Hi shaalini,
If you've never programmed, it will be much easier for you to start on Ruby than if you would've started first with asp or php, or Java

for example
* Ruby and Ruby on Rails communities and forums contain much more recent,relevant to the current trends than other programming language's forums.It should be a lot easier to find solutions to a problem because more up to date information is posted.

* Unlike other web programming languages, Ruby is a full featured object-oriented programming language

* A lot of code for basic operations has already been written for you if you use the Rails framework.This saves you a lot of development time.This can also be true for other programming languages tough, for example if you've heard of the Code Ignite framework for PHP or CakePHP.

* The ActiveRecord will bring your database much "closer" to you than other traditional OOP development techniques;it will make you feel you have a lot more control over your development process.In most cases,the database will be one of the most important parts of the project.