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[118]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "A mountain school with only two rooms taught children from five villages. In winter, snow closed the road, but classes continued because the teacher lived in the school and older students taught younger ones in turns. Lessons used stones for counting, leaves for botany, and the village stream for lessons on flow and force. When inspectors asked about laboratories, the teacher pointed to the mountain itself. The school's success did not come from buildings or equipment, but from using the surroundings as a laboratory and from students teaching each other." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Snow always stops learning.
2.
Inspectors disliked the school.
3.
Schools need large buildings to succeed.
4.
A mountain school succeeded by using its surroundings as a laboratory and by students teaching each other, despite few rooms.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : A mountain school succeeded by using its surroundings as a laboratory and by students teaching each other, despite few rooms.

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सही उत्तर A mountain school succeeded by using its surroundings as a laboratory and by students teaching each other, despite few rooms. है।

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Success came from surroundings as laboratory and peer teaching, not buildings.

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[118]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "A mountain school with only two rooms taught children from five villages. In winter, snow closed the road, but classes continued because the teacher lived in the school and older students taught younger ones in turns. Lessons used stones for counting, leaves for botany, and the village stream for lessons on flow and force. When inspectors asked about laboratories, the teacher pointed to the mountain itself. The school's success did not come from buildings or equipment, but from using the surroundings as a laboratory and from students teaching each other." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Snow always stops learning.
2.
Inspectors disliked the school.
3.
Schools need large buildings to succeed.
4.
A mountain school succeeded by using its surroundings as a laboratory and by students teaching each other, despite few rooms.

Correct Answer: A mountain school succeeded by using its surroundings as a laboratory and by students teaching each other, despite few rooms.

Success came from surroundings as laboratory and peer teaching, not buildings.

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