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Q: What is true about Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card scheme?

The true statement is that the cardholder gets multipurpose life time visa to visit India.An Overseas Citizen of India cardholder receives a multiple-entry, multi-purpose, lifelong visa, and is exempt from registering with the police for any length of stay.The other statements are false. OCI cardholders have no voting rights and cannot hold constitutional offices. They cannot buy agricultural land, plantation property or farm houses. And citizenship is never automatic: a person registered as an OCI for five years, who has lived in India for a year before applying, becomes eligible to apply for citizenship by registration.

Q: Consider the following statements with reference to the constitutional/statutory provisions on the citizenship of India :1. Part II of the Indian Constitution deals with citizenship.2. The Constitution provides for only a single citizenship with exceptions to certain bordering states.3. The latest amendment to The Citizenship Act, 1955 has relaxed the qualifications for naturalisation for the persons belonging to the religious minorities of all the countries bordering India.Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

Only statement 1 is correct, so the answer is 1 only.Part II of the Constitution, Articles 5 to 11, deals with citizenship.Statement 2 is wrong: India has a single citizenship for the whole country, with no exceptions for any state. Statement 3 is wrong: the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 relaxed the naturalisation requirement only for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from three countries, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, not from all of India's neighbours; Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are not covered.

What is true about Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card scheme?

A.The cardholder gets multipurpose life time visa to visit India
B.He / She can purchase agriculture land in India
C.He / She gets voting rights
D.If registered for five years, he / she will automatically get Indian citizenship

Exam Year(s)

HPPSC HPAS - 2021,

Answer: A

The true statement is that the cardholder gets multipurpose life time visa to visit India.

An Overseas Citizen of India cardholder receives a multiple-entry, multi-purpose, lifelong visa, and is exempt from registering with the police for any length of stay.

The other statements are false. OCI cardholders have no voting rights and cannot hold constitutional offices. They cannot buy agricultural land, plantation property or farm houses. And citizenship is never automatic: a person registered as an OCI for five years, who has lived in India for a year before applying, becomes eligible to apply for citizenship by registration.

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Consider the following statements with reference to the constitutional/statutory provisions on the citizenship of India :

1. Part II of the Indian Constitution deals with citizenship.
2. The Constitution provides for only a single citizenship with exceptions to certain bordering states.
3. The latest amendment to The Citizenship Act, 1955 has relaxed the qualifications for naturalisation for the persons belonging to the religious minorities of all the countries bordering India.

Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

A.1 only
B.1 and 2 only
C.3 only
D.1 and 3 only

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2025,

Answer: A

Only statement 1 is correct, so the answer is 1 only.

Part II of the Constitution, Articles 5 to 11, deals with citizenship.

Statement 2 is wrong: India has a single citizenship for the whole country, with no exceptions for any state. Statement 3 is wrong: the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 relaxed the naturalisation requirement only for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from three countries, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, not from all of India's neighbours; Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are not covered.

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