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Classical languages of India and the year they were declared classical: GK quiz

11 questions, each built from one row of the official list below — the correct option is that row exactly as the source prints it, and the wrong options are other rows of the same list. No AI wrote these questions. Free: your first 2 answers need no account, then sign up free to finish; your answers are not saved anywhere.

Source: Press Information Bureau - 'Status of Classical Language: An Explainer' (Ministry of Culture), October 04, 2024 ↗ · read on 27 Oct 2026 · the page says: October 04, 2024 (PIB backgrounder of October 27, 2025 confirms still 11 languages)

  1. Question 1 of 11

    In which year was Telugu declared a Classical Language of India?

  2. Question 2 of 11

    In which year was Kannada declared a Classical Language of India?

  3. Question 3 of 11

    In which year was Marathi declared a Classical Language of India?

  4. Question 4 of 11

    In which year was Pali declared a Classical Language of India?

  5. Question 5 of 11

    In which year was Prakrit declared a Classical Language of India?

  6. Question 6 of 11

    In which year was Odia declared a Classical Language of India?

  7. Question 7 of 11

    In which year was Tamil declared a Classical Language of India?

  8. Question 8 of 11

    In which year was Assamese declared a Classical Language of India?

  9. Question 9 of 11

    In which year was Malayalam declared a Classical Language of India?

  10. Question 10 of 11

    In which year was Bengali declared a Classical Language of India?

  11. Question 11 of 11

    In which year was Sanskrit declared a Classical Language of India?

The official list (11 rows)

LanguageYear declared classical
Tamil2004
Sanskrit2005
Telugu2008
Kannada2008
Malayalam2013
Odia2014
Marathi2024
Pali2024
Prakrit2024
Assamese2024
Bengali2024

Left out or changed by Shishya: None left out (all 11). Years from the explainer's 'Date of Recognition' table: Tamil October 12, 2004; Sanskrit November 25, 2005; Telugu and Kannada October 31, 2008; Malayalam August 8, 2013; Odia March 1, 2014; Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, Bengali approved by Union Cabinet on October 03, 2024. Note an older PIB release on Odia cites 11.03.2014 - year is the same. Cross-checked count with PIB backgrounder https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/oct/doc20251027677201.pdf ('As of October 2025, a total of 11 Indian languages'). Reverse null because years repeat (2008, 2024).

Names and spellings are kept as the source prints them. Spotted a change on the official page? The list is re-read from the source, never from other sites.

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