Q. Consider the following official languages of India:

1. Sindhi and Nepali
2. Konkani and Manipuri
3. Bodo and Santhali
4. Santhali and Konkani
5. Dogri and Maithili

Which of the above languages were added to the 8th Schedule by the 92nd Amendment Act of 2003?
Answer: 3 and 5
Notes: The 92nd Amendment Act of 2003 added the following languages to the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution: Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali The other language pairs mentioned are already official languages of India, but were not part of the 92nd Amendment Act in 2003. Specifically:

• Sindhi and Nepali were already added earlier to the 8th schedule.
• Konkani and Manipuri were also already official languages before 2003.

So out of the options listed, only Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were newly added by the 92nd Amendment Act in 2003.

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