Fresh Hindi Imposition Row

Question 1

____ of the Indian Constitution has 22 Official Languages, including Hindi as well

Answer 1

Schedule 8

Question 2

(?) states that, it is the duty of the Union to encourage the spread of the Hindi language to make it lingua franca (a shared language of communication used by people who are speakers of different languages) in India without interfering with its genius, style and expressions.

Answer 2

Article 351

Question 3

____ provides that the Governor of the State may, with the previous consent of the President, authorize the use of the Hindi language or any other language used for any official purpose of the State, in the proceedings of the High Court having its principal seat in that State provided that decrees, judgments or orders passed by such High Courts shall be in English.

Answer 3

Article 348 (2)

Question 4

As per ____ of the Constitution of India, Hindi in Devanagari script shall be the official language of the Union.

Answer 4

Article 343(1)

Question 5

The ____ that the use of Hindi or official language of a State in addition to the English language may be authorized, with the consent of the President of India, by the Governor of the State for the purpose of judgments, decrees etc. made by the High Court for that State.

Answer 5

Official Language Act, 1963 provides under Section 7

Question 6

As per, 2011 Linguistic census: there are (?) mother tongues in India.

Answer 6

121

Question 7

The Official Languages Act, 1963 is implemented only in ____ category states

Answer 7

‘A’ ; in which the official language is Hindi

States like Tamil Nadu and Kerala are exempt

Question 8

With the active promotion of Hindi being mandated by Article 351 of the Constitution, the (?) was set up to review and promote the use of Hindi in official communications.

Answer 8

Official Language Committee

The first Report of the Committee was submitted in 1987.

Question 9

The(?) on Official Language was set up in 1976 under Section 4 of The Official Languages Act, 1963.

Answer 9

Committee of Parliament

Question 10

___ was a temporary commission set up by the Government of India on (?) in order to look into the educational sector of India.

Answer 10

The Kothari Commission , 14th July 1964

also called Three-Language Formula