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[3]. Read the following passage carefully:
Passage: "For two years, the monsoon failed in Devgarh. Farmer Mohan watched his neighbours drill deeper wells, but he remembered his grandfather's advice: do not chase water downwards, catch it where it falls. He built a small farm pond, mulched his soil with dry leaves, and grew millets that needed less water. His first harvest was modest, and neighbours called his pond a waste of land. In the third year, when rain returned, his pond held water for months, his soil stayed moist, and his crop survived a dry spell that ruined others. Mohan's pond did not end drought, but it changed how his farm met drought." Why did neighbours call the pond a waste of land?
Option 4 : Because the first harvest was modest and the pond took up land
Detailed Solution
सही उत्तर Because the first harvest was modest and the pond took up land है।
The modest first harvest made the pond look wasteful to neighbours.
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[3]. Read the following passage carefully:
Passage: "For two years, the monsoon failed in Devgarh. Farmer Mohan watched his neighbours drill deeper wells, but he remembered his grandfather's advice: do not chase water downwards, catch it where it falls. He built a small farm pond, mulched his soil with dry leaves, and grew millets that needed less water. His first harvest was modest, and neighbours called his pond a waste of land. In the third year, when rain returned, his pond held water for months, his soil stayed moist, and his crop survived a dry spell that ruined others. Mohan's pond did not end drought, but it changed how his farm met drought." Why did neighbours call the pond a waste of land?
Correct Answer: Because the first harvest was modest and the pond took up land
The modest first harvest made the pond look wasteful to neighbours.