Consider the following languages :
1. Gujarati
2. Kannada
3. Telugu
Which of the above has/have been declared as 'Classical Language/Languages' by the Government?
This questions was previously asked in
UPSC CSP Previous Year Paper (2014)
1 and 2 only
Incorrect Answer2 and 3 only
Correct Answer1, 2 and 3
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
Languages i.e. Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia have been given status of classical languages.
There has been a demand that Odia, which is one of the oldest languages and has no resemblance to Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Telugu, etc., be declared as a classical language.
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