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Indian Regional Languages

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Indian regional languages represent a vast linguistic diversity, featuring distinct language families, dialects, and official state languages. Questions often test knowledge on Indo-Aryan languages, Dravidian scripts, and specific tribal dialects across various Indian states. This hub provides essential practice for mastering the linguistic geography of India for competitive exams.

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Indian Regional Languages Questions

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Next to Hindi, language spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian subcontinent is:

  1. Bengali

  2. Marathi

  3. Tamil

  4. Telugu

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

After Hindi, Bengali is the most widely spoken language in the Indian subcontinent, based on census data and linguistic surveys.

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Which areas were separated from Bengal to form separate administrative units?

  1. Hindi

  2. Oriya

  3. Assamese

  4. All above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A new scheme of partition of Bengal was implemented on linguistic rather than on religious grounds. Hindi, Oriya and Assamese speaking areas were separate administrative units. The administrative capital of British India was shifted from kolkata to Delhi in 1911. 

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The group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India is:

  1. Austro-Asiatic

  2. Indo-Aryan

  3. Dravidian

  4. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

lndo-Aryan group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India. There are about 219 known Indo-Aryan languages. The largest in terms of speakers are Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu, about 329 million), Bengali (242 million), Punjabi (about 100 million) and other languages, with a 2005 estimate placing the total number of native speakers at nearly 900 million.

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The national language of India is _________.

  1. Hindi

  2. English

  3. Pali

  4. None of the above

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D Correct answer
Explanation

As per the constitution of India, there is as such no national language. For the official purposes of the union government, parliament, Hindi and English languages are used. There are 22 official languages in India. States of India are free to adopt local languages for official purposes of the state.   

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The official language of India is-

  1. Hindi in Devnagri Script

  2. Hindi in Roman Script

  3. Hindi in Devnagri script but the numbericals in their international form

  4. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Part XVII of the constitution deals with the official language in Articles 343 to 351. In this part, it is written that Hindi written in Devanagari script is to be the official language of India, but the form of numbers to be used for official purposes has to be in the international form of Indian numerals and not the Devanagari form of numerals.

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Which one of the following languages is not widely spoken in Meghalaya?

  1. English

  2. Garo

  3. Khasi

  4. Hindi

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

People of Meghalaya, which is one of the north-eastern states of India, do not speak Hindi widely. The languages like Garo, Pnar, Khasi, and English are spoken widely in this state. English is the official language of Meghalaya. 

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Recognised official languages of India are _______.

  1. 25

  2. 23

  3. 22

  4. 21

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Language is a medium of communication. There are a huge number of languages spoken over the world. In India there are 22 official or recognised languages. The list of official languages include Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu. National language of India is Hindi.

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Which of the following languages are spoken in Dadra & Nagar Haveli?

 (i) English
(ii) Gujarati
(iii) Marathi

  1. Both (ii) and (iii)

  2. Only (i)

  3. All the above

  4. None of the above

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Dadra and Nagar Haveli is the union territory located in western India. It is composed of two separate geographical entities - Dadra which is surrounded by Gujarat and Nagar Haveli wedged between Maharashtra and Gujarat. Hence the languages spoken here includes Gujarati and Marathi.

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The classical language which contributed to the cultural unity of India is _________.

  1. Hindi

  2. Prakut

  3. Pali

  4. Sanskrit

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Language is a medium of communication. There are a huge number of languages spoken over the world. In India there are 22 official or recognised languages. The classical language which contributed to the cultural unity of India is Hindi. It is also our national language.