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[118]. Passage: Folk songs carry histories that written records omit: migration routes, harvest failures, jokes about officials, and lullabies in endangered dialects. When singers age and young listeners move to cities, repertoires vanish unrecorded. Archives can preserve recordings, but a recording without context loses meaning: who sang it, on what occasion, with what instruments, and with what variations across villages. Ethical archiving therefore returns copies to communities, credits singers by name, and allows communities to set limits on commercial use of their heritage. What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
The passage claims that only technology, without social or ecological measures, can solve the issue.
2.
The passage is mainly a historical account with no relevance to present policy.
3.
The passage argues that the problem has already been solved and needs no further attention.
4.
Folk archives must preserve context, credit singers and return control to communities, not merely store recordings.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : Folk archives must preserve context, credit singers and return control to communities, not merely store recordings.

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सही उत्तर Folk archives must preserve context, credit singers and return control to communities, not merely store recordings. है।

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The main idea summarises the passage's overall argument and recommendation.

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[118]. Passage: Folk songs carry histories that written records omit: migration routes, harvest failures, jokes about officials, and lullabies in endangered dialects. When singers age and young listeners move to cities, repertoires vanish unrecorded. Archives can preserve recordings, but a recording without context loses meaning: who sang it, on what occasion, with what instruments, and with what variations across villages. Ethical archiving therefore returns copies to communities, credits singers by name, and allows communities to set limits on commercial use of their heritage. What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
The passage claims that only technology, without social or ecological measures, can solve the issue.
2.
The passage is mainly a historical account with no relevance to present policy.
3.
The passage argues that the problem has already been solved and needs no further attention.
4.
Folk archives must preserve context, credit singers and return control to communities, not merely store recordings.

Correct Answer: Folk archives must preserve context, credit singers and return control to communities, not merely store recordings.

The main idea summarises the passage's overall argument and recommendation.

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