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[114]. Passage:

Soil is not dirt; it is a living system of minerals, roots, fungi and microbes that feeds plants and stores carbon. A field treated only with chemical fertilisers may yield for a season while its soil life thins, its structure collapses and its water-holding capacity falls. Farmers who rotate crops, add compost and leave roots in the ground rebuild soil slowly. Healthy soil therefore underlies food security, flood control and climate resilience, though it rarely appears in headlines. On the passage about soil, what is its central argument?

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

Option 4 : living system

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर living system है।

Key Points

The passage centres on living system.

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[114]. Passage:

Soil is not dirt; it is a living system of minerals, roots, fungi and microbes that feeds plants and stores carbon. A field treated only with chemical fertilisers may yield for a season while its soil life thins, its structure collapses and its water-holding capacity falls. Farmers who rotate crops, add compost and leave roots in the ground rebuild soil slowly. Healthy soil therefore underlies food security, flood control and climate resilience, though it rarely appears in headlines. On the passage about soil, what is its central argument?

1.
It argues only for more funding without any change
2.
It argues the subject should be abandoned
3.
It argues only experts should decide
4.
living system

Correct Answer: living system

The passage centres on living system.

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