Arrange the following modern Indian languages on the basis of number of speakers in descending order.
(A) Dravidian
(B) Indo-European
(C) Sino-Tibetan
(D) Austric
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (B), (A), (D), (C)
(B) Indo-European — first, with 73 per cent of the speakers.
(A) Dravidian — second, with 20 per cent.
(D) Austric — third, with 1.38 per cent.
(C) Sino-Tibetan — last, with 0.85 per cent.
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 12-06-2023 (Slot 3) and 05-06-2023 (Slot 1).
NCERT (2026-27):
Table 1.2 : Classification of Modern Indian Languages |
