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Matribhasha Diwas Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Matribhasha Diwas is celebrated on which date -

a)

21st Feb

b)

20th Feb

c)

23rd Feb

d)

22nd Feb

2.

What is the script in which Hindi is written?

a)

Brahmi

b)

Devanagari

c)

Grantham

d)

Kharosthi

3.

Which of the following is not a Gujarati Dialect?

a)

Kathiyawadi

b)

Ahirani

c)

East African Gujarati

d)

Tarimukhi

4.

When was Marathi Day first celebrated?

a)

27 February 1930

b)

27 February 1946

c)

28 February 1935

d)

28 February 1940

5.

According to the a report, how many mother tongues are there in India at present?

a)

1265

b)

1365

c)

1465

d)

1565

6.

Who said, "Telugu is the sweetest of all Indian Languages"?

a)

Vinoba Bhave

b)

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

c)

P. V. Narasimha Rao

d)

Rabindranath Tagore

7.

Which language is said to have the main influence over Hindi?

a)

Prakrit

b)

Persian

c)

Sanskrit

d)

Arabic

8.

The first language to be conferred the status of a Classical Language -

a)

Urdu

b)

Konkani

c)

Hindi

d)

Tamil

9.

Which language after Hindi is the most spoken language from India on a global platform?

a)

Bengali

b)

Tamil

c)

Odia

d)

Telugu

10.

In which century Marathi was invented?

a)

09th Century

b)

10th Century

c)

11th Century

d)

12th Century

11.

How many official languages are currently mentioned in the Indian Constitution?

a)

14

b)

22

c)

24

d)

25

12.

Which poet's birthday is celebrated on Marathi day?

a)

Poet Kusumagraj

b)

Poet Kanhopatra

c)

Poet Dilip Chitre

d)

Poet Bhau Panchbhai

13.

Which of the following languages is not mentioned in the Eighth Schedule to the Indian Constitution?

a)

Sindhi

b)

Kashmiri

c)

Nepali

d)

English

14.

Which poet's birthday is celebrated on Telugu language day?

a)

Devulapalli Krishna Sastry

b)

Viswanatha Satyanarayana

c)

Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy

d)

Srirangam Srinivasa Rao

15.

Which language is oldest Dravidian language?

a)

Telugu

b)

Kannada

c)

Tamil

d)

Malayalam

16.

Among this which of the following is not included in 6 classical languages of india?

a)

Kannada

b)

Odia

c)

Mewadi

d)

Malayalam

17.

Which of these following awards are conferred on International Mother Language Day?

a)

Pulitzer Award

b)

Sahitya Academy Award

c)

Ramon Magsaysay Award

d)

Linguapax Award

18.

Choose the correct statement about Devanagiri script -

(Multiple correct answers)

a)

It was called Nagari which meant left to right

b)

It was developed in ancient India from the 1st to the 4th century CE

19.

The two States which have Sanskrit as one of their official languages -

(Multiple correct answers)

a)

Tamilnadu

b)

Uttar Pradesh

c)

Delhi

d)

Uttarkhand

e)

Himachal Pradesh

20.

ln India, MATRIBHASHA DIWAS is celebrated every year to promote the use of mother tongue and attain the following objectives: -

(Multiple correct answers)

a)

Highlight the linguistic diversity of our country

b)

Encourage usage, not only of the respective mother tongue, but other Indian languages as well

c)

To understand and draw attention to consequent forums of literature, craft, creative expression

d)

To encourage the learning of languages, other than one's own mother tongue