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World Languages and Geography

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World languages and geography explore the distribution of major language families, official languages, and native speakers across different continents. The questions cover linguistic demographics in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. This topic is frequently asked in UPSC, SSC, and State PSC general studies papers.

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World Languages and Geography Questions

Multiple choice

Which language is the official language of South Africa?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Portuguese
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A Correct answer
Explanation

English is the official language of South Africa.

Multiple choice

Which language is the official language of Nigeria?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Portuguese
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

English is the official language of Nigeria.

Multiple choice

Which language is the official language of Kenya?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Portuguese
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

English is the official language of Kenya.

Multiple choice

Which language is the official language of Tanzania?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Portuguese
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

English is the official language of Tanzania.

Multiple choice

Which language is the official language of Uganda?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Portuguese
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

English is the official language of Uganda.

Multiple choice

Which language is the official language of Ghana?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Portuguese
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

English is the official language of Ghana.

Multiple choice

Which language is the official language of Sierra Leone?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Portuguese
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A Correct answer
Explanation

English is the official language of Sierra Leone.

Multiple choice

Which language is the official language of The Gambia?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Portuguese
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A Correct answer
Explanation

English is the official language of The Gambia.

Multiple choice

Which language is the official language of Mauritius?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Portuguese
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

English is the official language of Mauritius.

Multiple choice

Which writing system is considered the most phonemically accurate?

  1. English

  2. Spanish

  3. Korean

  4. Chinese
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Korean is often cited as an example of a language with a highly phonemic orthography, where each letter or symbol consistently represents a single phoneme.

Multiple choice

Which of the following languages has a phonemic orthography?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Japanese

  4. Arabic
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Japanese uses a combination of phonemic and logographic characters, known as kana and kanji, respectively.

Multiple choice

Which of the following languages has a logographic orthography?

  1. English

  2. Chinese

  3. Spanish

  4. Russian
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Chinese uses a logographic orthography, where each character represents a word or morpheme, rather than a phoneme.

Multiple choice

Which language was banned in Nazi Germany?

  1. Yiddish

  2. Hebrew

  3. Polish

  4. Russian
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Yiddish was banned in Nazi Germany as part of the broader persecution of Jews.

Multiple choice

Which language is the most widely spoken in the United Nations General Assembly?

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Russian
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A Correct answer
Explanation

English is the most widely spoken language in the United Nations General Assembly, with over 100 countries using it as their official language.

Multiple choice

Which language is the fifth most widely spoken in the United Nations General Assembly?

  1. Arabic

  2. Chinese

  3. Portuguese

  4. German
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Arabic is the fifth most widely spoken language in the United Nations General Assembly, with over 10 countries using it as their official language.