১৮তম BCSইংরেজি ভাষাঅন্যান্য
Throughout history, the search for salt has played an important role in society. Where it was scarce, salt was traded ounce for ounce with gold. Rome’s major highway was called the via salaria, that is the Salt road. Along the road, Roman soldiers transported salt crystals from the salt flats at Ostia up the Tiber River. In return, they received a salarium or salary, which was literally money paid to soldiers to buy salt. The old saying ‘worth their salt’. Which mean to be valuable derives from the custom of payment during the Empire. What does the passage mainly discuss?
- কThe old saying, “worth their salt”
- খThe Roman Empire
- Saltসঠিক উত্তর
- ঘAncient Trade
সঠিক উত্তর: Salt
অনুচ্ছেদটির শুরু থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত মূল আলোচ্য বিষয় হলো লবণ (salt) — এর ইতিহাস, মূল্য, বাণিজ্য ও 'salary' শব্দের উৎপত্তি। রোমান সাম্রাজ্য বা প্রবাদ শুধু উদাহরণ মাত্র, মূল বিষয় নয়। তাই সঠিক উত্তর Salt।
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