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[112]. Passage: Bees, butterflies and other pollinators sustain a large share of food crops, yet pesticides, habitat loss and monoculture reduce their numbers. A field sprayed at flowering time kills foragers, while hedgerows removed for larger plots destroy nesting sites. Farmers who preserve flower strips, vary crops and spray judiciously often maintain yields with fewer inputs over time. Pollinator protection is therefore agricultural policy, not only wildlife concern: food security depends on insects that are rarely counted in yield statistics. The word 'foragers' in the passage most nearly means:

1.
a legal punishment imposed by a court.
2.
animals that search for and collect food
3.
a decorative addition with no practical function.
4.
a sudden event that has no lasting effect.
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Option 2 : animals that search for and collect food

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सही उत्तर animals that search for and collect food है।

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

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[112]. Passage: Bees, butterflies and other pollinators sustain a large share of food crops, yet pesticides, habitat loss and monoculture reduce their numbers. A field sprayed at flowering time kills foragers, while hedgerows removed for larger plots destroy nesting sites. Farmers who preserve flower strips, vary crops and spray judiciously often maintain yields with fewer inputs over time. Pollinator protection is therefore agricultural policy, not only wildlife concern: food security depends on insects that are rarely counted in yield statistics. The word 'foragers' in the passage most nearly means:

1.
a legal punishment imposed by a court.
2.
animals that search for and collect food
3.
a decorative addition with no practical function.
4.
a sudden event that has no lasting effect.

Correct Answer: animals that search for and collect food

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

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