Question

[1]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "A health worker visiting a village school found that many children fell ill with stomach infections after the rains. She did not begin with medicines. She showed the children how to wash hands with soap after using the toilet and before eating, how to cover stored water, and why food sold in the open near drains should be avoided. Teachers made handwashing part of the lunch routine, and older children checked that younger ones followed it. Within a season, the number of sick children fell sharply, and attendance improved. The camp's success showed that prevention through simple daily habits can protect health more cheaply and surely than treatment after illness." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
A forest works as a web of many species, so its protection means preserving variety and relationships, not merely planting trees.
2.
Simple preventive habits such as handwashing and safe water storage can reduce illness more cheaply and surely than treatment alone.
3.
The postal system mattered — and still matters — because it reaches people reliably, even where faster technologies are weak.
4.
Science begins in the habit of noticing ordinary things closely and asking why, rather than in memorising answers.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : Simple preventive habits such as handwashing and safe water storage can reduce illness more cheaply and surely than treatment alone.

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सही उत्तर Simple preventive habits such as handwashing and safe water storage can reduce illness more cheaply and surely than treatment alone. है।

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

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[1]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "A health worker visiting a village school found that many children fell ill with stomach infections after the rains. She did not begin with medicines. She showed the children how to wash hands with soap after using the toilet and before eating, how to cover stored water, and why food sold in the open near drains should be avoided. Teachers made handwashing part of the lunch routine, and older children checked that younger ones followed it. Within a season, the number of sick children fell sharply, and attendance improved. The camp's success showed that prevention through simple daily habits can protect health more cheaply and surely than treatment after illness." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
A forest works as a web of many species, so its protection means preserving variety and relationships, not merely planting trees.
2.
Simple preventive habits such as handwashing and safe water storage can reduce illness more cheaply and surely than treatment alone.
3.
The postal system mattered — and still matters — because it reaches people reliably, even where faster technologies are weak.
4.
Science begins in the habit of noticing ordinary things closely and asking why, rather than in memorising answers.

Correct Answer: Simple preventive habits such as handwashing and safe water storage can reduce illness more cheaply and surely than treatment alone.

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

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