Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Santhali language and the Ol Chiki script?
1. The Ol Chiki script was developed by Pandit Raghunath Murmu for the Santhali language, which belongs to the Austroasiatic language family.
2. Santhali was included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution by the 71st Constitutional Amendment Act.

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Accepted Answer

A. 1 only — Statement 1 is correct; Pandit Raghunath Murmu created the script in 1925, and Santhali is an Austroasiatic (Munda) language. Statement 2 is incorrect; Santhali was added to the Eighth Schedule by the 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act in 2003 (along with Bodo, Dogri, and Maithili), whereas the 71st Amendment (1992) added Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali.

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