Question

Urdu words are taken from
A. Hindi and Punjabi
B. Punjabi and Sanskrit
C. Tamil and Marathi
D. Hindi, Persian and Turkish

Answer 1

Hint:
The word Urdu is derived from the word “Ordu” which means Army.
The Urdu language was developed in North India around the 12th Century.
The Urdu language is heavily adapted from the Arabic and Persian alphabet but in some cases, differences in the phonetic pronunciation are seen.

Complete answer:
Around 70 million people speak Urdi as their first language and more than 100 million people speak Urdu as a second language, mainly in Pakistan and India. It is the official language of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as well as it is also officially recognized, or “scheduled,” in the Indian constitution.
When Persian was the official language of the courts of the rulers of the Indian subcontinent, the local Hindi/Sanskrit languages spoken in the region started mingling together. Urdu shares its origins with Hindi, sometimes referred to as a ‘sister’ language of Urdu because they share a similar grammar base. However, Hindi came to be written in ‘Devanagri’, (the same script as Sanskrit) and its vocabulary has more of a Sanskrit influence than a Persian and Arabic influence.
The word Urdu is derived from the word “Ordu” which means ‘Army’ in Turkic. The similarities seen in the pronunciation of many Turkish and Urdu words are mainly because both these languages were influenced by Persian and Arabic.

THE URDU ALPHABET
The Urdu language consists of up to 40 alphabets and is normally written from right to left. Although heavily adapted from the Arabic and Persian alphabet but in some cases, differences in the phonetic pronunciation are seen.

Option (A) Hindi and Punjabi: This option is incorrect. In this pair, Punjabi is incorrect as Urdu words are not taken from Punjabi but the vocabulary of the Western Punjabi contains many words borrowed from Urdu.

Option (B) Punjabi and Sanskrit: In this pair, both the languages are incorrect. Hindi has borrowed words from Sanskrit and not Urdu.

Option (C) Tamil and Marathi: This option is also incorrect. Again, in this pair both the languages are incorrect. Urdu has not taken words either from Tamil or Marathi. Tamil has retained some loanwords from Sanskrit, and also from Persian and Arabic. Marathi has also taken words from Persian, Arabic and Turkish.

Therefore the answer is (D) Hindi, Persian and Turkish

Note:
Urdu sounds a lot like Hindi but there are a lot of differences that are difficult to trace for non-native speakers.
Urdu became a symbol of unity for Muslims during the 19th-century tensions and the colonization by the British Empire.
Urdu and Hindi are similar on a conversational level. The main difference is how they are written.