Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Kings, Farmers and Towns

Question:

Which script is used to write 'Hindi'?

Options:

Sanskrit

Devanagari

Pali

Kharosthi

Correct Answer:

Devanagari

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Devanagari

Most scripts used to write modern Indian languages are derived from Brahmi, the script used in most Asokan inscriptions. From the late eighteenth century, European scholars aided by Indian pandits worked backwards from contemporary Bengali and Devanagari (the script used to write Hindi) manuscripts, comparing their letters with older specimens.