Arrange the Modern Indian Languages families in descending order according to percentage of speakers in India
(A) Sino-Tibetan
(B) Dravidian
(C) Indo-European
(D) Austric
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (B), (D), (A)
(C) Indo-European — first, the largest family, with 73 per cent of speakers.
(B) Dravidian — second, with 20 per cent.
(D) Austric — third, with 1.38 per cent.
(A) Sino-Tibetan — last, with only 0.85 per cent.
Note 1: Four percentages from one table in the Population chapter made a full question. Every number in an NCERT table can turn into a question.
Note 2: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2025 on 26-05-2025 (Slot 1), and in CUET (UG) 2023 on 02-07-2023 (Slot 3), 12-06-2023 (Slot 3) and 05-06-2023 (Slot 1).
NCERT (2026-27): India People and Economy — Chapter 1: Population: Distribution, Density, Growth and Composition, Table 1.2 : Classification of Modern Indian Languages
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