Some Quiz Questions about the Official Languages of India
1. How many official languages does India now have?
2. Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution lists the official languages?
3. At the time of writing the Constitution of India, how many languages were mentioned?
4. Is Hindi the "National Language of India"?
5. Is Hindi an official language of India?
6. Is English an official language of India?
7. How many classical languages are there in India?
8. Which was the last language to earn the classical language status?
9. Which was the first state of India to be formed on linguistic basis?
10. In which year was the first state formed on the basis on language?
Do you know the answers to the above ten questions?
Answers:
1. 22
2. 8th
3. 14
4. No
5. Yes
6. No
7. 6
8. Odia
9. Odisha
10. 1936
P.S- Answer-8- Yes, the spelling is Odia."Oriya" was changed to Odia in 2011.
Still, many are unaware.
Schedule 8 of the Indian Constitution – 22 Official Languages
There are 22 official languages in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution now.
The following is the list of 22 languages:
| Language of India | Spoken in the Indian State | Year of Recognition |
| Assamese | Assam | 1950 |
| Bengali | West Bengal | 1950 |
| Gujarati | Gujarat | 1950 |
| Hindi | North India | 1950 |
| Kashmiri | Jammu & Kashmir | 1950 |
| Kannada | Karnataka | 1950 |
| Malayalam | Kerala | 1950 |
| Marathi | Maharashtra | 1950 |
| Odia | Odisha | 1950 |
| Punjabi | Punjab | 1950 |
| Sanskrit | Karnataka (Shivamogga District) | 1950 |
| Tamil | Tamil Nadu | 1950 |
| Telugu | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana | 1950 |
| Urdu | Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh | 1950 |
| Sindhi | Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh | 1967 |
| Konkani | Goa | 1992 |
| Manipuri | Manipur | 1992 |
| Nepali | Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh | 1992 |
| Bodo | Assam and Meghalaya | 2004 |
| Dogri | Jammu and Himachal Pradesh | 2004 |
| Maithili | Bihar and Jharkhand | 2004 |
| Santhali | West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha | 2004 |
Table: Byjus.com
More details on the scheduled languages in India on the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs’ Department of Official Language Website.
How many answers did you get right in the Quiz? Please share.
Good one! ... I didn't know the answers to most of the questions.
ReplyDeleteMany people wrongly think that Hindi is our national language. We actually don't have a national language.
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Very true. People are misinformed about Hindi being the national language.
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I beg to differ with you on # 6. English is also an official language along with Hindi.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.geeksforgeeks.org/official-languages-of-india/
English is not a part of the 8th Schedule of our Constitution.
DeleteQ#6 is related to this only.
The table given above lists 22 languages where English is not a part, though Nepali is.