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[125]. Passage: Palm-leaf and paper manuscripts decay in humidity, insects and neglect, yet they hold medical, astronomical and literary knowledge in languages few now read. Digitisation helps access, but a scanned image without cataloguing, translation and conservation of the original is a fragile substitute. Preservation needs climate-controlled storage, trained conservators, and scholars who can read scripts and contexts. When a manuscript is lost, it is not one book that vanishes but a lineage of reading, commentary and debate that cannot be reconstructed from summaries. Which inference can be drawn from the passage?

1.
The passage implies that losing a manuscript erases a tradition of commentary, not just a text.
2.
The passage implies that a single isolated measure will solve the whole problem.
3.
The passage implies that the issue affects only one small group and no one else.
4.
The passage implies that doing nothing is the safest course of action.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : The passage implies that losing a manuscript erases a tradition of commentary, not just a text.

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सही उत्तर The passage implies that losing a manuscript erases a tradition of commentary, not just a text. है।

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This inference follows logically from the passage's argument, while the distractors contradict it.

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[125]. Passage: Palm-leaf and paper manuscripts decay in humidity, insects and neglect, yet they hold medical, astronomical and literary knowledge in languages few now read. Digitisation helps access, but a scanned image without cataloguing, translation and conservation of the original is a fragile substitute. Preservation needs climate-controlled storage, trained conservators, and scholars who can read scripts and contexts. When a manuscript is lost, it is not one book that vanishes but a lineage of reading, commentary and debate that cannot be reconstructed from summaries. Which inference can be drawn from the passage?

1.
The passage implies that losing a manuscript erases a tradition of commentary, not just a text.
2.
The passage implies that a single isolated measure will solve the whole problem.
3.
The passage implies that the issue affects only one small group and no one else.
4.
The passage implies that doing nothing is the safest course of action.

Correct Answer: The passage implies that losing a manuscript erases a tradition of commentary, not just a text.

This inference follows logically from the passage's argument, while the distractors contradict it.

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