Indian and Sri Lankan Languages

Konkani is uniquely written in five official scripts: Devanagari (Goa), Roman (Karnataka), Kannada (Karnataka), Malayalam (Kerala), and Perso-Arabic (used by some Muslim communities). Hindi, Telugu, and Urdu each use primarily one script.

A.R. Rahman has composed for films in various languages where the title itself is the name of the language or closely associated, but specifically, he has worked in Kannada (Sajni) and Telugu (many films). The question phrasing is slightly ambiguous but points to his regional versatility.

A.R. Rahman has composed for Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and even Marathi (in 'Mauli'). He has not composed for a Bhojpuri film. This makes 'Bhojpuri' the correct choice for a language he hasn't worked in.

Anicut comes from Tamil 'aanai kattu', literally meaning 'elephant construction'. In South India, dams and barrages were traditionally built with elephant labor, giving them this descriptive name.

In the construction 'X is called Y', when Y is a noun phrase, no preposition is used. 'Telugu is called the Italian of the East' correctly uses zero preposition. 'As' would create 'Telugu is called as the Italian', which is incorrect grammar.

This is the correct answer. Janapada means the land where a jana (people, clan or tribe) sets its foot or settles. It is a word used in both Prakrit and Sanskrit.

The Constitution of India recognizes 22 languages in the 8th Schedule. English is not included in the 8th Schedule but is recognized as an official language for government work under Article 343(2) and the Official Languages Act, 1963.

This is the correct answer. Jain scholars produced a wealth of literature in a variety of languages: Prakrit, Sanskrit and Tamil. For centuries, manuscripts of these texts were carefully preserved in libraries attached to temples.

Malayalam is the principal language spoken in Lakshadweep, as these islands lie off the coast of Kerala. Malayalam and English are the official languages of the union territory.

 Mahl language is spoken the most by people of Minicoy Island and Lakshadweep.

Prakrit refers to a group of Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were the vernacular languages of ancient India, evolving from earlier languages. These languages were spoken by the common people centuries before classical Sanskrit was formalized and codified by grammarians like Panini.

The Sangam literature was composed in Tamil language during the Sangam period (roughly 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE). This corpus of ancient Tamil poetry is among the earliest available literary works in any Indian language after Sanskrit literature. The texts provide valuable insights into the culture, society, and politics of ancient Tamilakam.

Sangam classics were written in Tamil, the oldest of the Dravidian languages with a continuous literary tradition spanning over two millennia. The Sangam literature (3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE) represents the earliest major corpus of Tamil poetry and is divided into two major classifications: aham (love/interior) and puram (war/exterior) poetry. These works provide valuable insights into ancient Tamil society, culture, polity, and everyday life during the Sangam period.

The Sangam literature was composed in Tamil language by Tamil poets between approximately 300 BCE and 300 CE. This classical Tamil corpus includes works like Silappathikaram and Manimekalai. It represents the earliest major literature in Dravidian languages, not Sanskrit or Hindi.

Prakrit was the primary administrative and literary language during the Mauryan Empire, especially under Ashoka whose edicts were inscribed in Prakrit and Brahmi script. Sanskrit existed but was less commonly used in official inscriptions during this period.