MCQ for polity-2-18th-october-2022

Consider the following statements with reference to Citizenship:

1. At present, no country in the world follows the jus soli citizenship system.

2. Currently, Indian nationality law follows the jus sanguinis system of citizenship instead of the jus soli system.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In which among the following cases, the Government of India may terminate the citizenship of an Indian citizen?

1. A World Bank employee who is an Indian citizen and has been living in another country for the past seven years continuously.

2. The citizen has shown disloyalty to the Constitution of India.

3. The citizen has, within five years after registration or naturalization, been imprisoned in the USA for three years.

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Consider the following statements with reference to Assam Accord of 1985:

1. It was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement.

2. According to the Accord, any foreigners who arrived after January 1, 1966, would be identified and may be deported in accordance with the law.

3. Clause 6 of the Accord was inserted to safeguard the socio-political rights and culture of the “indigenous people of Assam”.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

Which among the following are essential elements of a Nation-State?

1. Population

2. Territory

3. Army

4. Government

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Consider the following statements regarding ‘Evolution of Indian states and union territories’:

1. At the time of Independence, India comprised three categories of political units, namely British provinces, Governor’s provinces and princely states.

2. In 1950, the Constitution contained a fourfold classification of states and class of territory of the Indian Union – Part A, B, C and D.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Creation of a new State in India requires amendment of Schedule 1 to the Constitution.

2. If India wants to settle a boundary dispute with Pakistan, it can be done by executive action.

3. If India wants to cede a part of its territory to a neighbouring country, it can be done only by amending the Constitution under Article 368.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to Citizenship:

1. The Constitution of India does not define the term citizen.

2. All the provisions under Part II of the Constitution that deals with Citizenship came into force on 26th January 1950.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to Overseas Citizens of India (OCI):

1. A person whose parents/grandparents had been a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh becomes ineligible to apply for OCI.

2. OCI enjoys all the rights and privileges granted to NRIs in financial, economic and educational fields in all aspects.

3. OCI cannot enjoy rights conferred under Article 16 of the Constitution of India.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The expression ‘Union of India’ includes only the states and not the Union Territories.

2. India is a quasi-federal state, with the Centre having more powers.

3. Indian Federation comprises of states joined together as a result of their agreements with the Centre.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Arrange the following States/Union Territories in ascending year of their formation:

1. Daman and Diu

2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

3. Sikkim

4. Puducherry

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