Telugu Language Quiz Questions

1)  Telugu belongs to which language family ?
A) Dravidian
B) Sino-Tibetan
C) Indo-European
D) Proto-Germanic
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2)  What is the 'ISO 639-1' language code for Hindi ?
A) tel
B) telu
C) te
D) teugu
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3)  How many major dialects in Modern Telugu ?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 2
D) 6
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4)  How much percent of Telugu's lexicon is derived from Sanskrit ?
A) 40%
B) 70%
C) 80%
D) 65%
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5)  How many vowels does exists in Telugu script ?
A) 16
B) 12
C) 30
D) 19
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6)  From which script Telugu language derived from ?
A) Devanagari
B) Tamil
C) Brahmi script
D) Oria
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7)  How many consonants are there in Telugu script ?
A) 33
B) 41
C) 29
D) 40
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8)  In which union territory of India Telugu is a official language ?
A) Puducherry (Yanam district)
B) Goa
C) Andaman
D) Delhi
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9)  What is the term refers to Telugu people who live outside their homeland of Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ?
A) Telugar
B) Telingar
C) Teliper
D) Telugu Diaspora
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10)  In which country Telugu is a protected language ?
A) South Africa
B) Kenya
C) Jordan
D) Nederlands
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11)  When is 'Telugu Language Day' is celebrated every year ?
A) 29 August
B) 28 August
C) 30 August
D) 27 August
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12)  Which poet's birthday is being celebrated as 'Telugu Language Day' by Telugu people ?
A) Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy
B) Nannayya
C) Pothana
D) Thimmanna
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13)  Which period is considered as the Golden Age of Telugu literature ?
A) 13th century
B) 14th century
C) 15th century
D) 16th century
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14)  Which province of South Africa offers Telugu as an optional third language in schools ?
A) Mpumalanga
B) KwaZulu-Natal
C) Gauteng
D) Limpopo
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15)  Who called Telugu language as 'The Italian of the East' ?
A) Paolo Andreani
B) Giuseppe Acerbi
C) Giosafat Barbaro
D) Niccolo de Conti
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