{"id":85062,"date":"2025-06-01T03:02:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=85062"},"modified":"2025-06-01T03:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:02:21","slug":"the-major-part-of-central-asia-is-dominated-by-which-one-of-the-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-major-part-of-central-asia-is-dominated-by-which-one-of-the-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"The major part of Central Asia is dominated by which one of the follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The major part of Central Asia is dominated by which one of the following language families?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Indo-European&#8221; option2=&#8221;Sino-Tibetan&#8221; option3=&#8221;Austric&#8221; option4=&#8221;Altaic&#8221; correct=&#8221;option4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2020\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">The major language family dominating Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) is the Turkic language family, which includes Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, and Kyrgyz. While the Altaic language family hypothesis (which groups Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungistic languages) is debated among linguists, among the options provided, &#8216;Altaic&#8217; is the only one that encompasses the widely spoken Turkic languages of the region.<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">Tajik is an exception, being an Indo-European language (a dialect of Persian) spoken in Tajikistan. However, the Turkic languages cover a much larger geographical area and population in Central Asia.<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">Indo-European languages are spoken by minorities (e.g., Russian, Persian\/Tajik). Sino-Tibetan languages are centered in East Asia. Austric is a proposed macrofamily spanning parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The major part of Central Asia is dominated by which one of the following language families? 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