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Virat

Asked: November 9, 2025In: Class 10 Social Science

Read the given text and answer the following questions: A second test for the Indian federation is the language policy. Our Constitution did not give the status of national language to any one language. Hindi was identified as the official language. But Hindi is the mother tongue of only about 40 per cent of Indians. Therefore, there were many safeguards to protect other languages. Besides Hindi, there are 21 other languages recognised as Scheduled languages by the Constitution. A candidate in an examination conducted for the Central Government positions may opt to take the examination in any of these languages. States too have their own official languages. Much of the government work takes place in the official language of the concerned state. Unlike Sri Lanka, the leaders of our country adopted a very cautious attitude in spreading the use of Hindi. According to the Constitution, the use of English for official purposes was to stop in 1965. 28. (i) Our Constitution did not give the status of national language to any one language. Why? 28. (ii) Evaluate the importance of continuing English as the official language of India. 28. (iii) State the differences between India and Sri Lanka on the basis of status of language.

India is a multilingual country with hundreds of languages spoken across regions. To maintain national unity and respect linguistic diversity, the Constitution did not declare any single language as the national language. This prevented conflicts and ensured equal importance for ...