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[112]. Passage:

Urban parks are often planned as lawns for photographs, yet their real value is ecological and social. A park with native trees cools a neighbourhood, absorbs rain, shelters birds and gives children a place to play without paying. When parks are fenced, ticketed and manicured into flower beds, the poorest users are priced out and biodiversity shrinks. A good park is therefore a commons: messy in places, open to all, and managed with residents rather than for them. In the passage on urban parks, the word 'commons' is used most nearly to mean

1.
shared open space
2.
The opposite of the passage's sense
3.
A purely technical term
4.
A place name
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : shared open space

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सही उत्तर shared open space है।

Key Points

In context, 'commons' conveys shared open space.

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[112]. Passage:

Urban parks are often planned as lawns for photographs, yet their real value is ecological and social. A park with native trees cools a neighbourhood, absorbs rain, shelters birds and gives children a place to play without paying. When parks are fenced, ticketed and manicured into flower beds, the poorest users are priced out and biodiversity shrinks. A good park is therefore a commons: messy in places, open to all, and managed with residents rather than for them. In the passage on urban parks, the word 'commons' is used most nearly to mean

1.
shared open space
2.
The opposite of the passage's sense
3.
A purely technical term
4.
A place name

Correct Answer: shared open space

In context, 'commons' conveys shared open space.

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