Arrange the following languages in the order in which they got classical language status, earliest first:1. Sanskrit2. Odia3. Tamil4. Malayalam

3-1-4-2. Tamil came first (12 October 2004), then Sanskrit (25 November 2005), Malayalam (8 August 2013) and Odia (1 March 2014). Options starting with Sanskrit are wrong because Tamil was the first classical language. Odia came after Malayalam, not before.

Consider the following statements about the classical language criteria revised in 2024:1. The early texts or recorded history must be 1,500–2,000 years old.2. Knowledge texts, especially prose, and inscriptional evidence are considered.3. The literary tradition must be original and not borrowed from another speech community.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 and 2 only. The 2024 rules kept the 1,500–2,000 year age bar and added knowledge texts, prose and inscriptional evidence. They dropped the old test of an original, unborrowed literary tradition. So statement 3 is wrong, and only 1 and 2 are correct.

Match the classical language with the host of its new Centre of Excellence (approved October 2026):A. Pali — 1. Tezpur UniversityB. Prakrit — 2. Deccan College, PuneC. Assamese — 3. Central University of OdishaD. Marathi — 4. Central University of Gujarat

A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2. Pali goes to the Central University of Odisha and Prakrit to the Central University of Gujarat. Assamese goes to Tezpur University, and Marathi to Deccan College, Pune. A common slip is swapping the Pali and Prakrit hosts.

Which one of the following is NOT a classical language of India?

Konkani. India's 11 classical languages are Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali. Konkani is in the Eighth Schedule but is not a classical language. Pali and Assamese joined in 2024, and Odia in 2014.

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Consider the following statements:
1. Pali and Prakrit are listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
2. The Linguistic Experts Committee that examines classical language proposals works under the Sahitya Akademi.
3. The Ministry of Home Affairs notified the classical status of Tamil and Sanskrit.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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