{"id":1448,"date":"2024-03-05T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2024-03-05T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:17:22","slug":"how-many-languages-are-in-the-eighth-schedule-of-the-indian-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/how-many-languages-are-in-the-eighth-schedule-of-the-indian-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"How many languages are in the Eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Twelve&#8221; option2=&#8221;Sixteen&#8221; option3=&#8221;Twenty&#8221; option4=&#8221;Twenty two &#8221; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is (c) Twenty.<\/p>\n<p>The Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution lists 22 languages that have been given official status by the government of India. These languages are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assamese<\/li>\n<li>Bengali<\/li>\n<li>Bodo<\/li>\n<li>Dogri<\/li>\n<li>Gujarati<\/li>\n<li>Hindi<\/li>\n<li>Kannada<\/li>\n<li>Kashmiri<\/li>\n<li>Konkani<\/li>\n<li>Maithili<\/li>\n<li>Malayalam<\/li>\n<li>Manipuri<\/li>\n<li>Marathi<\/li>\n<li>Nepali<\/li>\n<li>Oriya<\/li>\n<li>Punjabi<\/li>\n<li>Sanskrit<\/li>\n<li>Sindhi<\/li>\n<li>Tamil<\/li>\n<li>Telugu<\/li>\n<li>Urdu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Eighth Schedule was added to the Constitution in 1950, and the list of languages has been amended several times since then. The most recent amendment was in 2004, when Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali were added to the list.<\/p>\n<p>The Eighth Schedule languages are used in government and education in India, and they are also used in the media and in literature. 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