An overview of linguistic geography ($glottology$). It traces the spatial expanse, historic diffusion pathways, and demography of dominant global language families, highlighting the protection of endangered linguistic groups.
The language spoken by the largest number of people in the world is :
Correct Answer:
(C) Mandarin
Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world, with over 1 billion native speakers, primarily in China, Taiwan, and Singapore. It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
Ques: 2
For which one of the following countries Spanish is not an official language ?
Correct Answer:
(C) Republic of Congo
Spanish is an official language of Chile, Colombia & Cuba while it is not spoken in the Republic of Congo.
Ques: 3
In which one of the following countries is Tamil a major language?
Correct Answer:
(D)
Singapore
The description of dialects associated with countries mentioned in question are as follows:
(Country) (Dialects)
Myanmar - Burmese
Indonesia - Indonesian (official language), English, Dutch, Javanese etc .
Mauritius - English, French (official languages), Hindi, Urdu, Hakka , Bhojpuri and Creole
Singapore - Malay (National language), English, Mandarin and Tamil (all official language).
Thus, Tamil is an official language of Singapore. So, the correct answer would be (d).
Ques: 4
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Pakistan has greater racial and ethnic diversity than Bangladesh
Reason (R) : Punjabi is the official language of Pakistan where most people use Urdu language in speaking.
Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
Code :
(A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of
(A)
Correct Answer:
(C) is true but (R) is false
English and Urdu, both, are the official languages of Pakistan. Punjabi is the most widely spoken language, but not an official language. Bangladesh is noted for the ethnic homogeneity of its population.
Ques: 5
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(Language) (Country)
Correct Answer:
(D)
Bahasa Thailand
The correct match is as follows :
Language Country
Danish Denmark
Dutch Netherlands
Mandarin China
Bahasa Indonesia