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Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : because revenue was flowing through it and they did not want it left untaxed

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर because revenue was flowing through it and they did not want it left untaxed है।

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Question:

According to the passage, why did governments take over the mail?

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because revenue was flowing through it and they did not want it left untaxed
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to provide employment to out-of-work messengers
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to shut down the coffee houses that handled letters
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to make deliveries faster for ordinary citizens

Correct Answer: because revenue was flowing through it and they did not want it left untaxed

The passage says governments noticed the money moving through this traffic and, unwilling to leave it untaxed, claimed the mail as a state monopoly.

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