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Committee of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language (i) Hindi (ii) Hindi Typing (iii) Hindi Shorthand

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दͯ ¢ण पिश्चम रेलवे
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY 
हुब्बिल्ल मंडल/HUBBALLI DIVISION
राजभाषा प्रश्नोƣर बɇक 
Question-Answer Bank on Rajbhasha 
2018 
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for the awareness of Railway employees. It should not be constituted as a 
statement of Law or used for any legal purposes. All efforts have been made to 
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CONTENTS 
I.
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
1-4
II.
COMMITTEES ON OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
4-6
III.
HINDI TRAINING
6-7
IV.
INCENTIVES GIVEN FOR PASSING HINDI EXAMINATIONS
8-10
V.
AWARDS GIVEN FOR DOING OFFICIAL WORK IN HINDI
10-12
VI.
IMPLEMENTATION OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
12-14
VII.
DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS ON OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
15-22

1 
हुब्बिल्ल मंडल/HUBBALLI DIVISION
राजभाषा प्रश्नोƣर बɇक 
Questions and Answers Bank on Rajbhasha 
I.
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
1.
What is the Official Language of Union of India?
Hindi in Devanagari Script 
2.
Which form of numerals are to be used for official purposes of the Union?
International form of Indian numerals 
3.
Which part of the Constitution contains provisions regarding Official Language?
Part XVII 
4.
On which date Part XVII of the Constitution was passed in Parliament?
14.09.1949 
5.
How many chapters are there in Part XVII of the Constitution?
4 Chapters 
6.
How many articles are there in the Part XVII of the Constitution?
9 Articles 
7.
What are all the nine Articles covered under Part XVII of the Constitution?
Article 343 to 351 
8.
In which part and in which article of the constitution provision regarding the language to be used for
Transaction of business in Parliament exists?
Article 120 of Part V 
9.
In which part and in which article of the constitution provision regarding the language to be used for
transaction of business in State Legislatures exists?
 Article 210 of Part VI 
10. Which article of the constitution contain provision regarding the language to be used in courts etc.?
Article 348 & 349 
11. Which article of the constitution contain provision regarding the official language of Union of India?
Article 343 & 344 
12. Which article of the constitution contain provision regarding the official language of States?
Article 345 
13. As per Article 343(1) of the constitution when Hindi became the official language of the Union of
India?
 26.01.1965 
14. Name the articles of the constitution which in their provisions contain reference to Eighth Schedule
of the constitution?
Article 344(1) & 351 
Rajbhasha Organization/Hubballi Division

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15. In which part of the constitution are the articles 343-351, that gives information about Official 
Language available?                                                                    
 Part XVII (In the Seventeenth Part) 
         
16. At present how many languages are enlisted in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution?  
                                                                                                                                                     Twenty-two
 
 
17. When the Constitution was adopted, how many languages were included in the Eighth Schedule 
initially? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
              Fourteen 
18. In which year Maithili, Bodo, Dogri and Santhali were added to the Eighth Schedule later?                              
                                                                                                                                               2003 
 
 
19. In which year Sindhi was added to the Eighth Schedule? 
 
 
                                   
1963 
 
20. In which year Nepali, Konkani & Manipuri were added to the 8th Schedule? 
                       
1992 
 
21. Which one is the foreign language included in the 8th Schedule?                                                  
Nepali 
 
22. Which is the Official Language of Arunachal Pradesh? 
 
 
                             
English 
 
23. When was Official Language Act 196

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