Hindi Diwas Quiz 2023: Test Your Knowledge About India's Official Language

Hindi Diwas Quiz Questions: Hindi Diwas is observed on September 14 across the country and we couldn’t be more delighted. It is a celebration of our language which is most widespread in the world after Mandarin, English, and Spanish. Hindi has almost 615 million speakers in the world which is a huge population in that regard.  As per the native speakers count Hindi is the third most spoken language.  Take the quiz to test your knowledge about this wonderful, music-to-ears language below.

1. When is Hindi Diwas observed in India?

a) September 14

b) September 15

c) September 13

d) September 20

Ans. a

Explanation: The Hindi Diwas is observed on September 14 every year.

2. What is the reason for observing Hindi Diwas in India?

i) The Constituent Assembly of India espoused Hindi as India’s official language on the 14th of September

ii) It is observed to promote and propagate the official language

1. Only i
2. Only ii
3. Both i and ii
4. None of the above 

Ans. c

Explanation: Hindi Diwas is celebrated on 14 September every year in India to promote and propagate the official language. The Constituent Assembly of India had espoused Hindi as India’s official language on 14th September 1949.

3. Which of the following is the most spoken language of the world?

1. Spanish
2. Hindi
3. Chinese
4. English

Ans. c

Explanation: Chinese is the most spoken language in the world with more than 1.3 billion speakers in the world. Out of these 1.1 billion talk in Mandarin. 

4. What is the script in which Hindi is written?

1. Brahmi
2. Devanagari
3. Grantha
4. Kharosthi

Ans. b

Explanation: Hindi is written in Devanagari script. The Kharosthi script also spelt 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 that belongs to Indo European language family same as English

ii) Indian languages are a part of Indo-Iranian languages

iii) Indian languages fall in a subgroup called Indo Aryan

1. i and ii
2. ii and iii
3. i, ii and iii
4. i and iii

Ans. c

Explanation: Indians speak a language belonging to the Indo-European language family, to which English also belongs. Indian languages are part of the Indo-Iranian languages, forming a subgroup called Indo-Aryan.

6. Which language after Hindi is the most spoken language from India on a global platform?

1. Bengali
2. Tamil
3. Urdu
4. Telugu

Ans. a

Explanation: Bengali is the language of Kolkata, the Andaman Islands, fabulous sweets, and 130-odd million Bangladeshis. It is the most spoken language after Hindi in the world from India.

7. Which language is said to have the main influence over Hindi?

1. Sanskrit
2. Prakrit
3. Persian
4. Arabic

Ans. a

Explanation: Hindi is said to have risen from Vedic Sanskrit. It is the language derived through great filtering since the time of Rig Vedas.

8. Which language is the main precursor of Hindi grammar?

1. Sanskrit
2. Prakrit
3. Apabhramsha 

1. i and ii
2. ii and ii
3. i, ii and iii
4. Only i

Ans. c

Explanation: Sanskrit and the Prakrit and Apabhramsha languages are the precursors of the Hindi language and influence its grammar.

9. Choose the correct statement about the Devanagari script

i) It was called Nagari which meant left to right

ii) It was developed in ancient India from the 1st to the 4th century CE

1. Only i 
2. Only ii
3. Both i and ii
4. None of the above 

Ans. c

Explanation: The Devanagari script was developed in ancient India between the 1st-4th century CE and was also called Nagari

10. Which other language apart from Hindi is among the official languages of India?

1. English
2. Urdu
3. Bengali
4. Tamil

Ans. a

Explanation: Hindi and English are the two official languages of India. 

11. Which of the statements below is false about the Hindi language?

i. Hindi is derived from the Persian word 'Hind' which means 'the land of Indus river'.

ii. Bihar was the first state of India to declare Hindi as its official language.

a. Only i

b. Both i and ii

c. Only ii

d. None of the above

Ans. b

Explanation: The Hindi name was derived Persian language and Bihar was the first state of India to declare Hindi as its official language in the year 1881, replacing Urdu.

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