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Languages of India

58 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 1 of 3

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Q1. How many languages were included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution?

  1. A14
  2. B15
  3. C16
  4. D18
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Answer: A) 14

Q2. How many languages are recognized by the Constitution of India?

  1. A15
  2. B20
  3. C22
  4. D28
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Answer: C) 22

Q3. The four new languages included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution are-

  1. ASindhi, Manipuri, Nepali and Kokani
  2. BSindhi, Manipuri, Bodo and Dogri
  3. CSanthali, Maithili, Sindhi and Dogri
  4. DSanthali, Maithili, Bodo and Dogri
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Answer: D) Santhali, Maithili, Bodo and Dogri

Q4. How many language families do the speakers of major Indian languages belong to?

  1. ATwo
  2. BThree
  3. CFour
  4. Dsix
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Answer: C) Four

Q5. The speakers of the languages of the Austric language group are called—

  1. AIndian Aryans
  2. BDravid
  3. CAustro-Asiatic
  4. DSino-Tibetan
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Answer: A) Indian Aryans

Q6. Which of the following groups of languages is spoken by the largest number of people in India?

  1. AIndo-Aryan
  2. BDravidian
  3. CAustric
  4. DChinese Tibetan
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Answer: D) Chinese Tibetan

Q7. The least spoken linguistic group in India is-

  1. AKirat
  2. BNishad
  3. CDravidian
  4. DArya
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Answer: B) Nishad

Q8. The speakers of the languages of the Sino-Tibetan language group are called

  1. AKirat
  2. BNishad
  3. CDravidian
  4. DArya
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Answer: A) Kirat

Q9. The most widely spoken language among the Dravidian languages is

  1. ATamil
  2. BTelugu
  3. CKannada
  4. DMalayalam
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Answer: B) Telugu

Q10. Which language is not included in the Austric language group?

  1. ASanthal
  2. BMunda
  3. Cyes
  4. DOraon
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Answer: D) Oraon

Q11. Which language is called the mother of all the languages of the Dravidian family?

  1. ATamil
  2. BTelugu
  3. CKannada
  4. DMalayalam
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Answer: A) Tamil

Q12. Which language is known by the names like mother of Indo-Aryan languages, basis of Indo-Aryan culture, Devbhasha etc.?

  1. ATamil
  2. BHindi
  3. CSanskrit
  4. DUrdu
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Answer: C) Sanskrit

Q13. The Dravidian language most influenced by Sanskrit is--

  1. ATamil
  2. BTelugu
  3. CKannada
  4. DMalayalam
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Answer: B) Telugu

Q14. According to the Indian Constitution, the official language here is

  1. ASanskrit
  2. BHindi
  3. CEnglish
  4. DUrdu
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Answer: B) Hindi

Q15. Who first used the word 'Hindi' in relation to language?

  1. AAmir Khusro
  2. BMaluk Das
  3. CMakhanlal Chaturvedi
  4. DRamdhari Singh Dinkar
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Answer: A) Amir Khusro

Q16. In the Indian Constitution, Hindi has been called---

  1. ANational language
  2. Blocal language
  3. Cofficial language
  4. DDevbhasha
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Answer: C) official language

Q17. From the Chairman of the Official Language Commission

  1. AB G Kher
  2. BFazal Ali
  3. CK.M. Panicker
  4. DHridaynath Kajru
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Answer: A) B G Kher

Q18. Urdu is a word from which language?

  1. ATürkiye
  2. BPersian
  3. CArabic
  4. DSanskrit
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Answer: A) Türkiye

Q19. Which language was called Rakhta during the Mughal period?

  1. AUrdu
  2. BPersian
  3. CTürkiye
  4. DArabic
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Answer: A) Urdu

Q20. The official language of the Mughal period was

  1. AUrdu
  2. BPersian
  3. CTürkiye
  4. DArabic
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Answer: B) Persian

Q21. In which of the following states, Sanskrit language has been given the status of the second state language?

  1. AVihar
  2. BChhattisgarh
  3. CUttar Pradesh
  4. DUttarakhand
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Answer: D) Uttarakhand

Q22. Who promoted the Hindi language in South India?

  1. AJawaharlal Nehru
  2. BP. V. Narasimha Rao
  3. CC. Rajagopalachari
  4. DC. N. Annadurai
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Answer: C) C. Rajagopalachari

Q23. It is the second most spoken language in India after Hindi.

  1. ATamil
  2. BTelugu
  3. CBangla
  4. DMarathi
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Answer: C) Bangla

Q24. The oldest language of South India is-

  1. ATamil
  2. BTelugu
  3. CKannada
  4. DMalayalam
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Answer: A) Tamil

Q25. Which Indian language is called 'Italian of the East'?

  1. ABangla
  2. BTamil
  3. CTelugu
  4. DMalayalam
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Answer: C) Telugu

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