Consider the following statements which is/are correct?
1. Punjabi emerged as an independent language from the Sauraseni Apabhramas.
2. Guru Govind Singh ji Started the literary tradition in Punjabi.
3. Punjabi is a second language of Haryana.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. 1 and 2
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Answer: Option C
Solution (By Examveda Team)
Punjabi language developed from Sanskrit through Prakrit languages. From 600 BC, Sanskrit gave birth to many regional languages in different parts of India. Shauraseni Prakrit was one of these Prakrit languages, which was spoken in North and North-Western India. Punjabi and Western dialects of Hindi developed from this Prakrit. Punjabi is the second official language of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi.Related Questions on Punjab
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A. Y. D. Sharma
B. Daya Ram Sahni
C. Rakhal Das Bandopadhyay
D. None of them
Features of the urban Harappan culture found in Punjab is/are
A. Wheel made pottery of distinctive kind
B. Planned cities and towns
C. Standard weight and seals bearing a script
D. All of the above
In Punjab the sites of Palaeolithic Age are found in the valley of river -
A. Soan
B. Ravi
C. Betwa
D. Sutlej
No sites of ...... Age in Punjab has discovered so far.
A. Paleolithic
B. Mesolithic
C. Neolithic
D. Both (A) and (B)
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