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

Passage: In Bhagalpur, known as the silk city, weaving is not a factory process but a household rhythm. A weaver sits at a wooden loom before dawn, throwing the shuttle back and forth while patterns of tussar and mulberry silk slowly emerge from plain thread. Each design carries memory: motifs learned from a parent, colours chosen for a festival, a border that marks a community's taste. Power looms can copy a pattern faster and cheaper, yet they cannot copy the slight unevenness of a handloom, which buyers prize as proof of human touch. Weavers today face rising yarn prices, middlemen who take most of the profit, and young people leaving the loom for city jobs. Saving this craft means paying fairly for slowness, skill and heritage. In the context of the passage, the word 'motif' most nearly means:

1.
a single example of a plant or animal collected for study
2.
a decorative design or pattern repeated in a work
3.
a book or document written by hand before printing
4.
moving back, becoming smaller over time
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : a decorative design or pattern repeated in a work

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सही उत्तर a decorative design or pattern repeated in a work है।

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In this passage 'motif' means: a decorative design or pattern repeated in a work.

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

Passage: In Bhagalpur, known as the silk city, weaving is not a factory process but a household rhythm. A weaver sits at a wooden loom before dawn, throwing the shuttle back and forth while patterns of tussar and mulberry silk slowly emerge from plain thread. Each design carries memory: motifs learned from a parent, colours chosen for a festival, a border that marks a community's taste. Power looms can copy a pattern faster and cheaper, yet they cannot copy the slight unevenness of a handloom, which buyers prize as proof of human touch. Weavers today face rising yarn prices, middlemen who take most of the profit, and young people leaving the loom for city jobs. Saving this craft means paying fairly for slowness, skill and heritage. In the context of the passage, the word 'motif' most nearly means:

1.
a single example of a plant or animal collected for study
2.
a decorative design or pattern repeated in a work
3.
a book or document written by hand before printing
4.
moving back, becoming smaller over time

Correct Answer: a decorative design or pattern repeated in a work

In this passage 'motif' means: a decorative design or pattern repeated in a work.

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