UPSC CSE Prelims 2024

Which of the following statements related to the languages used in parliament is/are correct?

1. The Constitution has declared Mother tongue and English to be the languages for transacting business in the Parliament. 

2. English was to be discontinued as a floor language after the expiration of fifty years from the commencement of the Constitution.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2 



Solution: 

  • The Constitution has declared Hindi and English to be the languages for transacting business in the Parliament. However, the presiding officer can permit a member to address the House in his mothertongue. In both the Houses, arrangements are made for simultaneous translation. 
  • English was to be discontinued as a floor language after the expiration of fifteen years from the commencement of the Constitution (that is, in 1965) but the Official Languages Act (1963) allowed English to be continued along with Hindi.


Ans: (d)


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