Question

Which one of the following languages is used in Tripura?
A. Hindi
B. Mizo
C. Khasi
D. Bengali

Answer 1

Hint: Tripura is a state in northeastern India. It ranks third lowest in size in India, with an area of 10,491 km square and bordering Bangladesh to the north, south and west, and the Indian states of Assam and Mizoram in the East. The eastern region of modern Tripura was part of an independent private nation under the protection of the British Empire. The independent Tripura kingdom (also known as Hill Tippera) joined the newly independent India in 1949.

Complete Answer:
Option A: Hindi is a direct descendant of the ancient Indian Sanskrit language, which has evolved in its present form through Prakrit and Apabramusa. Hindi belongs to the Indo-Iranian Indian group of the Indo-European language family.
Option B: The Mizo language, or Mizo ṭawng, is a lingua franca in Mizoram and its surrounding regions, and in parts of Assam, Tripura and Manipur, Burma and part of Bangladesh and India.
Option C: Khasi is a south Asiatic language spoken primarily by the Khasi community in Meghalaya, India, and is also spoken by a significant number of people in Assam and Bangladesh.
Option D: Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language and is spoken by Bangladeshi and Indian Bengals and other natives of the Indian subcontinent, and is the second most widely spoken language in Bangladesh. Bengali is the primary spoken language in Tripura, spoken by $70.2\%$ of the population.
Hence, the correct answer is, ‘D. Bengali’.

Note: It must be noted that while Mizo is spoken in a few parts of North East India, it is not very common in Tripura and hence one must not get confused as Bengali is the official language of Tripura.