Top 1000+ Solved Indian Polity and Constitution MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Who is competent to prescribe conditions as for acquiring Indian citizenship? [AssttGrade 1992]
a. Parliament
b. State Legislatures
c. President
d. Attorney General
Q. Which of the following statements regarding the acquisition of Indian citizenship is correct ?
a. If citizenship is to be acquired by registration, six months residence in India is essential.
b. If citizenship is to be acquired by naturalisation the person concerned must have resided in India for 5 years.
c. If born in India, only that person can acquire citizenship at least one of whose parents is an Indian.
d. Rules regarding the citizenship of India shall not be applicable to Jammu and Kashmir.
Q. According to the Citizenship Act, 1955, Indian citizenship cannot be acquired by:
a. children of the diplomatic personnel or alien enemies born in India on or after 26th January, 1950
b. children born of Indian citizens abroad
c. incorporation of territory not forming part of India at the commencement of the Constitution
d. naturalization
Q. Citizenship provisions are enshrined in the Constitution in :
a. Part II
b. Part II, Articles 5-11
c. Part II, Articles 5-6
d. Part I, Articles 5-11
Q. Which of the following Articles describes about the person voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign state not to be citizens?
a. Article 5
b. Article 7
c. Article 8
d. Article 9
Q. Article 6 enshrines the provision conferring Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan. Which one of the following provisions is incorrect?
a. He or either of his parents or any of his grand-parents was born in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935
b. Such person has so migrated before 19 July, 1948
c. Such person has so migrated on or after the 19 July, 1948, he has been registered as a citizen
d. Such person has got married in India
Q. Details on how citizenship may be acquired and terminated are enumerated in:
a. Part II of the Constitution
b. the Citizenship Act, 1955
c. Schedule I of the Constitution
d. various enactments by Parliament
Q. 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.
a. I and III
b. I, II and III
c. I, III and IV
d. I, II, III and IV
Q. A person can become a citizen of India even if born outside India if his/her:
a. father is a citizen of India
b. mother is a citizen of India
c. father is a citizen of India at the time of the person's birth
d. father or mother is a citizen of India at the time of the person's birth
Q. To acquire citizenship by registration a person must have been resident in India for ______ immediately before making an application:
a. six months
b. one year
c. three years
d. five years
Q. Which of the following rights was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as 'The Heart andSoul of the Constitution' ?
a. Right of Freedom of Religion
b. Right to Property
c. Right to Equality
d. Right to Constitutional Remedies
Q. Which of the following Fundamental Rights is also available to a foreigner on the soil of India?
a. Equality of opportunity in the matter of public employment
b. Freedoms of movement, residence and profession
c. Protection from discrimination on grounds only of religion, race, caste or sex
d. Protection of life and personal liberty against action without authority of law
Q. With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Subject List
a. Stock Exchange State List
b. Forest Concurrent List
c. Insurance Union List
d. Marriage and Divorce Concurrent List
Q. On whom does the Constitution confer special responsibility for the enforcement ofFundamental Rights?
a. Parliament
b. Supreme Court
c. President
d. State legislature
Q. According to Article 23, the following are prohibited:
a. traffic in human beings, beggary, slavery and bonded labour
b. monopoly of trade
c. sale of incenses
d. visit to terrorist infected areas