According to the classification of modern Indian languages, which linguistic family accounts for the largest share of the Indian population?

Correct option is D

The correct answer is (d) Indo-European (Aryan).
• The Indo-European (Indo-Aryan) language family covers nearly 75–80% of India’s population, making it the most widely spoken linguistic group.
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• Major Indo-Aryan languages: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Assamese.
• Dravidian languages (e.g., Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam) form the second largest group (~20%).
• The Sino-Tibetan family is mainly spoken in the Himalayan and Northeastern regions.
• Austric (Munda) languages are spoken by tribal groups in central and eastern India.
• The linguistic classification was first systematized by Sir George Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India (1894–1928).