Question

To acquire citizenship by registration, a person must have been resident in India for___immediately before making an application
A) Six months
B)One year
C)Three years
D)Seven years

Answer 1

Hint: Citizenship is a status given to members of a state. This status comes with certain privileges as well as duties. Like other countries ,Indian constitution deals with matters of citizenship from article 5 to 11 under Part II.

Complete answer: The Citizenship Act of 1955 prescribes five ways of acquiring citizenship, viz, birth, descent, registration, naturalisation and incorporation of territory. Citizenship through registration is the process through which the Central government may grant citizenship to a certain person if he/she has applied for Indian Citizenship. The categories of people this includes are
-An Indian origin person who has been residing in India for seven years before making an application for citizenship
-A person who resides in any country outside India or a place outside undivided India
-A person who is married to a citizen of India and has been staying in India for seven years before making an application for citizenship
-Minor children of Indian citizen

Therefore , option (D) is correct.

Note: It is important to note that citizenship through registration is a means that is not available to illegal migrants. Also, if a person is granted citizenship through registration , he/she has to take an oath of allegiance before they are registered as citizens of India. One should also be aware of the fact that India doesn’t allow dual citizenship or dual nationality.