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[110]. Passage:

Mountains teach patience to climbers and planners alike. A road cut too quickly through a fragile slope may open a valley for a season and bury it in the next landslide. Villagers who know which slope slips after heavy rain, which spring dries in summer, and which forest holds soil are not obstacles to development; they are its earliest warning system. Building in mountains therefore needs slow surveys, local knowledge and maintenance, not only concrete and inauguration dates. On the passage about mountains, what is its central argument?

1.
It argues only for more funding without any change
2.
It argues the subject should be abandoned
3.
local knowledge as warning
4.
It argues only experts should decide
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : local knowledge as warning

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सही उत्तर local knowledge as warning है।

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The passage centres on local knowledge as warning.

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[110]. Passage:

Mountains teach patience to climbers and planners alike. A road cut too quickly through a fragile slope may open a valley for a season and bury it in the next landslide. Villagers who know which slope slips after heavy rain, which spring dries in summer, and which forest holds soil are not obstacles to development; they are its earliest warning system. Building in mountains therefore needs slow surveys, local knowledge and maintenance, not only concrete and inauguration dates. On the passage about mountains, what is its central argument?

1.
It argues only for more funding without any change
2.
It argues the subject should be abandoned
3.
local knowledge as warning
4.
It argues only experts should decide

Correct Answer: local knowledge as warning

The passage centres on local knowledge as warning.

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