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Characteristics of Modern Indian Languages

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of modern Indian languages?

  1. They are all tonal languages.
  2. They all have a complex system of verb conjugation.
  3. They all have a large number of loanwords from Sanskrit.
  4. They all have a rich oral tradition.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a characteristic of modern Indian languages?

  1. They are all spoken in India.
  2. They all have a written script.
  3. They all have a long history.
  4. They all have a large number of speakers.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major language family of modern Indian languages?

  1. Indo-Aryan
  2. Dravidian
  3. Sino-Tibetan
  4. Austroasiatic
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major Dravidian language spoken in India?

  1. Tamil
  2. Telugu
  3. Kannada
  4. Malayalam
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India?

  1. Tibetan
  2. Nepali
  3. Bhotiya
  4. Lepcha
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major Austroasiatic language spoken in India?

  1. Santali
  2. Munda
  3. Ho
  4. Kharia
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Indo-Aryan languages?

  1. They all have a complex system of verb conjugation.
  2. They all have a large number of loanwords from Sanskrit.
  3. They all have a rich oral tradition.
  4. All of the above
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Dravidian languages?

  1. They all have a complex system of verb conjugation.
  2. They all have a large number of loanwords from Sanskrit.
  3. They all have a rich oral tradition.
  4. They all have a retroflex series of consonants.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Sino-Tibetan languages?

  1. They all have a complex system of verb conjugation.
  2. They all have a large number of loanwords from Sanskrit.
  3. They all have a rich oral tradition.
  4. They all have a tonal system.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Austroasiatic languages?

  1. They all have a complex system of verb conjugation.
  2. They all have a large number of loanwords from Sanskrit.
  3. They all have a rich oral tradition.
  4. They all have a head-marking system of grammar.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major modern Indian language that is not spoken in India?

  1. Nepali
  2. Urdu
  3. Bengali
  4. Punjabi
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major modern Indian language that is spoken in more than one country?

  1. Hindi
  2. Urdu
  3. Bengali
  4. Punjabi
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major modern Indian language that is spoken by more than 100 million people?

  1. Hindi
  2. Urdu
  3. Bengali
  4. Punjabi
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major modern Indian language that is spoken by less than 1 million people?

  1. Santali
  2. Munda
  3. Ho
  4. Kharia
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major modern Indian language that is endangered?

  1. Santali
  2. Munda
  3. Ho
  4. Kharia
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