UPSC Prelims 2024 Question:

The Constitution (71st Amendment) Act, 1992 amends the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution to include which of the following languages?

1. Konkani
2. Manipuri
3. Nepali
4. Maithili
   
   

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Explanation:

• There have been demands for inclusion of certain languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. Consequently, the Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992 was enacted. It included Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.
  
  
• The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution consists of the following 22 languages:- (1) Assamese, (2) Bengali, (3) Gujarati, (4) Hindi, (5) Kannada, (6) Kashmiri, (7) Konkani, (8) Malayalam, (9) Manipuri, (10) Marathi, (11) Nepali, (12) Oriya, (13) Punjabi, (14) Sanskrit, (15) Sindhi, (16) Tamil, (17) Telugu, (18) Urdu (19) Bodo, (20) Santhali, (21) Maithili and (22) Dogri.
  
  
• Of these languages, 14 were initially included in the Constitution. Sindhi language was added in 1967. Thereafter three more languages viz., Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were included in 1992. Subsequently Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were added in 2004.
  
  

Therefore, option (1) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity| Languages