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Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow:

No one knows for sure when the use of hats originated. But we do know why people wore them and still do. Hats are worn for two primary reasons. One, for protection, and two, for decoration. In parts of the world where the weather is hot and sunny, people protect their heads from the sun with wide-brimmed hats. Mexicans wear one such hat called the sombrero. Indians wear a topi, pagdee or a cloth roughly tied around the head.

A particular kind of pagdee or the turban is worn by the Sikhs for religious reasons. Farmers in Rajasthan and some other states wear a pagdee for traditional reasons as well as for protection from the Sun.

In other parts of the world where the climate is cold, people often wear woollen hats and some of them even have earflaps. Then there are decorative hats worn as an accessory to a person's clothing like a harlequin hat. A South American cowboy wears a hat, which is part of his traditional costume, while a North American cowboy wears a wide-brimmed hat, which protects him from the Sun.

A hat can also tell us about the occupation of its wearer. Fire-fighters, coal-miners, nurses and policemen wear special hats which look very common to their profession.

A sombrero is a ________.

A)  hat with ear flaps       

B)  cloth tied round the head

C)  wide-brimmed hat              

D)  fire-fighter's hat

E)  None of these