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Quiz about Simpleton learns languages of India

Simpleton learns languages of India! Quiz

India is believed to have over 1652 mother tongues. There are 18 officially recognized languages. 10 questions....

A multiple-choice quiz by ace_sodium. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ace_sodium

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
112,099

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1958

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. An Indo-Aryan language, it is the official language of a North-Eastern state. More than 60% of the population of that state speaks this language. This language is remarkably similar to Bengali. Hint

Malayalam

Hindi

Sindhi

Assamese

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Question 2 of 10

2. An Indo-Aryan language, it is the preferred medium for "Modi-speak"! It is the official language of the Indian state with the longest coastline. Hint

Tamil

Bengali

Gujarati

Malayalam

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Question 3 of 10

3. The biggest of all Indo-Aryan languages, this is widely spoken through out the Northern belt of India. It is the official language of the Government of India and 6 other states and Union Territories.

Answer: (One word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. English is an official language of the Government of India

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. The youngest of the Dravidian languages, it is the official language of the state of Kerala. It branched out from Tamil by the 10th century A.D.
Hint

Telugu

Tamilani

Kannada

Malayalam

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Question 6 of 10

6. Until 2020, what was the single official language of the state of Jammu & Kashmir? Hint

Kashmiri

Hindi

English

Urdu

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Question 7 of 10

7. By the 71st Amendment to the constitution (in 1992), three languages were added to the list of officially recognized languages (thus taking the list to 18). Which is NOT one of them? Hint

Nepali

Konkani

Urdu

Manipuri

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Question 8 of 10

8. Of all the Dravidian languages, which is numerically (population who speaks that language) the biggest? Hint

Telugu

Malayalam

Tamil

Kannada

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Question 9 of 10

9. Sindhi is an officially recognised language of India.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. One of the oldest languages, it is considered as the "mother" of all Indian languages. Though it is hardly spoken today, it is still highly respected. Hint

Mukiliaia

Hindoi

Sanskrit

Pulaya

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Assamese

Assamese is the official language of Assam. It developed as a literary language from the 13th century.

2. An Indo-Aryan language, it is the preferred medium for "Modi-speak"! It is the official language of the Indian state with the longest coastline.

Answer: Gujarati

Gujarati is the official language of the state of Gujarat. Narendra Modi became the chief minister of the state in 2002. Gujarati started out as an independent language around A.D. 1200.

Answer: Hindi

There are many dialects of Hindi; the dialect chosen as official Hindi is the standard Khariboli (written in Devanagari script).

4. English is an official language of the Government of India

Answer: True

Article 348 of the Indian Constitution stated that English should be the legislative and judicial language. While each state can have their own official languages, Hindi and English are considered as the official languages of the Government of India and for inter-state correspondence.

5. The youngest of the Dravidian languages, it is the official language of the state of Kerala. It branched out from Tamil by the 10th century A.D.

Answer: Malayalam

Around 4% of India's population speaks Malayalam. (Compare that to 40% who speak Hindi) (1991 Government of India Census)

6. Until 2020, what was the single official language of the state of Jammu & Kashmir?

Answer: Urdu

The name Urdu is derived from 'Zaban-e-Urdu-Muala' (language of the exalted camp or court). While Kashmiri is spoken by around 55% of the population, it is not the official language of the state.

In 2020, the Indian Government passed a bill giving official language status to five languages in Jammu and Kashmir - Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi, English and Urdu.

7. By the 71st Amendment to the constitution (in 1992), three languages were added to the list of officially recognized languages (thus taking the list to 18). Which is NOT one of them?

Answer: Urdu

Urdu was in the initial list of 15 languages (8th schedule of the Indian Constitution).Nepali is widely spoken in the upper-Northern belt (along Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam etc).

8. Of all the Dravidian languages, which is numerically (population who speaks that language) the biggest?

Answer: Telugu

Telugu is spoken by 7.8% of the Indian population, while Tamil is spoken by 6.26% and Kannada by 3.87%. Tamil, however, is the oldest of all the Dravidian languages. (1991 Government of India Census)

9. Sindhi is an officially recognised language of India.

Answer: True

Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language - it is spoken widely in Pakistan also. However the script used differs - in Pakistan, Sindhi uses the Perso-Arabic script while in India, the Devanagari script is used.

10. One of the oldest languages, it is considered as the "mother" of all Indian languages. Though it is hardly spoken today, it is still highly respected.

Answer: Sanskrit

The oldest recordings of Sanskrit are in "The Rig Veda" written around 2000 B.C. Early Sanskrit was also known as Vedic Sanskrit.
Information for this quiz was obtained from Malayala Manorma Yearbook, 2001.

Source: Author ace_sodium

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