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UPSC Prelims 2005 · General Studies

Question 50: Polity and Governance

Consider the following statements:

  1. 1.Articles 371A to 371I were inserted in the Constitution of India to meet regional demands of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa.
  2. 2.Constitution of India and the United States of America can envisage a dual policy (the Union and the States) but a single citizenship.
  3. 3.A naturalized citizen of India can never be deprived of his citizenship.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a1, 2 and 3
b1 and 3
c3 only
d1 only

AnswerThe answer is (d).

Only statement 1 is right: Articles 371A to 371I give special provisions to Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa. Statement 2 is wrong: India has single citizenship, while the United States has dual citizenship, of the Union and of the state. Statement 3 is wrong: under the Citizenship Act, 1955 a naturalised citizen can be deprived of citizenship, for example for fraud.

  • 1. Articles 371A to 371I cover those eight states.
  • 2. India has single citizenship; the United States has dual.
  • 3. The Citizenship Act allows deprivation of a naturalised citizen's citizenship.

How you could have got this

  1. If you were sure statement 3 is not correct, (a), (b) and (c) go: each of them includes 3.

    What you needed to know: The Citizenship Act allows deprivation of a naturalised citizen's citizenship.

Only (d) is left. You didn’t need statements 1 or 2.

This follows an unofficial answer: UPSC has not published its key for this year, and if that answer is wrong, so is this path.

Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Statements 2 and 3 are false.
  • (b) Statement 3 is false: a naturalised citizen can be deprived of citizenship.
  • (c) Statement 3 is false, and statement 1 is true.
  • (d) Correct: only statement 1 holds.

Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2005, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.