Question
[122]. Read the following passage carefully:
Passage: "Lakshmi, an old farmer, kept a small mud hut full of seeds. Over fifty years she had collected seeds of local rice, millets, beans and vegetables that her mother and grandmother had grown. When traders offered her money for hybrid seeds, she refused, saying that the old varieties survived drought and needed little water. During a dry year, when many crops failed, farmers came to Lakshmi for her seeds. She gave them freely, asking only that they return a part of the harvest as seed for others. In this way, her small hut became a seed bank for the whole region, and the knowledge of old crops passed from one generation to the next." Why did Lakshmi refuse hybrid seeds offered by traders?
Option 3 : Because the old varieties survived drought and needed little water.
Detailed Solution
सही उत्तर Because the old varieties survived drought and needed little water. है।
Lakshmi valued the drought resistance and low water need of old varieties.
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[122]. Read the following passage carefully:
Passage: "Lakshmi, an old farmer, kept a small mud hut full of seeds. Over fifty years she had collected seeds of local rice, millets, beans and vegetables that her mother and grandmother had grown. When traders offered her money for hybrid seeds, she refused, saying that the old varieties survived drought and needed little water. During a dry year, when many crops failed, farmers came to Lakshmi for her seeds. She gave them freely, asking only that they return a part of the harvest as seed for others. In this way, her small hut became a seed bank for the whole region, and the knowledge of old crops passed from one generation to the next." Why did Lakshmi refuse hybrid seeds offered by traders?
Correct Answer: Because the old varieties survived drought and needed little water.
Lakshmi valued the drought resistance and low water need of old varieties.