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[124]. Passage: A public library is often judged by the number of books it lends, yet its quieter roles matter as much. It gives a child without internet a place to study, an elderly reader a newspaper in large print, and a jobseeker a computer to file an application. When libraries add reading circles, homework help and local archives, they become civic rooms where strangers share knowledge without paying. Funding cuts that close branches therefore do not merely reduce borrowing; they remove a free, neutral space that markets rarely provide for those who need it most. The word 'civic' in the passage most nearly means:

1.
a decorative addition with no practical function.
2.
relating to the shared life and duties of citizens in a community
3.
a legal punishment imposed by a court.
4.
a sudden event that has no lasting effect.
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Option 2 : relating to the shared life and duties of citizens in a community

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सही उत्तर relating to the shared life and duties of citizens in a community है।

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In context the word carries the meaning in the correct option.

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[124]. Passage: A public library is often judged by the number of books it lends, yet its quieter roles matter as much. It gives a child without internet a place to study, an elderly reader a newspaper in large print, and a jobseeker a computer to file an application. When libraries add reading circles, homework help and local archives, they become civic rooms where strangers share knowledge without paying. Funding cuts that close branches therefore do not merely reduce borrowing; they remove a free, neutral space that markets rarely provide for those who need it most. The word 'civic' in the passage most nearly means:

1.
a decorative addition with no practical function.
2.
relating to the shared life and duties of citizens in a community
3.
a legal punishment imposed by a court.
4.
a sudden event that has no lasting effect.

Correct Answer: relating to the shared life and duties of citizens in a community

In context the word carries the meaning in the correct option.

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