Question

There are how many major languages in India included in Eighth Schedule? 
1. 12
2. 23
3. 22
4. 11

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : 22

The correct answer is 22.

• The 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution gives the list of official languages of India.

• When these languages were added to the constitution it meant that they will be represented on the Official Languages Commission.
• Now as the languages are added it is the responsibility of the government so that these languages grow rapidly and become an effective means of communication.
• It includes 22 languages among which English has not been added to it.
• These languages are adopted as official languages by most of the states.
• Initially, there were 14 languages included, later on, other languages were added.

• The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution consists of the official 22 languages:
  • (1) Assamese
  • (2) Bengali
  • (3) Gujarati
  • (4) Hindi
  • (5) Kannada
  • (6) Kashmiri
  • (7) Konkani
  • (8) Malayalam
  • (9) Manipuri
  • (10) Marathi
  • (11) Nepali
  • (12) Oriya
  • (13) Punjabi
  • (14) Sanskrit
  • (15) Sindhi
  • (16) Tamil
  • (17) Telugu
  • (18) Urdu
  • (19) Bodo
  • (20) Santhali
  • (21) Maithili
  • (22) Dogri

 

• Initially, 14 languages were included in the Constitution.
• 21st Amendment Act of 1967 added the Sindhi language.
• 71st Amendment Act of 1992 added Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali.
• 92nd Amendment Act of 2003 added Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, and Santhali.