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[106]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "A seed bank is a library that lends no books. It stores seeds in cold, dry rooms so that a crop variety lost in the field can be grown again. Farmers once kept seeds in earthen pots; seed banks do the same work at larger scale and for longer time. When a flood or disease wipes out a local variety, the bank can return its seeds. A seed bank does not replace farmers. It backs them up when their own stores fail." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Seed banks lend books
2.
Farmers no longer need seeds
3.
Cold rooms grow crops
4.
Seed banks preserve crop varieties so lost varieties can be grown again
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : Seed banks preserve crop varieties so lost varieties can be grown again

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सही उत्तर Seed banks preserve crop varieties so lost varieties can be grown again है।

Key Points

Preservation for future regrowing is the bank's purpose.

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[106]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "A seed bank is a library that lends no books. It stores seeds in cold, dry rooms so that a crop variety lost in the field can be grown again. Farmers once kept seeds in earthen pots; seed banks do the same work at larger scale and for longer time. When a flood or disease wipes out a local variety, the bank can return its seeds. A seed bank does not replace farmers. It backs them up when their own stores fail." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Seed banks lend books
2.
Farmers no longer need seeds
3.
Cold rooms grow crops
4.
Seed banks preserve crop varieties so lost varieties can be grown again

Correct Answer: Seed banks preserve crop varieties so lost varieties can be grown again

Preservation for future regrowing is the bank's purpose.

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