UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2021

Consider the following statements: 1. 21st February is declared to be the International Mother Language Day by UNICEF. 2. The demand that Bangla has to be one of the national languages was raised in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

Correct Answer

2 only

Explanation

UNESCO, not UNICEF, proclaimed 21 February as International Mother Language Day (in 1999) to commemorate the 1952 Language Movement in East Pakistan. The demand that Bangla be one of the state languages was raised in Pakistan's Constituent Assembly in 1948 (by Dhirendranath Datta), so only statement 2 is correct.

Topics: history, international mother language day, language movement in east pakistan, world history