CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
1. What is the Official Language of Union of India?
Answer - Hindi in Devanagari Script
2. Which form of numerals are to be used for official purposes of the Union?
Answer - International form of Indian numerals
3. Which part of the Constitution contains provisions regarding Official Language?
Answer - Part XVII
4. On which date Part XVII of the Constitution was passed by Constituent Assembly?
Answer - 14.09.1949
5. How many chapters are there in Part XVII of the Constitution?
Answer - 4 Chapters
6. How many articles are there in the Part XVII of the Constitution?
Answer - 9 Articles
7. What are all the nine Articles covered under Part XVII of the Constitution?
8. In which part and in which article of the constitution provision regarding the language to be used for Transaction of business in Parliament exists?
Answer - Article 120 of Part V
9. In which part and in which article of the constitution provision regarding the language to be used for transaction of business in State Legislatures exists?
Answer - Article 210 of Part VI
10. Which article of the constitution contain provision regarding the language to be used in courts etc.?
Answer - Article 348
11. Which article of the constitution contain provision regarding the official language of Union of India?
Answer - Article 343
12. Which article of the constitution contain provision regarding the official language of States?
Answer -Article 345
13. As per Article 343(1) of the constitution when usage of Hindi effected as official language of the Union of India?
Answer -26.01.1965
14. Name the articles of the constitution which in their provisions contain reference to Eighth Schedule of the constitution?
Answer - Article 344(1) & 351
15. In which part of the constitution are the articles 343-351, that gives information about Official Language available?
Answer - 2 Part XVII (In the Seventeenth Part)
16. At present how many languages are enlisted in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution?
Answer - Twenty-two
17. When the Constitution was adopted, how many languages were included in the Eighth Schedule initially?
Answer - Fourteen
18. In which year Maithili, Bodo, Dogri and Santhali were added to the Eighth Schedule later?
Answer - 2003
19. In which year Sindhi was added to the Eighth Schedule?
Answer - 1967
20. In which year Nepali, Konkani & Manipuri were added to the 8th Schedule?
Answer - 1992
21. Which one is the foreign language included in the 8th Schedule?
Answer - Nepali
22. Which is the Official Language of Arunachal Pradesh?
Answer - English
23. When was Official Language Act 1963 passed?
Answer - 10.05.1963
24. when did the section 3(3) of the Official Language Act take effect?
Answer - 26 January 1965
25. When was the official Language Act, 1963 was amended?
Answer - 1967
26. How many sections are there in the Official Language Act 1963, as amended in the year 1967?
Answer - 9 Sections
27. Name the sections of Official Languages Act 1963(as amended in 1967) which are not applicable to Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir?
Answer - Section 6 & 7
28. With which section 7 of Official Language Act,1963 is concerned?
Answer - It is concerned with optional use of Hindi or other Official Language in Judgements in High Courts.
29. Why was the Official Languages Act 1963 passed?
Answer -For making provision regarding continued use of English along with Hindi even after 1965
30. When was Resolution on Official Language passed by Parliament?
Answer -18.01.1968
31. When was Official Languages Rules passed?
Answer -1976
32. When was Official Languages Rules amended?
Answer - 1987
33. Into how many Regions Indian states have been classified, according to Official Languages Rules?
Answer - Three Regions
34. What are all the 3 Regions as classified under Official Languages Rules?
Answer - A, B & C Region
35. How many States and Union Territories are there in Region ‘A’?
Answer - 9 States & 2 Union Territories.
36. How many States and Union Territories are there in Region ‘B’?
Answer - 3 States & 2 Union Territories.
37. When is “Hindi Day” celebrated every year?
Answer - 14th September
38. Which are the states that come under Region ‘A’?
Answer - States:(i) Uttar Pradesh (ii) Uttarakhand (iii) Bihar (iv)Jharkhand (v) Haryana (vi)Himachal Pradesh (vii)Madhya Pradesh (viii)Chhattisgarh (ix) Rajasthan Union Territory: (i) Andaman & Nicobar Island group (ii) Delhi (NCT)
39. Which are the states that come under Region ‘B’?
Answer - States: (i) Maharashtra (ii) Gujarat (iii) Punjab Union Territory: (i) Chandigarh (ii) Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
40. Which are the states that come under Region ‘C’?
Answer - States: (i) Karnataka (ii) Tamilnadu (iii) Kerala (iv) Andhra Pradesh (v) Telangana (vi) Odisha (vii)West Bengal (viii)Goa (ix) Assam (x) Nagaland (xi) Meghalaya (xii) Arunachal Pradesh (xii) Sikkim (xiv) Tripura (xv)Mizoram (xvi) Manipur Union Territory: (i) Puducherry (ii) Lakshadweep (iii) Jammu & Kashmir (iv) Ladakh
41. Who is responsible for the compliance of provisions of Official Languages Act and rules?
Answer - Administrative Head of each Central Government Office
42. Which Ministry takes important decisions pertaining to Official Language?
Answer -Ministry of Home Affairs
43. According to Official Languages Rules, Tamilnadu falls under which region?
Answer - Region ‘C’
44. According to Official Languages Rules, Andaman & Nicobar Islands fall under which region?
Answer - Region ‘A’
45. Which are the Union Territories classified under Region "B”?
Answer - Chandigarh, Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.
46. States in which Urdu has been declared as one of the Official Language?
Answer - Telangana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
47. Who was the Charmian of the First Official Language Commission?
Answer - Shri Bal Gangadhar Kher
48. Who was the First Chairman of the Parliament Committee on Official Languages Which was formed on the recommendation of the Official Language Commission?
Answer - Shri Govind Ballabh Pant
49. Who was the First Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language constituted in the year 1976?
Answer -The then Home Minister Shri Om Mehta
50. Who chaired the First Railway Hindi Salahakaar Samiti constituted in 1973?
Answer - Shri Lalit Narayan Mishra
51. As per the Constitution, who is translating the Statutory Rules, Regulations and Orders?
Answer - Law Ministry
52. Which was the Main Language and Co-Official Language used for the Official Purpose of the Union of India up to 1965?
Answer - English was the Main Language and Hindi was the Co-Official Language.
53. Which Committee of the Committee on Parliament on Official Language prepared the Draft?
Answer - Drafting & Evidence Sub-Committee of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language.
40. In which year the post of Hindi Assistant was created in Railway Board in compliance of President’s order?
Answer - In the General Branch of Railway Board in the year 1952.
41. In which year, Hindi (Parliament) Section was established in Railway Board?
Answer - In the year 1960.
42. In which year, the Hindi Translation of Railway Budget was prepared and who was the Railway Minister?
Answer - In the year 1956, Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri.
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