Question

A person born outside India on or after 26th January 1950 but before 10th December 1992 is a citizen of India by descent, if his father was a citizen of India at the time of his birth.
a. True
b. False

Answer 1

Hint:
The appointment of a person as a citizen of India is regulated by Part II of the Indian Constitution. According to Article 5, at the commencement of the Constitution, all the people who were resident in India were citizens of India as well as people born in India.

Complete solution:
On the basis of birth, descent, registration, and naturalisation, nationality law provides for citizenship.

Persons born outside India on or after 26 January 1950, but before 10 December 1992, if their father was a citizen of India at the time of their birth, are citizens of India by descent. If either parent was a citizen of India at the time of birth, a person born in India on or after 1 July 1987 is a citizen of India(by birth) .

The Citizenship Act, 1955, which was amended by the Citizenship (Amendment) Acts of 1986, 1992, 2003, 2005, 2015 and 2019, is the Indian legislation connected to this matter. By birth, the 1986 amendment limited citizenship to having at least one parent to be an Indian citizen. The 2003 amendment further limited that aspect by ensuring that a parent could not be an illegal immigrant.

The 2003 amendment also mandated the creation of a National Register of Citizens by the Government of India. The 2019 amendment offered an easier road to citizenship for religiously oppressed minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, the neighbouring Muslim-majority countries who entered India before December 2014.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
The Citizenship Act 1955 also enables people who were once Indian citizens but are now citizens of another country to apply for an Overseas Citizen of India Card, among others. The First Citizen of India is recognised as the President of India.