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[122]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "The trek began in a pine forest where the air smelled of resin, climbed past terraced fields where farmers waved, and reached a ridge where clouds drifted below the path. The trekkers walked slowly, drank water often and rested before they felt tired, because at height the body warns late. One evening they watched the sun set over a valley that turned gold and then purple, and a shepherd shared his fire and stories of snow leopards. The group returned tired and sunburnt, but they spoke less about the distance covered than about the discipline of walking steadily and the kindness of strangers on the way." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Simple preventive habits such as handwashing and safe water storage can reduce illness more cheaply and surely than treatment alone.
2.
A mountain trek teaches steady discipline and openness to strangers as much as it tests physical endurance.
3.
A forest works as a web of many species, so its protection means preserving variety and relationships, not merely planting trees.
4.
The postal system mattered — and still matters — because it reaches people reliably, even where faster technologies are weak.
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Option 2 : A mountain trek teaches steady discipline and openness to strangers as much as it tests physical endurance.

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सही उत्तर A mountain trek teaches steady discipline and openness to strangers as much as it tests physical endurance. 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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[122]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "The trek began in a pine forest where the air smelled of resin, climbed past terraced fields where farmers waved, and reached a ridge where clouds drifted below the path. The trekkers walked slowly, drank water often and rested before they felt tired, because at height the body warns late. One evening they watched the sun set over a valley that turned gold and then purple, and a shepherd shared his fire and stories of snow leopards. The group returned tired and sunburnt, but they spoke less about the distance covered than about the discipline of walking steadily and the kindness of strangers on the way." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Simple preventive habits such as handwashing and safe water storage can reduce illness more cheaply and surely than treatment alone.
2.
A mountain trek teaches steady discipline and openness to strangers as much as it tests physical endurance.
3.
A forest works as a web of many species, so its protection means preserving variety and relationships, not merely planting trees.
4.
The postal system mattered — and still matters — because it reaches people reliably, even where faster technologies are weak.

Correct Answer: A mountain trek teaches steady discipline and openness to strangers as much as it tests physical endurance.

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

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