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In the gamma decay of a nucleus

Coins of Rs. ............ denomination were introduced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to mark MG Rarnachandran's 1 birth centenary.

In the following question, select the related word pair from the given alternatives.

Power : Watt : : ? : ?

The United Nations has been observing International Day of Rural Women on

Find the angular elevation of the sum when the shadow of a 15m long pole is 152meters

The first Indian Budget was presented by James Wilson on?

Asterias (Star fish), Echinus (Sea urchin), Antedon (Sea Lily) are all examples of which Phylum?

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

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.

Multi-lingualism means