Indian Polity and Governance | Official Language
Indian Polity and Governance | Official Language
1. Under Article 344 of Indian Constitution, the first 'Official Language Commission' was established
In 1950 under the Chairmanship of K.M. Munshi
In 1955 under the Chairmanship of B.G. Kher
In 1960 under the Chairmanship of M.C. Chagala
In 1965 under the Chairmanship of Humayun Kabir
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2. Which of the following languages was added in the eighth schedule of the Constitution in 2003?
Konkani
Sindhi
Manipuri
Santhali
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3. Which Article of the Constitution provides that every state shall endeavour to provide an adequate facility for instruction in mother tongue at primary stage of education?
Article 349
Article 350
Article 350A
Article 351
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4. Which one of the following is correct about the languages mentioned in the Constitution of India?
State can compel the linguistic minorities to choose their mother tongue as a medium of instruction in primary schools
'Angika' is now included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution
Hindi is National language of India
Bodo is a recognized language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution
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5. Under which one of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts, four languages were added to the languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Thereby raising their number to 22?
Constitution (90th Amendment) Act
Constitution (91st Amendment) Act
Constitution (92nd Amendment) Act
Constitution (93rd Amendment) Act
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6. Which of the following languages is not included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution?
Urdu
Nepali
Konkani
Bhojpuri
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7. Which of the following languages is spoken by maximum number of persons in the world?
Bengali
French
Japanese
Portuguese
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8. Which of the following is not included in Eighth Schedule of our Constitution?
Gujarati
Kashmiri
Rajasthani
Dogri
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9. Which three languages have been added to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution by 71st Amendment?
Sindhi, Manipuri, Konkani
Konkani, Kashmiri, Nepali
Nepali, Konkani, Manipuri
Nepali, Konkani, Assamese
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10. The number of official languages recognised by the constitution in the eight schedule is
16
17
18
22
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11. Which Article of Indian Constitution provides the procedure for adoption of Official Language or Languages of the State?
343
344
345
346
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12. Which of the following States has given the Sanskrit language the status of second official language?
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
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13. The Provisions related to official language of India can be amended by
Simple majority
Minimum 2/3 majority
Minimum 3/4 majority
Cannot be amended
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14. Which one of the following languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Constitution is spoken by the largest number of people?
Bengali
Gujarati
Marathi
Telugu
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15. Which one of the following is a language of Baluchistan but from philological aspect it is a language of Dravidian family?
Brahui
Kui
Pargi
Pengo
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16. Percentage of Hindi speaking Indians is about.
50
45
40
35
