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[117]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "Glass looks solid, but it is made by melting sand until it flows like thick honey, then cooling it quickly. If it cools too fast, it cracks; if too slowly, it clouds. The glassmaker must therefore control cooling as carefully as heating. A perfect glass is not merely melted sand. It is sand melted and cooled at the right pace." The phrase 'not merely melted sand' means —

1.
Sand is not used
2.
Glass is not sand at all
3.
Process and pace, not just material, make good glass
4.
Melting is unnecessary
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : Process and pace, not just material, make good glass

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर Process and pace, not just material, make good glass है।

Key Points

Material alone is insufficient; pace matters.

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[117]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "Glass looks solid, but it is made by melting sand until it flows like thick honey, then cooling it quickly. If it cools too fast, it cracks; if too slowly, it clouds. The glassmaker must therefore control cooling as carefully as heating. A perfect glass is not merely melted sand. It is sand melted and cooled at the right pace." The phrase 'not merely melted sand' means —

1.
Sand is not used
2.
Glass is not sand at all
3.
Process and pace, not just material, make good glass
4.
Melting is unnecessary

Correct Answer: Process and pace, not just material, make good glass

Material alone is insufficient; pace matters.

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