21 multiple-choice (MCQ / objective) questions from this chapter, in every exam-style shape used in the paper. Every question comes with an explanation along with the answer, so you remember why the option is correct, not just which one it is.
1 Direct Questions
Direct Questions
- 1 markHow has citizenship been defined?
(A) Membership of an economic community(B) Membership of a linguistic group(C) Full and equal membership of a political community(D) Membership of a religious community - 1 markWhat tendency does the slogan “Mumbai for Mumbaikars” reflect?
(A) A movement in support of refugees(B) A demand for global citizenship(C) Support for freedom of movement(D) The insider-outsider divide and a demand to restrict entry to outsiders - 1 markAccording to the chapter, to which town may IT workers flock?
(A) Bangalore(B) Chennai(C) Pune(D) Hyderabad - 1 markMartin Luther King was a black leader of which movement?
(A) The French Revolution(B) India’s independence movement(C) The US civil rights movement against Segregation Laws(D) South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement - 1 markT.H. Marshall was a sociologist from which country?
(A) United States(B) Germany(C) France(D) Britain - 1 markWhich Article of the Constitution did the Supreme Court cite in the Olga Tellis case?
(A) Article 14(B) Article 19(C) Article 32(D) Article 21 - 1 markIn which year was the Street Vendors Act passed?
(A) 2012(B) 2016(C) 2014(D) 2010 - 1 markIn 1997, how many farms did Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe announce plans to take over?
(A) 2000(B) 1500(C) 500(D) 1000 - 1 markWho made one of the earliest assertions regarding the sovereignty of the nation state and the democratic rights of citizens?
(A) Indian national leaders(B) Revolutionaries in France(C) Russian revolutionaries(D) Japanese reformers - 1 markWhat controversy in France involved Sikh students and Muslim girls?
(A) Job reservation(B) A language test(C) The issue of permitting turbans and head scarves at school(D) The right to vote - 1 markIn countries like Israel and Germany, what is given priority when granting citizenship?
(A) Occupation(B) Level of education(C) Religion or ethnic origin(D) Age - 1 markWhom has the United Nations appointed to help refugees?
(A) A President(B) An Ambassador(C) A Secretary-General(D) A High Commissioner
2 Assertion-Reason
Assertion-Reason
- 1 markAssertion (A): It is always easy for slum and pavement dwellers to exercise their right to vote.
Reason (R): Being on the voters’ list requires a fixed address, which is difficult to provide from an unauthorised settlement.
(A) Both A and R are true, and R correctly explains A(B) Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A(C) A is true, R is false(D) A is false, R is true
3 Statement-Based Questions
Statement-Based Questions
- 1 markStatement I: India gave refuge to the Dalai Lama and his followers in 1959.
Statement II: India has never given refuge to any group of refugees.
(A) Both statements are true(B) Statement I is true, Statement II is false(C) Both statements are false(D) Statement I is false, Statement II is true - 1 markStatement I: The concept of global citizenship holds that we live in an interconnected world.
Statement II: The concept of global citizenship makes national citizenship entirely unnecessary.
(A) Statement I is true, Statement II is false(B) Both statements are false(C) Both statements are true(D) Statement I is false, Statement II is true
4 Chronological Ordering
Chronological Ordering
- 1 markArrange these events in the correct chronological order:
(i) Olga Tellis case
(ii) Street Vendors Act
(iii) French Revolution
(iv) Martin Luther King’s civil rights movement
(A) iv, iii, i, ii(B) iii, iv, i, ii(C) iii, i, iv, ii(D) i, iii, iv, ii
5 Fill in the Blanks
Fill in the Blanks
- 1 markT.H. Marshall defined citizenship in his book _______.
(A) Citizenship and Social Class(B) The Republic(C) Hind Swaraj(D) The Communist Manifesto
6 Odd One Out
Odd One Out
- 1 markWhich of the following is NOT a valid way of acquiring citizenship in India?
