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[116]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "Salt pans along the coast look like shallow mirrors in the sun. Workers let seawater into flat pans, close the gates, and wait for sun and wind to evaporate the water, leaving salt behind. The work follows the seasons: strong sun makes good salt, rain ruins a pan. Salt workers read the sky the way farmers read soil — a cloudy week means delay, a dry wind means harvest. The salt we use daily, therefore, is not made in a factory alone; it is harvested from sea, sun and wind by patient seasonal work." Why does a cloudy week mean delay?

1.
Because pans flood.
2.
Because workers rest.
3.
Because seawater is salty.
4.
Because weak sun slows evaporation.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : Because weak sun slows evaporation.

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सही उत्तर Because weak sun slows evaporation. है।

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Cloud slows evaporation, so salt formation is delayed.

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[116]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "Salt pans along the coast look like shallow mirrors in the sun. Workers let seawater into flat pans, close the gates, and wait for sun and wind to evaporate the water, leaving salt behind. The work follows the seasons: strong sun makes good salt, rain ruins a pan. Salt workers read the sky the way farmers read soil — a cloudy week means delay, a dry wind means harvest. The salt we use daily, therefore, is not made in a factory alone; it is harvested from sea, sun and wind by patient seasonal work." Why does a cloudy week mean delay?

1.
Because pans flood.
2.
Because workers rest.
3.
Because seawater is salty.
4.
Because weak sun slows evaporation.

Correct Answer: Because weak sun slows evaporation.

Cloud slows evaporation, so salt formation is delayed.

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