Question

[118]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "A gardener once complained that his mustard field flowered beautifully but set very little seed. A beekeeper explained that flowers need visitors: when a bee moves from flower to flower collecting nectar, pollen sticks to its body and reaches another flower, and only then can seeds form. The gardener stopped spraying pesticide during flowering hours and placed a few hives at the field's edge. That season the seed set improved sharply, and the beekeeper also harvested honey. The lesson was not that bees are kind to farmers; it is that farming depends on a working partnership between crops and pollinators, and breaking that link harms the harvest itself." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Turning reading into a free, enjoyable choice can change children's attitude towards books even without changing the syllabus.
2.
Pollinators such as bees are essential to seed formation, so protecting them directly protects the harvest.
3.
Successful farming depends on judging weather, soil and timing across seasons, not on hard work alone.
4.
True sportsmanship means upholding fair play even when an unfair advantage would help your own side win.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : Pollinators such as bees are essential to seed formation, so protecting them directly protects the harvest.

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सही उत्तर Pollinators such as bees are essential to seed formation, so protecting them directly protects the harvest. है।

Key Points

The passage as a whole supports this idea; the other options are narrow, opposite or absent from the passage.

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[118]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "A gardener once complained that his mustard field flowered beautifully but set very little seed. A beekeeper explained that flowers need visitors: when a bee moves from flower to flower collecting nectar, pollen sticks to its body and reaches another flower, and only then can seeds form. The gardener stopped spraying pesticide during flowering hours and placed a few hives at the field's edge. That season the seed set improved sharply, and the beekeeper also harvested honey. The lesson was not that bees are kind to farmers; it is that farming depends on a working partnership between crops and pollinators, and breaking that link harms the harvest itself." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Turning reading into a free, enjoyable choice can change children's attitude towards books even without changing the syllabus.
2.
Pollinators such as bees are essential to seed formation, so protecting them directly protects the harvest.
3.
Successful farming depends on judging weather, soil and timing across seasons, not on hard work alone.
4.
True sportsmanship means upholding fair play even when an unfair advantage would help your own side win.

Correct Answer: Pollinators such as bees are essential to seed formation, so protecting them directly protects the harvest.

The passage as a whole supports this idea; the other options are narrow, opposite or absent from the passage.

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