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[1]. Passage:An old city market is not a museum, though tourists photograph it as one. It is a working argument between past and present: spice sellers who remember prices their grandfathers charged, bookbinders repairing volumes no publisher reprints, and tailors altering clothes for customers who no longer wear the styles they were trained to cut. When planners call such a market inefficient, they measure only rent per square foot and miss the apprenticeships, credit networks and oral histories that hold a neighbourhood together. Heritage here is not a building preserved behind glass; it is a skill passed from hand to hand, a recipe adjusted each season, a bargaining language that carries courtesy as well as commerce. Protecting it therefore means protecting livelihoods first, because once the makers leave, the stones that remain tell only half the story.

What does the passage mean by 'living heritage'?

1.
Old buildings preserved behind glass only
2.
Photographs taken by tourists
3.
Skills, livelihoods and practices passed from hand to hand
4.
Rent collected from market shops
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : Skills, livelihoods and practices passed from hand to hand

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सही उत्तर Skills, livelihoods and practices passed from hand to hand है।

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Living heritage is practice and livelihood, not stones alone.

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[1]. Passage:An old city market is not a museum, though tourists photograph it as one. It is a working argument between past and present: spice sellers who remember prices their grandfathers charged, bookbinders repairing volumes no publisher reprints, and tailors altering clothes for customers who no longer wear the styles they were trained to cut. When planners call such a market inefficient, they measure only rent per square foot and miss the apprenticeships, credit networks and oral histories that hold a neighbourhood together. Heritage here is not a building preserved behind glass; it is a skill passed from hand to hand, a recipe adjusted each season, a bargaining language that carries courtesy as well as commerce. Protecting it therefore means protecting livelihoods first, because once the makers leave, the stones that remain tell only half the story.

What does the passage mean by 'living heritage'?

1.
Old buildings preserved behind glass only
2.
Photographs taken by tourists
3.
Skills, livelihoods and practices passed from hand to hand
4.
Rent collected from market shops

Correct Answer: Skills, livelihoods and practices passed from hand to hand

Living heritage is practice and livelihood, not stones alone.

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