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[121]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "When a customer left a wallet containing a month's wages at his small grocery shop, Ramesh could have kept it quietly: no camera watched the counter and the customer had already left the town. Instead he kept the wallet locked in his drawer, asked neighbouring shopkeepers about the owner, and when the man returned three days later, handed over every rupee. The man offered a reward, but Ramesh refused, saying that trust was the real capital of his shop. Word spread, and soon more villagers bought from him because they knew their change would always be correct. Ramesh's honesty cost him nothing in the end; it built the reputation on which his business grew." The word 'capital' as used in the passage is closest in meaning to:

1.
an opening through which water flows in
2.
water in its invisible gaseous form
3.
wealth or assets used to run a business
4.
moving young plants to the field where they will grow
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : wealth or assets used to run a business

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर wealth or assets used to run a business है।

Key Points

In this context the word carries this sense; the other meanings do not fit the sentence.

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[121]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "When a customer left a wallet containing a month's wages at his small grocery shop, Ramesh could have kept it quietly: no camera watched the counter and the customer had already left the town. Instead he kept the wallet locked in his drawer, asked neighbouring shopkeepers about the owner, and when the man returned three days later, handed over every rupee. The man offered a reward, but Ramesh refused, saying that trust was the real capital of his shop. Word spread, and soon more villagers bought from him because they knew their change would always be correct. Ramesh's honesty cost him nothing in the end; it built the reputation on which his business grew." The word 'capital' as used in the passage is closest in meaning to:

1.
an opening through which water flows in
2.
water in its invisible gaseous form
3.
wealth or assets used to run a business
4.
moving young plants to the field where they will grow

Correct Answer: wealth or assets used to run a business

In this context the word carries this sense; the other meanings do not fit the sentence.

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