Question

__________ languages have been given official language status in our Constitution.

• A. 43
• B. 42
• C. 22
• D. 23

Answer 1

The correct option is C 22

22 languages have been given official language status in our Constitution:

1. Assamese

2. Bengali

3. Bodo

4. Dogri

5. Gujarati

6. Hindi

7. Kannada

8. Kashmiri

9. Konkani

10. Maithili

11. Malayalam

12. Meitei (Manipuri)

13. Marathi

14. Nepal

15. Odia

16. Punjabi

17. Sanskrit

18. Santali

19. Sindhi

20.Tamil

21. Telugu

22. Urdu

Of these languages, 14 were initially included in the Constitution. Subsequently, Sindhi was added in 1967; Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali were added in 1992; and Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, and Santali were added in 2003.