The market was old, timeless Africa; loud, crowed and free. Here a man sat making sandals from old discarded motor-car tyres; there another worked at an old sewing machine, making a nightgown-like affair while the buyer waited; a little further on, an old goldsmith worked at his dying art, but using now copper fillings instead of gold to fashion the lovely trinkets women wear the world over; elsewhere a woman sold country cloth fashioned with such fine art that only Africans think of it as a garment of utility. Trade was slow and loud everywhere. This was as much a social as a shopping centre. For an excuse to spend the day at the market, a woman would walk all way from her village to town with half dozen eggs. She would spread them on a little bit of ground for which she paid rent. Through the day she would squat on the ground and talk to others who came for the same reason. She would refuse to sell her wares till it was time to leave. They were the excuse for business. Whether in earnest or as an excuse, the traders were boisterously free, loud-mouthed and happy. The laughter of the market was a laughter found nowhere else in all the world……………
Which of the following groups of items may be found foe sale in the market?
A.
motor-car tyres, eggs and gold trinkets
B.
eggs, sandals and gold trinkles
C.
country cloth, gold trinkets and sandals
D.
country cloth, copper trinkles and eggs
Correct Answer: Option B
Explanation
From the passage, the items actually mentioned as being sold in the market include:
Eggs → “a woman would walk… with half dozen eggs”
Sandals → “making sandals from old discarded motor-car tyres”
Gold trinkets → “an old goldsmith worked at his dying art… to fashion the lovely trinkets”
These three appear directly in the text as items of trade.
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