Hindi Diwas Quiz Questions: Hindi Diwas is celebrated on September 14 across the country and we couldn’t be more excited. It is a celebration of our language, which is the most widely spoken in the world after Mandarin, English and Spanish. Hindi has almost 615 million speakers in the world, which is a huge population in this regard. According to the number of native speakers, Hindi is the third language by the number of speakers. Take the quiz below to test your knowledge of this beautiful, musical language.
1. When is Hindi Diwas celebrated in India?
a) September 14
b) September 15
c) September 13
d) September 20
Ans. And
Explanation: Hindi Diwas is celebrated on 14th September every year.
2. What is the reason for celebrating Hindi Diwas in India?
i) The Constituent Assembly of India accepted Hindi as the official language of India on 14 September
ii) The official language is promoted and promoted
- Only me
- Only ii
- I and II
- None of the above
Ans. c
Explanation: Hindi Diwas is celebrated on 14th September every year in India to promote and spread the official language. The Constituent Assembly of India accepted Hindi as the official language of India on 14 September 1949.
3. Which of the following is the most widely spoken language in the world?
- spanish
- Hindi
- Chinese
- English
Ans. c
Explanation: Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world with more than 1.3 billion speakers worldwide. Of these, 1.1 billion speak Mandarin.
4. What script is used to write Hindi?
- Brahmi
- Devanagari
- Grantha
- Kharosthi
Ans. b
Explanation: Hindi is written in the Devanagari script. The Kharosthi script, also spelled Kharosthi or Kharoṣṭhī was an ancient Indian script used by the Khasa, Saka and Yuezhi peoples in parts of the Indian subcontinent and present-day eastern Afghanistan.
5. Choose the correct statement about Indian languages from below
i) Indians speak a language belonging to the Indo-European language family just like English
ii) Indian languages are part of Indo-Iranian languages
iii) Indian languages belong to a subgroup called Indo-Aryan
- ii ii
- ii and iii
- i, ii and iii
- ii iii
Ans. c
Explanation: Indians speak a language that belongs to the Indo-European language family, to which English belongs. Indian languages are part of Indo-Iranian languages, forming a subgroup called Indo-Aryan.
6. After Hindi, which language is the most widely spoken language from India on the global platform?
- Bengal
- Tamil
- Urdu
- telugu
Ans. And
Explanation: Bengali is the language of Kolkata, the Andaman Islands, fantastic sweets and about 130 million Bangladeshis. It is the most spoken language after Hindi in the world from India.
7. Which language is said to have the greatest influence on Hindi?
- Sanskrit
- Prakrit
- Persian
- Arab
Ans. And
Explanation: Hindi is said to have originated from Vedic Sanskrit. It is a language derived by great filtering since the time of the Rig Veda.
8. Which language is the main predecessor of Hindi grammar?
- Sanskrit
- Prakrit
- Apabhramsha
- ii ii
- ii and ii
- i, ii and iii
- Only me
Ans. c
Explanation: Sanskrit and the Prakrit and Apabhramsha languages are the forerunners of the Hindi language and influence its grammar.
9. Choose the correct statement about Devanagiri script
i) His name was Nagari which meant left to right
ii) It was developed in ancient India from 1st to 4th century AD
- Only me
- Only ii
- I and II
- None of the above
Ans. c
Explanation: The Devanagari script was developed in ancient India between the 1st and 4th centuries AD and was also called Nagari
10. Which other language besides Hindi is among the official languages of India?
- English
- Urdu
- Bengal
- Tamil
Ans. And
Explanation: Hindi and English are the two official languages of India.
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