{"id":2399,"date":"2025-05-01T19:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2025-05-01T19:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:48:47","slug":"q-the-constitution-71st-amendment-act-1992-amends-the-eights-schedule-to-the-constitution-to-include-which-of-the-following-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-the-constitution-71st-amendment-act-1992-amends-the-eights-schedule-to-the-constitution-to-include-which-of-the-following-languages","title":{"rendered":"Q. The Constitution (71st\u00a0Amendment) Act, 1992 amends the Eights Schedule to the Constitution to include which of the following languages?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Konkani<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manipuri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nepali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maithili<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 3 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2, 3 and 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:&nbsp;(a) 1, 2 and 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution\u00a0<strong>originally included\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/languages-in-india-upsc\/\">14 languages<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sindhi was included by the 21st Amendment<\/strong>, enacted in\u00a0<strong>1967<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Seventy-first Amendment of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/upsc-notes\/constitution-of-india\/\">Constitution of India<\/a>, officially known as The Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992,\u00a0<strong>amended the Eighth Schedule<\/strong>\u00a0to the Constitution so as to include\u00a0<strong>Konkani, Meitei (officially called \u201cManipuri\u201d) and Nepali languages<\/strong>, thereby raising the total number of languages listed in the schedule to\u00a0<strong>eighteen.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithili\u00a0<\/strong>were included in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/schedules-of-the-indian-constitution-upsc\/\">Eighth Schedule<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>2004<\/strong>, through the 92nd Amendment, raising the total number of languages 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