https://bodwell.edu/r_smith/PLO%205.3.html
This may help with the women part of the question.
Answer:
Question #1 = Couples may include a yagna as part of their wedding ceremony. The caste system limits job choices for Indians.
Question #2 = wearing cotton clothes.
The largest desert in the world is technically in Antarctica; so this would be a correct answer. If you're looking for a more "typical" deserts, you could go with Africa, with its Sahara and numerous other deserts too.