AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
The uncertainty about whether spaghetti originated in China, Arabia, or elsewhere reveals that pre-modern cultural exchange was widespread, informal, and largely unrecorded. Similar foods appeared independently in India, Japan, and the Mediterranean, suggesting multiple overlapping trade and travel routes. As the passage notes, "the truth about their origins may never be known," yet this very uncertainty confirms the possibilities of long-distance cultural contact — through traders, travellers, and merchants — long before the modern era.
Source: Food Travels: Spaghetti and Potato, Chapter 3
Examiners look for three points (one per mark): (1) uncertainty reflects unrecorded/informal exchange, (2) multiple regions sharing similar foods shows overlapping contact, (3) it proves long-distance cultural links existed in pre-modern times. Ground every point in the passage — don't add outside knowledge. Avoid vague phrases like "shows globalisation"; be specific about traders, travellers, and the example of noodles/spaghetti.