Among the Indian languages, which one is spoken maximum in the world after Hindi?
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- ATelugu
- BTamil
- CBengaliCorrect
- DMalayalam
Explanation
Bengali is the correct answer because it is the second most spoken Indian language in the world after Hindi. According to various linguistic surveys and reports like Ethnologue, Bengali has the largest number of speakers among Indian languages globally, primarily due to its massive population base in West Bengal and Bangladesh. While Telugu and Marathi also have high speaker counts within India, Bengali surpasses them when considering the global total.
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