2021 · Q68
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India ?
General KnowledgeGeography
- ASino-Tibetan
- BAustric
- CIndo-Aryan
- DDravidian
Explanation
The Indo-Aryan linguistic group — including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi and others — is India's largest, spoken by roughly three-fourths of the population. Dravidian is the second largest; Sino-Tibetan and Austric are far smaller. The largest group is Indo-Aryan.