Languages & Scripts Questions with Solutions
This topic covers the languages of India, the 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, classical languages, official languages of states, scripts such as Brahmi, Kharosthi and Devanagari, and the most widely spoken languages of the world. Questions often ask which languages have classical status, which language is official in a particular state, or how many languages the Eighth Schedule contains. Remember the amendments that added languages to the Eighth Schedule (for example, the 92nd Amendment added Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali). Because the list of classical languages has grown over time, check the latest official count before your exam. Practise the languages and scripts questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.
- Q1.
Languages such as Nyishi, Apatani and Bokar are spoken in which state?
A. MeghalayaB. MizoramC. Arunachal PradeshD. NagalandmediumAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q2.
What is the official language of Nagaland?
A. AngamiB. HindiC. EnglishD. NagameseeasyAsked in Railway +1View solution › - Q3.
In which year was Odia designated a classical language of India?
A. 2008B. 2014C. 2024D. 2004mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q4.
'Kokborok' is one of the official languages of which state?
A. TripuraB. AssamC. SikkimD. ManipureasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q5.
Which Indian language is called the 'Italian of the East'?
A. TeluguB. TamilC. BengaliD. KannadaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q6.
After Hindi, which is the most spoken language in India (Census 2011)?
A. MarathiB. TeluguC. BengaliD. TamileasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q7.
The largest linguistic group of the Indian population belongs to which language family?
A. AustroasiaticB. Sino-TibetanC. Indo-AryanD. DravidianeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q8.
Manikkavachakar, a devotee of Shiva, composed devotional songs in which language?
A. TamilB. SanskritC. TeluguD. KannadamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q9.
The 'Pashto' language is spoken mainly in:
A. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and TurkmenistanB. Iran, Iraq and SyriaC. Nepal, Bhutan and TibetD. Afghanistan, Pakistan and IranmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q10.
Churahi, Mandeali and Keonthali are dialects spoken in which state?
A. Jammu and KashmirB. Himachal PradeshC. UttarakhandD. SikkimmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q11.
The Tamil language belongs to which language family?
A. AustroasiaticB. Tibeto-BurmanC. Indo-AryanD. DravidianeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q12.
What is the official language of Rajasthan?
A. UrduB. RajasthaniC. HindiD. MarwarimediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q13.
What are the first and second official languages of Telangana respectively?
A. Urdu and TeluguB. Telugu and EnglishC. Telugu and HindiD. Telugu and UrdumediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q14.
Ao is a prominent language spoken in which state?
A. NagalandB. Arunachal PradeshC. MizoramD. MeghalayamediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q15.
The traditional language used in Bhaona (the plays created by Sankardeva) is:
A. BrajavaliB. KokborokC. PaliD. MaithilihardAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q16.
Sinhala is a major language of which country?
A. MyanmarB. MaldivesC. Sri LankaD. BhutaneasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q17.
Which is the world's second largest language family by number of speakers?
A. Sino-TibetanB. Niger-CongoC. Afro-AsiaticD. AustronesianmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q18.
The proposed unified script for nine Indian languages, developed by researchers at IIT Madras, is known as:
A. Modi scriptB. Bharati scriptC. Brahmi scriptD. Sharada scripthardAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q19.
Urdu is also referred to as:
A. BrajbhashaB. PaliC. Dev BhashaD. Lashkari ZabanmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q20.
The word 'Cheetah' is derived from which language?
A. PortugueseB. ArabicC. PersianD. SanskritmediumAsked in DefenceView solution ›