(A) By military service(B) By registration(C) By descent(D) By birth
7 Passage-Based Questions
Passage-Based Questions
Passage
The Supreme Court gave an important decision in 1985 on the rights of slum-dwellers in Bombay, on a Public Interest Litigation filed by social activist Olga Tellis against Bombay Municipal Corporation. The petition claimed the right to live on pavements or in slums, since there was no alternative accommodation close to their place of work. The Supreme Court said that Article 21 of the Constitution guarantees the right to life, which includes the right to livelihood. Therefore if pavement dwellers were to be evicted they should first be provided alternative accommodation under the right to shelter.
- 1 markAccording to the passage, whom was the petition in the Olga Tellis case filed against?
(A) Bombay Municipal Corporation(B) Maharashtra High Court(C) Delhi Municipal Corporation(D) The Central Government
Passage
According to official figures on land distribution in Zimbabwe, about 4,400 white families owned around 10m hectares of land, which was 32 per cent of the country’s total agricultural land, while about one million black peasant families owned only 16m hectares (38 per cent) of less fertile, unirrigated land. Whites made up only 0.06 per cent of Zimbabwe’s total population, yet nearly a century earlier white settlers had taken this fertile land from the native population. In 1997 the President of Zimbabwe, Mugabe, announced plans to take over around 1,500 farms.
- 1 markAccording to the passage, what percentage of total agricultural land did white families own in Zimbabwe?
(A) 16%(B) 32%(C) 22%(D) 38%
8 True / False
True / False
- 1 markConsider the following statements.
(i) Martin Luther King called for non-violent resistance against segregation laws.
(ii) According to Marshall, social rights give an individual the power to take part in the process of governance.
(A) Only (i) is true(B) Both are true(C) Only (ii) is true(D) Both are false
Answer Key and Explanations
Direct Questions
- (C) The chapter defines citizenship as full and equal membership of a political community.
- (D) This slogan reflects the insider-outsider divide and a demand to restrict entry to ‘outsiders’.
- (A) The chapter says I.T. workers may flock to towns like Bangalore.
- (C) Martin Luther King Jr. was a black leader of the 1950s US civil rights movement.
- (D) T.H. Marshall (1893-1981) was a British sociologist.
- (D) The Supreme Court cited Article 21 (the right to life), which includes the right to livelihood.
- (C) The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act was passed in 2014.
- (B) Mugabe announced plans to take over around 1500 farms.
- (B) One of the earliest such assertions was made by the revolutionaries in France in 1789.
- (C) Some French schools disallowed Sikh students’ turbans and Muslim girls’ head scarves, treating them as religious symbols.
- (C) In these countries, factors like religion or ethnic origin are given priority when granting citizenship.
- (D) The UN has appointed a High Commissioner for Refugees to help them.
Assertion-Reason
- (D) A is false; this right is difficult to exercise, not easy. R is true, and it is exactly why it is difficult.
Statement-Based Questions
- (B) Statement I is true. Statement II is false: India has given refuge on several occasions, of which the 1959 Dalai Lama episode is a major example.
- (A) Statement I is true. Statement II is false: global citizenship supplements national citizenship, it does not replace it.
Chronological Ordering
- (B) French Revolution (1789, iii), then King’s movement (1950s, iv), then the Olga Tellis case (1985, i), then the Street Vendors Act (2014, ii).
Fill in the Blanks
- (A) Marshall’s book is titled “Citizenship and Social Class” (1950).
Odd One Out
- (A) Military service is not a valid way of acquiring citizenship in India; the valid ways are birth, descent, registration, naturalisation and inclusion of territory.
Passage-Based Questions
- (A) According to the passage, the petition was filed against Bombay Municipal Corporation.
- (B) According to the passage, white families owned 32% of the total agricultural land.
True / False
- (A) Statement (i) is true. Statement (ii) is false; that is the job of political rights, not social rights.
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