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

Passage: The Western Ghats, a mountain chain along India's west coast, are one of the world's richest reservoirs of life found nowhere else. Shola forests, evergreen valleys and grasslands shelter elephants, lion-tailed macaques, hornbills and thousands of plant species that grow only in these hills. The Ghats are also a water tower: they catch the monsoon, feed rivers that water farms and cities downstream, and hold soil on steep slopes. Yet roads, plantations, mining and expanding towns cut the forests into fragments, so that animals cannot move between patches and streams run muddy. Protecting the Ghats is not only about saving rare species; it is about safeguarding the water, climate and soil on which millions of people depend.

What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
The Western Ghats shelter unique life and safeguard water, soil and climate for millions downstream.
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 : The Western Ghats shelter unique life and safeguard water, soil and climate for millions downstream.

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सही उत्तर The Western Ghats shelter unique life and safeguard water, soil and climate for millions downstream. है।

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The passage centres on: The Western Ghats shelter unique life and safeguard water, soil and climate for millions downstream.

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

Passage: The Western Ghats, a mountain chain along India's west coast, are one of the world's richest reservoirs of life found nowhere else. Shola forests, evergreen valleys and grasslands shelter elephants, lion-tailed macaques, hornbills and thousands of plant species that grow only in these hills. The Ghats are also a water tower: they catch the monsoon, feed rivers that water farms and cities downstream, and hold soil on steep slopes. Yet roads, plantations, mining and expanding towns cut the forests into fragments, so that animals cannot move between patches and streams run muddy. Protecting the Ghats is not only about saving rare species; it is about safeguarding the water, climate and soil on which millions of people depend.

What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
The Western Ghats shelter unique life and safeguard water, soil and climate for millions downstream.
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: The Western Ghats shelter unique life and safeguard water, soil and climate for millions downstream.

The passage centres on: The Western Ghats shelter unique life and safeguard water, soil and climate for millions downstream.

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