Answer:
(i)
A second test for Indian federalism is the language policy.
(ii) Our Constitution did not give the
status of national language to any one language.
(iii) Hindi was identified as the official language.
(iv) But Hindi is the mother tongue of only
about 40 per cent of Indians. Therefore, there were many safeguards to protect
other languages.
(v) Besides Hindi, there are 21 other
languages recognized as Scheduled Languages by the Constitution.
(vi) A candidate in an examination
conducted for the Central Government positions may opt to take the examination
in any one of these languages.
(vii) States too have their own official
languages. Much of the government work takes place in the official language of
the concerned state.
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