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To know language is to be able to speak it; even a child who does not yet attend school can speak his or her language. In order to speak a language it is important to listen to it and to read a few pages in it everyday. A child picks up language and learns to talk just as (s)he learns to walk. Walking and talking comes naturally to a child as it grows. In our country, a child may grow up speaking more than one language, if these languages are spoken in the home and in the neighbourhood. we call this multilingualism. A child speaks a language or languages much before (s)he starts going to school. To know a language then is first of all to be able to speak it as easily and naturally as a tree year old child does. Later on the child will learn to read and write in that language. In order to read and write in a language, one has to speak it. But it is possible to speak a language but not able to read or write in it. A baby does not speak until it is nine months old but it understands a few words at six months of age. It has been listening ever since it was born, and even a little before that. So the first strategy in speaking a language is to listen.

One of the activities of a child before it is even born is

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

We drank a little and flung

X-soon were all asleep
Y-sand, thoroughly tired out, and
Z-ourselves down on the

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The rain brought more respite from the heat.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. 

Rivet

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

If you exercise ______________ for half an hour daily, then you will rid yourself from the problem of hypertension.

Name the Indian squash player, who win Seattle Open title ?

After a discount of 34% an article is sold for Rs. 3168. What is the marked price (in Rs) of the article?

The Prime Minister's National Relief Fund is operated by which one of the following bodies?