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

Passage: A volcano forms where hot, molten rock from below the earth's crust finds a weak point and pushes upward. When pressure builds, an eruption can release lava, ash and gases with enormous force, reshaping hillsides and burying fields in a single night. Yet volcanoes also create. Over centuries, cooled lava breaks down into rich, fertile soil that farmers prize, and new islands can rise from the sea where eruptions continue under water. Scientists now monitor volcanoes with seismometers and gas sensors, watching for tremors and swelling ground that warn of an eruption. Living near a volcano is therefore a bargain with nature: danger in the short term, fertility and new land over the long term. Which of the following can be most reasonably inferred from the passage?

1.
The passage suggests the subject is unimportant and deserves no further attention.
2.
The passage proves that every traditional practice connected with the subject should be abandoned.
3.
Volcanoes has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices.
4.
The passage claims that only experts, never ordinary people, can understand the subject.
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Option 3 : Volcanoes has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices.

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सही उत्तर Volcanoes has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices. है।

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The passage's evidence and emphasis support a lasting, wider significance, not dismissal or exclusivity.

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

Passage: A volcano forms where hot, molten rock from below the earth's crust finds a weak point and pushes upward. When pressure builds, an eruption can release lava, ash and gases with enormous force, reshaping hillsides and burying fields in a single night. Yet volcanoes also create. Over centuries, cooled lava breaks down into rich, fertile soil that farmers prize, and new islands can rise from the sea where eruptions continue under water. Scientists now monitor volcanoes with seismometers and gas sensors, watching for tremors and swelling ground that warn of an eruption. Living near a volcano is therefore a bargain with nature: danger in the short term, fertility and new land over the long term. Which of the following can be most reasonably inferred from the passage?

1.
The passage suggests the subject is unimportant and deserves no further attention.
2.
The passage proves that every traditional practice connected with the subject should be abandoned.
3.
Volcanoes has a lasting importance that goes beyond its immediate or obvious effects, and understanding it changes how we judge related choices.
4.
The passage claims that only experts, never ordinary people, can understand the subject.

Correct Answer: Volcanoes 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.

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