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[122]. Passage:

Women scientists in early Indian laboratories worked against locked doors, low pay and the assumption that research was not women's work. Yet they ran experiments, taught students and published findings that later textbooks quietly absorbed without naming them. Remembering them is not charity; it corrects the record of how science actually advanced — through many hands, including those history overlooked. A classroom that names them gives girls not slogans, but precedents. On the passage about women scientists, what is its central argument?

1.
It argues only for more funding without any change
2.
It argues the subject should be abandoned
3.
precedents not slogans
4.
It argues only experts should decide
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : precedents not slogans

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर precedents not slogans है।

Key Points

The passage centres on precedents not slogans.

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[122]. Passage:

Women scientists in early Indian laboratories worked against locked doors, low pay and the assumption that research was not women's work. Yet they ran experiments, taught students and published findings that later textbooks quietly absorbed without naming them. Remembering them is not charity; it corrects the record of how science actually advanced — through many hands, including those history overlooked. A classroom that names them gives girls not slogans, but precedents. On the passage about women scientists, what is its central argument?

1.
It argues only for more funding without any change
2.
It argues the subject should be abandoned
3.
precedents not slogans
4.
It argues only experts should decide

Correct Answer: precedents not slogans

The passage centres on precedents not slogans.

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