Question

Which article of the Indian Constitution recognises Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of India?

• A. Article 345
• B. Article 343
• C. Article 348
• D. Article 334

Hint:

Article 343 is the Union's official-language article; 345 is for states, 348 is for courts.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Constitutional articles are easy to mix up by number, so it helps to know what each nearby article actually covers.

1. Article 345: Lets a state legislature adopt an official language for that state, a state-level provision, not the Union's.
2. Article 343: States directly that Hindi in Devanagari script is the official language of the Union, with English continuing for a transitional period, which is exactly what the question describes.
3. Article 348: Fixes the language used in the Supreme Court and High Courts, and for authoritative legal texts, a different scope from the Union's official language.
4. Article 334: Deals with reserved seats in legislatures for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and the Anglo-Indian community, unrelated to language.

So the correct answer is option B, Article 343.