Question

In India, the concept of single citizenship is adopted from _________.
a. England
b. USA
c. Canada
d. France

Answer 1

Hint: The constitution of India gives single citizenship to the people of the country. It means that all the people irrespective of living in any part of the world are the citizens of India.

Complete Answer:
There are two types of citizenship: single and dual. Dual citizenship or multiple citizenship means that a person can hold more than one citizenship at one time and is legally recognized for that. This is based on the fact that states in federation are units of the latter but at the same time do not give up their individual identity. One of the countries which allow dual citizenship is the USA. Accordingly, a person is a citizen of the USA and the country in which he/she resides.
Single citizenship allows a person to be a citizen of only one country at a time. Countries which facilitate single citizenship are England, India, etc. In India, the sense of single citizenship would create a sense of unity among the people and a picture of the same would be reflected in the whole world.
Let’s look at the options:
Option (a) England was an important basis of formation of the Constitution of India. So, the concept of single citizenship was adopted from England. This is the correct option.
Option (b) USA has dual citizenship. Thus, it is not the correct answer.
Option (c) Canada also allows dual citizenship for its people. So, this is a wrong answer.
Option (d) France gives opportunity of dual citizenship to people as it has large immigrants from various countries. This is also the incorrect answer.
So, option ‘a. England’ is correct.

Note: Provision of dual citizenship would be a hurdle in the way of emotional and national integration as was conceived by the founders of the Constitution.