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[123]. 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." How did her hut become a seed bank for the region?

1.
She sold seeds at very high prices.
2.
She stored seeds and never gave them away.
3.
The government built a bank in her hut.
4.
She gave seeds freely, asking farmers to return a part of the harvest as seed for others.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : She gave seeds freely, asking farmers to return a part of the harvest as seed for others.

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सही उत्तर She gave seeds freely, asking farmers to return a part of the harvest as seed for others. है।

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The return-a-part system spread seeds from farmer to farmer.

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[123]. 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." How did her hut become a seed bank for the region?

1.
She sold seeds at very high prices.
2.
She stored seeds and never gave them away.
3.
The government built a bank in her hut.
4.
She gave seeds freely, asking farmers to return a part of the harvest as seed for others.

Correct Answer: She gave seeds freely, asking farmers to return a part of the harvest as seed for others.

The return-a-part system spread seeds from farmer to farmer.

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