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How much of the Indian population has Hindi as its mother tongue?


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40%

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50%

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30%

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60%

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Solution

The correct option is A. 40%

Only 40% Indians have Hindi as mother tongue. Though Hindi is the most spoken mother tongue in the country, the percentage of people listing other scheduled languages as their mother tongue is almost 59%.



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