Question

The place where Telugu speaking people are in majority is_____________
A. Rajasthan
B. Punjab
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Calcutta

Answer 1

Hint:
This state is a state in the south-eastern coastal part of India. It is known as the seventh-largest state by area that covers an area of 162,975 km² and is also the tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants.

Complete solution:
Telugu language refers to the largest member of the Dravidian language family. It is mainly spoken in southeastern India. It is the very official language of the states of Andhra Pradesh as well as Telangana. Telugu people constitute the majority speakers in South India with more than 75 million speakers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This is followed by about 3.7 million in the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu making them the second largest language groups in those neighbouring states.

In India, Telugu is the third most spoken language after Hindi and Bengali.

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are the primary resident states for Telugu people.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Additional Information-
The Telugu language has not been derived from Tamil. Telugu refers to one of the Dravidian languages, which originated along with Gondi (spoken in Madhya Pradesh) as well as Kovi (spoken in Orissa). Basically, Telugu is a dravidian language that is originally from Sanskrit. Hence, we can derive that Telugu is related to Kannada.

Note:
The oldest inscriptions that were having Telugu words date to 400 B.C.E which was found at Bhattiprolu in Guntur district. While the other old inscriptions which were having more refined language were found in Kantamaneni Vari Gudem, Guntupalli in West Godavari district, and Gummadi Durru as well as Ghantasalain Krishna district. The oldest inscription was also completely written in Telugu dates to 575 CE and was found at Kalamalla village in the Kadapa district. The very early Telugu literature dates to 11th century CE with Nannaya's Andhra Mahabharatam.