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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 170 of 200

Q170
Geography (incl. West Bengal)Population, Census & Tribes
Sindhi Language belongs to
  1. a.Southern-Aryan Language Group.
  2. b.East-Aryan Language Group.
  3. c.Central-Aryan Language Group.
  4. d.North-Western Aryan Language Group.

Answer: (D) North-Western Aryan Language Group.

In Grierson's classification of Indo-Aryan languages, Sindhi falls in the north-western group with Lahnda. Bengali and Odia are eastern, Hindi central, and Marathi southern Indo-Aryan.