India's distress gold was associated with
a. families selling heirlooms to avoid loss of their land.
b. families raising the price of dowry payments before agreeing to let their daughters marry.
c. couples selling their wedding gifts to buy food.
d. couples marrying at younger ages.
e. families working in the mines, hoping to find small bits of gold to help the weather the worst of the economic downturn.
a
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