92nd Amendment Act did not add which of the following languages?

a. Sindhi

b. Maithili

c. Bodo

d. Dogri (Dongri)

ANSWER: Sindhi

Explanation:

At present, the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution specifies 22 languages.

It originally specified 14 languages.

These 14 were -

Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

Sindhi was added by the 21st Amendment Act of 1967.

Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added by the 71st Amendment Act of 1992.

92ndAmendment Act, 2003 included four more languages in the 8th Schedule - Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Mathilli (Maithili) and Santhali.

Thus, the total number of constitutionally recognized languages now is 22 - Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Mathili (Maithili), Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

The 96thAmendment Act of 2011 substituted “Odia” for “Oriya”.