Cultural Geography (Languages, Religions) NDA Questions

NDA World Geography

Cultural Geography (Languages, Religions) MCQ Questions


7.
The Dravidian language family, which includes languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, is spoken predominantly in which region?
A.
Northern India
B.
South-East Asia
C.
Southern India (and parts of Sri Lanka and Pakistan)
D.
Central Asia
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ANSWER :
C. Southern India (and parts of Sri Lanka and Pakistan)
8.
The Uralic language family, distinct from the surrounding Indo-European languages, includes Finnish, Estonian, and:
A.
Hungarian
B.
Swedish
C.
Polish
D.
German
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ANSWER :
A. Hungarian
9.
The Altaic (or Turkic, as often more narrowly defined) language grouping includes Turkish and several Central Asian languages such as Uzbek and Kazakh, spoken predominantly across:
A.
Western Europe
B.
Turkey and Central Asia
C.
South America
D.
Sub-Saharan Africa
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ANSWER :
B. Turkey and Central Asia
10.
A 'language isolate' refers to a language that has no demonstrable genealogical relationship to any other known living language; a well-known example of a language isolate in Europe is:
A.
Basque
B.
German
C.
French
D.
Italian
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ANSWER :
A. Basque
11.
In terms of the number of native (first-language) speakers, the most widely spoken language in the world is:
A.
Hindi
B.
Mandarin Chinese
C.
English
D.
Spanish
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ANSWER :
B. Mandarin Chinese
12.
Among languages ranked by total number of native speakers, Spanish is generally regarded as ranking:
A.
First, ahead of Mandarin Chinese
B.
Outside the top ten entirely
C.
Only spoken in a single country
D.
Among the top few (commonly second or third), reflecting its widespread use across Spain and Latin America
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ANSWER :
D. Among the top few (commonly second or third), reflecting its widespread use across Spain and Latin America