Question

The city stands at the mouth or entrance of the gulf of Kalhat, so that no ship can enter or leave the gulf except by leave of its rulers. The malik of this city thus has a powerful hold over the sultan of Kerman, to whom he is subject. For sometimes the sultan imposes some due on the malik of Hormuz or one of his brethren, and they refuse to pay it, and the sultan sends an army to enforce payment.

How does the map help the reader understand the passage?

1.The map helps the reader understand the elevation of Kalhat

2.The map helps the reader understand the distance to Kalhat from Sharkh

3.The map helps the reader understand the size of Kalhat

4.The map helps the reader understand Kalhat's location on the Gulf of Kalhat.

Answer 1

4

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Answer 2

The correct answer to this question is 4.The map helps the reader understand Kalhat's location on the Gulf of Kalhat.

None of the paragraphs explaining about Kalhat talk about the elevation nor its size, so we can leave out options 1 and 3.

For option 2, the passage in question does not state anything about Sharkh, so therefore we can ignore this option as well, which leaves us with option 4 as the remaining and correct one. Also knowing that the passage in question talks about the location of the city within the gulf.