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Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options out of the given ones.
On the way back, my two siblings and I would always want to stop at one of the ice-cream venders lining the streets. My dad, trying his best to stay within budget, gave us a simple choice : pick an ice-cream each or take an auto-rickshaw home. Our home was a 30-minute walk away, but it didn't matter; we always picked the ice-cream.
History is filled with stories of people who went the extra mile to get ice-cream. In ancient times, slaves summers were sent to collect snow from the mountain tops to be added to flavoured drinks at royal celebrations. Stories tell of the Roman emperor Nero sending slaves to fetch ice and snow from the mountains, to be served with honey and fruit pulp.
Akbar's court historian Abul Fazal devotes several pages to describe how snow and ice were brought from the Himalayas on boats, in carriages and a foot. The precious cargo travelled as much as 500 miles, so that palaces could make an early version of icecream India still loves : the kulfi.
For most of history, ice-cream was made for and enjoyed exclusively by the royals and the elite. It was not until the19th century, with the invention of industrial refrigeration by Carl V. Linde, the ice-cream slowly began to make its way to the common man.
Making it is still a tricky process. To end up soft and creamy, the ice crystal in an ice-cream should be 10-20 micrometres in size. Crystals larger than 50 micrometres will feel grainy in the mouth.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the statements that follow by choosing the correct options out of the given ones.
On the way back, my two siblings and I would always want to stop at one of the ice-cream venders lining the streets. My dad, trying his best to stay within budget, gave us a simple choice : pick an ice-cream each or take an auto-rickshaw home. Our home was a 30-minute walk away, but it didn't matter; we always picked the ice-cream.
History is filled with stories of people who went the extra mile to get ice-cream. In ancient times, slaves summers were sent to collect snow from the mountain tops to be added to flavoured drinks at royal celebrations. Stories tell of the Roman emperor Nero sending slaves to fetch ice and snow from the mountains, to be served with honey and fruit pulp.
Akbar's court historian Abul Fazal devotes several pages to describe how snow and ice were brought from the Himalayas on boats, in carriages and a foot. The precious cargo travelled as much as 500 miles, so that palaces could make an early version of icecream India still loves : the kulfi.
For most of history, ice-cream was made for and enjoyed exclusively by the royals and the elite. It was not until the19th century, with the invention of industrial refrigeration by Carl V. Linde, the ice-cream slowly began to make its way to the common man.
Making it is still a tricky process. To end up soft and creamy, the ice crystal in an ice-cream should be 10-20 micrometres in size. Crystals larger than 50 micrometres will feel grainy in the mouth.
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