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[106]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "A porter named Dorje carried loads for trekkers in the high Himalayas. For twenty years he had watched the same glacier. Each year, he told visitors, the ice ended a little higher up the mountain. Scientists who visited confirmed what Dorje had seen: the glacier was retreating. Dorje did not use scientific words. He pointed to a rock where ice had stood when he was young and showed how bare it now was. When a young student asked what could be done, Dorje said that people in distant cities must understand that their smoke and waste reach even these mountains. He believed that the eyes of those who live with nature notice change first, and that their warning should be heard before it is too late." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Glaciers never change their position.
2.
Only scientists can observe nature correctly.
3.
Porters should not speak to visitors.
4.
People who live with nature notice environmental change first, and their warnings deserve attention.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : People who live with nature notice environmental change first, and their warnings deserve attention.

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सही उत्तर People who live with nature notice environmental change first, and their warnings deserve attention. है।

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Dorje's twenty-year observation of retreat, confirmed by scientists, carries the warning.

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[106]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "A porter named Dorje carried loads for trekkers in the high Himalayas. For twenty years he had watched the same glacier. Each year, he told visitors, the ice ended a little higher up the mountain. Scientists who visited confirmed what Dorje had seen: the glacier was retreating. Dorje did not use scientific words. He pointed to a rock where ice had stood when he was young and showed how bare it now was. When a young student asked what could be done, Dorje said that people in distant cities must understand that their smoke and waste reach even these mountains. He believed that the eyes of those who live with nature notice change first, and that their warning should be heard before it is too late." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Glaciers never change their position.
2.
Only scientists can observe nature correctly.
3.
Porters should not speak to visitors.
4.
People who live with nature notice environmental change first, and their warnings deserve attention.

Correct Answer: People who live with nature notice environmental change first, and their warnings deserve attention.

Dorje's twenty-year observation of retreat, confirmed by scientists, carries the warning.

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