{"id":79583,"date":"2024-04-21T17:44:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T17:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=79583"},"modified":"2024-04-21T17:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T17:44:46","slug":"which-is-the-official-language-of-goa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-is-the-official-language-of-goa\/","title":{"rendered":"Which is the official language of Goa?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Portuguese&#8221; option2=&#8221;Konkani&#8221; option3=&#8221;Basque&#8221; option4=&#8221;Galician&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is B. Konkani.<\/p>\n<p>Konkani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 2.5 million people, mainly in the Indian state of Goa. It is also spoken in the neighboring states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, as well as in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Konkani is a member of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is closely related to Marathi, Kannada, and Malayalam.<\/p>\n<p>Konkani is written in the Devanagari script.<\/p>\n<p>The following are the other options and their explanations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Portuguese is a Romance language spoken by about 270 million people, mainly in Portugal and Brazil. 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