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[110]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "In a windy village, every roof once had a small windmill for grinding grain. When electric mills arrived, the windmills were left to rust. Years later, when power cuts grew frequent, villagers repaired one windmill and found it still worked. The village did not abandon electricity, but it kept the windmill as a backup. Old technology, the passage suggests, is not always obsolete; sometimes it is insurance." Which statement best expresses the central idea of the passage?

1.
Villages should reject electricity
2.
Old windmills, repaired, served as backup when power failed, showing old technology can be insurance
3.
Windmills replaced electricity
4.
Electric mills are useless
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : Old windmills, repaired, served as backup when power failed, showing old technology can be insurance

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सही उत्तर Old windmills, repaired, served as backup when power failed, showing old technology can be insurance है।

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Backup value of old technology is the point.

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[110]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "In a windy village, every roof once had a small windmill for grinding grain. When electric mills arrived, the windmills were left to rust. Years later, when power cuts grew frequent, villagers repaired one windmill and found it still worked. The village did not abandon electricity, but it kept the windmill as a backup. Old technology, the passage suggests, is not always obsolete; sometimes it is insurance." Which statement best expresses the central idea of the passage?

1.
Villages should reject electricity
2.
Old windmills, repaired, served as backup when power failed, showing old technology can be insurance
3.
Windmills replaced electricity
4.
Electric mills are useless

Correct Answer: Old windmills, repaired, served as backup when power failed, showing old technology can be insurance

Backup value of old technology is the point.

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