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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 49

SSC MTS - 20 July 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q49

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As per the 2011 Census, arrange the following languages in descending order of Speakers strength: Marathi, Hindi, Maithili.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 4 i.e Hindi, Marathi, Maithili.

  • As per the 2011 census, 43.63 percent of Indians speak Hindi as their mother tongue followed by Marathi at 2nd and Maithili at 3rd.
  • In all, 13 of the 22 scheduled languages were reported as the mother tongue by at least 1 percent of the population.
  • Except for Sanskrit, each of the 21 scheduled languages was reported as the mother tongue by at least 10 lakh people.