 - 1. What is the common grammar and vocabulary shared by Hindi and Urdu referred to as?
A) Hindustani
B) Prakrit
C) Arabic
D) Sanskrit
- 2. Which language does literary Hindi draw heavily from?
A) Arabic
B) Persian
C) English
D) Sanskrit
- 3. Which languages provide the primary loanwords for literary Urdu?
A) English and French
B) Latin and Greek
C) Persian and Arabic
D) Sanskrit and Prakrit
- 4. From what base do the grammar and core vocabulary of Hindi and Urdu derive?
A) Sanskrit
B) English
C) Prakritic
D) Persian
- 5. What is the collective name for the standardised registers of Hindi and Urdu?
A) Hindi–Urdu
B) Sanskritised Hindustani
C) Hinglish
D) Urdish
- 6. In which parts of the Indian subcontinent is Hindustani primarily used as a lingua franca?
A) South and east
B) North and west
C) Central and south
D) North and east
- 7. How is Hindustani best described in relation to the Hindi-Urdu divide?
A) As a continuum
B) As a separate language
C) As a dialect of English
D) As an extinct language
- 8. What popular culture medium is cited as an example of Hindustani usage?
A) Classical literature
B) Bollywood
C) Religious scriptures
D) Hollywood
- 9. What is the third modern variety of Hindustani with significant English influence called?
A) Classical Hindi
B) Pure Hindustani
C) Hinglish or Urdish
D) Regional Urdu
- 10. Which Indian city is mentioned for its usage of Urdu?
A) Delhi
B) Varanasi
C) Lucknow
D) Mumbai
- 11. Which Indian city is mentioned as a holy city for Hindus using highly Sanskritised Hindi?
A) Lahore
B) Varanasi
C) Islamabad
D) Lucknow
- 12. Do Hindi and Urdu share the same core vocabulary such as pronouns and verbs?
A) No
B) Yes
C) Only verbs
D) Only pronouns
- 13. Which language family does Hindustani belong to?
A) Turkic
B) Dravidian
C) Austroasiatic
D) Indo-Aryan
- 14. What is the script typically used for the Urdu register?
A) Kaithi
B) Perso-Arabic
C) Devanagari
D) Brahmic
- 15. Who endorsed Hindustani as a 'unifying language' to transcend religious divisions?
A) Amir Khusrau
B) Lallu Lal
C) Alauddin Khalji
D) Mahatma Gandhi
- 16. What is the meaning of the name 'Rekhta' as applied to the language?
A) Foreign
B) Royal
C) Mixed
D) Camp
- 17. What is the etymological origin of the word 'Urdu'?
A) Arabic
B) Chagatai
C) Sanskrit
D) Turkic
- 18. What does the term 'Urdū' mean in its original context?
A) Market
B) School
C) Camp
D) Palace
- 19. Which dialect from the Ganges-Yamuna Doab is the ancestor of Hindustani?
A) Khariboli
B) Dakhani
C) Apabhraṃśa
D) Gujari
- 20. Which medieval poet referred to the language as 'Hindavi'?
A) Lallu Lal
B) John Fletcher Hurst
C) Insha Allah Khan
D) Amir Khusrau
- 21. In the Deccan region, Hindustani blended with which language to become Dakhani?
A) Punjabi
B) Telugu
C) Bengali
D) Gujarati
- 22. What happens to aspirated consonants in the Dakhani dialect?
A) They are doubled
B) They become vowel sounds
C) They are removed entirely
D) They are replaced by unaspirated ones
- 23. The Mughal Empire was of what descent?
A) Arabic
B) Afghan
C) Timurid Turco-Mongol
D) Persian
- 24. Which century saw the rise of a distinct Sanskritised standard of Hindi to displace Urdu's official position?
A) 16th century
B) 19th century
C) 13th century
D) 17th century
- 25. What is a common compound word in Hindustani showing hybridization between Khariboli and Persian?
A) Prakrit
B) Lashkari
C) Sultanate
D) Rājmaḥal
- 26. Which script is increasingly used as a neutral script for Hindustani in modern times?
A) Kaithi
B) Brahmic
C) Romanisation
D) Gurmukhi
- 27. When did Hindi and Urdu become the 3rd-most-spoken language in the world according to the text's data?
A) 1837
B) 1891
C) 2025
D) 1995
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