CITIZENSHIIP Flashcards
The conferment of a person as a citizen of India is governed by Part _(a)_____of the Constitution of India (Articles ___(b)____).
(a) II
(b) 5 to 11
According to which article___ all the people that were resident in India at the commencement of the Constitution were citizens of India as well as people born in India. The President of India is termed the First Citizen of India.
Article 5,
Which amendment restricted citizenship by birth to require that at least one parent had to be an Indian citizen.?
The 1986 amendment
Which amendment further restricted that aspect by requiring that a parent could not be an illegal immigrant.
The 2003 amendment
The 2003 amendment also mandated the Government of India to construct a National Register of Citizens.
Which amendment also mandated the Government of India to construct a National Register of Citizens.
The 2003 amendment
Which Article of the Indian Constitution says that a person who voluntarily acquires citizenship of any other country is no longer an Indian citizen?
Article 9
According to to________________, a person has to surrender his/her Indian passport and voter card, and other Indian ID cards must not be used after another country’s citizenship is obtained. It is a punishable offense if the person fails to surrender the passport.
The Passports Act
The current Indian nationality law largely follows the ___________ (citizenship by descent) as opposed to the jus soli (citizenship by right of birth within the territory)
jus sanguinis
The ____________established the British Raj and formally brought the majority of Indians under British imperial rule.
Government of India Act 1858
Effective from 15 August 1947, India was established as the independent Dominion of India. All Indians residents, born in or naturalized in the Indian provinces legally remained British subjects by virtue of __________________________,
Section 18(3) of the Indian Independence Act 1947.
Indians residents in the princely states that acceded to India were also regarded as British subjects, while those residents in British protectorates retained the status of British protected persons
Any person born in India on or after 26 January 1950, but prior to the commencement of the 1986 Act on 1 July 1987, is a citizen of India by___________
birth.
Persons born outside India on or after 26 January 1950 but before 10 December 1992 are citizens of India by ___________if their father was a citizen of India at the time of their birth
descent
Citizenship of India by naturalization can be acquired by a foreigner who is ordinarily resident in India for _________
12 years
As of September 2019, The Passport Index ranks Indian passport ___________ on global ranking with 70 mobility ranking (based on visa-free or visa on arrival access to nations or territories).
70th place
