Unique Academic Board Solutions for Chapter: Official Language (Part XVII, Articles 343-351), Exercise 1: Self-Evaluation Test
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Consider the following statements regarding the official languages of Indian states:
1. The Indian constitution mentions the official languages that can be used by the states for the conduct of their official functions.
2. A language used as an official language by a particular state must be listed in the Eighth Schedule.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the given statements:
1. Eighth Schedule of the Constitution contains 22 languages. 14 languages were initially in the Constitution.
2. Sitakant Mahapatra Committee was set up to evolve a set of objective criteria for inclusion of more languages in the Eighth Schedule.
3. A group of Hindi Professors has written to the Prime Minster to not add dialects of Hindi like Bhojpuri and Rajasthani to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following statements regarding Hindi as the Official Language of the Union is/are correct?
1. In his address to the Gujarat Educational Conference, Mahatma Gandhi stated that Hindi is the only language which could be adopted as national language.
2. The Constitution makers decided that Hindi in Devanagari script should be adopted as the official language of the Union.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The office of the Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities came into being by which of the following amendments?

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Consider the following statements in the context of Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities:
1. Article 350B of the constitution empowers the President to appoint Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities.
2. It shall be the duty of the Special officer to investigate all matters relating linguistic minorities and report to Parliament.
Which of the above is/are correct?

Consider the following languages.
1. Sindhi
2. Santhali
3. Maithili
4. Nepali
Which of the above languages are currently included in the 8th schedule of the Constitution?
