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Indian PolityMediumAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GK

Which of the following areas has been exempted from the purview of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019?

  1. A.Ladakh
  2. B.Jammu and Kashmir
  3. C.The Sixth Schedule Areas
  4. D.The Fifth Schedule Areas

Correct answer

C. The Sixth Schedule Areas

Explanation

The correct answer is C, The Sixth Schedule Areas. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 does not apply to the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura listed in the Sixth Schedule.

The Act eases citizenship for Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who entered India on or before 31 December 2014, cutting the residence needed for naturalisation from eleven years to five. To protect the land and culture of the North-East's tribal people, the new section 6B states that it does not apply to the tribal areas included in the Sixth Schedule, or to the areas under the Inner Line Permit system notified under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873, such as Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and later Manipur.

A is wrong because Ladakh is not exempted by the Act. B is wrong because Jammu and Kashmir is likewise not excluded. D is wrong because the exemption covers Sixth Schedule areas, not the Fifth Schedule areas found in States such as Jharkhand and Odisha.

Exam tip: CAA 2019 exempts Sixth Schedule tribal areas and Inner Line Permit areas; the cut-off date is 31 December 2014.

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Q3.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKHard

Which one of the following statements is correct ?

  1. A.Under Article 21A of the Constitution of India, the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children up to the age of eleven years.
  2. B.Every religious denomination has got absolute power under Article 26 of the Constitution of India to manage its own affairs in matters of religion.
  3. C.Only religious and linguistic minorities find mention in Article 30 of the Constitution of India in reference to the right to establish educational institutions of their choice.
  4. D.Parliament cannot empower, even by law, any court other than the Supreme Court of India the power to issue writs within local limits of its jurisdiction.
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Correct answer: C. Only religious and linguistic minorities find mention in Article 30 of the Constitution of India in reference to the right to establish educational institutions of their choice.

Article 30 gives all minorities, whether based on religion or language, the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice, and names no other kind of minority.