UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Inside India’s language conundrum

Q1. Under the three-language formula as originally conceived in the National Policy on Education, 1968, students in the non-Hindi speaking States were expected to study which one of the following combinations?

  • A. The regional language, Hindi, and English
  • B. The regional language, English, and a classical language
  • C. Hindi, English, and Sanskrit
  • D. The regional language, English, and any one foreign language

Q2. The Draft National Education Policy that formed the basis of NEP 2020 was prepared by a committee chaired by which one of the following?

  • A. Dr. K. Kasturirangan
  • B. Dr. D. S. Kothari
  • C. Dr. T. S. R. Subramanian
  • D. Dr. K. Radhakrishnan

Q3. Under CBSE's scheme of studies aligned to NEP 2020, the second language (R2) may be chosen from among how many languages offered by the Board?

  • A. 19
  • B. 22
  • C. 43
  • D. 52

Q4. As per the CBSE directive operationalising the NEP 2020 three-language formula in the 2026-27 session, the third language (R3) is introduced as a compulsory subject beginning from which class?

  • A. Class 3
  • B. Class 5
  • C. Class 6
  • D. Class 9

Q5. The Samagra Shiksha scheme, launched in 2018-19, was formed by subsuming how many earlier Centrally Sponsored Schemes?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q6. In the context of Tamil Nadu's language policy, the 'two-language formula' associated with C. N. Annadurai refers to the teaching of which one of the following?

  • A. Tamil and English, without Hindi
  • B. Tamil and Hindi, without English
  • C. Tamil and Sanskrit
  • D. English and Hindi, with Tamil optional