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[1]. Passage: In border towns, a child's first language may change within a single bus ride. Markets mix dialects, schools impose a state language, and families preserve a home tongue in songs and kitchens. This layering is often misread as confusion, but multilingual children regularly switch codes with precision, choosing the variety that fits the listener and the task. Problems arise not from multilingualism itself but from policies that treat one language as the only legitimate medium and brand others as backward. When schools value the home language as a bridge rather than a barrier, children learn the school language faster and retain a sense of belonging that no examination can measure. What is the central argument of the passage?

1.
Technology should be banned from every classroom and home without exception.
2.
Multilingualism is a skilled resource, and schools that use the home language as a bridge help children learn faster and retain belonging.
3.
Only examination results can judge whether a school or project has succeeded.
4.
Natural and social systems should be left entirely untouched by human policy.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : Multilingualism is a skilled resource, and schools that use the home language as a bridge help children learn faster and retain belonging.

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर Multilingualism is a skilled resource, and schools that use the home language as a bridge help children learn faster and retain belonging. है।

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The passage builds its case paragraph by paragraph toward this central claim; the other options contradict its balanced, qualified position.

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[1]. Passage: In border towns, a child's first language may change within a single bus ride. Markets mix dialects, schools impose a state language, and families preserve a home tongue in songs and kitchens. This layering is often misread as confusion, but multilingual children regularly switch codes with precision, choosing the variety that fits the listener and the task. Problems arise not from multilingualism itself but from policies that treat one language as the only legitimate medium and brand others as backward. When schools value the home language as a bridge rather than a barrier, children learn the school language faster and retain a sense of belonging that no examination can measure. What is the central argument of the passage?

1.
Technology should be banned from every classroom and home without exception.
2.
Multilingualism is a skilled resource, and schools that use the home language as a bridge help children learn faster and retain belonging.
3.
Only examination results can judge whether a school or project has succeeded.
4.
Natural and social systems should be left entirely untouched by human policy.

Correct Answer: Multilingualism is a skilled resource, and schools that use the home language as a bridge help children learn faster and retain belonging.

The passage builds its case paragraph by paragraph toward this central claim; the other options contradict its balanced, qualified position.

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