The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 seeks to take care of persecuted minorities on humanitarian grounds and to prevent harassment of the people termed as illegal migrants. This is a pathbreaking bill that would ensure adequate protection of people facing religious persecution and coming to India before 31st December,2014.
Let us attempt few questions on this topic.
Question 1 : Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016?
a) The bill seeks to give citizenship by naturalization to immigrants from 3 countries belonging to 6 religions.
b) The bill exempts the migrants of 6 religions from document formalities of the National Registrar of Citizens (NRC) update, currently underway in Assam.
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
Question 2 The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 seeks to give citizenship by naturalization to immigrants from 3 countries belonging to 6 religions. Which of the following countries is not included in the list?
a) Myanmar
b) Bangladesh
c) Pakistan
d) Afghanistan
Question 3: Fill in the blanks. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 proposes to reduce the number of years from 11 to ________ of the last 14, required to live in India to obtain citizenship by naturalization?
a) Six
b) Seven
c) Five
d) Four
Answers:
1) c
2) a, The 6 religions include: Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jains, Parsis and Christian.
3) a
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