Polity Indian Polity Citizenship MCQ (Set- 1) 1. Citizenship is defined as: A legal contract between states Status recognized under law of a sovereign state Only voting rights Only residency status 2. The Indian Constitution mentions the citizenship provisions in: Part I Part II Part III Part IV 3. Articles related to citizenship in the Constitution are: 1 to 4 5 to 11 12 to 35 14 to 32 4. India follows which type of citizenship? Dual citizenship Single citizenship State citizenship Regional citizenship 5. The concept of single citizenship in India is borrowed from the following: USA Canada Britain France 6. The Citizenship Act was enacted in 1949 1950 1955 1962 7. How many ways of acquiring citizenship are mentioned in the Citizenship Act, 1955? 3 4 5 6 8. Citizenship can be acquired by: Birth Descent Registration All of the above 9. Citizenship by naturalization refers to the following: Birth in India Legal process for foreigners Marriage only Migration 10. Article 5 deals with: Rights of migrants Citizenship at commencement of Constitution Loss of citizenship Dual citizenship 11. Article 6 relates to: Foreign citizenship Migrants from Pakistan NRIs OCI 12. Article 7 deals with: Citizenship by birth Migrants to Pakistan after March 1, 1947 Parliament powers Naturalization 13. Article 8 is related to: Foreigners Persons of Indian origin abroad NRIs Illegal migrants 14. Article 9 states: Dual citizenship allowed Foreign citizenship cancels Indian citizenship Voting rights OCI rights 15. Article 10 deals with: Termination of citizenship Continuance of citizenship OCI NRC 16. Article 11 gives power to: Supreme Court President Parliament State Government 17. NRC stands for: National Record of Citizens National Register of Citizens National Residency Card National Rights Code 18. NRC is Tax record Official record of Indian citizens Passport list Election list 19. NRC includes: Economic data Demographic information Military data Only names 20. NRC is based on which Act? 1950 Act 1955 Act 1976 Act 2005 Act 21. NRC amendment was made in: 1991 2003 2010 2015 22. OCI stands for: Overseas Citizenship of India Official Citizen of India Original Citizens Overseas Card India 23. OCI provides: Voting rights Permanent residency Constitutional posts Free education 24. OCI holders: Can vote Cannot vote Can become PM Can become President 25. NRI means: National Resident Indian Non-Resident Indian Native Registered Indian National Resource Individual 26. An NRI is defined as a person staying outside India for more than 90 days 120 days 182 days 365 days 27. PIO stands for: Person of Indian Origin Permanent Indian Officer Public Indian Organization Private Indian Official 28. The PIO scheme was merged with OCI in: 2010 2012 2015 2018 29. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed in: 2014 2016 2019 2020 30. CAA applies to migrants from: Nepal, Bhutan Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan Sri Lanka, Myanmar China, Tibet 31. CAA applies to which religions? Only Hindus Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, Christians All religions Only minorities 32. The cut-off date under CAA is: 2010 2012 December 2014 January 2016 Your score is Restart quiz Send feedback