Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

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Correct answer: A — ConceptThe Eighth Schedule records the languages recognized by the Constitution. A language-amendment match is tested by identifying the amendment that inserted or renamed that language in the Schedule. At commencement there were fourteen scheduled languages. Later additions came in groups: Sindhi through the Twenty-first Amendment; Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali through the Seventy-first; and Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali through the Ninety-second. The Ninety-sixth Amendment renamed Oriya as Odia. ApplicationApply this amendment history to each offered pair. Pair Constitutional record Sindhi – Twenty-first Amendment Section 2 of the 1967 Act inserted Sindhi in the Eighth Schedule. Urdu – Ninety-second Amendment Urdu was among the original scheduled languages; the Ninety-second Amendment added Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali. Bodo – Ninety-sixth Amendment Bodo was added by the Ninety-second Amendment; the Ninety-sixth Amendment renamed Oriya as Odia. Konkani – Seventy-sixth Amendment Konkani was added by the Seventy-first Amendment; the Seventy-sixth Amendment concerned a Tamil Nadu reservation law placed in the Ninth Schedule. Cross-check and contrastUrdu – Ninety-second Amendment: Urdu was among the original scheduled languages; the Ninety-second Amendment added Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali. Bodo – Ninety-sixth Amendment: Bodo was added by the Ninety-second Amendment; the Ninety-sixth Amendment renamed Oriya as Odia. Konkani – Seventy-sixth Amendment: Konkani was added by the Seventy-first Amendment; the Seventy-sixth Amendment concerned a Tamil Nadu reservation law placed in the Ninth Schedule. The Twenty-first Amendment Act directly states that the entry Sindhi shall be inserted in the Eighth Schedule. This textual insertion independently confirms the match. Therefore, the correctly matched pair is Sindhi – Twenty-first Constitutional Amendment.

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A. Sindhi – 21st Constitutional Amendment

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B. Urdu – 92nd Constitutional Amendment

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C. Bodo – 96th Constitutional Amendment

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D. Konkani – 76th Constitutional Amendment

Pair	Constitutional record
Sindhi – Twenty-first Amendment	Section 2 of the 1967 Act inserted Sindhi in the Eighth Schedule.
Urdu – Ninety-second Amendment	Urdu was among the original scheduled languages; the Ninety-second Amendment added Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali.
Bodo – Ninety-sixth Amendment	Bodo was added by the Ninety-second Amendment; the Ninety-sixth Amendment renamed Oriya as Odia.
Konkani – Seventy-sixth Amendment	Konkani was added by the Seventy-first Amendment; the Seventy-sixth Amendment concerned a Tamil Nadu reservation law placed in the Ninth Schedule.