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[109]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "When the village first received solar panels, many residents expected only that their homes would have light after dark. The change went further: children studied in the evening without smoky lamps, a women's group ran a sewing unit on electric machines, and a farmer charged his mobile phone to receive weather forecasts and market prices. Because the panels needed little fuel and no daily purchase, the village saved money that had gone to kerosene. The engineer who installed the system also trained two local youths to clean and repair it, so the village did not depend on outsiders for every fault. Solar power thus brought not only light but also study, income and self-reliance." The word 'kerosene' as used in the passage is closest in meaning to:

1.
handwritten books or documents
2.
breaks in while someone is speaking
3.
to shed old feathers
4.
a fuel oil used in lamps and stoves
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : a fuel oil used in lamps and stoves

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर a fuel oil used in lamps and stoves है।

Key Points

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

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[109]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "When the village first received solar panels, many residents expected only that their homes would have light after dark. The change went further: children studied in the evening without smoky lamps, a women's group ran a sewing unit on electric machines, and a farmer charged his mobile phone to receive weather forecasts and market prices. Because the panels needed little fuel and no daily purchase, the village saved money that had gone to kerosene. The engineer who installed the system also trained two local youths to clean and repair it, so the village did not depend on outsiders for every fault. Solar power thus brought not only light but also study, income and self-reliance." The word 'kerosene' as used in the passage is closest in meaning to:

1.
handwritten books or documents
2.
breaks in while someone is speaking
3.
to shed old feathers
4.
a fuel oil used in lamps and stoves

Correct Answer: a fuel oil used in lamps and stoves

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

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