Which of the following statements about the recently released linguistic survey of India is are corr...........

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Which of the following statements about the recently released linguistic survey of India is/are correct?

There are 121 recognised language groups of which 99 are non-scheduled languages.
English the second most spoken language by the Indians.
February 14 every year is observed as International Mother Tongue Day.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

1 and 2

1 and 3

1 Only

2 and 3

Explanation:

Second and third statements are incorrect.

As per the linguistic survey released recently on the basis of 2011 census, there are 121 language groups in India of which 22 are scheduled languages and 99 are non-scheduled languages. February 21 is observed every year as the International Mother Tongue Day. As per the survey English is spoken by only 2.5 lakh individuals across the country as their mother tongue. Following Hindi, Sanskrit is given the inflated status of second language.