In the wake of considerations to add Dialects of Hindi, such as Rajastani and Bojpuri to the eighth schedule of Indian constitution, consider the following statements. 1) The Eighth Schedule to the Indian Constitution contains a list of 22 scheduled langu

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Q: 62 (Current Affairs-JAN/2017)
In the wake of considerations to add Dialects of Hindi, such as Rajastani and Bojpuri to the eighth schedule of Indian constitution, consider the following statements.
1) The Eighth Schedule to the Indian Constitution contains a list of 22 scheduled languages
2) The Schedule was initially having 14 languages, Amended subsequently three times to add 8 new languages.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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{'new languages': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'indian constitution': [102, 1, 17, 18], 'languages': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'eighth schedule': [5, 1, 2, 5], 'hindi': [7, 7, 4, 13], 'schedule': [5, 0, 2, 7], 'dialects': [0, 1, 0, 2], 'bojpuri': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'rajastani': [0, 0, 0, 1]}