OFFICIAL LANGUAGE Flashcards
The Seventy-First Amendment to the Indian
Constitution included Konkani, Manipuri, and
Nepali languages in the _____ Schedule.
(a) Eighth (b) Sixth
(c) fifth (d) Seventh
SSC CHSL (Tier-1) – 17/03/2023 (Shift-II)
Ans. (a) : The 71st Amendment, enacted in 1992, added
Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali languages to the Eighth
Schedule of the Indian Constitution, recognizing them
as official languages of India.
• The amendment was a significant step towards
linguistic inclusivity, acknowledging the cultural and
linguistic diversity of India and granting official
status to these languages.
• Article 343(1) of a Indian constitution, on the other
hand, states explicitly that “the primary language of
Union will be Hindi on Devanagari script.”
• In addition towards the main languages, the
constitution recognises 22 regional languages as
scheduled languages, which also include Hindi and
not English.
. Which Article of the Indian Constitution
specifies Hindi as the official language of the
Union?
(a) Article 51 A (b) Article 370
(c) Article 343 (d) Article 80
SSC CHSL (Tier-1) – 15/03/2023 (Shift-I)
SSC MTS 05/08/2019 (Shift-I)
Ans. (c) : Article 343 of the Indian Constitution
recognizes Hindi in Devanagari script as the Official
Language of the Union Article 343 or 343 (1) refers to
Hindi as the official language of the Government of
India and the script used for it is the Devanagari script.
Devanagari’s script is based on the ancient Brahmi
script.
• According to Article 344 of the Constitution, the first
Official Language Commission was constituted in
1955.
• By Dr Rajendra Prasad (President of India).
• B.G. Kher became the chairperson of the Official
language commission.
Under which article of Indian Constitution
Hindi is declared as the official language?
(a) Article 273 (b) Article 343
(c) Article 360 (d) Article 370
SSC MTS 05/08/2019 (Shift-I)
Ans. (b) : Article 343 of Indian Constitution Hindi is
declared as the official language. Article 343 (1) of the
Indian Constitution specifically mentions that, “The
official language of the Union shall be Hindi in
Devanagari script. English is allowed to be used in
official purpose such as parliamentary proceedings,
judiciary, communications between the central
government and a state government.
The Article 343 of the Indian Constitution is about:
(a) Number of seats for the Lok Sabha
(b) Number of seats for the Rajya Sabha
(c) Hindi as official language
(d) Special status to Kashmir
(SSC 10+2 CHSL 11.01.17, 10 am)
(c) Article 343 to 351 under Part XVII of the
Constitution of India deals with the provisions of
official language. Article 343 is about official language
of Union and according to this article it shall be Hindi
in Devanagri script.
Which of these is not a language in India?
(a) Sindhi (b) Sikh
(c) Kannada (d) Konkani
(SSC 10+2 CHSL 07.02.17, 1.15 pm)
Ans : (b) Article 343 (1) of the Indian Constitution
clearly mentions that “the official language of the union
shall be Hindi in Devanagari Script. The form of
numerals to be used for the official purposes of the
union shall be the international form of Indian
numerals’ “There are 22 languages that have been
recognized in the eighth schedule of the Indian
Constitution as follows–
(1) Assamese (2) Bengali (3) Gujarati (4) Hindi (5)
Kannada (6) Kashmiri (7) Konkani (8) Malayalam (9)
Manipuri (10) Marathi (11) Nepali (12) Oriya (13)
Punjabi (14) Sanskrit (15) Sindhi (16) Tamil (17)
Telugu (18) Urdu (19) Bodo (20) Santhali (21) Maithili
(22) Dogr
. As of December 2020, which of the following
languages does NOT figure in the Eighth
Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
(a) Bodo (b) Bhojpuri
(c) Santhali (d) Dogri
SSC JE Electrical – 24/03/2021 (Shift-II)
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
How many languages are officially recognized
in India?
(a) 17 (b) 19
(c) 22 (d) 10
(SSC 10+2 CHSL 10.01.17, 1.15 p
Ans : (c) See the explanation of above question.
Dogri is primarily spoken in which state?
(a) Assam (b) West Bengal
(c) Meghalaya (d) Jammu & Kashmir
SSC 10+2 CHSL 10.01.17, 10 am
SSC CHSL 12/08/2021 (Shift-III)
Ans : (d) Dogri is primarily spoken in Jammu and
Kashmir. It is an Indo–Aryan, Indo–European
language. It is mainly spoken in Jammu region of
Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and also in
Northern Punjab. Dogri was added in Eighth schedule
of the Indian Constitution in 2003 by 92nd
Constitutional Amendment Act.
Dogri language is mainly spoken in which of
the following states UTs.
(a) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (b) Tripura
(c) Jammu & Kashmir (d) Mizoram
SSC CHSL (Tier-I) –09/07/2019 (Shift-II
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
Konkani is the official language of……….
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) West Bengal (d) Goa
(SSC 10+2 CHSL 03.02.17, 4.15 pm)
Ans : (d) List of official language by states and union
territories.
States Official Language (s)
Andhra Pradesh Telugu
Arunachal Pradesh English
Assam Assamese
Bihar Hindi
Chhattisgarh Hindi, Chhattigarhi
Goa Konkani, English
Gujarat Gujarati
Haryana Hindi
Himachal Pradesh Hindi
Jharkhand Hindi
Karnataka Kannada
Kerala Malayalam
Under which Article of the Indian Constitution
are special provisions provided to language
spoken in a section of the population ?
(a) Article 374 (b) Article 357
(c) Article 337 (d) Article 347
SSC CGL (Tier-I)-2019 – 05/03/2020 (Shift-III)
Ans. (d) : The article 347 of the Indian Constitution
contains several special provisions that are related with
language spoken in a particular section of the
population
Which of these languages is generally not
spoken in Southern Part of India ?
(a) Telugu (b) Konkani
(c) Maithili (d) Malyalam
Ans : (c) Maithili language is native to the Indian
subcontinent mainly spoken in India and Nepal. In India
it is spoken in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand. It is
one of the 22 recognized Indian languages
Which of the following Articles of the
Constitution of India adopted Hindi in
Devanagari script as the official language of the
Union?
(a) Article 343 (1) (b) Article 123
(c) Article 231 (d) Article 108
SSC CGL–(Tier-I) 17/08/2021 (Shift I)
Ans. (a) : The Clause (1) of the Article 343 of the
Indian Constitution declares Hindi as the official
language of the Union and it must be in Devanagri
script and numeral used must be in international form of
Indian numerals.
