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

Passage: Success flatters us; failure examines us. When a plan succeeds, we rarely ask which part of it worked and which part was luck, and we repeat the whole plan unchanged. When a plan fails, we are forced to separate causes: was the idea wrong, the timing wrong, the preparation thin, or the execution careless? That separation is learning. Great inventors, athletes and teachers all describe the same pattern: a failed attempt, honestly reviewed, teaches more than an easy victory because it exposes a specific weakness that can be repaired. Failure, however, teaches only those willing to review it. Blamed on others or hidden in shame, it teaches nothing. Faced squarely, it becomes the most honest teacher a student can have.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

1.
Early maps sometimes filled unknown lands with pictures of monsters and guessed at coastlines.
2.
Cooled lava breaks down over centuries into rich, fertile soil that farmers prize.
3.
When a plan fails, we are forced to separate causes: idea, timing, preparation or execution.
4.
Keepers cleaned the great lens, trimmed the wick and watched through the night that the lamp never went out.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : When a plan fails, we are forced to separate causes: idea, timing, preparation or execution.

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सही उत्तर When a plan fails, we are forced to separate causes: idea, timing, preparation or execution. है।

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The passage states: When a plan fails, we are forced to separate causes: idea, timing, preparation or execution.

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

Passage: Success flatters us; failure examines us. When a plan succeeds, we rarely ask which part of it worked and which part was luck, and we repeat the whole plan unchanged. When a plan fails, we are forced to separate causes: was the idea wrong, the timing wrong, the preparation thin, or the execution careless? That separation is learning. Great inventors, athletes and teachers all describe the same pattern: a failed attempt, honestly reviewed, teaches more than an easy victory because it exposes a specific weakness that can be repaired. Failure, however, teaches only those willing to review it. Blamed on others or hidden in shame, it teaches nothing. Faced squarely, it becomes the most honest teacher a student can have.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

1.
Early maps sometimes filled unknown lands with pictures of monsters and guessed at coastlines.
2.
Cooled lava breaks down over centuries into rich, fertile soil that farmers prize.
3.
When a plan fails, we are forced to separate causes: idea, timing, preparation or execution.
4.
Keepers cleaned the great lens, trimmed the wick and watched through the night that the lamp never went out.

Correct Answer: When a plan fails, we are forced to separate causes: idea, timing, preparation or execution.

The passage states: When a plan fails, we are forced to separate causes: idea, timing, preparation or execution.

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