UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — PRESIDENT OF INDIA INAUGURATES THE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE OL CHIKI SCRIPT

Q1. The Ol Chiki script, whose centenary was inaugurated in 2026, comprises how many letters?

  • A. 26
  • B. 30
  • C. 33
  • D. 47

Q2. To which one of the following language families does Santhali, the language written in the Ol Chiki script, belong?

  • A. Dravidian
  • B. Indo-Aryan (Indo-European)
  • C. Austroasiatic (Munda branch)
  • D. Tibeto-Burman

Q3. Santhali was included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution through which one of the following?

  • A. The Constitution (Twenty-first Amendment) Act, 1967
  • B. The Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992
  • C. The Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003
  • D. The Constitution (Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015

Q4. The following languages are identified as having been added to the Eighth Schedule by the Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003: 1. Bodo 2. Dogri 3. Maithili 4. Konkani Which of the above is NOT correctly identified?

  1. Bodo
  2. Dogri
  3. Maithili
  4. Konkani
  • A. 1 and 3
  • B. 2 only
  • C. 3 and 4
  • D. 4 only

Q5. The following are cited as constitutional provisions safeguarding linguistic and minority interests: 1. Article 29 — protection of the interests of minorities in language, script and culture 2. Article 30 — right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions 3. Article 350B — Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities 4. Article 351 — right of every linguistic minority to always be governed in its own language Which of the above is NOT correctly identified?

  1. Article 29 — protection of the interests of minorities in language, script and culture
  2. Article 30 — right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions
  3. Article 350B — Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities
  4. Article 351 — right of every linguistic minority to always be governed in its own language
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 2 and 3
  • C. 4 only
  • D. 1 and 4

Q6. The 'Constitution of India in Santhali', released by the President in December 2025, is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A Santhali translation of the Constitution printed in the Devanagari script by the Ministry of Culture
  • B. The first official translation of the Constitution into Santhali in the Ol Chiki script, published by the Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice
  • C. An English–Santhali bilingual commentary on fundamental rights published by the Sahitya Akademi
  • D. A digest of the Constitution in Santhali issued by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

Q7. The centenary celebrations of the Ol Chiki script, inaugurated by the President in February 2026, were organised by which one of the following ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Culture
  • C. Ministry of Education
  • D. Ministry of Law and Justice

Q8. Which of the following scripts is/are correctly identified as having been used to write the Santhali language before the invention of Ol Chiki? 1. Roman 2. Devanagari 3. Odia 4. Gurmukhi Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. Roman
  2. Devanagari
  3. Odia
  4. Gurmukhi
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2, 3 and 4
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4