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Art & CultureMediumAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · 31 May 2019

Which of the following languages is one of the two official languages of Uttar Pradesh?

  1. A.Urdu
  2. B.Awadhi
  3. C.Bundeli
  4. D.Bagheli

Correct answer

A. Urdu

Explanation

The correct answer is A, Urdu. Under Article 345 a State may adopt any language in use within it as its official language, and Uttar Pradesh has adopted Hindi as its official language and Urdu as its second official language. Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language written in the Perso-Arabic script and is in the Eighth Schedule. Option B is wrong because Awadhi, the speech of the Awadh region and the language of Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas, is counted as a dialect of Hindi in the census returns and has no official status. Option C is wrong because Bundeli, spoken in the Bundelkhand region, is likewise treated as a Hindi dialect. Option D is wrong because Bagheli, spoken in the Baghelkhand tract on the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh border, is also a dialect and not an official language. The examiner is testing the difference between an official language and a regional dialect.

Read the full article: Languages and Scripts of India: Eighth Schedule and PYQs

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Q1.Art & CultureAsked in: Delhi · 11 Nov 2019, Shift 3Easy

Which of the following is not a language family existing in India?

  1. A.Tibeto-Burman
  2. B.African-Asian
  3. C.Dravidian
  4. D.Austro-Asian
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Correct answer: B. African-Asian

There is no language family by that name in India. The Afro-Asiatic family, which the name echoes, covers Arabic, Hebrew and the Berber and Cushitic languages of West Asia and North Africa, and no Indian language belongs to it.

Q3.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 27 Feb, 2024, Shift 4Medium

The languages spoken in Jharkhand and parts of central India mainly belong to which of the following language family?

  1. A.Indo-European family
  2. B.Austro-Asiatic family
  3. C.Tibeto-Burman family
  4. D.Dravidian family
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Correct answer: B. Austro-Asiatic family

The tribal languages of Jharkhand and the neighbouring belt of central and eastern India, namely Santali, Mundari, Ho and Kurukh's neighbours in the Munda group, belong to the Austro-Asiatic family, whose Indian branch is called Munda.

Q4.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 6 March 2019, Shift 1Medium

In which amendment to the Constitution were Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithili added to the list of recognised languages?

  1. A.73rd Constitution Amendment Act of 1992
  2. B.92nd Constitution Amendment Act of 2003
  3. C.103rd Constitution Amendment Act, 2018
  4. D.101st Constitution Amendment Act, 2016
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Correct answer: B. 92nd Constitution Amendment Act of 2003

That amendment added four languages, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali, to the Eighth Schedule and took the count from 18 to 22, where it stands.