The State and its Citizens

Q.

Describe the role of citizens in a democracy

Q. Select the appropriate option based on the following statements.

Statement 1: Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
Statement 2: It is with the fall of democracy that the concept of citizenship has gained importance.

1. Statement 1 is true while Statement 2 is false.
2. Both statements are true.
3. Statement 2 is true while Statement 1 is false.
4. Both statements are false.

Q. All the citizens are supposed to obey the law, participate in the democratic process, and act for the welfare of the community. If both the rights and duties are followed, it leads to a developed state. What can be inferred from the paragraph?

1. Rights and duties lead to healthy relationship between citizens and state.
2. Duties and rights are opposite to each other.
3. Every citizen is lucky to vote.
4. The government is helpless towards community welfare.

Q. What is meant by citizenship?

1. One can travel to other countries without a visa.
2. Relationship between people and state.
3. Relationship of people with other people.
4. Full and equal membership of a nation.

Q. Which of the following is/are the type/s of citizenship?

1. Natural
2. Artificial
3. Purchased
4. Acquired

Q. The two types of citizenships in India are citizenship and citizenship.

Note: The answers are to be filled in reverse alphabetical order.

1. acquired
2. synthetic
3. natural
4. artifical

Q. is a formal relationship between the people and the state.

1. Fundamental Rights
2. Political Rights
3. Citizenship
4. Fundamental Duties

Q. X was an American citizen and shifted to India. In few years, he became a citizen of India. What are the rights he has got as a result of acquiring Indian citizenship?

1. He can vote.
2. He can contest in elections but cannot form his own organisation.
3. He can contest in elections and can form his own organisation.
4. He can criticise the government.

Q. Select the correct option based on the following statements.

Statement 1: Citizenship is a formal relationship between the people and the State.
Statement 2: Political rights give the citizens power to participate directly or indirectly in the administration.

1. Both statements are true and Statement 2 leads to Statement 1.
2. Both statements are true and Statement 1 leads to Statement 2.
3. Both statements are true and independent of each other.
4. Statement 1 is true while Statement 2 is false.

Q. Civic consciousness is the recognition that each citizen is for the society and genuine interests of the society are the interests of the citizen.

1. True
2. False

Q. Explain natural and acquired citizenships?

Q. Consider an Dutch tourist visiting a number of cultural hertitage cites in India for a period of 2 months. Is he considered a citizen of India during this visit as long as he is within Indian borders?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Cannot say
4. Maybe

Q. Citizenship gives people political rights, and in exchange, expects them to perform civic duties.

1. True
2. False

Q.

List out the qualities which a citizen of a democratic nation needs to have to maintain democracy ?