1. With reference to India, the terms ‘Halbi, Ho, and Kui’ Pertain to
(a) dance forms of Northwest India
(b) musical instruments
(c) pre-historic cave paintings
(d) tribal languages
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2021]
Ans. (d) musical instruments
- Halbi, Ho and Kui are languages spoken by different tribes.
- Halbi is mainly spoken by tribes in Bastar, Chhattisgarh and its speakers can be found from Odisha to Maharashtra.
- Ho is spoken by the Munda family, and it is mainly found in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, though its speakers can also be found from Odisha to Maharashtra.
- Kui is part of the Dravidian family and is mainly spoken by the Kui tribe in Kandhamal, Odisha.
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2. The most widely spoken language after Hindi, in the Indian sub-continent, is –
(a) Urdu
(b) Bengali
(c) Telugu
(d) Tamil
[I.A.S. (Pre) 1993]
Ans. (b) Bengali
- Bengali is the most common language spoken in India after Hindi.
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3. The most widely spoken language after Hindi in India, is
(a) Bengali
(b) Telugu
(c) Tamil
(d) Marathi
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]
Ans. (a) Bengali
- The 2011 Census showed that Bengali and Telugu are the two most common languages spoken in India after Hindi.
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4. Which of the following was given the classical language status in 2014?
(a) Odia
(b) Gujarati
(c) Dongari
(d) Bangla
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]
Ans. (a) Odia
- On February 20th, 2014, Odia became the sixth language in India to receive ‘classical language’ status. +
- Classical language status had previously been given to –
- Tamil (2004)
- Sanskrit (2005)
- Telugu and Kannada (2008)
- Malayalam (2013)
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5. Which one of the following languages belongs to the Austric group?
(a) Marathi
(b) Ladakhi
(c) Khasi
(d) Tamil
[I.A.S. (Pre) 1998]
Ans. (c) Khasi
- The Khasi and Munda languages are part of the Austric language family.
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6. Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
(a) Sino-Tibetan
(b) Indo-Aryan
(c) Austro-Asiatic
(d) Dravidian
(e) None of these
[Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]
Ans. (b) Indo-Aryan
- The Indo-Aryan language family is the biggest language group in India.
- It is the most significant group of Indian languages and includes Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Sindhi, Rajasthani, Assamese, Odia, Kashmiri, Urdu, and Sanskrit.
- It is used by 76.87% of Indian Population.
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7. Which Indian language, is spoken maximum in the world after Hindi?
(a) Tamil
(b) Bengali
(c) Malayalam
(d) Telugu
[Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]
Ans. (b) Bengali
- Ethnologue 2021 says that Bengali Indian is the most popular language in the world after Hindi.
- It is spoken by 267.65 million people all over the world.
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