Official language MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

In the Constitution, official language means the language used for the work of government, especially official communication, records and administrative business. It is not simply the language spoken by the public, so people's language is too broad. It is also not limited to one particular state, because a state language and the Union's official language are separate ideas. Link language refers to a language used for communication between groups, but that is not the constitutional sense of rajbhasha here.

Article 343 is the relevant provision. It states that the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in the Devanagari script, with the form of numerals specified in the Constitution. Article 243 belongs to the Panchayats-related definitions in Part IX. Article 234 concerns appointments of persons other than district judges to the judicial service of a State. Article 283 deals with custody of Consolidated Funds, Contingency Funds and public accounts. Therefore, Article 343 alone fits the question.

Article 351 of the Constitution gives the directive for the development of the Hindi language, including its promotion so that it may serve as a medium of expression for India's composite culture. Article 243 deals with definitions connected to Panchayats and local self-government, not language development. Article 281 concerns laying certain reports of the Finance Commission before Parliament. Article 363 bars court jurisdiction in disputes arising from certain pre-Constitution treaties, agreements or covenants, so it is unrelated to Hindi.