Read the short passage: 'For thirty years the ragpickers have lived in…

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Read the short passage: 'For thirty years the ragpickers have lived in Seemapuri without identity papers but with ration cards that get them onto the voters' list. They prefer this to going back to their land of green fields, because their fields gave them no grain.'
The BEST conclusion is

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B. Survival considerations outweigh romantic attachment to one's homeland when the land cannot feed

The passage contrasts beautiful rural memory with the lived reality of hunger. 'Food is more important for survival than an identity' encodes the same priority — sustenance over symbolism.

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The ragpickers chose city life because it was glamorous

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Politics has nothing to do with their lives

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The ragpickers will return to Bangladesh soon

Read the short passage: 'For thirty years the ragpickers have lived in Seemapuri without identity papers but with ration cards that get them onto the voters' list. They prefer this to going back to their land of green fields, because their fields gave them no grain.' The BEST conclusion is