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

Passage: A bee visiting a flower is not merely collecting food. As it moves from blossom to blossom for nectar, it carries pollen on its body, and that pollen fertilises other flowers so that fruits and seeds can form. Without this unpaid work, many crops would produce far less: apples, almonds, mustard and countless vegetables all depend partly on insect pollinators. Bees are choosy workers. They remember which flowers gave rich nectar, communicate the direction of good flowers to hive-mates by dance, and return to the same patches day after day. When bee numbers fall because of pesticides, habitat loss or disease, farmers notice the loss in the harvest, not in a laboratory report. Protecting bees is therefore protecting food itself. In the context of the passage, the word 'pollinate' most nearly means:

1.
a single example of a plant or animal collected for study
2.
a book or document written by hand before printing
3.
moving back, becoming smaller over time
4.
to carry pollen from one flower to another so seeds can form
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : to carry pollen from one flower to another so seeds can form

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सही उत्तर to carry pollen from one flower to another so seeds can form है।

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In this passage 'pollinate' means: to carry pollen from one flower to another so seeds can form.

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

Passage: A bee visiting a flower is not merely collecting food. As it moves from blossom to blossom for nectar, it carries pollen on its body, and that pollen fertilises other flowers so that fruits and seeds can form. Without this unpaid work, many crops would produce far less: apples, almonds, mustard and countless vegetables all depend partly on insect pollinators. Bees are choosy workers. They remember which flowers gave rich nectar, communicate the direction of good flowers to hive-mates by dance, and return to the same patches day after day. When bee numbers fall because of pesticides, habitat loss or disease, farmers notice the loss in the harvest, not in a laboratory report. Protecting bees is therefore protecting food itself. In the context of the passage, the word 'pollinate' most nearly means:

1.
a single example of a plant or animal collected for study
2.
a book or document written by hand before printing
3.
moving back, becoming smaller over time
4.
to carry pollen from one flower to another so seeds can form

Correct Answer: to carry pollen from one flower to another so seeds can form

In this passage 'pollinate' means: to carry pollen from one flower to another so seeds can form.

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