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[5]. Passage: A river in a city is often treated as a drain, yet its revival changes far more than water quality. When banks are reclaimed from encroachment, floodplains regain room to absorb monsoon surges, groundwater recharges, and birds return to reed beds that had vanished. Restoration fails when it is reduced to beautification: concrete embankments and ornamental lawns may look tidy but they destroy the shallow edges where fish breed and where floodwater spreads safely. Successful projects therefore protect the river's natural gradient, reconnect old channels, involve riverside communities in monitoring, and judge success by ecological indicators rather than by photographs of a promenade. What is the tone and purpose of the passage?

1.
Mocking and dismissive, treating the subject as unworthy of serious study.
2.
Nostalgic, arguing that an earlier age had already solved the problem.
3.
Critical of cosmetic projects and supportive of ecologically grounded restoration.
4.
Purely celebratory, praising every current practice without criticism.
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Option 3 : Critical of cosmetic projects and supportive of ecologically grounded restoration.

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सही उत्तर Critical of cosmetic projects and supportive of ecologically grounded restoration. है।

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The tone can be judged from the passage's qualifications, criticisms and recommendations, which match the correct option.

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[5]. Passage: A river in a city is often treated as a drain, yet its revival changes far more than water quality. When banks are reclaimed from encroachment, floodplains regain room to absorb monsoon surges, groundwater recharges, and birds return to reed beds that had vanished. Restoration fails when it is reduced to beautification: concrete embankments and ornamental lawns may look tidy but they destroy the shallow edges where fish breed and where floodwater spreads safely. Successful projects therefore protect the river's natural gradient, reconnect old channels, involve riverside communities in monitoring, and judge success by ecological indicators rather than by photographs of a promenade. What is the tone and purpose of the passage?

1.
Mocking and dismissive, treating the subject as unworthy of serious study.
2.
Nostalgic, arguing that an earlier age had already solved the problem.
3.
Critical of cosmetic projects and supportive of ecologically grounded restoration.
4.
Purely celebratory, praising every current practice without criticism.

Correct Answer: Critical of cosmetic projects and supportive of ecologically grounded restoration.

The tone can be judged from the passage's qualifications, criticisms and recommendations, which match the correct option.

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