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[114]. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question.
Passage: When the first passenger train ran in India in the 1850s, many people gathered simply to watch a machine that breathed fire and moved without horses. Railways were built for trade and for moving troops, but they changed Indian life in ways their builders did not foresee. A pilgrim could now cross in days a distance that once took months on foot; grain could move from a surplus region to a famine region; newspapers, books and letters travelled faster, and people from different regions met, argued and organised together. Railways also brought hardship: land was taken, forests were cut for sleepers, and fares remained beyond the poor. Yet the network quietly stitched a vast country together and made a shared public life possible.
What is the main idea of the passage?
Option 4 : Railways changed Indian life by speeding travel, trade and communication, despite hardship and cost.
Detailed Solution
सही उत्तर Railways changed Indian life by speeding travel, trade and communication, despite hardship and cost. है।
The passage centres on: Railways changed Indian life by speeding travel, trade and communication, despite hardship and cost.
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[114]. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question.
Passage: When the first passenger train ran in India in the 1850s, many people gathered simply to watch a machine that breathed fire and moved without horses. Railways were built for trade and for moving troops, but they changed Indian life in ways their builders did not foresee. A pilgrim could now cross in days a distance that once took months on foot; grain could move from a surplus region to a famine region; newspapers, books and letters travelled faster, and people from different regions met, argued and organised together. Railways also brought hardship: land was taken, forests were cut for sleepers, and fares remained beyond the poor. Yet the network quietly stitched a vast country together and made a shared public life possible.
What is the main idea of the passage?
Correct Answer: Railways changed Indian life by speeding travel, trade and communication, despite hardship and cost.
The passage centres on: Railways changed Indian life by speeding travel, trade and communication, despite hardship and cost.