*Q. 1) Answer* *A* On 3rd October, 2024 the Union Cabinet under Ministry of Culture has approved to confer the status of Classical Language to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages. Right now there are total 11 CLASSICAL LANGUAGES which are as follows : 1) Tamil 2) Sanskrit 3) Telugu 4) Kannada 5) Malayalam 6) Odia 7) Marathi 8) Pali 9) Prakrit 10) Assamese 11) Bengali