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(16) ‘Dual citizenship’ is a feature of
[A] Unitary government
[B] Parliamentary government
[C] Presidential government
[D] Federal government

Comment

Answer: Option [D]

‘Dual citizenship’ is a feature of federal government. Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country. In the Federal state, a person is not only the citizen of the country but also of the particular state to which he belongs.

(17) Citizen of India can vote at the age of
[A] 18 years
[B] 21 years
[C] 22 years
[D] 25 years

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

Citizen of India can vote at the age of 18 years. The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.

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(18) Dual citizenship is an important feature in which form of government?
[A] Parliamentary
[B] Federal
[C] Unitary
[D] Authoritarian

Comment

Answer: Option [B]

Dual citizenship is an important feature in Federal form of government. The federal form of the government provides the feature of dual citizenship to the people of the country. In the Federal state, a person is not only the citizen of the country but also of the particular state where the person is born or belongs to.

(19) Provisions of citizenship in Indian Constitution, became applicable in
[A] 1949
[B] 1950
[C] 1951
[D] 1952

Comment

Answer: Option [B]

Provisions of citizenship in Indian Constitution, became applicable in 1950. Article 5-11 of Part II of the Indian Constitution deals with the citizenship of India. It does not contain any permanent or any elaborate provisions in this regards. It only identifies the persons who became citizens of India at its commencement that is on January 26, 1950.

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