Languages in India

1. Which is the maximum spoken language of India?

Hindi

2. Languages are in which schedule?

Eighth schedule

3. The Indian constitution provides how many languages in eighth schedule?

22 languages.

4. Which languages are mentioned in the eighth schedule of the Indian constitution?

They are Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Telegu, Malayalam, Odiya, Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali, Maithili, Santhali, Dogari, Bodo, Sindhi, Tamil

5. In which year was the first official language commission appointed?

1955 with chairman B G Kher

6. As per which amendment act were the four languages added in the year 2003?

92nd amendment 2003 (four languages are Bodo, Dogari, Maithili, Santhali)

7. Which is the oldest language of India?

Tamil

8. Which is the script of Indian Union?

Devanagari

9. Which language has recently been conferred the status of "classical language"?

Tamil

10. Which states have granted second official language status to Urdu?

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi

11. Which state has granted recently to Urdu and Punjabi the status of second official languages of state?

Delhi

12. Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were included in 8th schedule by which amendment?

71st amendment 1992

13. In which year was Indira Gandhi Rajbhasa Awards instituted?

1986-87

14. The continued use of English in addition to Hindi for official purposes is provided for by which Official Languages Act?

The Official Languages Act 1963

15. What is the official language of India?

Article 343 (1) of the Constitution of India states "The Official Language of the Union government shall be Hindi in Devanagari script." Unless Parliament decided otherwise, the use of English for official purposes was to cease 15 years after the constitution came into effect, i.e. on 26 January 1965. However as the date for changeover approached, there were many agitations and the Act itself was amended in 1967 to provide that the use of English would not be ended until a resolution to that effect was passed by the legislature of every state that had not adopted Hindi as its official language, and by each house of the Indian Parliament. Thus the Constitution of India does not give any language the status of national language.