Multiple choice

Next to Hindi the language spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian sub-continent is

  1. Urdu

  2. Bangla

  3. Telugu

  4. Tamil
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Explanation

Bangla (Bengali) is the second most widely spoken language in the Indian subcontinent after Hindi. It is the official language of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, and Assam's Barak Valley, with over 250 million speakers. Urdu has fewer speakers, while Telugu and Tamil, though major languages, have smaller populations compared to Bengali.

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