Language MCQ Practice Questions

Correct Answer: (D) Tribal languages

Halbi, Ho and Kui are the languages of the tribes. The Halbi language is mainly of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, its speakers are the Rajmuria, Halba, Mahar, Parja, Lohra tribes spread from Odisha to Maharashtra. Ho is the language of the Munda family, which is spoken by tribe like Ho, Munda, Koi etc. Its main area is West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, while the speakers spred from Odisha to Maharashtra. Kui is the language to the Dravidian family. It is mainly spoken by the Kui tribe in Kandhamal, Odisha.

Correct Answer: (B) Bengali

Bengali is the most spoken language in the Indian subcontinent after Hindi.

Correct Answer: (A) Odiya

Odiya became the sixth language of the country to get classical language status on 20 Feb, 2014. Classical language status was given to Tamil in 2004, Sanskrit in 2005, Telugu and Kannada in 2008 and Malayalam in 2013.

Correct Answer: (C) Khasi

Languages Family wise grouping of Indian languages and percentage of total population who receive the languages as their mother tongue -

Languages	Languages population	Percentage
Families		to total
1. Indo-	1. Assamese, Bengali,	76.86%
European
(a) Indo-	Bhili/Bhilodi, Bishnupuriya,
Aryan	Dogri, Gujarati, Halabi,
	Hindi, Kashmiri, Khandeshi,
	Konkani, Lahnda, Maithili,
	Marathi, Nepali, Odiya
	Punjabi, Sanskrit, Shina,
	Sindhi, Urdu,
(b) Iranian	Afghani/Kabuli/Pashto,	0.0022%
	Persian
(c) European	English	0.02%
2. Dravidian	Coorgi/Kodagu, Gondi,	20.82%
	Jatayu, Kannada, Khond/
	Kondh, Kisan, Kolami,
	Konda, Koya Kui, Kurukh/
	Oraon, Malayalam, Malto,
	Parji, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu.
3.Austro-	Bhumij, Gadaba, Ho, Juang,	1.11%
Asiatic	Kharia, Khasi, Koda/Kora,
	Korku, Korwa, Munda,
	Mundari, Nicobarese, Santhali,
	Savara.
4. Tibeto-	Adi, Guda, Angami, Ao, Balti,	1.0%
Burmese	Bhotia, Bodo, Chakesang,
	Chakru/Chokri, Chang, Deori,
	Dimasa, Gangte, Garo, Halam,
	Hmar, Kabui, Karbi/Mikir,
	Khezha, Khiemnungan,
	Kinnauri, Koch, Kom, Konyak,
	Kuki, Ladakhi, Lahauli, Lakher,
	Lalung, Lepcha, Liangmei,
	Limbu, Lotha, Lushai/Mizo,
	Manipuri, Maram, Maring,
	Miri/Mishing, Mishmi, Mogh,
	Monpa, Nissi/Dafla, Nocte,
	Paite, Pawi, Phom, Pochury,
	Rabha, Rai, Rengma, Sangtam,
	Sema, Sherpa, Simte, Tamang,
	Tangkhul, Tangsa, Thado,
	Tibetan, Tripuri, Vaiphei,
	Wancho, Yimchungre, Zeliang,
	Zemi, Zou.
5. Semito-	Arabic/Arb	0.01%
Hamitic

Correct Answer: (B) Indo-Aryan

The largest linguistic group of India is Indo-Aryan. This is most important family of Indian languages and comprises of all the principal languages including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Sindhi, Rajasthani, Assamese, Odiya, Kashmiri, Urdu, and Sanskrit. It is related to 76.87% of the total Indian population.

Correct Answer: (C) Brajbhasha, Awadhi, Bhojpuri and Maithili

In the area marked as ‘A’, Brajbhasha is spoken. In the area marked ‘B’, Awadhi is spoken. In the area marked ‘C’ Bhojpuri is spoken, and in area marked as ‘D’, Maithili is spoken which is the area of North Bihar.

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