Consider the following statements: 1. It shall be the endeavour of every State and every local authority within the State to provide adequate facilities for instruction in mother tongue at the primary state of education to children belonging to linguistic minority groups. 2. The Constitution enjoins the Union of India to provide and promote the spread of Hindi language and to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression of all the elements of the composite culture of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Asked in UPSC CAPF 2013 · Topic: Official Language (Safeguards for Linguistic Minorities and the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities)

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

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