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[5]. 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 tone and purpose of the passage?

1.
Mocking and dismissive, treating the subject as unworthy of serious study.
2.
Purely celebratory, praising every current practice without criticism.
3.
Nostalgic, arguing that an earlier age had already solved the problem.
4.
Sympathetic to multilingual communities and critical of single-language-only policies.
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Option 4 : Sympathetic to multilingual communities and critical of single-language-only policies.

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सही उत्तर Sympathetic to multilingual communities and critical of single-language-only policies. है।

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The tone can be judged from the passage's qualifications, criticisms and recommendations, which match the correct option.

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[5]. 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 tone and purpose of the passage?

1.
Mocking and dismissive, treating the subject as unworthy of serious study.
2.
Purely celebratory, praising every current practice without criticism.
3.
Nostalgic, arguing that an earlier age had already solved the problem.
4.
Sympathetic to multilingual communities and critical of single-language-only policies.

Correct Answer: Sympathetic to multilingual communities and critical of single-language-only policies.

The tone can be judged from the passage's qualifications, criticisms and recommendations, which match the correct option.

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