Q. The parent script of the Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages:

A
Kharoshti
B
Brahmi
C
Arabic
D
None of these
Solution:

The Indo-Aryan or Indic languages are the dominant language family of the Indian subcontinent.
The Dravidian languages are a language family spoken mainly in southern India and parts of eastern and central India, as well as in Sri Lanka with small pockets in southwestern Pakistan, southern Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, and overseas in other countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

Brahmi is the modern name given to one of the oldest writing systems used in Ancient India and present South and Central Asia from the 1st millennium BCE. Brahmi is the parent script for Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages.

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