2.(iii) Eco-tourism offers an opportunity to the local people to preserve their heritage by : (A) converting parks into national reserves. (B) selling handmade handicrafts as souvenirs. (C) using modern technology to present their culture. (D) improving their infrastructure.
2.(iii) Eco-tourism offers an opportunity to the local people to preserve their heritage by : (A) converting parks into national reserves. (B) selling handmade handicrafts as souvenirs. (C) using modern technology to present their culture. (D) improving their infrastructure.
Options
Official answer
(B) selling handmade handicrafts as souvenirs — Paragraph 3 states that buying handmade crafts helps tourists support locals and preserve their cultural traditions.
Marking scheme
- 1.1 mark: selecting option (B) selling handmade handicrafts as souvenirs.
- 2.No marks for any other option; no working required for an MCQ.
- 3.Answer must be the option letter/text matching Paragraph 3's 'buying handmade crafts… preserve cultural traditions.'
Hint
Find where Paragraph 3 talks about tourists buying things made by locals — traditional handmade crafts keep cultural heritage alive.
Quick oral answer
Option B — by selling handmade handicrafts as souvenirs, local people keep their traditional crafts alive and earn from them, which is exactly how eco-tourism helps them preserve their cultural heritage.
Common mistakes
- 1.Choosing (D) infrastructure because it is mentioned in the passage, but it is an economic outcome (Paragraph 4), not a way to preserve heritage.
- 2.Choosing (A) because 'national reserves' sounds relevant, confusing environmental conservation with cultural-heritage preservation.
- 3.Choosing (C) by assuming 'modern technology' — an idea not present in the passage at all.
Analysis and explanation
A 1-mark MCQ on Paragraph 3, testing the specific mechanism by which locals preserve cultural heritage through eco-tourism.
Concept
- Paragraph 3: tourists support locals "by hiring local guides, staying in community-run lodges, and buying handmade crafts", which preserves cultural traditions.
Key points to include
- Correct option: (B) selling handmade handicrafts as souvenirs — directly matches the heritage-preservation mechanism.
Common mistakes
- (A) confuses environmental conservation (Paragraph 2) with cultural heritage.
- (C) 'modern technology' is fabricated — the passage stresses traditional, handmade crafts.
- (D) 'infrastructure' is an economic outcome (Paragraph 4), not a heritage-preservation method.
Interesting facts
UNESCO promotes 'living heritage' craft tourism precisely because tourist demand for authentic handmade goods gives artisans a reason to keep traditional skills alive.
In many community-based tourism models, craft sales are the single largest source of direct income reaching rural artisans, matching the passage's point about benefits staying with the people.
Question details
Q12 of 53 questions
- Board
- CBSE
- Class
- Class 10
- Subject
- English (Communicative)
- Year
- 2026
- Section
- Section A
- Marks
- 1
- Type
- MCQ
- Chapter
- Reading Comprehension
- Topic
- Passage 2 (Eco-tourism), Paragraph 3
- Bloom's level
- understand
- Syllabus topic
- Section A: Reading Skills — Factual Passage (Eco-tourism): Socio-cultural benefits and heritage preservation
- Author
- CBSE
- Reviewed by
- Padhantu Academic Team
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Frequently asked questions
Why is infrastructure (D) wrong?
Improved infrastructure is an economic result of eco-tourism (Paragraph 4), not the way local people preserve their cultural heritage. The question specifically asks about heritage preservation.
Where is the answer stated?
In Paragraph 3: buying handmade crafts as souvenirs lets tourists support locals and 'preserve cultural traditions,' which is the heritage-preservation mechanism.