Which of the following statements are true of English as used in India?

A. India is counted among the largest English‐speaking communities in the world.

B. No group, community or population of Indians claims English as its mother tongue.

C. More than fifty per cent of Indians speak English fluently.

D. English is the country’s principal language of commerce.

E. With the growing stature of Hindi as lingua franca, it has supplanted English as the link language between the central government and the states.

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