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[117]. 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. Which of the following can be most reasonably inferred from the passage?
Option 3 : The first railways in India has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices.
Detailed Solution
सही उत्तर The first railways in India has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices. है।
The passage's evidence and emphasis support a lasting, wider significance, not dismissal or exclusivity.
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[117]. 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. Which of the following can be most reasonably inferred from the passage?
Correct Answer: The first railways in India 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.