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[112]. Passage:
Maps lie by omission as much as by error. A map that shows roads but not footpaths, markets but not water sources, or administrative boundaries but not lived neighbourhoods shapes decisions invisibly. Participatory mapping, where residents mark their wells, shrines, hazards and shortcuts, corrects official blindness. A good map is thus not a perfect picture; it is an honest record of whose knowledge was included and whose was left out. In the passage on maps, the word 'omission' is used most nearly to mean
Option 1 : missing knowledge
Detailed Solution
सही उत्तर missing knowledge है।
In context, 'omission' conveys missing knowledge.
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[112]. Passage:
Maps lie by omission as much as by error. A map that shows roads but not footpaths, markets but not water sources, or administrative boundaries but not lived neighbourhoods shapes decisions invisibly. Participatory mapping, where residents mark their wells, shrines, hazards and shortcuts, corrects official blindness. A good map is thus not a perfect picture; it is an honest record of whose knowledge was included and whose was left out. In the passage on maps, the word 'omission' is used most nearly to mean
Correct Answer: missing knowledge
In context, 'omission' conveys missing knowledge.