In 2011, among Scheduled Indian languages___________ was at rank 4 in terms of total number of speakers.

Correct option is D

The correct answer is: (d), Telugu
Information booster:
Languages spoken in India in descending order:
• • • 1. Hindi
2. Bengali
3. Marathi
4. Telugu
5. Tamil
6. Urdu
7. Gujarati
8. Kannada
9. Odia
10. Malayalam
11. Punjabi
12. Sanskrit