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[109]. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question.

Passage: Before electric lights and automatic signals, a lighthouse keeper lived alone for weeks on a rocky island or a lonely cliff, tending a lamp that ships depended on. Each evening he cleaned the great lens, trimmed the wick and lit the flame; through the night he watched that it never went out, even in storms when waves shook the tower. The work was lonely, but it was not meaningless. A single steady light could mean the difference between a ship reaching harbour and breaking on the rocks. Keepers kept careful logs of weather, passing ships and repairs, and those logs now help historians understand coastal life. Their story reminds us that quiet, repeated duty can save lives no one ever sees. Which of the following can be most reasonably inferred from the passage?

1.
The passage suggests the subject is unimportant and deserves no further attention.
2.
The passage proves that every traditional practice connected with the subject should be abandoned.
3.
The passage claims that only experts, never ordinary people, can understand the subject.
4.
The life of a lighthouse keeper has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : The life of a lighthouse keeper has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices.

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सही उत्तर The life of a lighthouse keeper has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices. है।

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The passage's evidence and emphasis support a lasting, wider significance, not dismissal or exclusivity.

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[109]. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question.

Passage: Before electric lights and automatic signals, a lighthouse keeper lived alone for weeks on a rocky island or a lonely cliff, tending a lamp that ships depended on. Each evening he cleaned the great lens, trimmed the wick and lit the flame; through the night he watched that it never went out, even in storms when waves shook the tower. The work was lonely, but it was not meaningless. A single steady light could mean the difference between a ship reaching harbour and breaking on the rocks. Keepers kept careful logs of weather, passing ships and repairs, and those logs now help historians understand coastal life. Their story reminds us that quiet, repeated duty can save lives no one ever sees. Which of the following can be most reasonably inferred from the passage?

1.
The passage suggests the subject is unimportant and deserves no further attention.
2.
The passage proves that every traditional practice connected with the subject should be abandoned.
3.
The passage claims that only experts, never ordinary people, can understand the subject.
4.
The life of a lighthouse keeper has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices.

Correct Answer: The life of a lighthouse keeper has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices.

The passage's evidence and emphasis support a lasting, wider significance, not dismissal or exclusivity.

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