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[125]. 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." The word 'terraced' as used in the passage is closest in meaning to:

1.
action taken to stop illness before it happens
2.
shaped into flat steps on a hillside
3.
the upper layer of leaves in a forest
4.
regular payment made to a person after retirement
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : shaped into flat steps on a hillside

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सही उत्तर shaped into flat steps on a hillside है।

Key Points

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

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[125]. 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." The word 'terraced' as used in the passage is closest in meaning to:

1.
action taken to stop illness before it happens
2.
shaped into flat steps on a hillside
3.
the upper layer of leaves in a forest
4.
regular payment made to a person after retirement

Correct Answer: shaped into flat steps on a hillside

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

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