Question

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We should preserve nature to preserve life and beauty. A beautiful landscape, full of green vegetation, will not just attract our attention but will fill us with infinite satisfaction. Unfortunately, because of modernisation, much of nature is now yielding to towns, roads and industrial areas. In a few places, some natural reserves are now being carved out to avert the danger of destroying nature completely. Man will perish without nature, so modern man should continue this struggle to save plants, which give us oxygen, from extinction. Moreover, nature is essential to man's health.
Which one of the following is the correct statement? According to the passage _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
A) Beauty is only skin deep.
B) Everything is beautiful in its natural state.
C) There is beauty in nature.
D) Nature is a moral teacher.

Answer 1

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Complete answer:
In the given passage, we've read, how and why should we preserve our nature. What is nature and why is it essential for all of us present on the Earth. Then, the passage also talks about how modernisation has ruined the beauty of nature. How a man should protect nature today, to enjoy it’s benefits tomorrow.
Now, let us examine all the given options, so that we can find out the correct answer.
Option ‘a’ is Beauty is only skin deep. This phrase is not at all related to the given passage and cannot be the answer of this question. This phrase is talking about the physical/outer beauty a human being has, which is nowhere mentioned in the above passage.
Option ‘b’ is Everything is beautiful in its natural state. This phrase is also not related to the given paragraph. This phrase means, everything is pleasant to the eyes only when it is in its natural state, which is not according to what the passage is saying.
Option ‘c’ is There is beauty in nature. This phrase says exactly what the passage is trying to convey. The paragraph has mentioned and explained the beauty of nature and how it's beneficial for mankind.
Option ‘d’ is Nature is a moral teacher. This phrase is not exactly related to the given passage. Hence, it cannot be the correct answer.

Now, as we've analysed all the given options, the correct answer is option ‘c’, There is beauty in nature.

Note: While solving a passage solution, one must be aware of each and every point mentioned in the passage so as to figure out the correct answer.