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Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?

The monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on the walls with a pencil. It was done in this manner because at that time there were no proper systems of maintaining records in notebooks.


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Which of these statements are correct?

(i) The pader was an important person in the village in old times.


(ii) Paders still exist in Goan villages.


(iii) The paders went away with the Portuguese.


(iv) The paders continue to wear a single-piece long frock.


(v) Bread and cakes were an integral part of Goan life in the old days.


(vi) Traditional bread-baking is still a very profitable business.


(vii) Paders and their families starve in the present times.