Question

Consider the following statements:

1. 21st February is declared to be International Mother Language Day by UNICEF.

2. The demand that Bangla has to be one of the national languages was raised in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) 2 only

• 21st February is declared to be the International Mother Language Day by UNESCO in 1999. UNESCO works in the cultural part and not UNICEF. 
• On, February 25, 1948, Dhirendranath Dutta had urged the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan (CAP) to recognise Bengali as one of the official languages but it was turned by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.