Test Your Knowledge of Modern Standard Hindi
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What is Modern Standard Hindi commonly referred to as?

  • Bazaar Hindustani
  • Hindi Belt language
  • Khariboli dialect
  • Ādhunik Mānak Hindī (correct)
  • Which script is Hindi written in?

  • Awadhi script
  • Khariboli script
  • Devanagari script (correct)
  • Sanskrit script
  • Where is Hindi the lingua franca?

  • Western India
  • Southern India
  • Eastern India
  • Hindi Belt region (correct)
  • What are the two official languages of the Government of India?

    <p>Hindi and English</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many states recognize Hindi as an official language?

    <p>Nine states</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which language is mutually intelligible with standard Hindi?

    <p>Standard Urdu</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which language descends from nearby languages, not the Standard Hindi language?

    <p>Awadhi language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world?

    <p>Hindi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the third most-spoken language in the world if counted together with mutually intelligible Urdu?

    <p>Hindi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the 2011 census of India, which language is the fastest growing in India?

    <p>Hindi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term was originally used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain?

    <p>Hindī</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is another name that was often used in the past to refer to the Hindu/Indian people?

    <p>Hindavī</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is commonly used to specifically refer to the modern literary Hindi language?

    <p>Modern Standard Hindi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What sound changes characterised the transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi?

    <p>Loss of all word-final vowels</p> Signup and view all the answers

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