Identify the incorrect statement on the linguistic diversity of India:

Asked in APPSC Group 1 Prelims 2024 · Topic: Official Language (The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution and recognised languages)

1. In 1961 census, 1652 languages were listed as mother tongues in India.
2. Kachchi and Sindhi are Indo-European lan‐ guages.
3. Austric languages are spoken by the tribal groups in Jharkhand.
4. Dardi is a Sino-Tibetan language.

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