Bernier's cooking things for the march to Kashmir: three small bags w…

Bernier's cooking things for the march to Kashmir: three small bags with culinary utensils -> ? -> a strong double sack or net of leather thongs. Which step is missing?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → All are placed in a large bag

Option (1) All are placed in a large bag — Correct. The three small bags of utensils are all placed in a large bag, and this bag then goes into the double sack. This is the middle step.

Option (2) Each is hung on a small iron hook — Incorrect. The small iron hook was on a linen bag, used to hang and drain dahi or curds. It had nothing to do with the utensil bags.

Option (3) Each is wrapped in napkins of dyed cloth — Incorrect. Some few napkins of dyed cloth were a separate item of his kit. The utensils were not wrapped in them.

Option (4) All are loaded on a powerful Persian camel — Incorrect. The Persian camel and its driver were part of what Bernier took along. His packing runs from small bags to a large bag to the double sack, with no camel in between.

NCERT (2026-27): “3.1 Comparing “East” and “West” …
Bernier often travelled with the army. This is an excerpt from his description of the army’s march to Kashmir: I am expected to keep two good Turkoman horses, and I also take with me a powerful Persian camel and driver, a groom for my horses, a cook and a servant to go before my horse with a flask of water in his hand, according to the custom of the country. I am also provided with every useful article, such as a tent of moderate size, a carpet, a portable bed made of four very strong but light canes, a pillow, a mattress, round leather table-cloths used at meals, some few napkins of dyed cloth, three small bags with culinary utensils which are all placed in a large bag, and this bag is again carried in a very capacious and strong double sack or net made of leather thongs. This double sack likewise contains the provisions, linen and wearing apparel, both of master and servants. I have taken care to lay in a stock of excellent rice for five or six days’ consumption, of sweet biscuits flavoured with anise (a herb), of limes and sugar. Nor have I forgotten a linen bag with its small iron hook for the purpose of suspending and draining dahi or curds; nothing being considered so refreshing in this country as lemonade and dahi.”