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[125]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "At a small railway station, a bookstall sold more than books. Travellers waiting for delayed trains bought stories to pass the time, and the stallkeeper remembered who liked mysteries and who liked poems. When trains ran on time, sales fell, but the stallkeeper did not close. He said a station without books is only a place to wait, while a station with books is a place to travel in the mind." The phrase 'travel in the mind' means —

1.
Reading lets travellers journey imaginatively while waiting
2.
Trains travel mentally
3.
Books move stations
4.
Waiting is travel
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : Reading lets travellers journey imaginatively while waiting

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर Reading lets travellers journey imaginatively while waiting है।

Key Points

Reading is imaginative travel.

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[125]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "At a small railway station, a bookstall sold more than books. Travellers waiting for delayed trains bought stories to pass the time, and the stallkeeper remembered who liked mysteries and who liked poems. When trains ran on time, sales fell, but the stallkeeper did not close. He said a station without books is only a place to wait, while a station with books is a place to travel in the mind." The phrase 'travel in the mind' means —

1.
Reading lets travellers journey imaginatively while waiting
2.
Trains travel mentally
3.
Books move stations
4.
Waiting is travel

Correct Answer: Reading lets travellers journey imaginatively while waiting

Reading is imaginative travel.

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