Arrange the following modern Indian language families in the descending order of percentage of speakers in India.
(A) Sino-Tibetan
(B) Austric
(C) Indo-European
(D) Dravidian
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (D), (B), (A)
(C) Indo-European — first, with 73% of speakers (Indo-European or Aryan family).
(D) Dravidian — second, with 20%.
(B) Austric — third, with 1.38%.
(A) Sino-Tibetan — fourth, with 0.85%.
Note: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2025 on 03-06-2025 (Slot 1) and 26-05-2025 (Slot 1), and in CUET (UG) 2023 on 02-07-2023 (Slot 3) and 12-06-2023 (Slot 3).
NCERT (2026-27):
Table 1.2 : Classification of Modern Indian Languages |
