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

Passage: Long before satellites, map-makers drew the world from travellers' reports, sailors' logs and careful measurement. Early maps were often beautiful and sometimes wrong: coastlines were guessed, unknown lands were filled with pictures of monsters, and distances were stretched by error. Yet maps shaped history. A map could decide where a road was built, which port a ship would seek, and even which land a ruler claimed. Modern maps are far more accurate, but they still involve choices. Every map-maker must decide what to show and what to leave out, which places to name large and which to shrink. A map is therefore never a perfect mirror of the earth; it is an argument about what matters in it. Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?

1.
Reflective and analytical
2.
Sarcastic and mocking
3.
Angry and threatening
4.
Careless and confused
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : Reflective and analytical

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सही उत्तर Reflective and analytical है।

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The passage is written in a reflective and analytical tone throughout.

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

Passage: Long before satellites, map-makers drew the world from travellers' reports, sailors' logs and careful measurement. Early maps were often beautiful and sometimes wrong: coastlines were guessed, unknown lands were filled with pictures of monsters, and distances were stretched by error. Yet maps shaped history. A map could decide where a road was built, which port a ship would seek, and even which land a ruler claimed. Modern maps are far more accurate, but they still involve choices. Every map-maker must decide what to show and what to leave out, which places to name large and which to shrink. A map is therefore never a perfect mirror of the earth; it is an argument about what matters in it. Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?

1.
Reflective and analytical
2.
Sarcastic and mocking
3.
Angry and threatening
4.
Careless and confused

Correct Answer: Reflective and analytical

The passage is written in a reflective and analytical tone throughout.

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