SSC
INDIAN CULTURE
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Question
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121
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22
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36
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -They include, besides Sanskrit, the following 21 modern Indian languages: Assamese, Bangla, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Kannada, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Santali, Sindhi, and Urdu.
Detailed explanation-2: -So how many Indian languages are there? While India has 22 separate official languages, it is home to a total of 121 languages and 270 mother tongues. It’s also home to the world’s oldest language, Hindi.
Detailed explanation-3: -Note: The Constitution of India recognizes 23 official languages and two official classical languages, Sanskrit and Tamil that are spoken in various parts of the world. Not only, we have more than 1, 600 languages that are the mother tongues of people, but more than a hundred forms of dance exist in our country too.