What is the status given to English by the Indian Constitution ?
Correct Answer :
Associate Official Language
Solution :
The correct answer is Associate Official Language.
Under Article 343 of the Constitution of India, Hindi written in the Devanagari script is declared as the official language of the Union.
However, through the Official Languages Act of 1963, English was granted the status of an Associate Official Language for all official purposes of the Union and for use in Parliament, ensuring its continued use alongside Hindi.
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