2026 · Q4
Which of the following statements about Ol Chiki script is/are correct?
- 1The Government of India recently celebrated two hundred years of the development of this script.
- 2This script has been used for the Santhali language. Select the answer using the code given below.
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- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
The Ol Chiki script was devised by Pandit Raghunath Murmu in 1925 for writing Santali, so the claim of a recent 200-year celebration is false — 2025 marked its centenary, not its bicentenary. The script is indeed used for the Santali language, spoken by the Santhal tribal community and listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Therefore only statement 2 is correct.