Previous year MCQs

Indian Polity UPPSC 1994 GS-I
Question

The citizenship provided by the Constitution of India is:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Single citizenship

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Single citizenship”.
The Indian Constitution provides for a single citizenship, meaning a person is a citizen of India and not of any particular state within India. This is different from countries like the United States, which have both federal and state citizenship.

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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(States) (Seats in Lok Sabha)
  1. A) Andhra Pradesh 42
  2. B) Assam 14
  3. C) Punjab 13
  4. D) West Bengal 42
Which one of the following is not appointed by the President of India?
  1. A) Vice-President
  2. B) Prime Minister
  3. C) Governor
  4. D) Chief Election Commissioner
Which one of the following language is not included in the 8th schedule of our constitution?
  1. A) Gujarati
  2. B) Kashmiri
  3. C) Rajasthani
  4. D) Dogri
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  2. B) All its decisions have evidentiary value and cannot be questioned in any court.
  3. C) It has the power to punish for its contempt.
  4. D) No appeal can be made against its decisions.
Assertion (1): There is no stable party system in India.
Reason (R): There are too many political parties.

Codes:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true
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  2. B) Latvia
  3. C) Lithuania
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  2. B) external aggression
  3. C) internal disturbance
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  2. B) Art. 15
  3. C) Art. 16
  4. D) Art. 19
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  2. B) Part II
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1. Asking the Government to prove its majority in the Assembly.
2. Dismissing a Chief Minister.
3. Reserving a bill for the consideration of the President of India.
4. Returning the bill passed by the legislature for reconsideration.
5. Seeking the opinion of the High Court.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) l, 2,3 and 4
  2. B) 2,3,4 and 5
  3. C) 1,2,4 and 5
  4. D) All the above
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  2. B) January 22, 1947
  3. C) February 20, 1947
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1. It is not subject to dissolution.
2. It has a term of five years.
3. One third of its members retire after every two years.
4. Its member shall not be less than 25 years of age.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
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  2. B) 2, 3 and 4
  3. C) 1 and 3
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