MCQs ON CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (PART-9)
| 1 | Mark incorrect statements as to citizenship—
(A) There existed no concept of Indian Citizenship before 26th November 1949 and the subjects were governed by the British Nationality Acts and those who cam from any of the princely States had the status of British protected persons (B) Citizenship involves the individual’s full political membership in the State (C) It brings certain rights, duties, privileges and obligations that do not belong to non-citizens (D) All correct Ans: (D) |
| 2 | Mark incorrect statements—
(A) Though domicile ordinarily connotes a person’s residence where he intends to live on a permanent basis, it is not a relevant criterion for citizenship of any country (B) A citizenship is denoted by domicile and not vice-versa (C) The Constitution of India avoid dual citizenship of India and of particular State unlike U.S.A. (D) All correct Ans: (B) [The domicile is an important criterion for citizenship of any country] |
| 3 | Mark incorrect statement as to Citizenship—
(A) Part II (Articles 5—11) deals with the provisions relating to citizenship (B) Article 6 deals with the citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution (C) Both correct (D) All incorrect Ans: (B) [Article 5 deals with the citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution] |
| 4 | Mark incorrect statements: At the commencement of the Indian Constitution, every person shall be deemed to be an Indian citizen who has his domicile in the territory of India and—
(A) who was born in the territory of India; or (B) either of whose parents was born in the territory of India; (C) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory of India for not less than six years immediately preceding such commencement (D) All incorrect Ans: (C) [As per Article 5, a person is deemed to be an Indian Citizen who has been ordinarily resident in the territory of India for not less than five years immediately preceding such commencement] |
| 5 | Mark incorrect matching—
(A) Article 5—Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution (B) Article 6—Citizenship of persons migrated to India from Pakistan (C) Article 7—Citizenship of persons migrated to Pakistan from India (D) Article 8— Parliament to regulate the right of citizenship be law (E) Article 10— Continuance of the right of citizenship Ans: (D) [Art. 8 deals with the citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India] |
| 6 | In which case the SC held that the word “migrated” in Article 6 was used in narrow sense to mean “coming from one place to another with the intention of residing permanently in the latter place”—
(A) Kulathil Mammu Vs. Kerala (1966) (B) Shanoo Devi Vs. Mangal Sain (1961) (C) Prithi Vs. Union of India (1982) (D) Ebrahim Wazir Vs. State of Bombay (1954) Ans: (B) [In Shanoo Devi Vs. Mangal Sain (1961 SC 58) the SC held that the word “migrated” in Article 6 was used in narrow sense to mean “coming from one place to another with the intention of residing permanently in the latter place] |
| 7 | In which case the SC overruled it judgment passed in Shanoo Devi Vs. Mangal Sain (1961) and held that the word “migrated” in Article 6 was used in wider sense to mean “coming from one place to another” (i.e. intention to reside permanently was not necessary)—
(A) Kulathil Mammu Vs. Kerala (1966) (B) Shanoo Devi Vs. Mangal Sain (1961) (C) Prithi Vs. Union of India (1982) (D) Ebrahim Wazir Vs. State of Bombay (1954) Ans: (A) [In Kulathil Mammu Vs. Kerala (1966 SC 1614) the SC held that the word “migrated” in Article 6 was used in wider sense to mean “coming from one place to another and the intention of residing permanently is not a pre-requisite] |
| 8 | A person who has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign state shall not be deemed to be an Indian Citizen. It is so provided under—
(A) Article 9 (B) Article 10 (C) Article 11 (D) Article 12 Ans: (A) |
| 9 | As the Indian Constitution did not provide for the mode of acquisition and termination of citizenship and pursuant to the power conferred upon Parliament under Article 11, the Parliament has passed the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955. The Act provides for following modes for acquisition of citizenship—
(A) Citizenship by birth (B) Citizenship by descent (C) Citizenship by registration (D) Citizenship by naturalization (E) Citizenship by incorporation of territory in India (F) All correct Ans: (F) |
| 10 | The Citizenship Act, 1955 provides following modes for termination of citizenship. Mark incorrect mode—
(A) By renunciation (B) By termination (C) By naturalization (D) All correct Ans: (C) |
| 11 | The Indian Citizenship Act, 1955 was amended in the year_______to tackle the situation created by the large scale immigration into India of persons from Bangladesh—
(A) 1980 (B) 1982 (C) 1984 (D) 1986 Ans: (D) |
| * Typographical error, if any, is inadvertent. | |
