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[120]. Passage:

Night skies are disappearing under city lights, and with them a shared human heritage. A child in a bright city may never see the Milky Way, learn constellations from a grandparent, or understand why farmers once read stars for seasons. Light pollution also disturbs birds, insects and human sleep. Dark-sky efforts do not ask cities to go dark; they ask for shielded, directed lighting that serves safety without washing out the sky for everyone. In the passage on night skies, the word 'heritage' is used most nearly to mean

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

Option 3 : common heritage

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर common heritage है।

Key Points

In context, 'heritage' conveys common heritage.

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[120]. Passage:

Night skies are disappearing under city lights, and with them a shared human heritage. A child in a bright city may never see the Milky Way, learn constellations from a grandparent, or understand why farmers once read stars for seasons. Light pollution also disturbs birds, insects and human sleep. Dark-sky efforts do not ask cities to go dark; they ask for shielded, directed lighting that serves safety without washing out the sky for everyone. In the passage on night skies, the word 'heritage' is used most nearly to mean

1.
The opposite of the passage's sense
2.
A purely technical term
3.
common heritage
4.
A place name

Correct Answer: common heritage

In context, 'heritage' conveys common heritage.

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