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

Passage: Long before modern shipping, ancient trade routes joined distant lands by sea and by land. Ships carried spices, cotton and gems from Indian ports to Arabia and beyond, while caravans of camels and horses crossed deserts and mountains with silk, salt and glass. Trade carried more than goods. Along the routes travelled languages, religions, stories, mathematics and new crops, so that a farmer in one country might grow a plant first domesticated thousands of miles away. Trade also carried risk: a storm, a war or a blocked pass could ruin a merchant. Yet the routes survived because people on both ends wanted what the other produced. In that exchange, civilisations did not merely buy and sell; they learned from each other.

What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Ancient trade routes exchanged goods and also languages, religions, stories and crops between civilisations.
2.
A public library is a shared free space that preserves memory and builds critical judgement in readers.
3.
Careful observation of an unexpected result led to penicillin, later purified into a life-saving medicine.
4.
Coral reefs are fragile, biodiverse ecosystems that shelter marine life and protect coasts from waves.
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Option 1 : Ancient trade routes exchanged goods and also languages, religions, stories and crops between civilisations.

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सही उत्तर Ancient trade routes exchanged goods and also languages, religions, stories and crops between civilisations. है।

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The passage centres on: Ancient trade routes exchanged goods and also languages, religions, stories and crops between civilisations.

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

Passage: Long before modern shipping, ancient trade routes joined distant lands by sea and by land. Ships carried spices, cotton and gems from Indian ports to Arabia and beyond, while caravans of camels and horses crossed deserts and mountains with silk, salt and glass. Trade carried more than goods. Along the routes travelled languages, religions, stories, mathematics and new crops, so that a farmer in one country might grow a plant first domesticated thousands of miles away. Trade also carried risk: a storm, a war or a blocked pass could ruin a merchant. Yet the routes survived because people on both ends wanted what the other produced. In that exchange, civilisations did not merely buy and sell; they learned from each other.

What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Ancient trade routes exchanged goods and also languages, religions, stories and crops between civilisations.
2.
A public library is a shared free space that preserves memory and builds critical judgement in readers.
3.
Careful observation of an unexpected result led to penicillin, later purified into a life-saving medicine.
4.
Coral reefs are fragile, biodiverse ecosystems that shelter marine life and protect coasts from waves.

Correct Answer: Ancient trade routes exchanged goods and also languages, religions, stories and crops between civilisations.

The passage centres on: Ancient trade routes exchanged goods and also languages, religions, stories and crops between civilisations.

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