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To get Indian citizenship, a foreigners needs to reside in India for a minimum of _________ years.

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  1. $12$

  2. $10$

  3. $14$

  4. $16$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to Citizenship Act, 1955, foreigners can get Indian citizenship through the procedure of Citizenship by Naturalisation. They must be residing in India for twelve years throughout the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of application and for eleven years in the aggregate in the fourteen years preceding the twelve months. They should have an adequate knowledge of a language specified in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. If Central Government is satisfied that the applicant is qualified for naturalization under the provisions of the Third Schedule, then they grant to a certificate of naturalization.

Like any other modern state, India has _______.

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  1. Citizens

  2. Aliens

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Like any other modern state, India has citizens and aliens. A citizen is the one who owes his allegiance to his country, has political and fundamental rights. Wheres, an alien is the who does not owe allegiance and has no right to participate in the government process. 

The ways prescribed by the Citizenship Act of 1955 to acquire citizenship include birth, descent, _________. 

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  1. Registration

  2. Naturalisation

  3. Incorporation of territory

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Five ways are prescribed by the citizenship act of 1955 to acquire citizenship of India. These are

(1) By birth
(2) By descent/ Hereditary
(3) By registration
(4) By Naturalisation
(5) By Incorporation of territory.

Our Constitution provides for ________ citizenship for its citizens.

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  1. Multiple

  2. Dual

  3. Single

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Part 2 of the Indian Constitution deals with citizenship. Indian Constitution provides for single citizenship which means that there is no concept of state citizenship. Also, one cannot have of India and any other country simultaneously. S/he will have to give up citizenship of one country to hold onto other.

Every person who has citizenship is entitled to rights given by the nation. It means they have rights such as education, health, religious freedom and other rights.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Citizenship is a status of being a citizen of a particular country. The Nation provides its citizen certain rights and anyone who is a citizen at can avail the rights provided by the Nation. In India, Right to education, health care, privacy, Freedom etc is provided to the citizens of India.

Parliamentary Privileges are not available to ____________________.

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  1. Attorney-General when he participates in the proceeding of House of People

  2. Minister's speech made in a House of which he is not a member

  3. An individual who is called upon to testify before the House

  4. The citizen who distributes pamphlet in the House

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Parliamentary privileges are special rights, immunities, exceptions enjoyed by the members of the two houses of parliament and their committees. These privileges are classified into two categories, viz:

  • Those that are enjoyed by each House of Parliament collectively (collective privileges);
  • Those that are enjoyed by the members individually (individual privileges). 
The followings fall under parliamentary privileges:
Attorney General when he participates in the proceedings of the House of People.
Minister's speech made in a House of which he is not a member.
An individual who is called upon to testify before the House. 
However, the citizen who distributes pamphlets in the House does not enjoy the privilege and thus can be punished for the breach of the parliamentary privileges of the House or its member.

The citizenship is necessary in the nation where one lives ___________.

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  1. To live with dignity

  2. To participate in the nations administration

  3. To lead a better life and to establish a convenient administrative setup

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation. It gives him/her some rights and privileges along with duties and obligations towards the nation. It gives him a chance to lead a better life and to establish a convenient administrative setup along with a sense of dignity.

To acquire citizenship by registration a person must have been resident in India for ________ immediately before making an application.

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  1. Six months

  2. One year

  3. Three years

  4. Seven years

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A person can acquire citizenship by the registration under Indian Citizenship Act, 1955 if a person is ordinarily resident of India for seven years before making application for registration.

Indian citizenship of a person can be terminated if:
1. a person voluntarily acquires the citizenship of some other country.
2. a person who has become a citizen through registration is sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 10 years within five years of his registration.
3. the Government of India is satisfied that citizenship was obtained by fraud.
4. a person who is a citizen by birth indulges in trade with an enemy country during war.

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  1. I and III

  2. I, II and III

  3. I, III and IV

  4. I, II, III and IV

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Option C is correct as statements 1, 3 and 4 are correct.
The Citizenship Act, 1955 also lays down three modes by which an Indian citizen may lose his/her citizenship. These are renunciation, deprivation, and termination.
Statement 1 talks about renunciation. A renunciation is a voluntary act by which a person, after acquiring the citizenship of another country, gives up his Indian citizenship. 
Statement 3 and 4 talks about deprivation. Deprivation is a compulsory termination of the citizenship of India obtained by Registration or Naturalisation, by the Government of India, on charges of using fraudulent means to acquire citizenship.
One more way in which Indian citizenship can be taken away is termination. Termination takes place by operation of law when an Indian citizen voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country. In this case, he or she automatically ceases to be an Indian citizen.

Country that set the record as the one with the longest time without government, in April $2011$ is ____________.

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  1. Burundi

  2. Belgium

  3. Turkey

  4. Taiwan

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Belgium has notched up some electric world records. On $17$ February $2011$, the country hit $249$ days without a government, breaking a record set last November by Iraq.