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[108]. 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." Which of the following does the passage NOT support?

1.
Seed banks work at larger scale
2.
Farmers once kept seeds in earthen pots
3.
A seed bank replaces farmers
4.
A lost variety can be regrown from bank seeds
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : A seed bank replaces farmers

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सही उत्तर A seed bank replaces farmers है।

Key Points

The passage says a bank does not replace farmers.

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[108]. 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." Which of the following does the passage NOT support?

1.
Seed banks work at larger scale
2.
Farmers once kept seeds in earthen pots
3.
A seed bank replaces farmers
4.
A lost variety can be regrown from bank seeds

Correct Answer: A seed bank replaces farmers

The passage says a bank does not replace farmers.

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