot of damage to vehicles.

8. It implies that it will be easier/smoother/less arduous than his drive through Tajikistan.