Here for the second blank are we supposed to take “while” in the middle as it flips the logic? or should we take “and” as it supports the blank?
We should consider while for contrast, like monasteries were in large number while in the rest part it was decreasing/declining. Is the answer D btw?
Yes it is D. Did you try to solve for the first blank? Or did you just use POE by using the second blank?