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[110]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "At harvest time the village celebrates not only the crop but the work behind it. Farmers thank the rain and the soil, share the first grain with neighbours, and invite labourers who cut the crop to eat first. Children learn folk dances, elders settle old quarrels over sweets, and the market fills with new tools and clothes bought from the season's earnings. Outsiders sometimes see only colour and music, but for the villagers the festival marks a turning point: the anxious months of waiting are over, debts can be partly repaid, and the community can plan the next season with hope. A harvest festival is thus an economic and social milestone dressed as celebration." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Expanding girls' education requires changing timings, attitudes and role models together, not merely opening a school building.
2.
The railway changed India not only by speeding travel but by creating a shared system of time, markets and meeting places.
3.
Tides are the periodic rise and fall of sea level caused mainly by the Moon's gravity, with the Sun's pull adding to it.
4.
A harvest festival is an economic and social milestone — marking repaid debts, shared work and hope for the next season — not mere colour and music.
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Option 4 : A harvest festival is an economic and social milestone — marking repaid debts, shared work and hope for the next season — not mere colour and music.

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सही उत्तर A harvest festival is an economic and social milestone — marking repaid debts, shared work and hope for the next season — not mere colour and music. 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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[110]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "At harvest time the village celebrates not only the crop but the work behind it. Farmers thank the rain and the soil, share the first grain with neighbours, and invite labourers who cut the crop to eat first. Children learn folk dances, elders settle old quarrels over sweets, and the market fills with new tools and clothes bought from the season's earnings. Outsiders sometimes see only colour and music, but for the villagers the festival marks a turning point: the anxious months of waiting are over, debts can be partly repaid, and the community can plan the next season with hope. A harvest festival is thus an economic and social milestone dressed as celebration." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Expanding girls' education requires changing timings, attitudes and role models together, not merely opening a school building.
2.
The railway changed India not only by speeding travel but by creating a shared system of time, markets and meeting places.
3.
Tides are the periodic rise and fall of sea level caused mainly by the Moon's gravity, with the Sun's pull adding to it.
4.
A harvest festival is an economic and social milestone — marking repaid debts, shared work and hope for the next season — not mere colour and music.

Correct Answer: A harvest festival is an economic and social milestone — marking repaid debts, shared work and hope for the next season — not mere colour and music.

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

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