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[124]. Passage: Groundwater is invisible, so its depletion is easy to ignore until wells run dry. Cheap electricity and thirsty crops encourage pumping far beyond recharge, while paved surfaces prevent rain from seeping back into aquifers. Deeper borewells then chase a falling water table, raising costs for small farmers first. Recharge requires a different logic: rainwater harvesting, crop choices suited to local rainfall, metering, and community rules that treat the aquifer as a shared account. Without such rules, individual gains today become collective scarcity tomorrow. The word 'aquifers' in the passage most nearly means:

1.
underground layers of rock or sand that hold water
2.
a decorative addition with no practical function.
3.
a sudden event that has no lasting effect.
4.
a legal punishment imposed by a court.
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Option 1 : underground layers of rock or sand that hold water

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सही उत्तर underground layers of rock or sand that hold water है।

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

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[124]. Passage: Groundwater is invisible, so its depletion is easy to ignore until wells run dry. Cheap electricity and thirsty crops encourage pumping far beyond recharge, while paved surfaces prevent rain from seeping back into aquifers. Deeper borewells then chase a falling water table, raising costs for small farmers first. Recharge requires a different logic: rainwater harvesting, crop choices suited to local rainfall, metering, and community rules that treat the aquifer as a shared account. Without such rules, individual gains today become collective scarcity tomorrow. The word 'aquifers' in the passage most nearly means:

1.
underground layers of rock or sand that hold water
2.
a decorative addition with no practical function.
3.
a sudden event that has no lasting effect.
4.
a legal punishment imposed by a court.

Correct Answer: underground layers of rock or sand that hold water

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

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