GK Question

polity medium true_false

States in India can adopt their own official language(s) for state-level administration.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: True

Article 345 empowers State Legislatures to adopt any language(s) in use in the State or Hindi as the official language for state-level administration. For example, Tamil Nadu uses Tamil, Kerala uses Malayalam, while some states like Karnataka use both Kannada and English. However, communication with the Union must be in Hindi or English (Article 346).

Topic Official Language
Exam Relevance Federal language policy question for SSC and UPSC; tests state autonomy in language matters