Listening to a Radio Interview About Remittance
You hear a 90-second Nepali radio segment. A researcher says: "हरेक वर्ष अर्बौं रुपैयाँ रेमिट्यान्स आउँछ, तर गाउँमा उत्पादन बढेको छैन। धेरै परिवारले त्यो पैसा जग्गा किन्न वा घर बनाउन प्रयोग गर्छन्। केहीले सानो व्यवसाय सुरु गरेका छन्, तर तिनीहरूको संख्या अझै थोरै छ।" The interviewer then asks whether remittance is "वरदान कि श्राप" and the researcher laughs and says, "दुवै होइन - यो त एउटा औजार हो, प्रयोग गर्ने तरिकामा भर पर्छ।" You must answer comprehension questions in Nepali.
1. In Nepali, summarise the researcher's main point in two or three sentences, without adding your own opinion.
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A model answer: "अनुसन्धानकर्ताका अनुसार हरेक वर्ष ठूलो मात्रामा रेमिट्यान्स आउँछ, तर गाउँमा उत्पादन भने बढेको छैन। धेरै परिवारले त्यो पैसा जग्गा किन्न वा घर बनाउनमा खर्च गर्छन्, र सानो व्यवसाय सुरु गर्नेको संख्या अझै थोरै छ। उनको विचारमा रेमिट्यान्स आफैँ राम्रो वा नराम्रो होइन, यो एउटा औजार मात्र हो र यसको प्रभाव प्रयोग गर्ने तरिकामा निर्भर गर्छ।" Note the discipline: the summary reports only what was said. It does not insert claims like "the government should act" or "migration is bad". It also keeps the researcher's own framing - the tool metaphor - rather than replacing it with your own. The phrase "उनको विचारमा" correctly attributes the view. Marking schemes reward accurate reporting of the contrast (money arrives, production does not rise) and of the tool metaphor, because both are the segment's argumentative spine.
2. The interviewer's question uses "वरदान कि श्राप". Explain what this framing does and why the researcher resists it.
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The phrase offers a forced binary: a blessing or a curse. It invites a dramatic, evaluative answer and makes good radio. The researcher resists it because the framing smuggles in an assumption that remittance has a fixed moral character. His reply - "दुवै होइन, यो त एउटा औजार हो" - rejects the premise rather than picking a side. This is a substantive move, not evasion: he is saying outcomes depend on how money is used, which is why he then points to houses and land versus the small number of businesses. Recognising the rhetorical function of the question matters for the exam because a weaker answer would simply say "the researcher thinks it is both" or "he did not answer". He did answer; he reframed. A strong response notes that "वरदान" and "श्राप" carry religious and moral weight in Nepali, so accepting either word would commit him to a value judgement he explicitly declines.