Consider the following statements 1 Hindi and Urdu became the language of state administration with ...........

Uttar Pradesh Art and Culture

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Consider the following statements:

1. Hindi and Urdu became the language of state administration with the Uttar Pradesh Official Language Act of 1951.

2. Uttar Pradesh is sometimes called the 'Hindi heartland of India'.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 Nor 2

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Explanation:

The state Uttar Pradesh is sometimes called the 'Hindi heartland of India'. Hindi became the language of state administration with the Uttar Pradesh Official Language Act of 1951. A 1989 amendment to the act added Urdu, as an additional language of the state. Linguistically, the state spreads across the Central, East-Central, and Eastern zones of the Hindi Belt, the major Hindi dialects of the state being Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Bundeli, Braj Bhasha, Kannauji and the vernacular form of Khariboli.