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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to the language data of Census 2011, Which of the following language is country’s second most spoken language?
A
Urdu
B
Telugu
C
Bengali
D
Marathi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Bengali. As per India Census 2011, Bengali is the language after Hindi that is spoken by the maximum number of people in India. As per the Census 2011, 43.63% of Indians speak Hindi as their mother tongue. Bengali, with 8.03% speakers, is second on the list.

Detailed explanation-2: -The second most spoken language in India by the number of speakers is Bengali and has 9.72 crore speakers. The Bengali-speaking population is 8.03 per cent of the total population.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is-Bengali. 43.63 percent of Indians speak Hindi as their mother tongue, as per the 2011 census. Bengali is second on the list with 8.03 percent speakers. Bengali is followed by Marathi at 3rd with 6.86 percent speakers.

Detailed explanation-4: -English takes the crown as the most common second language around the world with 55 countries speaking it as a second language. France and Russia are second and third with 14 and 13 respectively. The languages are grouped and colour-coded by language family (languages with a common ancestor).

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